Lionel Messi was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, by President Joe Biden on Saturday but did not attend the ceremony at the White House.The Argentine World Cup winner and eight times Ballon d’Or winner, now plays in the United States for Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami.Messi …
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to their 14th consecutive NBA victory, a 117-107 home win over the New York Knicks on Friday.The Thunder matched the longest win streak in franchise history from the 1995-96 season, when they were the Seattle SuperSonics, and snapped New York’s nine-game win streak, the …
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Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama shot an 8-under-par 65 to grab a one-stroke lead over Collin Morikawa at the PGA Tour’s season-opening The Sentry tournament at Kapalua, Hawaii, on Friday.With the usual wind factor almost absent, it was a day of low-scoring on the beautiful Plantation Course with only two players shooting over-par.Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion, …
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Six-time NBA All-Star forward Jimmy Butler was suspended by the Miami Heat for seven games on Friday for conduct detrimental to the team, which said it would now entertain trade offers.A night after Butler said he had lost the joy of playing in the NBA and was “probably not” going to find it by staying …
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Italian 2026 Winter Olympic organisers named American ski resort Lake Placid as their “Plan B” on Friday should work on the new bobsleigh slope at Cortina d’Ampezzo not be ready in time.The next Games is spread over two venues, with Milan hosting the ski events and Cortina the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton competitions.After concerns, Cortina is …
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The World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to terms on a three-year deal worth $12.5 million with South Korean infielder Kim Hye-seong, the Major League Baseball club announced on Friday.The 25-year-old second baseman is among the top hitters in the KBO League and was posted by the Kiwoom Heroes last month, starting a 30-day …
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Oklahoma City stretched the NBA’s best win streak to 13 games with a home victory Thursday while the reigning champion Boston Celtics held on for a last-shot triumph at Minnesota.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had game highs of 29 points and eight assists to spark the host Thunder over the Los Angeles Clippers 116-98, improving the Western Conference …
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American Tom Hoge fired a 9-under-par round of 64 to grab the first-round lead at the PGA Tour’s season-opening The Sentry tournament in Kapalua, Hawaii on Thursday.Hoge led by a stroke from compatriot Will Zalatoris and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama at the first of eight ‘signature events’ on the tour.Those events are designed to bring the …
Bradley Carnell, who guided first-year expansion side St. Louis to an MLS playoff top seeding, was named the new coach of the Philadelphia Union on Thursday.The 47-year-old South African replaces Jim Curtin, a two-time MLS Coach of the Year who was fired in November after leading the Union for a decade.”Bradley has the attributes we were …
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A showdown between Minnesota and Detroit will decide a first-round bye and home-field advantage in the playoffs while two other post-season spots will be decided when the NFL regular season ends Sunday.Tampa Bay and Denver would capture the last available playoff berths with victories on Sunday but the scene-stealing matchup in Detroit pits two 14-2 …
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