Italy’s Sofia Goggia marked her return from injury with a superb victory in the Super-G at Beaver Creek on Sunday, following up her second place finish in the downhill a day earlier with the 25th World Cup win of her career.The 32-year-old, who finished just 0.16sec behind Austria’s Cornelia Huetter to take second in Saturday’s …
A dominating performance by Giannis Antetokounmpo on Saturday led the Milwaukee Bucks into the NBA Cup final, where they will face Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder for the title.Greek star Antetokounmpo scored 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to spark the Bucks over the Atlanta Hawks 110-102 while Canadian guard Gilgeous-Alexander netted a …
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Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds on Saturday to spark the Milwaukee Bucks into the NBA Cup final with a 110-102 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.The Greek big man also added nine assists, four blocks and a steal while shooting 10-of-15 from the floor and 12-of-18 from the free throw line.Milwaukee will …
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Austria’s Cornelia Huetter swept to victory in the season-opening women’s World Cup downhill race at Beaver Creek’s iconic Birds of Prey course on Saturday.The 32-year-old reigning women’s downhill champion crossed in a blistering time of 1min 32.38sec to pip Italy’s 2018 Olympic gold medallist Sofia Goggia.Goggia, looking to add to her tally of 18 World …
Olympic ice dancing champions Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell announced Saturday they will team up as a same-sex couple at a figure skating gala early next year.Frenchwoman Papadakis and American Hubbell will perform together at the ‘Art on Ice Gala’ which takes place in several cities in Switzerland in February.Papadakis, 29, said this “world first” …
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Joel Embiid’s tough season took another turn for the worse on Friday as Philadelphia’s star center exited early in the 76ers’ 121-107 NBA loss to Indiana after being struck in the face.The Cameroon-born big man, who won Olympic gold with the United States in Paris this year, was fighting for a rebound under the Pacers’ …
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Joel Embiid’s tough season took another turn for the worse on Friday as Philadelphia’s star center exited early in the 76ers’ 121-107 NBA loss to Indiana after being struck in the face.The Cameroon-born big man, who won Olympic gold with the United States in Paris this year, was fighting for a rebound under the Pacers’ …
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Boxer Pierre-Mickael Hugues trains in New York like any other able-bodied athlete — but has prosthetic legs from below the knee.”Your hands, Pierre! Hit him in the body!” shouts his trainer.The accomplished amateur was invited to spend two weeks in the United States by former French heavyweight Christophe Mendy.”I’ve always seen myself as an able-bodied …
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Rejuvenated US ski great Lindsey Vonn said Friday she hopes to redefine the parameters of what is possible after confirming she will make her World Cup comeback in St. Moritz next week, nearly six years after retiring from the sport.The 40-year-old former Olympic and world champion said she had decided to return to skiing after …
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San Francisco 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell is unlikely to play for the club again after dramatically refusing to take to the field during the team’s defeat to the Los Angeles Rams, head coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday.Shanahan told reporters that the 49ers were working out the details of Campbell’s departure following his actions in Thursday’s …
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