Thousands of paying fans in Tokyo clapped and cheered as they watched Shohei Ohtani make a brief appearance in practice with his Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday ahead of the Major League Baseball season-opener.Ohtani is a hero back home in Japan and fans paid 2,000 yen ($13) each to watch the 30-year-old and his team-mates …
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Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry became the first NBA player ever to score 4,000 three-pointers on Thursday, extending his runaway lead as the greatest long-range shooter in basketball history in a blowout victory over the Sacramento Kings.Curry went into Thursday’s game needing just two threes to reach the unprecedented 4,000 mark, just days after …
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Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz fought off determined challenger Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Masters.On another cold, blustery night in the California desert, Alcaraz battled back from 1-4 down in the second set, coming up with a break and two love service holds to …
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Defending champion Iga Swiatek beat Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday, avenging her Olympics semi-final loss to the Paris Games gold medallist to reach the semi-finals at Indian Wells.The world number two from Poland delivered another dominant performance as she continued her bid to become the first woman to win three titles in the California …
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IndyCar will add a new street race in suburban Dallas next year, with the IndyCar Grand Prix of Arlington contested around the home stadiums of NFL and MLB teams.The US-based open-wheel series announced on Thursday the event will be staged March 15 on a 2.73-mile, 14-turn layout around AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL Dallas …
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday announced a $3 billion deal for NBC Universal to broadcast the Olympics until 2036 in the United States.The IOC said the deal, which extends the current agreement with the US broadcaster by four years, was “a major contribution to the long-term financial stability of the entire Olympic Movement”.The extension …
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World MotoGP champion Jorge Martin will sit out the Grand Prix of the Americas after failing to recover from injury, having already been forced to miss the opening two races of the season.The 27-year-old Spaniard broke his left hand in a training accident in February having also fractured his right hand and left foot in …
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder punched their ticket to the playoffs with an impressive 118-112 victory over the reigning champion Boston Celtics in a potential NBA Finals sneak preview on Wednesday.Gilgeous-Alexander enhanced his credentials as favorite for the Most Valuable Player award with a superb performance to silence Boston’s TD …
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Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz wasn’t about to be blown off course in his pursuit of a rare three-peat in the Indian Wells ATP Masters on Wednesday.The world number three from Spain practically revelled in the difficult winds gusting around Stadium Court as he dismantled Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals.”I always …
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Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz blew past Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals, keeping his bid for a rare three-peat on course.The world number three from Spain defied the difficult windy conditions on Stadium Court to deliver a dominant performance against a player who had won their past two …
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