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Senegal Enjoy Winning Start to AFCON Defence, Cameroon and Algeria Held
Senegal Enjoy Winning Start to AFCON Defence, Cameroon and Algeria Held

Lamine Camara scored a stunning brace as Senegal began their defence of the Africa Cup of Nations title with a 3-0 win over Gambia on Monday, but fellow heavyweights Algeria and Cameroon were both held in their opening matches. Sadio Mane's Senegal are hoping to retain the trophy they won in Cameroon two years ago and were too strong for their ...

Mourinho Sacked by Roma: Club
Mourinho Sacked by Roma: Club

Jose Mourinho has been sacked as coach of Roma, the Serie A side announced Tuesday, saying it was "in the best interests of the club". Mourinho, whose contract was due to expire in June, would leave the club alongside his technical team "with immediate effect", Roma said. "We would like to thank Jose on behalf of all of us at AS Roma for his ...

Messi, Bonmati Scoop Awards for FIFA's Best in 2023
Messi, Bonmati Scoop Awards for FIFA's Best in 2023

Lionel Messi was crowned as FIFA's best men's player for 2023 on Monday, while Aitana Bonmati added to her collection of individual accolades at the awards ceremony in London. Messi claimed the award for the third time, but the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner was a surprise victor ahead of Erling Haaland on an otherwise glorious night for ...

Medals for Lebanon at the Arab Swimming Championships
Medals for Lebanon at the Arab Swimming Championships

The Lebanese swimming team shone during its participation in the Arab Aquatics Championships in Doha, the capital of Qatar. It crowned its performance by winning the titles in the girls' 13-14 and 15-16 categories. The boys' 13-14 category title went to Tunisia, while the 15-16 category was won by Qatar. Algeria won the championship in the 17-18 ...

NBA: Lillard Buzzer-Beater Lifts Bucks Over Kings, Nuggets Cool Off Pacers
NBA: Lillard Buzzer-Beater Lifts Bucks Over Kings, Nuggets Cool Off Pacers

Damian Lillard drilled a buzzer-beating three-pointer to lift the Milwaukee Bucks to a stunning 143-142 NBA overtime victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday. The Kings led by as many as six in the extra session, but Brook Lopez's three-pointer with 11.5 seconds left pulled Milwaukee within one, and after Sacramento's De'Aaron Fox missed one ...

Salah Rescues Egypt as Nigeria Draw and Ghana Lose at Cup of Nations
Salah Rescues Egypt as Nigeria Draw and Ghana Lose at Cup of Nations

Mohamed Salah saved Egypt from an embarrassing defeat in their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday, while Nigeria were held by Equatorial Guinea despite Victor Osimhen getting on the scoresheet. Ghana were also in action in Abidjan and suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Cape Verde as three nations with 14 AFCON titles between them all ...

Real Madrid Thrash Barcelona To Win Spanish Super Cup
Real Madrid Thrash Barcelona To Win Spanish Super Cup

Vinicius Junior struck a first-half hat-trick to fire Real Madrid to Spanish Super Cup glory in a thumping 4-1 win over rivals Barcelona on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. Robert Lewandowski scored for Barcelona, who had defender Ronald Araujo sent off in the second half on what coach Xavi Hernandez described as the team's "worst" night. Rodrygo rounded ...

Man City Win At Last, United Draw At Home
Man City Win At Last, United Draw At Home

Pep Guardiola said Manchester City showed the heart of champions to fight back to beat Newcastle 3-2 on Saturday thanks to a Kevin De Bruyne masterclass on his return to Premier League action. The Belgian came off the bench to score and set up Oscar Bobb's stoppage-time winner to announce his comeback from a five-month injury layoff in ...

Under-Par Djokovic Takes First Step Towards Grand Slam History
Under-Par Djokovic Takes First Step Towards Grand Slam History

Novak Djokovic survived a fierce test against teenager Dino Prizmic at the Australian Open Sunday as he launched his bid for a historic 25th Grand Slam, but defending women's champion Aryna Sabalenka destroyed her opponent 6-0, 6-1. World number one Djokovic, who is gunning for an 11th Australian Open title to pull clear of Margaret Court on the ...

Celtics Rout Rockets In Udoka’s NBA Return To Boston
Celtics Rout Rockets In Udoka’s NBA Return To Boston

Jaylen Brown scored 32 points and Jayson Tatum added 27 as the Boston Celtics remained unbeaten at home, defeating Houston 145-113 on Saturday in former Celtics coach Ime Udoka's return to Boston. The Celtics improved to an NBA-best 30-9 overall and 19-0 at home, the league's only undefeated club at home stretching its team-record home win streak ...

Côte D’Ivoire Win Opening Match Against Guinea-Bissau
Côte D’Ivoire Win Opening Match Against Guinea-Bissau

Côte d'Ivoire, the host nation under pressure, got off to the perfect start with a 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in the opening match of the Africa Cup of Nations in Abidjan on Saturday evening. Eager not to miss their home opener, French coach Jean-Louis Gasset's Elephants reassured their fans, who had to wait just four minutes before celebrating ...