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NBA: Nuggets down Bucks in Rivers opener; Wolves roll Thunder
NBA: Nuggets down Bucks in Rivers opener; Wolves roll Thunder

Nikola Jokic scored a 25-point triple double as the Denver Nuggets handed new Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers a 113-107 defeat Monday in his first game in charge. The heavyweight showdown between the reigning NBA champions and the 2021 champion Bucks did not disappoint, with two-time Most Valuable Player Jokic dominating at both ends of the ...

Cross-Country Skiing: Mixed Results for the Lebanese in Gangwon
Cross-Country Skiing: Mixed Results for the Lebanese in Gangwon

Lebanese athletes failed to demonstrate their full potential at the Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon on Monday. The trio from the Lebanese delegation to the Youth Olympic Winter Games, consisting of skiers Syrelle Lazem, Karen Succar and Marcelino Tawk, competed in the cross-country skiing event in the first short 5.1 km stage, known as the ...

Girona Take Liga Lead Back, Atletico go Third
Girona Take Liga Lead Back, Atletico go Third

Shock Spanish title challengers Girona returned to the top of La Liga with a 1-0 at Celta Vigo on Sunday. Atletico Madrid climbed third, above struggling champions Barcelona on goal difference, with a comfortable 2-0 win at home against Valencia. Michel Sanchez's Girona moved one point clear of Real Madrid, who beat Las Palmas on Saturday, ...

Martinez Strikes Again as Inter Reclaim Top Spot From Juve
Martinez Strikes Again as Inter Reclaim Top Spot From Juve

Lautaro Martinez fired Inter Milan back to the top of Serie A with the only goal in Sunday's dramatic 1-0 win at Fiorentina, as depleted Napoli played out an uneventful goalless draw at Lazio. Argentina forward Martinez glanced home the decisive goal in the 14th minute of an action-packed contest in Florence in which Nicolas Gonzalez wasted a ...

NBA: Duren Double-Double Powers Pistons Over Thunder
NBA: Duren Double-Double Powers Pistons Over Thunder

Jalen Duren scored 22 points and grabbed 21 rebounds to lead the lowly Detroit Pistons to a 120-104 NBA victory over Oklahoma City on Sunday, snapping the Thunder's five-game winning streak. The Pistons posted just their sixth win of the season despite the absence of leading scorer Cade Cunningham, who was a late scratch to manage knee ...

Egypt's AFCON Hopes Dashed by DR Congo, Guinea Reach Quarter-Finals
Egypt's AFCON Hopes Dashed by DR Congo, Guinea Reach Quarter-Finals

The injured Mohamed Salah will not get the chance to return to the Africa Cup of Nations after his Egypt side were knocked out of the competition on Sunday in a dramatic penalty shoot-out against the Democratic Republic of Congo, while Guinea progressed to the last eight. Record-seven time champions Egypt lost 8-7 on penalties against the ...

Basketball/Dubai: Riyadi Champions at the Buzzer!
Basketball/Dubai: Riyadi Champions at the Buzzer!

The two Asian giants, Riyadi and Strong Group (Philippines), faced off on Sunday in the final of the 33rd Dubai Basketball Championship. Undefeated up to that point, both teams had the same objective in sight: victory and consecration in the final. The match between the solid Riyadi team, with all its strength and experience, and the Strong Group ...

Lebanese Team at Youth Winter Olympics: Deep Snow Skiing
Lebanese Team at Youth Winter Olympics: Deep Snow Skiing

The Lebanese delegation continues its journey in the fourth Youth Winter Olympics, currently held in Gangwon, South Korea, where Marcelino Tawk, Cyril Ladhim and Karen Succar will compete in deep snow skiing races on Monday, January 29 and Tuesday, January 30. The head of the delegation and member of the Executive Committee of the Lebanese ...

Sinner Storms Back To Beat Medvedev In Australian Open Final
Sinner Storms Back To Beat Medvedev In Australian Open Final

Jannik Sinner stormed back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in a gruelling five-set Australian Open final on Sunday, winning his first Grand Slam. The Italian fourth seed was blown off course in the first two sets but recovered to win 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in three hours and 44 minutes. The result is a bitter blow for the Russian ...

Riyadi Advances to Final, Beirut SC Falls Short
Riyadi Advances to Final, Beirut SC Falls Short

Beirut SC and Riyadi each played a semi-final of the Dubai Basketball Championship (DFC) on January 27. As Riyadi qualified for the 33rd final of the DFC, Beirut SC could unfortunately not join them to set up an all-Lebanese final. Riyadi Win Amidst Potential Comeback Riyadi Beirut and the Libyan team Al Ahli Tripoli met on January 27 in the ...

Xavi Says He Will Quit Barca After Villareal Defeat, Madrid Take Liga Lead
Xavi Says He Will Quit Barca After Villareal Defeat, Madrid Take Liga Lead

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said he will quit his role at the end of the season after the team's title defence was derailed in a remarkable 5-3 defeat by Villarreal on Saturday in La Liga. After Real Madrid moved two points clear of Girona at the top of the league with a late 2-1 win at Las Palmas, the pressure was firmly on Xavi's defending ...

Dazzling Doncic Scores 73 As Mavs Down Hawks
Dazzling Doncic Scores 73 As Mavs Down Hawks

Luka Doncic matched the fourth-highest scoring performance in NBA history Friday, pouring in 73 points to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 148-143 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. A masterful individual performance saw the Slovenian star set a Mavs record with 41 first-half points, then obliterate his own franchise scoring record of 60 set against ...