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Lebanon Hosts Its First Official Surfing Championship
Lebanon Hosts Its First Official Surfing Championship

The Lebanese Surfing Federation, in collaboration with the House of Creed, is organizing the first official Lebanese Surfing Championship on Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11 on the beach of the Jiyeh Marina complex. Federation president Ali Al-Amin said that the categories approved for the championship are the under-18 category, the shortboard ...

Cavaliers Shock Celtics, Mavs Silence Thunder to Level NBA Playoff Series
Cavaliers Shock Celtics, Mavs Silence Thunder to Level NBA Playoff Series

Cleveland and Dallas turned the tables on their top-seeded opponents on Thursday, the Cavaliers shocked the Boston Celtics and the Mavericks silenced the Thunder to level their NBA playoff series at one game apiece. Donovan Mitchell led a comprehensive Cleveland effort as the Cavaliers powered past the Celtics 118-94 in Boston to make it 1-1 in ...

Leverkusen Beat Roma to Make Europa League Final
Leverkusen Beat Roma to Make Europa League Final

Bayer Leverkusen are through to the Europa League final 4-2 on aggregate after a stoppage-time goal from Josip Stanisic snatched a 2-2 draw at home on Thursday, extending their unbeaten run to a record 49 games. In a rematch of last season's Europa League semi-final, Roma came to Leverkusen 2-0 down after the first leg but levelled the tie up ...

Mbappe Gets Ready to Say Goodbye as PSG Digest Champions League Exit
Mbappe Gets Ready to Say Goodbye as PSG Digest Champions League Exit

Kylian Mbappe is set to play his last game for Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes when they host Toulouse on Sunday, in their first outing since being eliminated from the Champions League. PSG's hunt for elusive European glory will go on into another year after they went out in the semi-finals to Borussia Dortmund, a 1-0 loss in ...

Champions League: Joselu, Merengue Hero
Champions League: Joselu, Merengue Hero

Real Madrid proved that they remain the kings of Europe as Joselu's late brace saved them from imminent elimination to reach the Champions League final with a spectacular 2-1 victory against Bayern Munich at the Bernabéu on Wednesday. Joselu, the Match of a Career The veteran forward entered the field only in the 81st minute before scoring both ...

Fans React to Al Riyadi's Win in FIBA WASL-West Asia League Final
Fans React to Al Riyadi's Win in FIBA WASL-West Asia League Final

Passionate basketball fans gathered in cafes across the country on Wednesday night to witness Al Riyadi's 100-78 victory over Shahrdary Gorgan in a decisive Game 3, retaining the FIBA WASL-West Asia crown. #AlRiyadiClub #FibaWASL

Nuggets' Jokic Scoops Third NBA Most Valuable Player Award
Nuggets' Jokic Scoops Third NBA Most Valuable Player Award

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was named NBA Most Valuable Player for the third time in four seasons on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Serbian star, who won the award in 2021 and 2022, finished as a runner-up in the voting in 2023 but had the satisfaction of leading the Nuggets to their first NBA title. This season, he averaged 26.4 points, 12.4 ...

Basketball-Wasl: Riyadi Dominates Gorgan to Claim Top Spot in Asia
Basketball-Wasl: Riyadi Dominates Gorgan to Claim Top Spot in Asia

Riyadi trounced the Iranian team Gorgan (100-78) on Wednesday in the West Asia Super League (Wasl) basketball final. Defending champions of this competition, the Yellow Castle retained their title in a match they dominated from start to finish. Riyadi didn't falter against Gorgan in the match that pitted the two teams against each other on ...

Olympic Flame Arrives on French Soil for Paris Games
Olympic Flame Arrives on French Soil for Paris Games

The Olympic flame arrived on French soil on Wednesday, on board a 19th century ship. It was greeted at the port of Marseille by 150,000 spectators, in a ceremony that posed a first major test for organisers ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Florent Manaudou carried the torch from the deck of the Belem, a ...

Top-Seeded Celtics, Thunder Win Playoff Openers
Top-Seeded Celtics, Thunder Win Playoff Openers

The top-seeded Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder rolled to convincing victories in their opening NBA playoff series on Tuesday. Eastern Conference top seeds Boston laid down a marker with a 120-95 rout of the fourth-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers at the TD Garden. Meanwhile, Oklahoma City were made to work harder by Luka Doncic and the Dallas ...

Who Controls Martial Arts in Lebanon?
Who Controls Martial Arts in Lebanon?

As martial arts spread across Lebanese soil and are practiced with passion by the Lebanese, and as federations and committees for these sports have recently multiplied to 20 and perhaps more, internal disputes between administrators working within federations and clubs have come to the fore. These disputes have become the talk of the town, as ...

150,000 People Expected as Olympic Flame Arrives in France
150,000 People Expected as Olympic Flame Arrives in France

The Olympic flame arrives in France on Wednesday. A highly choreographed ceremony and a crowd of 150,000 people will be a first major test for organisers and security forces ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. The transfer of the flame onshore in the southern port of Marseille will mark the start of a 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile) torch relay across ...