2024-05-09 11:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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 ...
2024-05-09 10:06 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-08 23:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-08 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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 ...
Jalal Beaino 2024-05-08 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-08 12:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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 ...
Abbass Attara 2024-05-08 10:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a thrillingly intense duel, Dortmund qualified for the Champions League final in London. Man of the match Mats Hummels scored twice against the capital club. Dortmund Surprise the Odds Before the second leg, Edin Terzic had warned that Dortmund would find it difficult to reach the semi-finals based on the favourites. However, the team ranked ...
Hala Abdallah 2024-05-07 22:32 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
As the world celebrates World Athletics Day, Lebanon's athletics athletes strive to etch their names into Olympic history. May 7 marks World Athletics Day, a global celebration aimed at inspiring and educating youth about the significance of athletics, including running, throwing, walking and jumping. "Athletics is the base of all ...
2024-05-07 21:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
La Sagesse secured a crucial victory against Beirut SC in the semi-final of the Lebanese Basketball Championship, taking a 2-1 lead in the series, one game away from qualifying for the final. The start of the match was intense, with both teams displaying impressive concentration, resulting in a first quarter ending with a score of 20-25 in favor ...
Abbass Attara 2024-05-07 14:29 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
The long-awaited moment has finally arrived: who will claim their place in the Champions League final? Paris Saint-Germain hosts Dortmund with the sole aim of overturning the odds, while Bayern Munich takes on Real Madrid with determination. Kylian's Paris or Reus' BVB? Tonight, the Parc des Princes opens its doors to the German visitors, who ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-07 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Minnesota Timberwolves displayed a dominant defensive performance to seize a commanding 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven playoff series against the Denver Nuggets with a 106-80 road victory on Monday. The third-seeded Timberwolves harassed Denver relentlessly to claim a second straight win over the NBA champions as the series heads back to ...
This Is Beirut 2024-05-07 10:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Manchester United are at risk of failing to qualify for Europe next season after a dismal 4-0 thrashing at Crystal Palace left the Red Devils eighth in the Premier League. Michael Olise scored twice, either side of goals from in-form Jean-Philippe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell, as the Eagles' resurgence since the appointment of Oliver Glasner as ...