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Basketball: Al-Riyadi Dominates Homenetmen at Home
Basketball: Al-Riyadi Dominates Homenetmen at Home

The second round of the Final 8 kicks off with a match opposing al-Riyadi and Homenetmen at al-Manara. This is the first of five games of the semi finals, with al-Riyadi maintaining the home court advantage as they finished first during the regular season. This game was played today on April 28 and ended 107-88 in favour of al-Riyadi. During this ...

Lakers Win to Stay Alive, Boston Answers Back Miami
Lakers Win to Stay Alive, Boston Answers Back Miami

The Los Angeles Lakers, fueled by 30 points from superstar LeBron James, stayed alive in the NBA playoffs on Saturday with a 119-108 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Down 3-0 to the defending champions and facing elimination, the Lakers stood firm on their home floor, weathering a triple-double from Nuggets star Nikola Jokic to send the series ...

Liverpool’s Premier League Title Hopes Suffer Blow
Liverpool’s Premier League Title Hopes Suffer Blow

Liverpool's fading Premier League title hopes were dealt a near-fatal blow on Saturday as West Ham rescued a draw against Jurgen Klopp's men while Sheffield United dropped through the relegation trap door. On a dramatic day in the top-flight, Aston Villa's top four challenge was dented by a 2-2 draw against Chelsea, whose furious manager Mauricio ...

Nadal Defeats De Minaur in Madrid
Nadal Defeats De Minaur in Madrid

Rafael Nadal avenged his defeat to Alex De Minaur from Barcelona with a 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 victory over the Australian on Saturday to extend his stay in Madrid on his final appearance at his home tournament, but admitted he still "needs time" to return to his competitive peak. Nadal's farewell tour has pitted him against De Minaur twice in as many ...

Olympic Torch Begins Its Voyage to France
Olympic Torch Begins Its Voyage to France

The Olympic flame began its journey on Saturday to France on board the Belem, leaving the Greek port of Piraeus after spending the night at the French embassy in Athens. "The feelings are so exceptional. It's such an emotion for me," Tony Estanguet, Paris Olympics chief organizer, told reporters before the departure of the ship. He hailed the ...

Basketball: Lebanese Championship Gets Down to Business
Basketball: Lebanese Championship Gets Down to Business

The first round of qualifiers for the Lebanese basketball championship concluded without major surprises. The four favorite teams for the title easily advanced, with all series ending 2-0. It's worth noting that the four qualified teams played with a 2+1 system throughout the championship, meaning two foreign players on the court and one on the ...

Leicester Promoted to Premier League as Leeds Crash
Leicester Promoted to Premier League as Leeds Crash

Leicester City were promoted to the Premier League on Friday after rivals Leeds United crashed to a shock 4-0 defeat at Queens Park Rangers. The result leaves Leicester top of the Championship with 94 points with two games to play while Leeds stay second on 90 but with just one match left. Third-place Ipswich Town can pip Leeds to the second ...

Haliburton Hits Winner as Pacers Hold Off Bucks in Overtime, Mavs Thump Clippers
Haliburton Hits Winner as Pacers Hold Off Bucks in Overtime, Mavs Thump Clippers

Tyrese Haliburton drove for the game-winning basket as the Indiana Pacers held off a late Milwaukee charge to beat the Bucks 121-118 in overtime on Friday and take a 2-1 lead in their NBA Eastern Conference playoff series. The Dallas Mavericks also won at home, cruising to a 101-90 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers for a 2-1 lead in their ...

Guler Stretches Madrid's Vast Liga Lead at Real Sociedad
Guler Stretches Madrid's Vast Liga Lead at Real Sociedad

Turkish teenager Arda Guler's strike helped Real Madrid close in on the Spanish title with a 1-0 win at Real Sociedad on Friday, moving 14 points clear at the top of La Liga. After last weekend's Clasico win over second place Barcelona, it appears a formality for Madrid to take the title back from their arch-rivals, and Guler helped them move one ...

Alcaraz Returns in Style to Start Madrid Title Defense
Alcaraz Returns in Style to Start Madrid Title Defense

Carlos Alcaraz returned after a month out to start his double Madrid Open title defense with a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win over Alexander Shevchenko on Friday. The world number three shone on home clay in the Spanish capital to reach the third round, after a forearm problem led to his withdrawals from the Monte Carlo Masters and Barcelona ...

Nuggets Push Lakers to Brink as Embiid’s 50 Points Lead Sixers Over Knicks
Nuggets Push Lakers to Brink as Embiid’s 50 Points Lead Sixers Over Knicks

The Denver Nuggets rallied to push LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs on Thursday as the Philadelphia 76ers, fueled by 50 points from Joel Embiid, clawed back a win against the Knicks. The defending champion Nuggets erased a 10-point first-quarter deficit to beat the Lakers 112-105 in Los ...

Basket-Wasl: Al-Riyadi Smashed Iran's Gorgan
Basket-Wasl: Al-Riyadi Smashed Iran's Gorgan

Al-Riyadi, buoyed by 20 points from the unstoppable and impregnable Maker, slapped Iranian club Gorgan (95-60), quickly overtaken by events, to take a one-to-none lead in their West Asia Basket-ball League (Wasl) final on Thursday. Al-Riyadi beat Gorgan in Act I of the Wasl final. In diesel mode, al-Riyadi had a complicated first quarter. ...