October 2, 2023
To those unfamiliar with recent Clippers history, the facts might seem surprising for a team headlined by two players voted among the NBA’s 75 all-time best, another with eight All-Star appearances and a coach who guided the most improbable comeback in NBA Finals history. Yet when the Clippers jet to Hawaii on Monday for the
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A total of 59 senior teams and 52 Under-21 sides will compete at the six-day national championships. They will be missing some key players, but Johannesburg head coach Elsje Jordaan believes her team have the depth to successfully defend their title at the Spar National Netball Championships getting underway in Rustenburg on Monday. The Johannesburg
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Tamika Upton has entered the conversation as one of the all-time great female footy players after the Knights fullback scored two late tries to help Newcastle seal back-to-back NRLW titles with a thrilling 24-18 win over the Titans. The Dally M Medal winner had to go deep into her bag of tricks as it looked
READ MORELiverpool’s Premier League title credentials face a stiff test at a resurgent Tottenham on Saturday as the Reds aim to keep pace with relentless leaders Manchester City. Defending champions City have taken maximum points from their opening six games and can set a new club record should they extend that streak to seven at struggling
READ MORETyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have agreed to fight in Saudi Arabia in the first bout this century to unify all of the major heavyweight boxing titles. Fury holds the WBC version of the heavyweight title and Usyk has the IBF, WBA and WBO belts. Fury’s British promoter Frank Warren announced the fight in a
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Hangzhou, China – U.S. Open quarterfinalist Zheng Qinwen called it an “incredible feeling” after winning Asian Games gold on Friday to burnish her fast-growing reputation. The 20-year-old, China’s brightest young tennis star, battled through the Hangzhou heat to outlast teammate Zhu Lin and seal the title 6-2, 6-4. It caps a breakthrough year for Zheng,
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Tian Yinan was browsing social media last fall when she stumbled upon a video diary of an intriguing new type of job. In the post, a young woman started her day in a plush pink bathrobe, eating leisurely from a takeout container of spicy hot pot. She read in the afternoons, and for dinner snacked
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New York – Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday, ending his season and all but handing Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani his first American League home run title. Robert, who suffered a minor sprain to his medial collateral ligament in his left knee, has
READ MORETop-seeded Karen Khachanov won his first tour title in nearly five years by beating Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6 (2), 6-1 at the Zhuhai Championships on Tuesday. The title caps an impressive comeback for the 27-year-old Russian, who was competing in only his second tour-level event since his French Open quarterfinal run in May when he suffered
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Max Verstappen helped Red Bull clinch the Formula One constructors’ championship and took a giant step towards his third straight drivers’ title by winning the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. Runaway championship leader Verstappen finished ahead of McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri and can lift the title at next month’s Qatar Grand Prix.
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