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Retired Kunieda beats world No. 1 Hewett to win Miami Open

Retired Japanese wheelchair tennis icon Shingo Kunieda won the men’s singles at the inaugural Miami Open Wheelchair Invitational on Wednesday after defeating current world No. 1 Alfie Hewett of Britain in a best-of-three sets final. The 40-year-old Kunieda, who won 28 singles and 22 doubles Grand Slam titles as well as four Paralympic gold medals,

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Senegal results show large win for opponent Faye in presidential poll

Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye wins Senegalese presidential election with 54.28% of votes. Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye has comfortably won the Senegalese presidential election with 54.28 percent of votes in the first round, official provisional results showed Wednesday. He placed well ahead of the governing coalition’s candidate, former prime minister Amadou Ba, who garnered

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Hachimura hits career-high seven 3-pointers in Lakers’ win

MEMPHIS, Tennessee – Rui Hachimura tallied 32 points, including a career-high seven three-pointers, to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 136-124 on Wednesday. The Japanese national team forward also pulled down 10 rebounds at FedExForum in Memphis to record double-doubles in back-to-back games. The 26-year-old Hachimura shot a remarkable 7-from-8 from beyond

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Rui Hachimura is bad luck for Memphis again as Lakers win

MEMPHIS, Tenn.  —  Maybe the Grizzlies haven’t learned? Despite being ravaged by injuries and suspensions, their season largely a throwaway, Wednesday’s game with the Lakers was their first time this year to host the team that ousted them last spring. But, somehow, Rui Hachimura was still open. After Hachimura set the tone in the playoff

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Can the Lions kick on from Connacht win to URC playoffs?

The Lions produced arguably their best performance in the United Rugby Championship (URC) to date last weekend when they thrashed Connacht 38-14 in Galway, despite playing with 14 men for 64 minutes. It was an incredible result, especially when considering that no South African URC team had beaten Connacht in nine previous encounters at the

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Hachimura logs 16-point double-double as Lakers win in OT

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – Japanese forward Rui Hachimura had his first double-double of the NBA season Tuesday as the Los Angeles Lakers overcame a late-game deficit to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 128-124 in double overtime. Hachimura started and scored 16 points for the Lakers while snaring a career-high 14 rebounds during his 39 minutes of action

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Opinion: Mifepristone should win at the Supreme Court. But will it?

As a matter of law, the case argued Tuesday at the Supreme Court concerning the availability of medicine to induce abortions is easy: The Food and Drug Administration has the authority to make mifepristone available and to later increase its availability. But as the oral arguments in Food and Drug Administration vs. Alliance for Hippocratic

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