Luka Doncic barely had to play in Slovenia’s Olympic basketball qualifying tournament debut. Zoran Dragic scored 16 points, Doncic and Vlatko Cancar each added 13 and Slovenia rolled past Angola 118-68 on Wednesday during qualifying play at Kaunas, Lithuania. Doncic played only 17 minutes, checking out for good midway through the third quarter. “We had
Month: June 2021
TORONTO — Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold looks forward to the day when she can tell her daughter that she got in the Olympic ring with sport’s highest court — and won. The 11-time national flyweight champion has won her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, allowing her to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.
Report Middle brother’s T20 best galvanises strugglers before Graeme White spins Durham out Northamptonshire173 for 5 (Curran 62, Vasconcelos 60) beat Durham 143 (Potts 40*, Dickson 40, White 4-26) At an England squad hotel in London, ahead of Thursday’s day-night affair against Sri Lanka, Tom and Sam Curran committed their evening to watching the Blast,
Report Jamie Overton’s miserly spell stifles run chase to keep Hampshire rock bottom of South Group Surrey 146 for 7 (Smith 59, Currie 3-21) beat Hampshire 126 for 8 (Atkinson 3-21) Surrey moved to the top of the Vitality Blast South Group after their bowlers successfully defended a target of 147 and kept Hampshire Hawks
America’s highest ranked men’s and women’s singles player Sofia Kenin has said she will not compete at the Tokyo Olympics. Kenin announced the news after she was knocked out of Wimbledon’s second round by fellow American Madison Brengle. “Yeah, I’m not playing the Olympics. Yeah, that was a difficult decision, but I spoke and discussed
News Fast bowler confirms his role will be promotional-only as he saves energies for red-ball While the rest of the country were glued to TV screens on Tuesday night, watching England’s 2-0 win against Germany at Euro 2020, James Anderson was bowling in the middle with Jon Lewis and Marcus Trescothick – England’s bowling and
Report Adam Hose and Ed Pollock seal chase with 69 balls to spare as Blast records tumble Birmingham Bears 86 for 0 (Hose 46*) beat Yorkshire 81 (Brathwaite 3-7, Miles 3-19) by 10 wickets Birmingham Bears inflicted a crushing defeat on Yorkshire to move back into the top four of the North Group of the
A representative for Phil Mickelson took issue with a Detroit News report that linked the golfer to an alleged mob bookie in a 2007 trial. Mickelson is playing in the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Country Club for the first time. The story published Tuesday reported Mickelson’s ties to a bookie who allegedly cheated Mickelson
Preview Jason Roy in line to return on home ground as SL eye first win of tour Big picture In some ways, the shellacking they received at Chester-le-Street was an improvement for Sri Lanka. No one got injured, no one broke curfew (that we know of), and at 80 for 4 in England’s chase, it
PHILADELPHIA — Scott O’Neil, the CEO of the parent company that owns the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, has resigned after an eight-year run in which he shepherded The Process and the Prudential Center. O’Neil announced Wednesday he was leaving Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment after he helped lead scores of projects under the
Chicago Blackhawks star Jonathan Toews finally revealed why he missed the 2020-21 NHL season, saying he had “chronic immune response syndrome.” In a video announcing his return to the team on Wednesday, the team captain said: “Honestly, I haven’t taken this much time off the ice probably ever, since I was a kid at least,
News Team management to take final call based on severity of injury About a month before they begin the England Test series, India have been dealt with a jolt with opening batter Shubman Gill in doubt for the first Test, which starts at Trent Bridge from August 4. ESPNcricinfo has learned Gill has injured his
TAMPA, Fla. — Lightning forward Alex Killorn will not play in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, coach Jon Cooper said Wednesday. Killorn is classified as “day-to-day” for the rest of the series with a lower-body injury. Cooper did not say who will replace Killorn in the lineup. The 31-year-old winger is tied for
Tanya Snyder has joined her husband, Dan Snyder, as co-CEO of the Washington Football Team. The franchise made the announcement Tuesday, making her one of a few women CEOs in the history of the league. She is also a co-owner of the franchise with Dan Snyder. The Snyder family purchased the franchise in 1999. “Tanya
News Second ODI in July included in UK government’s Event Research Programme England will play a home international in front of a full-capacity crowd for the first time since September 2019 next Saturday, after the second ODI against Pakistan at Lord’s was included in the UK government’s Event Research Programme (ERP). Fans have started to
Tadej Pogacar has now won four stages in just two editions of the Tour de France Defending champion Tadej Pogacar claimed a dominant time trial victory on stage five as Mathieu van der Poel narrowly retained the yellow jersey. Pogacar, 22, finished the 27.2km course in 32 minutes – 19 seconds quicker than Stefan Kung
News Test captain hasn’t given up hope of T20 World Cup involvement after starring role in ODI Joe Root hopes England’s controversial rest-and-rotation policy can be “put behind us” ahead of the Test series against India and in the Ashes that follows. While England have selected their strongest available T20I squad for two successive series
There was no June swoon for weird, wacky and wonderful in baseball. The greatest game provided another load of strikeouts, including immaculate ones, home runs and unusual name connections, led by a threesome of Santanas on one play, and Griffin Jax and Skye Bolt in one week. It gave us bizarre plays, triple plays and
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