LONDON – Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei won a thrilling women’s London Marathon on Sunday in two hours, 17 minutes and 43 seconds as world record holder and defending champion Brigid Kosgei faded late in the race to finish outside the podium places. Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia was a comfortable winner of the elite men’s race in […]
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MANILA, Philippines—TNT hung on and denied San Miguel, 89-88, in Game 1 of their best-of-seven semifinals series in the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup Sunday at DHVSU Gym in Bacolor, Pampanga. Roger Pogoy gave the Tropang Giga an 89-84 lead with 1:34 left hitting on a difficult layup against the defense of Chris Ross and that […]
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MANILA, Philippines—Niigata chalked up its first win of the 2021-22 B.League season overcoming Kyoto, 76-75, in dramatic fashion Sunday at City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka. Yuto Nohmi drilled the game-winning jumper with three seconds left in the nip-and-tuck game. 1点を争うシーソーゲーム…。勝負を決めた新潟#21 納見のジャンパー🔥@21yuto0410 @naxbb_rb 📡バスケットLIVEで生配信中https://t.co/NkpAYyrWap#Bリーグ #Bリーグ開幕 pic.twitter.com/ozHjlJsL22 — B.LEAGUE（Bリーグ） (@B_LEAGUE) October 3, 2021 Struggling the whole game, […]
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MADRID – Former Barcelona striker Luis Suarez heaped more misery on his old club as Atletico Madrid claimed a 2-0 La Liga victory over the Catalans at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday. First-half strikes from Thomas Lemar and Suarez were enough for the champions to secure all three points and heap pressure on Barca’s beleaguered […]
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MANILA, Philippines—Juan Gomez de Liaño logged in more minutes this time around but Earthfriends Tokyo Z dropped their second loss to Kagawa, 100-85, in the second division of the B.League Sunday at Kanonji City Gymnasium. Gomez de Liaño played 16 minutes, nearly 13 more than in his previous game, and finished with 10 points, going […]
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MANILA, Philippines—San-En quickly avenged its opening day loss and stunned Shiga, 101-96, in an overtime thriller in the Japan B.League Sunday at Ukaruchan Arena. The NeoPhoenix started the overtime period on a 7-0 run to take a 92-85 lead after Robert Carter’s three-pointer with 3:33 to play. Kiefer Ravena’s free throws cut the deficit to […]
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MANILA, Philippines—Magnolia took down Meralco, 88-79, in Game 1 of their seven-game semifinals series in the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup Sunday at DHVSU Gym in Bacolor, Pampanga. The Hotshots pulled away late in the fourth with Calvin Abueva punctuating a 13-3 run with a breakaway jam for a 82-72 lead with 2:45 left in the […]
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Thiago Santos defeated fellow Brazilian Johnny Walker in a unanimous decision Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Santos won 48-47 across all three cards in the light heavyweight contest at the UFC Apex. The fight was extremely close, per the stats. Walker landed 48 strikes to Santos’ 44. […]
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MANILA, Philippines—Jack Animam made her presence felt with a dominant debut to lead Radnicki Kragujevac to a close 78-77 win over Proleter 023 in the First Women’s Basketball League of Serbia Saturday. The 6-foot-5 center out of National University stamped her class with 20 points, 14 rebounds, two steals, and two blocks and converted on […]
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Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp likened refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine to drunk-driving, saying such people endanger others. Klopp said he took the vaccine to protect not just himself but “all the people around me”. The 54-year-old also said that 99% of his Liverpool players are vaccinated and that he did not have to convince […]
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2021 US Open 9-Ball champion Carlo Biado talks about his relationship with sporting icon Efren “Bata” Reyes, his quest for perfection, using basketball as preparation for tournaments, and being an all-around family man. #SportsIQ
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The Philadelphia 76ers put 25 percent of money owed to guard Ben Simmons per his contract — $8.25 million — in an escrow account in response to his holdout, multiple media outlets reported Friday. The Sixers say they will deduct any fines Simmons racks up from the account. Simmons has not reported the team for […]
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