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by Jung Ha-Won Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North and South Korea began talks Monday on appearances by performers from Pyongyang’s state-run artistic troupes at next month’s Winter Olympics in the South, after the North agreed to attend the Games. Pyongyang agreed last week to send athletes, high-level officials, and others to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, easing months of high tensions over its weapons programmes. The two sides agreed an art troupe […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Dennis Rodman, a five-time NBA champion and sometime buddy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was released from jail on Sunday after being detained overnight on suspicion of driving under the influence, police said. Rodman, 56, was stopped at 11:11 p.m. Saturday for a vehicle violation, said Lieutenant Rachel Johnson of the Newport Beach Police in Newport Beach, California, south of Los Angeles. TMZ reported that Rodman failed […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Golden State Warriors aim to heap more misery on LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday when they meet in a marquee NBA holiday matchup. The rematch of the last three NBA Finals highlights the league’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day slate. “We just want to kick each other’s ass,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “There’s no sort of love lost. That’s how it should be. We […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Goran Dragic’s 25 points propelled Miami to a 97-79 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday that pushed the Heat within one game of the Cleveland Cavaliers for third place in the NBA Eastern Conference. The Heat, a tad sluggish to start, used a 14-0 second-half scoring run to notch their seventh straight victory, tying the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Celtics for the longest active winning streak in the league. “I […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) – The head of Egypt’s legendary Zamalek football club, Mortada Mansour, said Saturday he would be standing in the presidential election in March. “I will be a candidate in the presidential election and I will start to collect sponsors,” he wrote on Facebook. He also confirmed his intention to run on a television show, saying he “had to gather about 25,000 signatures in 15 provinces in just 10 days”. The National Elections Authority […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Cheering crowds welcomed the Olympic flame to a freezing Seoul on Saturday, where the torch will be paraded for four days before making its way to Pyeongchang for the start of the Winter Games. The outlook for next month’s sporting extravaganza has brightened since North Korea confirmed its participation, lifting security concerns over the South’s nuclear-armed neighbour. The North has agreed to send an unknown number of athletes to the […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Simona Halep goes in search of a first Grand Slam at the Australian Open next week without a sponsor, but happy she’ll be able to wear her “lucky” red dress. The world number one admitted she unusually had “no brand clothes” to wear at Melbourne Park for the first Grand Slam of the year after ending her deal with Adidas last season. “I have no contract now. Yeah, it’s an interesting […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Chicago Cubs slugger Kris Bryant agreed on a one-year, $10.85 million (8.89 million euros) deal with the Chicago Cubs on Friday, a record for a player in his first year of eligibility for salary arbitration. Bryant’s deal surpasses the $10 million deal Ryan Howard made with the Philadelphia Phillies before the 2008 season. Bryant and Howard each won National League Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards in their first […]
By: Norman Castro, EBC Sports International, New York Bureau (Eagle News) — The top four teams in the NFL enter the fray this week as the Divisional Round of the playoffs begin. With the highs and lows of the wild-card games this past weekend, we look forward to what these match-ups will bring. Let’s look at each team and ask some of the burning questions that need to be answered in order to find themselves […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Toronto Raptors used a balanced attack to crush Cleveland 133-99 on Thursday, handing LeBron James’ struggling Cavaliers their most lopsided loss of the season. Fred VanVleet came off the bench to score 22 points as the Raptors embarrassed the Cavaliers by getting double figure scoring from seven different players at Air Canada Centre arena. The Raptors improved to a 15-2 at home despite playing Thursday without starters Kyle […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Mexican fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has agreed to a May 5 rematch against three-belt middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday. The report said Golovkin’s camp was expected to greenlight the bout in “the next few days,” noting there was no rematch clause for a third fight in the agreement. “It’s going to be another great fight, so it’ll likely be a natural to do […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Toronto forward Serge Ibaka, suspended for Thursday’s key Eastern Conference clash with the Cleveland Cavaliers, offered an apology to the Raptors and their fans. “Sometimes during a game my emotions can lead to bad reactions and I’m not proud of that,” Ibaka wrote on his Twitter feed. “This is why I want to apologize to the Raptors organization, the fans, the staff and my teammates for my suspension.” The […]
