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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James is hopeful Dwyane Wade will join the Cleveland Cavaliers after he secured his buyout from the Chicago Bulls. The 35-year-old guard bought out his contract with the Bulls on Sunday, and is now poised to listen to offers from a string of potential suitors. Wade passed up around $8 million in salary to obtain the buyout, according to ESPN. Wade is a former teammate of James from […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James said Monday he did not regret branding President Donald Trump a “bum,” accusing the US leader of dividing the nation in his feud with the sports world. NBA star James had taken aim at Trump on Twitter on Saturday after the president withdrew a White House invitation to the champion Golden State Warriors and star player Stephen Curry. “U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain’t going! So […]
By Patrick Harrington EBC Florida Bureau LONDON (Eagle News) – The Jacksonville Jaguars picked up a decisive win, dispatching the Baltimore Ravens 44-7 in London’s Wembley Stadium on Sunday. Jacksonville moved to 2-1 for the first time since 2010 and won their third consecutive game overseas. The Jaguars’ performance was a strong contrast to their previous game where they lost 37-16 at home against the Tennessee Titans. Both the Jaguars’ offense and defense played consistently […]
Orcas pass by during the semi-finals of the Lofoten Masters 2017 Surf Contest in Norway. (AFP Video)
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that an intensifying feud with National Football League players who won’t stand during the US national anthem to draw attention to social injustice, has “nothing to do with race.” Trump spoke after players of America’s most popular sport took a defiant stand, in the largest such demonstration since former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started the protests in 2016. Trump has ignited a firestorm […]
By Jay Rosquites EBC Florida Bureau SANTA CLARA, CA (Eagle News) – In their second NFC West showdown of the season, the San Francisco 49ers rallied from behind with a 19-point fourth quarter, but fell short to the Los Angeles Rams 41-38 at Levi’s Stadium. The 49ers had much to prove after losing a close game last week to the Seattle Seahawks. On the first play of the opening drive, 49ers quarterback Brian Hoyer threw […]
ATLANTA, United States (AFP) – Kyle Stanley got off to a hot start and outshone the big guns to lead after the opening round of the Tour Championship Thursday but Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas are poised to strike. Stanley shot a six-under-par 64 to take the first-round lead at East Lake Golf Club and put himself in contention to win the PGA Tour’s four tournament playoff series. American Stanley holds a two-shot lead over four players […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea unveiled the bronze, silver and gold medals that the world’s top athletes will compete for in Pyeongchang 2018. Located in the mountainous Gangwon Province, some 180 kilometres east of Seoul, Pyeongchang will host Asia’s first Winter Games outside Japan and kick off an Asian Olympic cycle that reflects the region’s growing influence on world sport. Head of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Organizing Committee (POCOG), Lee Hee-beom, said […]
by Kieran Canning Agence France-Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) – Lionel Messi added four more goals to his soaring early season tally as a much-changed Barcelona maintained their 100 percent start to La Liga by routing Eibar 6-1 on Tuesday. Paulinho and Denis Suarez also netted for the second consecutive game as Barca stretched their lead at the top of La Liga to seven points over Real Madrid, who host Real Betis on Wednesday. “That Messi scored four goals […]
by Faisal Kamal Agence France-Presse New Delhi, India (AFP) – Boxing, badminton, poker, pool — every sport imaginable is re-branding in India as a “super” or “pro” franchise-based competition chasing a slice of an emerging billion-dollar entertainment market dominated by cricket’s Indian Premier League. The star-studded Twenty20 tournament has inspired a raft of glitzy new sports leagues seeking to replicate the winning formula that recently landed India’s most popular sporting event a bumper $2.55 billion broadcast deal. Earlier […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) — The journey ended where it began – at Paris’ Arc de Triomphe. British endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont smashed the Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation, finishing a day and a half shy of his goal of 80 days, arriving in Paris on Monday (September 18). Beaumont set himself the challenge of cycling around 18,000 miles (29,000 kilometers) across the planet. His trip saw him heading east across Europe through Poland, […]
STOCKPORT, United Kingdom (AFP) — Former England captain Wayne Rooney was on Monday banned from driving for two years and ordered to perform 100 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty to drink driving. Rooney was charged after being stopped by police while driving a black Volkswagen Beetle at 2:00 am on September 1. The car belonged to a woman he had met in a bar.
