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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Floyd Mayweather has asked United States authorities for more time to pay his 2015 tax bill, the year of his money-spinning mega-fight with Manny Pacquiao, filings showed Monday. Mayweather, who is coming out of retirement to fight UFC star Conor McGregor next month, has requested he be allowed to settle his 2015 taxes after he is paid for his August 26 bout. The McGregor fight is expected to net […]
By: Tennie Sumague, EBC Sports International, New York Bureau MIAMI,FLORIDA- Order in the court, the judge has spoken. New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is the 2017 Major League Baseball (MLB) Home Run Derby champion. The rookie right fielder leads the majors in home runs (30), runs (75), on-base percentage (.449) and slugging percentage (.697) leading to the All-Star break. Not bad for a player who batted .179 in 27 games with the Yankees last […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A Thai teenager became the youngest known winner of a professional golf tournament on Sunday, overcoming huge pressure to secure a two-shot victory at the Ladies European Thailand Championship in Pattaya. There were gasps from the crowd as Atthaya Thitikul — aged just 14 years and four months — calmly slotted home a must-win final putt on the 18th to see off Ana Menendez of Mexico. Her victory smashes the current […]
MIAMI, Florida (AFP) — New evidence shows Venus Williams was driving “lawfully” when she was involved in a deadly car crash that sparked a lawsuit against the tennis star, police in Florida said Friday. An initial police report on the June 9 crash in Palm Beach Gardens described Williams as being “at fault” in the incident. On Friday, Palm Beach Gardens police issued a statement saying new video obtained of the collision showed that “the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kyle Lowry re-signed with the Toronto Raptors on Friday as the franchise completed a multi-year deal for free agent power forward Serge Ibaka. Lowry, who in May hinted he was ready to leave Toronto to increase his chances of winning an NBA championship, has re-signed on a reported three-year deal worth $100 million. The three-time All Star has been a key pillar of the Raptors in recent years, averaging […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Detroit Pistons acquired guard Avery Bradley from the Boston Celtics in exchange for forward Marcus Morris, the Pistons said on Friday. The deal brings one of the best two-way players in the NBA to Detroit, who also receive a 2019 second-round draft pick in the deal. With Bradley on his way to Detroit, the Pistons withdrew their $5.5 million qualifying offer and renounced their rights to restricted free-agent guard […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has said it will review the scoring of the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn welterweight title bout after the Philippine world champion’s shock loss, but the verdict will stand. The WBO announced the move on its website after Pacquiao, backed by the Philippine government’s sports regulatory body, criticised the referee and the judges and demanded a review. The Filipino regulator, the Games and Amusements Board, has also called […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Newly-crowned world welterweight champion Jeff Horn on Thursday brushed aside boxing legend Manny Pacquiao’s call for a review of his controversial defeat and threw down the gauntlet for a rematch. Thousands joined a ticker-tape parade in Brisbane in honor of the former school teacher, who said he doubted if Pacquiao had personally backed a call to review the outcome of last Sunday’s title bout. “I don’t actually believe that would be […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Guard Nick Young, a free agent since declining a player option with the Los Angeles Lakers, is headed to the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors. “Congratulations to @NickswagyPYoung on your new contract with the @warriors! We are so happy for you!” a tweet from Priority Sports, the agency that represents Young, said Wednesday. Young, 32, was the 16th overall selection in the 2007 NBA draft. He spent the past […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — The Chicago Bulls said Wednesday they have signed Finnish forward Lauri Markkanen, the seventh overall selection in last month’s NBA draft. Markkanen was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves, but the rights to sign him were acquired by the Bulls in the trade that brought Kris Dunn and Zach LaVine to Chicago in exchange for Jimmy Butler. The Bulls did not disclose the terms of the contract. Markkanen played one season […]
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday urged the World Boxing Organization (WBO) to review the “unfair decision and officiating” in his fight against Australia’s Jeff Horn. Pacquiao endorsed a formal call by the Philippines’ Games and Amusement Board for the WBO to review the outcome of Sunday’s fight in Brisbane. “I love boxing and I don’t wanna see it dying because of the unfair decision and officiating,” Pacquiao, 38, said in a statement issued by […]
BOSTON, United States (AFP) – Free agent Gordon Hayward has agreed to join the Boston Celtics in a move which will reunite him with his former United States college coach Brad Stevens, The Players’ Tribune reported on Tuesday. The all-star swingman Hayward addressed his decision to move from the Utah Jazz to the Celtics in an article he wrote for the website which was titled “Thank You Utah.” Hayward spurned his now former NBA team […]
