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NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — After pressing for a win to even the competition, Champion Magnus Carlsen survives game nine with a draw against challenger Sergey Karjakin at the World Chess Championship. Defending champion Magnus Carlsen survived game nine with a draw against challenger Sergey Karjakin at the World Chess Championship in New York on Wednesday (November 23). The 25-year-old Norwegian pressed an offensive game on Karjakin in order to overcome a one point […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The NBA on Wednesday denied the Denver Nuggets’ protest of a 108-107 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies earlier this month despite an error in judgment by a replay official. The Nuggets protested that the replay center, which handles all video reviews of on-court issues, incorrectly awarded possession of the ball to the Grizzlies with 0.7 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of a November 8 game. That call was […]
(Reuters) — An Australian has set the Guinness World Record for the highest basketball shot, launching the ball from the top of a huge Swiss dam. Derek Herron, a 28-year old from Perth, flew all the way to the Swiss Alps with his ‘How Ridiculous’ team members to score the impressive record from the top of Mauvoisin Dam, one of the highest dams in the world. The Australian group performs different tricks and sporting antics […]
(Reuters) — Noah Bahnson finally has that monkey off his back. After coming second the past two years, Bahnson clinched this year’s Red Bull Aces wingsuit racing championship held above the Arizona desert on Saturday (November 20). The American has twice been runner up to compatriot Andy Farrington but this year did enough to come out on top. 40 athletes from 18 countries leapt from a helicopter 8,000 feet (2,440 metres) above the desert in […]
The Philippines national football team has its backs against the wall when it faces defending champion Thailand in the final day of the AFF Suzuki Cup Group A fixtures on Friday night at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bocaue, Bulacan. On the other hand, Indonesia and Singapore will simultaneously kick off its final match at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila. At stake with a win for either team will be an outright ticket to […]
DORTMUND, GERMANY (Reuters) — Already-qualified Borussia Dortmund crushed Legia Warsaw 8-4 on Tuesday (November 22) to set a record for the most goals scored in a Champions League match, helped by a Marco Reus hat-trick. Rampant Dortmund netted five times in 15 first-half minutes with Shinji Kagawa grabbing two goals while Reus, back for the first time after six months out injured, completed the scoring in stoppage time. Dortmund are top of Group F on […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Playing without NBA All-Star forward Anthony Davis most of the night after he suffered a bruised right knee, the New Orleans Pelicans still routed Atlanta 112-94 Tuesday. Tim Frazier matched his career high with 21 points and added 14 assists for the Pelicans, who led by as many as 35 points in the third quarter. “We came out hungry. We jumped on them from the start and continued to […]
BOCAUE, Philippines — Visiting Indonesia gave host Philippines a huge scare, but the home side managed to salvage a 2-2 draw in the second day of the AFF Suzuki Cup Group A competition on Tuesday night at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bocaue. For the second straight game, the Azkals failed to gain a result, putting its campaign to advance in jeopardy unless it gains a win over Thailand, or both Singapore and Indonesia produce […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Klay Thompson scored 25 points and Stephen Curry added 22 as the Golden State Warriors won their eighth consecutive game, routing Indiana 120-83 Monday to complete a four-game road sweep. Kevin Durant added 14 points while Draymond Green contributed 10 as the Warriors improved to 12-2, helped by a season-high 60 rebounds. “What a great trip,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “I thought we really defended well and we moved […]
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) — Barcelona stars Neymar and Rafinha welcomed Canadian singer and songwriter Justin Bieber onto their training pitch for a few shots at goal on Monday (November 21). Bieber has played and followed soccer since he was a child and showed some skills dribbling and juggling the ball and shooting at goal. He wasn’t so good at stopping shots, however. Bieber is on a world tour and has shows in Barcelona on Tuesday […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman was charged with hit and run and property damage Monday for driving the wrong way on a freeway and causing a car crash, police said. Rodman was charged with misdemeanor counts of hit and run with property damage, driving a motor vehicle across a divide, giving false information to a police officer and driving without a valid license. If convicted on all charges, the […]
BOCAUE, Philippines — Six years ago, the Philippines men’s national football team was merely a blip in the radar of international football. With the Philippine Football Federation in turmoil under the late Jose Mari Martinez, the Azkals were mired in a tough situation during its 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup campaign. Prior to the tournament, the team was ranked at 166, way behind sub-region rivals Myanmar (137) and Malaysia (148). But in a surprise twist, the […]
