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by Peter Stebbings © Agence France-Presse GOLD COAST, Australia (AFP) — Indian boxing star Mary Kom opened up on the heartache she faced returning to competition after having children as she captured her first Commonwealth Games title on Saturday at the age of 35. Mother-of-three Kom, the subject of a Bollywood film in 2014, won a unanimous points decision over Northern Ireland’s Kristina O’Hara in their light-flyweight final on Australia’s Gold Coast. It is […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Golden State Warriors will be heading into uncharted territory on Saturday as they open their NBA postseason campaign against the San Antonio Spurs missing star Stephen Curry and struggling to find their best form. For the first time since head coach Steve Kerr took over in 2014-2015, the Warriors will not enter the playoffs as owners of the NBA’s best record, starting as second seeds in the Western […]
HILTON HEAD, United States (AFP) — Rory Sabbatini battled through the discomfort of a sore back to shoot a seven-under 64 for first-round lead at the RBC Heritage, with world number one Dustin Johnson not far behind. South Africa’s Sabbatini has a two-stroke lead over a group of four Americans at five-under 66, including Matt Kuchar and Billy Horschel, while Johnson fashioned four consecutive birdies at one stage of his opening round for a 69. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Russell Westbrook became the first player in NBA history to average a triple double in multiple seasons as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 137-123 on Wednesday. Westbrook entered Wednesday’s home contest needing 16 rebounds against the Grizzlies to complete his triple-double average for the second straight season. He earned his 16th rebound with about nine minutes left in the third quarter. He played 37 minutes against […]
By Norman Castro EBC New York Bureau TORONTO (Eagle News) – On a chilly Friday spring night, the Toronto Raptors looked to lock up the top seed in the Eastern Conference as they faced the Indiana Pacers. In a possible second round match up in the playoffs, this showed to be a preview of what might come. The Air Canada Centre was buzzing from the opening tip off, and the Raptors were more than […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Philadelphia 76ers powered to a record-breaking 15th straight victory on Tuesday with a 121-113 defeat of the Atlanta Hawks to stay on course for the third seed in the Eastern Conference standings. J.J. Redick led the scoring with 28 points while Ersan Ilyasova weighed in with 26 off the bench as the Sixers moved to within one win of locking up the third spot. Ben Simmons, who had […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Manchester City’s dream of winning Europe will have to wait again until next year after English rivals Liverpool’s 2-1 away victory at the Etihad Stadium knocked the Premier League leaders out of the Champions League on Tuesday night. Liverpool will now advance to the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League via a 5-1 aggregate victory against Manchester City. Manchester City came in to the match confident that they would […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Roma defender Kostas Manolas sent the entire Stadio Olimpico to a delirious frenzy on Tuesday night with a stunning header in the 82nd minute as the Italian club sent Barcelona crashing out of the Champions League with a 3-0 win and advance to Europe’s final four with a 4-4 aggregate victory on away goals. After losing the first leg of the quarterfinals 4-1, Roma was facing extremely tall odds […]
By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – The Cleveland Cavaliers coming to the Big Apple always creates a frenzy. In the middle of all of the excitement is usually LeBron James, with the media seizing every opportunity to ask him all sorts of questions – from the playoffs, to his comments on New York Knicks rookie, Frank Ntilikina earlier in the season, to social injustice issues, to being “the King” […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Paul George scored 27 points and Russell Westbrook bagged a triple-double as the Oklahoma City Thunder overturned an 18-point deficit to clinch a playoff berth with a 115-93 victory over the Miami Heat on Monday. Westbrook finished with 23 points, 18 rebounds and 13 assists in a dynamic performance which assured the Thunder of a postseason berth and kept them in the hunt for home-court advantage in the first […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Floyd Mayweather says if he fights again it will be in a mixed martial arts bout but added he’s not focused on getting in the ring again with Conor McGregor. “McGregor has other things to deal with,” Mayweather said Saturday. Mayweather told Showtime sports that if he comes out of retirement it would be against the wishes of his trusted adviser Al Haymon. He added it would have to be […]
by Rebecca Bryan Agence France Presse AUGUSTA, United States (AFP) — Rory McIlroy came up empty again in his bid to complete a career Grand Slam at the Masters, but the Northern Ireland star insists he has the game to win at Augusta National. “I think 100 percent I can come back and win here,” McIlroy said after fading to a 2-over par 74 and a tie for fifth behind first-time major winner Patrick Reed. […]
