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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 19 points as the Milwaukee Bucks bagged their 50th win of the season with a 108-97 defeat of the NBA champion Toronto Raptors on Tuesday. In a potential preview of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bucks laid down a marker with a dominant second-half display to claim victory at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. The Raptors had led 52-50 at halftime, but Milwaukee took a grip on the […]
By Zharita Sese EBC Southern Ontario Bureau TORONTO, CANADA (Eagle News) — Raptors fans were treated with a matinee game Sunday afternoon when their team took on the Indiana Pacers. With the 127-81 win against the Pacers, Toronto sets a new franchise record for largest margin of victory of 46 points. Pascal Siakam once again led his team to victory as he finished the night with 21 points and shot 8-for-12 from the field. On […]
by Jocelyne ZABLIT Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A tearful Michael Jordan on Monday remembered his “little brother” Kobe Bryant at a star-filled memorial in Los Angeles for the basketball great and his daughter Gianna, who died with seven others in a helicopter crash last month. “When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died, and as I look in this arena, across the globe, a piece of you died,” […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa filed a lawsuit on Monday against the operators of the helicopter that crashed on January 26, killing the NBA icon and eight others. The suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on the same day that Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and the other seven crash victims were memorialized in a public ceremony at the Staples Center. The lawsuit names Island Express Helicopters, […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Tyson Fury reigns again as a heavyweight world champion after battering Deontay Wilder on the way to a stunning seventh-round stoppage in their World Boxing Council title rematch. Fourteen months after their dramatic split-decision draw, Britain’s Fury dominated the American champion — who had blood streaming from his left ear and leaking from his mouth when referee Kenny Bayless called a halt at the behest of Wilder’s corner. “The […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) – Mominul Haque completed his first century as Bangladesh Test captain and Mushfiqur Rahim was one run off his ton as the hosts took a first-innings lead against Zimbabwe on Monday. Mominul hit 119 not out and Mushfiqur was unbeaten on 99 as Bangladesh reached 351 for three by lunch on the third day of the one-off Test in Dhaka. The hosts lead by 86 runs in response to Zimbabwe’s 265. Resuming […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James delivered the go-ahead jumper with 30 seconds left to help lift the Los Angeles Lakers to a 114-112 victory over the Boston Celtics as the two decorated franchises renewed their historic rivalry on Sunday. The NBA powerhouses went down to the wire in a back-and-forth thriller Sunday in front of a crowd of almost 19,000 at the Staples Center arena. Boston and Los Angeles have 33 NBA […]
By Zharita Sese EBC Southern Ontario Bureau TORONTO, CANADA (Eagle News) — On Friday night the Toronto Raptors dawned their black and gold “Welcome Toronto” jersey and hosted the young Phoenix Suns for their first game back since the All-Star break. The Raptors were looking to get back on track as they entered the break winning 15 of their last 16 games. Meanwhile the Suns’ star, Devin Booker, was riding a high from his first […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Vasilisa Ermakova may be too young for school, but the six-year-old Russian girl has already made a name for herself as a snowboarding prodigy. Vasilisa spends five hours a day barrelling down slopes outside Moscow and has even smashed a number of national records. “She wants to go train every day and she asks for snow, even in summer,” says her mother Natalia. Coached by her father — himself a former […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Milwaukee Bucks, who have the NBA’s best record, continued their drive to clinch home-court advantage in the playoffs with a 126-106 win over the struggling Detroit Pistons on Thursday. Reigning league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 33 points and 16 rebounds as the visiting Bucks disposed of their Central Division rivals for the 11th straight time. Khris Middleton tallied 28 points and eight rebounds for the Bucks, who […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving will have surgery on his right shoulder and miss the remainder of the NBA season, the team said Thursday. Point guard Irving tried to play through a shoulder impingement first diagnosed in November, but eventually missed 26 games. In hoping to avoid surgery he received a cortisone injection on December 24 that allowed him to return to action on January 12. He played in […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — China have been forced to pull out of next month’s Davis Cup play-off with Romania due to the ongoing deadly coronavirus outbreak, the International Tennis Federation announced (ITF) on Tuesday. They were due to travel to the Romanian city of Piatra Nemat for qualifying matches in the second-tier competition in March. “The Davis Cup Committee has accepted the withdrawal of China, P.R. from their Davis Cup World Group I Play-off against […]
