LIVE: Major Manchester city centre street taped off by police following 'assault'
Police have taped off a major street in Manchester city centre.
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So you're saying there's a chance? Raptors have 1% shot at top pick in NBA draft
The NBA draft lottery has offered teams a quick path from bad to good for nearly four decades. The stakes this year are unusually high with French phenom Victor Wembanyama the top prospect.
Ian Ayre’s journey from Liverpool CEO to running Nashville SC in MLS
I an Ayre, Nashville SC’s CEO, had never given much thought to working in the US, let alone Tennessee. In fact, after his 2017 departure from the same role at Liverpool, he wasn’t really thinking about soccer very much at all: a decade at his boyhood club had proved as grueling as it was exhilarating. A visit to Nashville and a meeting with the club’s owners changed his mind. Back then, the club was a concept rather than a reality. For Ayre, it was a chance he knew he had to take. “How often,” he asked himself, “do you get a chance to work with a blank canvas?”
Sixers' Joel Embiid earns first All-NBA First Team honor - ESPN
The NBA's Most Valuable Player, Joel Embiid, was named to the All-NBA First Team for the first time in his career as the NBA unveiled all three of its All-NBA teams Wednesday night, while LeBron James extended his all-time record to 19 All-NBA selections.
Heartbreak as dead cat in zipped up bag dumped in Greater Manchester canal
A dead cat has been found inside a zip-up bag, dumped in a Greater Manchester canal. Heartbreaking images shared by the RSPCA show the dirty, beige holdall bag which the cat had been found inside, along with its body.
Canada's Pickett scores in debut with Courage, leading to draw against Thorns
Newly acquired midfielder Victoria Pickett scored in the 70th minute for the North Carolina Courage in a 3-3 draw with the Portland Thorns on Saturday in Cary, N.C.
NBA mailbag - A left-handed lineup meets a team of undrafted underdogs in Miami - ESPN
When the Miami Heat and New York Knicks square off in Saturday's Game 3 of their conference semifinals matchup and beyond, it will be a battle between the lefties and the undrafted stars.
An injury crisis has hit women's soccer and we are past the time to sound the alarm
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