Dubai Basketball returns home with 10-game unbeaten record
DUBAI: Dubai Basketball extended their winning streak to 10 games with a commanding 83-71 road win over Mornar-Barsko zlato in Round 27 of the ABA League.
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Luka Modric Becomes Co-Owner Of Championship Club Swansea
Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric has joined Swansea as an investor and co-owner, the Championship club announced on Monday. The 39-year-old Croatia captain has spent the past 13 seasons with Real Madrid and helped them win six Champions League titles after a spell at Tottenham earlier in his career. Swansea failed to disclose how much Modric, who won the Ballon d'Or in 2018, had invested but he expressed excitement at the chance to use his knowledge to help the Welsh club, who play in the second tier of the English league.
ATP roundup: Ben Shelton saves 3 match points, survives in Munich
American No. 2 seed Ben Shelton saved three match points in order to rally past Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3) in the first round of the BMW Open on Monday in Munich, Germany.
Modric brings Galactico glamour to Swansea in surprise ownership twist
Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham may have the Hollywood spotlight, but Welsh rivals Swansea City are stealing some star power of their own with Real Madrid maestro Luka Modric poised to make his first move into club ownership with a minority stake.
Rohan Bopanna-Ben Shelton Lose In Monte Carlo Tennis Quarterfinals
Indian ace Rohan Bopanna and Ben Shelton's men's doubles campaign at the Monte Carlo Masters ended in the quarterfinals after losing to Monegasque Romain Arneodo and partner Manuel Guinard on Friday. The Indo-American duo came back from a set down but lost in the super tiebreak with the scoreline 6-2, 4-6, 10-7. This was Bopanna's sixth quarterfinal appearance at the Monte-Carlo Masters, a title he famously lifted in 2017. Bopanna-Shelton rallied to a 2-6, 7-6(4), 10-7 second-round victory against third seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori that featured a topsy-turvy match tie-break to make it to the quarterfinals. After his first-round win over Francisco Cerundolo and Alejandro Tabilo, Bopanna became the oldest player ever, in either singles or doubles, to win a match at the ATP Masters 1000 level at the age of 45 years and one month.
Juve are still a work in progress, Tudor says before Roma test
Newly-appointed Juventus coach Igor Tudor said his team were in a bad way when he took the job and they remain a work in progress two weeks into his tenure as he prepares for his first big test in Sunday's Serie A visit to in-form AS Roma.
Canadian soccer men reach all-time high at 30 in FIFA world rankings
Canada climbed one spot to an all-time best No. 30 in the latest FIFA rankings released Thursday.
Southampton boss Juric desperate to avoid Premier League ‘worst team’ tag
Southampton manager Ivan Juric has challenged his beleaguered players to prove they are not the worst team in Premier League history as they brace for an immediate return to the Championship.