Brown leads Celtics over Pelicans 125-114, Bucks sink Hawks
LOS ANGELES: Jaylen Brown scored 41 points as the Boston Celtics underscored their status as the NBA’s form team with a 125-114 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday.
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Naomi Osaka announces pregnancy and promises return in 2024
MIAMI, Florida: Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka announced on Wednesday that she is pregnant and will be taking a break from tennis until 2024.
Messi scores in first game after World Cup as PSG win
PARIS: Lionel Messi scored in his first game since leading Argentina to the World Cup title as French league leaders Paris Saint-Germain beat Angers 2-0 on Wednesday.
Southampton stun Man City in English League Cup quarterfinals
LONDON: Southampton stunned Manchester City to book a place in the semifinals of the English League Cup on Wednesday.
Thibaut Courtois heroics help Madrid beat Valencia in Saudi Arabia to reach Spanish Super Cup final
RIYADH: Thibaut Courtois was the hero for Real Madrid as they beat Valencia 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Riyadh on Wednesday to reach the Spanish Super Cup final. The reigning Super Cup champions were below their best again amid a difficult start to 2023, but Courtois excelled, making crucial saves and then decisively denying Jose Gaya in the shootout. Madrid will go on to play either Barcelona or Real Betis, who play Thursday, in Sunday’s final.
Germany’s Kimmich says family saved him from World Cup woe
BERLIN: Germany and Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich thanked his family for picking him up out of a post-World Cup “hole,” which he had described as “the worst day of my life.” Immediately after Germany’s elimination from the Qatar World Cup in December — the second consecutive exit for both Germany and Kimmich after Russia in 2018 — the midfielder said he was “afraid that I’ll fall into a hole.” Speaking on Wednesday afternoon from Bayern’s summer training camp in Doha, Kimmich told reporters “honestly, I did not fall in a hole after all.” “That’s a little bit down to my three kids. With them it’s difficult to fall into a hole — you’ve got other things to do.
Haller savours first game in Dortmund shirt after cancer battle
Sebastien Haller said he was relieved to finally make his first appearance in a Borussia Dortmund shirt following two surgeries and four rounds of chemotherapy for testicular cancer which sidelined the Ivory Coast forward for six months.
Haller returns for Dortmund after testicular cancer diagnosis
Borussia Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller came off the bench in a friendly against Fortuna Duesseldorf on Tuesday in Marbella, continuing his recovery from testicular cancer.