Busy period ahead for Saudi Arabian cricket
Thailand: The Saudi Arabian senior men’s cricket team is in Malaysia to play in a Quadrangular T20I series against Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
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Euroleague CEO says spirit of European game must be preserved as NBA tests waters
NEW YORK : Euroleague CEO Paulius Motiejunas said he wants to preserve the spirit of European basketball as his organisation faces potential competition from the ultra-powerful NBA.
Lakers level NBA playoff series, Pacers and Thunder win again
LOS ANGELES: Luka Doncic scored 31 points and LeBron James added 21 as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 94-85 to level their NBA Western Conference playoff series at one game apiece on Tuesday.
Celtics' Payton Pritchard named NBA's Sixth Man of the Year - ESPN
Two years ago, Payton Pritchard was on the fringes of Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla's rotation.
Mike Patrick, ESPN play-by-play voice for 36 years, dies at 80 - ESPN
Mike Patrick, who spent 36 years as a play-by-play commentator for ESPN and was the network's NFL voice for «Sunday Night Football» for 18 seasons, has died at the age of 80.
Alcaraz waiting on results from medical tests to see if he will play in Madrid
“I feel fine physically,” the 21-year-old Spaniard saidAlcaraz won the Madrid title in 2022 and 2023MADRID: Carlos Alcaraz said Tuesday he is feeling fine but will wait on results from medical tests to decide whether he will play at the Madrid Open.The third-ranked Alcaraz needed treatment on his upper right leg during his straight-set loss to Holger Rune in the Barcelona Open final on Sunday.“I feel fine physically,” the 21-year-old Spaniard said. “I’ve had tests, and we’ll see what the results say.
Rahul powers Delhi to big win over Lucknow in IPL
LUCKNOW, India: India’s KL Rahul hit an unbeaten 57 to steer Delhi Capitals to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants and get his side back to winning ways in the IPL on Tuesday. Chasing a modest 160 for victory, Delhi rode on Rahul’s 42-ball knock and a second-wicket partnership with Abishek Porel, who hit 51, to achieve their target with 13 balls to spare at Lucknow’s home ground. Delhi, with six wins in eight matches, bounced back from their previous defeat to table-toppers Gujarat Titans and are second in the 10-team table. Seam bowler Mukesh Kumar set up victory with his four wickets as he helped pull Lucknow back from 87-0 to 110-4 and then a below-par total of 159-6. “Once we picked up two quick wickets, we got the momentum and all the bowlers did well to restrict them under 160,” Delhi skipper Axar Patel said. In reply, Delhi lost Karun Nair for 15 bowled by Aiden Markram, a part-time off spinner, but Porel and Rahul combined to get the chase on track in their stand of 69. Markram struck again to get the left-handed Porel out after his 36-ball knock, which was laced with five fours and one six. Rahul stood firm and along with Axar, who made 34, put on an unbeaten stand of 56 to steer the team home with a winning six from Rahul. Rahul hit his third fifty of the season to go past 5,000 runs in the IPL — making him the quickest player to achieve the feat in the T20 tournament. Earlier, openers Markram (52) and Mitchell Marsh (45) combined the right dose of caution and aggression to steer Lucknow to 87 inside 10 overs. South African batter Markram raised his fifty and alongside Australia’s Marsh forced Delhi to rotate their bowling options. Sri Lanka pace bowler Dushmantha Chameera struck first to
Chances of Alonso staying in Leverkusen ‘50-50’, says CEO
MADRID: Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro said Monday the club had a 50-50 chance of holding onto manager Xabi Alonso amid rumored links between the coach and Real Madrid. Carro also revealed the club had a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Alonso, allowing him to leave to coach one of the clubs he played for as a player for a fee. Alonso, who played for Real and last year took Leverkusen to an unbeaten league and cup double, has been linked with the top job at the Bernabeu, with current coach Carlo Ancelotti rumored to be headed for the exit. Speaking ahead of the Laureus Sports Awards, where the club is nominated for breakthrough of the year after their debut Bundesliga win last season, Carro told reporters that “my gut feeling is that it’s 50-50” Alonso would stay. “Xabi has no exit clause, but we have a gentleman’s agreement. If a team he has played for comes, we would sit down and discuss it and we wouldn’t stand in his way,” he said. Carro said the club “needs clarity” and “the decision needs to be in the next three or four weeks.