International Sports

ESPN NBA (LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles Lakers' postseason run opened with Wednesday's win-and-you're-in play-in game against the Golden State Warriors. And it took everything the defending champions had to win it, 103-100. LeBron James'…
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ESPNCricinfo - England's centrally contracted players are unlikely to be available for the completion of the IPL wherever and whenever it is rescheduled. While the England management were happy to allow up to a dozen English players to…
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BBC Sports - Naomi Osaka says rising Covid-19 levels in Tokyo are a "big cause for concern" and she is "not really sure" the Olympics should go ahead this summer. Tokyo is under a state of emergency amid a surge in cases, 10 weeks from the…
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BBC Sports - Manchester United guaranteed a Premier League top-four finish and ensured rivals Manchester City must wait to be crowned champions as they came from behind to beat Aston Villa at Villa Park. Having sealed their place in the…
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Benoit Paire has been barred from representing France at the Tokyo Olympics in July because of his "deeply inappropriate behaviour". As the French number four and world number 35, Paire would have been able to qualify to represent his…
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Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson have joined fellow Australian Andrew Tye in ending their Indian Premier League (IPL) season early to return home. India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, 34, also said he is taking a break from the IPL to…
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Caster Semenya says she will not attempt to qualify for the 200m at the Tokyo Olympics after defending her national 5,000m title in South Africa. The 30-year-old won the title in 15 minutes 52.28 seconds - 42.48 seconds outside the…
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BBC Sports - All six Premier League teams involved in the European Super League have formally withdrawn from the competition. Manchester City were the first club to pull out after Chelsea had signalled their intent to do so by…
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MANCHESTER, England (ESPN) – After beating Burnley 3-1 at Old Trafford, Manchester United are within eight points of Premier League leaders Manchester City with six games to play.  It is the same situation that faced City when chasing…
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SportsMax: Hideki Matsuyama's maiden major triumph has elevated golf to a new level, according to Gary Player. Matsuyama entered the history books as he became the first Japanese man to prevail at a major after winning The Masters on…
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