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Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez during the warm up before the Champions League round of 16 second leg match against Schalke 04 at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain, in this file photo. Algeria have named Mahrez in their 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt.  — Reuters
Mahrez makes Algeria Nations Cup squad but Delort misses out
ALGIERS — Algeria have named Manchester City attacking midfielder Riyad Mahrez in their 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt, but there was no place for Montpellier forward Andy Delort.French junior international Delort had hoped to debut for the side after announcing a switch of allegiance earlier this month, but has been left out by coach Djamel Belmadi.Napoli midfielder Adam Ounas did make the squad, along with prolific forward Baghdad Bounedjah, who netted 39 goals in 21 starts for Qatari club Al Sadd this past season.The team will gather on Monday and play two friendlies in Doha ahead of the finals, against Burundi on June 11 and Mali five days later.Algeria have been drawn in Group C at the June 21-July 19 tournament along with Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania. The...
May 30, 2019

Mahrez makes Algeria Nations Cup squad but Delort misses out

England's Liam Plunkett celebrates with Joe Root after taking the wicket of South Africa's Quinton de Kock during the ICC Cricket World Cup match at the Kia Oval, London, Britain, Thursday. —  Reuters
England have traded fair play for ruthless edge — poll
LONDON — England may be among the favorites to claim their maiden World Cup title on home soil but fans of the gentleman's game believe they are not likely to win any fair play awards, according to a poll.In a poll by research agency YouGov Sport that consulted 6,500 fans across the six major cricket-playing countries, less than a third of the English fans who replied believed their team, now the top-ranked One-Day International side, had the most ethical set of players.Only fans of defending champions Australia had less faith in their players' sporting ethics, a fallout of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal that led to skipper Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner being hit with 12-month bans from the game."It looks like England have traded in their reputation for being nice...
May 30, 2019

England have traded fair play for ruthless edge — poll

Pakistan spearhead Mohammad Amir says playing in the World Cup will be a dream come true.
World Cup a dream come true for Pakistan's Mohammad Amir
NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom — Pakistan spearhead Mohammad Amir says playing in the World Cup will be a dream come true after he missed the previous two tournaments following a ban for spot-fixing.The 27-year-old nearly missed out this time as he was left out of the preliminary World Cup squad, having taken just five wickets in the 14 matches before the recent one-day international series against England.He did not get to bowl in the first match against England at the Oval, which was ruined by the weather, and missed the last four games with a bout of chicken pox. The home side won the series 4-0.But selectors decided to include him in the final 15 for the World Cup in England and Wales."It's a dream come true," Amir told AFP ahead of Pakistan's first match against West...
May 30, 2019

World Cup a dream come true for Pakistan's Mohammad Amir

Frankie Dettori riding Authorized celebrates winning the 2007 Epsom Derby at the Epsom Downs race course in the south of England June 2, 2007. — Reuters
Dettori still in love with The Derby more than ever
LONDON — When Frankie Dettori's life flashed before his eyes during a plane crash 19 years ago, one of his major regrets was that he would die without winning The Derby."I should have been dead. I remember everything but I try not to," Dettori told Reuters when reflecting on a life and career that nearly ended prematurely.He was dragged from the burning wreckage of the crash near Newmarket in 2000, which killed the pilot and injured Ray Cochrane forcing the former Derby winning jockey to retire from racing."When the plane was crashing, I had already accepted that I was going to die. I wasn't screaming. I didn't fear death. I was just disappointed, thinking 'I'm 29 and it's all finished. Not now. I'm not ready. I haven't won The...
May 30, 2019

Dettori still in love with The Derby more than ever

Belarus' Victoria Azarenka reacts during her second round match against Japan's Naomi Osaka during the French Open at the Roland Garros, Paris, France, on Thursday. — Reuters
Azarenka's 10-minute toilet break helps Osaka crown Roland Garros escape
PARIS — Top seed Naomi Osaka admitted that a 10-minute toilet break by Victoria Azarenka helped her to a second successive Roland Garros great escape on Thursday.The Japanese star, bidding to add the French Open to her US and Australian Open titles, battled back from a set and a break down to defeat Azarenka 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.Both players left Court Suzanne Lenglen before the start of the third set for toilet breaks.Osaka returned quickly but former world No. 1 and two-time major winner Azarenka disappeared for close on to 11 minutes.While 21-year-old Osaka bided her time, many observers wondered if the lengthy delay was a deliberate act of gamesmanship. If it was, it backfired."When I went to the bathroom to change, I was freaking out, because I didn't want to get a code...
May 30, 2019

Azarenka's 10-minute toilet break helps Osaka crown Roland Garros escape

A combination of file pictures shows Tottenham Hotspur's Argentinian coach Mauricio Pochettino in Amsterdam on May 7, 2019 (L) and Liverpool's German coach Jurgen Klopp in Barcelona on April 30, 2019. Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur will face off in an all-English UEFA Champions League final in Madrid on June 1.— AFP
Success of Liverpool's Klopp shows merit of trusting coaches, Barnes says
MADRID — Champions League finalists Liverpool are reaping the benefits of putting faith in their coach Juergen Klopp, former Liverpool player John Barnes said ahead of Saturday's showdown in Madrid against Tottenham Hotspur.The charismatic German manager has overseen a remarkable improvement in Liverpool since being named coach in 2015, taking them to two successive Champions League finals and earning a club record of 97 points in the Premier League last season.Liverpool were pipped to the Premiership title by Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, and Barnes told Reuters the success of both teams showed the merit for clubs of trusting their managers."There are two teams whose fans and hierarchy have given the managers the power, Man City and Liverpool, and that's why...
May 30, 2019

Success of Liverpool's Klopp shows merit of trusting coaches, Barnes says

Tuukka Rask No. 40 of the Boston Bruins allows the game-winning goal to Carl Gunnarsson No. 4 of the St. Louis Blues during the first overtime period in Game Two of the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on Wednesday in Boston, Massachusetts. The Blue defeated the Bruins 3-2. — AFP
Gunnarsson winner sinks Boston as Blues tie series
LOS ANGELES — Carl Gunnarsson smashed home an overtime winner as the St. Louis Blues roared back into Stanley Cup final contention on Wednesday with a series-leveling 3-2 defeat over the Boston Bruins.Gunnarsson's stunning long-range effort flew past Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask after 3min 51sec of overtime to silence the home crowd at Boston's TD Garden and tie the best-of-seven series at 1-1.Gunnarsson had only narrowly been denied a winning goal at the end of the third period when his shot struck a post with the game tied."It feels great taking this home and we go to work again," Gunnarsson said afterwards as the Blues looked ahead to game three in St. Louis on Saturday."Would have loved to have it in the third, but who cares, we got it this way, and that's all...
May 30, 2019

Gunnarsson winner sinks Boston as Blues tie series

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) passes the ball during practice for the NBA Finals at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario. — Reuters
Warriors' Curry set for Toronto homecoming in NBA finals
TORONTO — When the NBA Finals begins in Toronto on Thursday it will be much more than the latest stop en route to a potential fourth championship for Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry but rather a homecoming of sorts.The two-times NBA Most Valuable Player is the eldest of former Toronto guard Dell Curry's three children and lived in Canada for nearly two years, a time when he would show up at Raptors practices and shoot around with his dad's team mates.Videos of a young Curry launching long-range shots on the Raptors home court are still online and offer a glimpse into the future of a player who has gone on to become the NBA's greatest long-range shooter of all-time."It's special. I talk about it every year, my dad having played here for three years. This is...
May 30, 2019

Warriors' Curry set for Toronto homecoming in NBA finals

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr answers questions during a news conference on Media Day for the NBA Finals at Scotiabank Arena, in Toronto, Ontario. — Reuters
Warriors seek 'three-peat' while Raptors hunt first NBA crown
TORONTO, Canada — Golden State star guard Stephen Curry likes how the Warriors are playing as they seek a third consecutive title starting in Thursday's opening game of the NBA Finals against Toronto.Chasing a fourth crown in five seasons, something no team has achieved in half a century, the Warriors enter the best-of-seven showdown with more finals experience than the Raptors, in the first final of the team's 24-season history."I like the energy we're coming in with for game one," Curry said Wednesday. "We've been here before. We understand the hoopla and the pandemonium around the finals and how different things are when it comes to just the schedule and the vibe."We've seen a lot and we'll be ready for it."But they aren't...
May 30, 2019

Warriors seek 'three-peat' while Raptors hunt first NBA crown

Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri answers questions during Media Day before the NBA Finals at Scotiabank Arena, in Toronto, Ontario, on Wednesday. — Reuters
Ujiri goes from Nigerian boyhood to become NBA Raptors boss
TORONTO, Canada — Masai Ujiri, who only discovered basketball as a teen growing up in Nigeria, made the crucial decisions that lifted the Toronto Raptors from NBA disappointment to title contender.The 48-year-old Raptors president made a deal last July for San Antonio star forward Kawhi Leonard, sending away long-time Toronto standout DeMar DeRozan, and fired NBA Coach of the Year Dwane Casey after a second consecutive playoff ouster by Cleveland, hiring Nick Nurse to replace him."Caught a lot of us off guard," said Raptors' Cameroonian forward Pascal Siakam. "It was definitely something that was a tough pill to swallow."He's willing to do anything he thinks is the best thing to put us in position to win. He's going to do everything in his power to make us...
May 30, 2019

Ujiri goes from Nigerian boyhood to become NBA Raptors boss

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