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Man City's Pep Guardiola set for milestone match vs. Liverpool
Pep Guardiola's second-place Manchester City will look for an important victory in the 1,000th match of his managerial career when a resurgent Liverpool side visits on Sunday.,Guardiola previously led Barcelona and Bayern Munich to three domestic titles apiece. But the Spaniard who also was a Barca ...
Falcons, Tundra advance to BLAST Slam IV final
Team Falcons and Tundra Esports will meet in Sunday's best-of-five grand final at the $1 million BLAST Slam IV tournament.,Falcons and Tundra will fight for the top prize of $300,000 in prize money plus $100,000 in team earnings.,They have been the top dogs throughout the 12-team Dota 2 event, finis...
FURIA, Team Vitality to meet in IEM Chengdu final
FURIA and Team Vitality will battle for the $125,000 top prize Sunday at the Intel Extreme Masters Chengdu 2025 tournament in China.,FURIA reached the best-of-five grand final at the $300,000 Counter-Strike 2 event with a sweep of Team Falcons on Saturday, while Vitality pulled out a 2-1 victory ove...
Aaron Rai leads by 1 entering final round in Abu Dhabi
England's Aaron Rai holds a one-stroke lead over countryman Tommy Fleetwood and Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard on Saturday entering the final round of the Abu Dhabi Championship.,Rai moved to 20-under with a 6-under 66 in Saturday's third round at Yas Links Golf Club, cashing in seven birdies prior to h...
Yuna Araki, Nasa Hataoka share narrow lead in Japan
Japan's Yuna Araki and Nasa Hataoka share a one-shot lead at 15-under heading into the final round of the LPGA's Toto Japan Classic. ,Araki carded a 7-under 65 and Hataoka posted a 4-under 68 in Saturday's third round at Seta Golf Course in Otsu in western Japan.,Three of their compatriots round out...
Rested Pacers intent on slowing down surging Nuggets
Playing at altitude is never easy for teams that are from cities near sea level, but the Indiana Pacers have one advantage heading into their game at the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.,Indiana is rested.,The Pacers had Friday night off while Denver beat Golden State 129-104 at home in an NBA Cup ...
Panthers' Sam Reinhart eager to continue scoring binge vs. Sharks
The first month of the season hasn't been especially kind to the Florida Panthers, who are trying to become the first team since the New York Islanders in the early 1980s to win three straight Stanley Cup titles.,They lost captain Aleksander Barkov to a season-ending knee injury during training camp...
Marquette, Indiana ramp up competition level as they face off in Chicago
The competition will get much tougher for both Marquette and Indiana when they square off in a neutral-site nonconference game on Sunday afternoon in Chicago.,Marquette improved to 2-0 with a 100-82 victory over Southern at home Wednesday, giving Shaka Smart his 100th win as coach of the Golden Eagl...
De'Aaron Fox to make season debut for Spurs vs. Pelicans
The San Antonio Spurs will look to build on a big win of the young season when they host the injury- and illness-depleted New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night. ,The game will be the second of a home back-to-back for the Spurs, who beat Houston 121-110 on Friday in an NBA Cup clash between the Lone...
Trail Blazers pursue success on road in encounter vs. Heat
After winning four of their last five games, the Portland Trail Blazers will look to continue their strong start to the season on Saturday night when they visit the Miami Heat in the opener of a five-game road trip.,Portland bookended a three-game homestand with two-point wins over two of the last t...
Cavaliers clash with Bulls after near record-setting night
A near-record scoring night boosted the Cleveland Cavaliers on the first night of a back-to-back.,On Saturday night, the Cavaliers will try to win their fourth consecutive game when they host the Chicago Bulls in an NBA Cup clash.,Visiting Cleveland routed the Washington Wizards 148-114 on Friday, c...
Luka Doncic, Lakers embrace challenge vs. short-handed Hawks
Some of the luster will be missing Saturday night when the Los Angeles Lakers visit the Atlanta Hawks in a game that will be contested without two marquee stars.,The Lakers will be without LeBron James, who didn't make the team's five-game road trip and has yet to play this season because of a sciat...
Sixers, riding regulars hard, plot to stop Raptors' win streak
Two teams that could probably benefit from some extra rest meet when the Philadelphia 76ers face the visiting Toronto Raptors on Saturday.,Toronto is playing the second game of a back-to-back after rallying to beat the host Atlanta Hawks 109-97 on Friday, while the undermanned Sixers have three play...
Islanders out to extend Rangers' winless home start
The New York Rangers are putting together a string of strong performances on the road, going 7-1-1 on their travels.,On home ice, the Rangers are turning in starkly different showings, and they hope to stop a maddening six-game skid in front of their fans Saturday night when they face the New York I...
Cellar-dwelling Wizards, Mavericks meet up again
The bottom feeders of the respective conference standings will meet in the nation's capital on Saturday night when the Washington Wizards host the Dallas Mavericks.,A little more than two weeks into the regular season, Washington (1-8) is tied with the Brooklyn Nets for the league's worst record, wh...
Top 25 roundup: No. 25 North Carolina rallies past No. 19 Kansas
Superstar freshman Caleb Wilson led four North Carolina players in double figures with 24 points as the No. 25 Tar Heels defeated No. 19 Kansas 87-74 in an early-season battle of college basketball titans on Friday night.,It was the first-ever matchup between the two schools in Chapel Hill, N.C. Nor...
Bruce Thornton scores 38 as Ohio State bests Purdue Fort Wayne
Bruce Thornton scored a career-high 38 points to lead Ohio State to a 94-68 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday.,Thornton made 14 of 17 field-goal attempts, was 5 of 8 from 3-point range and hit all five free throws to break his previous best of 33 vs. Indiana State set last ...
NHL roundup: Sharks' Macklin Celebrini, 19, takes league points lead
Macklin Celebrini scored a goal and added an assist on Friday, grabbing sole possession of the league lead in points while carrying the San Jose Sharks to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Winnipeg Jets.,Celebrini, 19, boosted his point total to 23 (nine goals, 14 assists). It was his sixth multi-poin...
NBA roundup: Heat hammer Hornets behind 53-point quarter
Norman Powell pumped in 25 points as the Miami Heat -- backed by the highest-scoring quarter in the franchise's 38-year history -- defeated the visiting Charlotte Hornets 126-108 on Friday in NBA Cup action.,Miami scored 53 points in its record-breaking first quarter -- the second-highest scoring fo...
Strong first half helps No. 12 UCLA shut down Pepperdine
Four of No. 12-ranked UCLA's five starters scored in double-figures, and the Bruins held visiting Pepperdine to 34.4 percent field-goal shooting in a 74-63 win on Friday in Los Angeles.,Following its season-opening win over Eastern Washington on Monday, UCLA coach Mick Cronin lamented his team's def...