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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan plans to vaccinate its Olympic athletes before the Tokyo Games, domestic media reported Wednesday, a move that would place them ahead of the general population as the government faces pressure over a slow rollout. There was no immediate comment from Olympic organisers or Japan’s Olympic Committee on the reports in the Nikkei and Yomiuri Shimbun dailies, which did not name their sources. The newspapers said around 2,500 people including athletes […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil will begin vaccinating Olympic athletes and other members of its Tokyo-bound delegation against Covid-19 this week, officials said Tuesday. The hard-hit South American country is struggling to secure enough vaccines for its 212 million people, but will be able to immunize its Olympians thanks to donated doses from pharmaceutical companies, health officials said. Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga told a news conference that 1,814 members of the delegation would be […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Russell Westbrook wrote his way into NBA history on Monday, bagging the 182nd triple-double of his career to break Oscar Robertson’s 47-year-old record. Washington Wizards star Westbrook, who had equaled Robertson’s record of 181 triples on Saturday, sealed his record-breaking triple with 8min 33sec remaining in Monday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks. It was Westbrook’s 36th triple of a season in which he is already assured of averaging a […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The New York Knicks showed why they are headed to the NBA playoffs for the first time in eight years on Sunday as Derrick Rose scored 25 points in a 106-100 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Knicks used a combination of well-executed perimeter shooting and solid defense to break down Los Angeles and bust the game open in the second quarter before holding on in the fourth […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New Orleans Pelicans executive David Griffin was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Sunday for his remarks criticizing league officiating after star forward Zion Williamson suffered a broken finger. Griffin, the Pelicans’ executive vice president of basketball operations, was punished for public criticism of the officiating and comments detrimental to the NBA. Williamson was revealed to have a fractured left ring finger on Friday that will sideline him indefinitely. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Paul George scored a team high 24 points as the Los Angeles Clippers clobbered the Los Angeles Lakers 118-94 on Thursday to sweep the season series between the two California rivals. While the Clippers are getting healthy at just the right time, the Lakers season is slipping away with their two biggest stars, LeBron James and Anthony Davis nursing ongoing injuries. “I only came here to win a championship […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Luka Doncic scored 24 points as the Dallas Mavericks overcame Kyrie Irving’s 45-point performance with a 113-109 win over the Brooklyn Nets in a clash of two of the top teams in the NBA on Thursday. Doncic also had 10 rebounds and he got plenty of help from his supporting cast, including Tim Hardaway, who finished with 23 points in front of the pandemic-limited crowd of 4,600 at the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine boxing great Manny Pacquiao is in the “final stages” of talks for a bout against American star Mikey Garcia, an aide to the Filipino fighter said Thursday. The date and venue for a Pacquiao-Garcia match-up could be announced as early as next week, Jayke Joson, special assistant to the former eight-weight world champion, told AFP. Local media reports said a July fight in Dubai was on the cards. Pacquiao, 42, […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese NBA rising star Rui Hachimura said he receives racist messages “almost every day”, as uproar grows over the abuse directed at top athletes online. His revelation comes after England’s Premier League led a social media boycott to protest against racist taunts suffered by footballers including Marcus Rashford and Reece James. Hachimura, 23, a forward for the NBA team Washington Wizards, was commenting after his brother — a basketball player at […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James will miss the Los Angeles Lakers’ crosstown duel with the Clippers on Thursday as the reigning NBA champions aim to get their superstar healthy for the playoffs. “He’s out for the Clippers. He’ll be day-to-day after that,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel told reporters on Wednesday, two days after James sat out the Lakers’ win over the Denver Nuggets because of soreness in his injured right ankle in […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The National Basketball Association slapped Kyrie Irving with a $35,000 fine on Wednesday, because the Brooklyn Nets player continues to violate media access rules by refusing to attend news conferences and give interviews. Irving is a repeat offender having been fined $25,000 earlier this season for declining to speak to reporters during the preseason. The Nets organization was also hit with a $35,000 fine Wednesday. “The fines result from […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 36 points as the Milwaukee Bucks punched their playoff ticket with a 124-118 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday. The heavyweight showdown between the Eastern Conference rivals did not disappoint, with the two sides matching each other shot-for-shot before the Bucks pulled away in the final quarter. Antetokounmpo led from the front for Milwaukee, with 12 rebounds, four assists and five turnovers to seal the […]
