Men’s 73-kg Rio Olympic gold medalist Shohei Ono will sit out the national invitational weight class championships in Fukuoka next month to focus on his academic studies, the All Japan Judo Federation said Wednesday. His withdrawal from the April 1-2 invitational meet at Fukuoka Kokusai Center means he will most likely miss out on a […]
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Even after Kevin Durant injured his left knee and departed only 93 seconds in, and even after Golden State trailed by as many as 19 points, and even after Stephen Curry’s drought from behind the arc stretched to 14 attempts over two games, the NBA-best Warriors had a pretty good chance to take the lead […]
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Adrian Peterson, Minnesota’s all-time leading rusher and a first-team All-Pro pick in four of his 10 seasons with the Vikings, will be an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career when the market opens next week. The Vikings as expected said Tuesday they will not exercise their option for 2017 on Peterson’s […]
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Andrew Bogut has chosen to join the Cleveland Cavaliers, giving LeBron James and the defending champions another accomplished veteran as they prepare to mount a run to their third straight NBA Finals. Bogut’s agent, David Bauman of ISE, told The Associated Press on Tuesday night that Bogut plans to sign with the Cavaliers as soon […]
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The Sunwolves will be hoping history repeats itself this weekend when they take on South Africa’s Southern Kings at Singapore National Stadium. With the daggers already out following last weekend’s big Super Rugby loss at the hands of the Wellington-based Hurricanes, Filo Tiatia’s side — who arrived in the city-state early Wednesday morning —have the […]
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Gamba Osaka suffered their first defeat in Group H in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday night as the 2008 champions were smashed 4-1 at home by South Korea’s Jeju United. An own goal from Gamba captain Yasuhito Endo gifted Jeju the lead after 43 minutes at Suita Stadium and Lee Chang-min struck the second […]
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Japanese challenger Go Odaira failed in his bid to dethrone Thai champion Knockout CP Freshmart on Wednesday, losing by technical knockout in their WBA minimumweight title match. Freshmart, 26, stopped 15th-ranked Odaira when he sent him to the canvas with a flurry of punches in the fifth round, extending his unbeaten record to 15 wins, […]
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