Riyadi’s bid for continental supremacy ended with a whimper Sunday after they were hammered by Alvark Tokyo 98-74 in the Asian Champions Cup final.
A collective effort saw Sagesse make the perfect start to their season with a comfortable 96-84 victory over Atlas in the Lebanese Basketball League at Ghazir Sunday.
Amir Saoud’s go-ahead bucket with time winding down carried Riyadi to a 91-87 victory over Guangdong Southern Tigers Thursday as the Lebanese champions maintained their perfect start at the Asian Champions Cup. With his side already through to the next round prior to Thursday’s win, coach Ahmad Farran elected to rest a host of regulars for Riyadi’s final Group B game.
Wael Arakji continued his remarkable start to the Asian Champions Cup with some more late heroics as Riyadi squeezed past Alvark Tokyo 77-75 and into the semifinals of the continental showpiece.
Fadi al-Khatib and Ali Haidar combined for 46 points as Champville got their Lebanese Basketball League campaign up and running with a 90-83 win over Atlas.
An American basketball star who played for two Lebanese teams during his career was shot dead in his car Monday, U.S. media reported.
The U.S. came to China looking to again be the best in the world. It’ll go home with the worst tournament showing in program history.
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Bulgaria’s coach quit Friday over the 6-0 loss to England in a Euro 2020 qualifier which was overshadowed by racist abuse that sparked a storm of protest.
Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp said media predictions that his team will swat aside a misfiring Manchester United Sunday could be creating a banana skin for the...
Roger Federer said Monday he would compete at next year’s Tokyo Olympics in a bid to claim the men’s singles gold medal, the only major prize he has yet to win.
Daniil Medvedev conceded that he had been “invincible” after he won his fourth title of a spectacular year with a thumping 6-4, 6-1 victory over Alexander...
The San Francisco 49ers remained unbeaten behind a stifling defensive display Sunday, shutting down their California rival Los Angeles Rams with a convincing...
Japan weren’t expected to reach the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals, but they have confounded their critics and surprised the sport by unleashing a “unique”...
Formula One champions Mercedes are wondering how far they can go after securing an unprecedented sixth successive title double in Japan Sunday.
Valtteri Bottas swept to victory in Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix as Mercedes clinched the Formula One constructors’ championship and guaranteed themselves an...
Greece are calling for the officials who oversaw their final game at the basketball World Cup to be banned after NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and his team...
All-Star Nikola Jokic was ejected for “a stupid reaction” in the third quarter as strongly fancied Serbia were stunned 81-69 by Spain to blow the basketball...
Title-contenders Spain produced a devastating late burst to seal a 67-60 victory over Italy and squeeze into the basketball World Cup quarterfinals Friday -...
Australia continued their impressive form in the basketball World Cup with an 87-82 win over Lithuania and secured a berth in the 2020 Olympic Games while...
Yao Ming looked on helplessly and fans were left in tears as hosts China failed to progress to the second round of the basketball World Cup with a 72-59...
Reigning champions the United States were given a huge scare in a nail-biting 93-92 overtime victory over Turkey at the basketball World Cup in China Tuesday....
Holders the United States made a sound start to their basketball World Cup title defence with an 88-67 win over the Czech Republic while Australia celebrated...