Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis could return to the team from a foot injury late next week according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Davis has been sidelined with a foot injury since Dec. 16 when he left the game against the Denver Nuggets at halftime. Up to that point, he had been playing at an All-NBA level, averaging 27.4 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.4 steals+ blocks per game. Lakers coach Darvin Ham spoke to the media on Thursday saying that their centre is “progressing really really well.” The Lakers have coasted since…
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Prosecutors allege that the far-right group took part in a violent plot to overturn the results of the 2020 election.A United States jury continues to deliberate on whether four members of the far-right militia group known as the Oath Keepers committed the crime of “seditious conspiracy” during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. During closing arguments on Wednesday, federal prosecutor Louis Manzo told the jury that the defendants had been willing recruits in an effort to use violent means to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election, in which Republican incumbent Donald Trump lost to Democrat…
Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says he and the team have not had conversations about a long-term extension yet this year. “I’m going to stay focused on working hard and let my team take care of that,” Guerrero told reporters at the Blue Jays winter tour in Toronto, as translated by interpreter Hector Lebron. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The Blue Jays avoided arbitration with their young superstar by signing him to a one-year, $14.5-million deal last week. Guerrero Jr. is not scheduled to become a free agent until after the 2025 season at the age…
The Carolina Hurricanes have placed forward Max Pacioretty on injured reserve after he sustained a lower-body injury Thursday night against the Minnesota Wild, the team announced. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The winger went down with 19.3 seconds left in the 5-2 win against the Wild on a non-contact injury. Pacioretty was skating with the puck near the goal and the boards when he pulled up and grabbed at the back of his lower right leg. “It doesn’t look good. I mean, we don’t know, but it doesn’t look good,” said head coach Rod Brind’Amour after the game.…
US Treasury secretary says Biden administration’s engagement with the continent is ‘not for show’ or the ‘short-term’.United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen has reaffirmed her country’s commitment to deepening relations and trade with Africa during a visit to Senegal, amid competition across the continent from China and Russia. “The United States is all in on Africa, and all in with Africa,” Yellen said on Friday morning at a business incubator in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, where she touted the fruits of a new “mutually beneficial” US economic strategy towards Africa. “Our engagement is not transactional, it’s not…
The British Horseracing Authority has confirmed the Clarence House Chase will take place at Cheltenham next Saturday.It is the third time since 2013 that Ascot, the race’s home, has been abandoned due to the weather and Cheltenham a week later has stepped into the breach to stage the race. The BHA were keen to thank the Horserace Betting Levy Board for its contribution to the prize money, with £90,000 up for grabs. Entries will revert to the early-closing stage, with confirmations made on Monday morning followed by declarations on Thursday.Punters were looking forward to a clash between last year’s Champion…
Moscow says its troops have seized Klishchiivka as they press their offensive in the eastern region of Donetsk.Russia says it has taken control of an eastern Ukrainian village near Bakhmut, a city where fighting has been raging for months. The Russian Ministry of Defence said in a war update on Friday that its forces had seized Klishchiivka, a village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Klishchiivka, which had a pre-war population of about 400 people, was captured by ground forces aided by artillery and air support, the ministry said. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. The village sits about 9km (6…
Anti-abortion rights activists in the United States are marching in the capital to celebrate the fall of Roe v Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that had guaranteed access to the procedure for decades across the US. The annual “March for Life” will begin about noon on Friday in Washington, DC, bringing together anti-abortion rights advocacy groups, conservative legislators, religious organisations, and others who call themselves “pro-life”. The gathering came just days before the nation on Sunday will also mark exactly 50 years since the US top court issued its Roe v Wade decision in 1973, making access to abortion…
Vehicles were crushed under tonnes of snow and ice that collapsed on a highway tunnel.Twenty people have been confirmed dead and eight remain missing following an avalanche in Tibet that buried multiple vehicles in deep snow and ice on a section of road connected to a highway tunnel. Images on Chinese state media on Friday showed rescue workers digging with mechanical diggers in deep snow to locate vehicles that were buried when the avalanche hit a road and highway tunnel connecting the city of Nyingchi in Tibet’s southwest with outlying Medog county. As of Friday, 20 people were reported to…
A crush killed four people and injured dozens as fans tried to get into the stadium hours before kickoff.Hosts Iraq have won the Arabian Gulf Cup for the first time since 1988 with a 3-2 victory over Oman in the final, an occasion marred by a deadly stampede outside the Basra International Stadium. A last-minute extra-time goal by Manaf Younis on Thursday was enough to help Iraq lift the tournament for the fourth time. Earlier, Iraq opened the scoring through midfielder Ibrahim Bayesh in the 24th minute. Salaah al-Yahyaei equalised in stoppage time through a penalty and send the game…