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NBA: Wembanyama, Holmgren headline All-Rookie teams selection

Number one draft pick and San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, alongside Oklahoma City Thunder's Chet Holmgrem, headline the All-Rookie Teams released on Monday by the National Basketball Association (NBA). Wembanyama, the 2023–24 NBA Rookie of the Year award winner, and Holmgren have both been unanimously selected to this season's NBA All-Rookie First Team after receiving all 99 first-place votes. The pair of 7-foot centers are...

La Liga: Ghana’s Inaki Williams scores in Athletic Bilbao win over Cadiz

Inaki Williams: Ghanaian forward wins LaLiga EA Sports African MVP award

Ghana international Inaki Williams has been crowned the best African footballer in the 2023–24 La Liga season for his impressive performances with Athletic Club. The 29-year-old wins the La Liga EA Sports African MVP award, dedicated to recognizing exceptional talents in the Spanish top division. Williams saw off competition from the Moroccan duo of Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid) and Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla), Malian fullback Hamari Traore...

NBA: Towns hails ‘special’ Timberwolves team after historic Game 7 win over Nuggets  

NBA: Towns hails ‘special’ Timberwolves team after historic Game 7 win over Nuggets  

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Karl-Anthony Towns praised the team’s whole 15-man roster for their historic Game 7 win over the defending champions, the Denver Nuggets, on Sunday night. The Timberwolves clawed back from a 20-point deficit to beat the Nuggets 98-90 at Ball Arena in Denver to win their Western Conference second-round playoff series 4-3. WCF BOUND. pic.twitter.com/Rerl7ZLGpm — Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) May 20, 2024 Towns, who...

Mateta Eze

Eze and Mateta complement each other after huge season-ending Crystal Palace win

Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta complemented each other's efforts after helping Crystal Palace to an impressive 5-0 Premier League season-ending win over Aston Villa on Sunday. Mateta scored a hat-trick, becoming the first Palace player to do so since Yannick Bolasie in 2015 while Eze scored a brace to hand the South London outfit their sixth win in their final seven league games of the season....