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Assar & Aruna to lead Africa at Saudi Smash

Assar & Aruna to lead Africa at Saudi Smash

Africa's best table tennis players, Omar Assar of Egypt and Quadri Aruna of Nigeria will lead Africa's quest for glory at the Saudi Smash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from May 4. Assar is the best-ranked African player in the ITTF standings as of April 2024, occupying the 13th position in the world while Quadri Aruna is placed 19th. The duo will begin their campaigns for the...

NBA: Dallas Mavericks take 3-2 series lead over Clippers

NBA: Dallas Mavericks take 3-2 series lead over Clippers

The Dallas Mavericks handed the Los Angeles Clippers their biggest margin of defeat with a 123-93 win at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday night in their Western Conference playoff first-round series. A half-fit Luka Doncic, who was battling both a right knee injury and illness, was all it took for Dallas as the Slovenian punished the Clippers throughout the game to finish with 35 points, seven rebounds,...

NBA: White, Brown shine as Celtics boot Heat out of playoffs

NBA: White, Brown shine as Celtics boot Heat out of playoffs

The Boston Celtics exerted their superiority over the short-handed Miami Heat with a convincing 118-84 win at TD Garden in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference playoff first-round series on Wednesday night. Celtics guard Derrick White was the star of the show again, picking up from where he left off in Game 4 to propel the 17-time champions to a 4-1 series win as they progressed...

Gabonese forward Aubameyang stars as Marseille thump Lyon

UEL: Gabon’s Aubameyang sends warning to Atalanta ahead of semi-final clash

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has offered a warning to Atalanta ahead of the anticipated UEFA Europa League semi-final with Olympique Marseille at Stade Velodrome on Thursday night. The Italians caused a big upset in the quarter-finals when they knocked out Liverpool 3-1 on aggregate, winning 3-0 at Anfield. The result took many by surprise as Anfield is seen as a fortress and Aubameyang asserted that the atmosphere at...

UEL: Roma coach De Rossi fearful of Leverkusen ahead of semi-final tie

UEL: Roma coach De Rossi fearful of Leverkusen ahead of semi-final tie

AS Roma manager Danielle De Rossi has admitted that he is fearful of Bayer Leverkusen ahead of their UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg at Stadio Olimpico on Thursday night. The pharmaceutical-backed club won their first-ever Bundesliga title under the watch of coach Xabi Alonso and remain unbeaten in all competitions this season. Roma themselves have been impressive since De Rossi took over from Jose Mourinho,...