Highlights of Thursday’s NBA games
(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Thursday’s National Basketball Association games:
Falcons stop Saints to keep division hopes alive
(The Sports Xchange) – Atlanta linebacker Deion Jones intercepted a Drew Brees pass in the end zone with less than two minutes remaining to preserve the NFC South champion Falcons’ 20-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Thursday.
Kuznetsova out of Australian Open with wrist injury
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Russia’s world number 12 Svetlana Kuznetsova will miss next month’s Australian Open as she recovers from wrist surgery, organizers confirmed on Friday.
Soccer: Born in Japan, playing for North Korea under shadow of missile crisis
TOKYO (Reuters) – Born and raised in Japan, three North Korean soccer players are expecting to face boos from the home crowd in a match that comes less than two weeks after the latest North Korean test missile splashed into the Sea of Japan.
National Hockey League roundup
(The Sports Xchange) – A Seattle ownership group has been authorized to file an application for an NHL expansion team, commissioner Gary Bettman said Thursday from Manalapan, Fla., where the league’s board of governors are meeting.
Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Warren Moon denies harassment claim
(Reuters) – Professional football Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon denied accusations of sexual harassment by a woman who was an executive assistant to the former National Football League player at the sports marketing firm he co-founded.
Ronaldo pips Messi to win Ballon d’Or for joint-record fifth time
PARIS (Reuters) – Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the Ballon d’Or for world player of the year on Thursday for a joint-record fifth time, going level with eternal rival and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi as the player to have won the prize the…
U.S. expects to participate in Winter Olympics: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday said the United States looks forward to participating in the Olympic Winter Games in South Korea in February, after questions arose about security in the neighbor to North Kor…
U.S. gymnastics team doctor sentenced to 60 years for child pornography
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor accused of sexually assaulting gymnasts, to 60 years in prison on federal child pornography charges that grew out of a sex abuse investigation.
Ronaldo’s fifth Ballon d’Or reignites eternal debate with Messi
PARIS (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo collected his joint-record fifth Ballon d’Or on Thursday in Paris in the middle of his worst domestic season for Real Madrid, but with a deserved reputation for delivering on the biggest stage of all and when it matt…
