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SAN ANTONIO: French dynamo Tony Parker said he is hopeful of being able to play Thursday night after suffering a hamstring sprain in game three of the NBA finals.Parker was examined by San Antonio Spurs' team doctors and underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan Wednesday which showed he suffered a "grade one" strain of his right hamstring. The team has listed him as day-to-day."Today the MRI just confirmed what I felt was a strain, and I was just hoping it was not a tear or a defect," Parker said at the Spurs practice on Wednesday. "So the good news is it's not a tear. Now I just have to see how I'm going to feel tomorrow."Game four is Thursday at ATT Center arena.The all-star point guard was injured in the Spurs' 113-77 blowout victory over the defending NBA champion Miami Heat in game three of the league championship series ...
JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela was responding better to treatment on his fifth day in hospital Wednesday, South African President Jacob Zuma told parliament."I am happy to report that Madiba is responding better to treatment from this morning," Zuma told a scheduled budget hearing, using the anti-apartheid icon's clan name."We are very happy with the progress that he is now making, following a difficult last few days."Mandela, 94, was admitted to hospital in the early hours of ...
BIRM'INGHAM: Australia captain George Bailey won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in their Champions Trophy Group A match at Edgbaston on Wednesday.Defending champions Australia made two changes from the side that lost to England by 48 runs in their tournament opener at Edgbaston on Saturday.Opening batsman David Warner was left out as a disciplinary measure following allegations he'd physically assaulted an as yet unnamed England player, reported by the BBC and ...
MADRID: Spain coach Vicente del Bosque says he has yet to decide who will start in goal and up front when the world champions get their Confederations Cup campaign underway against Uruguay on Sunday.Del Bosque's men rounded off their preparations for the tournament with a 2-0 win over the Republic of Ireland in New York on Tuesday thanks to goals from Roberto Soldado and Juan Mata.But they were also thankful for two fine saves from ...
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia said Wednesday it was investigating an off-field incident, reportedly involving alcohol, related to explosive opener David Warner during the Champions Trophy in England.The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said the batsman had been stood down from Australia's upcoming match against New Zealand but no decision had been made on whether to send him home."We are aware of reports regarding an incident involving David Warner in England," Cricket Australia tweeted."CA is investigating and will be ...
NEW YORK: World Cup and European champions Spain defeated Ireland 2-0 on Tuesday in a friendly football match at Yankee Stadium that served as Spain's last tune-up for the Confederations Cup.Roberto Soldado in the 69th minute and Juan Mata in the 88th scored for Spain, while goalkeeper Iker Casillas contributed two stellar saves in the second half.Although Spain controlled the contest, played before 39,368 at the home of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees, they ...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Neymar, the latest diamond extracted from Brazil's mine of footballing talent, carries the hopes of a nation with one year to go to the World Cup, as well as the tag of "the new Pele" and rock-star status in his homeland.The flashy 21-year-old star of the Selecao, with his eccentric, perpetually changing haircut, is taking all the attention in his stride, vowing to "make his mark" at Barcelona, where he has just ...More Articles...
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