Tag: 5th
Team USA holds off France for 5th straight men’s basketball gold
Team USA’s Steph Curry, center, hugs United States’ LeBron James, right, as United States’ Kevin Durant holds up an American flag after the United States won a men’s gold medal basketball game at Bercy Arena at the Paris Olympics 2024, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Team USA won its…
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Thirdy Ravena’s big dunk highlights San-en’s 5th straight win
San-En NeoPhoenix Filipino import Thirdy Ravena. –B.LEAGUE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Thirdy Ravena’s ferocious slam dunk highlighted his 25-point explosion as the surging San-en Neophoenix dominated Ray Parks Jr. and the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins, 92-79, in the 2023-24 Japan B.League season on Saturday. Ravena dropped 25 points on 11-of-14 shooting to go with four assists,…
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NBA: Nikola Jokic, Nuggets defeat Raptors for 5th win in 6 games
Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic (15) tries to shoot over Toronto Raptors’ Chris Boucher (25) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Toronto on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) TORONTO — Nikola Jokic had 31 points and 15 rebounds, Canadian guard Jamal Murray scored 20 points in his…
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Asian Games: Men’s 4x400m team resets PH record anew in 5th place finish
Team Philippines after the men’s 4×400-meter final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. –POOL PHOTO HANGZHOU, China—Another Philippine record got scrubbed off the books. The country’s men’s 4x400m relay squad of Umajesty Williams, Frederick Ramirez, Joyme Sequita and Miguel Carlo Del Prado reset the national mark in the event anew despite placing fifth…
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Asian Games: Eslapor, Rodriguez post PH’s best beach volley finish at 5th
FILE-Gen Eslapor and Dij Rodriguez. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine women’s volleyball team’s stint at the 19th Asian Games ended after Dij Rodriguez and Gen Eslapor yielded to Japan’s Sayaka Mizoe and Miki Ishii, 21-16, 21-11, in the beach volleyball quarterfinal on Monday at Ningbo Banbianshan Beach Volleyball Centre in Hangzhou, China. It…
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