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The Los Angeles Lakers and the Charlotte Hornets will be locking horns at their next match of the ongoing NBA 2025-26 season. The Lakers are 4th in the Western Conference with a 7-3 record this season. They recently lost to the shorthanded Atlanta Hawks, 102-122. This was the end of their five-match winning streak on a five-game road trip. The team is yet to play superstar LeBron James, who has not played a single game this season so far and was out for the entire pre-season. However, the team is well handled by Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves, who contributed to JJ Redick’s side for multiple games. On the other hand, the Hornets, who are 12th in the Eastern Conference, are 3-6 this season. They are also coming off a 108-126 loss against the Miami Heat. It was Norman Powell who recorded 25 ...

Football Nov. 10, 2025, 1:24 p.m. Author: Sportaran Sportaran Portuguese clubs Porto and Benfica are showing genuine interest in Red Star defender Nair Tiknizyan. The clubs sent scouts to the team’s away UEFA Europa League match against Braga. Earlier, Red Star also played away against Porto. Despite Red Star’s defeat and Tiknizyan’s modes...

Getty Dikembe Mutumbo, Dominique Wilkins, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Charles Barkley, Bill Russell, Julius Erving and Alonzo Mourning attend the 2019 NBA All-Star Saturday Night on February 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Jacob Wilkins, the son of NBA legend Dominique Wilkins, threw down a mind-blowing windmill dunk for the Georgia Bulldogs on Sunday.Wilkins finished an alley-oop thrown by point guard Jeremiah Wilkinson during the waning moments of their 120-81 win over Morehead State Eagles. While Wilkinson finished with a game-high 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting, Wilkins added 15 points and four rebounds in just the third game of his freshman college season.The viral dunk was deemed a “Dunk of the Year candidate” by ESPN, with ma...

The 2025-26 Europa League begins this week, as Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa bid to keep the UEFA Cup in the Premier League after Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester United to the silverware last season.MORE — List of all-time Europa League/UEFA Cup winnersUnai Emery’s Villa qualified as the sixth-place team on the Premier League table last season, while Forest’s bid to win the Europa League is due to Crystal Palace’s demotion to the Conference League.Forest have already fired two managers this season in Nuno Espirito Santo and 2024-25 UEL winner Ange Postecoglou. What is their path to the knockout phase for new boss Sean Dyche? Who are on Villa’s fixture list? And when are the games and big dates for the entire season?Read on for all you need to know about the 2025-26 Europa League. ...

The Utah Jazz (3-5) will aim to turn things around when they welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves (4-4) to the Delta Center on Monday night.Utah endured a rough outing on Friday, getting blown out 137-97 by Minnesota in NBA Cup group stage action, their second loss in the tournament. The defeat dropped the Jazz to 3-6 on the season, leaving them anchored at the bottom of the Northwest Division standings.Meanwhile, Minnesota appears to have found its rhythm again with the return of Anthony Edwards, who missed time earlier this season due to a hamstring issue. His presence made an immediate difference, as the Timberwolves dominated from start to finish in Friday’s lopsided victory. With that win, Minnesota improved to 5-4 and climbed to third place in the Northwest Division.Here, GOAL brings y...

The NBA's interest in expanding its global reach has been well documented, and it goes beyond just playing preseason and regular season games in various countries. Commissioner Adam Silver has talked about the possibility of starting an NBA Europe league on numerous occasions, but there hasn't been much information beyond the league's interest in getting something off the ground. However, some of the league's plans went public Friday when NBA Europe managing director George Aivazoglou spoke at a conference in Milan, Italy.Silver has mentioned that there's been significant ownership interest from "a lot of well known wealthy European families, American families and institutions," and with the backing of the NBA, it's certainly something that could happen in the near future. Silver previousl...

The NBA's No. 1 leading scorer, Giannis Antetokounmpo, will make his first run at 2025 No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg when the Milwaukee Bucks visit the Dallas Mavericks Monday night at American Airlines Center.Milwaukee (6-4) will be playing the second game of a back-to-back after losing to the Houston Rockets 122-115 Sunday at home. Houston broke open a tie game with two minutes left and ended the game on a 22-7 run. Antetokounmpo finished with 37 points but missed three free throws down the stretch.Antetokounmpo entered Sunday night's game leading the NBA with 33.4 points a game. Milwaukee was 8-8 in back-to-back games last season.Flagg has been a bright spot for the rebuilding Mavericks (3-7). The 18-year-old phenom is second on the team with 13.9 points and 6.6 rebounds a game as he adjusts ...

Aston Villa were on a really good run until they lost at Liverpool last weekend, and they were quite unlucky at Anfield too.Even so, I find it very difficult to write off Bournemouth in games like this. They can cause any team problems and I always feel like they will score.I admire Unai Emery for sticking to his guns tactically. He has his principles and, even with people talking about teams having success by going direct this season, he hasn't changed his approach.However, that might have given Liverpool a bit of encouragement and it may give Bournemouth some encouragement too.Playing in the Europa League on Thursday won't help Villa either and that toll of games could catch up with them at some point.The Cherries rescued a point with a 96th-minute goal in this fixture last season and I ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green wasn’t just airing out some frustration with his team’s recent lackadaisical play after Friday’s blowout loss to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. He also delivered a message to his teammates following the lifeless performance, one that was revealed following another somewhat shaky win over the injury riddled Indiana Pacers.“I feel like after last game Draymond challenged us to be better,” veteran big man Al Horford said on Sunday after the Warriors ran away from the Pacers for a 114-83 win. “And come out with more intensity, better energy, and I felt like we did that today and it’s something that we have to continue to do every day, every game, because if we do that we’re gonna be in a really good position as a group. But it’s something that has to be con...