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Rublev defaulted after exploding at linesman
Andrey Rublev will forfeit all prize money and rankings points after he was defaulted for screaming in the face of a linesman in Dubai.
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LeBron becomes first player to achieve stunning feat
LeBron James brought up 40,000 points to extend his career scoring record and become the first player to achieve the milestone.
Booming crowds and broadcast numbers on the up: Are these the NBL’s ‘glory days’?
The NBL boss has had enough of hearing about the glory days – the boom times of the 1990s when the league was a TV staple and Andrew Gaze led the household names. The NBL might be at its zenith right now, he says.
- by Roy Ward
Patty Mills has been waived by Atlanta. Is it the end of his storied NBA career?
Boomers captain Patty Mills, now on the move having been waived by the Atlanta Hawks, needs to find a new home to ensure his spot at Paris 2024.
- by Jon Pierik
Pippen offers winning advice to NBL stars
Scottie Pippen has given a word of warning for Melbourne United as the NBL pacesetters go in search of a seventh championship.
Overpaid and uncompetitive? Pippen takes aim at players after NBA All-Stars score-fest
The NBA All-Star game is supposed to showcase basketball’s brightest talents, but Chicago Bulls great Scottie Pippen says high scoring does not equal entertaining and the lack of competitive spirit is bad for the sport.
- by Jon Pierik
‘We will give her space’: Opals not ruling out Jackson for Paris
Opals coach Sandy Brondello has not ruled out Lauren Jackson re-emerging from retirement and making the trip to Paris, after emerging stars Jade Melbourne and Isobel Borlase made their mark in the final game of Australia’s Olympic qualifying tournament,
- by Jon Pierik
‘I’m done’: Lauren Jackson retires, will not play Olympics
Opals legend Lauren Jackson has confirmed she will not feature at Paris 2024 after Australia qualified for the Games with an 85-52 thumping of Germany.
- by Jasper Bruce and Steve Barrett
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Olympic dream a step closer for Jackson, as Opals hang tough against Brazil
Lauren Jackson remains on target for a fifth Olympic Games, but it was teammates Ezi Magbegor and Bec Allen who led the Opals to a rugged win in their opening game of their Paris qualifying tournament.
- by Jon Pierik
Adelaide young gun sinks three-pointer
Isobel Borlase of the Adelaide Lightning drains a three-pointer against the Sydney Flames.
‘It’s always a fast break when I have the ball’: Simmons just misses triple-double in NBA return
A back injury may have knocked him out for a while, but it sure hasn’t slowed Australian basketball Ben Simmons down.