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(Photo credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images) As a legitimate national championship contender, No. 6 Florida knows better than to throw a parade over its undefeated start in nonconference play. That's why the Gators (12-0) aren't overlooking Sunday's game against Stetson in Gainesville, Fla., in the team's final tune-up before diving into its Southeastern Conference slate. "It's a great start, but it's just a start," Florida

(Photo credit: Jeff Le-Imagn Images) Robert Thomas and Zack Bolduc scored on St. Louis' first two shots, Thomas added another goal and the host Blues pulled away late from the Nashville Predators for a 7-4 victory on Friday. The tallies in the first three minutes of the game helped St. Louis, which never trailed but didn't shake Nashville until late, earn its second straight win following a 1-3-2 rut. The Blues' Cam Fow

(Photo credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images) The NBA fined Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid $75,000 for making obscene gestures toward the Boston Celtics' home crowd during their game on Christmas Day. NBA executive vice president and head of basketball operations Joe Dumars announced the discipline on Friday night. It's been a frustrating campaign for Embiid, who has played in just nine of Philadelphia's 28 games. He's

(Photo credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images) Anthony Edwards drilled a 3-pointer with 23.2 seconds left to cap a stunning fourth-quarter rally and lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 113-112 victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday. The Timberwolves closed the game on a 23-6 run that featured two 3-pointers apiece from Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Naz Reid and Edwards' three-point play with 1:31 left that pulled Minneso

(Photo credit: Tim Heitman-Imagn Images) Brock Faber scored on a wraparound 35 seconds into overtime to lift the visiting Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 comeback victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night. Jonas Brodin and Marcus Foligno scored in the third period and Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves for the Wild, who had lost four of five entering the Christmas break. Wyatt Johnston and Evgenii Dadonov each had a goal and an

(Photo credit: Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images) Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 33 points and Ja Morant had 25 before injuring his right shoulder and the visiting Memphis Grizzlies defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 132-124 on Friday night. Morant went to the locker room for good with 4:13 remaining in the third quarter after colliding with Pelicans center Daniel Theis. Desmond Bane scored 18 points, Zach Edey had 14 and nine reboun

Melbourne [Australia], December 28 (ANI): The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) President Fred Oldfield on Saturday reflected on legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar being honoured with Honorary Cricket Membership of MCC. Oldfield confirmed that Tendulkar accepted the membership. He added that they couldn't be more pleased that the former cricketer is a part of the honoured group. Earlier on Friday, MCC honoured Indian legenda

Melbourne [Australia], December 28 (ANI): India talisman pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Saturday reflected on bowling to Australia batter Sam Konstas and said he felt that he could have got the Aussie batter out six or seven times in the first two overs of the first innings on Day 01 of the Melbourne Test. The 19-year-old was called into the squad in place of Nathan McSweeney and had an uphill task to open for Australia in front

New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Due to incessant rain, Delhi's air quality improved significantly. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital was recorded at 179 at 7am on Saturday. An AQI between 0-50 is considered good, 51-100 is satisfactory, 101-200 is moderate, 201-300 is poor, 301-400 is very poor, and 401-500 is severe. On Friday, Delhi's air quality

(Photo credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images) Victor Wembanyama scored 11 of his 19 points in the third quarter as the San Antonio Spurs recovered from a difficult opening quarter and earned a 96-87 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday in New York. Two days after totaling 42 points and 18 rebounds in San Antonio's 117-114 loss to the New York Knicks, Wembanyama shot 7 of 14 from the field despite starting 1 of 5. The sec

(Photo credit: Mike Watters-Imagn Images) Jalen Brunson collected 26 points and nine assists and Josh Hart added 23 points and 13 rebounds, lifting the visiting New York Knicks to a 108-85 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday night. Brunson made 11 of 21 shots from the floor to help the Knicks defeat the Magic for the third time this month. He scored 21 points in New York's 121-106 victory over visiting Orlando on De

(Photo credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images) Jaylen Brown poured in a season-high 44 points to help the Boston Celtics end a two-game losing streak by beating the visiting Indiana Pacers 142-105 Friday. Brown was 16 of 24 from the field, including 6 of 11 from 3-point territory, and made each of his six free-throw attempts. He also had five rebounds, three assists and four steals. Jayson Tatum added 22 points and 13 reb

(Photo credit: Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images) Jacob Markstrom saw his two-game shutout streak end, but the goalie made 29 saves for the New Jersey Devils in a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday in Newark, N.J. Markstrom, 34, extended his personal win streak to six and improved to 9-0-1 in his past 10 starts. Luke Hughes recorded a goal and an assist for his third two-point game in his past four contests. Ondrej

LIV Golf have already welcomed three new stars onto the roster ahead of the 2025 season, with the breakaway league's offseason transfer window in full swing.

(Photo credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-Imagn Images) Alex Tuch's third career hat trick led the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-2 win over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. Jack Quinn and Dylan Cozens each had a goal and an assist, Rasmus Dahlin had two assists and Zach Benson scored for Buffalo. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 15 of 17 shots for his 10th win in 25 starts this season. After struggling through a 13-game winless dr

(Photo credit: Russell LaBounty-Imagn Images) The Columbus Blue Jackets used a four-goal second period and went 3-for-3 on the power play to cruise past the visiting Boston Bruins 6-2 in the opening half of the teams' back-to-back, home-and-home series on Friday night. Dmitri Voronkov posted two goals and an assist -- all in the middle frame -- while Sean Monahan also scored twice for Columbus, which tallied three times

(Photo credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images) Mitch Marner notched his third career hat trick with three straight goals within the first two periods and visiting Toronto wrecked Todd McLellan's head coaching debut with a 5-2 victory over Detroit on Friday night. Marner scored twice in the first period and added another goal late in the second as the Maple Leafs built a 5-0 lead. He had a career-high four goals against Detr

NAIROBI, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Kenya mourned the death of women's volleyball icon Janet Wanja early Friday.

(Photo credit: Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images) LeBron James has the Los Angeles Lakers surging again in advance of Saturday's visit from the struggling Sacramento Kings, a team experiencing changes after head coach Mike Brown was fired on Friday. James, set to play his final game before turning 40 years old, has guided the Lakers to four victories in their past five games, including a thrilling 115-113 road win over the Gol

Melbourne [Australia], December 28 (ANI): Early wickets from Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon in the first session on Day 03 of the Melbourne Test kept Australia in the driver's seat, India continued to trail by 230 runs on Saturday. At Lunch on Day 03, India stood at 244/7, with Washington Sundar (5) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (40) unbeaten on the crease for the visitors as they trail by 230 runs. India started the first session

Dubai [UAE], December 28 (ANI): Legendary Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo criticized the Ballon d'Or award and said that Real Madrid and Brazilian superstar Vinicius Junior deserved to be named as the best men's player. Earlier in October, Manchester City midfielder Rodri was named the 2024 Men's Ballon d'Or winner, he helped his club secure the English Premier League title for the fourth consecutive time. Apart f

LONDON, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal moved up to second in the Premier League on Friday after a 1-0 win at home to struggling Ipswich Town.

SYDNEY, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Gao Xinyu came back from one set down and Zhang Zhizhen was almost flawless as China started the mixed team United Cup with a 3-0 victory over Brazil in Perth on Friday.

(Photo credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images) The Seattle Kraken shouldn't have been surprised by a lump of coal in their stockings. The Kraken entered the NHL's holiday break saddled with a five-game losing streak, tied with San Jose for the longest in the league. Seattle opens the unofficial second half of the season on Saturday afternoonat the Vancouver Canucks in its first of four meetings against its biggest rival.

(Photo credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images) The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without captain Auston Matthews for at least the next two games as the star center continues to nurse an upper-body injury, NHL.com reported Friday. Matthews, 27, has missed Toronto's last two games and will sit out Friday's contest at Detroit and Saturday's home showdown against Washington. Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube told reporters Frid