Chris Paul banked in a shot with a second left to lift the Los Angeles Clippers to a thrilling 111-109 victory over San Antonio in Game 7 Saturday that eliminated the defending NBA champion Spurs from the playoffs. After Spurs veteran Tim Duncan made two free throws to tie it with 8.8 seconds left, Paul drove the right side. He ...

Champville silenced the critics as they defeated reigning champions Riyadi Beirut 96-88 to level the best-of-seven semifinal series 1-1 Sunday at Dik al-Mehde. Champville were on the receivingend of local critics after slumping to a 44-point opening loss last Friday, but they had the perfect reaction by wrapping up an impressive victory over the defending champions. The hosts began the ...

Champville survived a late scare to beat Mouttahed 91-88 in Game 1 of their quarterfinal series at Dik El Mehdi Saturday. Champville dominated the ealry goings and were ahead 46-29 at halftime. But Mouttahed have one of the deadliest offensive duo in the league in Dewarick Spencer and Perry Petty, with the latter hitting some big-time shots to claw the ...

The Lebanese national football team will be quietly confident of reaching the second round of World Cup 2018 qualification after the Cedars were pitted against South Korea, Kuwait, Myanmar and Laos in Group G in Tuesday’s draw. The revamped qualification process offers the added bonus of Asian Cup 2019 entry, with the eight group winners along with the four best ...

Sagesse grabbed a morale-boosting 91-87 win against archrivals Champville in round three of the group stage of the Lebanese Basketball League at Ghazir. The match saw new security measures implemented by the governing body and the security forces following the unfortunate scenes that engulfed the Beirut derby two weeks ago at Manara. Sagesse were seeking to avenge their 138-130 double ...

Leaders Riyadi overcame an early scare to achieve their 10th successive league victory, beating UBA 97-71 in round three of the group stage of the Lebanese Basketball League Friday at an empty Manara. Riyadi fans were slammed with a three-game ban following the scuffle that engulfed their match against Sagesse two weeks ago, which also led to a five-game ban ...

In a battle of the co-hosts of the 2015 Cricket World Cup — and also, along with India, the two most impressive teams thus far — New Zealand defeated Australia by one wicket before more than 40,000 fans in Auckland, New Zealand on Friday night. The match featured some incredible bowling, the cricket equivalent of baseball pitching. To wit: Out of a ...

DUBAI: Andy Murray followed his climb above Rafael Nadal to world No. 3 with a checkered but foundation-laying straight-sets win over Gilles Muller to begin his bid to win the Dubai Open title Tuesday. The Scot’s 6-4, 7-5 win over the Luxemburger illustrated how far the former Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion has come in the one year since returning ...

HOUSTON: James Harden had 31 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his second triple-double this season, leading the Houston Rockets to a 113-102 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves Monday night. Harden got off to a slow start, missing his first seven shots. He got going late in the first quarter, had 13 points at halftime and was a rebound ...

The noise and colour of Iranian fans at this Asian Cup have made watching Team Melli just like back at home in Tehran – except of course for the women It was the unity of the Iranian fans, more than anything else, that shocked Talieh Akbari. Sitting in Stadium Australia in Sydney with her mother for Iran’s second group match ...