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The 24-year-old explained a problem he suffered at the Laver Cup had worsened to the point where he was returning home to Australia. Kyrgios, ranked 23rd in the Race to London standings, is unlikely to qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals so may have played his final singles tournament in a year where he has won titles in Acapulco and Washington. However, he said this week he hopes to recover in time to represent Australia at the Davis Cup finals in November, when Australia face Belgium and Colombia....

Irving played 10 minutes Sunday night before going to the locker room. He had two points and four assists, missing all five of his shots. The All-Star Game MVP is the top scorer among Eastern Conference point guards with 21.5 points per game. He also leads the Cavaliers with 6.3 assists.

The team announced just before game time that Irving will sit out Game 3 in Cleveland with a left knee injury. Irving did take part in the Cavaliers’ morning shoot-around on Sunday, but was still ruled out at game time. MORE: LeBron’s triple-double leads Cavs in Game 3 | Korver out for playoffs The former No. 1 overall pick out of Duke also sat out Game 2 on Friday in Atlanta, which Cleveland won, 94-82....

Earlier this week, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported that conversations between Irving and the Nets over his future have grown stagnant, paving the way for him to “consider the open marketplace” this offseason. Charania revealed that the Lakers, Clippers and Knicks are among the teams expected to be interested in Irving if he decides to move on from the Nets. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Irving is interested in those three teams and then some....

After a survey on the salaries, French media outlet L’Equipe reveals the highest paid athletes from France. In case you didn’t know… It goes without saying that the French football players fill up the most slots in the top 10. France was the winner of FIFA World Cup 2018 and the players were the star of the tournament, belonging in the country’s Golden Generation. Moreover, the salaries of these rising stars are increasing continuously, more so for forwards which is why two of French forward line features in the top two...

Even though the final review is not yet prepared, I am far enough into the game to offer-up some basic impressions of the title’s core mechanics, story, and presentation - for those gamers who might be thinking of picking it up. For any fan of a Rockstar game, L.A. Noire will feel right at home. As the character of Cole Phelps, a WWII veteran turned LAPD cop, players will inhabit the stunningly realized city of Los Angeles during Hollywood’s second Golden Age....

PLAYERS Conventional Wisdom Koreans (+) Overlooked minority gleams amid the rubble. Talk about family values. Bush (+/-) Cautious, rear-covering approach got him in and out of L.A. alive. But it wasn’t boffo. Kemp (+) A prophet in his own administration. Red-faced Bushies forced to get with his program. Rich LA. (+/-) Will the Ueberroth crowd pony up, Olympic style? Let the games begin. LAPD (-) At war with itself-and newly unified Bloods and Crips....

The Germany international has not been included in the 20-man squad for the meeting at the Santiago Bernabeu. No explanation has been provided for the absence of Kroos, who trained with the squad on Saturday ahead of a daunting run of matches. Madrid travel to Camp Nou to face Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semi-final, first leg on Wednesday before meeting Atletico Madrid in LaLiga next Saturday. The first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Ajax takes place just four days later in the Spanish capital....

Going forward, Sportskeeda will continue to provide scores and update from several leagues not only from Karnataka but from various other state associations of the country. FINALS RSI (T) Continental Automative: 132 all out in 36.1 overs [Sachin 22, Rakesh 52*, Santosh Singh 3/18, Prajwal Pavan 3/47, Uday 2/17] lost to Bhagirathi Group: 138 for 5 in 19.1 overs [Shaun Tristan Joseph 25, Mohd. Saif 62, Rakesh 2/16] by 5 wickets....

Kucherov’s two points gave him 108 on the season to tie the single-season mark set by Vincent Lecavalier in the 2006-07 season when he finished with 52 goals and 58 assists. The league-leading Lightning improved to 14-1-2 in the past 17 games. Steven Stamkos scored his 34th goal of the season and 382nd of his career and is one shy of tying Lecavalier’s career franchise record. Brayden Point, Adam Erne and Yanni Gourde also scored for Tampa Bay....

Kudlow told reporters outside the White House that he gave “kudos” to the “unified GOP” in the Senate for voting in favor of a bill that would have helped the economy. The bill, which was a slimmed-down version of the Republicans’ July proposal, was defeated in the Senate by eight votes, with every Democrat voting against it. Kudlow said that “$500 billion, it would be a great start. With key areas like small-business assistance, back to school money, vaccine money, COVID liability restrictions, child care, things of that sort, why not?...

Electing to field on a dew-laden Eden Gardens, India responded well with the pacers giving them a fine start after Umesh Yadav dismissed Denesh Ramdin in the third over. Debutant Khaleel Ahmed (1/16) and Jasprit Bumrah (1/27) ensured that the Windies run-rate dried up before the spin duo of Krunal Pandya (1/15) and Kuldeep made merry. Kuldeep (3/13) also completed 100 wickets in T20 cricket. Tottering at 63 for seven inside 15 overs, the Windies looked to fold up inside 100 but Fabian Allen (27 from 20 balls) and Khary Pierre (15 not out from 13 balls) lifted the total past 100....

The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s all-powerful cricket advisory committee comprising Sourav Ganguly, V.V.S. Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar - the latter joining the deliberations via video conference - also interviewed former Australian player Stuart Law, retired English first class cricketer Andy Moles and ex Indian batsman Lalchand Rajput among others. Ganguly later said Amre, Kumble and Rajpoot were present in person at the five star hotel Taj Bengal, while the committee spoke to Shastri over Skype....

Basketball is a team sport, and Teikō’s Generation of Miracles reached a point where the notion of sportsmanship and teamwork were thrown out the window in the name of victory; and they had plenty of victory. The team’s ideologies on winning were the reason Tetsuya Kuroko distanced himself from them, as the love for basketball no longer drove the team. Gone was team spirit, and a tense isolated attitude was born among the players....

Busch, the 2004 Sprint Cup champion, had 24 career victories and was widely regarded as one of NASCAR’s most talented drivers. Yet he also had built a reputation as a brat and an all-around bad dude. Throughout a turbulent career with Roush Fenway Racing and Penske Racing, Busch was known as a hot-tempered driver who constantly berated his team and sometimes even his team owner when things didn’t go well....

The series will focus on the aftermath of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, as the world grapples with the new reality that giant monsters are real, and they could emerge at any moment to level entire cities. The show will also focus more on the mysterious organization known as Monarch, and one family’s connection to it. No information has been given regarding Kurt or Wyatt Russell’s roles, but Los Angels Magazine film columnist Jeff Sneider claimed on Twitter that Wyatt would be playing the younger version of Kurt’s character....

Sheikh Sabah’s death was announced by the official Kuwait News Agency, which bid farewell to the 14-year leader after a medical condition that saw him transferred to the United States for treatment in July. His heir apparent is his 83-year-old half-brother Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. Prior to the late leader’s succession to the throne following the death of his then-Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, also Sheikh Sabah’s half-brother, he served as the country’s foreign minister for 40 years from 1963 to 2003....

The pre-match buildup surrounding Real Madrid’s trip to Paris was dominated by the French international with every possible angle focused on the 23-year-old. Mbappe’s ongoing contract standoff in Paris places him on the road out of the Parc des Princes this summer with Real Madrid his apparent certain destination. He’s been habitually linked with a move to Madrid during his time in Paris, and if that marriage materializes like many expect it to, the last-16 clash gave Real Madrid supporters a glimpse of what might be coming their way....