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– Carolina quarterback Cam Newton defended his Super Bowl postgame press conference Tuesday, saying he knows he’s a sore loser.

The other two absent Arsenal players are midfield duo Jack Wilshere, yet to feature this season, and the experienced Santi Cazorla, both of whom are now just weeks away from a full return.

At the NBA All-Star game dunk competition in Toronto, Nash brought his soccer moves to the table, using a rainbow flick to get the basketball up to Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons, who slammed it home.

After the game, Ware said he wishes he “could cut” up the MVP award and share it with his teammates with Ware being at the top of that wish list.

“We had some really good chances we did not take”.

“Maybe it was an unexpected defeat against Leicester but we played a very good team”.

“Everybody thinks that, huh?”

Claudio Ranieri’s side widened their lead at the top of the table to five points with their comprehensive win over Manchester City last weekend.

Claudio Ranieri says his Leicester City side is pressure-free heading into a potential title decider against Arsenal.

It doesn’t necessarily follow that success at a global age group competition leads to success at the higher level. The two teams, having come together only a few months ago, underwent meticulous preparation.

“Knowing Kobe as well as I do”, O’Neal said, “I’m sure if he gets going, and the guys get him going, you know the crowd’s going to want it to happen; certain players are going to want it to happen”.

Xavi – a key part of Guardiola’s hugely successful four-year tenure at Camp Nou – says the Premier League and the wider football world could have cause for excitement.

Adidas ended its sponsorship deal with Johnson later in the day, before Sunderland announced the decision to terminate the 28-year-old’s contract, which was due to run until the end of the season.

Denny Hamlin avoided the drama at Daytona International Speedway to secure victory at the season-opening NASCAR Sprint Unlimited race on Saturday. And Denny Hamlin passed the test for the third time, winning Saturday night’s race ahead of Joey Logano.

The latest case involves a woman from the state of Victoria who was going through an “extremely anxious” time, the southern state’s Health Minister Jill Hennessy said.