2024-04-27 16:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The first round of qualifiers for the Lebanese basketball championship concluded without major surprises. The four favorite teams for the title easily advanced, with all series ending 2-0. It's worth noting that the four qualified teams played with a 2+1 system throughout the championship, meaning two foreign players on the court and one on the ...
2024-04-27 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Leicester City were promoted to the Premier League on Friday after rivals Leeds United crashed to a shock 4-0 defeat at Queens Park Rangers. The result leaves Leicester top of the Championship with 94 points with two games to play while Leeds stay second on 90 but with just one match left. Third-place Ipswich Town can pip Leeds to the second ...
2024-04-27 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tyrese Haliburton drove for the game-winning basket as the Indiana Pacers held off a late Milwaukee charge to beat the Bucks 121-118 in overtime on Friday and take a 2-1 lead in their NBA Eastern Conference playoff series. The Dallas Mavericks also won at home, cruising to a 101-90 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers for a 2-1 lead in their ...
2024-04-27 10:42 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkish teenager Arda Guler's strike helped Real Madrid close in on the Spanish title with a 1-0 win at Real Sociedad on Friday, moving 14 points clear at the top of La Liga. After last weekend's Clasico win over second place Barcelona, it appears a formality for Madrid to take the title back from their arch-rivals, and Guler helped them move one ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 21:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Carlos Alcaraz returned after a month out to start his double Madrid Open title defense with a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win over Alexander Shevchenko on Friday. The world number three shone on home clay in the Spanish capital to reach the third round, after a forearm problem led to his withdrawals from the Monte Carlo Masters and Barcelona ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 12:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Denver Nuggets rallied to push LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs on Thursday as the Philadelphia 76ers, fueled by 50 points from Joel Embiid, clawed back a win against the Knicks. The defending champion Nuggets erased a 10-point first-quarter deficit to beat the Lakers 112-105 in Los ...
Makram Haddad 2024-04-26 12:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Al-Riyadi, buoyed by 20 points from the unstoppable and impregnable Maker, slapped Iranian club Gorgan (95-60), quickly overtaken by events, to take a one-to-none lead in their West Asia Basket-ball League (Wasl) final on Thursday. Al-Riyadi beat Gorgan in Act I of the Wasl final. In diesel mode, al-Riyadi had a complicated first quarter. ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-26 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Manchester City demolished Brighton 4-0 as Phil Foden's double lifted the Premier League title chasers to within one point of leaders Arsenal on Thursday. Pep Guardiola's side were in an imperious mood at the Amex Stadium from the moment Kevin De Bruyne headed them into an early lead. England forward Foden struck twice before the interval to put ...
Pierre Daccache 2024-04-25 18:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Tonight, Thursday, April 25, the Riyadi club is set to face the Gorgan team (Iran) in the finals of the WASL (West Asia) competition at 8:30 PM at the Nohad Nawfal stadium in Zouk Mikael. Top of the Lebanese league standings, Riyadi are ready to take on the Iranian club. This match comes just a few days before the semi-finals of the local league, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attended on Wednesday the first edition of the Arab Military Equestrian Championship, held at the Misr Olympic City in the new administrative capital. The championship runs from April 24 to 27, with the participation of 11 Arab countries: Egypt, Libya, Qatar, Algeria, Kuwait, Tunisia, Syria, Iraq, Saudi ...
2024-04-25 14:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanese football is in crisis. With a local championship played on only two fields and disappointing results for the national teams, notably the men's team, which has not won any official or friendly match since September 10, 2023, and has dropped to 120th place in the latest FIFA ranking, the talent drain continues. The latest to date is ...
This Is Beirut 2024-04-25 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Everton secured their first win in a Merseyside derby at Goodison Park since 2010 to leave Liverpool's Premier League title aspirations in ruins after a 2-0 defeat on Wednesday. Defeat leaves Jurgen Klopp's men still three points adrift of leaders Arsenal and only one point in front of defending champions Manchester City, who have two games in ...