Monthly Archives: December 2019

Tiger Woods to skip day 3´s morning four-ball session

After two successful sessions as a player, U.S. Team captain Tiger Woods will rest Saturday morning at the Presidents Cup. Woods did not insert himself into the lineup for the four morning Four-Balls matches at Royal Melbourne. Instead, he’ll stay 100 percent focused on captaining his team in hope of rallying from a three-point deficit.…
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Recently retired Baghdatis to coach Svitolina

Former ATP No. 8 Marcos Baghdatis has announced on Twitter that he’ll be joining Andre Bettles in 2020 to coach Elina Svitolina. The 2006 Australian Open runner-up (lost to Roger Federer) played his last professional tennis event at Wimbledon. A semifinalist at the London Grand Slam thirteen years ago, Baghdatis received a wild card to finish his…
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Ancelotti sacked despite UCL last 16 spot

Carlo Ancelotti has been released by Napoli despite taking the Serie A side to the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday with a 4-0 victory over Genk. "Napoli has decided to relieve Carlo Ancelotti of his role as first team coach," the Italian side said in a statement. Tuesday's victory over Genk, which…
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Zack Wheeler, Phillies finalize 5 year contract

The Philadelphia Phillies and right-hander Zack Wheeler finalized their $118 million, five-year contract Monday. Wheeler gets $21.5 million next year, $22.5 million in 2021, $26 million in 2022, $24.5 million in 2023 and $23.5 million in 2024. He agreed to the deal last Thursday subject to a successful physical. The 29-year-old stays in the NL…
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LaMelo Ball to miss 4 weeks in Australian league

LaMelo Ball's foot injury appears worse than first thought, with the Illawarra Hawks star now ruled out for a month of NBL action. It raises questions about whether the potential No.1 overall NBA draft pick's time on an NBL court is done, although the Australian league says that isn't the case. Hawks coach Matt Flinn…
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Carmelo Anthony´s contract now fully guaranteed

Carmelo Anthony has done sufficient to guarantee his contract with the Portland Trail Blazers. On Thursday, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported the Trail Blazers amended the Syracuse product's contract to make it fully guaranteed for the rest of the 2019-20 season. They signed him to a non-guaranteed deal on Nov. 14. Portland's decision to sign Anthony was one of the surprises…
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