Former US President Barack Obama congratulated LeBron James a day after he picked up his fourth NBA title, as prominent figures in sports, politics and beyond celebrated the Los Angeles Lakers championship.
After hearing the case, the chief justice reserved the judgment without giving a date for its announcement.
Kobe Bryant became one of the greatest players in basketball, a transcendent star who went straight from high school to the game's biggest stage and brought "Showtime" back to the Los Angeles Lakers for two glittering decades. Acquiring Bryant from the Hornets was one of the best pieces of business the Lakers ever did, as he led the team to five NBA championship rings and was the face of the franchise during his 20-year career that ended in 2016.
LA Lakers owner Jeannie Buss said on Friday, the Juneteenth holiday, that she is no longer willing to ignore hate and called on white people to come together and acknowledge the racism that exists in the United States. Juneteenth commemorates the US abolition of slavery under President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, belatedly announced by a Union army in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, after the Civil War ended.
US basketball player Brittney Griner teared up during her first news conference after being detained in Russia for nearly 10-months.
The San Antonio Spurs raised their championship banner then elevated their game when it mattered to edge the Dallas Mavericks 101-100 in a season-opening win on Tuesday.
Carlos Alcaraz swatted aside Serbian Dusan Lajovic as Canadian Bianca Andreescu cruised past American Sofia Kenin in straight sets at Miami Open.
Saxena, who became the Delhi LG in May 2022, is an accused, along with three others in a case of alleged attack on Patkar for opposing the Narmada dam project.
The reason Rishi was wearing a face mask is that he was hit on the face by a ball on his follow-through during the Ranji Trophy earlier this year.
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James on Friday fired back at Zlatan Ibrahimovic and vowed to never stay silent about social causes after he was criticised by the AC Milan forward for sticking his nose into politics.
Ibrahimovic said sports people like Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James should quit sticking their nose into politics.
The court issued its reserved ruling, upsetting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which claimed the arrest was illegal and that the IHC would rule in favour of party chief Imran Khan.
Ewing, a seven-foot center, was the number one pick in the 1985 NBA draft and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He also won two Olympic gold medals as a member of the US 'Dream Team'.
The protest movement sparked by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016 has picked up steam, extending beyond the NFL, in the aftermath of the June death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis.
The owners of IPL heavyweight Chennai Super Kings purchased the Johannesburg franchise while JSW Sports, which owns Delhi Capitals, bagged Pretoria.
Black Lives Matter was stenciled onto NFL fields and NBA courts. Athletes raised fists and took the knee.
A Los Angeles sculptor marked the second anniversary of Kobe and Gianna Bryant's death with an original work of art.
Billed as a 'Celebration of Life' follows a series of remembrances, including a private family funeral earlier this month.
Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA's all-time greatest players whose international stardom transcended basketball, was killed at age 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others on board, officials said.
Utah Jazz's Rudy Gobert had tested positive for coronavirus last Wednesday before the start of the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City's match in the NBA. As Gobert was leaving a media event on March 9, before he was diagnosed with coronavirus, he touched every microphone and recorder in front of him in jest. However, after testing positive, the player went on to issue a public apology on Instagram.
An exhausted Andy Murray still had enough left in the tank to blast tennis officials after an epic five-set comeback second round win at the Australian Open finished after 4am local time on Friday.
A true global superstar, the depth of Kobe Bryant's popularity quickly surfaced as reports were confirmed that the Los Angeles Lakers great had been killed along with his daughter Gianna and seven others when his helicopter crashed in a remote field near the city of Calabasas.
According to ESPN, she replaces Niele Ivey, another women's assistant coach who left for a head coaching position at the University of Notre Dame.
Barcelona and Argentina striker Lionel Messi dethroned five-division boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather as the highest paid athlete over the past year.
Morey's tweet of support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong prompted Chinese sponsors and partners to cut ties with the league and forced the National Basketball Association (NBA) to answer difficult questions about free speech.
Frances Tiafoe said his days of flying under the radar were over
Data revealed that Spain's La Liga and the Premier League were joint-top in terms of social media popularity, well ahead of the NBA, NFL and Serie A.
Novak Djokovic now also has an admirer of his basketball skills in American great LeBron James.
Sporting world lost some of its favourite stars this year.
Michael Jordan and the crew of his fishing boat Catch 23 hauled in a 442.3 pound blue marlin at the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Sports Awards could to be delayed: Ministry official
Rahul Kulkarni, journalist with a Marathi news channel, was arrested by Mumbai Police on Wednesday, a day after several migrant workers gathered near Bandra station in Mumbai demanding that they be sent back to their home towns.
'Kobe is easily among the five greatest basketball players of all time. This is such a tragic loss.'
Tennis: Felix Auger-Aliassime toppled in Morocco
Kobe, who won five championships with the Lakers, and 13-year-old Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash in January.
Michael Jordan, age 21 at the time, smiled and held up the jersey at his first press conference as a member of the Bulls.
Both players remain asymptomatic and are in quarantine. LA Lakers has chosen not to reveal the identities of both the players. Last week, Utah Jazz's Rudy Gobert had also tested positive for coronavirus and this resulted in the suspension of NBA for at least 30 days.
Dolan has been in self-isolation
The athletes on the US magazine's list have enjoyed sporting success as well as promoting other causes.
