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OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Now that the Golden State Warriors have set the NBA record for most wins during a regular season, the team must grapple with an even bigger challenge: winning a second consecutive championship. The Warriors, led by reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry, finished the season at 73-9 after decimating the middling Memphis Grizzlies 124-104 on Wednesday. The win moved them ahead of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls, who had previously held the single season record for victories with 72....

Young has drawn comparisons to Warriors star and two-time NBA MVP Curry after being selected with pick five in the 2018 draft. Both Young and Curry have the ability to get hot from deep beyond the arc, however, the latter is not thrilled about the comparisons. Following Golden State’s 128-111 victory over Atlanta on Monday, Curry said: “When I was a rookie, Steve Nash’s name was thrown out a lot....

TikTok is feeding false and misleading content about the war in Ukraine to users within 40 minutes of their signing up to the app, regardless of whether they run any searches on the platform, an investigation by NewsGuard has found. Moreover, NewsGuard found that searching for generic terms related to the conflict, like “Ukraine” or “Donbas,” led to TikTok suggesting multiple videos that contained disinformation in its top 20 results....

Veni Vedi Vici have won five ECS T10 Capelle matches and are currently placed in second spot in the points table. Sparta Cricket 1888, on the other hand, have won six out of their seven matches and are currently placed atop the ECS T10 Capelle points table. The last time both teams met each other earlier this season, Veni Vedi Vici beat Sparta Cricket 1888 by nine wickets. VVV vs SPC Probable Playing 11 Today VVV XI...

Citing Russian sources, the ISW, a U.S. think tank, said in its daily update of the war that Russian troops made marginal advances within Bakhmut in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region on Tuesday. The eastern town has been targeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops for months, without much success. Leading the fight in Bakhmut are fighters recruited by the notorious mercenary unit the Wagner Group, which was founded by Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin....

The 31-year-old joined Bayern from Hoffenheim in a €13million move in December 2017 and scored eight goals as they won the Bundesliga title last season. However, Wagner, firmly second choice behind Robert Lewandowski, started just one league game this term and failed to find the net in the competition. Wagner will now link up with Tianjin, where he has reportedly been offered a lucrative two-year deal following a €5m transfer....

The forward, who completed a move to the Allianz Arena from Hoffenheim on January 1 having left Bayern as a youngster 10 years ago, opened the scoring in the first half of Saturday’s friendly. Jupp Heynckes’ men then ran in five further goals after the interval - Corentin Tolisso, Arjen Robben, Kingsley Coman, Niklas Dorsch and Niklas Sule all finding the net for a much-changed side. Wagner had already gone close with one header before finding the bottom-right corner with another in the 38th minute....

Wagner was left out of Joachim Low’s provisional 27-man squad on Tuesday for the tournament in Russia . The 30-year-old has scored five goals in eight internationals, while he netted eight times in 14 Bundesliga appearances for Bayern this season. Wagner, who was part of Germany’s Confederations Cup-winning squad last year, said he was quitting internationals. “I hereby resign immediately from the national team,” he told Bild . “For me, it is clear that I don’t seem to fit with the coaching team with my way – always open, honest and direct to address things....

Only by reading into the exhibit’s brief, esoteric descriptions—or by touring with a curator—can viewers fully grasp the contours of Beckett’s life. Born in 1906, he was raised a Protestant in the well-to-do Dublin suburb of Foxrock. He studied French, Italian and English at Trinity College in the 1920s, and went on to teach English at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he met his compatriot James Joyce; a sentimentally preserved menu from the restaurant where they first met is on view....

Maguire’s first-half goal put England in front against Sweden, with Dele Alli’s effort after the break securing a 2-0 victory in Samara on Saturday. The Leicester City centre-back has become a social media star during the tournament, with a photograph of him speaking to fans turning into a meme. And Walker was quick to use the snap to mock Maguire despite the defender’s first England goal setting up a semi-final clash with either Croatia or hosts Russia....

Nonprofit Protect Democracy filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C. on behalf of the Wall of Moms, anti-racist organization Don’t Shoot Portland and several individual protesters. The Wall of Moms started out as a small group of mothers who sought to protect protesters from the tactics of federal agents at protests in downtown Portland. But the group’s numbers have swelled in recent days—and they have repeatedly been hit with tear gas despite protesting peacefully....

Cheika said the incident began after Tui’s sister was pushed by the supporter near the tunnel at Cbus Super Stadium on the Gold Coast, immediately following Australia’s 23-19 loss to Argentina on Saturday. It capped off an already emotional week for Tui’s family — his stepfather died suddenly on Wednesday, and the Wallabies were wearing black armbands in his honor. Tui was still able to take his place in the starting team and played the full 80 minutes at blindside flanker....

The Senate always is a hatchery for presidential contenders. But this time the Great Mentioner is naming an extraordinarily large number of Democrats, from seven to nine in a late count. And for the first time since LBJ in 1960, the list includes the party’s top dog. Asked by NEWSWEEK whether his new status as majority leader would lead him to rule out a presidential run in 2004, Sen. Tom Daschle gave an elliptical reply: “I am not going to rule anything in or out,” he said impassively....

Like other tabletop war games, Warhammer 40K can get pretty expensive. Not only do players have to buy books in order to keep up with new rules and releases, they also have to purchase models in order to be able to use them in games. This new app may end up alleviating some of that stress. RELATED: Warhammer 40K: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Tyranids Warhammer 40,000: The App is a subscription based service, so those wanting to use it will need to pay $5 per month....

The Australian vice-captain sat down along with his daughter Ivy May, to talk at length about upcoming series against India, the tour to New Zealand that follows, and the opponents of the drawn Test, the West Indies. Beginning with the drawn Test, Warner said that he was really happy that the fans got to see some cricket on the final day, after what had been a frustrating stretch of three days, when rain played more (spoil)sport than the players....

Warnock’s side lost 2-1 at home to the Clarets, their fourth successive Premier League defeat in 2018-19. The scoreline did not tell the full story, however, as Burnley spent much of the game under pressure and had to rely on Hart’s heroics in goal. The 31-year-old, who joined Burnley from Manchester City in pre-season, has been vocal about not giving up on his international career despite being left out of Gareth Southgate’s World Cup squad, but Warnock thinks he should focus his energy on enjoying club football....

So you can imagine he was a bit surprised when his former head coach said the Warriors guard wouldn’t be his pick for Most Valuable Player. MORE: Curry breaks out salsa dance | Barnes hits Thursday winner | LINEMAKERS: Playoff implications “If you twisted my arm today, I would probably vote for James Harden,” Jackson said on the “Dan Patrick Show” Wednesday. “The reason why is because he single-handedly has put that Houston Rockets team in the position that they’re in today....

MORE: Ranking every NBA Finals rematch | 13 NBA playoff chokes For the second game in a row, someone other than Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson led the Warriors in scoring. This time it was Draymond Green, who scored a game-high 28 points and hit five 3-point attempts, many of them uncontested by the Cavs. “Coach (Steve Kerr) actually texted me last night and said, ‘This is going to be a great series for you....