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Brooklyn faces Los Angeles on 6-game road skid

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Brooklyn Nets (12-31, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (20-24, 10th in the Western Conference) Inglewood, California; Sunday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn will attempt to break its six-game road slide when the Nets face Los Angeles. The Clippers are 12-9 on their home court. Los Angeles allows 113.5 points to opponents and has been outscored by 1.2 points per game. The Nets are 6-14 in road games. Brooklyn is at the bottom of the Eastern Conference scoring 42.4 poi...

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Sri Lanka bats 1st in 1st ODI against England

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Updated Jan 24, 4:13 AM ET

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat in the first one-day international of the three-match series against England on Thursday. England had to make a last-minute change as Will Jacks was ruled out due to illness and legpinner Rehan Ahmed replaced him in the playing XI. Ahmed will team up with another legspinner Adil Rashid with Jacob Bethell and Joe Root the other spin options for England.

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Naomi Osaka withdraws from Australian Open before third-round match

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Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Australian Open before her scheduled third-round match against Australian qualifier Maddison Inglis, ending a campaign noted for fashion and friction. The two-time Australian Open champion announced it on social media without divulging her injury, posting on Instagram that she had to withdraw “to address something my body needs attention for after my last match.” “I was so excited to keep going and this run meant the most to me, so having to stop here breaks my h...

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Cheers! Stan Wawrinka bids farewell at Australian Open with beers and gratitude

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Stan Wawrinka said goodbye after his loss to Taylor Fritz and then grabbed two beers from a courtside ice box, cracked the cans with the Australian Open tournament director and saluted the crowd. Wawrinka won the first of his three Grand Slam titles in Australia in 2014. With a 4 1/2-hour, five-set win over 21-year-old French qualifier Arthur Gea in the second round, Wawrinka became the first man 40 or older to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since Ken Rosewall at the 1978 Australian Open.

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