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The league fined the Clippers guard $25,000 for the incident. MORE: Ranked: Who hates the Clippers the most, if not DeMarcus Cousins? The Clippers were on the road playing the Kings on Wednesday when the incident occurred in the fourth quarter. Kings fans were particularly incensed as the woman seemed to show discomfort around her eyes. Former Clipper Glen Davis was fined $15,000 in March for kicking a seat cushion into the stands during a game....

The 20-year-old Matthews played nearly 20 minutes in Toronto’s 4-3 victory over the Penguins Saturday, but he collided with teammate Morgan Rielly with 2:48 left in regulation and appeared visibly shaken. He did return to the ice and finished the game, but hasn’t played or practiced since with an undisclosed “upper-body” injury. MORE: NHL’s worst injuries in 2017-18 Addressing speculation Matthews suffered a concussion, Leafs coach Mike Babcock said he didn’t know whether Matthews entered concussion protocol....

After beating India convincingly in a four-day unofficial Test match, Australia A will be high in confidence when they take on South Africa A in the Triangular ‘A’ series opening List A match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. Australia A hammered India A by 10 wickets on the fourth day of the second and final four-day cricket match to pocket the series 1-0 on Saturday. South Africa A landed on Friday and didn’t get much time to adapt to the sub-continental conditions and will go into the tri-series a little under-prepared against Australia A....

Australian and Sri Lankan players officially made peace following a fiery end to their final Twenty20 international won by the tourists off the last ball, Cricket Australia said. They also sought to play down the angry exchanges as the two sides walked off the pitch after Sri Lanka won by two runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method. Cricket Australia admitted the rain-hit match finished with “ugly scenes” but stressed “both teams apologised”....

The plan for lifting some of the longest and most stringent COVID-19 travel rules of any democracy included Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s benchmark for reopening its international borders: the Australian population aged 16 and older must be 80 percent vaccinated, a goal the country is expected to reach Tuesday. Morrison recently announced plans to allow vaccinated citizens and permanent residents to fly overseas in November, the first time since the onset of the pandemic that such travel has been allowed....

The beleaguered tourists, with skipper Joe Root weakened by a stomach bug and unable to continue batting, dissolved after lunch, losing their last four wickets for their fourth comprehensive defeat of the series. “It has been a great couple of months. The cricket that we have played in the last couple of months has been outstanding,” Australia skipper Steve Smith said. “We have just been able to get on top and win those key moments and not let them back in the game which is crucial....

Bengaluru will host the second T20 International on February 27 instead of Visakhapatnam after KSCA wrote to the BCCI about its inability to host the inaugural match due to security concerns. The date and venue swap was okayed by Committee of Administrators (COA) members Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji. On February 24, Aero India Show will be held in Bengaluru and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the event, the reason why the police authorities informed KSCA about their inability to provide security....

It’s the Aussies who hold the advantage going into this match, having collected three points from two games to their opponents’ one. However, the respective pedigree of the sides no doubt makes the Europeans fancied, on paper at least, to claim the win they need to go through to the next round. Below are the projected lineups for both teams. MORE: Australia vs Denmark prediction, odds, betting tips and best bets...

Australia need a win to clinch second spot after a crucial 1-0 win over Tunisia saw the Socceroos put one foot in the Round of 16. A draw could be enough as long as Tunisia do not beat France. Denmark start the game in third after goals by Kylian Mbappe consigned them to a 2-1 defeat against Les Bleus, which means they enter the decider on one point. Here’s how you can watch all the action in the major global territories....

They had to wait for 12 overs for the first break to come through as Usman Khawaja, who was finding it difficult to read Kuldeep Yadav, found Cheteshwar Pujara at mid-wicket while trying to attack the young chinaman to release some pressure. They had to wait for another twenty-odd overs to get the next breakthrough, but afterward, wickets kept falling at regular intervals, much to the hosts’ chagrin. A smattering of rain eventually stopped the proceedings of the day prematurely, as umpires called Stumps with more than 16 overs of legitimate play remaining....

The game started with the visitors winning the toss and electing to bat first. India didn’t have a good start on Day 1 as it lost both the openers early. What followed next was a rare failure from Virat Kohl. India suffered a mini-collapse as the vice-Captain Ajinkya Rahane was also sent back to the pavilion. However, small cameos from Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma and Ravi Ashwin along with a century by Cheteshwar Pujara took India’s total to a fighting 250....

After the emphatic series win, India’s next assignment in Tests will be the 5-match series against Australia down under. Even though Australia are no more the strong side they once used to be, India won’t take them lightly. Australia is a force to reckon with, especially playing at home. Also, they batted out of their skins against Pakistan to save the match in the ongoing Test series thus showing signs of resurgence....

The last series down under was an emotional one for the home team with the tragic passing away of their batsman Phillip Hughes, and this is amidst the turmoil that the Australian cricket is currently both on and off the field. This has to be one of their weakest in history as the batting line up looks jaded with the absence of Steve Smith, and David Warner. India, on the other hand, looks strong on paper, and this is their best chance yet to win a series down under, but one can’t write the hosts off as they have a strong bowling comprising of fit-again Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Peter Siddle which has the capability to run through any top order....

The background Pattinson has struggled a lot with injuries in his career. He had worked hard on his fitness standards before making a return to the Australian Test team during the 2019 Ashes series. The Aussie made it to the playing XI on two occasions against England, where he scalped 5 wickets. The selectors had named him in the Test squad for the series against Pakistan, pursuant to his promising performances in the United Kingdom....

Speaking to cricket.com.au, Ponting sounded quite vocal about the possibility of Azam scoring big runs against one of the best fast bowling attacks in the world in Test match cricket. According to him, Pakistan’s T20I skipper is a much better batsman than his current Test average shows. Ponting feared that Tim Paine’s side might see the best of Azam in the two matches to be played at the Gabba and Adelaide....

After opening the scoring for the Gunners in the first half, Aubameyang was sent off midway through the second period with the score at 1-1. A poor tackle from the Arsenal captain on Max Meyer was initially punished by referee Paul Tierney with a yellow card, but a VAR review resulted in Aubameyang being sent off. As a result, Aubameyang became only the third Arsenal player to score and be dismissed in the same Premier League match and the first since Arteta also saw red at Selhurst Park in October 2013....

The Republican incumbent has regularly trailed Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden by a significant margin in most recent national polls. The average compiled by FiveThirtyEight has Biden ahead by just over nine percentage points, with about 52 percent backing the Democratic nominee and 43 percent supporting the president. The trend is mirrored by the RealClearPolitics average, which gives Biden 51 percent of votes to Trump’s 43 percent. In California, the picture is even gloomier for the president....

This one begins with Aubrey Plaza and her filmmaker friend Edgar Wright (Last Night in Soho, Shaun of the Dead). When Wright saw the promotional poster for Plaza’s new film Emily the Criminal, he mistakenly—but understandably—thought he was looking at a photo of his pal in costume as Lara Croft, the titular tomb raider who has previously been played by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander in three Hollywood blockbusters....

Video of the gruesome injury quickly went viral, prompting the college senior to post a statement to social media that concluded, “my pain is not your entertainment.” MORE: Auburn gymnast Sam Cerio breaks both legs during routine From espnW: “I was in disbelief that some people found enjoyment in watching the video and being able to post it: ‘Oh my gosh, look at what this girl did,’ laughing at it,” Cerio said....

Not only did he guide the Tigers to the 2010 BCS national championship, but his "Superman" moniker has stuck with the program, as is evident by the Under Armour gear the team will be wearing underneath its uniforms Monday night in Pasadena, Calif. BCS TITLE GAME: Plenty of story lines | Numbers that matter | Expert picks (Photo via Under Armour Facebook page ) Will Nick Marshall be able to summon his inner Superman and lead the Tigers to a BCS national championship?...