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During the second quarter of Sunday’s game between the Boston Celtics and the Phoenix Suns, Celtics star Isaiah Thomas and Suns guard Tyler Ulis, hilairously went up against each other for a jump ball. Both players, who are only 5'9", couldn’t keep a straight face: MORE: Tyler Ulis buries Celtics with buzzer 3 after Suns force turnover Thomas may have won the jump ball, but Ulis won the night. With the game tied at 106-106, and with only four seconds left, Thomas lost the ball and Ulis took full advantage, nailing a three-pointer to clinch the thrilling 109-106 victory for the Suns....

Sports management company IMG, who managed Isco, claimed that the player unilaterally broke his contract with the company which was believed to run till 2016. However, Isco said that the company discontinued their football management department and in the process breaking his contract. The €2.6 million pertains to various sponsorship deals of the player and his move from Valencia to Malaga. The decision also included an entitlement of 10% of Isco’s annual fee of €5 million to the company despite them having no hand in his big money move to Real Madrid....

Roy Chowdhury will team up with veteran goalkeeper Subrata Paul as the Men of Steel look to back up their defensive options. The 31-year-old Indian custodian spent the 2017-18 season of ISL with Kerala Blasters, registering seven appearances during the league stage. He regularly swapped first-team responsibilities with former Manchester United academy graduate Paul Rachubka at the club and will now look to act as an alternate option to Subrata Paul who impressed for Jamshedpur in their debut season in ISL under Steve Coppell....

Whether centre-back, full-back or wing-back, Bheke has always got your back. And it is this versatility that makes him an indispensable player for the Blues in the Indian Super League (ISL). “It’s really a challenge to play in different positions,” Bheke tells Sportskeeda in an exclusive chat. “For every game, I have to be prepared (to play in) all positions and I have to be available to play wherever the coach wants me to play....

The 23-year-old midfielder was playing his trade for ATK in the recently concluded season but has opted his shift his allegiance to the Stallions’ camp. Shankar made 11 appearances for the Kolkata-based franchise, five of which were starts, despite being blighted by injury trouble at the start of the season. The central midfielder from Karnataka was a part of Bengaluru FC in the previous seasons of the I-League and was also involved with Kerala Blasters in the 2015 season of the ISL....

The Indian Super League has seen several star players grace the pitch in the previous two editions. Strikers like Nicolas Anelka, David Trezeguet and Alessandro Del Piero, who have had hugely successful careers in Europe have gone up against each other in the league. However, it was often the lesser known or the fitter ones who have gone on to light up the event with their goals. In this list, we take a look at the best strikers the ISL has seen over the two seasons:...

On Sunday, three times they took the lead, three times they relinquished it. Thrice the boisterous fans inside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai rose to their feet in delirious joy and thrice they had the joy sucked right out of them. Needing a win to keep their hopes of making the semi-finals alive all they managed was a 3-3 draw against a plucky NorthEast United side, who ruthlessly took the chances they were afforded, the last of which came in the 95th minute of the match....

The team management were allegedly forced to consider such a move after differences arose between the Spanish coach and the officials regarding a variety of issues. When Goal contacted the Spanish coach, he opted not to divulge the details behind the development while FC Pune City CEO Gaurav Modwel refused to comment on the matter at all. FC Pune City have invested heavily in their squad this season, bringing in the likes of 2016 ISL Golden Boot winner Marcelinho, Uruguayan striker Emiliano Alfaro and former Delhi Dynamos midfielder Marcos Tebar....

The hosts opted for a 4-4-1-1 formation with Kalu Uche operating as the striker in front of attacking midfielder Guyon Fernandez. Lallianzuala Chhangte was dropped to the bench and Seityasen Singh featured on the right flank. Matias Mirabaje was replaced by Jeroen Lumu on the left. As for the visitors, they went in with a 4-1-4-1 shape with Sambinha replacing Abdul Hakku in the centre of defence and Reagan Singh coming in for Robert Lalthlamuana....

Ferran Corominas (45+1’)and Manuel Lanzarote (45+2’) scored right-before half-time for the visitors while an own goal from Pritam Kotal(84’) and a goal each for Manuel Arana (85’) and Adrian Colunga (88’) completed Goa’s dominant victory over a 10-man Delhi Dynamos for whom Gabriel Cichero was sent-off in the 65th minute. In a clash of Spanish managers with similar philosophies, the home side lined up in a 4-4-1-1 formation with Guyon Fernandes deployed behind Kalu Uche while the visitors lined up in their preferred 4-2-3-1 formation...

TV CHANNELS & LIVE STREAM The Star Sports Network have the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ISL. The games will be telecasted with the option of English and/or Hindi commentary over their bouquet of television as well as digital platforms. Commentary will also be available in vernacular languages across India. TEAM NEWS Injured - Anas Edathodika Doubtful - None Suspended: None Key Players - Izu Azuka, Mehtab Hossain Injured - None Doubtful - None Suspended: None...

With the AFC Cup Inter-zonal Semifinal against North Korean side April 25 SC fast approaching, the Blues wasted no time in starting off their pre-season training in the city three days post the ISL Draft. Speaking on the sidelines of the season’s first ever training session, Head Coach Albert Roca was delighted to be back in action. “We’re happy to be back on the field. Our target is to build on last season’s progress as we move into a new chapter in the club’s history....

The Englishman was happy after his side picked up their first three points in their win against Delhi Dynamos in the last match but pointed out that Jamshedpur could have scored more than the one goal they did. “Obviously, I am very pleased with the victory in Delhi. I think we deserved it, and were the marginally stronger team on the night. But I think we had scoring opportunities on the evening,” he said....

Sarthak got his primary lessons in football from his father before joining Bally AC - a club that has produced the likes of former Indian Olympics team captain Samar (Badru) Banerjee and Satyajit Chatterjee, However, he later moved to Uttarpara and is one of the most prominent names to have come out of the academy of Bastab Roy, who is now a part of the Atletico de Kolkata coaching staff....

Lalruatthara has been among the club’s best players having played in three positions – centre-back, left-back and right-back. He played in 17 matches and only missed a single game due to suspension. The 23-year-old has already won the I-League in his career and will look to add the Indian Super League (ISL) title as well in the coming years. It is reliably learnt that as many as six ISL clubs were keen to get the prized signature of the India Under-23 defender....

Chief among the concern is the development of iron deficiency anemia. As the name suggests, this form of anemia develops when you lack a sufficient amount of iron in the blood. Without iron, your body cannot produce enough of the substance, known as hemoglobin, needed to carry oxygen to cells. Why iron deficiency may be higher in women with fibromyalgia is not entirely clear, and some have come to believe that the association may be, at best, incidental....

Anyone knows if such an app exist? I am looking for something similar to the Windows 7 volume mixer, e.g. to mute Firefox without silencing the whole system. Many thanks!!

If yes, in this post we are going to find out how we can stop Google and Apple from tracking us and showing personalized search results. At this point, the idea of privacy in the digital world seems like a practical joke. As we are learning more about how tech companies are working, we see they leave no stone unturned to track us. The ways we never thought of they have already implemented them to track our digital footprints....

Acute, non-life threatening interruptions to this process, such as gastrointestinal bugs, diarrhea, or constipation, are common and might cause a day or two of discomfort. However, when disorders of the bowel become chronic, you might start to wonder what is happening to your body—as most digestive symptoms are not clear-cut and usually do not point to the exact cause of your discomfort. If you have already been screened and do not have colon cancer, then it is worthwhile to have a discussion with your healthcare provider about your persistent symptoms....