Sam Worthington

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Josh Giddey's breakout season is over after the Miami Heat battered the Chicago Bulls 109-90 in an NBA play-in elimination game. Bulls guard Giddey was again excellent as he paced the home team with 25 points, 10 rebounds and four assists on Thursday (AEST). But he was no match for Heat sharpshooter Tyler Herro, who poured in a game-high 38 points to set up a showdown with the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday (AEST).

1 week ago | nine.com.au | Sam Worthington

Wallabies icon Tim Horan believes a James O'Connor recall against the British and Irish Lions would be "fraught with danger."Morgan Turinui floated the idea this week on the back of O'Connor's consistently strong Super Rugby Pacific performances as a closer for the top-of-the table Crusaders. Noah Lolesio (Brumbies) is the Test incumbent while Ben Donaldson (Force) and Tom Lynagh (Reds) also have Test experience.

1 week ago | nine.com.au | Sam Worthington

Arsenal moved one giant step closer to winning the club's first Champions League title by knocking defending champions Real Madrid out at their Santiago Bernabeu fortress on Thursday (AEST). The Gunners entered the quarter-final return leg with a commanding 3-0 lead from their superb first up performance last week in London. But Madrid fans, some wearing 'Yes we can' shirts, still believed and they had every reason too given the club's staggering and unrivalled success in Europe.

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Ange Postecoglou was accused of being "rattled" by the pressure as the under-siege Tottenham manager gave yet another testy press conference in Germany. Reports have suggested the Australian could be axed by Spurs regardless of the result in Friday's (AEST) Europa League second leg quarter-final against Eintracht Frankfurt. The 59-year-old said he had "no idea" about his job security as Tottenham sit a dismal 15th of 20 teams in the Premier League.

1 week ago | nine.com.au | Sam Worthington

Bayern Munich star Josip Stanisic sent a ball boy toppling to the turf as the German giants were knocked out of the Champions League on Thursday (AEST). Stanisic was desperately trying to retrieve the ball for a throw in during stoppage time of the quarter-final second leg in Milan. But the home ball boy had other ideas as he appeared to deliberately waste time by throwing it away from the Croatian defender.