6 December 29, 2020 Celtics Fall to Pacers 108-107 With Wins Bad Defense, Poor Communication Player of Century Award Portugal national team to win their first-ever major title, the UEFA EURO 2016. Ronaldo, who is also the captain of Portugal, scored 102 goals for his nation. He bagged the English Premier League title with the Red Devils for three consecutive years (2007, 2008 and 2009). A Juventus player since 2018, Ronaldo became the Italian cham- INDIANAPOLIS (Dis- points, 11 rebounds and 5 as- pion twice as he scored 81 goals in patches) - The Boston Celtics sists for Boston in the emi- 103 games for the Italian club. dropped a very winnable game nently avoidable. The Pacers The superstar also claimed two to the Indiana Pacers after an are now 3 – 0 this season, of the Best FIFA Men’s Player often-lackadaisical and defen- while the Celtics stare down a awards, five Ballon d’Or awards, sively disorganized effort on tough 1 – 2 start to their 2020- and was chosen the UEFA best Sunday evening on the road in 21 campaign. player in Europe three times. Indianapolis. “We definitely beat our- In addition to Ronaldo, Real Ma- Indiana big man Domantas selves tonight and there was drid was named Club of the Cen- Sabonis made a layup with still an opportunity to win the DUBAI (Dispatches) - Cristiano Ronaldo was voted best player of CENTURY⁣ 2001-2020 Globe Soc- tury, while Manchester City man- 8.4 seconds left to give the game,” Celtics star forward Ronaldo was named player of the the 2000s by a 23-person jury, in- cer Award,” the Dubai Global Soc- ager won the Coach Pacers the 108 – 107 win over Jaylen Brown said after the century on Sunday at the Dubai cluding coaches and former play- cer Awards said on Twitter. of the Century title and Bayern the Celtics. game. Globe Soccer Awards. ers and worldwide fan votes. The five-time UEFA Champions Munich forward Robert Lewan- Sabonis finished the contest “We gave it up at the end. Defeating Barcelona’s Leo Messi “CRISTIANO RONALDO pre- League winner (four with Real dowski became Player of the Year with 19 points, 10 rebounds We’ve got to come back and and Liverpool’s , sented with the PLAYER⁣ OF THE Madrid, one with Man Utd) led the for 2020. and 5 assists for Indiana, be better, be more physical and Jayson Tatum put up 25 and more solid on defense.” Messi Still Undecided Over Barcelona Future BARCELONA (Reuters) - Lio- snap him up. Roger Federer Withdraws nel Messi has yet to make up his But with the Catalans languish- mind if he will terminate his two- ing in fifth place in and From Australian Open 2021 decade long relationship with Bar- a lot of upheaval going on within celona at the end of this season, the club, Messi described Barce- hinting that he could end up see- lona’s plight as “really bad”. ing out his playing days in Major From January Messi will be free League Soccer. to negotiate his next move as he The Argentine’s future has been will enter the final six months of a hot topic ever since he tried to his contract. leave Barcelona in August. He “I don’t know what I’m going had to put those plans on hold till to do yet, I’m going to wait until the end of the 2020-2021 season the season ends,” Messi said in an as the club insisted on enforcing interview with Spanish television Barcelona’s Argentine forward smiles during the Spanish the 700-million euro exit clause league football match between Real Valladolid FC and FC Barcelona at channel La Sexta broadcast on should another club want to the Jose Zorilla stadium in Valladolid on Dec 22, 2020. Sunday. In this Jan 30, 2020 photo, Switzerland’s Roger Federer hits a return against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during their men’s singles semi-final match on day Liverpool Miss Chance to Stretch Lead, Spurs Held at Wolves eleven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. LIVERPOOL (Reuters) - Liverpool’s hopes of opening up a SYDNEY (Dispatches) - plans to get back on tour soon menacing five-point lead at the top of the Premier League were World No 5 and six-time Aus- after the year’s first major ten- scuppered in unlikely fashion as struggling West Bromwich Albion tralian Open champion Roger nis tournament. Federer withdrew from Austra- “Roger has decided not to play snatched a 1-1 draw at Anfield to leave manager Juergen Klopp lian Open 2021, the tournament the 2021 Australian Open. He scowling. confirmed on Monday. has made strong progress in the Leading through Sadio Mane’s early goal, Klopp’s side appeared “In the end Roger ran out of last couple of months with his time to get himself ready for the knee and his fitness,” Godsick to be heading for an eighth successive home league win but a late rigors of a Grand Slam and he’s told the Associated Press. header by Semi Ajayi left Liverpool frustrated. very disappointed he won’t be Tiley said the Australian Open Not that the weekend’s most odd result will cause Klopp a sleep- coming to Melbourne in 2021.” has always held a special place Australian Open Tournament in Federal’s heart and wish him less night, even though it left them with only a three-point lead Director Craig Tiley said in a all the best as he prepares for over neighbors Everton. statement. his come. Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Roberto Firmino (center) heads wide With Leicester City and Manchester United sharing the spoils on Tony Godsick - Federer’s The 39-year-old Swiss hasn’t past West Bromwich Albion’s English goalkeeper Sam Johnston (right) Saturday, Tottenham Hotspur had the chance to move into third long-time representative and played a tournament match during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool CEO of their management com- since the end of the Australian and West Bromwich Albion at Anfield in Liverpool, north west Eng- spot on Sunday but conceded a late goal in a 1-1 draw away to pany, TEAM8 - said he is work- Open 2020, where he lost in land on Dec 27, 2020. Wolverhampton Wanderers. ing on putting together a 2021 straight sets to eventual cham- tennis calendar for the 20-time pion Novak Djokovic in the grand slam champion, who semi-finals. Canada Beat Slovakia 3-1 in World Junior Hockey EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- da’s 16-2 opening victory. Australia Face Defeat Philip Tomasino had a goal and an In the late game, Lukas Parik assist and Canada beat Slovakia 3-1 made 30 saves in the Czech Re- After Collapse Against India to improve to 2-0 in group play in public’s 2-0 victory over Russia. the world junior hockey champion- Filip Koffer opened the scor- MELBOURNE (Dispatches) - Australia face an uphill task to avoid de- ship. ing in the second period, and Ja- feat by India in the second Test after collapsing on the third day in Mel- Jordan Spence and Jack Quinn cub Rychlovsky connected in the bourne. also scored, and Devon Levi made third. Trailing by 131 on first innings, the hosts lost three wickets for one 17 saves on his 19th birthday. Both teams are 1-1 in Group B. run as they slipped to 99-6 at the MCG. Martin Romiak scored for Slo- In the first game of the day, Fin- An unbroken 34-run stand between Cameron Green and Pat Cummins vakia in the Group A game. land beat Switzerland 4-1 to im- helped them to 133 without further loss at the close, leading by only Romiak scored on a power play prove to 2-0 in Group A. two runs. with 1:24 left to pull the Slovaks Anton Lundell, Juuso Parssinen, India were earlier dismissed for 326, with Ajinkya Rahane making within a goal, and Quinn sealed Aku Raty and Kasper Simontaival 112. the victory with an empty-netter. scored for Finland. Attilio Biasca Canada lost its offensive momentum on Sunday but struggled to win, snatching Australia, leading 1-0 in the four-Test series, were reasonably settled Canadian defenseman Braden scored for Switzerland. Slovakia a 3-1 win at the World Junior Hockey Championship. on 71-2 before they lost four wickets in the final session. Schneider served a one-game sus- The United States will return to All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja took 2-25 and debutant pace bowler Mo- pension for a check to the head action Tuesday against the Czech The Americans opened with a 5-3 night. hammed Siraj 1-28. Saturday night against Germany’s Republic and complete group play loss to Russia on Friday night, The top four teams in each pool India were without fast bowler Umesh Yadav for much of Australia’s Jan-Luca Schumacher in Cana- Thursday night against Sweden. and beat Austria 11-0 on Saturday will advance to the quarterfinals. second innings after he injured a calf.