6 January 7, 2021 James, Davis Carry Lakers to Iran’s Mes Rafsanjan Nominated for Win, Nets Silence Jazz Best Female Club in World award this year. Iranian woman referee Gelareh Nazemi had been previously short- listed to receive the Best Referee in the World in 2020. Nominees (in strict alphabetical order!) Ana Carolina Caliari Sestari (BRA/ITA) Montesilvano C5 Femminile (ITA) - ITALY N.T. Ana Catarina Silva Pereira (POR) Brooklyn star Kyrie Irving shoots in the Nets’ 130-96 NBA victory over the Utah Jazz Sport Lisboa e Benfica (POR) - PORTUGAL N.T. WASHINGTON (Dispatches) - jury and Durant ruled out this week Caridad García Díaz (ESP) James and Anthony Davis picked up by coronavirus safety protocols Poio Pescamar F. S. (ESP) - the pace when the Los Angeles Lak- after contact with someone who SPAIN N.T. ers needed them most, coming up big tested positive. Angelica Dibiase (ITA) in the waning minutes of a 94-92 NBA Nets head coach Steve Nash shook Citt di Falconara (ITA) victory over the Grizzlies in Memphis up his starting line-up, and center Patrícia Moraes Faria “Giga” on Tuesday. Jarrett Allen, making his first start TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian FC Aurora Saint Petersburg (Rus- (Brazil) (BRA) James and Davis scored 26 points of the season, outplayed Jazz big women’s futsal club Mes Rafsanjan sia) Associação Female Futsal apiece as the reigning NBA cham- man Rudy Gobert as he amassed has been nominated for the Best Fe- Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portugal) Karami A Candidate for Chapecó (BRA) pions escaped with a victory that 19 points, 18 rebounds, three steals male Club in the World. Budstar FSF (Ukraine) World’s Best Female Goalkeeper Anastasia Ivanova (RUS) kept them unbeaten in four road and two blocked shots. The team is Iran women’s futsal Club Deportivo Burela Fútbol FK Aurora Sankt-Peterburg (RUS) games this season and improved Caris LeVert, who added 24 points league champion. Sala (Spain) Mes Rafsanjan goalkeeper Zein- Zeinab Karami (IRN) their record to 6-2 overall. off the bench for the Nets, said Ir- The Futsal Planet website, which C. D. Futsi Atlético Navalcarnero ab Karami was also shortlisted for Mes Rafsanjan (IRN) James, who added 11 rebounds ving’s performance was no surprise introduces the nominees for receiv- (Spain) the Best Female Goalkeeper in the Marta Balbuena Navas (ESP) and seven assists, scored 21 of his to his teammates. ing the best awards in the futsal Associação Leoas da Serra (Bra- World. C.D. Futsi Atlético Navalcarnero points in the second half to make The San Antonio Spurs snapped a sure Los Angeles came out on the four-game losing streak with a 116- world at the end of each year, has zil) The Futsal Planet website, which (ESP) - SPAIN N.T. right side of the ledger on a night 113 victory over the Clippers in Los put the name of the Iranian team Mes Rafsanjan FC (Iran) introduces the nominees for receiv- Regiane Fernanda Silva Do Ama- when both teams struggled shoot- Angeles. among the top 10 nominees to re- Montesilvano Femminile C5 (It- ing the best awards in the futsal ral (BRA) ing. Australian Patty Mills drained a ceive the best female club award aly) world at the end of each year, has Leoas da Serra (BRA) - Stein Cas- The Lakers trailed 79-77 with career-high eight three-pointers as this year. SWH Ladies Nishinomiya Futsal put the name of the Iranian goalie cavel Futsal Feminino (BRA) 5:18 remaining. Davis drained a he led the Spurs with 27 points off Nominees Club (Japan) among the top 10 nominees to re- Ayaka Yamamoto (JPN) three-pointer to put Los Angeles the bench. (in strict alphabetical order!) Futsal Feminino Taboão da Serra ceive the best female goalkeeper SWH Ladies Futsal Club (JPN) ahead, and he and James took over. Dejounte Murray scored 21 A steal by Davis led to a James points, Rudy Gay had 16 and La- jumper, and a block by Davis kept Marcus Aldridge chipped in 14 for U.S. Blank Canada to Capture World Hockey the momentum rolling as they com- the Spurs, who tied a franchise re- bined for 15 straight Lakers points. cord with 20 three-pointers. Junior Championship Gold Each had a turnover in the closing But it was a closer-run thing than span, but Kyle Kuzma’s layup, off the Spurs might have liked. Up by EDMONTON, Alberta trailed. The dominant Cana- a feed from James, pushed a three- 15 points with 5:15 left to play, point lead to five with 3.5 seconds the Spurs saw their lead cut to two (AP) — Heavy underdogs dians were aiming to repeat left and Devin Brooks’ three-point- points with 13 seconds left. against a hockey powerhouse as gold-medal winners, but er for the Grizzlies wasn’t enough. Clippers star Kawhi Leonard led on home ice, Spencer Knight had to settle for second place “We were able to close the game all scorers with 30 points, but he and his United States team- in their own country. out, get some timely stops and some couldn’t get his fadeaway three- timely buckets,” James said. pointer to tie the game with two mates snatched away gold Canada captain Bowen By- In Brooklyn, Kyrie Irving carried seconds remaining to fall. for the red, white and blue. ram had tears in his eyes as the load for the Nets in the absences The Nuggets, fueled by Nikola Knight made 34 saves he handed out the silver med- of Kevin Durant, scoring 29 points Jokic’s 35 points, won a back-and- in yet another shutout and als to his teammates. on 12-of-19 shooting in a 130-96 forth battle with the Minnesota romp over the Utah Jazz. Timberwolves 123-116 in Denver. Team USA upset Canada 2-0 The U.S., which finished Irving made his first nine shots as The Nuggets led by as many as 18 on Tuesday night to win the sixth in 2020, won six the Nets raced to a 21-point lead at points in the first half, but the Tim- world junior hockey champi- straight games to capture its the end of the first quarter. berwolves battled back to take an His performance, which also in- eight-point lead in the third quarter. onship. fifth under-20 title following cluded six rebounds, five assists The visitors were up by seven ear- Tournament MVP Trevor ing sticks and gloves aloft national anthem as the Amer- a round-robin loss to Russia and three steals, was just what the ly in the fourth when the Nuggets Zegras had a goal and an as- in a mostly empty Rogers ican flag rose to the rafters. on opening day. Nets needed with Spencer Dinwid- put together a 15-0 scoring run to sist, and Alex Turcotte also Place. The tournament was The Canadians, many with The Americans improved to die sidelined by a knee ligament in- turn the tide. scored as the U.S. won its played with no fans in the their heads down, leaned on 4-1 against Canada when go- first gold medal at the event stands to prevent the spread their sticks and contemplated ing head-to-head for gold at Arab Trailblazer Jabeur Aims since 2017. of COVID-19. what might have been. the tournament. United States players The winners linked up and Coming into the game, Finland defeated Russia for Titles, Top 10 in 2021 poured over the bench when swayed with delight on the Canada had outscored its 4-1 earlier Tuesday to win the buzzer sounded, toss- blue line, lustily singing their opponents 41-4 and never bronze. Tottenham Beat Brentford, Reach EFL Cup Final the 2008 League Cup final and keeper David Raya. they were made to work hard Thomas Frank’s side thought before seeing off the Champi- they had equalized after the hour onship promotion chasers in when top scorer Ivan Toney this one-leg semi-final at Tot- headed in but the goal was ruled tenham Hotspur Stadium. out for the most marginal of Mourinho has won the cup offsides when the striker was LONDON (Reuters) - Ons Ja- fourth round at Roland Garros and on four occasions and goals actually down on his haunches beur made huge gains to climb to four other quarterfinals during a from Moussa Sissoko and Son earlier in the move. career-best rankings last year, but breakthrough season that catapult- Heung-min ensured he now has Spurs increased Brentford’s the Tunisian trailblazer is fed up ed her to a career-best ranking of the chance to make that five, sense of injustice when Son with only reaching quarterfinals 31. having become the third man- raced clear to add a second after and wants to win titles in 2021 to se- “The goal for this year, I want to ager to reach the final with three 70 minutes before the visitors cure a place in the top 10 of women’s go for titles, enough of quarterfi- different teams. were reduced to 10 men fol- tennis. nals,” Jabeur told reporters on the Jabeur became the first Arab eve of the WTA’s season-opening Son Heung-min (R) celebrates with Eric Dier after scoring for Tottenham Brentford had beaten four Pre- lowing Josh Dasilva’s foul on woman to reach a Grand Slam event in Abu Dhabi. LONDON (Dispatches) - game of a first trophy in 13 years mier League sides in a run to Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. quarterfinal at last year’s Austra- It was time to build on the gains Jose Mourinho said Tottenham with a semifinal win over Brent- their first major semi-final but Mourinho’s side will now lian Open to start her march up the made during the pandemic-hit sea- Hotspur had been rewarded for ford.