Nigerian cinema fans celebrate ‘Black Panther’ release Film fans, actors and comic enthusiasts in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos have been flocking to screenings of Marvel superhero movie “Black Panther” which opened in Africa’s most populous country this week. The Walt Disney Co movie, which features a predominantly black cast, is […]

Team World routs Team USA in Rising Stars Challenge One-hundred and eight international players — from a record 42 countries and territories — were on opening-night rosters for the 2017-18 NBA season. Ten of those players lit up Staples Center on Friday night for Team World in the league’s annual […]

Hebard sets NCAA record, No. 9 Oregon beats USC in 2nd OT Oregon coach Kelly Graves summed up Ruthy Hebard’s performance in one word: “Perfect.” Hebard scored 27 points and set an NCAA record with 30 consecutive field goals to help the No. 9 Ducks hold off Southern California 80-74 […]

Czechs prevail in shootout against Canada The Czech Republic beat Canada 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday in a back-and-forth preliminary game in the men’s Olympic ice hockey tournament. Petr Koukal and Jan Kovar both scored in the shootout, topping Canada’s lone goal. Canada drew first blood on the powerplay […]

Back on top, Federer becomes oldest ATP world number one Roger Federer added yet another record to his vast collection when he guaranteed becoming the oldest ATP world number one by beating Dutchman Robin Haase 4-6 6-1 6-1 to reach the semi-finals in Rotterdam on Friday. Fresh from winning his […]

Intel hit with 32 lawsuits over security flaws Intel Corp said on Friday shareholders and customers had filed 32 class action lawsuits against the company in connection with recently-disclosed security flaws in its microchips. Most of the lawsuits – 30 – are customer class action cases that claim that users […]