- PSG held by Nice to leave Monaco clear at top of Ligue 1
- AC Milan fall at Fiorentina after De Gea's penalty heroics
- Lewandowski treble for leaders Barca as Atletico held
- Fresh Israeli strikes hit south Beirut
- Sucic stunner earns Real Sociedad draw against Atletico
- PSG draw with Nice, fail to reclaim top spot in Ligue 1
- Gudmundsson downs AC Milan after De Gea's penalty heroics for Fiorentina
- 'Yes' vote prevails in Kazakhstan nuclear plant vote: TV
- 'Difficult day': Oct 7 commemorations begin with festival memorial
- Commemorations begin for anniversary of attack on Israel
- Lewandowski hat-trick powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- 'Nothing gets in way of team,' says Celtics' MVP hopeful Tatum
- India maintain Pakistan stranglehold as Windies cruise at Women's T20 World Cup
- 'We will win!': Mozambique's ruling party confident at final vote rally
- Tunisia voting ends as Saied eyes re-election with critics behind bars
- Florida braces for Milton, FEMA head slams 'dangerous' Helene misinformation
- Postecoglou slams 'unacceptable' Spurs after 'terrible' loss at Brighton
- Marmoush double denies Bayern outright Bundesliga top spot
- Rallies worldwide call for Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire
- Maresca hails Chelsea's 'fighting' spirit after draw with 10-man Forest
- New 'Joker' film, a dark musical, tops N.America box office
- Man Utd stalemate keeps Ten Hag in danger, Spurs rocked by Brighton
- Drowned by hurricane, remote N.Carolina towns now struggle for water
- Vikings hold off Jets in London to stay unbeaten
- Ahead of attack anniversary, Netanyahu says: 'We will win'
- West Indies cruise to T20 World Cup win over Scotland
- Arshdeep, Chakravarthy help India hammer Bangladesh in T20 opener
- Lewandowski's quickfire hat-trick powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- Man Utd fire another blank in Aston Villa stalemate
- Lewandowski treble powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- Russian activist killed on front line in Ukraine
- Openda strike briefly sends Leipzig top of Bundesliga
- Goal-shy Man Utd have to 'step up', says Ten Hag
- India bowl out Bangladesh for 127 in T20 opener
- Madueke rescues Chelsea in draw with 10-man Forest
- Beckett's belief rewarded as Bluestocking storms to Arc glory
- Trump on the stump, Harris hits airwaves in razor-edge US election
- Flash flooding kills three in northern Thailand
- Kaur leads India to victory over Pakistan in Women's T20 World Cup
- Juventus held by Cagliari after late penalty drama
- In France's Marseille, teen 'stabbed 50 times' then burned alive
- Ruthless Gauff beats Muchova in straight sets to win China Open
- India restrict Pakistan to 105-8 in Women's T20 World Cup
- England target repeat of Pakistan Test whitewash
- Penrith Panthers win fourth straight NRL title after downing Storm
- Weary Sinner happy for day off after battling into Shanghai last 16
- Pakistan's Masood warns England still a force without Stokes
- Madrid's Carvajal to miss several months after serious knee injury
- Israel pounds Lebanon ahead of Hamas attack anniversary
- Two elephants die in flash flooding in northern Thailand
Wizards surprise Embiid's Sixers, Nets slide continues
Spencer Dinwiddie delivered a triple-double of 14 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists to power the short-handed Washington Wizards to a 106-103 NBA victory over the 76ers in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Dinwiddie drove for a layup with 1:33 remaining to break a 98-98 tie, putting the Wizards ahead for good in a game that featured 17 lead changes -- though just two in the fourth quarter.
Sixers center Joel Embiid warmed up after a slow start, scoring 27 points and pulling down 14 rebounds.
The Wizards, playing without star Bradley Beal, who is nursing a wrist injury, got 24 points from Kyle Kuzma to snap a six-game losing streak.
Embiid, Philadelphia's Most Valuable Player candidate, who averaged 34 points and 10.8 rebounds in January to earn Eastern Conference player of the month honors, came out flat after sitting out Monday's overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.
He made just one of six shots in the first quarter before finding his rhythm to lead a 76ers second-quarter rally.
"I thought overall we did a terrific job on (Embiid)," Wizards coach Wes Unseld Jr. said. "He's a tough guard. You have to send multiple bodies for him to get off the ball. I know you look at the numbers and he scored 27, but over the last five, he's averaging close to 40."
Elsewhere, Lu Dort scored 14 of his 30 points in overtime to power the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 120-114 overtime victory over the Mavericks in Dallas.
Rookie Tre Mann scored a career-high 29 for the Thunder, who put together their first back-to-back wins since winning three in a row in December.
The Thunder overcame a 40-point performance from Mavs star Luka Doncic. Reggie Bullock came off the bench to score 23 and Jalen Brunson chipped in 18 for the Mavs, who trailed by 12 early in the fourth quarter.
Bullock drained a three-pointer to put Dallas up by two with 8.5 seconds remaining in regulation, but Kenrich Williams drove for a layup to tie the game and Doncic missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer to end regulation.
- Nets skid continues -
The reeling Brooklyn Nets suffered their sixth straight defeat, falling 112-101 to the Kings in Sacramento.
Second-year guard Tyrese Haliburton scored seven of his 12 points in the fourth quarter and handed out 11 assists for the Kings.
Harrison Barnes scored 19 points, leading seven Kings players in double figures as Sacramento halted a seven-game losing streak.
Nic Claxton led the Nets with a career-high 23 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. James Johnson scored 18 points, but James Harden, still battling pain in his right hand and a hamstring strain, scored just four points.
The Nets, who are still without injured star Kevin Durant, led by eight at halftime and by three going into the fourth quarter. But they are now on their longest losing streak since a seven-game skid over December 2019 and January 2020.
"You add it all up, it looked like a tired team in the second half, and the game swung completely the other way," Nets coach Steve Nash said, adding that he thought Harden was noticeably tired.
"He didn't have his legs," Nash said. "It was one of those nights."
It was close in Indianapolis, meanwhile, where Gary Harris scored 22 points and Wendell Carter Jr. had 19 with 18 rebounds to help the Orlando Magic rally for a 119-118 victory over the Indiana Pacers.
The Pacers, led by Caris LeVert's 26 points, were up by as much as 17 points in the third quarter.
Harris scored 10 points in the fourth to fuel Orlando's comeback.
Memphis schooled the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, where Grizzlies star Ja Morant scored 23 points and handed out nine assists in a 120-108 victory.
Julius Randle finished with 18 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists for New York, but was ejected for a second technical foul in the final minute.
He received the first for walking into a Grizzlies huddle during a stop in play, sparking a shoving match with Memphis guard Desmond Bane.
F.Dubois--AMWN