Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.

Jayson Tatum, Celtics keep mastery of Raptors

Jayson Tatum had 19 factors, 14 rebounds and 6 assists because the visiting Boston Celtics defeated the Toronto Raptors 105-96 Monday evening. Jrue Holiday added 22 factors and 7 assists for the Celtics, who’ve defeated the Raptors in eight consecutive conferences. Derrick White contributed 22 factors, Kristaps Porzingis scored 15 factors, and Al Horford put up 10 factors and 11 rebounds as Boston gained for the third time in 4 video games total.

Soccer-Messi named FIFA participant of 2023, Spain’s Bonmati wins ladies’s award

Argentine Lionel Messi retained the FIFA males’s participant of the yr trophy on Monday, beating Manchester City’s treble-winning Norwegian striker Erling Haaland and France’s Paris St Germain ahead Kylian Mbappe to the award. Spain’s 2023 World Cup winner Aitana Bonmati was voted the most effective ladies’s participant of the yr.

NHL roundup: Wild’s Marc-Andre Fleury strikes into 2nd in profession wins

Marc-Andre Fleury surpassed Patrick Roy for sole possession of second place in NHL historical past with 552 profession victories because the Minnesota Wild earned a 5-0 win over the visiting New York Islanders on Monday night in Saint Paul, Minn. Fleury stopped all 21 photographs he confronted to file his first shutout of the season and the 74th of his profession. With his 552nd win, he now trails solely Martin Brodeur, who’s No. 1 all-time with 691 victories.

Report: Eagles C Jason Kelce tells teammates he is retiring

Philadelphia Eagles star middle Jason Kelce instructed his teammates that he’s retiring after 13 NFL seasons, ESPN reported Tuesday morning. The information comes on the heels of the Eagles’ unceremonious exit from the postseason, a 32-9 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFC wild-card sport on Monday evening.

Rugby-Wales wing Rees-Zammit quits rugby to play American Football

Louis Rees-Zammit is an absentee from Wales’ Six Nations Championship squad after quitting rugby union to play American Football, a shock for coach Warren Gatland as he named his squad on Tuesday. Rees-Zammit, 22, will be a part of the NFL International Player Pathway (IPP) and switch his again on rugby, an enormous blow to Gatland to lose a flexible participant who would seemingly have been a key determine for the subsequent decade.

NBA roundup: Joel Embiid returns, carries 76ers previous Rockets

Joel Embiid had 41 factors and 10 rebounds to carry the host Philadelphia 76ers over the Houston Rockets 124-115 on Monday. Embiid had missed seven of the previous 9 video games, together with the previous three, resulting from knee and ankle accidents. He returned Monday to provide his seventeenth straight sport with at the least 30 factors and his sixteenth in a row with at the least 30 factors and 10 rebounds. In addition, Embiid reached the 40-point mark for the seventh time this season.

Mallory Swanson indicators file $2M contract with Red Stars

Mallory Swanson entered free company for the primary time and cashed in with a record-breaking contract with the Chicago Red Stars value a reported $2 million together with a fifth-year choice. Swanson, a preferred United States ladies’s nationwide group striker, was acquired by Chicago in 2021 in a commerce with NJ/NY Gotham FC, turns into the highest-paid participant in NWSL. Her contract exceeds the earlier standard-setting settlement between the Houston Dash and winger Maria Sanchez. The Mexican worldwide signed a three-year contract by means of free company reportedly value $1.5 million.

Lakers put an finish to Thunder win streak

Anthony Davis scored 27 factors and grabbed 15 rebounds and LeBron James added 25 factors because the Los Angeles Lakers discovered their successful contact with a 112-105 victory Monday over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder. Austin Reaves scored 15 factors and D’Angelo Russell added 14, in one other flip as backcourt companions, because the Lakers gained for the third time of their final 9 video games. Reaves and Russell had been beginning guards collectively for the second consecutive sport after final being partnered on Nov. 8.

Casper Ruud cruises to comb at Australian Open

Eleventh-seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud wasted little time within the oppressive warmth, downing Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 on Tuesday (Australia time) on the Australian Open in Melbourne. It took Ruud simply over two hours to oust Ramos-Vinolas, who had simply two aces to Ruud’s 11. Ruud additionally saved all 4 break factors he confronted and gained 34 of 41 first-service factors.

Jimmy Butler returns to information Heat previous Nets in OT

Jimmy Butler scored 31 factors in a profitable return from a sprained toe and hit the go-ahead free throws with 11.8 seconds left in time beyond regulation because the Miami Heat outlasted the struggling Brooklyn Nets for a 96-95 victory Monday evening in New York. In his first motion since Dec. 30 following a seven-game absence, Butler helped the Heat earn their third straight win and confirmed little results from the damage. He scored 21 within the second half and time beyond regulation after the Heat scored 31 factors within the opening 24 minutes for his or her lowest half all season.

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