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The result eliminated "America's team" in the first round of the playoffs as they extend their 28-year wait for a return to the Super Bowl. Dallas, who were 8-0 at home in the regular season and strong favorites against the youthful seventh-seeded Packers, found themselves 27-0 down in the second quarter after a dreadful display. Jones, who bought the team in 1989, declined to discuss the future of coach Mike McCarthy after the defeat. "I don't have any thoughts about the reasons why or anything to do with the coaching... Читать дальше...

The Czech seventh seed pulled out of the warm-up Adelaide International last week with a hip injury and her court movement appeared to be impaired in Melbourne. She lost her opening service game and never got back in the contest as 93rd-ranked Yastremska took control on John Cain Arena, surging through the first set in just 31 minutes. Vondrousova, who beat Australian Open sixth seed Ons Jabeur for her breakthrough at the All England Club in July, was broken again at the start of the second set and there was no way back. Читать дальше...

The Packers, the youngest team in the NFL who snuck into the playoffs on the final day of the regular season with a 9-8 record, totally dominated the Cowboys before allowing two late touchdowns. Quarterback Jordan Love, who took over in Green Bay this season after the departure of Aaron Rodgers, threw for 272 yards and three touchdowns in his playoff debut. Running-back Aaron Jones had three rushing touchdowns and put up 118 yards on the ground and the Packers earned a clash with the top-seeded San Francisco 49ers. Читать дальше...

The swearing-in ceremony of Guatemala's president-elect Bernardo Arevalo was delayed Sunday as Congress, controlled by his opponents, was locked in debate over the admission of new lawmakers.

Jokic just missed his 13th triple-double of the season, adding 12 rebounds and nine assists. Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray scored 25 points apiece and Aaron Gordon added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Nuggets, who shot a season-high 64.8% from the field. Jokic continued his ruthlessly efficient scoring, connecting on 12 of 13 shots from the floor. All five Nuggets starters were in double figures by the end of the third quarter and Denver held the NBA's top-scoring offense to its fifth-fewest points this season. Читать дальше...

Green has missed 16 games since being suspended indefinitely for striking Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic in the face during a December 12 contest. That incident came weeks after he was suspended five games for grabbing Minnesota's Rudy Gobert in a headlock. Green had missed 12 games before the NBA reinstated him, and since then he had appeared on the Warriors' injury report as unavailable as he ramped up conditioning work. On Sunday, Green was off the injury report as ESPN and other US media... Читать дальше...

Artificial intelligence (AI) will impact 60 percent of jobs in advanced economies, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told AFP, shortly before departing for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Bradley Barcola gave PSG the lead with his second goal for the French champions after Donnarumma had kept out an early spot-kick from Przemyslaw Frankowski at the Stade Bollaert. Mbappe struck a minute from time with his 19th league goal of the season as PSG took full advantage of slip-ups this weekend by Nice and Monaco. "I was pleased with the whole match, I think my team is competitive each time and today was no exception," said PSG coach Luis Enrique. "You want madness but I want control."... Читать дальше...

Huthi media said US and British strikes had hit rebel-held Hodeida, but a US defence official speaking on condition of anonymity said, "No US or coalition strike occurred today". The Ansar Allah news website of the rebel group had earlier said that "air strikes from the American-British aggression hit Hodeida". The website cited a security source as saying the strikes hit the Jabal Jada area in Al-Luhaya district of Hodeida governorate, on Yemen's Red Sea coast. US and British forces on Friday... Читать дальше...

North Korea said Monday it had successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic maneuverable warhead, the latest breakthrough in its pursuit of advanced weaponry to threaten South Korean and US targets.

The Wizards, second-worst in the Eastern Conference at 7-31 just ahead of Detroit (3-36), also landed second-round NBA Draft picks in 2025 and 2026 in the deal between struggling squads. The Pistons add experience and save $12.5 million off next year's salary cap for Bagley while the three other players are in the last year of their contracts. The 35-year-old Gallinari has averaged 15.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists over 754 career games in 14 NBA seasons with New York, Denver, the Los Angeles Clippers... Читать дальше...

Voters venture into sub-zero temperatures Monday to kick off the Republican presidential nomination race with the Iowa caucuses, the first major test of whether runaway front-runner Donald Trump is as much of a sure thing as he appears.