WASHINGTON --Bradley Beal had 29 points and six assists and the Washington Wizards edged away from the visiting Detroit Pistons 106-100 on Monday.
Center Ian Mahinmi supplied 21 points on 9-for-10 shooting and added seven rebounds, three blocks and two steals for Washington, which won the season series, 3-1. Thomas Bryant added 13 points and six rebounds off the bench.
PORT ELIZABETH- - England have set the template for how they want to play test cricket by hitting a big score early that allows them to then dictate the game, said captain Joe Root after they won the third test against South Africa in Port Elizabeth on Monday.
England scored 499 for nine declared after winning the all-important toss at St George's Park before bowling their hosts out twice to record a crushing innings and 53 run victory.
Bahrain Jcw X-Raid Team's Carlos Sainz during the presentation after winning the Car race of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.
SAUDI ARABIA - Spaniard Carlos Sainz became a triple Dakar Rally champion with the Mini X-Raid team at the age of 57 on Friday while American Ricky Brabec took the motorcycle crown for Honda and ended KTM's 18-year dominance.
Brabec is the first American to win the Dakar on two wheels since the gruelling endurance event started from Paris through the Sahara desert to the Senegalese capital in West Africa in 1979.
Both were also the first winners in Saudi Arabia, a country making its debut as host of an event staged in South America for the past decade.
MISSOURI --Patrick Mahomes passed for 294 yards and three touchdowns while adding 53 yards and another score rushing Sunday, as the Kansas City Chiefs advanced to their first Super Bowl in 50 years by downing the Tennessee Titans 35-24 at Kansas City, Mo.
AMSTERDAM-- Iran's only female Olympic medallist has been training in the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven after leaving her homeland several weeks ago, national broadcaster NOS reported on Monday.
