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The Timberwolves guard and defending slam dunk champion won MVP honors Friday after leading Team USA to a 157-154 win over Team World in the Rising Stars Challenge. MORE: NBA All-Star jerseys through the years LaVine scored 30 points and grabbed seven rebounds. He’ll attempt to defend his dunk contest title Saturday. Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis and Nuggets rookie Emmanuel Mudiay scored 30 points each to lead Team World. LaVine’s Timberwolves teammate, Andrew Wiggins, added 29 points in the losing effort....

In a new lengthy feature from Vanity Fair titled “Justice League: The Shocking, Exhilarating, Heartbreaking True Story of #TheSnyderCut”, Snyder spoke openly about his experiences with Justice League. In the feature, the director claims that not being paid allowed him to maintain creative control after he returned to the project, stating, “I didn’t want to be beholden to anyone, and it allowed me to keep my negotiating powers with these people pretty strong....

Ghost Rider has been a mainstay in Marvel Comics since his first appearance in 1972. In the comics, the anti-hero was first a motorcyclist named Johnny Blaze who sold his soul to save his father, in turn having his body consumed by hellfire and his head morphed into a flaming skull whenever it’s night or when evil is present. The story of Ghost Rider was previously adapted into two Nicolas Cage-starring feature films by Sony Pictures before the rights to the character reverted back to Disney and Marvel Studios....

Zack Snyder’s Justice League will be dropping exclusively on HBO Max, but that launch comes with a fairly drastic downside: HBO Max is only available in the U.S. This means that countries outside the United States won’t have access to the film on launch day, and currently, there isn’t even a release date for other territories. RELATED: Zack Snyder Says Warner Bros. Has ‘No Interest’ in Justice League 2...

The 24-year-old was able to make the switch to Ivory Coast as his two England caps came in friendlies, against Sweden in 2012 and Scotland the following year. “The Ivorian-English attacking midfielder Wilfried Zaha has chosen to play for the Elephants, under the colours of the Ivory Coast, his country of origin,” the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) said in a statement. “In the presence of his father, of Augustin Sidy Diallo (president of the FIF) and Michel Dussuyer (Elephants coach), he signed at the bottom of the demand to change his sporting nationality addressed to FIFA....

Footage of the crucial moment, shared by the official Twitter account of ESPN, the sports television channel on which the competition was broadcast on Thursday, had received at least 1.6 million views at the time of reporting. The video sees Avant-garde nervously spell out “Murraya,” cracking a smile and jumping and twirling in elation as a competition official says: “That is correct!” Crowds could be heard cheering and clapping as a burst of confetti was showered over Avant-garde on stage....

To speak of victory in Iraq might sound like a cruel joke. This is a nation that is now devastated, where 2 million people have fled, another 2 million are internal refugees, militias run large parts of the country and the government sanctions religious repression, ethnic cleansing and vigilante violence. What does “victory” mean in such circumstances? When the president announced his new policy of a “surge” in January, I argued that it was likely to have a positive military effect....

The two clubs squared off at the Fazanerija City Stadium last week in the first leg fixture, which ended in a goalless draw. Zalgiris are currently sitting atop the A Lyga table while Mura are winless in the Slovenian PrvaLiga after four games. Both clubs took part in UEFA Champions League qualifying fixtures but were eliminated in the second round by Ferencvaros and Ludogorets respectively. Zalgiris vs Mura Head-to-Head The two clubs have met each other three times across all competitions....

Makame’s place has been taken by Mohammed Issa Juma, who returns to Zanzibar Heroes starting lineup to face the host at Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos. Zanzibar Starting XI: Mohammed Abrahman Mohd, Ibrahim Mohd Said, Mwinyi Haji Ngwali, Abdulla Salum Kheri, Issa Haidar Dau Abdulazizi Makame Hassan, Seif Abdallah Rashid, Mudathir Yahya Abass, Ibrahim Hamad Ahmada, Mohammed Issa Juma and Suleiman Kassim Suleiman (Captain). Reserves: Ahmed Ali Suleiman, Nassor Mrisho Salim, Mohd Othman Mmanga, Adeyum Ahmed Seif, Ibrahim Abdallah Hamad, Abdullah Haji Shaibu, Hamad Mshamata Makame, Khamis Mussa Makame, Abdul swamad Kassim Ali and Feisal Salum Abdallah....

I hate using the term “winning” when the activity in question cannot actually be won, but the Mets outfielder is so far ahead of anyone else in terms of entertainment that he may actually end up winning something. Last week Cespedes arrived to practice in a tricked-out trike. The very next day he showed up in a Lamborghini. After that it was an Alfa Romeo. MORE: Potential breakout stars in 2016 | Let Cespedes have his fun...

Speaking to reporters before meeting with Biden at the White House, Suga said the trip — the first diplomatic trip hosted by the Biden administration — is intended to “reaffirm the new and tight bond between” the two countries. During a joint press conference, Suga said that democracy and human rights are among the items which make “the very foundation of prosperity of the region and the globe.” Though those comments from the prime minister did not directly mention China, Suga said that he and Biden discussed the Asian nation and “its influence over the peace and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific, and the world at large....

The greatest basketball player on the planet was headed to the farm to travel on a team bus from city to city, hoping to catch on with the White Sox. While Jordan's baseball career was about as bad as his career as an NBA owner, he did do some good for the Barons. MORE: Jordan’s baseball photos | M.J. still makes bank When he arrived in Birmingham, he purchased a new team bus for $350,000....

iOS 14.4.1 shipped earlier in March, fixing a potential security vulnerability affecting Apple’s Safari web browser. According to Apple, this vulnerability would potentially allow attackers to use “maliciously crafted web content” to carry out “arbitrary code execution” on target devices. By updating to the latest version of iOS 14, users are protected against this. In other words, there’s no good reason why users would necessarily want to downgrade to iOS 14....

Reversing European attitudes won’t be easy. A jury acquitted former Greenpeace supremo Lord Melchett and cohorts last September even though they admitted destroying a crop of experimental maize. A recent poll reported that 64 percent of British shoppers would prefer to buy food made from animals fed only non-GM diets. Says Paul Muys, a spokesman for the EuropaBio trade group, “Experience has taught us not to be overenthusiastic.” Most of the known risks are small....

At 36, he is a counselor for an ex-offenders’ advocacy group. The arc of his life traced what criminologists have long recognized as a pattern of aging out of lawlessness. The most criminally active -males between the ages of 15 and 29-usually lose their enthusiasm for crime as they belatedly mature in their 80s. So experts had been hopeful that, as the nation’s population aged, crime would decrease into the early 21st century....

Gareth Southgate’s side brushed aside Sweden 2-0 on Saturday to set up a first last-four showdown since 1990, when they were dumped out on penalties by West Germany. Young - who has started four of his country’s five games at Russia 2018 - knows the Three Lions have put themselves in an excellent position to win a first World Cup for 52 years, but is refusing to get carried away....

That promise comes from having a young core of Indian players who have featured heavily in the plans of head coach Miguel Angel Portugal. It includes the likes of Lallianzuala Chhangte, Vinit Rai, Nandhakumar Sekar and Mohammad Sajid Dhot. Those names include three 20-year-olds with Nandhakumar being the eldest of the bunch at 22 years. Of them, Mohammad Sajid made seven appearances in defence over the course of the ISL campaign....

According to a new study, getting a flu vaccine every year provides young children with antibodies that offer broad protection against new strains—a benefit that older kids and adults don’t get. The study, which was published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, analyzed data on immune responses of children between the ages of 3 and 15 years. The researchers found that children were more likely to produce broadly protective antibodies against the flu when they were younger....

During the third quarter of Monday night’s matchup between the Thunder and Bucks, OKC star Russell Westbrook thought he had two points coming his way on an explosive drive to the basket. Giannis Antetokounmpo decided no basketballs would be going in the hoop on this particular possession. MORE: New Year’s Resolutions for every NBA team Antetokounmpo quickly erased the layup attempt with an incredible block, pinning the shot on the glass and freezing it in time....