Fla. — Vladislav Goldin scored 19 points and Johnell Davis added 15 as No.19 Florida Atlantic beat Butler 91-86 in a first-round matchup at the ESPN Events Invitational on Thursday. “When you play a team like Florida Atlantic, that is an unbelievable basketball team, when you deviated and you make mistakes they make you pay,” Butler coach Thad Matta said. …
Top-seeded Indian Mahesh Mangaonkar and second-seed Todd Harrity scripted easy wins over their respective opponents Omar El Kattan and Vladislav Titov. Chennai: India’s Abhay Singh posted an upset win over fourth-seeded Sebastien Bonmalais of France in a second-round men’s singles match at the 2nd HCL SRFI Indian Tour - Chennai leg 1 on Tuesday. Sachika Balvani beat Janet Vidhi 11-9, …
P. Harikrishna drew with joint leader Daniil Dubov and went out of contention for a place in the quarterfinals of the $150,000 Chessable Masters on Monday. Harikrishna, who started the day with a loss against overnight leader Vladislav Artemiev, held Magnus Carlsen in the seventh round before holding Dubov. The day also saw Carlsen’s 28-move master-class to Hikaru Nakamura in …
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