BASKETBALL
Mfiondu Kabengele had 30 points and 12 rebounds as the Maine Celtics opened the regular-season portion of their schedule with a 126-113 win over the Fort Wayne Mad Ants on Tuesday at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The NBA G League standings reset after the Showcase Cup portion of the schedule, when Maine went 11-7 and lost in the semifinals.
Luka Šamanić added 24 points and nine rebounds for Maine, and Kamar Baldwin had 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Marial Shayok added 19 points, and Denzel Valentine had 14 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.
Gabe York had 27 points off the bench for Fort Wayne. Trevelin Queen added 22 points and Jermaine Samuels Jr. added 21. Justin Anderson had 10 points and 10 assists.
TENNIS
AUSTRALIAN OPEN: Novak Djokovic has arrived in Australia almost a year after he was deported over his stance against COVID-19 vaccination, Tennis Australia confirmed.
Djokovic will open his 2023 campaign in Adelaide as he prepares for a shot at a 10th Australian Open title.
The 21-time major winner has been granted a visa by the Australian government and is listed to play at the Adelaide International, which starts Sunday.
SOCCER
PREMIER LEAGUE: Chelsea ended a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 win against Bournemouth.
Goals from Kai Havertz and Mason Mount in the first half at Stamford Bridge ensured three points for the London club and left it eighth in the Premier League.
Before the World Cup break, Chelsea had lost four of its previous five games in all competitions and had been winless in its previous five league games.
• Marcus Rashford scored his 10th goal of the season to help Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 3-0.
The England international also set up Anthony Martial’s goal as United moved to within a point of fourth place in the Premier League. Substitute Fred completed the scoring late on at Old Trafford.
TRANSFER: He was one of the standout performers at the World Cup and now PSV Eindhoven forward Cody Gakpo appears set to kick off the January transfer window with a move to Liverpool.
PSV announced on Monday that it had agreed an undisclosed fee for the Netherlands international.
“The 23-year-old attacker will leave for England imminently where he will be subjected to the necessary formalities ahead of the completion of the transfer,” it said in a statement.
Marcel Brands, PSV’s general manager, described the deal as a “record transfer” for the club.
SKIING
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP: Overall women’s World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin held on to a big opening-run advantage to win a giant slalom in Semmering, Austria, the American’s first triumph in the discipline in more than a year.
Carrying a lead of 0.72 seconds over Petra Vlhová from the first leg, Shiffrin lost nearly six-tenths of the advantage when her Slovakian rival posted the fastest time in the final run, but ultimately won by 0.13 seconds.
The result marked Shiffrin’s fourth World Cup win of the season and 78th overall, leaving her four short of the women’s record set by her former teammate Lindsey Vonn.
Marta Bassino, who won the previous GS and remains in the lead of the discipline standings, was 0.31 behind in third. Olympic GS champion Sara Hector of Sweden trailed by 1.52 in eighth.
HOCKEY
WORLD JUNIORS: Oliver Kapanen and Joakim Kemell each had a goal and an assist as Finland beat Slovakia 5-2 oat the world junior hockey championship at Moncton, New Brunswick.
Jani Nyman also scored during Finland’s three-goal second period. Sami Paivarinta and Brad Lambert had the other goals for the Finns.
• Carl Lindhbom stopped 28 shots as Sweden blanked Germany 1-0 for its second straight shutout.
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