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MARSEILLE: Monaco snatched a 2-1 victory at Amiens on Saturday MARSEILLE: Monaco snatched a 2-1 victory at Amiens on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) after Wissam Ben Yedder and Islam Slimani struck in a frantic end to push the Principality crew up to fifth in Ligue 1. Earlier, Dimitri Payet helped Marseille keep their grip on second region with the only intention in a 1-zero win over rock-bottom Toulouse. In northern France, Monaco trailed to Serhou Guirassy’s first half goal created with the aid of a howler by way of Monaco goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte till Ben Yedder equalized with a outstanding volley within the eighty fifth minute.Three minutes into damage time, Cesc Fabregas supplied the nook for replacement Slimani to go in a dramatic winner that shot his facet to within six points of the Champions League places. “I’m happy. It turned into a completely problematic in shape in opposition to a team that performed properly and made it difficult for us,” said Ben Yedder. Monaco...

LOS ANGELES: The NBA champion Toronto Raptors LOS ANGELES: The NBA champion Toronto Raptors’ mid-season surge continued with a franchise-file thirteenth instantly victory on Friday (Saturday in Manila), a a hundred and fifteen-106 win over the Indiana Pacers.Serge Ibaka scored 22 factors and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Raptors, who haven’t misplaced a recreation when you consider that January 15 and beat the Pacers for the second one time in 3 days. “We’re simply trying to be us,” Ibaka said. “There’s a variety of hard teams available, we’re just seeking to awareness on us and looking to do our job.” A 12-3 burst in the 0.33 region propelled the Raptors to an 87-78 lead, however the Pacers trimmed the deficit after Toronto’s six-time All-Star Kyle Lowry departed with what the crew referred to as a whiplash injury. Lowry had drawn a nasty on Jeremy Lamb and run into Ibaka as he fell, his head and shoulder making contact with Ibaka. Lowry lay on the courtroom for several mins, sur...