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The Oklahoma City Thunder aim to reclaim home-court advantage on Wednesday as they face the Indiana Pacers in Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals. The series is tied 1-1 after the Thunder’s decisive 123-107 victory in Game 2. Oklahoma City (68-14) is chasing its first NBA title since 1979, back when the team was based in Seattle, and is currently 4-3 on the road this postseason. Meanwhile, Indiana (50-32) seeks its first championship since the 1973 ABA title and boasts a 5-2 home record during these playoffs. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Thunder have won three out of four meetings this season and are listed as 5-point favorites at DraftKings Sportsbook, with the over/under set at 228. Before locking in any Pacers vs. Thunder bets, bettors should check out expert Matt Severance’s picks at SportsLine. Severance, SportsLine’s top NBA expert, is on an impressive 165-91 run, generating more than 33 units of profit.

After surviving the NBA play-in tournament, the Golden State Warriors are set to face the Houston Rockets in a best-of-seven first-round series in the Western Conference, starting Sunday night. Shortly after the Warriors secured a 121-116 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center on Tuesday night, the NBA revealed the complete schedule for the upcoming series:

Nigeria's senior national women's basketball team, D’Tigress, has etched its name in the annals of history with a landmark achievement in the latest FIBA World Rankings. For the first time, an African national team, regardless of gender, has broken into the top 10 of the global rankings.

Nigeria's first contingent to the fourth Africa Youth Games, Luanda 2025, departed the country on Monday, December 8, signaling the final phase of preparations for the continent's premier youth multi-sport event. A total of 86 athletes will represent the nation across 12 sports, ranging from athletics and badminton to taekwondo, tennis, and weightlifting.

Lando Norris has become Britain's 11th Formula 1 World champion, fulfilling what many in motorsport saw as a long-predicted destiny. Born in Bristol to Belgian-British parents and raised in Glastonbury, the 26-year-old began karting at eight and was on pole for first national event. Backed by his multimillionaire father Adam Norris and guided early on by manager Mark Berryman, his junior career consistently marked him as a future F1 contender. When the family lacked contacts as he moved into car racing, they approached Zak Brown, then a leading motorsport marketing executive, who initially thought, "this is not what I do," but relented because, as he put it, "everyone tells me he is the greatest thing since sliced bread." Brown says he realised Norris was the real deal "pretty much right away."

The African Arm Wrestling Championship is set to take place in Abuja in July. The President of the AFN, Samuel Jackson, has assured of Nigeria’s readiness to host the event and expressed confidence in the country’s athletes. Jackson stated that the team is highly motivated to compete against the best on the continent, particularly long-time rivals Egypt, as they continue to improve ahead of the 2027 African Games in Egypt. While acknowledging Egypt’s significant investment in the sport, Jackson remains optimistic about Nigeria’s ability to compete at the highest level.