The 18-year-old winger has burst onto the scene in Amsterdam to suggest that he is capable of following in the illustrious footsteps of his father Patrick. A move to Barcelona has been mooted for the youngster – such as the one his dad made in 1998 – with Lionel Messi reported to be a big fan of an exciting talent. Jose Mourinho is also closely monitoring his development, but Koeman is hoping to see contract talks with Ajax reach a positive conclusion and keep Premier League suitors waiting a little longer....

Speaking to reporters Sunday, Anthony offered some insight into the meeting. He said he felt it was productive, adding that Jackson didn’t do a lot of talking in Saturday’s hour-long session. “Nah, he actually just listened this time,” Anthony said. “Which is good.” MORE: Derrick Rose won’t sell his Trump condo The 11-time NBA championship-winning former coach has made headlines for giving players advice on the triangle offense and for making comments about LeBron James’ “posse,” among other things....

Smith, suspended for breaking the NBA's anti-drug policy, came off the bench and produced five points in 21 minutes. The Spurs defeated the Knicks, 120-89, in Smith's return. Smith, who ended the postseason in a miserable shooting slump, opened this season the same way. He missed all five shots in the first half, unable to shake the rust after appearing in just one preseason game following summer knee surgery. By the time he made a 3-pointer with 8:43 left in the third quarter for his first basket, the Knicks trailed by 26 points....

The couple announced the end of their engagement Tuesday night on Twitter. MORE: Jay-Z clearly not a fan of Jackson’s “posse” comments Knicks president Jackson, 71, cited the difficulties of the long-distance nature of his relationship with Buss, the Lakers president and part owner who lives on the West Coast. “With mutual love and respect, we have decided to end our engagement,” Jackson tweeted. “With the nature of our professional obligations and the geographic distance between us, sustaining the relationship has been difficult....

It’s also New York’s longest streak since the 2012-13 season, when a 13-game streak helped the team to its most recent NBA playoff berth. The 2-seed Knicks beat the 7-seed Celtics in six games in the first round before losing to the 3-seed Pacers in six in the Eastern Conference semifinals. If the season ended Saturday, New York would earn the No. 4 seed in the East and take on the 5-seed Hawks in the opening round before facing, presumably, the 1-seed Nets in the conference semis....

The first time I lost a close family member, I was not yet a teenager. This was someone I never had met, though. It was someone who’d never shipped me a Christmas present, who’d never put five bucks in a First Communion card and sent it along. He did not attend my ballgames or school plays. These things did not matter. Roberto Clemente and I had a different sort of relationship....

Not many can recall the exact year Swapan Ball started sitting on the East Bengal bench. However, most people who have seen the Kolkata derby in the last three decades would remember the manager of the team, reacting to every referring decision with the excitement of an adolescent fan. A diploma degree holder in engineering, Ball left his job for the love of his club and even worked as the manager of a sand mine to make both ends meet before going on to become one of the most well-known club officials in the country....

Kompany, who has been plagued by fitness problems over the past year, made his latest return to City’s starting line-up in Saturday’s Premier League match at Crystal Palace. The 30-year-old was substituted before half-time in the 2-1 victory following a collision with goalkeeper Claudio Bravo. The source of Kompany’s discomfort was initially reported to be double vision as a result of the heavy impact between himself and Bravo but the Belgium centre-back landed awkwardly and that resulted in knee damage....

“Kanpai,” I said. “L’chaim,” Arisu responded, gamely cocking his eyebrows. What might seem a cultural oddity, this curious libation stems from the legacy of Chiune Sugihara, “the Schindler of Japan,” who served as a consular officer in Lithuania and issued the “Visas of Life” in 1940 to some 6,000 Jews that saved them from the Holocaust and secured them transit to Vladivostok and then Japan—a feat all the more remarkable given Japan’s alliance with Germany and its famously closed-door approach to immigration....

Kosoul Chanthakoummane, 41, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville after being sentenced to death for fatally stabbing 40-year-old Sarah Walker in July 2006. He thanked Jesus Christ, ministers with the Texas prison system and “all these people in my life that aided me in this journey” after he was strapped to the gurney in the death chamber, according to The Associated Press. “To Mrs. Walker’s family, I pray that my death will bring them peace,” he said....

Kings center Kosta Koufos found himself in that exact situation Wednesday night after he went up top looking to slap hands with his buddy DeMarcus Cousins. The connection never came. Koufos waited as long as he could but was forced to improvise. It was really the best way to deal with the pure shock of being left out to dry. MORE: Cousins apologizes for cursing out George Karl | Personality Quiz: Which Russell Westbrook are you?...

The 28-year-old was absent in Aliou Cisse’s squad that settled for a 1-1 draw against Uzbekistan on Friday night. And he will also miss their second pre-World Cup friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Stade Oceane on Tuesday. Vice-President of the Senegalese Football Federation, Cheikh Seck disclosed that Kouyate has been ill since the team’s stay in Casablanca before opting to return to London with the permission of Cisse....

Kovalchuk told Russia's R-Sport (via the Denver Post) that Varlamov and Evgeniya Vavrinyuk, his ex-girlfriend and the woman who filed assault charges against him should patch things up. "I hope to God it all pans out well and maybe he can somehow reach an agreement with his princess and finally she’d be given a green card, which she really wants,” said Kovalchuk, who's in his first season with KHL St....

After a disappointing 11th finish last season, the Eagles are enjoying a turnaround in fortunes as they currently sit fourth on the Bundesliga log. Sights set on playing in Europe next season, only one mark separates Niko Kovac’s outfit from second-placed Borussia Dortmund and third-positioned Schalke 04 who are tied on points. “Nobody could have predicted such a transformation, which makes it all the more special," Boateng told the club’s official website....

But when the club’s front office devised a strategy for the 2017 MLS campaign, an overhaul wasn’t in the cards. The Lions had finished just one point shy of a playoff spot in Kreis’ first full season in charge. Add a starter here, a depth piece there, and Orlando could ride its spark-plug of a new stadium to the club’s first playoff appearance since entering MLS in 2015. “We took a very conscious decision last offseason to not change things radically,” Kreis told Goal....

Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis introduced himself to Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge with a ferocious putback dunk Monday night. Who could have predicted this one? MORE: Best Knicks of all time | Nerlens Noel forgets the ball on fast break And a little pose for the camera? He is a bad man. Everyone sing it now… PORZINGISSSSS!

In an announcement on Thursday, Kroger Health, the healthcare division of The Kroger Co., said that starting next week, people who receive a COVID-19 vaccine from Kroger Health will have a chance “at winning one of five $1 million payouts totaling $5 million in cash prizes and chance to win free groceries for a year.” Kroger said in the press release that the #CommunityImmunity giveaway comes in response to a goal set by President Joe Biden’s administration to have at least 70 percent of adults receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by July 4....

The AZ goalkeeper, who is on loan from Newcastle United, shared a screenshot on his official Twitter account, showing how UEFA mixed him up with Barcelona’s Jasper Cillessen. Gyan fined for having unethical hair Krul was part of the Netherlands squad who finished third at the 2014 World Cup, but was only a back-up to then Ajax goalkeeper Cillessen. He has played just eight games for the national team compared to Cillessen’s 30, and was unhappy with UEFA’s mix-up, writing “You might wanna update the profile pic of Tim Krul on your website....

But considering Krzyzewski’s history with the military — a 1969 Army graduate who served as the Black Knights’ head coach from 1975-80 — along with his work as USA Basketball’s head coach, perhaps his comments regarding Obama’s handling of the situation regarding the militant group ISIS aren’t completely unexpected. During a recent speech at the Association of the U.S. Army conference last month, when he received the 2014 George Catlett Marshall Medal, Krzyzewski criticized Obama’s decision to publicly lay out his strategy regarding ISIS, something that didn’t sit well with the Blue Devils head coach....