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Joel Embiid, 76ers knock out second-seeded Celtics in NBA Playoffs | Basketball News

Joel Embiid, 76ers knock out second-seeded Celtics in NBA Playoffs | Basketball News

Published On 3 May 20263 May 2026 Joel Embiid had 34 points, 12 rebounds and six assists, ‌and Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 109-100 victory over the host Boston ⁠⁠Celtics in Game 7 of ⁠⁠their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. The 76ers won the final three games in the series on Saturday after losing the first, third and fourth games. It was the first time in franchise history that Philadelphia overcame a 3-1 series deficit, and the 14th time in league history for any ⁠⁠team to recover from such a position. “We handled playing [in a hostile environment] just enough, but I think it was really good for us to experience it,” 76ers coach Nick Nurse said after the game. Philadelphia, seeded seventh, will visit the third-seeded New York Knicks on Monday in Game 1 of their second-round series. “What changed in the series is Joel ⁠⁠Embiid came back, and they’re a completely different team,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. Embiid took the court for …

State pension move could knock £77,000 off older people’s DWP payments

State pension move could knock £77,000 off older people’s DWP payments

State pensioners are being issued a £77,000 warning as one move could slash their Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) payments. State pensioners retire overseas during this tax year are being warned they could miss out on over £77,000 in state pension income over 20 years. According to new analysis by Rathbones, pensioners who move to countries including New Zealand, Canada and Australia will have state pension payments are frozen at the rate they first received them. There are no future increases. Olly Cheng, a financial planning divisional lead, at Rathbones, says: “We often speak to people hoping to retire overseas, many of whom don’t realise that this decision could significantly affect their state pension entitlement.” READ MORE Major European airline cancels 160 flights – but passengers will be ‘rebooked’ Replacing the income lost to a frozen state pension would require a substantial private financial buffer. A loss of £77,585 over 20 years is equivalent to around £3,880 a year, or £320 a month over 20 years, that retirees would need to generate from other …

Bayern knock out Real Madrid in one of great European ties

Bayern knock out Real Madrid in one of great European ties

Hello and welcome to our coverage of this Champions League quarter-final second-leg game between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena. When Harry Kane doubled Bayern’s lead within 20 seconds of the second half in last week’s first leg in Spain, Real looked on the verge of collapse. Luiz Diaz had already handed Vincent Kompany’s side the advantage with a composed 41st-minute finish, before Kane swept in Bayern’s second.  The Santiago Bernabeu became a cauldron of despair and anxiety. Still, Real, inspired by Jude Bellingham’s introduction from the bench, rallied as Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior both came close to scoring. Trent Alexander-Arnold eventually set up Mbappe with a brilliant cross, and the French forward tapped in from close range to halve the deficit, leaving the tie delicately balanced.  Unsurprisingly, Bayern are cruising to the Bundesliga title. They smashed St Pauli 5-0 at the weekend, extending their unbeaten league run to ten matches, while also breaking the record for the most Bundesliga goals scored in a single season. Jamal Musiala’s early header was …

Military Families Once Again Brace for a Knock

Military Families Once Again Brace for a Knock

Even before his son was in high school, Mylo Simmons told me, there was something about flying that fascinated him. Some days, Simmons and his son, Tyler, would sit in the car together, pulled over on a street with a clear view of an airport runway, watching planes take off and land. Tyler was “looking up at the sky all the time,” his father said. “He wanted to be up there.” It was that desire that led Tyler first to a youth program sponsored by the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black aviators to serve in the U.S. armed forces during World War II, then to the National Guard, and then to the Air Force, where he worked up to being a technical sergeant, responsible for refueling tanker aircrafts midflight. When Tyler Simmons died earlier this month—he and five other American service members were killed in a plane crash over Iraq—his family became one of the 13 American families to receive the news that their loved one had died since the war in Iran began. “The …

Boris Johnson reveals Andrew ‘wanted to knock down 1 of London’s most famous buildings’ | Royal | News

Boris Johnson reveals Andrew ‘wanted to knock down 1 of London’s most famous buildings’ | Royal | News

In his new column for the Daily Mail, the former Prime Minister, who was also Mayor of London between 2008 and 2016, spoke about their first “bizarre” meeting together at Buckingham Palace. He claimed Andrew wanted to “knock down” one of London’s most famous buildings – ­Battersea Power Station. The iconic Grade II* listed building is located on the south bank of the River Thames. According to Mr Johnson, Andrew wanted to make London “even more attractive”. He wrote: “The Prince was then the government’s official trade envoy. So, we did. We went off to tea at Buckingham ­Palace, and it was all a bit bizarre. “The Duke of York had a series of ideas, perhaps gleaned from some of his international contacts, about how we could make London even more attractive to the world’s billionaire investors. Bear in mind that this was back in the good old days, before Starmer’s Pol Pot war on wealth ­creators. ­London at the time had more billionaires than any other city in the world. “But the Duke thought …

This simple YouTube TV trick can knock  off your bill – here’s how

This simple YouTube TV trick can knock $80 off your bill – here’s how

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Some YouTube TV subscribers can save up to $80. The discount is hidden in your settings page. Users are seeing the discount last up to 4 months. If you’re a YouTube TV subscriber, you might be able to save up to $80 on your bill — but you have to track down the discount on your own. Usually, when it comes to scoring a discount on your internet service or another subscription, you have to go through the frustrating “threatening to cancel” dance. But YouTube TV is offering a hidden discount to some subscribers that only takes a few clicks to uncover. Also: The best live TV streaming services of 2026: Expert tested A recent Reddit post showed some users scoring the discount for four months, which would be an $80 savings. It’s probably not a coincidence that this discount is popping up at the end of football season, when a lot of sports fans might be looking to cancel their …

Democrats knock Trump’s pledge to ‘drive housing prices up’

Democrats knock Trump’s pledge to ‘drive housing prices up’

Democratic lawmakers on Thursday slammed President Trump over comments he made about wanting to “drive housing prices up” for people who own their homes, with one congresswoman telling followers that he “doesn’t care about making your life more affordable.” During a Cabinet meeting earlier Thursday, the president said he wants to keep homeowners “wealthy.” “We’re… Source link

Sporting into Champions League last-16 with late win to knock out Bilbao

Sporting into Champions League last-16 with late win to knock out Bilbao

LISBON, Jan 28 : Sporting twice came from behind before Alisson Santos netted an added-time winner as they beat Athletic Bilbao 3-2 away to reach the last 16 of the Champions League after a frenetic final group game on Wednesday. Sporting finished seventh with 16 points, while Bilbao ended in 29th place with eight points and were eliminated.   With the top eight going through and the next 16 teams headed for the knockout round playoffs, Sporting needed a win to give them a chance of qualifying directly, but Oihan Sancet got the home side off to a perfect start with a third-minute goal. The visitors levelled nine minutes later through Ousmane Diomande’s unstoppable header from Maximiliano Araujo’s corner. Sporting went behind again after 28 minutes when Gorka Guruzeta won the ball and stormed into the box, firing home the rebound after his initial shot hit the inside of the far post.  Sporting refused to lie down and equalised once more through a brilliantly-worked move, Francisco Trincao slicing through the middle and steering the ball past goalkeeper …