Lithuania ready to welcome Ball boys
The coach of LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball’s new Lithuanian team said the brothers “will play a lot of minutes” in the Baltic country.
LiAngelo, 19, and LaMelo, 16 — the younger brothers of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball — have signed one-year contracts with Prienai Vytautas and are set to make their debuts on Jan 9.
Prienai’s head coach, Virginijus Seskus, told ESPN that he has watched plenty of highlights of the pair on YouTube.
“I can promise that they will play a lot and I hope we will help them to get better and they will help us to win more games,” Seskus said.
The teenagers’ father, LaVar Ball, pulled LaMelo from Chino Hills High prior to his junior season and then LiAngelo withdrew from UCLA, where he is serving an indefinite suspension for shoplifting in China, in early December. PDC World Championship final on Monday.
Taylor had been aiming for a 17th world crown before retiring after the championships but Englishman Cross, 30 years his junior, beat him 7-2 at Alexandra Palace in London.
Cross, a former electrician who only turned professional at the start of 2017, hit a 167 to go 2-0 up and was soon three sets ahead.
After the two men embraced, Cross insisted Taylor lift the trophy.
“It’s been marvelous. I’ve had a fantastic career, (but with) the youngsters coming through I just can’t do it anymore,” Taylor said. Mohamed Salah (pictured) was named Arab Player of the Year for 2017 on Monday in a poll of around 100 sports journalists from several Arab countries.
Salah, 25, has been an instant success at Liverpool since joining from Roma, scoring 17 goals in the Premier League so far and 23 in all competitions.
He also helped Egypt to qualify for this year’s World Cup finals in Russia.
Syrian winger Omar Khribin, who plays for Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, came second with his compatriot Omar