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NBA’s social media awards. Adams, who posted a Twitter selfie from the dentist’s chair this week, was nominated for the ‘‘LOL award’’ for a January 30 tweet.

‘‘We have a great shot at winning when me and KD combine for 33,’’ Adams wrote, after Oklahoma City team-mate Kevin Durant scored 33 points and Adams zero in a 112-95 win over the Miami Heat. The tweet triggered 1697 retweets and 1323 favourites. But fans voted Los Angeles Lakers guard Nick ‘‘Swaggy P’’ Young the winner for last month’s: ‘‘I’ll be the new coach’’ tweet. The Lakers are searching for a new coach after parting ways with Mike D’Antoni. The mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota ordered a ban on alcohol sales during the country’s World Cup matches after nine people died in fighting and car accidents sparked by the 3-0 win over Greece. AFP said about 3000 street fights were reported to police in the city of eight million people. Alcohol is causing other World Cup tragedies. A drunken Mexican fan jumped off a cruise ship deck to his death after his country drew with Brazil. Nepalese police have caught hundreds of football fans drinking and driving after staying up all night to watch matches.

And Chinese wheeler-dealers are selling fake sick notes to fans. A search on Chinese search engine Baidu showed thousands of results for vendors providing photocopies of hospital certificates with official stamps and doctors’ signatures in their ‘‘product catalogue’’. Paris restaurant owner Arnaud Monthlery said five of his nine staff failed to turn up the day after France beat Switzerland 5-2. ‘‘As a fan I’m happy that they won. As a businessman I’m worried that this good form could last.’’