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Sport in brief: February 4, 2025
Newcastle United's Anthony Gordon (fourth right) celebrates after scoring the second goal against Asrenal during the League Cup semi-final, first leg match at Ashburton Grove, London, January 7, 2025

MEN’S BASKETBALL: The NBA’s leading points scorer Shai Gilgeous-Alexander netted another 34 as Oklahoma City thumped an injury-hit Milwaukee Bucks 125-96 to remain top of the Western Conference and level with Cleveland in the national league.

Cleveland travel to defending champions Boston Wednesday morning. At the other end of the table Bilal Coulibaly hit 26 points as bottom club Washington beat second bottom Charlotte 124-114.

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY: Fife Flyers goaltender Janis Voris has been fined and suspended for one game after skating the length of the ice to instigate a fight with his opposite number in the dying seconds of their 7-5 home defeat to the Belfast giants.

Fife forward Kieran Craig has also been banned for one game and fined after striking the Belfast goaltender on the head with his stick during the same incident.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: While Newcastle take a 2-0 advantage into Wednesday night’s second leg of their English League Cup semi-final against Arsenal at St James’ Park, it’s Dunfermline hosting Livingston in the last four of the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Tomorrow evening’s winners at East End Park will face Queen’s Park in the final after they came from two down to see off Lowland League champions East Kilbride in extra time of their semi-final.

MEN’S CYCLING: British junior 25 mile time-trial champion Aidan Worden was killed after colliding with a vehicle during a training session in Darwen, Lancashire.

The 18-year-old had been both a BMX and road racer for the north-west England-based 360Cycling team and achieved the highest place for a junior rider in last year’s 50-mile-long Eddie Sorens Memorial Race at Liverpool’s Aintree racetrack.

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