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The NBA MVP race and its international flavor

The votes are in. Over the coming days and weeks, the NBA will announce the various award-winners for this regular season. And while nobody knows with absolute certainty where any of the trophies are going yet, what is known is that the MVP is going to be an international player. Again. Prepare for history, because it’s coming. The consensus seems to be that this season’s MVP will be either Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid or Giannis Antetokounmpo. Jokic is from Serbia. Embiid from Cameroon. Antetokounmpo from Greece, with ties to Nigeria. When the winner is revealed, it’ll be the fourth consecutive season in which the MVP won’t have been born in the U.S. something that has never happened.

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Remi Walter on target as Sporting falls in 2-1 thriller to Nashville

Sporting Kansas City (2- 5-0, 6 points) saw its perfect home record snapped in a narrow 2-1 loss to Nashville SC (3-2-1, 10 points) on Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park. In an entertaining and hotly contested battle that saw both teams eclipse 18 shot attempts—only the second such MLS match in the 12-year history of Children’s Mercy Park—Sporting went ahead on a blistering 25th-minute strike from French midfielder Remi Walter.

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