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Clippers' Paul out 3-5 weeks with shoulder injury Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul will miss three to five weeks after separating his right shoulder in a game against Dallas. Clippers coach Doc Rivers said the injury to the shoulder on the star's shooting arm Friday night was a separation. Earlier, the team had said it was a sprain. Paul was tripped by Mavericks guard Monta Ellis while dribbling around a screen. He rolled
over and stayed on the floor holding his shoulder while trainers attended to him. After staying down for about a minute, Paul went to the locker room with 6:43 remaining in third quarter. Paul scored 19 points in the first half and made his first five shots, all from 3-point range. The Clippers play at San Antonio on Saturday night (Sunday, PHL time). - AP
Below-par Nadal sets up 500 overseas runners joining Monfils clash in Qatar final Yoma-Yangon int'l marathon
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orld number one Rafa Nadal will face Frenchman Gael Monfils in the final of the Qatar Open after surviving a tough test against German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk in Doha on Friday (Saturday, PHL time). The Spaniard, warming up for this month's Australian Open which he missed last year because of illness, dropped the opening set against the world No. 162 before raising his game sufficiently to battle through 4-6 6-2 6-3. Monfils beat another German, Florian Mayer, 6-3 6-2. Top seed Nadal was far from his best but said he was pleased with the way he responded to falling behind against a player enjoying the best week of his career. "The positive thing is I am in the finals the first week of the season without arriving here with big
preparation," Nadal was quoted as saying on the ATP Tour website (www. atpworldtour.com) "Without playing my best, I was able to find a solution. It's true that I finished the match playing better than what I started. That's always a positive thing." Gojowczyk, 24, won the first nine points of the match and held his nerve to claim the opening set. Nadal responded to open a 4-0 lead in the second set but his opponent refused to fade away and briefly threatened at the start of the decider before succumbing. Injury-plagued Monfils, who has not won a title since 2011, has lost eight of his 10 matches against Nadal but will feel confident after a commanding performance against Mayer. The 2012 Doha runner-up needed only 55 minutes to win his semifinal, sending down nine aces. - Reuters
YA N G O N , Ja n . 3 ( P NA / X i n h u a ) - More than 500 runners from overseas will participate in the Yoma-Yangon International Marathon here on Jan. 27, according to the Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd Friday. Organized by the Yangon City Development Committee and First Myanmar Investment Co. Ltd, participants are com-
peting in three different races: the full 42.195 kilometer run, 10-km and 3k run. The races will start and end some one block from Shwe Dagon Pagoda, one o f Ya n g o n ' s m o s t iconic landmarks at People's Park. The winners in the men's and women's 42-kilometer races w i l l re c e ive 2 , 5 0 0 U. S . d o l l a r s e a c h ; t he s e c ond, 1 , 2 0 0
U.S.dollars and the third placers 800 U.S.dollars each. For the men's an d wom e n ' s h a l f marathon, 1,500 U.S.dollars will be awarded to the winner, with 800 dollars going to the second and 400 dollars to the third. All proceeds from race entries will b e donated to t he event's official charities.(PNA)
IRS lifts tax lien on Pacquiao's US properties Sarangani representative and boxing champ Manny Pacquiao can now sell his mansion in Los Angeles after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) lifted a tax lien on his US properties. This was announced by Pa c qu i a o ' s l e g a l counsel Tranquil Salvador during a victory party Saturday night to celebrate his recent win over American boxer Brandon Rios, GMA News' "Unang Balita" reported Monday. According to t he IRS, “a federal tax lien constitutes a legal claim against your property when you neglect or fail to pay a tax debt...” in order to protect government’s interest and covers real estate, personal property and financial assets. On December 10, celebrity news website TMZ reported Pacquiao owes the IRS $18 million after he “stiffed the (US) government out of federal income taxes from 2006 to 2010,” which his lawyer Salvador denied. In August, Pacquiao’s wife and Sarangani vice governor Jinkee said they were selling their $2.7-million Los Angeles mansion to buy a more private residence. – Danessa Rivera/VS, GMA News
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