NBA Playoffs Tip Off as 16 Teams begin Title Chase
The NBA Playoffs are officially starting today with all 16 teams now set. After weeks of positioning and the final push through the Play-In, the focus of the teams is now on winning four series.
Action begins today, April 18, with Game 1s scheduled across the day. The Toronto Raptors face the Cleveland Cavaliers at 1:00 PM ET, followed by the Minnesota Timberwolves against the Denver Nuggets at 3:30 PM ET. Later, the Atlanta Hawks take on the New York Knicks at 6:00 PM ET, before the Houston Rockets meet the Los Angeles Lakers at 8:30 PM ET.
In the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder face the Phoenix Suns, while the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Houston Rockets. The Denver Nuggets go up against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the San Antonio Spurs meet the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Over in the East, the Detroit Pistons face the Orlando Magic, the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Toronto Raptors, while the New York Knicks go head-to-head with the Atlanta Hawks. The Boston Celtics open against the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Teams will need four wins to advance, and sixteen in total to lift the trophy
There were a few Neverness to Everness codes revealed during the official release livestream for the game. The upcoming open-world RPG from Hotta Studio will require you to obtain various resources that you will require to upgrade and build your characters. These codes can be used to obtain such items, making your journey into Hethereau a bit easier.
This article will cover the Neverness to Everness Codes and how you can claim them.
All Neverness to Everness codes and their rewards
Here is a list of all active Neverness to Everness codes that you can redeem in the game:
These are the Neverness to Everness livestream codes that you can claim for a limited-time. The rewards will be available till May 13, 2026, and the codes will expire at 23:59 (UTC+8) on the same day.
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Here is a countdown timer till the codes expire, barring you from redeeming the in-game rewards such as Annulith, which will likely be the gacha currency:
Do keep in mind that these rewards can only be obtained for a limited-time, so make sure to redeem them when Neverness To Everness releases on April 29, 2026.
How to redeem the Neverness To Everness codes
The Neverness to Everness livestream showcased how you can activate and redeem the codes. Here is a detailed explanation on how to do so:
Log in to the game and tap the Menu on the top-right corner.
Locate the three dots […] and tap on it
Select the Redeem Code option
Past the Neverness to Everness codes in the dialog box and redeem
Do keep in mind that you will need to unlock the in-game mailing system to receive the rewards. You will need to complete the prologue and progress the story for a bit to unlock this function. Once you do, you can claim the codes and earn the various rewards, including Annulith and other in-game resources.
The redemption option will only work via the in-game method, as was showcased during the special launch preview livestream. This article will be updated in case the developers make an official redemption portal that you can access using your browser.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Eshan Malinga, center, celebrate with teammates (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Sunrisers Hyderabad survived a tense finish to beat Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs in a high-pressure IPL clash, thanks to a brilliant combined effort from Eshan Malinga and Shivang Kumar in the death overs.Chasing 195, CSK were restricted to 184 for 8, with Malinga leading the attack with 3 for 29 and Shivang Kumar supporting him with 1 for 18 in 3 overs. Their control in the post-Powerplay phase proved decisive as they choked CSK’s chase at crucial moments.
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Even though CSK needed only 84 from the last 10 overs, SRH’s bowlers kept striking regularly. Malinga mixed yorkers, hard lengths and short balls smartly, while Shivang extracted useful turn and bounce to keep the batters under pressure.CSK’s chase had moments of promise but never fully took off. Sanju Samson began explosively with a first-ball six, but Nitish Reddy removed him quickly with a sharp spell of hard lengths. Ayush Mhatre (30 off 13) kept the momentum going early, but a hamstring injury slowed him down before a sharp catch by Heinrich Klaasen ended his stay.Ruturaj Gaikwad (19 off 12) also fell after mistiming a heavy delivery from Malinga. At 66 for 3, CSK tried to rebuild through Sarfaraz Khan (25 off 19) and Matthew Short (34 off 30), adding 46 runs, but the required rate kept climbing.Dewald Brevis fell for a duck trying to attack Shivang Kumar, and despite a 35-run stand between Short and Shivam Dube (21 off 16), the scoring rate never truly recovered.Malinga, Sakib Hussain (1/32) and Shivang ensured CSK’s power-hitters were kept quiet through the middle and death overs. Praful Hinge also held his nerve at the end, conceding just seven runs in the final over despite earlier struggles.Earlier, SRH posted 194 for 9 after a collapse despite Abhishek Sharma’s explosive 59 off 22 balls. CSK’s decision to bowl first initially looked costly as Abhishek tore into the attack with a 15-ball fifty, but Mukesh Choudhary struck back with key wickets of Travis Head (23) and Ishan Kishan (0) to turn the game.From 75 without loss, SRH slipped to 75 for 2 and later 112 for 4, losing momentum despite Klaasen’s steady 59. He was the only batter to resist consistently, while the rest struggled to accelerate.CSK’s bowling attack was led by Overton (3/37) and Anshul Kamboj (3/22), who were outstanding in the middle and death overs. Noor Ahmad also kept things tight, while Gurjapneet Singh’s disciplined spell added pressure.In the end, SRH’s disciplined bowling effort made the difference as they held CSK down in the final overs to seal a hard-fought 10-run victory.
By all accounts, Liam Rosenior’s Chelsea did many things right in Saturday’s loss to Manchester United.
What they didn’t do was score, and that allowed a single moment of United magic to give the Red Devils three points at the home of the Blues on Saturday. That moment of magic came when Wesley Fofana was off the field getting treatment, and it was United’s only shot on target oif the match.
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“I thought we were the dominant team from minute one to the end of the game,” Rosenior said.
Stamford Bridge was not amused, as Chelsea’s poor-performing forwards were again kept off the score sheet and there was further bad news with an injury to one of the lone bright spots in teenager EstevaoWillian.
Chelsea’s UEFA Champions League hopes take a huge hit with the loss. How will Rosenior see it?
Liam Rosenior reaction — What did Chelsea manager say after tight loss to Manchester United?
How are you feeling? “It’s so difficult. Today to give up one shot on target when we’re down to 10 men on a restart [and concede] and we have wave after wave of attack and hit the woodwork four times… I don’t want my team to feel like everything’s against it.”
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To concede with Fofana getting treatment: “We can still do better. Many teams play with 10 men. I think it’s their only shot but we have to defend better. We don’t and we get punished. Any small mistake we’re making at the moment seems to end up in the back of my net. It has to change.”
Why are established players like Cole Palmer not scoring? “It’s a big question. It’s not all on Cole. It’s not all on star players. As a team it felt like at times when you’re not scoring in open play… we’re normally good on set plays but our deliver wasn’t good.”:
Are you feeling pressure? “I put myself under the most pressure. I’m at a huge club.”
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Can you be the team who rises above the pack reach Europe? “Of course.”
What do you need to do? “We just need to win the next game. We can’t think of other teams but worry about ourselves and get in bright in early tomorrow to make it right.”
A current world champion is targeting a ‘viral’ unification match with Shakur Stevenson, while also calling out Gervonta Davis for a voluntary title defence.
Stevenson became the WBO super-lightweight champion in January, dethroning Teofimo Lopez with a wide unanimous decision victory at Madison Square Garden.
In doing so, the 28-year-old cemented himself as a four-division world champion but has since expressed an interest in moving back down to 135lbs.
Since then, the 31-year-old has been stripped of his belt and instated as WBA ‘champion in recess’, partly because of his arrest warrant for domestic violence charges.
Should he become available at the weight, then WBA champion Gary Antuanne Russell would gladly offer ‘Tank’ a world title opportunity.
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Equally, the 29-year-old has told MillCity Boxing that he hopes to unify the super-lightweight division against Stevenson in what he envisions being a “viral” showdown.
“It would go viral. If it’s not [Stevenson], it gotta be another name – a ‘Tank’ coming back.
“Don’t forget I’m right here, ‘Tank’. You know how many people been wanting to see me and ‘Tank’ rumble, or my brother [Gary Russell Jr] rumble [with] ‘Tank’?”
Russell unanimously outpointed mandatory challenger Andy Hiraoka in February, meaning he is due a voluntary defence of his WBA title.
Davis, however, could become an unrealistic option if he chooses to return at 135lbs, where No.1 contender Floyd Schofield has lobbied the WBA to either order his fight with ‘Tank’ or grant him a vacant title shot. Report suggest that ‘Tank’ may well move up to 140 on his comeback, with a rematch against Isaac Cruz already mentioned.
Manchester United opened up a 10-point advantage in the race for the Champions League as Matheus Cunha’s first-half strike earned a 1-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge which seriously harmed the Blues’ own top-five hopes.
Cunha rifled in the winner with United’s only shot on target as home fans’ anger at the running of their club reverberated around the ground, following a massive street protest against owners BlueCo that took place ahead of kick-off.
This was Chelsea’s fourth Premier League defeat in a row and the fourth game in which they have failed to score.
They trail Liverpool by four points in the race for the top five having played a game more and with five teams within a win of catching them, they are now at serious risk of failing to qualify for Europe altogether.
For Michael Carrick’s United, there are no such worries. This was a welcome return to form after one victory in four matches, and though they offered little of their own threat besides the goal and Chelsea hitting the crossbar twice, they were sufficiently organised and determined to frustrate their hosts.
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Ultimately their greater belief in themselves won out, something which is visibly draining way from Chelsea by the week.
Racing driver Juha Miettinen has died after a seven-car crash during the Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) qualifiers in Germany on Saturday.
The race was initially halted by a red flag before it was eventually suspended an hour later once the severity of the the multi-car collision became apparent.
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Organisers said the race, which had earned extra attention due to the participation of Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen, would not resume on Saturday evening.
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“Following the collision between several vehicles, race control immediately halted the race to allow for extensive recovery and rescue operations,” the race organiser said in a statement.
“Despite the immediate arrival of emergency services, the emergency medics were unable to save the driver involved after he had been extracted from the vehicle. The driver died at the medical centre after all attempts at resuscitation proved unsuccessful.”
The statement added that six other drivers were taken to hospital for examination but none of the injured were in a life-threatening condition.
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Four-time Formula 1 champion Verstappen, who is due to participate in the 24-hour endurance race, sent his condolenscenes to Miettinen on social media.
“Shocked by what’s happened today,” Verstappen wrote on social media.
“Motorsport is something we all love, but in times like this it is a reminder of how dangerous it can be.
“Sending my heartfelt condolences to Juha’s family and loved ones.”
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A minute’s silence will be held in memory of Miettinen during the grid formation for Sunday’s race.
It’s WrestleMania weekend, which means all WWE’s stars have headed to Las Vegas, including several ex-WWE stars.
One of the names who has been part of a discussion with Busted Open Radio is Road Dogg, who quit WWE earlier this year. While there were several reports about his reasons for quitting the company where he became a household name, the former champion was able to share his reasons in his own words.
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“I feel like I don’t need to tell you what happened, I feel like if you watch that show [UNREAL] you saw what happened, and so here I sit with you tonight, and I’m a happy man because of it. I have friends there that are still gonna be there, I have gripes; I do have gripes, but in saying that, it even sounds sh**ty to say, like you’re going to gripe about some stuff then. Some of the people there are still my friends, I feel like I was done a little wrong, and I feel like I was receiving a paycheck and I didn’t have any purpose. I was making a dollar but I wasn’t making any decisions.” he revealed.
It seems that Road Dogg reached the point in his WWE career where he didn’t have the input that he once did within the creative process. It was his decision to walk away from the company, and now he seems happy with the path that he has taken instead.
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Road Dogg referenced WWE Unreal
Unreal has become a controversial show for fans and members of the roster since there are some who are happy with it and some who believe it is destroying the business.
Road Dogg made it clear that his presence on the show was one of the things that fans could see he was ready to walk away. The business has changed a lot over the past few years, with Vince McMahon walking away and TKO taking over. The whole process backstage has changed as much as the process on the screen, and it seems that there have been a number of beloved stars who have become victims of the changes.
Road Dogg is a Hall of Famer and someone who was well respected backstage, but it was time for him to move forward.
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Robert MacIntyre had a week to forget at the 2026 Masters.
The 29-year-old Scotsman arrived in good form, following a T2 at the Valero Texas Open and a fourth-place finish at the Players Championship. But MacIntyre’s week at Augusta National unraveled quickly during the opening round, where he made quadruple-bogey nine on the par-5 15th en route to a first-round 80. Cameras caught MacIntyre flipping off the 15th green after putting two balls in the water, and he was reportedly reprimanded by Augusta National for the gesture. MacIntyre skipped media after both his first and second rounds and then posted an AI-generated image of himself as a Masters gnome making the same gesture after missing the cut.
“I know what I did isn’t the best way of me doing things,” MacIntyre said. “But look, I wear my heart on my sleeve. I’m trying my best to control the emotions. I work with someone back home. And yeah, there was a lot going on, and I’m disappointed with that, but I’m very good at putting things behind me. Things that get said elsewhere, it doesn’t faze me. I’ve got my family, friends, part of my team — these guys are the ones that I really listen to. And if I’ve done something wrong, they tell me.
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“And that’s how I go about life. I just do what I want, how we want, not just personally but with family and friends. And we go about our business the way we want to do it. Some people like it, some people don’t. But, at the end of the day, it’s a job and I try to come out here and perform the best I can.”
MacIntyre has always been an emotional player. After a poor title defense at last year’s Genesis Scottish Open, MacIntyre explained how he flushes bad weeks by “going mental” for a bit. That allows him to reset quickly and move on.
“I can go as mental as I want for an hour and then after that, just back to life,” MacIntyre said at Royal Portrush ahead of the 2025 Open Championship. “I can do whatever I want for an hour. Just anything I want. You can break things. You can literally do whatever I want for an hour. After that hour is gone, my job’s done. For an hour and a half before my round, two hours before my round, I’m preparing, so nobody gets in my way. It’s warmup, stretching, gym work, all of that. So there’s a five-, six-, seven-, eight-hour window that I’m working.
“If you have a bad day at work, you’re going to be annoyed. It happens more often than not for me as well,” MacIntyre said then, laughing. “It’s just about once that’s gone, it’s been difficult in the past for me to reset, but nowadays, there’s so many golf tournaments and you don’t know what’s coming the next week.”
Now a top-15 golfer in the world, MacIntyre knows he can’t let his emotions and frustrations consume him. The professional golf hamster wheel is always spinning. A tournament ends, you win or lose, and then it’s quickly onto the next one. It’s important to be able to quickly hit the reset button. Let the steam out and get ready to go again.
But the emotions are also what make Robert MacIntyre who he is. To stamp out all of his fire would be to take away part of the soul of his game. It’s a tightrope he has to walk — sometimes he traverses it cleanly and sometimes he falls.
“I’m fiery on the golf course when I’m in tournament rounds,” MacIntyre said at the Open. “I’ll drop, I was going to say the odd, but a few bad words in there. I’ll hit the bag. I’ll say some harsh things, but that’s what gets me going. If I walk around and I’m all happy I just made a double bogey or people are clapping, thanks very much, that’s not me. I’m needing to smash something up. I want to rip a glove. I do something to get that anger out. It’s better out than in for me. Some people it’s better holding it, but for me it’s get it out and then just do not let it affect the next shot. Simple.”
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The poor week at the Masters was frustrating. After a runner-up finish at last year’s U.S. Open and a weekend of contention at this year’s Players, MacIntyre is more confident than ever that he’s made of the right stuff to win major championships. He left Augusta National disappointed in a showing that didn’t reflect the current state of his game.
But after two days at home, Robert MacIntyre was ready to flush a Masters to forget and get right back on the horse at Harbour Town.
In pro golf, there’s very little time to stew over shots you can never get back.
Roberto De Zerbi issued a rallying cry to his deflated Tottenham players and insisted they can win their last five Premier League games this season to avoid a catastrophic relegation.
Spurs will spend another week in the bottom three after they suffered heartbreak in a 2-2 draw at home to Brighton when Georginio Rutter’s stoppage-time leveller denied them a first league win of 2026.
A thunderbolt by Xavi Simons after 77 minutes sent Tottenham Hotspur Stadium into pandemonium, but the north London club’s winless league run stands at 15 matches after late drama in N17 followed Pedro Porro’s opener being cancelled out by a sumptuous Kaoru Mitoma volley.
Even though Spurs’ players collapsed at full-time, De Zerbi claimed to be more confident of survival after he picked up the first point of his reign against old club Brighton.
West Ham are a point ahead of Tottenham in 17th ahead of Monday’s trip to Crystal Palace, but De Zerbi backed his squad to win their remaining matches with Wolves, Aston Villa, Leeds, Chelsea and Everton to avoid a first relegation since 1977.
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“I always thought and believed in the quality of the players,” De Zerbi insisted.
“They played a good game, I think we can play better than today with much more quality and more calm, especially when we are in possession, but in this moment we need this spirit, this attitude and this mentality.
“It is not finished yet. We have another five games. It is tough. Every one of us knows it is a tough moment, it is a difficult situation, but we have another five games and 15 points.
“This team is able to win five games in a row. Now it is difficult to hear my words, but if you watch the players and analyse the level of the players, I think we can win five games in a row.
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“Not to be arrogant because I am not arrogant, especially now, but we have the quality enough to fight and win games in a row.”
When De Zerbi was asked how he would lift his players, the Italian fired a warning to any member of the club down in the dumps.
De Zerbi added: “They have to be stronger and be focused longer and come to (the) training ground on Monday afternoon with a smile otherwise they go home.
“I have no time to see negative people or to see sad players or (a) sad assistant. No, we are lucky because we are working at a big club, a big stadium, we are working in Premier League and we have the quality, the right quality to win the game – so we have to be positive. I don’t like the people who cry and who think in (a) negative way.”
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Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler echoed the sentiments of De Zerbi and backed Spurs to stay up.
“Yeah, definitely. I also could say before the game. What they have is individual quality. I think they have unbelievable players in their squad,” Hurzeler reflected.
“They have players in their frontline that can make a difference. They have enough quality in their squad to make it happen.”
Brighton are ninth and a point behind seventh-placed Brentford in the battle for European qualification.
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“In the end it’s a point and a point we will take. It’s a point we can make really positive and that’s our responsibility,” Hurzeler said.
NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad admitted his team let the game slip in the middle overs as they lost by 10 runs to Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. CSK were well placed in the chase but couldn’t maintain momentum when it mattered most.Gaikwad explained that based on SRH’s strong start, he expected a total around 220-230, so restricting them under 200 felt like a win. However, the chase derailed after the 10-over mark when CSK scored just four runs in two overs, allowing the pressure to build.
“Looking at how their power play went, I was looking at a score around 220-230. To pull it back by 30 runs, I would have taken it any day under 200. It was just about 80 runs needed in 10 overs (with the bat). From there, it was just about building a couple of partnerships. We scored just 4 runs in the next 2 overs after the 10-over mark. Chasing 12-13 at the death is going to be difficult,” he said.Batting first, SRH put up 194/9 thanks to quick half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen. CSK bowlers, including Anshul Kamboj, did well to keep the score in check.In reply, CSK got good starts from Ayush Mhatre, Matthew Short and Sarfaraz Khan, but kept losing wickets. SRH bowlers like Eshan Malinga and Nitish Kumar Reddy controlled the game in the later stages.Despite the loss, Gaikwad praised his bowlers and highlighted Kamboj’s confidence: “It’s been three successive games that the bowling unit has been doing really well. Even the power play today, I thought Abhishek played brilliantly. I think everyone did a good job (with the ball).“He (Anshul Kamboj) is working really hard on his bowling, especially the death bowling. Very rarely you get bowlers who have clarity and tell the captain that I know what to do, this is what I am going to do.”
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