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By Karoline Leonard A new racket sport club is coming to Five Points this year. New York-based padel club Padel Haus announced it will open its sixth location at 2501 Welton St., marking its first location west of the Mississippi River and second location outside of New York. Padel Haus is leasing the 24,000-square-foot warehouse for about $17 per square foot, or $400,000 annually, Weststar Commercial broker Lev Cohen said.

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was included on the Serbian national team’s preliminary 16-man roster for the upcoming Paris Olympics, the nation’s basketball federation announced Monday, dispelling uncertainty about the superstar’s status for the tournament. Jokic, who became the ninth NBA player in history to win league MVP three times this May, has not publicly declared any plans to join his national team in the Olympics.

By DOUG FERGUSON (AP Golf Writer) PINEHURST, N. C. — Tiger Woods was among those on Pinehurst No. 2 for the first full day of U. S. Open practice before the sun could break through the clouds and climb over the trees. It’s his first time playing a U. S. Open on this Donald Ross gem in 19 years, and so much of it is new to him because of a restoration project from a decade ago that replaced rough with native sandy areas and wiregrass bushes. As for Adam Scott, there is nothing new about playing in the majors — this is 92nd in a row, the longest active streak — only about the way he got into the 156-man field. A week ago, he walked off the 36-hole qualifier in Springfield, Ohio, as the first alternate after losing in a playoff to Cam Davis for the final spot from that site. “Leaving from Springfield, there was a lot of uncertainty, I would say,” Scott said.

Andrej Jakimovski this spring completed the sort of collegiate career that not too long ago might have been considered storybook. Capping a four-year run at one school by playing a part in one of the program’s best seasons in decades might be a road less traveled in the transfer era of college basketball.

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