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Philadelphia 76ers?say forward?Nerlens Noel?is set to rejoin the team Thursday after a brief injury rehab assignment with their D-League affiliate.?Noel practiced Wednesday with the Delaware 87ers, who are owned and operated by the Sixers, as part of his recovery from an October arthroscopic knee surgery.Noels stint with Delaware was purely for rehab purposes and didnt involve any game action, similar to what the Sixers did recently with veteran guard Jerryd Bayless.On Monday, Noel told The Philadelphia Inquirer that hes likely a couple of weeks away from returning to the Sixers active roster.I think Im in a good place right now to start building back up into game shape, Noel told the newspaper.Information from The Undefeateds Marc Spears was used in this report. Salomon Scontate . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. Salomon Scarpe Vendita Online . Francis told several hundred members of the European Olympic Committees that when sport "is considered only in economic terms and consequently for victory at every cost . http://www.salomonitalia.it/ . Pedro scored from a pass by Lionel Messi in the 33rd minute and added two more goals in the 47th and 72nd after Valdes saved his second penalty in four days following his stop in Wednesdays 4-0 over Ajax in the Champions League. Salomon Scarpe Italia . McPhee said that Ovechkins father Mikhail is in stable condition after having the surgery this week and is no longer in intensive care. "Weve told him to stay as long as necessary with your dad," he said. Ovechkin and his Russian national team were eliminated from the mens hockey tournament in Sochi on Wednesday with a 3-1 quarter-final loss to Finland. Salomon Scarpe Saldi . Ibaka equaled a career high with 20 rebounds, adding four blocked shots and 15 points as the Thunder smothered the Milwaukee Bucks offence in a 92-79 victory Saturday night. BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles have been depending on home runs all season long, so it came as no surprise that the long ball decided a big game against the Tampa Bay Rays.What made Sundays victory unusual was the final score: 2-1, Orioles.Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 43rd homer to break an eighth-inning tie and provide Baltimore with a much-needed win.Manny Machado also connected for the Orioles, who lead the majors with 236 home runs. Baltimore salvaged a split of the four-game series against the last-place Rays and improved to 16-47 when scoring three runs or fewer.We needed two runs to win today because we pitched real well, manager Buck Showalter said, and we got them.Baltimore came in trailing first-place Boston by three games in the AL East and tied with Toronto for the two AL wild cards. The Red Sox and Orioles begin a four-game series at Camden Yards on Monday night.I know our guys will embrace the competition and the opportunity that theyve earned to (win) for our city late in the year, Showalter said.After missing two straight games with back spasms, Trumbo returned with a flourish. With one out in the eighth, the Orioles cleanup hitter drove the first pitch from Ryan Garton (1-1) far over the center-field wall, his career-high 101st RBI of the season.This time of year, someones got to step up at some point in the game, Trumbo said. It was a well-played game, but we just needed to get that hit there at the end. So it was nice.Brad Brach (10-3) pitched the eighth and Zach Britton got three outs for his 45th save in 45 tries. After Tampa Bay got a runner to second with one out against Britton, the lefty struck out pinch-hitter Logan Forsythe and retired Alexei Ramirez on a grounder to shortstop.Corey Dickerson homered for the Rays, extending the teams streak of games with a long ball to 14. The drive put Tampa Bay ahead 1-0 in the fifth inning.Despite giving up only one run and five hits over six innings, Rays starter Jake Odorizzi ended up with his major league-leading 16th no-decision of the season.dddddddddddd The right-hander is 6-1 since July 10.Cant be happier with the way Jake battled today, manager Kevin Cash said. It was quiet offensively, for whatever reason.Orioles starter Wade Miley allowed one single over four shutout innings, then left with a mild muscle strain in his upper back after warming up in the fifth.I felt something grab in my shoulder blade area, Miley said. It kind of stayed there and didnt go away. In between innings, it kind of got a little worse.That put an end to perhaps his best performance since joining Baltimore on July 31. The left-hander was 1-5 with an 8.41 ERA in eight starts as an Oriole.Miley was replaced by Darren ODay, who was activated from the disabled list before the game. The sidearmers first pitch since Aug. 11 was hit by Dickerson into the left-field seats.Tampa Bay loaded the bases with one out in the sixth against Donnie Hart before Dickerson hit into a double play.Machado led off the bottom half with his career-high 36th home run and fourth in 32 career at-bats against Odorizzi.ITS A STEALRays CF Kevin Kiermaier stole his 18th consecutive base in the fourth inning. Hes 20 of 22. The Orioles have 17 steals as a team, on 28 attempts.TRAINERS ROOMRays: 1B Nick Franklin (hamstring) hasnt played since Thursday and is still pretty sore, according to Cash. ... C Bobby Wilson left the team because of a death in the family.Orioles: To make room for ODay (shoulder), 1B Steve Pearce (forearm) was moved to the 60-day DL, ending his season. Baltimore also purchased the contract of INF Trey Mancini from Triple-A Norfolk.UP NEXTRays: Tampa Bay is off Monday. Unbeaten in his last 10 starts, LHP Drew Smyly (7-11, 4.98 ERA) starts Tuesday night at home against the Yankees.Orioles: Dylan Bundy (9-5, 3.88) faces Bostons Rick Porcello (20-4, 3.12) on Monday night. ' ' '