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LeBron James hails "best game" he has ever been involved in
Defending champions Miami Heat staved off elimination by beating the San Antonio Spurs 103-100 in overtime to force a game-seven decider in the NBA finals.
Murray second seed at Wimbledon and on collision course with Nadal
Andy Murray was confirmed as the second seed for the Wimbledon men's singles today and French Open champion Rafael Nadal is a potential quarter-final opponent.
Stephen Lee to face disciplinary hearing over match fixing allegations
STEPHEN LEE will face a disciplinary hearing into allegations of match-fixing in September and today faced criticism from snooker's world governing body for holding up the case.
Venus Williams pulls out of Wimbledon
Five-time singles champion Venus Williams has pulled out of Wimbledon because of a back injury.
Froome: I'm ready to replace Bradley Wiggins as Tour champ
Chris Froome believes he is ready to succeed Bradley Wiggins as Tour de France champion and has backed his Team Sky colleague to respond from the disappointment of relinquishing his title without a fight.
Athletics: Britton out of European Teams
Ireland's prospects of making a strong bid for honours at the European Team Athletics Championship have taken a serious hit with the news that Fionnuala Britton has withdrawn from the women's 5,000 metres with a chest infection.
Greyhound Racing: Vic the one to spearhead Irish Derby charge
They talk about Saturday being moving day in golf circles, but tonight's action at Wimbledon will have a huge bearing on the destination of this year's English Derby trophy.
Tennis: Murray crowned at Queen's as form and fitness return
The Aegon Championships are on the lowest tier of competitions on the men's tour, but winning the title must have felt like one of the more significant of the 27 tournament triumphs of Andy Murray's career.
Nicolas Roche: 'Changing bikes inmiddle of time trial was first'
With a first category climb coming after 40km, there were loads of guys warming up this morning, which is always a sure sign of a fast start.
McQuaid facing uphill battle in bid for third term
Pat McQuaid suffered a blow in his campaign to be allowed stand for a third term as head of cycling's world governing body at the weekend when domestic cycling clubs voted against nominating him as a candidate in the forthcoming UCI presidential elections.
Equestrian: O'Connor, Allen in Grand Prix glory
Grand Prix wins for Cian O'Connor and rising star Bertram Allen followed hot on the heels of Ireland's superb Nations Cup victory at Spruce Meadows, Calgary, over the weekend.
Boxing: Taylor sparring partner out of induced coma
SWEDEN'S Frida Wallberg, who was being lined up to spar Katie Taylor recently, was rushed to hospital in Stockholm after being TKO'd by Diana Prazak in her WBC super-featherweight title defence on Friday.
Cricket: Stirling hits stunning ton to steal show for Ireland
PAUL STIRLING thrilled his home-town crowd with a brilliant century for Ireland in Belfast but Australia 'A' fought back strongly and are favourites to claim victory on the fourth and final day of a rain-effected tour game at Stormont.
Sailing: Gavignet's Oman Air facing battle to maintain slender lead
Damian Foxall and the team on Oman Air made good on their resolve to improve their performance for the in-port races in the Route des Princes series in Lisbon.
Cicket: Merrion sink Union to take over at summit
Merrion are the new leaders of the Leinster League Division One after their rain-interrupted victory over Railway Union at Anglesea Road and leaders The Hills' shock first defeat of the season.
Greyhound Racing: 'Bridie' heads dream Oaks line-up
Weekend happenings on the track have resulted in a dream line-up for Saturday's Sporting Press Irish Oaks at Shelbourne, while five Irish greyhounds have qualified for tomorrow's English Derby quarter-finals at Wimbledon.
Athletics: Campbell-Brown linked with failed test
Jamaica's 200m world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has tested positive for a banned diuretic, according to sources.
Wheels coming off McQuaid's UCI presidential bid
Pat McQuaid's future as president of the Union Cycliste Internationale [UCI] is hanging by a thread after a series of blows to his chances were landed over the last two days.
Crowe flying after leap to full time
At 25, Irish athlete Laura Crowe found herself at a crossroads, she had a degree and a master's from UCC under her belt, a decent athletics career and was happy in her job at Novartis pharmaceuticals in Cork.
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Sponsorship plan doesn't stack up
Rolling with the punches in changing environment
Billy Walsh frets. It is a quality Irish boxing's head coach excels at and that has helped keep his team of fighters at the forefront of European and world boxing for the past half-decade and more. Last week his boxers returned from the European Championships in Minsk laden down with more medals and glory and now he worries how they will push on and extend the boundaries of success even further.
Timely claim for cricket's place in sports history
The best sports documentaries tell us something we didn't know before we watched them. Too often we're faced with the dispiriting spectacle of a load of talking heads underlining the familiar at great length. But from time to time there's a real gem which turns our preconceptions upside down and shows us something new.
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In Brief: Five wickets for Sorensen
Just over an hour's play was possible at Stormont yesterday, but it was enough for Max Sorensen to claim his first five-wicket haul for Ireland as Australia A closed on 312-9.
Armchair fans won't buy into RTE logic
AN RTE insider pointed out in Thursday's Irish Independent, as if to justify the national broadcaster's decision to abandon coverage of the Premier League, that "none of the top teams in England feature Irish players in their squads, including Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool".
John Greene: State fails in duty to get nation exercised
Among a number of critical issues which have been highlighted over the last few weeks in the debate over the proposal to ban alcohol sponsorship in sport, is the extent to which the State has managed to avoid accepting any real responsibility for the health and fitness of its population.
From last to first in just one week
That's more like it! From the basement to the penthouse, in one week we've reversed our standing in the Route Princes Round Europe race thanks to winning stage one from Valencia to Lisbon.
Cycling: 'The peloton left like a scalded cat'
Friday June 14, Stage 7: Meilen-La Punt 206km Although we faced 206km today with four climbs, including the 18km long first-category Wolfgangpass after 129km and the 26km ascent of the Hors Category Albupass, the peloton left the start town of Meilen like a scalded cat this morning and we averaged just under 50kph for the first hour and a half.
Sailing: Byrne sweeps into class one lead
A new overall leader for Class One emerged from yesterday's weather-stricken programme at the ICRA National Championships at Tralee, WRITES DAVID BRANNIGAN.
Producing world class fighters . . . and world class people
Maybe the biggest mistake we can make with Ireland's boxers is to edit their story down to medals. And, if you listened to Jason Quigley this week, you will understand precisely why.
Cricket: Sorensen gives Aussies a scare
MAX SORENSEN took four wickets for Ireland in Belfast as the lack of depth in Australian batting reserves was exposed in the early exchanges of a four-day match at Stormont.
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Froome ready for race to yellow
Chris Froome believes he is ready to succeed Sir Bradley Wiggins as Tour de France champion and has backed his Team Sky colleague to respond from the disappointment of relinquishing his title without a fight.
Swansea start for David Moyes
Barclays Premier League champions Manchester United will start the 2013-14 season at League Cup winners Swansea.
Beckham 'cheats' to beat Chinese kids at football
David Beckham was greeted by thousands of screaming fans when he turned up at the Olympic Stadium in easten China's Nanjing City on Tuesday.
Pearce to leave England U21 post
Stuart Pearce was today informed by the Football Association he will not be kept on as England Under-21s manager.The former international full-back was appointed to the post in 2007 and led the Young Lions to four successive European Championship finals.
Post Brumbies Presser
The Lions have lost to a provincial side in Australia for the first time since 1971. Since that loss to Queensland they did lose to Australia A in 2001 but this was a first of the professional era for the tourists.
Coyle - I've had nothing but success
New Wigan manager Owen Coyle claims he's had nothing but success at previous clubs, but it's what he does at Wigan that he will be judged on.
Memories of 2003 World Games in Dublin
In June 2003, Ireland hosted the Special Olympics World Summer Games. It was the largest event to be held in the world that year. Credit: SpecialOlympicsIrl
Whelan - we won't lose money
Despite relegation, Wigan owner Dave Whelan insisted there will be no change to the prudent philosophy that has characterised his decade at the helm.
Williams joins up with Lions
Shane Williams joined up with his new Lions team mates as they trained for their final warm up match against The Brumbies.
Rose wins US Open
Justin Rose became the first Englishman to win the US Open in 43 years.
