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Smith slams Australia's bowling performance after draw
Australia's opening game of the tournament on Friday was rained off with Smith's men on 53-3 in pursuit of a target of 235 in 33 overs against New Zealand . The captain struck eight fours and three sixes by the time he was run out with 6.5 overs remaining. "So for us now it's just about making sure that we're playing each game like a final and winning the next two", Smith said.
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Golden State Warriors beat San Antonio Spurs to reach NBA Finals
Warriors have swept all three of its playoff series and is the first team in National Basketball Association history to start the post-season 12-0, eclipsing the record established by the 1989 and 2001 Los Angeles Lakers . The Spurs had led the Warriors before Leonard exited in the third quarter of that game, and San Antonio never recovered. Golden State won the game 129 to 115.
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India blank Pakistan by 124 runs in ICC Champions Trophy
He took all the pressure off me and played the way only he can. "I could not get the big ones because it was tricky", the 28-year-old said of the sluggish phase. "We are delighted with all of our batsman scoring runs". After more than 200 days out of action for the national squad, Rohit Sharma came back with a bang.
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Buffon vows to take one more shot at winning Champions League
And in the process he notched his 600th career goal as well as becoming the first player ever to score in three Champions League Finals. A mock replica of the Champions League trophy sits in front of an ambulance in San Carlo square after the stampede.
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5 things we learned from Game 2 of the NBA Finals
Kerr had undergone a procedure to fix a spinal fluid leak on May 5 at Duke University but was not well enough to return until Sunday. They wore the black shirts while winning Game 7 of the NBA Finals previous year, and will try the look again Sunday against Golden State.
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Champions Trophy: India crush Bangladesh by 240 runs in warm-up game
Sehwag continued his sarcasm while congratulating India's Womens team saying "Congratulations for defeating Pakistan by 7 wickets in Women's World Cup qualifier 2017". You need to make sure you see the situations and play accordingly. India has won all the two warm-up games very comfortably and this will boost the confidence of the team while Pakistan also won the warm up match but not so convincingly.
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Warriors' Steve Kerr returns to the bench, will coach Game 2
After a strong showing on the glass in Game 1, will Kevin Love continue to be a force inside when the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of the NBA Finals tonight? Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue says it's good to have Golden State coach Steve Kerr back on the sideline for the NBA Finals .
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Kerr says he will coach Warriors for remainder of Finals
Kevin Love added 15 points and Kyrie Irving had 10. Part of the reason was the Warriors this time struggling to protect the ball, throwing it away 13 times in that first half alone. Prior to the first 12 minutes of Game 2, Curry had not made more than 10 free throws in an entire game this postseason. He and Durant combined for 66 points and 18 assists in the opener, then dominated again while the supporting cast shined.
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NASCAR 2017 Coca-Cola 600 final results: Austin Dillon wins
Truex pitted a final time with 33 laps left, confident hed be able to hold on after everyone cycled through a last stop. We just - we missed it a little bit on our last adjustment. "For whatever reason it's really been tough for me". I saw some fire, tried to get stopped and get out of the way, and I guess Brad got in my oil and couldn't get slowed down, so I hate it.
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Roland Garros: Murray edges del Potro
Del Potro's first set point came in the eighth game, up a break at 5-3, but he missed a return off Murray's 80 miles per hour (129 kph) second serve. - The epic battle lasting a shade under four hours saw Anderson serve up 24 aces and hit 65 winners on his way to victory. The Russian took the first set 7-6 before the rain came.
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Jason Dufner bounces back to win the Memorial
The 40-year-old Dufner led after 36 holes before collapsing spectacularly with a 77 on day three before bouncing back with a final-round 68 which took the 2013 US PGA Championship victor to 13 under. "To be honest I didn't start playing golf until the late 90s", Dufner said. After missing a pair of birdie chances in the 12-foot range on the next holes, he hit the par-5 15th in two and two-putted for birdie from 40 feet to take the lead.
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Curry, Durant Lead Warriors To 2-0 Lead With 132-113 Rout
The Warriors are still undefeated in the playoffs - 14-0 - and take a 2-0 lead to Cleveland for Wednesday's Game 3. Acutely aware of Klay Thompson's recent struggles with his shot but with no desire to join the stream of Warriors coaches and teammates encouraging the All-Star guard to keep firing, general manager Bob Myers offered a different message.
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Cavs look to even series against Warriors Sunday night
As the series shifts to Cleveland for Games 3 and 4 with the Cavaliers trailing 2-0, the question is if there is anything LeBron and Co. can do to slow down the perfectly oiled Warriors machine that came so close to winning the National Basketball Association championship a year ago, added Kevin Durant in the off-season and now seems almost unbeatable.
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Baltimore Orioles' Manny Machado hits bomb into second deck at Camden Yards
Benintendi's two blasts on Sunday match his season total from previous year (Only 34 games played). This is just the way of the universe, even more pronounced in 2017, as he had allowed five first inning runs through five starts. We're hopeful it will be a short-term diagnosis, but only time will tell. He was placed there May 30 with a left wrist sprain. Manager John Farrell was a bit more candid than Sale in evaluating his performance.
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Holloway dethrones Aldo, unifies UFC belts
Last night, in the main event of UFC 212 , streaking Hawaiian star Max Holloway sent a shockwave through the UFC featherweight division by defeating once-dominant featherweight king Jose Aldo with third-round strikes . On his meeting with Dana White before the show: "I don't want money fights". I want my fans to know and love me because I want to defend this. "This, I can tell you for sure".Against Aldo, the man considered one of the world's top pound-for-pound fighters, Holloway is ...
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Warriors' Steve Kerr returns to the bench to coach Game 2
The Cavaliers did what they promised the past couple of days: They were more engaged, more physical, they forced turnovers and put in a lot more energy on the defensive end. The 80-year-old Attles, who is wrapping up his 57th season with the Warriors , owns the longest active streak with one team in the National Basketball Association.
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Warriors' Steve Kerr back on sideline, will coach Game 2
At the same time , Golden State will hope Klay Thompson will break out of his shooting slump after an unproductive series opener. This one is looking much different. Those numbers aren't going to cut it against a juggernaut Warriors team. As the 2017 NBA Finals tipped off on June 1, two names you may hear mentioned at least once during the broadcasts are Al Attles and KC Jones.
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Ronaldo: Zidane gave us a very positive halftime talk
After winning his fourth Champions League title (three for Real and one for Manchester United ), Cristiano has worldwide duty, representing Portugal in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russian Federation - his first game is two weeks from now on June 18.
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Sidney Crosby denies mocking PK Subban's breath: 'Yeah, he made that up'
The Stanley Cup Final has some bad blood brewing, and the best-of-seven series for the National Hockey League championship has the makings of becoming a battle royale. "We have certainly got to figure that out as a group". Did Subban simply mishear Crosby? Not the cleanest game , but another "ugly" win for the home team, and a 2-0 lead for the Penguins headed to Nashville .
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Sir Alex Ferguson "proud" of Manchester United after Europa League triumph
Mourinho said: " Three trophies in one season and the Champions League ". What does he do with Wayne Rooney , United's captain and record scorer whose best days are behind him? Manchester United continued their Europa League title celebration on their flight back home after beating Ajax in the final on Wednesday, May 24.
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NBA Finals: Three things to look for in Game 2
Kerr coached Game 2 against the Blazers in the first round but began suffering symptoms from back surgery that included debilitating headaches and nausea, forcing him to miss more than a month of Golden State's playoff run. "His movement off the ball is one of the main reasons why we're a good team". Kerr, the NBA's reigning coach of the year, has guided the Warriors to the Finals three consecutive seasons.
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Johnson, Yedlin, Wood return to US lineup vs Venezuela
Jose Manuel opened the scoring for Venezuela in the 29th minute in front of a crowd of 17,000 at the Rio Tinto Stadium. The friendly was organised as preparation for two World Cup qualifiers , the United States of America playing at home to Trinida and Tobago on Friday 9 June and then away to Mexico on Monday 12 June.
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Smith wants more from Australia attack
New Zealand can go into this game, knowing that they aren't favoured to begin their CT 2017 campaign with a win, which gives them the freedom to express themselves. Smith was particularly displeased with the bowling effort of his pacers early on in the New Zealand innings. "We'll look at the conditions there and see what sort of wicket we get".
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Hundreds Injured in Square Stampede in Italia
Thousands of people had gathered in the evening to watch the final, taking place in Cardiff, Wales, on big screens in the square. At least 20,000 were in Piazza San Carlo in Turin at the time and witnesses spoke of it being "just like Heysel," with people crushed in their attempts to get away.
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Golf roundup: Jason Dufner bounces back to win the Memorial
Summerhays started the day five strokes behind Dufner, but took only five holes to tie his fellow American for the lead, after Dufner ran up four early bogeys on another fine day at Muirfield Village. On Saturday, he picked apart the course with precision, birdieing three of the four par 5s and posting just one bogey on the round. Maybe it was respect for a hard golf course.
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Cavs want unabashed shooter J.R. Smith to take more shots
The tomato can portion of their 2017 playoff schedule is over. What puts him on another level is his feel and IQ; he knows his opponent's tendencies, and can call out their plays before they even develop. That, more than anything, was the most alarming gas bubble produced by Game Ugh. It's a bold move by Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who's in his first game back after an 11-game absence with health issues.
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Bowlers give India strong chance to defend CT title: Laxman
Coming in with a massive victory of 240 runs over neighbours Bangladesh , team India will have the momentum on their side and will hope to continue their record against the Sarfraz Khan-led Pakistan side. "If they don't be proactive with it, before you know it, for the big Test series, there's going to be no one coming along to Test cricket", he added.
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Kohli hails Yuvraj as India rout Pakistan
Put in to bat, defending champions India notched up a competitive 319 for three after two rain interruptions reduced the match to 48 overs a side at the Edgbaston . An impatient Yuvraj Singh struck eight fours and one six in a 32-ball 53 to hurry the innings along when needed, and was named player of the match for doing so.
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NBA Finals 2017: Warriors vs. Cavaliers Game 2 live stream
On this segment of Bay Area Sports Insiders , Courtney Cronin, Tim Kawakami and Anthony Slater detail how Golden State exploited Cleveland's defensive woes, how the Cavs will aim to guard the Warriors differently in Game 2 and why (with so much of a load already) everything rests on the shoulders of James.
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LeBron James 'stopped caring a long time ago' about critics
James enters Game 2 against Golden State having been part of 58 road playoff wins. But in reality, he was far from the difference in this one. Curry had 28 points and 10 assists, beating his over/under totals of 27.5 and 6.5, respectively.
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'Cloud Computing' 13-1 Long Shot Wins 142nd Preakness by a Head
Cloud Computing is a son of Distorted Humor stallion, Maclean's Music and is out of the A.P.Indy mare, Quick Temper. Castellano took off GII Fountain of Youth S. When jockey Julien Leparoux put Classic Empire in gear with three furlongs remaining, he left Always Dreaming in his dust and looked headed for victory.
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Warriors in control of Game 2 against Cavaliers
He scored just three points and attempted only one of those shots after the first quarter. It was Cleveland 14, Golden State 13 after just the first 4:13 of the first quarter. That much was apparent when he was suspended from the 2016 NBA Finals for Game Five, after he smacked LeBron James in the family jewels in the final moments of Game Four .
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Grande returns to Manchester to honor victims with benefit
She appeared emotional as she performed "Be Alright" and "Break Free". I love you so so much. "I don't feel or smell or hear or see any fear in this building". He sang and offered encouraging words to the crowd, who held inspirational signs in their hands. After that performance , Grande introduced her boyfriend, rapper Mac Miller , to the stage to sing "The Way", which they collaborated on in 2013.
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Cristiano Ronaldo takes aim at critics, still loves 'boss' Sir Alex Ferguson
Real Madrid's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo is thrown into the air for celebration after Real Madrid won the UEFA Champions League final football match between Juventus and Real Madrid at The Principality Stadium in Cardiff , south Wales, on June 3, 2017.
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Murray too good for Del Potro
Following four-set victories over Andrey Kuznetsov and Martin Klizan, the Scot took down Juan Martin Del Potro 7-6 (8), 7-5, 6-0 during third-round action on Saturday afternoon. He progressed to win the match 7-6 (8) 7-5 6-0, snagging the final eight games having briefly faltered in dropping serve when serving for the second set at 5-4.