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Watch Highlights: Klay Thompson Record 11 3-Pointers

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Sporting Alert – Watch video highlights of the NBA record breaking performance from Klay Thompson for the Warriors in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals between the Warriors and the Thunder on Saturday (28). Game 6 Box Scores

With his fellow backcourt partner Stephen Curry struggling to make his shots in the early part of the game, Thompson took over to hit some big shots on his way to scoring a playoffs career-best 41 points for Golden State in the 108-101 victory over Oklahoma City on the road.

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The All-Star guard connected on a playoff-record 11 3-pointers, including 5 of 6 in a very busy fourth quarter where he scored 19 points, and the defending champions outscored their rivals 33-18 in the last period to setup the win and forced a seventh game in the Western Conference finals.

Thompson also made 7 of his 10 attempts from long-range in the second half, as Golden State clean up a second quarter 13 point deficit to seal a vital win and extend their season for at least one more game.

“Steph told me before I went out in the fourth, `This is your time,”‘ Thompson said. “`You know, put on a show out there and have fun.’

“I took those words to heart, and I just tried to be aggressive.”

The Warriors trailed the Thunder by five points going into the fourth quarter and that deficit increased to eight points with 9:04 left in the game.

However, the belief and confidence never dropped.

“We’ve got a lot of belief and a lot of heart, and we’ve given ourselves a chance to win this series,” said Curry, who scored 29 points, including knocking down a 3-pointer to pull the Warriors within, at 97-96, with 3:58 left in the contest.

“That’s all we could ask for. There’s obviously a lot of excitement, but we still have one job to do.”

Warriors All-Star forward Draymond Green is anticipating a very difficult Game 7 at Oracle Arena on Monday night.

“To be in this situation – people were doubting us,” Green told reporters. “It will be the hardest game of our lives.

“It will be way harder than this game. Going back home, everybody will think, `Oh, it’s done.’

“It will be way harder. But if we come out and do what we did and stick to the game plan, we’ll be fine.”

Video Highlights: Hazard Kicked A Swansea Ball Boy; No charges

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SWANSEA (Sporting Alert) — Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard was sent off after attacking a little ballboy during the Capital One English League Cup game at Swansea City on Wednesday.

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The Belgian superstar, however, will not face criminal charges after he appeared to have kicked a ball boy while trying take the ball from him during the late stages of the League Cup semi-final second leg at The Liberty Stadium.

Chelsea were being held 0-0 by Swansea, but were done 2-0 on aggregate and Hazard was eager to get the back ball to resume the game.

A Swansea spokesman confirmed that the 17-year-old and his father were not going to press any chargers on the Chelsea forward.

The spokesman was quoted as saying: “The police have interviewed the boy and his father and there are no charges going to be pressed, as far as they are concerned that is the matter closed.

“The ball boy has been into the Chelsea dressing room after the game and shaken hands with Eden Hazard. The likes of John Terry and Frank Lampard were exemplary in their behaviour in welcoming him into the dressing room.

“Chelsea asked if he could come in and our kit lady took him in and they shook hands, he is fine.

“As far as we are concerned the matter is closed. He has been a ball boy here for six years with no incidents here at the stadium.”

Video Highlights: Chelsea 2 vs Southampton 2

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) – Chelsea squandered a 2-0 lead and were held by Southampton in the English Premier League on Wednesday. The Blues went up 2-0 on a Demba Ba and Eden Hazard first half strikes.

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However, Rickie Lambert and Jason Puncheon stunned the Blues with second half goals as Rafa Benitez side dropped valuable points at Stamford Bridge.

“We started the second half and didn’t manage the game or have the control we were expecting,” said Benitez on www.chelseafc.com. “We didn’t take our chances when we had them, which gave them hope they could score, and they did.

“At half-time I said we needed a third goal. We made a mistake which gave them a goal and we didn’t take the chances we had.

“I spoke about us needing to be more clinical and tonight it was the same. We didn’t score, gave them belief they could hurt us on the counter-attack and they did it.

“We should have won, but credit to Southampton, they played a good game.”

Following the draw Chelsea failed to make up further grounds on leaders Manchester United, who now hold a 13 point lead over the European champions in the English Premier League standings.

Chelsea remain third in the league table with 42 points, six behind second place Manchester City and two ahead of forth place Tottenham.

Benitez said: “You could see at 2-0, it’s a question of experience and managing the game. We have to stay compact, then they would have had to come and try to find spaces.

“That’s the point we were talking about, stopping them playing on the counter-attack, but that’s what they did, and obviously we have to improve.”

Southampton manager Nigel Adkins commented after the game: “We had several opportunities to clear the ball and we didn’t and we got punished.

“Chelsea 10 days ago also scored just before half-time to go 2-1 up and went on to dominate the second half and we lost five goals.

“Today we came with a game plan to get something from the game, to be compact, to intercept and counter attack, and frustrate Chelsea.

“They scored at a bad time for us and we could have said let’s go and chase it and play two up front, and there is every chance we could have ended up with a scoreline like Aston Villa did when they got beaten by eight here. Today we struck to the game plan.”

There will certainly be a lot of chelsea FC news over the coming weeks and Benitez and Fernando Torres continue to headline the reports.

Leighton Baines Free-kick vs Newcastle (Video): Everton win 2-1

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NEWCASTLE (Sporting Alert) — Leighton Baines scored a stunning free-kick in the first to help Everton beat Newcastle 2-1 in the Barclays Premier League at St James’ Park on Wednesday.

But it was Newcastle United who took the lead when striker Papiss Cisse headed home from close range in the 2nd minute.

Everton grabbed the equalizer through Baines, who riffled home a free-kick past Tim Krul two minutes before the half-time interval after Marouane Fellaini had been fouled.

“It was a massive three points,” Baines told Sky Sports 1.

“We were off the back of a defeat and Newcastle are fighting at the moment so we knew it would be tough.

“They set off at a hard pace but we fought back.”

Baines added: “We don’t know (how far we can go). We have not talked about it a lot.

“We just have to keep winning games and putting in good performances. If we can stay around the boys at the top as long as we can hopefully we will give ourselves something to go for at the end of the season.”

Victor Anichebe then netted the winner for Everton two-minutes after coming on as a substitute for David Moyes side to grab all three points and moved past Arsenal into the fifth place in the Premier League table.

Newcastle played without without leading striker Demba Ba after the Senegal international went to meet with Chelsea over a possible transfer move this week.

Allen, James lead Heat past-short handed Spurs

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MIAMI, FL (Sporting Alert) — Ray Allen hit a go ahead bucket deep into the dying seconds and then the Miami Heat finished off things at the free throw line in their challenging 105-100 victory over the short-handed San Antonio Spurs here on Thursday night.

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With the Spurs playing their fourth game in five nights, coach Gregg Popovich decided to rest several of his players, including Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker for the game.

In fact, the veteran coach sent his players back home on a commercial flight.

He was unaware of what the league had planned for him, but wouldn’t comment on his feelings.

“I would never react to something I never heard or read,” Popovich said after hearing about the league’s decision to sanction his club for the making the move to rest his older players.

The short-headed Spurs did battle with the Heat throughout the entire game and had the lead until Allen, found by LeBron James wide open, buried a 3-pointer 22.6 second left to give his team a 100-98 lead.

Miami then took care of the rest from the charity line to win the game and go seven straight at home.

James scored 23 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and Allen finished with 20 points off the bench for the Heat.

Dwyane Wade contributed 19 and Chris Bosh added 18 points and 12 rebounds in the victory.

Tiago Splitter finished with 18 points and nine rebounds for the Spurs, who also had 10 points and 10 and rebounds from Matt Bonner.

Gary Neal scored 20 points and dished seven assists off the bench and Nando de Colo added 15 points for San Antonio, who had its five-game winning streak snapped.

Stunner: Video Highlights of Germany 4 vs Sweden 4

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(Sporting Alert) — Zlatan Ibrahimovic led a stunning comeback for Sweden in a 4-4 come from behind draw with Germany on the road on Tuesday night.

Down 4-0 after 56-minutes of football, the Swedes stunned to home fans with four second half goals to seal surprising point in the World Cup qualifier.

Veteran striker Miroslav Klose gave Germany an early lead with two quick goals in the eighth and 15th minutes of play before Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker found the back of the net again prior to the half-time break.

Real Madrid midfield playmaker Mesut Ozil added another to make the score 4-0 before Sweden’s stunning comeback.

Captain Ibrahimovic blasted home a header in the 62nd minute to make it 4-1 and then Mikael Lustig and Johan Elmander both added goals to make it 4-3.

The all important equaliser came from Rasmus Elm, who blasted home in the 90th minute from inside the box to take the score to 4-4.

Ronaldo, Messi, fired twice in Clasico – with video highlights

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BARCELONA (Sporting Alert) — Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi match each other on goals in an entertaining 2-2 draw in the first Clasico of the Primera Division season on Sunday night.

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The two players came into the contest levelled on goals and each bagged two apiece in the Sunday classic at the Nou Camp.

Ronaldo took advantage of some poor defending and unimpressive goalkeeping from Dani Alves and Victor Valdes to Real Madrid a 1-0 lead after 23rd minute.

However, Messi cancelled that goal when he made Pepe paid for some poor defending at the other end in the 31st minute.

Messi was on target again in the 61st minute when he gave Barcelona the lead with a brilliant free-kick, other to see Ronaldo hit back five-minute later to level things up.

With the tie, Barcelona kept an eight point advantage over the defending champions Real Madrid.

Jose Mourinho is keeping his finger cross though as his superstar Ronaldo, who has now netted for the sixth straight Clasico, picked up a shoulder injury.

He first suffered the problem attempting an over head kick and landed on his shoulders. A strong tackle from Adriano later on saw him holding that area again.

Meanwhile, the Real Madrid coach was happy with the overall performance of his team and game altogether.

He said: “For me, the result reflects the match. I, as a coach, I enjoyed it, and I’m sure Vilanova and the players did too. I’ll take this outcome.

“It is a true reflection of the match overall. It was tightly fought and nobody knew what the outcome was going to be until the last minute. There were opportunities to score for both teams.”

Video Highlights and Result: West Bromwich 3 Beat Liverpool 0

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(Sporting Alert) — Brendon Rodgers’ competitive tenure as Liverpool manager got off to a disastrous start, following his team’s 3-0 defeat to West Bromwich in the Barclays Premier League opener on Saturday.

Watch Video Highlights: West Bromwich 3 Beat Liverpool 0

Zoltan Gera opened the scoring with a wonderful volley off a corner in the 43rd minute before Peter Odemwingie and Chelsea on loan forward Romelu Lukaku netted the second and the third in the second half.

It was a horrible start to the campaign for Liverpool, which also had defender Daniel Agger sent off in the 58th minute.

As expected, Liverpool manager was not happy with the final result.

He said on the www.liverpoolfc.com: “I thought the scoreline was harsh, I’ve got to be honest.

“After the first couple of minutes of the game, we got good control and rhythm in our game. Up until they scored the first goal, it looked as though we were the team who were going to get it.

“I’ve no complaints about the first goal – it was a fantastic strike (by Gera). We defended the (initial) corner quite well with good height and distance on our clearance.

“Glen Johnson probably couldn’t have done any more as he went to press the ball, but it was wonderful technique.

“We were virtually controlling most of the game in the first half, but then we found ourselves 1-0 down.

“I’m not one to go on about referees, but in the second half I thought the two (penalty) decisions – three if you include the sending off – were very, very harsh.

“I don’t think either of the decisions were penalties. If you see them again on the replay, you’ll see that they were very, very harsh.

“Obviously then with 10 men and chasing the game, it becomes difficult.”

Arsenal 4 v Cologne 0: Watch Video Highlights

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(Sporting Alert) — Lukas Podolski scored twice in the first half against his former club and Arsenal cruised past Cologne 4-0 in a friendly game on Germany on Sunday.

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Podolski, who made the move from Cologne to London in the summer, gave the Gunners a 2-0 in the 15th minute from the penalty spot after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was brought down in the penalty, this was after Thomas Vermaelen had opened the scoring in the seventh minute with a powerful header.

Arsenal then went 3-0 up just before the break, when he finished off a nice play from Kieran Gibbs down the left hand side.

Substitute Gervinho added another goal on the hour mark, when he cut in prior to slotting home at the near post.

Also picking up a win on Sunday in preseason action was Liverpool, which beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1.

Raheem Sterling, Lucas Leiva and Andrew Carroll gave the Barclays Premier League side a 3-0 lead before Sidney Sam pulled one back for Leverkusen.

Arsenal: Mannone, Yennaris, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Coquelin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Walcott, Giroud, Podolski
Subs: Szczesny, Diaby, Koscielny, Van Persie, Santos, Song, Djourou, Arshavin, Jenkinson, Gervinho, Chamakh, Gnabry

Ryan Lochte beats Michael Phelps in 400m IM clash

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OMAHA, Neb. (Sporting Alert) – Ryan Lochte, even being in the same pool with Michael Phelps was tipped as the man to beat in the men’s 400m IM final at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials on Monday tonight and he lived up to the bill.

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Lochte, the two-time reigning world champ, looked in awesome form leading up to the clash – reached the wall first 4 minutes, 7.06 seconds, the eight fastest time for the event.

Phelps, the two-time defending Olympic champion who has not contest this event at a major meet since the last Games in Beijing, China in 2008, was second in 4:07.89, while Tyler Clary, who finished second to Lochte at the last two World Championships, battled home his timer in 4:09.92.

Lochte was satisfied with the win, but very unhappy with the time.

“That time was not good at all, I know I’m capable of going way faster,” he said.

“There was definitely a lot of places during that race where I knew I could go as faster, I just didn’t.”

He is now looking forward to rest of the trials.

“The first race is always the hardest,” Lochte added. “That race is over. I got so many more races left in this meet.”

Lochte and Phelps will meet again in this race at the London Olympics later on this summer.

Welbeck scores superb winner for England (w) video highlights

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KIEV (Sporting Alert) — Danny Welbeck scored a neat-looking back heel and England beat Sweden 3-2 in an exciting European Championship Group D clash on Friday night.

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There was also a victory for France, which defeated Ukraine.

England went ahead in the first half through Liverpool striker Andy Carroll, who leaped high to head home a delivery from captain Steven Gerrard, but goals from Glen Johnson (og) in the 49th and Olof Mellberg in the 59th minute saw Sweden take a 2-1 lead in the second half.

However, substitute Theo Walcott levelled and the scores and then he found striker Welbeck with a cross which he back-heeled home for the super winner.

“I’m happy with the finish and to get the three points, but it’s quite disappointing to let two goals in at the start of the second half,” Welbeck said.

“I think we came back well and stuck together and our team spirit showed. When we went behind we still had the belief there and the team spirit showed through.

“We’ll get back to Poland, get our recovery done, and obviously turn our attention to the Ukraine. We’ll go on from there and try to get three more points.”

The first game, which was delayed because of bad weather, France defeat co-hosts Ukraine 2-0 with the goals coming from Jeremy Menez in the 53rd and Yohan Cabaye three-minutes later.

EURO 2012: Group D
FT ‘ Ukraine 0 v 2 France
FT ‘ Sweden 2 v 3 England

Durant, Thunder eased past James, Heat in Game 1

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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (Sporting Alert) — Kevin Durant powered the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 105-94 victory over the LeBron James-led Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA finals, here at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on Tuesday.

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Durant, who played for 46 of the 48 minutes, scored 36 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the win for the Thunder, which outscored Miami 31-21 in the fourth quarter.

“Well, those guys, they came out on fire. They were passing the ball well, knocking down shots. We just wanted to continue to keep playing,” Durant said.

“It’s a long game, and every time our coach was just saying, ‘Play harder, play harder,’ and that’s what we did.”

Russell Westbrook supported well with 27 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, while Serge Ibaka added 10 points and six boards.

For Miami, LeBron James led the way with 30 points, nine rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Dwyane Wade had 19 points and eight helpers, with Shane Battier ending with 17 points, starting in the forward position.

Game 2 of the series is Thursday night again here in Oklahoma City.