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Arsenal face West Ham in crucial match
Starting with English football Arsenal are facing West Ham tonight in what is a crucial match for both teams.
Arsenal who led the Premiership as recently as the end of January have now slipped down to fifth in the table and risk not qualifying for the Champion's League for the first time in 16 seasons.
To qualify for Europe's top club competition Arsenal must finish in the top four, and Gunners manager Arsen Wenger admitted the club had been a little complacent, presuming the job was already done.
Meanwhile West Ham now sit 11th, seven points from regulation.
Manager Sam Allardyce said his side must capitalize as much as possible from all their remaining games:
"We've got five very tough games to go and we've got to try and pick up as many points as we can. Everybody looks at Arsenal now (then) Crystal Palace, West Brom, Tottenham and Manchester City and if you look at the form of all of those teams, Arsenal perhaps have slipped a bit but the rest are all on top form. West Brom and Crystal Palace particularly are achieving fantastic results at this moment in time, so we've got five very difficult games that we focus on one at a time."
This match is set to kick off at 2:45 am Beijing time… 7:45pm in England.
Washington Wizards beat Miami Heat ahead of NBA playoffs
In Basketball,
The Washington Wizards hosted Miami Heat on Monday night defeating them 114 to 93.
LeBron James and Chris Bosh received the night off as the Heat prepare for the play-offs.
With this loss Miami are now the number two seed when the play-offs begin this weekend while the Indiana Pacers take the top spot.
Washington's third win in a row sees them move 1 1/2 games ahead of the Charlotte Bobcats in the race for the East's number six seed.
Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1
In Major League Baseball,
Taiwan born pitcher Wei-Yin Chen helped the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards.
After pitching 4 1/3 innings of hitless ball, Chen gave up two hits with one down in the fifth inning. However, Chen induced Escobar to hit into an inning ending double play to keep the Rays off the scoreboard.
Baltimore went on to beat Tampa Bay 7-1.
Swimmer Michael Phelps to come out of retirement
Michael Phelps, the most successful Olympian in history, has said he will come out of retirement.
The 28-year-old swimmer who has won 22 Olympic Medals, including 18 golds, is expected to compete at an event in Arizona later this month.
The American also holds the record for the most gold medals at a single games after winning eight at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
The American initially quit the sport after London 2012, but his long-time coach said he is now going to "test the waters" in Arizona before deciding if he's prepared for a "full-fledged comeback".
Kerry and Biden Speak of World Cup Importance
Secretary of State John Kerry and Vice President Joe Biden attended a FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State late on Monday.
The State Department is the first U.S. stop for the trophy on the global Trophy Tour preceding the FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil.
Kerry said the statue represents the shared hopes and dreams of billions of people and Joe Biden, who attended the last World Cup in South Africa, spoke of the tournament's global appeal:
"You know we have our Super Bowl. We have our World Series and our NBA Championship and March Madness but my lord, it is nothing quite like the World Cup and it not only brings countries together it generates a sense of enthusiasm that's hard to believe."
The United States is one of the countries which will be fielding a team at the World Cup which kicks off on June 12.
Medals for the commonwealth games revealed in Glasgow
The gold, silver and bronze medals for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games have just been unveiled.
The medals were displayed at the Kevingrove Art Gallery to mark 100 days to the opening ceremony on July 23.
Athletes from 71 countries and territories across the Commonwealth are set to compete. This is a grouping that consists mainly of former British colonies.
The Games have a budget of just over 470 million pounds and organisers aim to raise 100 million pounds through commercial deals - tickets, sponsorship, broadcast deals and merchandising.
The sums involved are modest compared with the Olympics. London organisers raised 700 million pounds through one-off sponsorships for the Games last year.
The Commonwealth Games run from 23 July to the 3 August.
