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Heat to take on Spurs at home in Game 3
And tomorrow morning in Miami, the Heat will hope to take their first home game and lead the series at 2-1 against San Antonio in the NBA finals.
On Sunday, the Heat bounced back to beat Spurs 98-96 in Game 2 and evened their series at one game apiece.
Game 3 is set for tomorrow morning at 9am Beijing time.
Sterling withdraws from selling the Clippers
Off court in basketball,
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has withdrawn his support from a deal to sell the team and says he will pursue his 1 billion dollar federal lawsuit against the NBA.
Sterling had previously said he would support the 2 billion dollar sale of the team negotiated by his wife Shelly Sterling.
But on Monday, the embattled Sterling, who was ousted from the NBA because of his racist remarks, said the team is no longer for sale.
The 80-year-old says he will continue pursuing the lawsuit against the league on grounds that it violated his privacy rights by relying on information from "illegal" recordings.
The lawsuit also alleges that the league committed a breach of contract by fining Sterling 2.5 million dollars and that it violated antitrust laws by trying to force a sale.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver decided to ban Donald Sterling for life, fine him millions, and began efforts to force Sterling to sell the team following the racism scandal last month.
It's not clear how the buyer of the team, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, has reacted to Sterling's pulling out from the agreement.
Chinese female mountaineer admits using helicopter
Chinese female mountaineer Wang Jing has admitted to using a helicopter during her ascent to the summit of Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest.
The 41-year-old reached the summit of the world's highest peak from the Nepal side on May 23th, and became the first to do so after an avalanche killed 16 Nepalese mountaineers on April 18.
She flew over the dangerous stretch of the traditional route in a helicopter.
Wang had two successful ascents prior to the helicopter trip. She says she took the helicopter to make time for an "Explorers Grand Slam."
However, using a helicopter constitutes a serious moral violation in mountaineering.
Brazil's sports minister defends World Cup spending
Also in football, Brazil's sports minister is now defending the spending on the World Cup, saying that the money has been well spent, although it has been called the 'most expensive World Cup'.
It was revealed that the event has cost Brazil over 11 billion U.S. dollars, triple the amount spent on the last World Cup in South Africa.
On Monday, renewed strikes from teachers stopped the subway system in the city of Sao Paulo.
The sports minister, Aldo Rebelo, however, says that the total sum spent amounts to just the monthly expenditure in the education sector.
"To improve current transportation capacity, Brazil has made heavy investments in transport infrastructure such as airports, roads, and the subway system. In addition, Brazil has also made heavy investments in security, for example, purchasing equipment, training troops. In total, the government has spent approximately 27 billion reals, which is only equivalent to the monthly expenditure in the education sector."
The stadium for the opening ceremony and match has been put into operation. The venues in 12 other cities have passed test runs.
But telecommunications networks remain a problem as early hitches during testing have given rise to concern over broadcast facilities at the stadiums.
The waiting is almost over though, the opening match between the hosts and Croatia is now only two days away.
Inzaghi signs Milan's first team, replacing former team mate Seedorf
In football,
AC Milan has officially unveiled former player and youth team coach Filippo Inzaghi as the new manager.
Inzaghi, who spent 11 years as a player at Milan will take over from former teammate Clarence Seedorf.
Upon the announcement, Inzaghi said that Milan is his life and he will give all to make the club successful again.
Inzaghi's contract is expected to last until 2016, but the actual sum of the deal wasn't revealed in the announcement.
Inzaghi's previous contract as Milan's youth team coach will be due on June 30, 2016.
Dutchman Seedorf, who only took charge in January this year, has managed to pick up 35 points from his 22 games in charge, but that wasn't sufficient to take Milan to European competitions next season.
It is reported that Milan now owes Seedorf some 10 million euros due to the pre-mature termination of his contract, which still has two years left to run.
Shanghai to host Laureus Awards 2015
The city of Shanghai is set to host the 2015 Laureus World Sports Awards.
It is the first time a Chinese city will host the event in its 15 years history.
Widely regarded as the Oscars of sport, the Laureus awards have been a global event attended by sporting A-listers.
Two Chinese stars have been honoured by the Laureus awards. Former NBA star Yao Ming was the winner of the Laureus World Newcomer of the Year Award in 2003.
In 2005, another Shanghai native, Asia's best hurdler, Liu Xiang, won the same award.
The Chinese Olympic team was voted the best team thanks to its superb performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Other Chinese athletes like tennis player Li Na and swimmer Ye Shiwen, as well as the Chinese table tennis team, have won nominations for the awards.
