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San Antonio beat Miami on the road and regain series lead at 2-1
Starting off with the NBA finals,
Kawhi Leonard scored a career-high 29 points to help the San Antonio Spurs get away with a 111-92 victory in Miami and retake the series lead, two-games-to-one over the Heat.
San Antonio made 19 of its first 21 shots and hit 75.8 percent in the best-shooting half in NBA Finals history.
With several key three-pointers from Manu Ginobili, Patty Mills and Danny Green, the Spurs raced to a 71-50 lead over Miami at the end of the first half.
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade each had 22 points for the Heat.
Spurs guard Ginobili was very pleased with his team's hot shooting start.
"It was huge and that, especially the first quarter was incredible. At a point I think we were 19 for 20. I don't know what we shot at the end of the quarter but it was fun to watch. And it was one of those games that it happens once in a while. So it was our turn, we were very inspired early in the game. We took a great lead and we sort of maintain(ed) it."
The Heat will be hoping to avoid a two-game home sweep by San Antonio when they face the Spurs again in a couple of days.
Game four begins at 9am sharp Beijing time Friday.
Knicks introduce Derek Fisher as new coach
Off the court, the New York Knicks have introduced former player Derek Fisher as their new head coach.
Just days after finishing his 18th season, the 39-year-old Fisher is now taking over from Mike Woodson, whom Phil Jackson fired in his first major move as Knicks team president.
Fisher won five championships playing for Jackson with the Los Angeles Lakers and has played a record 259 play-off games.
He says he has everything to become a good coach despite his lack of experience in a coaching post.
"There will obviously be a lot of talk about my inexperience as a head coach. That is obviously, factually true: I have not been a head coach in the NBA, or college or high school. But I am experienced. Basketball is a game that I am experienced in playing, understanding, leading in, guiding in, helping another group of people achieve the greatest gift in the world as a professional athlete - and that's being a champion. That I have experience in."
The terms of Fisher's deal were not released, but it is believed it was worth 25 million US dollars over five years, the same length of Jackson's contract.
Jackson, who declined an original offer to coach the team, was instead hired to run the front office in March.
The Knicks went 37-45 and missed the play-offs, just a year after winning the Atlantic Division and advancing to the Eastern Conference semi-finals.
World Cup to broadcast live on APP in China
With less than two days to go before the start of the World Cup, China's Central Television and digital firm Ali Cloud have released a unique APP that is authorized to broadcast the games live.
The APP, named "CCTV5" will enable viewers on the Chinese mainland to watch live World Cup matches on smart phones and tablets alike.
The "CCTV5" app also offers alternative perspectives on the live games.
Fans of a certain team can choose to follow their team's schedule instead of the TV broadcast schedule.
It's estimated that millions of fans will visit the "CCTV5" app during the World Cup.
Guangzhou Evergrande signs two national boots with 48 million yuan
Some domestic football news,
Reigning champions Guangzhou Evergrande opened their transfer account with two big signings.
The deals, which saw Guangzhou pay up to 48 million yuan, are for two key players, Yu Hanchao and Li Xuepeng from super league side Dalian Aerbin.
Yu and Li are both players with the national team, meaning Guangzhou now has 10 national squad players on its roster.
The deal comes less than a week after China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba bought into the Asian champions with 1.2 billion yuan.
The cash boost is expected to consolidate Guangzhou's reign of the domestic league and its aspirations on the Asian football scene.
Bayern Munich extends contracts with Lahm and Muller
In football,
Bayern Munich has decided to keep two key players, Thomas Muller and captain Philipp Lahm for another two years each.
According to the announcement, striker Muller's contract with the German champions will be extended till June 30, 2019, while Lahm will stay with Bayern till June 30, 2018.
30-year-old Lahm is also captain of Germany's national team.
He has led Bayern to a domestic treble, and two continental titles last year.
Muller is viewed as one of Germany's best strikers.
The 24 year-old scored 5 goals in six appearances in the last World Cup in South Africa.
Romanian gymnast revealed as high-class prostitute 'to make ends meet'
Romania's former medal-winning gymnast Florica Leonida has been exposed as a high-end prostitute.
The 27-year-old says she gave up a career in coaching younger gymnasts and took up sex work because it was the only way to make ends meets.
Media reports suggest that after giving up gymnastics, Florica became a prostitute in Germany before moving to neighboring Austria.
She works in the sex industry under a different name, currently residing with another girl in a Viennese brothel.
She was a silver medalist at the worlds and a silver medalist in European competition.
She was also a successful junior gymnast winning gold on beam and three silver medals at the 2002 Junior European Championships.
