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Houston Beat Dallas to Win Series 4-1
In NBA Playoffs action,
James Harden racked up 28 points as the Houston Rockets beat the Dallas Mavericks 103-94 on Tuesday night to complete their first play-off series victory since 2009.
The Rockets centre Dwight Howard also finished with 18 points and 19 rebounds.
The 29-year-old says it's taken them a lot to go this far.
"It's a blessing for our team. We worked extremely hard, we went through a lot of adversity this season, with a lot of injuries to a lot of the guys on our team. For us to put ourselves in a position to advance to the next round is big."
With the victory, Houston won the Western Conference series 4-1.
The Rockets will next meet the winner of the Los Angeles Clippers and San Antonio Spurs series in the second round.
In other action,
The San Antonia beat LA Clippers 111-107.
Two games are on the schedule tomorrow,
Top-seeded Atlanta Hawks are hosting No. 8 seed Brooklyn Nets.
The Hawks have won all six meetings this season before arriving in Brooklyn for Games 3 and 4.
And the other game will see Portland taking on Memphis.
Football: Premier League, Serie A Preview
In football,
First, let's take a quick look at the English Premier League,
Only one game is being played tonight,
League leaders Chelsea are at King Power Stadium to take on Leicester City.
Chelsea have won the last five meetings in a row with Leicester City in the Barclays Premier League.
They can extend their unbeaten run to 14 games again in the season if they can avoid defeat in this match.
In Serie A,
Some highlights of the games scheduled tonight,
Juventus will take on Fiorentina
And Milan are up against Genoa.
World Table Tennis Championships Recap
In table tennis news, from Suzhou at the ITTF World Championships:
In men's singles,
Chinese top players Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong and Tang Peng all reached the next round without much trouble.
In women's singles,
World number one Ding Ning defeated Poland's Natalia Partyka in straight sets 4-0 to reach the third round.
Ding's compatriot Zhu Yuling also advanced, beating her component from the Czech Republic 4-1.
In mixed doubles,
Number two seeds Jiang Tianyi and Lee Ho Ching of Chinese Hongkong crashed out of the fourth round of the mixed doubles, losing 4-1 to Steffen Mengel and Petrissa Solja of Germany.
Defending champions Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong of DPR Korea also had an easy victory.
Kyrgios Advances at Estoril Open
In tennis,
Australian number seven Nick Kyrgios advanced to the second round of the Estoril Open on Tuesday with victory over Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3, 6-7, 7-6.
The 20-year-old Aussie says this will be a good learning experience for him on a claycourt.
"Yeah definitely. This is my first claycourt tour match win so I am really not happy with that. But I just have not played a lot of tennis. I am still as rusty as hell from the back of the court. I am serving really well - that is probably one thing that will get me through. But I just have not played enough tennis. Winning matches like these is obviously going to boost confidence as well."
It took Kyrgios two hours and fourteen minutes to win the match.
In other action,
Fifth-seeded Richard Gasquet of France beat Marinko Matosevic of Australia 7-6, 6-1.
And two-times champion Albert Montanes overcame Austrian Martin Fisher 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Manny Pacquiao Attends A Fan Rally ahead of Sport's Richest Fight
In boxing,
Manny Pacquiao arrived in Las Vegas on Tuesday ahead of his fight with Floyd Mayweather this weekend and was greeted by fans at the Mandalay Bay hotel.
The Filipino Congressman and eight-division world boxing champion shows great confidence.
"We are very happy because we are not focusing on one strategy, one technique but more than two or three strategies. Either way, if he wants to fight me, that is good for me. And if running, running like that (gesticulates), moving around the ring, so we already prepared for that."
Boxing coach Freddie Roach also believes that Pacquiao is well prepared for the fight.
"And we do have better speed, and I feel we have better power. And we are using that. And we are going to use a lot of quick movements and I don't think that he is going to be able to handle it. And I don't think his legs are quite there any more."
The welterweight bout is one of the most eagerly anticipated in boxing since the classic 1975 'Thrilla in Manila' between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
It has been five years in the making, and it will be the richest fight in boxing history.
The fight will take place on Saturday.
Jon Jones Stripped of Light Heavyweight Title
In Martial Arts,
Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was stripped of his title on Tuesday, one day after he turned himself in to police custody on a felony charge.
The 27-year-old Jones becomes the first champion in UFC history to be stripped of a title due to disciplinary reasons.
This means Jones will be pulled from a scheduled title defense against Anthony Johnson at UFC 187 on May 23 in Las Vegas.
Former title contender Daniel Cormier will replace Jones in the event to fight for the title.
Bach Discusses Possibility of Brisbane Bid for 2028 Games
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach had a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot on Wednesday.
Speaking about the possibility of Australian bid for the 2028 Olympics, Bach says Australia's "worldwide famous love" of sport and its organizational skills would ensure "sympathy".
"A bid from Australia would enjoy a lot of sympathy and would in fact have a very good chances also to win. But this is for '28, so it is a little bit premature to talk already about winning. This is why I also told already the prime minister that I would whatever I can that Australia would not be alone in this race but enjoy a tough competition because this is what Australians usually love."
Bach will meet with mayors from South-East Queensland on Thursday to further discuss a possible games bid.
The host city for the 2028 Olympics will be chosen in 2021.
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