0609 Sports Today

Hello, Welcome the time is 34 minutes past the hour , Mike Fox and Jordan Lee here with Sport on Today. It seems there is a curse on the greatest players in the world right now. If injury worries for Suarez and Ronaldo wern't enough , France's Frank Ribery is now ruled out of the world cup. The NBA play -off finals continue between the Spurs and the Heat all the latest from that. Jordan Golf and cycling plus the latest from the Stanley Cup and later on Alex will be here to talk Formula 1and a very dissapointed Cameroon fan is the subject of our fan of the week. Weibo. I'm Jordan Lee with Mike Fox and this is sport on Today. (today/sport/w.sound) - Football news Cameroon's players are finally on their way to the World Cup after initially refusing to board a flight to Brazil because of a dispute over bonuses. The squad, including former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o, refused to fly to South America on Sunday morning. But they eventually agreed a financial package with the nation's football federation after an emergency meeting. France is the latest team to suffer a hammer blow after playmaker Franck Ribery failed to overcome a back injury. Ribery, who plays club football for German champions Bayern Munich, had been battling the problem ahead of France's opening Group E match against Honduras on June 15. (today/soundbite/0609/Ribery) The 31-year-old had been following an individual training regime, but was forced to pull out of his first full session back with the squad. today/sport (w/sound): Heat vs. Spurs for game 2 (today/sound 0609 NBAsound) Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs (game 2 @ SA) The Spurs took game one 110-95, boosted a bit in the final minutes of the fourth quarter when Miami's all-star Lebron James was benched with leg cramps. Apparently Gatorade tweeted some digs at James, who happens to be a Powerade endorser, about cramping and not being able to take the Heat. But James says he just doesn't care. (today/sound 0609 Lebron) today/sport (w/sound): LA Kings lead series 2-0 (today/sound 0609 NHLsound) In Stanley Cup playoff action, The Los Angeles Kings jumped to a 2-0 final series lead after beating the New York Rangers 5-4 in double overtime in game 2. Kings Marian Gaborik scored 7:36 into the third period to tie the game 4-4, and Kings captain Dustin Brown tipped in the game winner at 10:26 of double overtime. (today/sound 0609 Brown) That was the third straight overtime game for the two teams, and Kings coach Darryl Sutter says fatigue is a concern. (today/soundbite 0609 Sutter) The Kings have done well on home ice, but will be tested when the series heads over to Madison Square Garden for games 3 and 4. today/sport (w/sound): Golf and cycling In golf, Sweden's Mikael Lundberg triumphed at the Lyoness Open after beating Austrian home favorite Bernd Wiesberger in a play-off. Ben Crane won the St. Jude Classic by a single stroke for his first PGA tour title. And Inbee Park broke an 11-month title drought after claiming the Manulife Financial Classic. And in cycling, Team Sky's Chris Froome beat arch rival Alberto Contador by eight seconds iin an individual time trial to claim victory in Stage One of the Criterium du Dauphine in Lyon. (today/sound 0609 Froome) today/sport (w/sound): Red Bull wins Canadian Grand Prix This past weekend's Canadian Grand Prix was full of collision, competition, and upsets…all the drama one could wish for in an F1 race. Daniel Ricciardo claimed the first win of the season for team Red Bull. (today/sound 0609 Ricciardo) The Australian crossed the line ahead of Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, who was followed by Ricciardo's teammate Sebastian Vettel. We're joined in the studio by our Formula One correspondent Alexander Aucott…. Talking Points: -Mercedes domination at an end… Lewis Hamilton retired with brake failure and is now 22 points behind in the championship -Crash involved Felipe Massa and Sergio Perez, both taken to hospital for precautionary brain scans -McLaren's Jenson Button passed Force India's Nico Hulkenberg and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso on the penultimate lap. (today/sport/w.sound) - Fan of the week . Just before we leave you it's time for our fan of the week. Earlier on we told you how Cameroon's football players refused to board a flight because a dispute over bonuses... take a listen to this fan who turned up to their hotel to cheer them on to the bus only to realise there are not going to show..