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Garnett stars as Celtics take lead

Boston’s Kevin Garnett scored 27 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and dominated the second quarter to set up the Celtics’ 107-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday and establish a 2-1 lead in their NBA Eastern Conference semi-final series. Whistled for a costly illegal pick lateFULL STORY

Barath helps Windies recover

Adrian Barath’s unbeaten 41 helped the West Indies to 83 for two at lunch on the first day of the first Test against England at Lord’s yesterday. The West Indies were suffering an all too familiar top-order struggle at 32 for two, after England strike bowlerFULL STORY

New Jersey Devils defeat New York Rangers 3-2, tie series 1-1

David Clarkson’s deflected goal early in the third period stood as the winner as the New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Wednesday to even the NHL Eastern Conference finals at 1-1. Ryan Carter and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored for the Devils, whileFULL STORY

Greece hands the Olympic flame to Games delegation

Greece formally handed over the Olympic flame to a London delegation led by Princess Anne and including David Beckham yesterday at the Panathenaic Stadium, where the first modern Games were held in 1896. Seb Coe, chairman of the London organizing committee LOCOG, spoke of a “massive,FULL STORY

Ferrari powers to stage victory

Italy’s Roberto Ferrari of the Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela team surprised the other sprinters as he powered his way to first place on the 11th stage of the Tour of Italy on Wednesday. Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez retained the overall leader’s pink jersey after the 258km stage, the longestFULL STORY

Darvish steers Texas Rangers past Oakland Athletics

AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas’ Yu Darvish pitched 7-2/3 strong innings to steer the Rangers to a 4-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. Darvish (6-1) struck out seven. After giving up his only run in the first, Darvish settled down and retired 11 of the last 15FULL STORY

Knight Riders beat Indians to virtually ensure playoff spot

West Indies spinner Sunil Narine finished with 4-15 as the Kolkata Knight Riders beat the Mumbai Indians by 32 runs to virtually ensure an Indian Premier League playoff berth on Wednesday. Narine took the important wickets of Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma, while South Africa all-rounderFULL STORY

Federer and Nadal coast by in Rome

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal stepped up their preparations for the French Open a gear as both advanced without any problems in their opening matches at the Rome Masters on Wednesday. Federer’s last-minute decision to compete was rewarded immediately as he coasted to a 6-3, 6-4FULL STORY

Terry in, Ferdinand out of Euro 2012

England soccer manager Roy Hodgson cast aside Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, probably signaling the end of his international career, but included former captain John Terry in his squad for next month’s European Championship. Hodgson, appointed on May 1 to replace Fabio Capello, who quit inFULL STORY

Bulls to defend lead in Super 15

South Africa’s Northern Bulls will defend their week-old lead in rugby’s Super 15 today in its southernmost stronghold when they take on the under-pressure Otago Highlanders in the weekend’s 13th round. The Pretoria-based Bulls took over first place last weekend when they scored a late tryFULL STORY

Standards fall in Asian competition

What the first round of this season’s Asian Champions League lacked in quality, it made up for in unpredictability, as three recent champions made early exits from the competition. A number of the usual challengers from the eastern half of the draw were markedly weaker thanFULL STORY

Fans’ adulation could not save Liverpool’s Dalglish

The adulation of Liverpool fans was not enough to save “King Kenny.” Kenny Dalglish’s lackluster second stint in charge of the fallen English giants was halted by the club’s American owners after fewer than 500 days in charge on Wednesday. Displaying their ruthless streak, the owners terminatedFULL STORY

SPORTS BRIEFS

CRICKET Security woes trump play Intercontinental Cup matches between Kenya and Namibia in Nairobi were postponed by cricket’s governing body on Wednesday because of security concerns. The International Cricket Council said “the ongoing and changing” security situation in Kenya had led to delays in making a securityFULL STORY

SOCCER SHORTS

GERMANY Chaos investigated The German soccer federation opened an investigation on Wednesday into the chaotic scenes during a relegation match between Fortuna Duesseldorf 1895 and Hertha BSC Berlin that forced the referee to stop the game three times. Duesseldorf secured promotion to the Bundesliga top tier onFULL STORY

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