We start with Football – and with hours left to the Europa League Finals – Fulham manager Roy Hodgson is sweating over the fitness of leading scorer Bobby Zamora.
Zamora missed training on Tuesday stricken with an Achilles injury that required a pain-killing injection to play in the semi-final against Hamburg two weeks ago.
Fulham will take on Atletico Madrid in the final showdown in Germany at 2:45am Thursday Singapore Time.
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Back home in the S-League – Tampines Rovers beat Albirex Niigata 3-nil at the Tampines Stadium last night.
Goals from Akihiro Nakamura and a brace from Aleksandar Duric secured all 3-points for the Rovers who now have a 6-point lead at the top ahead of Etoile FC.
However Etoile can close that gap once more to 3 points if they beat Sengkang-Punggol in a crunch match at the Jalan Besar Stadium this evening.
That tie will start at 7:30pm.
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In NBA Basketball – The Boston Celtics have taken a crucial 3-2 lead in their best-of-7 semi-final series against The Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Celtics won Game 5 on the thrashing The Cavaliers 120 to 88.
Game 6 takes place on Thursday back in Boston and a win at home for the Celtics will see them enter the Eastern Conference Finals and take on the Orlando Magic.
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Finally in Formula One – McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh says he is unconcerned by the very real threat of a rain-interrupted Monaco Grand Prix.
Whitmarsh says his drivers are good in all conditions.
Whitmash also thinks McLaren may have an added psychological advantage as the team's drivers have won the last two Monaco Grand Prixs between them.
Practice Sessions for the Manco Grand Prix starts Thursday.
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