Marc-Andre Fleury has overcome a checkered past in the Stanley Cup playoffs to lead the Golden Knights into the Western Conference finals, and he’s doing it at historic levels.

James averaged 34 points, 11.3 assists and 8.3 rebounds per game to lead the Cavaliers to a sweep of the Raptors.

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s young spinner Sandeep Lamichhane is making his debut for Delhi Daredevils in the ongoing Indian Premier League today.

Delhi is taking on Royal Challengers Banglore at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi and Nepal national cricket team member Lamichhane have been picked for the first time along with other debutants Junior Dala and Abhisek Sharma.

Lamichhane had spent his last 11 matches on the bench. Delhi is at the bottom of the table with just six points from 11 matches.

Interestingly Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who returned today, in his speech right before leaving for India had talked about Lamichhane. “IPL is being organised in India and it has connected both nations. For the first time in IPL’s history, Nepali player Sandeep Lamichhane is taking part. Hopefully in future, not just cricket but also other sports will connect Nepal and India,” said Modi during a civil felicitation in Kathmandu.

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• Bottas just four-hundredths behind Mercedes team-mate
• Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen take third and fourth

Lewis Hamilton took pole for the Spanish Grand Prix, securing a front row lock-out for Mercedes, with his team-mate Valtteri Bottas in second. Ferrari had looked strong but could not quite match their rivals. Sebastian Vettel was in third with Kimi Raikkonen in fourth. The two Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo in fifth and sixth.

Hamilton has been desperate for a return to form over the single lap and with his Mercedes finally performing as expected and required he managed it superbly. When it mattered in Q3 he set a blistering lap on his first run and with the pressure on promptly improved it, taking pole with a time of 1min 16.173sec. He needed to perform at his best, pushed to the line by Bottas who finished just four-hundredths back.

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Gareth Southgate has made the sensible decision to name his World Cup squad early, this coming week in fact, perhaps because of his close proximity to the furniture rearranging that took place when Glenn Hoddle trimmed Paul Gascoigne from his list at the last moment in 1998.

As Southgate has explained, injuries permitting there is no need to prolong anyone’s agony when you have a couple of weeks to spare and a reasonable idea of the group you would like to select. Better to let everyone know the good or bad news early and give the individuals in the finalised squad as much time as possible to get to know each other.