They never looked likely to relinquish their advantage, and might have doubled or even trebled it but for defiant goalkeeping by Mike Stowell and their own profligacy.As long as Wolves kept the deficit at two goals there was always a possibility that Steve Bull might conjure something special to reignite the tie. Football
PHIL SHAW
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2Wolves had failed to beat Spurs in five FA Cup meetings dating back to the 1921 final at the Crystal Palace, and even a palatial and passionate Molineux could not trick the First Division team into breaking that sequence at the sixth attempt in last night’s fourth-round replay.Spurs, who will visit either Nottingham Forest or Oxford in the fifth round, ended the game as a contest by scoring twice in the opening 10 minutes through Ronny Rosenthal and Teddy Sheringham. He scored 16 points, recorded 12 assists and narrowly missed a triple-double with nine rebounds as the LA Lakers beat the Nuggets 99-78 in Denver.Johnson, in his fourth game since ending his retirement last week, played 33 minutes and showed flashes of his old self, particularly in the final quarter.Johnson had eight points, five assists and two rebounds in the fourth quarter alone Cedric Ceballos scored 27 points for Los Angeles.. Michael Jordan scored 12 of his 28 points in the final six minutes of the fourth quarter, helping the Bulls come from as many as nine points behind to tie it at 93 and 96.But, just as in their loss at Denver on Sunday that ended an 18-game winning streak, the Bulls could not sustain the momentum.Meanwhile, Magic Johnson’s comeback after four years out of league action continues to be a success. Basketball
The Chicago Bulls have suddenly hit a losing streak, while Charles Barkley and the Phoenix Suns are looking like a force in the NBA again.
Barkley scored 35 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as the Suns won 106- 96 in Phoenix to hand the Bulls only their fifth loss of the season – but their second in three nights.Elliot Perry broke a 96-96 tie with two free throws and a jumper, and Barkley hoisted Perry over his shoulder and carried him to the bench as Chicago called a time-out.Then Barkley stole the in-bounds pass for his breakaway dunk, and the celebrating began.
He also recovered from a 43-point deficit in the decider to lead 52-44 before he missed a tricky yellow to a baulk pocket using the rest.. It was then that 20-year-old O’Sullivan embarked on his purple patch during which he totalled a Masters record 392 points without reply.Having been completely frozen out for so long, Bond did well to force the contest its full distance by comfortably winning frame 10. I keep trying to explain what I am capable of at my best,” said O’Sullivan, who will now face Darren Morgan today for a semi-final place.When Bond, last year’s World Championship runner-up, smoothly built a 3-0 lead with runs of 46, 110 and 97, O’Sullivan looked to be heading towards another early exit.O’Sullivan, winner of the Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge title four weeks ago but beaten in the last 32 or earlier at four of the season’s first five ranking tournaments, seemed in even deeper trouble when Bond moved 4-1 ahead. It was unbelievable,” said O’Sullivan after Tuesday’s victory.
His domination was such during the brilliant burst that he did not concede a single point while knocking in breaks of 109, 56, 81 and 128 – the highest of the event so far.”That’s the way I can play. Snooker
Ronnie O’Sullivan is back at his quick-fire best. From the less than promising position at 4-1 down against Nigel Bond he reeled off four frames in 27 minutes to win 6-5 and earn a quarter-final place in the Benson and Hedges Masters at Wembley Conference Centre.
“There was a spell when I couldn’t miss. Indurain will again miss the Italian race but may compete in the Tour of Spain.For the Briton Chris Boardman, whose 1995 season ended in a crash in the Tour de France prologue, this season will present a compelling challenge in a career that has so far dazzled only on the track..
