Earn to die 2

 

لعبة ايرن تو داي تأتي اليكم  باصدارها التاني ( Earn to die 2 ) الجديد .. اللعب عن طريق الكيبورد التحرك من المفاتيح .. قم بتدمير الاعداء واعمل على تزويد السيارة بالمعدات اللازمة لقتال الاعداء .

Heat to play LeBron, Wade, Bosh Friday vs. Celtics

The Miami Heat are going to throw their big three out on the court Friday night for the first time in a couple weeks — LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh will all play against the Celtics, coach Eric Spoelstra told the media, including Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel.

That would be the Celtics who will not be playing Kevin Garnett or Paul Pierce.

And Miami will be resting Shane Battier and Udonis Haslem, too.

All of which means… nothing really. At this point teams know who they are. They’ve developed their habits on the court. They have their systems down. Unless you are the Lakers or Jazz, there is no reason guys shouldn’t get a little rest. Although nobody will call it rest because David Stern fined the Spurs for resting guys this season, so the Celtics two stars are out injured with left ankle issues. Ones that would be miraculously fine if this were the playoffs.

Winderman adds this note about the Heat the rest of the way.

If that. The Heat have the advantage of the Bucks in the first round of the playoffs, so that’s like four more tune-up games.

Kobe says he can play five more years but don’t bet on it

Often with guards, once they reach their mid-30s, you expect their production to fall off a cliff. Which has made what Kobe Bryant has done this season all the more impressive. The reasons he seems to defy Father Time are clear — his commitment to conditioning and to the fundamentals of the game (his post footwork is as good as any big in the league) give him an edge lost on most his age. Or those a decade younger.

How much longer could Kobe play?

He said five years in an interview on Time Warner Sports Net (the cable network that paid so much money to get the Lakers’ broadcast rights it spun the head of every other owner in the league). Eric Pincus at the Los Angeles Times has the transcription.

“I can probably play another five years,” said Bryant to Kevin Frazier on “Connected With…Kobe Bryant,” which aired on Wednesday night via Time Warner Cable SportsNet.
“I’m not saying I’m going to play five years…but physically I could play,” he continued.

But the question with Kobe never was “could he?” It was “will he want to?” Will he continue to want to put in the long hours of effort — in the season and out of it — to stay in elite condition and improve his game?

“Right now, no,” said Bryant, who has one more year left on his contract. “It might change but right now, no. It’s too much.”

It’s too much work for not much payoff, he should say.

Kobe isn’t going to sign another deal (next season is the last on his contract) and go through all this so he can fight for an eight seed. He’s in it for the rings. (And the idea of him jumping teams to chase rings is highly unlikely. He’ll retire a Laker.)

While Kobe has said he will make a decision on what to do before next season starts, I think in reality how close the Lakers are go being a contender after next season will be the deciding factor. If he’s going to put in all that work, will he see a payoff?

Another season like this and he probably will retire.

Graeme Smith: Surrey captain targets long-term success

New Surrey skipper Graeme Smith is targeting long-term success at the club after arriving on a three-year deal.

The South Africa captain, 32, signed his deal at The Oval in November but only joined up with the side this week.

"I'm here long-term and I want to help the process of building success over time and instilling a winning culture," he told BBC London 94.9.

"I'll go day by day as captain to see where we can improve. I won't be gun-slinging, I'm just excited to help."

Smith has previously had stints in English county cricket with both Hampshire and Somerset. 

Both spells were short-lived however, with the Johannesburg-born batsman spending just single seasons with the clubs in 2000 and 2005 respectively.

"It's been great meeting all the staff and players at a club with great tradition," he continued.

"The guys have a had a great pre-season and I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone better each day."

The opening batsman, who was made South Africa's youngest-ever captain in 2003 at just 22 years old, boasts an average with the bat of 48 in Test matches and 38 in One-Day Internationals.

He will make his debut as captain on Wednesday in the County Championship match against Somerset.

"Obviously I want to score a lot of runs but I'm excited about what I can bring from a leadership perspective," he added.

"The first thing I noticed when I got to the ground was my name on a locker - that was a big tick for me in getting excited for the start of the season.

"Things might take a little time but hopefully we can really hit the ground running against Somerset."

Meanwhile Surrey have handed young all-rounder Tom Curran a professional contract.

The 18-year-old will continue his education for the next two years and join the first team full-time in 2015.

Notts v Middlesex: Neil Dexter charge held up by tail

Neil Dexter claimed a career-best 5-27, but Middlesex were held up by a rearguard action from Andre Adams and Luke Fletcher on day three.

Resuming on 297-6, Middlesex were all out for 353, with John Simpson stranded on 97 not out.

Notts were struggling on 60-4 when Dexter tore through the middle order with three wickets in five balls.

But Adams (50 not out) and Fletcher (47) guided the hosts to 182-9 before bad light stopped play, a lead of 107.

After poor weather had delayed the start by 45 minutes, Simpson continued on 77 not out alongside Ollie Rayner, but with the latter soon dismissed by Shahzad for 13, he was left chasing a third first-class century with only the tail for company.

Andy Carter took the wickets of James Harris and Toby Roland-Jones, before Tim Murtagh was the last man out, caught behind off the bowling of Adams, to leave Simpson just three runs shy of a ton.

Ed Cowan and Michael Lumb were both dismissed inside the first four overs of the Notts reply and once opener Alex Hales had fallen for 32 after a stand of 47 with James Taylor, Dexter came to the fore to devastating affect.

His five wickets in less than eight overs left Notts on 93-8 and still trailing by 18, but Adams and Fletcher combined for a ninth-wicket stand of 89 to hold up Middlesex, although the latter was eventually dismissed in what proved to be the last over of the day.

VIEW FROM THE COMMENTARY BOX

BBC Radio Nottinghamshire's Dave Bracegirdle:

"Nottinghamshire's pre-season billing as second-favourites for the County Championship were made to look ridiculous after a dreadful batting performance, which saw eight wickets fall between lunch and tea.

"Andre Adams and Luke Fletcher showed what could be done in the final session, with a stand of 89, but they say 'it's the hope that kills you' and realistically only rain can save Notts from a final-day defeat."

BBC London 94.9's Kevin Hand:

"Middlesex will still be favourites to wrap up victory on the final day despite the ninth-wicket heroics by Nottinghamshire.

"The afternoon collapse was embarrassing for the hosts as it had little to do with the early season conditions and more poor shot selection on a good track.

"The lead will be an annoyance to Middlesex at this stage, but on a fine wicket, they will know the game is theirs for the taking."

Yorkshire v Sussex: Tykes clinging on at Headingley

Yorkshire partially redeemed themselves for a feeble opening-day batting display as they fought to avoid an innings defeat by Sussex at Headingley.

Play was unable to start until after lunch, but the home side tottered to 140-7 despite 57 by Phil Jaques.

Fellow Australian Steve Magoffin proved a handful, taking 4-50 for Sussex.

But Gary Ballance (46 not out) and Ryan Sidebottom (48) shared a stand of 81 to steer Yorkshire to 228-8, just 32 in arrears, before bad light ended play.

Prolonged bad weather on the final day could see the home side escape with a draw, but that would be rough on Sussex, whose seam attack again proved hard to handle in the afternoon session.

Resuming on 27-1, Jaques and Adam Lyth looked relatively comfortable before the latter, on 25, tickled a leg-side ball from James Anyon to wicket-keeper Ben Brown.

Skipper Andrew Gale followed in the same over and Chris Jordan, who took six wickets in Yorkshire's first innings, then picked up the vital wicket of England's Jonny Bairstow, bowled by a full-length delivery for 13.

Magoffin removed Jaques and Azeem Rafiq with successive deliveries and then bowled Liam Plunkett, who played down the wrong line, before Ballance and Sidebottom dug in to defy the visitors for 29 overs.

Sidebottom struck a six and four boundaries, but missed out on a half-century when he was caught by Jordan at first slip to give Anyon a third success.

Christian Horner denies Sebastian Vettel undermined his authority

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Sebastian Vettel's decision to ignore team orders in Malaysia has not undermined his authority.

Vettel ignored requests to hold station behind team-mate Mark Webber at Sepang, passing the Australian to take victory.

The German apologised, but then said he does not apologise for winning and he may disobey orders again.

Horner said: "Under my leadership, I have led the team to those 35 victories and [six] world championships. 

The 39-year-old does have an impressive record at the team since its debut in 2005, overseeing three drivers' championships and three constructors' championships.

He added: "Of course there have been lumps and bumps along the way. There have been incidents between the two drivers but we retain them because they are both fiercely competitive individuals.

"They drive each other forward and bring the best out of each other. I think it's a healthy rivalry.

"In that race he didn't do as I asked. Was I happy about it? Of course I wasn't. Did we discuss it? Yes we did. Did he apologise? Yes.

"Has he learnt from it? I'm sure he has. Is my leadership undermined? I don't think so. Would he do it again? I think he'd think twice, but as he explained yesterday there is history between those two drivers.

"It is not something new, it is something that has been there for four or five years. Let's not forget they are one of the most successful pairings that the sport has ever seen." 

Horner also denied claims that Vettel thinks he is above the team, however, he added that the German has not got where he is today without making big decisions.

"I don't think Sebastian for a moment thinks he runs the team," he said. "He knows what his job is, he knows what we employ him to do and he knows why we employ him to do it.

"He's been with Red Bull for a long time now. He recognises more than anybody the value that the team has behind the success he has had.

"He knows he can't operate without the team so he doesn't put himself above the team for one moment. He has made a decision in a race as a hungry driver who based his decision on all kind of emotions at that time.

"Seb has not achieved the success he has in his career by being submissive. He saw an opportunity, he had saved a set of tyres and he wanted that victory more than anything else."

Chinese GP: Felipe Massa fastest in second practice for Ferrari

Ferrari's Felipe Massa headed Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen in second practice at the Chinese Grand Prix.

The Brazilian was more than 0.4 seconds quicker than team-mate Fernando Alonso in third place, with Mercedes' Nico Rosberg fourth fastest.

Red Bull's Mark Webber was fifth ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton.

The Force Indias of Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta were eighth and ninth, from Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.

Mercedes had dominated the first practice session and were first and second, with Rosberg narrowly ahead of Hamilton after the first runs in second practice, too.

But in the middle of the session, when the teams are preparing for qualifying, Massa produced an impressive lap of one minute 35.340 seconds to set the pace. 

Raikkonen was just 0.152secs adrift, with Alonso 0.415secs behind his team-mate.

The two Ferraris were running in different specifications as the team evaluated a series of upgrades aimed at closing the gap to the pace-setting Red Bull, Mercedes and Lotus cars. The Ferrari has been on balance the fourth quickest car so far this season.

Massa this weekend has the chance to become the first team-mate of Alonso ever to out-qualify the double world champion five times in succession, counting the end of last season and the beginning of this.

"I was not really happy with the medium tyres, we were not so quick," Massa said. "But it was amazing to see how much we improved with the soft tyres, I didn't expect that and when I did the race simulation the pace was very good, very competitive.

"[I'm] confident for the weekend. I think we can do everything we did today on tomorrow and Sunday as well."

Rosberg ended the session just less than 0.5secs slower than Massa, although he set his time considerably earlier in the session when the track would have been in less good condition.

"Mine and Nico's pace was quite competitive today," said Hamilton. "I think we are there or thereabouts."

When asked if victory on Sunday was a possibility he added: "Not just yet; we're working on it. The car definitely doesn't feel bad. For me, I'm still finding myself a little bit uncomfortable in the car.

"We just made a change going into this session on the brakes and it made a massive difference, a positive step, so I'm hoping to make some more steps like that just to make me more comfortable in the car."

Webber was 0.752secs off the pace and Vettel 1.451secs adrift and complaining of problems with vibration and locking brakes.

Red Bull took the unusual step of shaving the top off the barge boards - the aerodynamically shaped pieces of bodywork behind the front tyres - during the session. 

"It was a tricky day for us," said Vettel. "I seemed to struggle a little bit more this afternoon; the gap to the guys at the top is a bit bigger than I would like.

"But we have two or three things to work on and we should be in better shape tomorrow. It's not a disaster. It's not as if we are in the dark. But I don't have the answer right now."

  technical analyst Gary Anderson said: "You can see when teams are in control and when they are not in control. And Red Bull did appear to be in a little bit of a thrash."

McLaren were running with a revised rear bodywork in an attempt to solve the aerodynamic problems that have blighted them in the first two races.

The team seemed to show some improved form, with Button 1.092secs off the pace on headline times.

BBC F1 commentator Ben Edwards said: "Ferrari seem to be in good shape on ultimate lap time but it looks as close as ever on race pace between them, Mercedes, Red Bull and Lotus."

Teams were reporting over the radio that the 'soft' tyre on which they set their fastest times and which will be used for qualifying was unlikely to last very long in the race.

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery said: "The medium tyre showed it could do a 20-lap stint, which is borderline two and three stops. The soft tyres are going quicker than we expected - about 1.5secs quicker than the medium. We will see how they get on on the longer runs but the track is improving a lot. It was very dusty this morning."

Button suffered a delamination of the left-front tyre after suffering a flat caused by locking his brakes when running on the 'soft' tyre, with slightly less than 15 minutes of the session remaining.

Gary Anderson added: "It does seem to be heading towards a two-stop race - for some people at least. The limitation seems to be the front tyre wearing out and you can live with that."

Marussia's English driver Max Chilton had a frustrating second session. He stopped out on the circuit on his first lap when a fail-safe sensor shut down his engine and when he finally got back out again the car ground to a halt.

 

Tim Henman labels British men's tennis 'embarrassing'

Tim Henman says the state of British men's tennis is "embarrassing" and that unless Andy Murray plays GB have little chance of progressing in the Davis Cup.

World number two Murray has pledged to make himself available to face Croatia in September's World Group play-off. 

"The signs are he will probably play against Croatia so I fancy their chances," said Henman.

But he added: "The fact we haven't got anyone else inside the top 200 in the world is still a bit embarrassing."

Dan Evans starred in the win over Russia at the weekend but he is currently ranked down at 324th in the world and Henman said the underachieving 22-year-old needs to "give 100% to his job" if he is to maximise his talent.

Evans shocked Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 6-4 6-1 as Britain clinched a place in the world group play-offs thanks to a historic 3-2 victory over Russia in Coventry.

But Evans admitted in an interview that he lacks consistency  because "I don't train hard enough and don't work hard enough day in day out".

Evans is widely considered to have the talent to get inside the top 100 in the word rankings but former world number four Henman is frustrated by the 22-year-old's attitude.

"He's a pretty good athlete but he lets himself down mentally," Henman, speaking at the launch of the Aegon Classic,  which will be staged at Edgbaston Priory in Birmingham from 9-16 June, told BBC Sport.

Asked whether he could see Evans break into the world's top 100, Henman said: "Not if he carries on with the attitude he has had. 

"There's far better players than him in the world. But he has to maximise his potential.

"What is his potential? I don't know, he doesn't know.

"He has to find that out and the only way he can do that is if he commits, he works and gives 100% to his job."

The next best placed British men's player in the world rankings after Murray is James Ward in 217th.

Jamie Baker is 235th, Josh Goodall is 282nd and Alex Bogdanovic is 19 places lower. Edward Corrie is 326th, Daniel Smethurst 371st and Joshua Milton 379th.

"It's fantastic that Andy is number two in the world," Henman added.

"He's doing what he's doing and he's a great example for the groups behind him."

On Great Britain's Davis Cup chances against Croatia, Henman said: "It would have been nice to have had a home tie on back of the win over Russia - I guess it depends a little bit on whether Andy Murray plays.

"But when you look at the Davis Cup and the big picture, those are the easy weeks playing in front of your home crowd.

"It's about whether those other guys can produce that for the other 48 weeks of the year. They have got to do it more often and then you can talk about them improving their rankings."

 

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga joins Andy Murray in Queen's Club line-up

Former finalist and world number eight Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has confirmed he will be among Andy Murray's rivals at Queen's Club in June.

The Frenchman, 27, will join Murray, world number six Tomas Berdych and world number seven Juan Martin del Potro at the Aegon Championships.

Murray beat Tsonga in the 2011 final, as well as last year's Wimbledon semis.

"It's great what he has achieved and he deserves it, but to play against him is a nightmare!" said Tsonga.

"You feel like the ball is coming back all the time. When I play against him I know I am the outsider, and I will always respect him." 

It will be the fourth time he has played at Queen's Club, having made a major breakthrough by coming through qualifying to reach the last 16 on his debut in 2007.

"It is full of history," he said. "For me you can not have a better tennis tournament. It's a special place. I entered the top 100 for the first time at Queen's Club when I beat Lleyton Hewitt, who was the defending champion.

"It was also the first time that I did my 'dance' celebration (points his thumbs to his back) and the British people loved it! For me it's a pleasure to be there. I've always played well on grass, I expect to win tournaments on it, so we will see what happens at Queen's and at Wimbledon."

Tsonga began working with Australian Roger Rasheed at the start of this year, and the coach believes grass suits the Frenchman's game.

"When you are making changes with a player, you can't just click your fingers and make a difference," said Rasheed.

"When we got together I told him it would take a while to come together, but working with Jo is exciting. He has the game to make a real impact. He can be dangerous anywhere, but particularly on grass, because it's natural to him."

Argentina's Del Potro, 24, will be a major threat after showing he is capable of repeating his US Open winning form of 2009 when he beat Murray and Novak Djokovic in Indian Wells last month.

Berdych's only previous visit to Queen's, in 2005, ended in a first-round defeat and the 27-year-old Czech has since gone to Halle in Germany for his grass-court preparation.

However, this year he has altered his schedule this year as he attempts to go one better than that defeat by Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon three years ago.

"I think it could be a good advantage to be in London to get used to the conditions and to those great courts, and I think this is exactly what I need before Wimbledon," he said.

"The experience of reaching the Wimbledon final [in 2010] was great. It showed me a lot of things - that I'm able to play really well through two weeks, which is very tough. I now have experience of a Grand Slam final and I hope one day I can be able to profit from that."

Elena Baltacha Baltacha still happy despite loss

  Elena Baltacha 'happy' despite comeback loss

 

Former British number one Elena Baltacha was upbeat despite failing to complete her first match in nine months following a serious ankle injury.

The Scot, 29, trailed Canada's Sharon Fichman 7-5 4-6 1-5 at the ITF clay event in Pelham, USA, when she retired.

"Had my opportunities. I nearly had her but unfortunately the body conked out!! Loved every second of it though. So happy to be back," sheBaltacha will travel to Argentina with Britain's Fed Cup squad next week. 

"Argentina are definitely not going to be a pushover," Baltacha told BBC Sport.

"On paper we are the better team but they have the advantage of playing at home, and in front of the home crowd who are going to be extremely loud. We're also pretty sure they will try to make the clay court play as slow as possible!

"But we are a very strong team and have a strong team spirit, so we will all pull together and support each other through whatever might be thrown our way. I'm so pumped and cannot wait to get out there."

With Heather Watson absent as she recovers from glandular fever, Baltacha could be called upon to play a more active role than in the last round when she travelled to Israel with the team in a non-playing capacity.

Baltacha returned to action on Wednesday for the first time since she lost to Ana Ivanovic at London 2012 in July, after which she was sidelined and required foot surgery in October.

"After the Olympics, that was it," she told BBC Look East this week. "I was coaching and I was happy to be at home. Watching the US Open didn't really faze me at all. I thought, 'I'm not there, and that's fine.'

"But then after the surgery I realised I do really love it, I think I can still get out there and do some more and achieve many more things. Watching the Australian Open hurt me much more than I thought. I've definitely got that desire and that want again."

Baltacha has slipped to 209 in the world and sixth in Britain, and in her absence Laura Robson has taken the British number one spot while Heather Watson became the first British woman to win a WTA title since 1988 last year.

"Long-term, I want to get my number one spot back," said Baltacha. "It's going to be hard, of course - I'm 30 this year and they're only [19] and 20.

"They're doing very well, they're on their path and achieving a lot of great things, but it will be great to be back and mixing in around with them."