NBA Europe 2010 Live is a pre-season event now in its fifth consecutive year whereby teams from the NBA League play against teams from the European Euroleague to help showcase and promote the game of basketball to a European audience.

NBA Europe Live 2010 Tickets are sought after as the LA Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks join Euroleague’s Regal FC Barcelona and Armani Jeans Milano (such a rubbish name!) in playing games in four major European cities – London, Paris, Milan and Barcelona – this October.

The NBA franchise has been promoting basketball by sending US teams to Europe for over 20 years.  After the NBA Europe Live 2010 tour, 54 games featuring 23 NBA teams will have been played in Europe since 1988.

NBA Europe Live 2010 Games

Sunday 3rd October
New York Knicks vs Armani Jeans Milano
Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy

Monday 4th October
LA Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves
The O2 Arena, London, UK

Wednesday 6th October
New York Knicks vs Minnesota Timberwolves
Paris Bercy, Paris, France

Thursday 7th October
LA Lakers vs Regal FC Barcelona
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain

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Andy Murray’s decision to part company with his trainer was vindicated following an impressive display in Toronto where he was able to see off all three of the players ranked players above him in the World standings, to retain the Rogers Cup.

Murray’s more aggressive approach to this tournament paid dividends for the Scot, taking the scalps of David Nalbandian and Rafael Nadal to set up the final against Roger Federer.

The final was delayed for fifteen minutes at the start due to heavy rain, which would continue through the match and disrupt the flow of the game on no less than five occasions.

But Murray was off to a flier once the game got underway, racing into a 3-0 lead in the first set with Federer dipping deep into his enormous reserves to offer some resistance.

While the rain breaks caused problems for both players, it was Murray who who appeared most focused throughout, regaining the Rogers Cup with an impressive two set victory over Federer, 7-5, 7-5.

After the win Murray said;

“It was good for me to win today, three good results in a row against Nalbandian, Rafa and Roger, so that will give me confidence for next week. It was difficult today, I was up a lot in the first set and probably should have won it a bit easier. I managed to stay tough mentally, which is always tough against Roger because he started to play some great tennis, but it’s a great way to finish the week – I played very well. I think the rain delays affected both of us. It is difficult. It broke our momentum. Roger was playing better at the end of the first set and when we came back out I broke him straight away. It affected both of us a little bit but I managed to stay strong in the end.”

Murray will take part in this week’s Cincinnati Masters hoping for another confidence boost ahead of the US Open and hopes of that elusive first Grand Slam title.

I am currently feeling decidedly under-whelmed by a sporting summer that promised me the excitement of seeing sporting Gods at work and thrills and spills beyond my wildest dreams but for the most part – failed to deliver.

The 2010 World Cup – the quadrennial gathering of the greatest football talent on Planet Earth didn’t really live up to expectations for most people.

Surely the fact that the words “Vuvuzela” and “Jabulani” are now firmly planted in the mind of everyone who viewed the South African showpiece only backs that statement up.

We were talking about them because Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and to a lesser extent Lionel Messi gave us nothing else to marvel at.

For me the game of the tournament was the Ghana versus Uruguay quarter final.

Anyone not Uruguayan must have felt a tinge of sadness when Asamoah Gyan blasted the ball against the crossbar with the last kick of extra time.

By this point England were long gone of course albeit with a hint of controversy.

Having been ripped to shreds by a German side that was, amazingly, scoring goals like it was going out of fashion, the only crumb of comfort for England’s massive support was that Diego Maradona and Argentina met with a similar fate.

Surely Germany must win the whole thing now? Er, no.

The slow burning Spain expertly put them to the sword before surviving the Dutch assault in the final.

Reports of poor infrastructure, badly organised fan zones and widespread petty crime just add to the desire that this one should be put down to experience.

But now we had the summer staples to look forward to.

Well not really. This sporting apathy lark must be catching.

The first week of Wimbledon was the exception to the rule. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were both stretched to five sets in the opening days at SW19.

We also had the record breaker between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut.

I feel it would also be less than honest to ignore the delight felt across at least half the nation by the return of Anna Kournikova to the British summer.

Week two reverted to type.

Andy Murray had coasted through with but was swatted aside by a rampant Nadal. The improving Czech, Tomas Berdych ended the interest of numbers three and two in the world.

Surely he could give the world number one a decent game at the very least?

You know the rest.

Ok then. Chin up David and on to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Perhaps more than most, this event encapsulated the summer of sport.

An exciting start with Mark Webber almost forcing Sebastian Vettel off the track before a sadly predictable procession to the chequered flag.

The high point of the day was Webber having a go at his own team. “Not bad for a number two driver!”

Come on St.Andrews. Save us.

The opening day of golf’s British Open Thursday belonged to Rory McIlroy who shot a majestic 63. The Old Course looked ready to welcome the second consecutive Northern Irish major winner.

That thought lasted less than a day as Mother Nature saw fit to sigh and blow Rory off course.

Tiger Woods, as ever, was prowling but going into Sunday it was the unfancied South African, Louis Oosthuizen who led the pack.

No way could he hold off the charge of Lee Westwood, Paul Casey et al.

It was never, EVER in doubt.

An easier final day at St. Andrews may never have been seen. On the birthday of Nelson Mandela, the South African kept his head as all around lost theirs.

What might have been this past couple of months?

So it’s down to you Mr Ryder to perk me up after one of the more disappointing summers of sport.

Don’t let me down.

The Great Britain team’s final medal tally exceeded expectations, reaching 19 overall, making this the best ever achievement by a GB Athletics team.

Many eyes will now be firmly set on the London Olympics in 2012, which will take place in under two years time. Praise has been heaped on Great Britain’s head coach Charles van Commenee, who’s passion for the sport has been likened to that of football manager Jose Mourinho by Kelly Sotherton.

Sotherton’s sentiments are echoed by UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner who said:

“It is very easy to make a caricature of Charles, but Kelly has it absolutely right when she compares him to Jose Mourinho.

“He’s not only got the strong personality and the ability to cut through the nonsense and tell it like it is, but he’s got a great understanding of his sport and phenomenal technical ability. If you speak to the athletes there is a high degree of respect there, but there isn’t fear and I think that is a key dividing line. It’s easy to come across as a hard taskmaster but if you have no substance underneath and an understanding of what is required and the nuances of athletics you would be built on sand and he is built on strong foundations.”

The Czech born player will be joined by the player he beat to win the first of his eight grand slam victories, way back in 1984, none other than John McEnroe.

The pair are among six former tennis stars who will come together for the ATP Champions Tour in Paris in October. While two of the competitors have yet to be announced, Lendl and McEnroe do know that they will be joined by Sweden’s seven time grand slam winner Mats Wilander and the French player Yannick Noah who has enjoyed  a career as a recording artist since quitting tennis seven years ago.

John McEnroe has a long memory and is looking forward to turn the tables on Lendl given half a chance, he said;

“Oh boy, l’m looking forward to it. We had some great matches together but it’s been a long time and he hasn’t played for more than 15 years so I think we need to discuss a few things, both on and off the court. I know he’s been working most of the last year to get back into the type of shape he needs to be in, because it doesn’t get any easier as you get older. But we’ll be giving it our all, that’s for sure.”

The ATP Champions Tour takes place at Paris Racing Club in the Bois de Boulogne on October 1st-3rd.