The Betway Premiership title run-in is intensifying and the fans want to witness all the action live.

Openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton took apart the Lucknow Super Giants attack as Mumbai Indians powered to a six-wicket win to keep their slim playoff hopes alive in the IPL on Monday.

Masai Ujiri will oversee all aspects of basketball operations for the Mavericks, including roster moves and scouting, to revamp a team that went 26-56 and missed the playoffs for the second year in a row.

The Blues' hopes of qualifying for the Champions League are hanging by a slender thread following the chastening loss at Stamford Bridge.

The top-seeded Pistons rallied from a 3-1 deficit in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series to eliminate Orlando with a 116-94 triumph in game seven on Sunday.