Bravo's team wins

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (CMC):

Dwayne Bravo's Mumbai Indians boosted their semi-final hopes in the Indian Premier League (IPL) when they defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 16 runs yesterday at St George's Park. Electing to bat, Mumbai gathered 157 for two off their 20 overs and then restricted Bangalore to 141 for seven off their 29 overs. Bravo did not bat and took one for 27 off his four overs.

Hamilton ninth

BARCELONA, Spain (CMC):

Lewis Hamilton experienced a 'difficult' race and placed ninth as his in-form British colleague Jenson Button sped to victory at the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday. Button's Brawn GP dominated the event with a one-two finish, his team-mate Rubens Barrichello claiming the runner-spot. Red Bull's Mark Webber was third.

In securing a solid fourth win in five races, Button led home early leader Barrichello by 13 seconds. The result vaulted Button to 41 points, 14 ahead of Barrichello (27) in the championship race.

Bell, Sidebottom recalled

LONDON, England (CMC):

England's selectors recalled batsman Ian Bell and pacer Ryan Sidebottom yesterday for thesecond Test against West Indies at Chester-le-Street in Durham starting Thursday. Bell lost his spot as No.3 batsman on the recent tour of the Caribbean, but rebounded with a sturdy start to the English County season, registering a pair of centuries already - 172 and 108 - for Warwickshire. Sidebottom is back after recovering from Achilles surgery following the West Indies tour and has shown encouraging form in the domestic campaign so far.

SQUAD: Andrew Strauss (captain), Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Ian Bell, Matt Prior, Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Graham Onions, Ryan Sidebottom.

Gasquet tests positive for coke

PARIS (AP):

French tennis player Richard Gasquet has acknowledged he's been told he tested positive for cocaine but says he's innocent.

"I am gathering together proof of my innocence and I will choose an appropriate moment to express myself," Gasquet said in a statement yesterday.

Iniesta doubtful

BARCELONA, Spain (AP):

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta tore a right thigh muscle yesterday and is reportedly in doubt for the Champions League final against Manchester United. Iniesta was hurt in Barcelona's 3-3 draw with Villarreal, which kept the Catalan team waiting to celebrate the Spanish league title for at least another week.

Barcelona said Iniesta would miss Wednesday's Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao. Iniesta scored Barcelona's late equalizer last Wednesday to earn Barcelona a 1-1 draw at Chelsea and passage into the Champions League final in Rome on May 27.

Refs' error costs Mavs

DALLAS (AP):

The NBA admitted officials were wrong when they didn't call an intentional foul the Dallas Mavericks were trying to commit before Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony made a game-winning three-pointer on Saturday. Dallas had a two-point lead and a foul to give when Denver inbounded the ball with less than eight seconds left. Antoine Wright was clearly trying to foul Anthony, and bumped him twice.