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The Cleveland Cavaliers won their eighth game in a row while LeBron James became the youngest player to score 11,000 career NBA points in a 106-82 win over the New Jersey Nets on Tuesday.

A third-quarter surge put the Cavaliers in command as they improved to 9-2 and remained half a game behind the NBA champion Boston Celtics, who have the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Cavs forward James scored 31 points to lead the visiting team and succeed Kobe Bryant as the youngest to reach the 11,000-point mark.

Cleveland scored the first 12 points after the intermission for a 61-52 lead, which they increased to 14, sparked by Delonte West’s 4-for-4 shooting from three-point range.

“It’s good that we have that killer mentality early in the season,” James told reporters. “Delonte shot the lights out.”

Nets coach Lawrence Frank said his team had come out flat after halftime.

“That third quarter started with very, very low energy,” he said. “We were bad on both ends. That’s a recipe for a big loss.”

New Jersey, who fell to 4-6, had the upper hand early in the contest.

The Nets used a 7-0 burst to take a 25-18 lead in the first quarter before James led the Cavs back with a driving lay-up, a jumper and three free throws to help Cleveland cut New Jersey’s advantage to 28-26.

James had 15 points in the first quarter, becoming the youngest NBA player to reach 11,000 career points, at 23 years 323 days of age, more than a year younger than Lakers guard Bryant when he reached the milestone.

West and point guard Mo Williams, who was 3-for-4 from beyond the three-point arc, both added 16 points for the Cavs.

Devin Harris scored 23 points for the Nets, who had only 30 points in the second half and were 2-of-14 on three-pointers.

Next up for the Cavaliers is a road game against the Pistons (7-3) in Detroit on Wednesday.

“It’s going to be a good test,” James said. “For us and Detroit.”

Yuki Bhambri stamped his authority in the Asian/Oceania zone by wining both the singles and doubles titles in the closed championship, which concluded in Indonesia on Sunday.

The top-seeded Delhi player retained the singles title by making a spirited comeback from a set down to complete a 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 win against his doubles partner, Chinese Taipei’s third seed Liang-Chi Huang in the title clash of the ITF Grade B1 event.

The 16-year-old had won the title last year before a home crowd.

Yuki then combined with Huang to beat seventh seeded Malaysian-Indonesian pair of Juan Antonio Los Santos and David Agung Susanto 6-3, 6-1 to make it a double delight for himself.

World number one Jelena Jankovic overcame a dreadful start to power past holder Elena Dementieva 0-6 6-1 6-0 in the Kremlin Cup semi-finals on Saturday.

The Russian third seed blew Jankovic off the court in the first set but the Serb, making her debut in Moscow, returned the favour by taking 12 of the last 13 games to clinch the see-saw encounter that lasted one hour 45 minutes.

The in-form Jankovic, who won titles in Stuttgart and Beijing in the past two weeks, will face second seed Dinara Safina or her Russian compatriot, number seven Vera Zvonareva, who meet in the second semi later on Saturday.

Also, men’s seventh seed Marat Safin, who eliminated top seed and three-times Kremlin Cup winner Nikolay Davydenko in the quarters, takes on 98th-ranked German Mischa Zverev followed by unseeded Russian Igor Kunitsyn meeting Frenchman Fabrice Santoro.

The u-10 Roshanara Open junior title is Shramay Dhawan’s first catch in his five-year long career. And for his debut win, Shramay thrashed Ratik Kapoor 8-2 in the best of fifteen games final on Friday.

Despite his small frame, Shramay has a deceptive forehand that has served him well every time he steps on to the court. The fact that the closest winning margin for him in this tournament was a 6-4 scoreline in a best of 11 games in the second round is testimony to the fact.

For the final, however, he didn’t have to sweat too much, something that he admits. At the same time, though, a win here seem like nothing compared to his dreams. “He once dreamt of playing at Roland Garros against (Rafael) Nadal in the final. He said he lost the first game, but went on to win the match to lift the French Open (in his dream),” says Ritu Dhawan, Shramay’s mother.

“It’s not only his passion for the game at this age, but his insistence on perfection and complete knowledge about the game. You can ask him about any tennis player on earth and he will be ready with the answers. In fact, he is so serious about the game that sometimes, in his quest for perfection, he ends up carrying a tennis kit double his size,” she adds.

Looking up to Pistol PeteIn his quest for ‘perfection’ and ‘discipline’, Shramay has found his idol in Pete Sampras. Despite never having seen the legend in action, Shramay was hooked on to the game - and Sampras - after watching a documentary on a popular sports channel. It is for the lack of this very ‘discipline’ that he doesn’t like Rafael Nadal or even Boris Becker, who was a part of the show.

During Friday’s final, though, he admits to having let his idol down by making faces on losing points. “I like Sampras for his humbleness and try to follow his on-court attitude. But today I lost my temper and made faces at my opponent at least twice. I will try to avoid that in future,” says Shramay.

According to his coach Yogesh Kumar, the youngest trainee at the Siri Fort Sports Complex has many things uncommon to his age-group. “He keeps hitting balls all the time - on court, on the wall, against any surface he gets hands to. He will keep watching Yuki (Bhambri) for hours. And when everyone else has left, you can see him still working hard. He keeps a complete account of international tennis, even visiting Grand Slam websites to catch a glimpse of the matches he missed,” says Kumar.

In fact, even his selection at the Siri Fort complex for training was not a matter of routine. “We generally don’t take in children of his age as kids so young are very indecisive about continuing with the game after a couple of years. However, with Shramay we had no hesitancy in deciding to take him in. His commitment and the amount of time he spends on court were enough to convic us about his seriousness,” Kumar says.

He adds that Aditya Sachdeva (Yuki Bhambri’s coach) also played a big role in ensuring that Shramay got to play at the Siri Fort complex. “He keeps an eye on him all the time,” adds Kumar.

Grand plansAnd while his parents plan to train him in Germany, Shramay points out a couple of weaknesses that need immediate attention. “None of my volleys work.

Every time I end up hitting into the bottom of the net. I also miss a lot of my drop shots,” Shramay adds as he gets off the court with a kit bag double his size.

Other final results: Boys u-14: Rahul Singh beat Amitya Aggarwal 7-2; U-12: Shubhankar Bahl beat Amitya Aggarwal 7-2

JN Pet it have dominated the football scene this year, winning five tournaments at the local level and two at the district level. Petit started their reign over Pune football by winning the under-14 and under-17 sections of the National Congress Party football tournament. They then won the under-17 section of the Subroto Mukherjee tournament and went on to win the district level tournament after beating St. Josephs High School, Solapur, in the final. They came third in the state level of the same tournament held at the St. Xavier’s ground, Bombay after defeating New English Academic School, Kolhapur. Their under-17 team again won the inter-school football tournament conducted by the Zilla Parishad and carried on their good form. Finally the under-16 team won the inter school SAI tournament and wrapped up a year full of trophies for their school.

Rohan Kadam, Karim Dinani and Shubham Lad all students of JN Petit school have been selected for the under-15 Pune FC team. “Players like Rohan Kadam and Riyan Yadgiri have played a vital role in ensuring success,” said Nandu Angirwal, head coach of the JN Petit football team. Riyan Yadgiri represented last year’s Pune FC team that went to Chennai to play a tournament. In the current under-19 squad of the Pune FC line up, four players - Nishant Malwinkar, Akash Kamble, Jeevan Nalge and Niket Jain - were once a part of Angirwal’s football team.

“Daar ke aage jeet hai (victory is for the fearless),” a banner at the entrance of the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium screamed. The occasion was elections to the sports committee of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA).

Like the past four years, the Vinod Tihara faction asserted its supremacy on Monday, claiming all the 10 posts as opposed to the Ashok Sharma faction, which failed to open its account. “We knew this was coming, afterall we have been working for the better of the game,” said Tihara.

There was a departure this year with retired additional district and sessions judge, B.L. Garg, overseeing the process as an election officer. His presence was required because of the case filed by the Sarojini Nagar Gymkhana, a club owing allegiance to Sharma, in the Tis Hazari Court challenging the executive committee’s decision to extend the tenure of the sports committee to two years from the existing one-year period.

The court directed that since the executive committee’s tenure was one year, the term of the sports committee, a sub-committee, could not be for a period of two years. As a result, Monday’s elections were held under the court’s supervision.

Out of the 112 clubs affiliated to the DDCA, 109 cast their vote while that of Rajnigandha Club was ’sealed’ by the election officer. Apparently, D.S. Bawa, owner of the club, was stopped from casting his vote and Ajay Kumar, who the DDCA claimed was the owner and produced papers to prove his ownership, exercised the right in place of Bawa.

The Indian Olympic Association today came under a scathing attack from former hockey boss KPS Gill who described it as an “entirely fake organisation” which had done very little for the development of the game. Gill, whose 14-year-tenure as president came to an end when the Indian Hockey Federation was dissolved in April this year, said the IOA was not working towards the development of hockey since taking over control and was instead wasting it’s energy on “unimportant” events like Commonwealth Games. “IOA is an entirely fake organisation and has nothing to do with the development of sports in India. It should have been superceded long time back and non-political personalities should have been inducted into the organisation.

That way the national sports federation would not have come under undue pressure,” Gill told PTI-Bhasha. Gill alleged that the IOA has done nothing concrete for the betterment of hockey despite promising various steps and was instead focusing only on the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

“In the last six months it has made various announcements for hockey but has not taken any concrete step. The organisation is giving undue importance to the Commonwealth (Games),” Gill, the former Director General of Punjab Police, said.

“Superpowers like the US and China don’t take part in the Commonwealth Games and so it’s got no relevance in my eyes,” he said.

Kobe Bryant provided a vital late spark as the United States reclaimed Olympic basketball supremacy Sunday, defeating world champion Spain 118-107 to bring the Americans their 13th gold medal.

Dwyane Wade scored 27 points to lead the Americans while Bryant added 20, LeBron James contributed 14 and Carmelo Anthony scored 13 for the US squad of National Basketball Association stars who found redemption for a 2004 flop.

Wade, James and Anthony were all frustrated reserve members of the US team that settled for bronze at the 2004 Olympics, sparking the golden quest of this US “Redeem Team” to reclaim global supremacy for basketball’s birthplace.

“We were at America’s lowest point in ‘04,” Anthony said. “We did a hell of a job putting America back where it belongs, on top of the world.”

A day after his 30th birthday, Bryant smiled and said, ‘Oh my God,’ as he watched the Stars and Stripes rise while the US anthem played, having already bitten his medal and found the taste of gold sweeter than his three NBA titles.

“It is more important and more special than any championship that any of us will ever win,” Bryant said.

It was a game the NBA superstar multi-millionaires had waited for years to play and they were not about to lose.

“We put our time and hearts into this. To come through and finally win the gold medal not just for ourselves but for America, it means a lot,” James said. “It means everything to me. It’s so rewarding to see your hard work pay off.”

But the Spaniards gave the US stars their toughest Olympic fight, staying within two points with eight minutes to play.

Rudy Fernandez sank a three-pointer with 8:13 remaining to pull the Spanish within 91-89, the closest they had been since the first eight minutes and that any team in the Olympics had been to the Americans so late in a game.

“They were unbelievable,” James said. “They countered our game plan by making some incredible plays. Every possession counted. If it wasn’t for our determination we wouldn’t have pulled it through.”

Bryant entered after a US timeout to regroup and sparked a 12-3 run, scoring five points and making two assists. Pau Gasol, Bryant’s NBA teammate, answered with four points to pull Spain within 104-99.

But Bryant replied with a pivotal four-point play - sinking a three-pointer, being fouled and adding a free throw.

“Dwyane made a couple big plays and we all know Kobe likes the ball down the stretch,” Gasol said. “We played well. We almost had it. We fought to the end. We had a chance.”

Spain closed within 108-104 but Wade hit a three-pointer and added lay-in off a pass from Bryant with 71 seconds remaining to seal Spain’s fate.

“That probably goes down as one of the greatest games in Olympic history,” James said. “The intensity was unbelievable. It was crazy for us.”

In the final seconds, US players began hugging each other with joy. Wade, James and Anthony sought each other out and stood in awe of their achievement.

“The moment is special,” Wade said. “All three of us took time out and took the moment in. Being part of the ‘04 Olympic team and not getting to show our talent, we really wanted to win this.”

Americans had lost only twice in Olympic history until 2004, when they dropped round robin games to Puerto Rico and Lithuania and fell to eventual champion Argentina in the Athens semi-finals, settling for bronze medals.

A shock loss to Greece in the 2006 world championship semi-finals left the Americans with bronze again, but the US team has not lost since, avenging the losses to Greece and Argentina with Olympic triumphs.

“Everybody talks about NBA players being selfish and arrogant,” Bryant said. “What you saw out there was a team coming together and playing as a team.”

The US team improved to 10-0 against Spain in the Olympics, including a victory in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics gold medal game. The US team routed Spain 119-82 last week in preliminary round play but this was far different.

Fernandez scored 22 to lead Spain while Gasol added 21.

“It was a wonderful game but unfortunately we lost,” Gasol said. “We kept ourselves with a chance the whole game, which says a lot about this team. We played a tough game. We never backed down. We should be proud.”

Kevin Pietersen scored 90 not out and then claimed two wickets to inspire his England team to a 20-run victory over South Africa in their opening one-day international at Headingley on Friday.

The tourists, replying to England`s 275 for four, could only manage 255 to give Pietersen another win after he was appointed captain this month. He finished with two for 22 from five overs and played a part in the run out of Jacques Kallis.

South Africa started brightly but as soon as rookie spinner Samit Patel bowled Herschelle Gibbs (37) to leave them on 93 for two in the 16th over the match gradually turned England`s way.

Kallis, with 52, and AB de Villiers, caught at midwicket for 24 in Pietersen`s first over, failed to build on a promising start. Mark Boucher was then stumped to give Pietersen his second victim.

“The team were brilliant,” Pietersen said. “There is no point resting on our laurels though.

“It is a long series, still four more games to play. We always start well and end up messing it up a bit so I think Nottingham (on Tuesday) is a huge fixture for us.” Earlier, Pietersen combined with Andrew Flintoff (78) in a destructive stand of 158 from 128 balls.

Pietersen, who survived lbw appeals on 19 and 58, batted for 82 balls for his fifth half-century in eight one-day innings against his native South Africa.

Flintoff faced 70 deliveries and joined Pietersen in England`s highest fourth-wicket stand in one-day cricket against the Proteas.

The home side made up for a sluggish start to their innings by scoring 94 runs from the last 10 overs, as South Africa struggled to contain England`s belated aggression.

Pietersen`s first boundary came off his 52nd delivery as he went to 41, courtesy of a slog through mid-wicket off a full toss by off-spinner Johan Botha. He drove Vernon Philander for a straight four with his next ball.

Flintoff registered his first half-century for England since January last year, bringing up his fifty with a leg glance for four that also raised the 100 partnership.

However, England did not enjoy the most fluent of starts. Ian Bell struggled for 35 runs from 69 balls, while his opening partner Matt Prior could have been out three times before he went for 42.

England fast bowler Steve Harmison claimed figures of two for 43 in 10 overs in his first one-day international since retiring from the format 20 months ago.

“We showed a lot of rustiness,” said South Africa skipper Graeme Smith. “The fact is we haven`t had the greatest build-up to this series.

“There is a lot to improve on before Nottingham. We were way below par, we know we can improve a hell of a lot and that is encouraging.”