NBA Highlights of the day:

• Thu, Oct 30 Charlotte Cleveland
• Thu, Oct 30 Houston Dallas
• Thu, Oct 30 New Orleans Phoenix

Yao Ming and Ron Artest powered a 16-2 run late in the fourth quarter, carrying the Houston Rockets to a 112-102 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night in the debut of new Mavs coach Rick Carlisle. Yao finished with 30 points and 13 rebounds, and Artest scored 29 points. He had seven points in the decisive run, which began with the game tied at 92. Along the way, he also showed his allegiance to his new big man.

Video Highlights 30/10/2008: Tampa Bay Lightning-Buffalo Sabres 5-2 (NHL)

It took Real Union just two minutes to score, Juan Dominguez burst past Michel Salgado to rock the visitors back with the opener. Gonzalo Higuain levelled on a counter-attack soon after, but the game had to be halted when his team mate Ruben de la Red collapsed and was taken to hospital. Dominguez was gifted a free header to put the home side back in front after 20 minutes. Real struck level through Javier Saviola after the break, but Goikoetxea found space in the area to net the winner in the 63rd minute.

Diego Forlan scored the only goal of the game just before half-time as he picked up on a fine pass by Antonio Lopez to slot home from close distance.

NBA Highlights of the day:

• Wed, Oct 29 Atlanta Orlando 99-85 J. Johnson, 25
• Wed, Oct 29 Toronto Philadelphia 95-84 C. Bosh, 27
• Wed, Oct 29 New Jersey Washington 95-85 V. Carter, 21
• Wed, Oct 29 Miami New York 115-120 J. Crawford, 29
• Wed, Oct 29 Indiana Detroit 94-100 D. Granger, 33
• Wed, Oct 29 Sacramento Minnesota 96-98 J. Salmons, 24
• Wed, Oct 29 Milwaukee Oklahoma City 98-87 R. Jefferson, 20
• Wed, Oct 29 Phoenix San Antonio 103-98 T. Duncan, 32
• Wed, Oct 29 Memphis Houston 71-82 Y. Ming, 21
• Wed, Oct 29 Denver Utah 94-98 C. Boozer, 25
• Wed, Oct 29 New Orleans Golden State 108-103 C. Maggette, 27
• Wed, Oct 29 L.A. Lakers L.A. Clippers 117-79 K. Bryant, 16

Marouane Fellaini’s last minute goal gave Everton their first win in nine games as they beat struggling Bolton at the Reebok.

Un gol dell’attaccante granata Stellone regala la vittoria alla squadra di De Biasi. Succede tutto nel secondo tempo: vantaggio di Amoruso di tacco, raddoppio decisivo di Stellone, appunto, Floccari accorcia con una rete “fantasma”.

In the London derby, Tottenham stunned the Emirates into silence with a wonder strike from David Bentley after 13 minutes. Modric won the ball in midfield, Jenas chested the ball down to David Bentley, who flicked the ball up and volleyed it from fully 35-yards. But Spurs couldn’t hold onto their lead, and Arsenal drew level when Mikael Silvestre got ahead of Jenas from a corner to head home the leveller. Spurs were then undone by another set piece immediately after the restart, William Gallas heading home Fabregas’ free-kick. Arsenal then scored a quality third, Nasri was played through the middle and he chipped the onrushing Gomes, with Adebayor applying the finishing touch over the line. Back came Spurs, Huddlestone’s drive was spilled by Almunia and Darren Bent scored from the rebound. But the Gunners quickly reasserted their authority on the game, Hutton sloppily gave the ball to Adebayor, he picked out van Persie and the Dutchman drove home number four. But the scoring still wasn’t over, Clichy’s slip presented the ball to Jenas and the Spurs captain drove forward before curling a left-foot beauty past Almunia. And just when the game couldn’t get more crazy, in the 93rd minute Modric smacked a shot against the post and Aaron Lennon was in the right place to score the equaliser. This was one of the truly great Premier League matches.

The Philadelphia Phillies ended their long wait for a World Series title with a short burst of baseball as they clinched the crown by completing a rain-suspended 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. The Phillies captured their first Fall Classic title since 1980 in a unique, three-inning finish as they resumed Game Five, suspended in the middle of the sixth on Monday with the score tied 2-2 when the field became unplayable after rain. The victory gave the Phillies a 4-1 triumph in the best-of-seven series and ended a dream season for the Rays, who rebounded from the worst record in the majors last season.