Los Angeles - The Orlando Magic and Utah Jazz are losing games, players and their edge, which is no way to prepare for the postseason. The Magic fell for the third time in four games Saturday night, dropping a 103-93 road decision to the rookie-laden New Jersey Nets as Turkish star Hedo Turkoglu was carried off with a sprained left ankle.

The loss means Orlando (58-22) cannot catch Boston for second place in the Eastern Conference and likely would not have home-court advantage in both the conference semifinals and conference finals.

London - Liverpool cruised to a 4-0 victory over a hapless Blackburn Rovers side on Saturday to move two points clear of Manchester United at the top of the English Premier League. Fernando Torres scored two first-half goals, Daniel Agger banged in a third and David Ngog scored the fourth as Liverpool piled the pressure on United.

Champions United have two games in hand, though, and can return to the top if they win at Sunderland later on Saturday.

New Delhi, Apr 11 : Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag on Saturday said he was hopeful that his team would put up a good show in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in South Africa.

Ipoh (Malaysia), Apr. 11 : India defeated arch rivals Pakistan 2-1 to reach the finals of the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament here on Saturday.

Both the teams were locked 1-1 till the 59th minute of the game, but a superb goal by Sandeep Singh in the 60th minute ensured India a berth in the final of the tournament which would be played on Sunday.

Lahore, Apr. 11 : Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) attitude towards the ICL players terming its decision to drop the three rebel players after initially selecting them for Twenty20 World Championship as `unprofessional behaviour'.

"One day they announced the list, and the next day they reversed it. This is the result of unprofessional thinking by the board and the selectors," The Daily Times quoted Haq, as saying.

London, Apr 11 : Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson upped his war of words with Rafa Benitez by suggesting that the Liverpool coach was guilty of taking his eye off the ball ahead of club's Champions League defeat to Chelsea in midweek by talking about him rather than the task in hand.

Ferguson took another swipe at the Merseyside club by claiming that Chelsea, fuelled by their win at Anfield, were now the biggest threat to United's hopes of completing a hat-trick of Premier League titles.