Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul faces an indefinite injury layoff with a broken hand while Blake Griffin will miss the rest of the season, the NBA team announced Tuesday.

A statement on the Clippers website said Paul, who broke his hand against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday, had undergone surgery to repair the fracture.

DeMar DeRozan returned to form with 34 points as the Toronto Raptors overturned a double-digit deficit to defeat the Indiana Pacers 102-99 and seize control of their best-of-seven playoff series on Tuesday.

DeRozan, who had entered the game averaging just 13.3 points, turned on the style as the Raptors fought back from 13 points down to seal a win which gives them a 3-2 lead.

The 96 Liverpool fans who died in the Hillsborough football stadium disaster were unlawfully killed, a jury found Tuesday, blaming police for the worst tragedy in the history of British sport.

Following the longest-running inquest in English legal history, jurors concluded that policing decisions at the ill-fated match in 1989 "caused or contributed" to the deaths, and amounted to "gross negligence".

On form Nice striker Hatem Ben Arfa has vowed to give his all should he make France's 23-man squad for Euro 2016, daily newspaper L'Equipe reported on Tuesday.

"I could go to the Euro and even if I never played a minute I'd be cheering the others on and encourage the others in training," said Ben Arfa, who is trying to shake of the idea he has a difficult personality.

The Oklahoma City Thunder punched their ticket to the second playoff round, but the Los Angeles Clippers' chances of following suit were dealt a big blow when Chris Paul broke his hand on Monday.

Paul broke his right hand in the Portland Trail Blazers' 98-84 game four win as the Clippers guard became the second NBA star to suffer a serious injury in as many days.

An Olympic Games in a country engulfed in political crisis and football's European Championship in a nation that fears a terrorist outrage. It is almost a perfect storm in a major sporting year.

Experts see risks everywhere that could destroy the "feelgood factor" that two such major events would normally bring.

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy will miss his side's potential title decider at Manchester United on Sunday after accepting a misconduct charge, England's Football Association announced on Tuesday.

Vardy, who has also been fined £10,000 ($14,540, 12,890 euros), was charged after reacting angrily to being sent off following a second yellow card for diving in Leicester's recent 2-2 draw with West Ham United.

Ferocity may sound like a good thing in martial arts, but when Popole Misenga started training for his Olympic judo team he was, well, too ferocious -- "brutal," one coach says.

Then again, Misenga's no ordinary athlete and his team -- composed of refugees from around the world -- is no ordinary squad.

Club legends Alessandro Del Piero and Dino Zoff hailed Juventus after the Turin giants' record-equaling fifth consecutive Serie A title on Monday, although former Napoli legend Diego Maradona was not amused.

Juventus, emulating their feat of 1935 when the Turin giants won a fifth straight title for the first time, went 12 points clear of Napoli with a 2-1 win at Fiorentina on Sunday.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino is not ready to concede the Premier League title to Leicester City despite seeing his side drop precious points in a 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion.

Monday's result at White Hart Lane left second-placed Spurs seven points behind longtime leaders Leicester with three matches remaining.