commanding 15 point championship lead, before the next round – the Monaco Grand Prix on May 28. Major League Baseball: In celebration of Mother's Day in the US and Canada, the Office of the Commissioner approved use of special pink bats in all games that were played today. Monies raised from the auctioning of these bats, as well as line-up cards and special bases used in the games, along with strikeouts by pitchers since last Sunday (May 7) will go to charities for breast cancer research. Football: FC Shakhtar Donetsk beat FC Dynamo Kyiv 2:1 to win the Ukrainian Premier League championship. This match was an extra match labeled the "Golden Match" because the regular season ended in a tie between the two first placed teams. Both teams had 75 points in 30 games and to determine the champion an extra game was played. Cycling Giro d'Italia: Ivan Basso wins a mountaintop finish by a wide margin and takes over the provisional lead. Rugby union: Sale Sharks beat defending champions London Wasps 22 – 12 and Leicester Tigers beats London Irish 40 – 8 and will meet in the Guinness Premiership final. 13 May 2006 (Saturday) College Basketball: Southern California freshman point guard Ryan Francis, 19, is shot and killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana while visiting his mother. One man is arrested and charged with murder. (Yahoo) NHL 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs Buffalo Sabres 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT): Jason Pominville scores a short-handed goal 2:26 into overtime to eliminate the top-seeded Senators. The Sabres will now await the winner of the Carolina–New Jersey series. Auto racing NASCAR NEXTEL Cup: In a fast and furious finish, Greg Biffle defends his 2005 victory in the Dodge Charger 500 by two carlengths over Jeff Gordon. Football: FA Cup Final: Liverpool 3 – 3 West Ham United Liverpool win 3–1 on penalties: In the best FA Cup Final for decades, compared by commentators to the classic "Matthews Final" of 1953, for the second year running the FA Cup Final goes to extra time and a penalty shoot-out. West Ham take a 2-goal lead in the first half, through an own goal from Jamie Carragher and Dean Ashton before Djibril Cissé brings it back to 2–1 at half time. Steven Gerrard scores the equaliser in the 53rd minute, then defender Paul Konchesky puts West Ham back in the lead ten minutes later, with a