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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Chinas Shanshan Feng shot a 5-under 67 Friday to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the Dubai Ladies Masters. Feng, the LPGA Championship winner in June, closed with three straight birdies for a tournament-record 198 total after three rounds at the Ladies European Tours season-ending event. "I was a little nervous at the beginning, but I made some birdies and had quite a comeback on the last three holes," Feng said. "Ive done pretty well for three days so Im going to stick to the same game plan. Im still confident." Dewi Claire Schreefel was in second place at 203 after a course-record 63 at Emirates Golf Club. The Dutchwoman had nine birdies, including four on her last four holes. "That was the best round of my career," Schreefel said. "They come along every once in a while and I feel another good round under par is definitely possible." Gwladys Nocera (68) was third at 204, with Cindy Lacrosse (69) and Caroline Masson (69) another shot back. Defending champion Lexi Thompson (72) had two birdies and two bogeys and was at 209. "It was frustrating. I didnt hit the ball bad, just didnt make anything," the American teenager said. "A few misreads with the putter, but its been like that all week." Michelle Wie (70) was 15 shots off the pace. Carlota Ciganda, who leads the Order of Merit ahead of Masson, shot a 73 for 211. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale . Leo Santa Cruz also defended his IBF bantamweight title, stopping Victor Zaleta in the ninth round of a brutal fight on a thoroughly entertaining card at Staples Center. Alfredo Angulo stopped Raul Casarez with a single left hook 56 seconds into the first round, making a dramatic return to the ring after a year away. Cheap Jerseys From China . In a game against Metallurg Magnitogorsk, the league said that Carle appeared to make contract with a referee during the game. He received the match penalty for abuse of officials and unsportsmanlike conduct. http://www.bwjerseys.com/ . As a meaningless 110-106 loss to the depleted San Antonio Spurs wound down on Wednesday night, the crowd stood and chanted "We want Nash" over and over.EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Dwight Howard participated in his first practice with the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, going through a lengthy workout with no apparent concerns about his surgically repaired back. Howard worked out with the Lakers new starting five during much of the afternoon practice at the Lakers training complex, running offensive drills with Steve Nash and playing a little 1-on-1 against Pau Gasol. After finishing up the workout with drills in the Lakers new Princeton-inflected offence, he got a few quick pointers from Kobe Bryant. Howards performance was encouraging to the Lakers, who are being careful with their new franchise centre five months after surgery to repair a herniated disc in his back. "I didnt surprise myself," Howard said. "Ive been working hard to get on the court. I want to continue to work hard, (and) we havent had any setbacks, so I want to continue to do whatever I can to get on the court." The six-time All-Star centre hasnt committed to any timetable for his debut with the Lakers, who acquired him in a four-team trade in August. The Lakers already have announced Howard wont play in their first preseason game in Fresno against Golden State on Sunday night, but Howard sounds determined to suit up with his teammates at some point before the regular season opener Oct. 30 against Dallas. "Hopefully Ill be back for some preseason games," Howard said. "I think were going to need it forr chemistry and all that stuff, but like I said, Im not going to rush.dddddddddddd Im going to continue to practice. Weve had some great practices. Today was really good, so Im happy." The Lakers second exhibition is in Ontario, Calif., on Oct. 10 against Portland. Howard has been working out six days a week at the Lakers training complex to prepare for the season under the watch of the clubs medical staff and his own team. The results are promising to his teammates, who were impressed by Howards fitness in his first team action. Howard participated in three-on-three, two-on-two and one-on-one drills with the Lakers, who didnt run any drills with serious contact or 5-on-5 scrimmages. "He worked just as much as anybody else, so that was good," Gasol said. "I didnt expect that to happen today. ... Hes a great player, a tremendous force, and it feels good to have him here." Howard knows the Lakers have plenty of work to do if they hope to grasp the new offensive concepts being installed by veteran assistant coach Eddie Jordan. Bryant, who already sees Howard picking up the offence, is grateful to see evidence of Howards work ethic in his first day. "It was very beneficial," Bryant said. "Even though he cant really do anything thats contact-related, hes still able to go through all the drills offensively, and the schemes we want to do, and kind of work through the Princeton offence, so it was very productive." ' ' '