Tiger in mix Fed express King James but rival leads gathers steam tames Bulls

MASTERS favourite Tiger Woods will need one of his vintage Sunday performances at the Arnold Palmer Invitational if he is to break a US PGA Tour win drought of almost five years.

Woods mixed six birdies with three bogeys during a three-underpar 69 during the third round at Bay Hill and at seven-under has left himself five shots back of leader Henrik Stenson. Stenson, 41, posted a 71 to move to 12-under and he will take a one- shot cushion into the final round over Bryson DeChambeau (72). ROGER Federer found his way back to reach his eighth final at the Indian Wells Masters, beating Croatian Borna Coric 5-7 6-4 6-4.

Federer stands 17-0 to start the season for the first time in his career.

The Swiss maestro had to work in challenging and windy conditions on Saturday – in addition to a relatively unorthodox 11am start – which he will face again on Sunday in the title match against Juan Martin del Potro.

The Argentine set up a re-run of the 2009 US Open final. LEBRON James scored 33 points as part of a triple-double, Jordan Clarkson had a tiebreaking four-point play with 1:27 left and Cleveland beat Chicago 114-109 on Saturday night.

James had 12 rebounds and 12 assists for his 15th triple-double of the season, and Jeff Green added 21 points. Clarkson finished with 19 points to help the Cavaliers salvage a six-game split on their season-high six-game trip. Denzel Valentine led Chicago with a career-high 34 points, hitting 8 of 11 from long range.