Basketball: Back in action after kidney transplant

Seven-time basketball All-Star Alonzo Mourning returned to action for the first time since undergoing a kidney transplant and scored 12 points in New Jersey's 96-94 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in East Rutherford yesterday.

The Nets signed Mourning to a four-year, US$22 million ($32.5 million) contract before the 2003-04 season, but his time with New Jersey lasted only 12 games because of a condition known as focal glomerulosclerosis.

He was forced to stop playing last November 25 and had a kidney transplant less than a month later with an organ donated by his cousin.