Score board

Basketball

Results from NBA games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

MIAMI 102 LA Clippers 97 Atlanta at DENVER LA Lakers 99 HOUSTON 98

Ice Hockey

Results from NHL games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

BOSTON 4 Florida 1

CAROLINA 1 NY Islanders 0

NY Rangers 4 COLUMBUS 2

OTTAWA 4 Montreal 1

New Jersey 3 PHILADELPHIA 0

WASHINGTON 3 Minnesota 2 (SO)

Dallas 4 DETROIT 3 (OT)

TAMPA BAY 4 Edmonton 2

ST. LOUIS 3 Calgary 2

LOS ANGELES 2 Buffalo 0

Vancouver 4 SAN JOSE 2

NFL

Result of the National Football League game on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

MINNESOTA 34 Washington 27

Soccer

Europa League

Results on Thursday:

Group A

At Krasnodar, Russia: Kuban Krasnodar (RUS) 1 (Balde 90+2) Swansea City (ENG) 1 (Bony 9)

At St Gallen, Switzerland: Saint-Gallen (SUI) 2 (Besle 38, Karanovic 66) Valencia (ESP) 3 (Piatti 30, 76, Canales 86)

Group B

At Sofia: Ludogorets (BUL) 1 (Quixada 47) Chornomorets Odessa (UKR) 1 (Gai 65)

At Eindhoven, Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven (NED) 2 (Maher 29, Locadia 57) Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 0

Group C

At Esbjerg, Denmark: Esbjerg (DEN) 1 (Rohden 71-0g) Elfsborg (SWE) 0

At Liege, Belgium: Standard Liege (BEL) 1 (M'Poku 55) Salzburg (AUT) 3 (Svento 42, Kampl 45+1, Alan 58)

Group D

At Kazan, Russia: Rubin Kazan (RUS) 1 (Kuzmin 22) Wigan Athletic (ENG) 0

At Maribor, Slovenia: Maribor (SLO) 0 Zulte-Waregem (BEL) 1 (T. Hazard 29-pen)

Group E

At Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine: Dnipro (UKR) 2 (Matheus 44, Konoplyanka 66) Paos de Ferreira (POR) 0

At Cluj-Napoca, Romania: Pandurii (ROM) 1 (Pereira 32) Fiorentina (ITA) 2 (Matos 86, Borja Valero 90+2)

Group F

At Nicosia: APOEL Nicosia (CYP) 2 (Alexandrou 14, Nuno Morais 55) Bordeaux (FRA) 1 (L. Sane 45+2)

At Tel Aviv, Israel: Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) 4 (Zehavy 14, 90+4-pen, YItzhaki 30, 35) Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 2 (Lakic 63, Meier 67-pen)

Group G

At Vienna: Rapid Vienna (AUT) 2 (Boyd 40, 45+2) RC Genk (BEL) 2 (Serigne Modou Kara Mbodji 28-pen, Buffel 61)

At Thun, Switzerland: Thun (SUI) 0 Dynamo Kiev 2 (Schenkel 29-o.g., Yarmolenko 69)

Group H

At Seville, Spain: Sevilla (ESP) 1 (Perotti 29) Slovan Liberec (CZE) 1 (Pavelka 71)

At Estoril, Portugal: Estoril (POR) 0 Freiburg (GER) 0

Group I

At Rijeka, Croatia: Rijeka (CRO) 1 (Kramaric 21) Lyon (FRA) 1 (Plea 14)

At Guimaraes, Portugal: Vitoria Guimaraes (POR) 0 Real Betis 1 (Vazquez Florido 90+4)

Group J

At Warsaw: Legia Warszaw (POL) 0 Trabzonspor (TUR) 2 (Junior 71-o.g., Adin 79)

At Rome: Lazio (ITA) 2 (Floccari 14, 37) Apollon Limassol (CYP) 1 (Papoulis 39)

Group K

At Tromso, Norway: Tromso (NOR) 0 Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) 1 (Mkrtchyan 90+4)

At London: Tottenham (ENG) 2 (Lamela 60, Defoe 67-pen) Sheriff (MDA) 1 (Isa 72)

Group L

At Alkmaar, Netherlands: AZ Alkmaar (NED) 1 (Ortiz 55) Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) 0

At Haifa, Israel: Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 0 PAOK (GRE) 0

Tennis

ATP World Tour Finals

Results from the fourth day of the ATP World Tour Finals at London's O2 Arena on Thursday (x denotes seeding):

Singles

Group B

Roger Federer (SUI x6) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA x8) 6-4, 6-3;

Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x4) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Standings

(matches won-lost, sets won-lost, games won-lost):

Group A

Rafael Nadal 2-0 4-0 26-17

Tomas Berdych 1-1 3-2 25-26

Stanislas Wawrinka 1-1 2-3 30-27

David Ferrer 0-2 0-4 13-24

Note: Nadal qualified for semifinals

Group B

Novak Djokovic 2-0 4-2 33-25

Roger Federer 1-1 3-2 25-25

Juan Martin Del Potro 1-1 3-3 31-30

Richard Gasquet 0-2 1-4 22-31

Note: Djokovic qualified for semifinals

Doubles

Group A

Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo (CRO/BRA x3) bt Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (POL/POL x8) 6-3, 3-6, 10/2;

Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA/USA x1) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi/Jean-Julien Rojer (PAK/NED x5) 7-6 (3), 1-6, 14/12

(China Daily 11/09/2013 page15)