Basketball
No NBA games scheduled for Thursday.
Golf
Australian Open
Leading scores after the second round of the Emirates Australian Open at Royal Sydney Golf Club (par 72) on Friday.
132 - Adam Scott (AUS) 62 70
134 - Rory McIlroy (NIR) 69 65
135 - Richard Green (AUS) 69 66
136 - Matthew Jones (AUS) 68 68
138 - Alistair Presnell (AUS)67 71, Josh Younger(AUS) 69 69, Leigh McKechnie (AUS) 73 65, Brady Watt (AUS) 68 70
139 - Aron Price (AUS) 70 69, Max McCardle 68 71
140 - Scott Arnold (AUS) 70 70, Jamie Arnold (AUS) 72 68, Ryan Yip (CAN) 65 75
141 - Bryden Macpherson (AUS) 71 70, John Senden (AUS) 73 68, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 75 66, Rhein Gibson (AUS) 71 70, Nathan Holman 69 72, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 67 74, Adam Bland (AUS) 69 72, Jason Scrivener (AUS) 67 74, Cameron Percy (AUS) 71 70, David McKenzie (AUS) 66 75, James Nitties (AUS) 70 71
Alfred Dunhill Championship
MALELANE, South Africa - Leading scores after the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Thursday at the par-72, 6,665-metre Leopard Creek Country Club (GBR & IRL unless stated):
65 - Morten Orum Madsen (DEN)
66 - Allan Versfeld (RSA), Ricardo Santos (POR)
68 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Victor Riu (FRA), Richard Finch, David Drysdale
69 - Danny Willett, James Kingston (RSA), Gareth Maybin, Christopher Doak, Michael Hollick (RSA), Hennie Otto (RSA), Ruan de Smidt (RSA)
70 - Pablo Martin Benavides (ESP), Andrew Curlewis (RSA), Jaco Van Zyl (RSA), Charl Coetzee (RSA), Kevin Phelan, Daniel Brooks, John Parry, Tjaart van der Walt (RSA), Jorge Campillo (ESP), JG Claassen (RSA), Christiaan Basson (RSA), Tyrone van Aswegen (RSA), Ryan Cairns (ZIM), Magnus A Carlsson (SWE), Romain Wattel (FRA), Jens Dantorp (SWE), Sihwan Kim (KOR), Ockie Strydom (RSA)
Ice Hockey
Results of NHL games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):
Vancouver 5 OTTAWA 2
Edmonton 3 NASHVILLE 0
NFL
Results of National Football League games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):
DETROIT 40 Green Bay 10
DALLAS 31 Oakland 24
BALTIMORE 22 Pittsburgh 20
Soccer
Europa League
Results on Thursday:
Group A
At Krasnodar, Russia
Kuban Krasnodar (RUS) 4 (Melgarejo 3, 71, Ignatyev 54, Kabor 90) St Gallen (SUI) 0
At Swansea, United Kingdom
Swansea City (ENG) 0 Valencia (ESP) 1 (Parejo 20)
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-Valencia 4 0 1 11 6 12
qwansea City 2 2 1 6 3 8
Kuban Krasnodar 1 2 2 6 6 5
St-Gallen 1 0 4 5 13 3
Group B
At Odessa, Ukraine
Chornomorets Odessa (UKR) 2 (Antonov 78, Didenko 90+1) Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 1 (Beciraj 20)
At Sofia
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 2 (Bezjak 38, 79) PSV Eindhoven (NED) 0
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-Ludogorets Razgrad 4 1 0 9 1 13
PSV Eindhoven 2 1 2 4 4 7
Chornomorets Odessa 2 1 2 5 6 7
Dinamo Zagreb 0 1 4 2 9 1
Group C
At Boras, Sweden
Elfsborg (SWE) 0 Salzburg (AUT) 1 (Mellinger 39)
At Esbjerg, Denmark
Esbjerg (DEN) 2 (Van Buren 18, 79) Standard Liege (BEL) 1 (De Camargo 53)
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-Salzburg 5 0 0 12 3 15
q-Esbjerg fB 4 0 1 8 5 12
IF Elfsborg 0 1 4 2 9 1
Standard Liege 0 1 4 5 10 1
Group D
At Kazan, Russia
Rubin Kazan (RUS) 1 (Natcho 43) Maribor (SLO) 1 (Mezga 86)
At Wigan, United Kingdom
Wigan Athletic (ENG) 1 (Barnett 7) Zulte Waregem (BEL) 2 (Hazard 37, Malanda 88)
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-Rubin Kazan 3 2 0 12 4 11
Zulte-Waregem 2 1 2 4 8 7
Wigan Athletic 1 2 2 5 5 5
Maribor 1 1 3 7 11 4
Group E
At Guimaraes, Portugal
Pacos Ferreira (POR) 0 Fiorentina (ITA) 0
At Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Dnipro (UKR) 4 (Kalinic 12, Zozulya 56, Shakhov 86, Kravchenko 89) Pandurii (ROM) 1 (Eric Pereira pen-70)
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-Fiorentina 4 1 0 10 2 13
q-Dnipro 4 0 1 10 3 12
Paos de Ferreira 0 2 3 1 8 2
Pandurii 0 1 4 3 11 1
Group F
At Bordeaux, France
Bordeaux (FRA) 0 Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 1 (Lanig 83)
At Nicosia
APOEL (CYP) 0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 0
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-Eintr. Frankfurt 4 0 1 11 4 12
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 2 1 6 5 8
APOEL Nicosia 1 2 2 3 6 5
Bordeaux 1 0 4 4 9 3
Group G
At Genk, Belgium
Genk (BEL) 3 (Vossen pen-17, Kumordzi 37, De Ceulaer 40) Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 1 (Yarmolenko 9)
At Vienna
Rapid Vienna (AUT) 2 (Boyd 17, Boskovic 64) FC Thun (SUI) 1 (Sadik 62)
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-RC Genk 3 2 0 9 5 11
Dynamo Kiev 2 1 2 8 6 7
Rapid Vienna 1 3 1 7 7 6
Thun 1 0 4 3 9 3
Group H
At Liberec, Czech Republic
Slovan Liberec (CZE) 1 (Rybalka 81) Freiburg (GER) 2 (Ginter 23, Coquelin 73)
At Seville, Spain
Sevilla (ESP) 1 (Gameiro 7) Estoril (POR) 1 (Ruben Fernandes 90)
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-Sevilla 2 3 0 7 4 9
SC Freiburg 1 3 1 5 6 6
Slovan Liberec 1 3 1 7 7 6
Estoril 0 3 2 4 6 3
Group I
At Lyon, France
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 1 (Gomis 66) Real Betis (ESP) 0
At Rijeka, Croatia
Rijeka (CRO) 0 Vitoria Guimaraes (POR) 0
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-Lyon 2 3 0 4 2 9
q-Real Betis 2 2 1 3 2 8
Vitoria Guimaraes 1 2 2 5 3 5
Rijeka 0 3 2 2 7 3
Group J
At Trabzon, Turkey
Trabzonspor (TUR) 4 (Olcan Adin 23, 61, 83, Soner Aydogdu 25) Apollon Limassol (CYP) 2 (Abraham 68, Sangoy pen-80)
At Warsaw
Legia Warsaw (POL) 0 Lazio (ITA) 2 (Perea 24, Felipe Anderson 57)
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-Trabzonspor 4 1 0 13 6 13
q-Lazio 3 2 0 8 4 11
Apollon Limassol 1 1 3 5 8 4
Legia Warsaw 0 0 5 0 8 0
Group K
At Ramenskoye, Russia
Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) 1 (Epureanu 58) Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) 1 (Isa 53)
At Tromso, Norway
Tromso (NOR) 0 Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 2 (Causevic og-63, Dembele 76)
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-Tottenham Hotspur 5 0 0 11 1 15
q-Anzhi Makhachkala 2 2 1 3 3 8
FC Sheriff 0 3 2 3 6 3
Tromso 0 1 4 1 8 1
Group L
At Alkmaar, Netherlands
AZ Alkmaar (NED) 2 (Gudelj 37, Gudmundsson 90+5) Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 0
At Astana
Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) 0 PAOK (GRE) 2 (Dzidic og-54, Kitsiou 90+2)
W D L Gf Ga Pts
q-AZ Alkmaar 3 2 0 6 2 11
q-PAOK 3 2 0 8 4 11
Maccabi Haifa 0 2 3 4 8 2
Shakhter Karagandy 0 2 3 4 8 2
Note: q = qualified
China Daily
(China Daily 11/30/2013 page15)