Olympics
Sochi Winter Olympics
Medalists on Tuesday:
MEN
SNOWBOARD
Snowboard cross
Gold: Pierre Vaultier (FRA)
Silver: Nikolay Olyunin (RUS)
Bronze: Alex Deibold (USA)
BIATHLON
15km mass start
Gold: Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
Silver: Martin Fourcade (FRA)
Bronze: Ondrej Moravec (CZE)
NORDIC COMBINED
Large hill/10km
Gold: Joergen Graabak (NOR)
Silver: Magnus Hovdal Moan (NOR)
Bronze: Fabian Riessle (GER)
SPEED SKATING
10,000m
Gold: Jorrit Bergsma (NED)
Silver: Sven Kramer (NED)
Bronze: Bob De Jong (NED)
FREESTYLE
Halfpipe
Gold: David Wise (USA)
Silver: Mike Riddle (CAN)
Bronze: Kevin Rolland (FRA)
WOMEN
ALPINE SKIING
Giant slalom
Gold: Tina Maze (SLO)
Silver: Anna Fenninger (AUT)
Bronze: Viktoria Rebensburg (GER)
SHORT TRACK
3,000m relay
Gold: South Korea (Cho Ha-ri, Park Seung-hi, Shim Suk-hee, Kim Alang, Kong Sang-jeong)
Silver: Canada (Marie-Eve Drolet, Valerie Maltais, Marianne St-Gelais, Jessica Hewitt)
Bronze: Italy (Arianna Fontana, Martina Valcepina, Lucia Peretti, Elena Viviani)
Medals table on Tuesday:
G S B Tot
Germany 8 3 4 15
Norway 7 4 7 18
Netherlands 6 6 8 20
United States 6 4 10 20
Russia 5 8 6 19
Switzerland 5 2 1 8
Belarus 5 0 1 6
Canada 4 9 4 17
Poland 4 0 0 4
China 3 2 1 6
France 3 1 5 9
Austria 2 6 1 9
Sweden 2 5 2 9
Slovenia 2 1 3 6
South Korea 2 1 1 4
Czech Republic 1 3 2 6
Japan 1 3 2 6
Britain 1 0 1 2
Slovakia 1 0 0 1
Italy 0 2 4 6
Australia 0 2 1 3
Finland 0 2 0 2
Latvia 0 1 2 3
Croatia 0 1 0 1
Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1
Ukraine 0 0 1 1
Basketball
Results of the NBA games on Tuesday (home teams in CAPS):
INDIANA 108 Atlanta 98
Cleveland 114 PHILADELPHIA 85
Toronto 103 WASHINGTON 93
Charlotte 108 DETROIT 96
MILWAUKEE 104 Orlando 100
MEMPHIS 98 New York 93
Miami 117 DALLAS 106
Phoenix 112 DENVER 107
San Antonio 113 LA CLIPPERS 103
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Toronto 29 24 .547 -
Brooklyn 24 27 .471 4
New York 20 33 .377 9
Boston 19 35 .352 10
Philadelphia 15 40 .273 15
Southeast Division
Miami 38 14 .731 -
Atlanta 25 27 .481 13
Washington 25 28 .472 13
Charlotte 24 30 .444 15
Orlando 16 39 .291 23
Central Division
Indiana 41 12 .774 -
Chicago 27 25 .519 13
Detroit 22 31 .415 19
Cleveland 21 33 .389 20
Milwaukee 10 43 .189 31
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
San Antonio 39 15 .722 -
Houston 36 17 .679 2
Dallas 32 23 .582 7
Memphis 30 23 .566 8
New Orleans 23 29 .442 15
Northwest Division
Oklahoma City 43 12 .782 -
Portland 36 17 .679 6
Minnesota 25 28 .472 17
Denver 24 28 .462 17
Utah 19 33 .365 22
Pacific Division
LA Clippers 37 19 .661 -
Phoenix 31 21 .596 4
Golden State 31 22 .585 4
LA Lakers 18 35 .340 17
Sacramento 18 35 .340 17
Soccer
Champions League
Results on Tuesday:
At Manchester, England:
Manchester City (ENG) 0 Barcelona (ESP) 2 (Messi 54-pen, Alves 90)
At Leverkusen, Germany:
Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 0 Paris Saint-Germain 4 (FRA) (Matuidi 3, Ibrahimovic 39, 42-pen, Cabaye 88)
Leading Champions League scorers after Tuesday's Last 16 first leg matches:
10 goals: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris SG)
9 goals: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
7 goals: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
6 goals: Sergio Agero (Manchester City)
5 goals: Alvaro Negredo (Manchester City), Arturo Vidal (Juventus)
4 goals: Edinson Cavani (Paris SG), Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Higuain (Naples), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)
Tennis
WTA Dubai Open
Results on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) bt Angelique Kerber (GERx6) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6); Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 6-1, 7-5; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x5) bt Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 6-4, 6-3; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Simona Halep (ROM x7) 6-1, 1-1 abandon; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x8) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Annika Beck (GER) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 7-5, 6-4.
2nd rd
Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 7-6 (8), 6-0.
ATP/WTA Rio Open
Results on Tuesday:
Women's 1st rd
Lourdes Dominguez (ESP) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-4, 6-4; Klara Zakopalova (CZE x1) bt Mariana Duque (COL) 6-4, 6-4; Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) bt Timea Babos (HUN) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Irina-Camelia Begu (ROM) bt Vania King (USA x8) 6-4, 6-0; Teliana Pereira (BRA) bt Alexandra Cadantu (ROM x4) 6-3, 6-4; Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) bt Paula Cristina Goncalves (BRA) 7-5, 7-6 (8); Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-4, 6-3.
Men's 1st rd
Tommy Robredo (ESP x4) bt Pablo Carreno (ESP) 7-6 (5), 6-3; Oleksandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x5) 2-6, 6-3, 6-0; Albert Ramos (ESP) bt Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6-2, 6-0; Joao Sousa (POR) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP x6) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Pablo Andujar (ESP x8) bt Julian Reister (GER) 6-4, 6-3; Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) 6-7 (0), 6-1, 6-3; Fabio Fognini (ITA x3) bt Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 7-6 (5), 0-6, 6-1; Juan Monaco (ARG x7) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-3, 6-1; David Ferrer (ESP x2) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-2, 6-3; Albert Montanes (ESP) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-1, 7-6 (4); Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 6-3, 7-5.
ATP Marseille Open
First-round results on Tuesday:
Tobias Kamke (GER) bt Kyle Edmund (GBR) 7-5, 6-1; Ivan Dodig (CRO x5) bt Albano Olivetti (FRA) 7-5, 6-2; Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA x6) bt Ante Pavic (CRO) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5; Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) bt Daniel Evans (GBR) 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) bt Igor Sijsling (NED) 6-4, 6-4.
ATP Delray Beach Open
First-round results on Tuesday:
Kevin Anderson (RSA x4) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Dudi Sela (ISR) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) 6-0, 6-2; Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x8) bt Bradley Klahn (USA) 6-3, 6-1; Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Steve Johnson (USA) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 6-4, 6-3; Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt David Goffin (BEL) 6-2, 6-4; Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) 4-6, 1-0, retired; Tommy Haas (GER x1) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) 6-2, 6-1; Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Samuel Groth (AUS) 7-6 (4), 6-3; Rhyne Williams (USA) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-3, 4-0, retired; Kei Nishikori (JPN x3) bt Gastao Elias (POR) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2; John Isner (USA x2) bt Michael Russell (USA) 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
(China Daily 02/20/2014 page23)