Olympics
Sochi Winter Olympics
Medalists on Thursday:
MEN
FREESTYLE
Cross
Gold: Jean Frederic Chapuis (FRA)
Silver: Arnaud Bovolenta (FRA)
Bronze: Jonathan Midol (FRA)
NORDIC COMBINED
Team
Gold: Norway
Silver: Germany
Bronze: Austria
WOMEN
FIGURE SKATING
Individual
Gold: Adelina Sotnikova (RUS)
Silver: Kim Yu-na (KOR)
Bronze: Carolina Kostner (ITA)
CURLING
Gold: Canada
Silver: Sweden
Bronze: Britain
FREESTYLE
Halfpipe
Gold: Maddie Bowman (USA)
Silver: Marie Martinod (FRA)
Bronze: Ayana Onozuka (JPN)
ICE HOCKEY
Gold: Canada
Silver: United States
Bronze: Switzerland
Medals table on Thursday:
G S B Tot
Norway 10 4 7 21
United States 8 6 11 25
Germany 8 4 4 16
Russia 7 9 7 23
Canada 7 9 4 20
Netherlands 6 7 9 22
Switzerland 6 3 2 11
Belarus 5 0 1 6
France 4 4 7 15
Poland 4 0 0 4
China 3 2 1 6
Sweden 2 6 4 12
Austria 2 6 2 10
Czech Republic 2 4 2 8
South Korea 2 2 1 5
Slovenia 2 1 4 7
Japan 1 4 3 8
Finland 1 3 0 4
Britain 1 0 2 3
Slovakia 1 0 0 1
Italy 0 2 6 8
Australia 0 2 1 3
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 Thursday (home teams in CAPS):
Miami 103 OKLAHOMA CITY 81
Denver 101 MILWAUKEE 90
GOLDEN STATE 102 Houston 99 (OT)
Golf
WCG-Accenture Match Play Championship
Results on Thursday from the second round of the $9 million World Golf Championships Match Play Championship (x denotes seed):
Bobby Jones division
Louis Oosthuizen (RSA x8) bt Henrik Stenson (SWE x1) 4 and 3
Webb Simpson (USA x5) bt Brandt Snedeker (USA x4) 4 and 3
Jason Day (AUS x2) bt Billy Horschel (USA x10) 22 holes
George Coetzee (RSA x14) bt Patrick Reed (USA x11) 21 holes
Ben Hogan division
Harris English (USA x9) bt Rory McIlroy (NIR x1) 19 holes
Jim Furyk (USA x5) bt Charl Schwartzel (RSA x4) 3 and 2
Sergio Garcia (ESP x2) bt Bill Haas (USA x7) 3 and 1
Rickie Fowler (USA x14) bt Jimmy Walker (USA x6) 1 up
Gary Player division
Ernie Els (RSA x8) bt Justin Rose (ENG x1) 20 holes
Jason Dufner (USA x4) bt Matteo Manassero (ITA x12) 2 and 1
Matt Kuchar (USA x2) bt Ryan Moore (USA x7) 1 up
Jordan Spieth (USA x3) bt Thomas Bjorn (DEN x6) 5 and 4
Sam Snead division
Hunter Mahan (USA x8) bt Richard Sterne (RSA x16) 2 up
Graeme McDowell (NIR x4) bt Hideki Matsuyama (JPN x5) 1 up
Victor Dubuisson (FRA x7) bt Peter Hanson (SWE x15) 3 and 1
Bubba Watson (USA x3) bt Jonas Blixt (SWE x11) 2 up
LPGA Thailand
Leading first-round scores in the $1.5 million Honda LPGA Thailand tournament at the par-72 Siam Country Club in Pattaya on Thursday:
66 - Anna Nordqvist (SWE)
67 - Michelle Wie (USA)
68 - Lexi Thompson (USA), Jennifer Johnson (USA), Angela Stanford (USA)
69 - Suzann Pettersen (NOR), Ryu So-yeon (KOR), Sandra Gal (GER), Caroline Hedwall (SWE)
70 - Mina Harigae (USA), Gerina Piller (USA), Morgan Pressel (USA), Ji Eun-hee (KOR)
71 - Stacy Lewis (USA), Park In-bee (KOR), Karrie Webb (AUS), Julieta Granada (PAR), Giulia Sergas (ITA), Feng Shanshan (CHN), Azahara Munoz (SPA), Park Hee-young (KOR), Pornanong Phatlum (THA), Cristie Kerr (USA), Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED)
Soccer
Europa League
Round of 32, first-leg results on Thursday:
At Ramenskoye, Russia: Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) 0 Genk (BEL) 0
At Turin, Italy: Juventus (ITA) 2 (Osvaldo 16, Pogba 90+4) Trabzonspor (TUR) 0
At Esbjerg, Denmark: Esbjerg (DEN) 1 (Pusic 10) Fiorentina (ITA) 3 (Matri 9, Ilicic 15, Aquilani 37-pen)
At Liberec, Czech Republic: Slovan Liberec (CZE) 0 AZ Alkmaar (NED) 1 (Viergever 89)
At Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine: Dnipro (UKR) 1 (Konoplyanka 81-pen) Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 0
At Odessa, Ukraine: Chornomorets Odessa (UKR) 0 Lyon (FRA) 0
At Nicosia: Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 0 Valencia (ESP) 2 (Vargas 79, Feghouli 90+1)
At Salonika, Greece: PAOK (GRE) 0 Benfica (POR) 1 (Lima 59)
At Swansea, United Kingdom: Swansea City (ENG) 0 Napoli (ITA) 0
At Porto, Portugal: Porto (POR) 2 (Quaresma 44, Varela 68) Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 2 (Joselu 72, Alex Sandro 77-og)
At Seville, Spain: Betis (ESP) 1 (Didac Vila 3) Rubin Kazan (RUS) 1 (Roman Eremenko 74-pen)
At Maribor, Slovenia: Maribor (SLO) 2 (Tavares 33, Vrsic 81) Sevilla (ESP) 2 (Gameiro 47, Fazio 72)
At Pilsen, Czech Republic: Viktoria Pilsen (CZE) 1 (Tecl 62) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1 (Luiz Adriano 65)
At Rome: Lazio (ITA) 0 Ludogorets (BUL) 1 (Bezjak 45)
At Amsterdam: Ajax (NED) 0 Salzburg (AUT) 3 (Jonatan Soriano 14-pen, 35, Mane 21)
At Tel-Aviv, Israel: Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 0 Basel (SUI) 0
Tennis
WTA Dubai Open
Results onThursday (x denotes seeding):
Quarterfinals
Venus Williams (USA) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 6-3, 7-5; Caroline Wozniacki (DENx8) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-1, 6-2; Serena Williams (USAx1) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRBx5) 6-2, 6-2; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 7-5, 6-3.
ATP/WTA Rio Open
Second-round results on Thursday:
Women's 2nd round
Irina Begu (ROM) bt Veronica Cepede (PAR) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1; Kurumi Nara (JPN x5) bt Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 6-0, 7-6 (3); Lourdes Dominguez (ESP) bt Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1; Teliana Pereira (BRA) bt Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Men's 2nd round
Oleksandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (4); Fabio Fognini (ITA x3) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-3; Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-1, 6-2; Joao Sousa (POR) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3.
ATP Marseille Open
Second-round results on Thursday:
Ernests Gulbis (LAT x3) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 7-6 (5), 6-3; Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA x6) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 7-6 (2), 6-4; Ivan Dodig (CRO x5) bt Tobias Kamke (GER) 6-7 (4) 6-0, 6-3; Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA x7) 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3; Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x4) 7-6 (3), 6-4.
ATP Delray Beach Open
Second-round results on Thursday:
Marin Cilic (CRO x7) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-3, 6-4; Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x3) 4-2, retired, left hip; John Isner (USA x2) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5); Rhyne Williams (USA) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2.
China Daily
(China Daily 02/22/2014 page15)