Olympics
Sochi Winter Olympics
Medalists on Friday:
MEN
CURLING
Gold: Canada
Silver: Britain
Bronze: Sweden
SHORT TRACK
500m
Gold: Victor Ahn (RUS)
Silver: Wu Dajing (CHN)
Bronze: Charle Cournoyer (CAN)
SHORT TRACK
5000m Relay
Gold: Russia
Silver: United States
Bronze: China
WOMEN
ALPINE SKIING
Slalom
Gold: Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)
Silver: Marlies Schild (AUT)
Bronze: Katrin Zettel (AUT)
BIATHLON
4x6km Relay
Gold: Ukraine
Silver: Russia
Bronze: Norway
FREESTYLE
Ski Cross
Gold: Marielle Thompson (CAN)
Silver: Kelsey Serwa (CAN)
Bronze: Anna Holmlund (SWE)
SHORT TRACK
1000m
Gold: Park Seung-hi (KOR)
Silver: Fan Kexin (CHN)
Bronze: Shim Suk-hee (KOR)
Medals table on Friday:
G S B Tot
Norway 10 4 8 22
Russia 9 10 7 26
Canada 9 10 5 24
United States 9 7 11 27
Germany 8 4 4 16
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 4 2 9
South Korea 3 2 2 7
Austria 2 7 3 12
Sweden 2 6 6 14
Czech Republic 2 4 2 8
Slovenia 2 1 4 7
Japan 1 4 3 8
Finland 1 3 0 4
Britain 1 1 2 4
Ukraine 1 0 1 2
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
Basketball
Results of the NBA games on Friday (home teams in CAPS):
CHARLOTTE 90 New Orleans 87
ORLANDO 129 NY Knicks 121 (OT)
Dallas 124 PHILADELPHIA 112
TORONTO 98 Cleveland 91
DETROIT 115 Atlanta 107
CHICAGO 117 Denver 89
MEMPHIS 102 LA Clippers 96
PHOENIX 106 San Antonio 85
PORTLAND 102 Utah 94
LA LAKERS 101 Boston 92
Golf
WCG-Accenture Match Play Championship
Results on Friday from the third round of the $9 million World Golf Championships Match Play Championship (x denotes seed):
Bobby Jones division
Louis Oosthuizen (RSA x8) bt Webb Simpson (USA x5) 5 and 4
Jason Day (AUS x2) bt George Coetzee (RSA x14) 3 and 1
Ben Hogan division
Jim Furyk (USA x5) bt Harris English (USA x9) 1 up
Rickie Fowler (USA x14) bt Sergio Garcia (ESP x2) 1 up
Gary Player division
Ernie Els (RSA x8) bt Jason Dufner (USA x4) 1 up
Jordan Spieth (USA x3) bt Matt Kuchar (USA x2) 2 and 1
Sam Snead division
Graeme McDowell (NIR x4) bt Hunter Mahan (USA x8) 21 holes
Victor Dubuisson (FRA x7) bt Bubba Watson (USA x3) 1 up
LPGA Thailand
Leading second-round scores on Friday at the Honda LPGA Thailand tournament (par 72):
138 - Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 66-72
139 - Azahara Munoz (SPA) 71-68, Julieta Granada (PAR) 71-68, Sandra Gal 69-70
140 - Stacy Lewis (USA) 71-69, Michelle Wie (USA) 67-73
141 - Karrie Webb (AUS) 71-70, Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 69-72, Jennifer Johnson (USA) 68-73, Angela Stanford (USA) 68-73
142 - Brittany Lang (USA) 73-69, Lydia Ko (NZ) 72-70, Jenny Shin (KOR) 72-70, Park In-bee (KOR) 71-71, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 69-73, Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 69-73, Lexi Thompson (USA) 68-74
143 - Thidapa Suwannapura (THA) 73-70, Cristie Kerr (USA) 71-72, Feng Shanshan (CHN) 71-72, Gerina Piller (USA) 70-73, Morgan Pressel (USA) 70-73,
144 - Mariajo Uribe (COL) 75-69, Ai Miyazato (JPN) 74-70, Pak Se-ri (KOR) 72-72, Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED) 71-73, Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 71-73
145 - Tseng Ya-ni (TPE) 72-73
Soccer
French Ligue 1
Result on Friday:
Monaco 3 (Germain 8, Toulalan 63, Kurzawa 90+5) Reims 2 (Oniangue 53, 71)
German league
Result on Friday:
Schalke 04 0 Mainz 05 0
Spanish La Liga
Result on Friday:
Valladolid 1 (Guerra 52) Levante 1 (Victor 25)
Tennis
WTA Dubai Open
Semifinal results on Friday (x denotes seeding):
Venus Williams (USA) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x8) 6-3, 6-2; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Serena Williams (USA x1) 6-4, 6-4.
ATP/WTA Rio Open
Quarterfinal results on Friday:
Men
Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. (UKR) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA x3) 6-1, 6-1; Rafa Nadal (ESP x1) bt Joao Sousa (POR) 6-1, 6-0; Pablo Andujar (ESP x8) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x4) 6-1, 6-1; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Women
Klara Zakopalova (CZE x1) bt Katarzyna Piter (POL) 6-4, 6-0; Teliana Pereira (BRA) bt Irina Begu (ROM) 6-4, 6-4; Kurumi Nara (JPN x5) bt Lourdes Domnguez (ESP) 7-6 (5), 2-0 - retired; Nastassja Burnett (ITA) bt Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.
ATP Marseille Open
Quarterfinal results on Friday:
Richard Gasquet (FRA x1) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO x5) 7-5, 6-3; Ernests Gulbis (LAT x3) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA x8) 6-3, 7-6 (1); Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x2) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA x6) 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2; Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-4, 6-3.
ATP Delray Beach Open
Quarterfinal results on Friday:
Kevin Anderson (RSA x4) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3; Steve Johnson (USA) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP x6) 6-3, 6-2; Marin Cilic (CRO x7) bt Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-2, 6-3; John Isner (USA x2) bt Rhyne Williams (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
China Daily
(China Daily 02/23/2014 page11)