Alpine skiing
World Cup women's slalom
Results on Saturday in Are, Sweden:
1. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 1min 50.66sec (52.99 + 57.67); 2. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (SWE) 1:51.26 (53.79 + 57.47); 3. Anna Swenn-larsson (SWE) 1:52.16 (54.21 + 57.95); 4. Frida Hansdotter (SWE) 1:52.56 (53.65 + 58.91); 5. Nastasia Noens (FRA) 1:53.63 (54.44 + 59.19); 6. Sarka Zahrobska (CZE) 1:53.77 (55.31 + 58.46); 7. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (GER) 1:53.92 (54.22 + 59.70); 8. Kathrin Zettel (AUT) 1:53.94 (54.79 + 59.15); 9. Tina Maze (SLO) 1:54.19 (54.62 + 59.57); 10. Bernadette Schild (AUT) 1:54.32 (55.16 + 59.16)
World Cup slalom standings (after 7 of 8 races):
1. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 538pts, 2. Frida Hansdotter (SWE) 408, 3. Marlies Schild (AUT) 325, 4. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (SWE) 276, 5. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (GER) 234
Overall (after 28 of 32 races):
1. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (GER) 1180pts, 2. Anna Fenninger (AUT) 1151, 3. Tina Weirather (LIE) 943, 4. Tina Maze (SLO) 888, 5. Lara Gut (SUI) 856, 6. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 773, 7. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (SWE) 575, 8. Elisabeth Grgl (AUT) 560, 9. Nicole Hosp (AUT) 515, 10. Marie-Michle Gagnon (CAN) 479
World Cup men's giant slalom
Results on Saturday in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:
1. Ted Ligety (USA) 2min 30.80sec (1:12.66 + 1:18.14); 2. Benjamin Raich (AUT) 2:30.98 (1:14.27 + 1:16.71); 3. Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) 2:31.05 (1:13.08 + 1:17.97); 4. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 2:31.43 (1:13.40 + 1:18.03); 5. Fritz Dopfer (GER) 2:31.58 (1:13.19 + 1:18.39); 6. Roberto Nani (ITA) 2:31.78 (1:14.11 + 1:17.67); 7. Mathieu Faivre (FRA) 2:31.88 (1:14.71 + 1:17.17); 8. Tim Jitloff (USA) 2:32.01 (1:15.03 + 1:16.98); 9. Steve Missillier (FRA) 2:32.12 (1:13.91 + 1:18.21); 10. Marcus Sandell (FIN) 2:32.39 (1:14.20 + 1:18.19)
World Cup giant slalom standings (after 7 of 8 races):
1. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 510pts, 2. Ted Ligety (USA) 460, 3. Alexis Pinturault (FRA) 378, 4. Thomas Fanara (FRA) 278, 5. Benjamin Raich (AUT) 218
Overall (after 29 of 34 races):
1. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 1046pts, 2. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 1005, 3. Alexis Pinturault (FRA) 787, 4. Ted Ligety (USA) 729, 5. Kjetil Jansrud (NOR) 603, 6. Felix Neureuther (GER) 573, 7. Bode Miller (USA) 525, 8. Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) 523, 9. Patrick Kueng (SUI) 522, 10. Hannes Reichelt (AUT) 476
athletics
World Indoor Championships
Selected results on Saturday:
Men
60m:
1. Richard Kilty (GBR) 6.49
2. Marvin Bracy (USA) 6.51
3. Femi Ogunode (QAT) 6.52
4. Su Bingtian (CHN) 6.52
400m:
1. Pavel Maslak (CZE) 45.24
2. Chris Brown (BAH) 45.58
3. Kyle Clemons (USA) 45.74
1500m:
1. Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) 3:37.52
2. Aman Wote (ETH) 3:38.08
3. Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) 3:38.21
Long jump:
1. Mauro Vinicius da Silva (BRA) 8.28
2. Li Jinzhe (CHN) 8.23
3. Michel Tornus (SWE) 8.21
Pole vault:
1. Konstadinos Filippdis (GRE) 5.80
2. Malte Mohr (GER) 5.80
3. Jan Kudlicka (CZE) 5.80
4. Thiago Braz da Silva (BRA) 5.75
5. Xue Changrui (CHN) 5.75
..
9. Yang Yancheng (CHN) 5.55
Heptathlon
1. Ashton Eaton (USA) 6632 pts
2. Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) 6303
3. Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL) 6259
Women
400 m:
1. Francena McCorory (USA) 51.12
2. Kaliese Spencer (JAM) 51.54
3. Shaunae Miller (BAH) 52.06
1500 m:
1. Abeba Aregawi (SWE) 4:00.61
2. Axumawit Embaye (ETH) 4:07.12
3. Nicole Sifuentes (CAN) 4:07.61
60m hurdles:
1. Nia Ali (USA) 7.80
2. Sally Pearson (AUS) 7.85
3. Tiffany Porter (GBR) 7.86
High jump:
1. Maria Kuchina (RUS) 2.00
1. Kamila Licwinko (POL) 2.00
3. Ruth Beitia (ESP) 2.00
Triple jump:
1. Ekaterina Koneva (RUS) 14.46
2. Olga Saladukha (UKR) 14.45
3. Kimberly Williams (JAM) 14.39
4. Patrcia Mamona (POR) 14.26
5. Li Yanmei (CHN) 14.19
Shot
1. Valerie Adams (NZL) 20.67
2. Christina Schwanitz (GER) 19.94
3. Gong Lijiao (CHN) 19.24
Badminton
All England Open
Semifinals results on Saturday:
Men's singles
Lee Chong Wei (MAS x1) bt Son Wan-ho (KOR) 14-21, 21-19, 21-15; Chen Long (CHN x2) bt Wang Zhengming (CHN) 21-17, 21-14.
Women's singles
Wang Shixian (CHN x4) bt Wang Yihan (CHN x2) 21-8, 21-15; Li Xuerui (CHN x1) bt Ratchanok Intanon (THA x3) 21-18, 21-8
Men's doubles
Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan (INA x1) bt Markis Kido/Gideon Fernaldi (INA) 21-7, 21-12; Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN x2) bt Ko Sung Hyun/Shin Baek Choel (KOR) 16-21, 21-17, 21-13
Women's doubles
Ma Jin/Tang Yuanting (CHN) bt Misaki Matsumoto/Ayaka Takahashi (JPN x3) 21-17, 21-12; Yu Yang/Wang Xiaoli (CHN x1) bt Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei (CHN x5) 21-17, 21-12
Mixed doubles
Tontowi Ahmad/Lilyana Natsir (INA x2) bt Ko Sung Hyun/Kim Ha Na (KOR x8) 21-13, 21-11; Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (CHN x1) bt Xu Chen/Ma Jin (CHN x3) 21-11, 9-4 - retired
Basketball
Results of NBA games on Saturday (home teams in CAPS):
Utah 104 PHILADELPHIA 92
New York 107 CLEVELAND 97
MEMPHIS 111 Charlotte 89
SAN ANTONIO 121 Orlando 112
Washington 114 MILWAUKEE 107
LA CLIPPERS 109 Atlanta 108
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Toronto 34 26 .567 -
Brooklyn 30 30 .500 4
New York 24 40 .375 12
Boston 21 41 .339 14
Philadelphia 15 47 .242 20
Southeast Division
Miami 43 16 .729 -
Washington 33 29 .532 11
Charlotte 29 34 .460 16
Atlanta 26 35 .426 18
Orlando 19 45 .297 26
Central Division
x-Indiana 46 16 .742 -
Chicago 34 28 .548 12
Detroit 24 38 .387 22
Cleveland 24 40 .375 23
Milwaukee 12 50 .194 34
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
San Antonio 46 16 .742 -
Houston 43 19 .694 3
Dallas 37 26 .587 9
Memphis 36 26 .581 10
New Orleans 25 37 .403 21
Northwest Division
Oklahoma City 46 16 .742 -
Portland 42 20 .677 4
Minnesota 31 30 .508 14
Denver 27 34 .443 18
Utah 22 41 .349 24
Pacific Division
LA Clippers 44 20 .688 -
Golden State 39 24 .619 4
Phoenix 36 25 .590 6
Sacramento 22 40 .355 21
LA Lakers 21 42 .333 22
x-clinched playoff spot
Ice Hockey
Results of National Hockey League games on Saturday (home teams in CAPS):
Ottawa 5 WINNIPEG 3
St. Louis 2 COLORADO 1
TORONTO 4 Philadelphia 3 (OT)
Boston 4 TAMPA BAY 3 (SO)
NEW JERSEY 5 Carolina 4
WASHINGTON 3 Phoenix 2
Columbus 1 NASHVILLE 0
DALLAS 4 Minnesota 3
VANCOUVER 2 Calgary 1
SAN JOSE 4 Montreal 0
Golf
WGC-Cadillac Championship
Leading scores Saturday after the third round of the $9 million World Golf Championships Cadillac Championship (par 72, USA unless noted):
212 - Patrick Reed 68-75-69
214 - Jason Dufner 69-77-68, Hunter Mahan 69-74-71
215 - Tiger Woods 76-73-66, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 74-71
216 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 70-77-69, Zach Johnson 70-75-71, Dustin Johnson 69-74-73
217 - Jimmy Walker 73-77-67, Richard Sterne (RSA) 74-73-70, Bubba Watson 73-72-72, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 73-71-73, Matt Kuchar 69-74-74
218 - Phil Mickelson 74-75-69, Branden Grace (RSA) 75-74-69, Bill Haas 73-76-69, Ryan Moore 70-79-69, Nick Watney 72-75-71
219 - Joost Luiten (NED) 76-72-71, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 70-74-75
220 - Graham DeLaet (CAN) 78-72-70, Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 75-75-70, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 72-77-71, Adam Scott (AUS) 75-73-72, Harris English 69-77-74, Kim Hyung-Sung (KOR) 72-74-74, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 69-75-76
Puerto Rico Open
Leading scores Saturday after the third round of the $3.5 million US PGA Puerto Rico Open (par 72, USA unless stated):
200 - Chesson Hadley 68-65-67
201 - Danny Lee (NZL) 67-68-66
202 - Jason Gore 67-69-66, Jonathan Byrd 69-66-67
203 - Carl Pettersson (SWE) 71-66-66, Jerry Kelly 69-67-67, David Toms 72-64-67
204 - George McNeill 69-67-68, Rafael Cabrera Bello (ESP) 69-67-68
205 - Andrew Loupe 70-70-65, Richard Lee 69-68-68, Ricky Barnes 68-68-69, Ben Martin 68-67-70, Wes Roach 69-66-70
206 - Tim Petrovic 68-72-66, Brad Fritsch (CAN) 71-68-67, Ted Potter 71-70-65, Steven Bowditch (AUS) 69-70-67, Eric Axley 68-66-72
207 - Robert Streb 69-72-66, Jim Herman 69-70-68, Ryan Sullivan 69-70-68, Robert Karlsson (SWE) 71-67-69, David Hearn (CAN) 70-68-69, Greg Owen (ENG) 69-67-71, James Driscoll 69-63-75
Rallying
Rally of Mexico
Rally of Mexico standings on Saturday after the day's first two stages:
1. Sebastien Ogier (FRA/Volkswagen Polo-R) 2 hr 40 min 49.7 sec, 2. Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN/Volkswagen Polo-R) at 49.0, 3. Thierry Neuville (BEL/Hyundai i20) 3:51.6, 4. Elfyn Evans (GBR/Ford Fiesta RS) 4:02.7, 5. Martin Prokop (CZE/Ford Fiesta RS) 5:55.4, 6. Benito Guerra (MEX/Ford Fiesta RS) 7:51.8, 7. Chris Atkinson (AUS/Hyundai i20) 9:29.5, 8. Yuriy Protasov (UKR/Ford Fiesta R5) 13:01.5, 9. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN/Ford Fiesta RS) 15:48.8, 10. Kris Meeke (GBR/Citron DS3) 16:42.0
Stage winners: Ogier 9 (SS1, SS2, SS5 to SS8, SS10, SS12, SS13), Ostberg 3 (SS3, SS4, SS11), Latvala 1 (SS9)
RUGBY
Six Nations
Results on Saturday:
At Murrayfield, Edinburgh: Scotland 17 France 19
At Dublin: Ireland 46 Italy 7
Soccer
Dutch Championship
Results on Saturday:
AZ Alkmaar 4 Heracles 0
Roda JC 3 NEC Nijmegen 1
SC Heerenveen 3 FC Zwolle 0
NAC Breda 1 Vitesse Arnhem 2
PSV Eindhoven 1 FC Utrecht 0
English Premier League
Results on Saturday:
Cardiff 3 (Caulker 45, 67, Riether 71-og) Fulham 1 (Holtby 59)
Chelsea 4 (Eto'o 56, Hazard 60-pen, Ba 88, 90) Tottenham 0
Crystal Palace 0 Southampton 1 (Rodriguez 37)
Norwich 1 (Johnson 56) Stoke 1 (Walters 73-pen)
West Brom 0 Manchester United 3 (Jones 34, Rooney 65, Welbeck 82)
English FA Cup
Quarterfinals results on Saturday:
Arsenal 4 (Ozil 7, Arteta 68-pen, Giroud 83, 85) Everton 1 (Lukaku 32)
English Championship
Results on Saturday:
Barnsley 1 Nottingham Forest 0
Birmingham 0 QPR 2
Blackpool 0 Bournemouth 1
Brighton 1 Reading 1
Derby 0 Millwall 1
Doncaster 2 Huddersfield 0
Leeds 1 Bolton 5
Middlesbrough 2 Ipswich 0
Yeovil 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0
French Ligue 1
Results on Saturday:
Bastia 0 Paris Saint-Germain 3 (Ibrahimovic 6, Lavezzi 19, 88)
Guingamp 0 Evian TG 1 (Cambon 49)
Monaco 2 (Berbatov 6, Rodriguez 55-pen) Sochaux 1 (Butin 83)
Nantes 2 (Gakpe 8, Djordjevic 76) Ajaccio 2 (Mostefa Sbaa 5, Si. Diarra 90+2)
Toulouse 3 (Aurier 75, Eden Ben Basat 79, Ben Yedder 88) Reims 2 (Krychowiak 22-pen, Deroussel de Preville 35-pen)
Valenciennes 2 (Dossevi 54, Waris 76) Rennes 1 (Toivonen 48)
German Bundesliga
Results on Saturday:
Schalke 04 4 (Huntelaar 6, 28, 79, Chinedu Obasi Ogbuke 55) Hoffenheim 0
Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Rafael 5) FC Augsburg 2 (Hal. Altintop 35, Werner 81)
VfB Stuttgart 2 (Maxim 30, Harnik 35) Eintracht Braunschweig 2 (Hochscheidt 24, Bicakcic 82)
Hanover 1 (Rudnevs 33) Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Castro 28)
VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Naldo 17) Bayern Munich 6 (Shaqiri 26, Mueller 63, 78, Mandzukic 66, 80, Ribery 71)
Hamburg 1 (Calhanoglu 72-pen) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Madlung 29)
Nuremberg 0 Werder Bremen 2 (Di Santo 40, Bargfrede 68)
Italian Serie A
Results on Saturday:
Udinese 1 (Di Natale 67) AC Milan 0
Catania 1 (Lodi 62) Cagliari 1 (Vecino 53)
Scottish Premier League
Results on Saturday:
Hibernian 3 (Forster 43, Nelson 76, Heffernan 79) Motherwell 3 (Sutton 12, 90, Ainsworth 29)
Kilmarnock 4 (Wilson 27-og, Boyd 49, 51, Gardyne 72) Hearts 2 (Carrick 30, Nicholson 69)
Spanish La Liga
Results on Saturday:
Valladolid 1 (Rossi 17) Barcelona 0
Real Betis 2 (Baptistao 16, Ruben Castro 39) Getafe 0
Celta Vigo 0 Atletico Madrid 2 (Villa 62, 64)
Granada 2 (Rico 23-pen, El-Arabi 33) Villarreal 0
Tennis
BNP Paribas Open
Results on Saturday:
Men's 2nd rd
Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5; Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x28) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 7-6 (3), 6-4; Gael Monfils (FRA x23) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-2, 6-4; Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 5-7, 6-1, 6-4; Milos Raonic (CAN x10) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (2); Alejandro Falla (COL) bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL x18) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5); Jiri Vesely (CZE) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP x32) 6-1, 2-6, 6-1; Andy Murray (GBR x5) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x3) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-3, 7-5; Andreas Seppi (ITA x29) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3; Kevin Anderson (RSA x17) bt Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 7-6 (5), 6-4; Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-4, 6-3; Tommy Haas (GER x11) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-3, 6-4; Kei Nishikori (JPN x19) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-1, 6-3; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x27) bt Juan Monaco (ARG) 7-6 (4), 6-4; Roger Federer (SUI x7) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Women's 2nd rd
Li Na (CHN x1) bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-1, 7-5; Karolina Pliskova (CZE) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE x28) 7-5, 6-2; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x21) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-4, 7-5; Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER x15) 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (5); Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x12) bt Donna Vekic (CRO) 6-3, 6-2; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x23) bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x27) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 6-3, 6-3; Petra Kvitova (CZE x8) bt Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-1, 6-3; Maria Sharapova (RUS x4) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 6-1, 6-4; Camila Giorgi (ITA) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM x25) 7-6 (3), 6-3; Samantha Stosur (AUS x16) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-2, 6-3; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x11) bt Elina Svitolina (UKR) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1); Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) bt Garbine Muguruza (ESP x32) 6-3, 6-2; Mara Teresa Torro (ESP) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x5) 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4; Flavia Pennetta (ITA x20) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3; Sloane Stephens (USA x17) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 6-4, 6-0
(China Daily 03/10/2014 page23)