Basketball

Results from the NBA games on Friday (home team in CAPS)

TORONTO 99 Charlotte 78

BOSTON 103 Houston 91

BROOKLYN 99 Phoenix 79

ATLANTA 103 Utah 95

Chicago 108 NY KNICKS 101

MEMPHIS 101 San Antonio 98 (OT)

NEW ORLEANS 104 Minnesota 92

Detroit 103 MILWAUKEE 87

DENVER 98 Cleveland 91

Oklahoma City 116 LA LAKERS 101

GOLDEN STATE 103 Portland 97

Biathlon

World Cup

Biathlon World Cup results on Friday (penalty laps in brackets):

Women's sprint (7.5km, two shooting sessions)

1. Miriam Goessner (GER) 20min 57.2sec (1), 2. Darya Domracheva (BLR) at 7.1sec (1), 3. Kaisa Makarainen (FIN) 17.5 (1), 4. Andrea Henkel (GER) 25.8 (0), 5. Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) 35.7 (0)

World Cup sprint standings (after five of 10 events)

1. Miriam Goessner (GER) 206 points, 2. Tora Berger (NOR) 205, 3. Andrea Henkel (GER) 191, 4. Darya Domracheva (BLR) 181, 5. Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) 157

World Cup overall standings (after 11 of 26 events)

1. Tora Berger (NOR) 514 points, 2. Miriam Goessner (GER) 437, 3. Andrea Henkel (GER) 399, 4. Darya Domracheva (BLR) 389, 5. Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) 351

Golf

PGA Tour Sony Open

Leading second-round scores on Friday in the US PGA Tour $5.6 million Sony Open (USA unless noted, par-70):

126 - Russell Henley 63-63

128 - Scott Langley 62-66, Scott Piercy 64-64

129 - Matt Kuchar 66-63

130 - Chris Kirk 68-62, Tim Clark (RSA) 64-66, Charles Howell 66-64

131 - Pat Perez 68-63

132 - Stephen Ames (CAN) 65-67, Danny Lee (NZL) 66-66, Scott Gardiner (AUS) 68-64, Tim Herron 66-66

133 - Jeff Overton 65-68

134 - John Rollins 68-66, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 67-67, John Huh 71-63, Alistair Presnell (AUS) 68-66, Henrik Norlander (SWE) 70-64, Matt Jones (AUS) 66-68, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 69-65, Brian Stuard 66-68

135 - Bart Bryant 68-67, Webb Simpson 66-69, Tommy Gainey 66-69, David Mathis 69-66, Dicky Pride 68-67, Erik Compton 67-68, Hideto Tanihara (JPN) 70-65, Lee Williams 69-66, Ricky Barnes 70-65, John Senden (AUS) 69-66, Ryan Palmer 67-68, Marc Leishman (AUS) 67-68, Shawn Stefani 68-67

Volvo Champions

Full scores after second round of the Volvo Golf Champions tournament at par-72, 6,111-metre Durban Country Club Friday:

132 - Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 68-64

133 - Scott Jamieson (SCO) 69-64, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 65-68

139 - Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 69-70, Paul Lawrie (SCO) 69-70, Shane Lowry (IRL) 70-69, Julien Quesne (FRA) 72-67, Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 69-70, Danny Willett (ENG) 69-70

140 - Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 73-67, Ernie Els (RSA) 68-72, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 70-70

141 - Rafa Cabrera-Bella (ESP) 72-69, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 69-72, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 70-71

142 - Retief Goosen (RSA) 72-70, Branden Grace (RSA) 75-67, Richie Ramsay (SCO) 69-73, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 72-70

143 - Paul Casey (ENG) 74-69, Darren Clarke (NIR) 75-68

144 - Matteo Manassero (ITA) 75-69, Robert Rock (ENG) 70-74

145 - Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (ESP) 75-70

146 - Michael Hoey (NIR) 72-74, Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP) 74-72

147 - Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 75-72, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 76-71

148 - Darren Fichardt (RSA) 78-70, Jbe Kruger (RSA) 75-73, Marcel Siem (GER) 74-74

150 - Colin Montgomerie (SCO) 72-78

152 - Ricardo Santos (POR) 76-76

Note: no halfway cut because of limited field

Motor sports

Dakar Rally

SALTA, Argentina: Dakar Rally results and standings after Friday's seventh stage, a 218km timed run between Calama, Chile and Salta, Argentina:

Auto

Stage

1. Stephane Peterhansel (FRA/Mini) 1 h 47:27, 2. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA/SMG) at 39, 3. Robby Gordon (USA/Hummer) 1:08, 4. Orlando Terranova (ARG/BMW) 1:11, 5. Giniel De Villiers (RSA/Toyota) 1:32, 6. Nasser al-Attiyah (QAT/Buggy) 1:56

Overall

1. Stephane Peterhansel (FRA/Mini) 16 h 23:43, 2. Nasser al-Attiyah (QAT/Buggy) 3:14, 3. Giniel De Villiers (RSA/Toyota) 44:03, 4. Leonid Novitskiy (RUS/Mini) 48:54, 5. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA/SMG) 1 h 17:05, 6. Ronan Chabot (FRA/SMG) 1 h 34:51

Moto

Stage

1. Kurt Caselli (USA/KTM) 1 h 51:31, 2. Francisco Lopez (CHI/KTM) 1:23, 3. Olivier Pain (FRA/Yamaha) 1:23, 4. Frans Verhoeven (NED/Yamaha) 1:30, 5. Ruben Faria (POR/KTM) 2:30, 6. Juan Pedrero Garcia (ESP/KTM) 2:42

Overall

1. Olivier Pain (FRA/Yamaha) 17 h 28:17, 2. Francisco Lopez (CHI/KTM) 6:06, 3. David Casteu (FRA/Yamaha) 6:37, 4. Ruben Faria (POR/KTM) 9:42, 5. Cyril Despres (FRA/KTM) 14:07, 6. Jakub Przygonski (POL/KTM) 20:43

Soccer

French league

Results on Friday:

Saint-Etienne 2 (L. Perrin 26, Mollo 62) Toulouse 2 (Didot 27, Aurier 43)

Paris Saint-Germain 0 Ajaccio 0

Spanish league

Results on Friday:

Athletic Bilbao 1 (Dominguez 77) Rayo Vallecano 2 (Bangoura 48, Piti 65-pen)

Tennis

Kooyong Classic

Result on Saturday (x denotes seeding):

Final

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 6-1, 6-4

Playoff for 3rd place

Tomas Berdych (CZE) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-3, 6-2

Hobart WTA International

Result on Saturday:

Final

Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Mona Barthel (GER x9) 6-3, 6-4

Auckland ATP

Result on Saturday:

Final

David Ferrer (ESP x1) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x2) 7-6 (5), 6-1

Sydney International

Results on Saturday:

Men's doubles final

Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (US x1) bt Horia Tecau/Max Mirnyi (US x4) 6-4, 6-4.

Men's singles final

Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 6-3

(China Daily 01/13/2013 page7)