Basketball

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

Chicago 100 BOSTON 99 (OT)

PHILADELPHIA 108 Toronto 101 (OT)

Charlotte 106 ORLANDO 100

INDIANA 105 Houston 95

BROOKLYN 94 Atlanta 89

MEMPHIS 85 Sacramento 69

SAN ANTONIO 95 Golden State 88

Washington 112 DENVER 108

Oklahoma City 117 DALLAS 114 (OT)

Biathlon

World Cup

Friday's results (penalty laps in brackets):

Men's sprint (10km, two shooting sessions)

1. Anton Shipulin (RUS) 22min 45.8sec (0), 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) at 12.8sec (1), 3. Jakov Fak (SLO) 20.4 (1), 4. Andreas Birnbacher (GER) 21.1 (0), 5. Evgeny Garanichev (RUS) 36.6 (1)

World Cup sprint standings (after 6 of 10 events)

1. Martin Fourcade (FRA) 256 points, 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 244, 3. Jakov Fak (SLO) 210, 4. Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) 206, 5. Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) 177

World Cup overall standings (after 13 of 26 events)

1. Martin Fourcade (FRA) 602 points, 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 543, 3. Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) 452, 4. Dmitry Malyshko (RUS) 445, 5. Evgeny Garanichev (RUS) 395

Golf

Abu Dhabi

Leading second round scores in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship:

(par-72)

136 - Justin Rose (ENG) 67-69

137 - Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP 70-67, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 67-70, Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 68-69

139 - Garth Mulroy (RSA) 71-68, Joost Luiten (NED) 70-69

140 - Matteo Manassero (ITA) 72-68, Jason Dufner (USA) 71-69, Branden Grace (RSA) 71-69, Martin Kaymer (GER) 71-69, George Coetzee (RSA) 69-71, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 69-71, Michael Campbell (NZL) 69-71, David Howell (ENG) 69-61

141 - Keith Horne (RSA) 72-69, Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 70-71, Joel Sjoholm (SWE), Liang Wenchong (CHN) 69-72, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 70-71, Richie Ramsay (SCO) 73-68, Danny Willett (ENG) 70-71, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 72-69, Jbe Kruger (RSA) 72-69

142 - Jorge Campillo (ESP) 74-68, Anders Hansen (DEN) 71-71, Lorenzo Gagli (ITA) 74-68, Darren Fichardt (RSA) 72-70, Gareth Maybin (NIR) 71-71, Romain Wattel (FRA) 73-69, Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 73-69, Craig Lee (SCO) 72-70, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 68-74

Humana Challenge US PGA

Leading second-round scores on Friday in the $5.6 million US PGA Tour Humana Challenge on the Palmer Course, Nicklaus Course and La Quinta Country Club course (USA unless noted, all courses par-72):

130 - Roberto Castro 63-67, James Hahn 63-67

131 - Darron Stiles 66-65, Scott Stallings 66-65, Richard H. Lee 66-65

132 - Lee Williams 67-65, Jason Kokrak 63-69, Zach Johnson 66-66, David Lingmerth (SWE) 68-64, Kevin Stadler 66-66, Charles Howell 67-65, Charley Hoffman 65-67, Greg Chalmers (AUS) 64-68, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 64-68

133 - Daniel Summerhays 65-68, Stewart Cink 66-67, Ricky Barnes 65-68, Robert Garrigus 66-67, Russell Henley 64-69, Brian Gay 67-66, Bud Cauley 70-63

Motor Sports

Dakar Rally

Dakar Rally results on Friday after the 13th and penultimate stage, a 441km timed run from Copiapo to La Serena:

Auto

Stage

1. Robby Gordon (USA/Hummer) 3hr 40min 53sec, 2. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA/SMG) at 22, 3. Orlando Terranova (ARG/BMW) 4:41, 4. Giniel De Villiers (RSA/Toyota) 8:08, 5. Leonid Novitskiy (RUS/Mini) 8:35, 6. Lucio Alvarez (ARG/Toyota) 11:01, 7. Carlos Sousa (POR/Great Wall) 12:45, 8. Ronan Chabot (FRA/SMG) 13:05, 9. Stephane Peterhansel (FRA/Mini) 13:51, 10. Zhou Yong (CHN/Great Wall) 20:19.

Overall

1. Stephane Peterhansel (FRA/Mini) 36hr 44min 46sec, 2. Giniel De Villiers (RSA/Toyota) 44:38, 3. Leonid Novitskiy (RUS/Mini) 1 h 29:31, 4. Nani Roma (ESP/Mini) 1 h 40:26, 5. Orlando Terranova (ARG/BMW) 1 h 52:40, 6. Carlos Sousa (POR/Great Wall) 2 h 38:40, 7. Ronan Chabot (FRA/SMG) 3 h 02:25, 8. Guerlain Chicherit (FRA/SMG) 3 h 29:22, 9. Pascal Thomasse (FRA/Buggy Md Rallye) 4 h 31:49, 10. Boris Garafulic (CHI/Mini) 4 h 45:58.

Moto

Stage

1. Francisco Lopez (CHI/KTM) 3hr 44min 54sec, 2. Cyril Despres (FRA/KTM) at 5:25, 3. Paulo Goncalves (POR/Husqvarna) 5:29, 4. Juan Pedrero Garcia (ESP/KTM) 7:42, 5. Joan Barreda Bort (ESP/Husqvarna) 8:24, 6. Helder Rodrigues (POR/Honda) 9:37, 7. Ivan Jakes (SVK/KTM) 9:54, 8. Olivier Pain (FRA/Yamaha) 10:10, 9. Jakub Przygonski (POL/KTM) 11:02, 10. Gerard Farres Guell (ESP/Honda) 11:19.

Overall

1. Cyril Despres (FRA/KTM) 41hr 37min 18sec, 2. Francisco Lopez (CHI/KTM) at 8:15, 3. Ruben Faria (POR/KTM) 14:41, 4. Ivan Jakes (SVK/KTM) 24:45, 5. Juan Pedrero Garcia (ESP/KTM) 43:31, 6. Olivier Pain (FRA/Yamaha) 1h 08:14, 7. Helder Rodrigues (POR/Honda) 1 h 14:56, 8. Javier Pizzolito (ARG/Honda) 1 h 26:23, 9. Frans Verhoeven (NED/Yamaha) 1 h 27:54, 10. Paulo Goncalves (POR/Husqvarna) 1 h 29:46.

Soccer

Dutch league

Friday's results:

PSV Eindhoven 1 FC Zwolle 3

French league

Friday's results:

Lyon 0 Evian Thonon Gaillard 0

German Bundesliga

Friday's results:

Schalke 04 5 (Farfan 44, Draxler 49, Hoger 64, Marica 67, Holtby 88) Hanover 4 (Pinto 55, Huszti 59, 68, Mame Biram Diouf 90+2)

Portuguese league

Friday's results:

Sporting Lisbon 1 (Andr Carrillo 63) Beira Mar 0

Tennis

Australian Open

Saturday's results:

Women's singles 3rd rd

Maria Kirilenko (RUS x14) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL x20) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Jamie Hampton (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Serena Williams (USA x3) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-1, 6-3; Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x16) 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x10) bt Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 6-4, 6-3; Sloane Stephens (USA x29) bt Laura Robson (GBR) 7-5, 6-3; Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)

Men's singles 3rd rd

Richard Gasquet (FRA x9) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/2), 6-0; Jeremy Chardy (FRA) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x6) 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 3-6, 6-3; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x7) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 6-2, 6-1, 6-4; Andreas Seppi (ITA x21) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x12) 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 6-3, 6-4, 7-5; Milos Raonic (CAN x13) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x17) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-4; Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1; Gilles Simon (FRA x14) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 8-6

(China Daily 01/20/2013 page7)