Olympics

Sochi Winter Olympics

Medalists on Tuesday:

MEN

SNOWBOARD

Snowboard cross

Gold: Pierre Vaultier (FRA)

Silver: Nikolay Olyunin (RUS)

Bronze: Alex Deibold (USA)

BIATHLON

15km mass start

Gold: Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)

Silver: Martin Fourcade (FRA)

Bronze: Ondrej Moravec (CZE)

NORDIC COMBINED

Large hill/10km

Gold: Joergen Graabak (NOR)

Silver: Magnus Hovdal Moan (NOR)

Bronze: Fabian Riessle (GER)

SPEED SKATING

10,000m

Gold: Jorrit Bergsma (NED)

Silver: Sven Kramer (NED)

Bronze: Bob De Jong (NED)

FREESTYLE

Halfpipe

Gold: David Wise (USA)

Silver: Mike Riddle (CAN)

Bronze: Kevin Rolland (FRA)

WOMEN

ALPINE SKIING

Giant slalom

Gold: Tina Maze (SLO)

Silver: Anna Fenninger (AUT)

Bronze: Viktoria Rebensburg (GER)

SHORT TRACK

3,000m relay

Gold: South Korea (Cho Ha-ri, Park Seung-hi, Shim Suk-hee, Kim Alang, Kong Sang-jeong)

Silver: Canada (Marie-Eve Drolet, Valerie Maltais, Marianne St-Gelais, Jessica Hewitt)

Bronze: Italy (Arianna Fontana, Martina Valcepina, Lucia Peretti, Elena Viviani)

Medals table on Tuesday:

G S B Tot

Germany 8 3 4 15

Norway 7 4 7 18

Netherlands 6 6 8 20

United States 6 4 10 20

Russia 5 8 6 19

Switzerland 5 2 1 8

Belarus 5 0 1 6

Canada 4 9 4 17

Poland 4 0 0 4

China 3 2 1 6

France 3 1 5 9

Austria 2 6 1 9

Sweden 2 5 2 9

Slovenia 2 1 3 6

South Korea 2 1 1 4

Czech Republic 1 3 2 6

Japan 1 3 2 6

Britain 1 0 1 2

Slovakia 1 0 0 1

Italy 0 2 4 6

Australia 0 2 1 3

Finland 0 2 0 2

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 Tuesday (home teams in CAPS):

INDIANA 108 Atlanta 98

Cleveland 114 PHILADELPHIA 85

Toronto 103 WASHINGTON 93

Charlotte 108 DETROIT 96

MILWAUKEE 104 Orlando 100

MEMPHIS 98 New York 93

Miami 117 DALLAS 106

Phoenix 112 DENVER 107

San Antonio 113 LA CLIPPERS 103

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 29 24 .547 -

Brooklyn 24 27 .471 4

New York 20 33 .377 9

Boston 19 35 .352 10

Philadelphia 15 40 .273 15

Southeast Division

Miami 38 14 .731 -

Atlanta 25 27 .481 13

Washington 25 28 .472 13

Charlotte 24 30 .444 15

Orlando 16 39 .291 23

Central Division

Indiana 41 12 .774 -

Chicago 27 25 .519 13

Detroit 22 31 .415 19

Cleveland 21 33 .389 20

Milwaukee 10 43 .189 31

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

San Antonio 39 15 .722 -

Houston 36 17 .679 2

Dallas 32 23 .582 7

Memphis 30 23 .566 8

New Orleans 23 29 .442 15

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 43 12 .782 -

Portland 36 17 .679 6

Minnesota 25 28 .472 17

Denver 24 28 .462 17

Utah 19 33 .365 22

Pacific Division

LA Clippers 37 19 .661 -

Phoenix 31 21 .596 4

Golden State 31 22 .585 4

LA Lakers 18 35 .340 17

Sacramento 18 35 .340 17

Soccer

Champions League

Results on Tuesday:

At Manchester, England:

Manchester City (ENG) 0 Barcelona (ESP) 2 (Messi 54-pen, Alves 90)

At Leverkusen, Germany:

Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 0 Paris Saint-Germain 4 (FRA) (Matuidi 3, Ibrahimovic 39, 42-pen, Cabaye 88)

Leading Champions League scorers after Tuesday's Last 16 first leg matches:

10 goals: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris SG)

9 goals: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

7 goals: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

6 goals: Sergio Agero (Manchester City)

5 goals: Alvaro Negredo (Manchester City), Arturo Vidal (Juventus)

4 goals: Edinson Cavani (Paris SG), Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Higuain (Naples), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)

Tennis

WTA Dubai Open

Results on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):

1st rd

Ana Ivanovic (SRB) bt Angelique Kerber (GERx6) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6); Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 6-1, 7-5; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x5) bt Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 6-4, 6-3; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Simona Halep (ROM x7) 6-1, 1-1 abandon; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x8) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Annika Beck (GER) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 7-5, 6-4.

2nd rd

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 7-6 (8), 6-0.

ATP/WTA Rio Open

Results on Tuesday:

Women's 1st rd

Lourdes Dominguez (ESP) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-4, 6-4; Klara Zakopalova (CZE x1) bt Mariana Duque (COL) 6-4, 6-4; Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) bt Timea Babos (HUN) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Irina-Camelia Begu (ROM) bt Vania King (USA x8) 6-4, 6-0; Teliana Pereira (BRA) bt Alexandra Cadantu (ROM x4) 6-3, 6-4; Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) bt Paula Cristina Goncalves (BRA) 7-5, 7-6 (8); Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-4, 6-3.

Men's 1st rd

Tommy Robredo (ESP x4) bt Pablo Carreno (ESP) 7-6 (5), 6-3; Oleksandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x5) 2-6, 6-3, 6-0; Albert Ramos (ESP) bt Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6-2, 6-0; Joao Sousa (POR) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP x6) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Pablo Andujar (ESP x8) bt Julian Reister (GER) 6-4, 6-3; Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) 6-7 (0), 6-1, 6-3; Fabio Fognini (ITA x3) bt Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 7-6 (5), 0-6, 6-1; Juan Monaco (ARG x7) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-3, 6-1; David Ferrer (ESP x2) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-2, 6-3; Albert Montanes (ESP) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-1, 7-6 (4); Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 6-3, 7-5.

ATP Marseille Open

First-round results on Tuesday:

Tobias Kamke (GER) bt Kyle Edmund (GBR) 7-5, 6-1; Ivan Dodig (CRO x5) bt Albano Olivetti (FRA) 7-5, 6-2; Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA x6) bt Ante Pavic (CRO) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5; Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) bt Daniel Evans (GBR) 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) bt Igor Sijsling (NED) 6-4, 6-4.

ATP Delray Beach Open

First-round results on Tuesday:

Kevin Anderson (RSA x4) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Dudi Sela (ISR) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (RUS) 6-0, 6-2; Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x8) bt Bradley Klahn (USA) 6-3, 6-1; Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Steve Johnson (USA) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 6-4, 6-3; Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt David Goffin (BEL) 6-2, 6-4; Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) 4-6, 1-0, retired; Tommy Haas (GER x1) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) 6-2, 6-1; Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Samuel Groth (AUS) 7-6 (4), 6-3; Rhyne Williams (USA) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-3, 4-0, retired; Kei Nishikori (JPN x3) bt Gastao Elias (POR) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2; John Isner (USA x2) bt Michael Russell (USA) 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

(China Daily 02/20/2014 page23)