SPORTS DIGEST
BASKETBALL
Anthony Davis broke the record for most points in the NBA All-star game as the Western Conference beat the Eastern Conference 192-182. New Orleans Pelicans star Davis broke Wilt Chamberlain’s 55-year record by scoring 52 points in his home arena. The teams combined for a record points total in an All-star game. The New Orleans crowd also saw a 41-point effort from Russell Westbrook, while Kevin Durant had a triple-double (21 pts, 10 assists, 10 rebounds). Giannis Antetokounmpo led the way for the East with 30 points, while Lebron James added 23.
GOLF
WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Dustin Johnson (USA) 10.28pts ave, 2 Jason Day (Aus) 9.77, 3 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 9.13, 4 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 8.64, 5 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 8.59, 6 Jordan Spieth (USA) 8.47, 7 Adam Scott (Aus) 5.80, 8 Justin Thomas (USA) 5.52, 9 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.18, 10 Alex Noren (Swe) 5.07, 11 Patrick Reed (USA) 5.07, 12 Justin Rose (Eng) 4.83, 13 Danny Willett (Eng) 4.61, 14 Rickie Fowler (USA) 4.54, 15 Bubba Watson (USA) 4.36, 16 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.12, 17 Branden Grace (Rsa) 4.02, 18 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 3.92, 19 Russell Knox (Sco) 3.91, 20 Matt Kuchar (USA) 3.84, 21 Brooks Koepka (USA) 3.79, 22 Jimmy Walker (USA) 3.75, 23 Phil Mickelson (USA) 3.71, 24 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 3.55, 25 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.47, 26 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 3.45, 27 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 3.28, 28 Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 3.24, 29 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 3.24, 30 J.B. Holmes (USA) 3.13, 31 Ryan Moore (USA) 3.08, 32 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 3.07, 33 Thomas Pieters (Bel) 3.05, 34 Daniel Berger (USA) 3.04, 35 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 2.99, 36 Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 2.94, 37 Kevin Chappell (USA) 2.86, 38 Jon Rahm (Spa) 2.83, 39 Scott Piercy (USA) 2.76, 40 Zach Johnson (USA) 2.71, 41 Gary Woodland (USA) 2.66, 42 Jeunghun Wang (Kor) 2.65, 43 Bill Haas (USA) 2.62, 44 Kevin Na (USA) 2.61, 45 Byeong-hun An (Kor) 2.58, 46 Jim Furyk (USA) 2.52, 47 Kevin Kisner (USA) 2.48, 48 Lee Westwood (Eng) 2.47, 49 William Mcgirt (USA) 2.43, 50 Chris Wood (Eng) 2.41.
ICE HOCKEY
The Washington Capitals suffered a second successive defeat since returning from their bye week as the New York Rangers handed them a 2-1 defeat. The NHL leaders had won six in a row before taking a week off, but after a shootout defeat against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday they were handed another loss by their Metropolitan Division rivals. Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves and goals from Ryan Mcdonagh and Mats Zuccarello earned Rangers a seventh win in eight games – and second of the season against the Capitals. Rangers’ day got better with the two teams above them in the Metropolitan Division also losing. The Pittsburgh Penguins were stunned 5-2 by Detroit while the Columbus Blue Jackets were beaten 4-3 by Nashville. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Anaheim Ducks 1 Los Angeles Kings 0, Buffalo Sabres 1 Chicago Blackhawks 5, Carolina Hurricanes 0 Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Colorado Avalanche 2 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 (OT), Columbus Blue Jackets 3 Nashville Predators 4, NY Islanders 6 New Jersey Devils 4, NY Rangers 2 Washington Capitals 1, Ottawa Senators 2 Winnipeg Jets 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Detroit Red Wings 5, San Jose Sharks 1 Boston Bruins 2 (OT), Vancouver Canucks 2 Philadelphia Flyers 3.
TENNIS
ATP RANKINGS: 1 Andy Murray (Gbr) 11540pts, 2 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 9825, 3 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 5695, 4 Milos Raonic (Can) 4930, 5 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 4730, 6 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 4115, 7 Marin Cilic (Cro) 3410, 8 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 3375, 9 Roger Federer (Swi) 3260, 10 David Goffin (Bel) 3245, 11 Jo-wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 3230, 12 Gael Monfils (Fra) 3145, 13 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 2925, 14 Tomas Berdych (Cze) 2880, 15 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 2190, 16 Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 2165, 17 Lucas Pouille (Fra) 2131, 18 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 1895, 19 Richard Gasquet (Fra) 1875, 20 Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 1875, 21 Jack Sock (USA) 1855, 22 John Isner (USA) 1760, 23 Gilles Simon (Fra) 1495, 24 Pablo Carreno-busta (Spa) 1495, 25 Albert Ramos-vinolas (Spa) 1400, 26 Steve Johnson (USA) 1370, 27 Gilles Muller (Lux) 1370, 28 Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 1330, 29 David Ferrer (Spa) 1310, 30 Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 1290, 31 Bernard Tomic (Aus) 1285, 32 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 1270, 33 Mischa Zverev (Ger) 1216, 34 Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 1195, 35 Sam Querrey (USA) 1135, 36 Viktor Troicki (Ser) 1075, 37 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 1070, 38 Marcel Granollers (Spa) 1068, 39 Joao Sousa (Por) 1055, 40 Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 1052, 41 Benoit Paire (Fra) 1040, 42 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 1020, 43 Ryan Harrison (USA) 996, 44 Daniel Evans (Gbr) 971, 45 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 955, 46 Florian Mayer (Ger) 913, 47 Malek Jaziri (Tun) 908, 48 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 904, 49 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 898, 50 Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 875. WTA RANKINGS: 1 Serena Williams (USA) 7780pts, 2 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 7115, 3 Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 5640, 4 Simona Halep (Rom) 5172, 5 Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 5150, 6 Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 4915, 7 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 4720, 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 3915, 9 Madison Keys (USA) 3897, 10 Johanna Konta (Gbr) 3705, 11 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 3415, 12 Venus Williams (USA) 3280, 13 Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 3050, 14 Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 2625, 15 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 2540, 16 Elena Vesnina (Rus) 2455, 17 Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) 2407, 18 Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 2161, 19 Samantha Stosur (Aus) 2120, 20 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 2050, 21 Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 2037, 22 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 1995, 23 Kiki Bertens (Ned) 1956, 24 Caroline Garcia (Fra) 1755, 25 Roberta Vinci (Ita) 1720, 26 Daria Gavrilova (Aus) 1665, 27 Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 1585, 28 Irina-camelia Begu (Rom) 1562, 29 Mirjana Lucic-baroni (Cro) 1556, 30 Shuai Zhang (Chn) 1555, 31 Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 1535, 32 Daria Kasatkina (Rus) 1495, 33 Timea Babos (Hun) 1445, 34 Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) 1425, 35 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 1415, 36 Ana Konjuh (Cro) 1386, 37 Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 1377, 38 Alison Riske (USA) 1367, 39 Monica Niculescu (Rom) 1365, 40 Katerina Siniakova (Cze) 1348, 41 Laura Siegemund (Ger) 1328, 42 Monica Puig (Pur) 1285, 43 Alize Cornet (Fra) 1267, 44 Christina Mchale (USA) 1250, 45 Eugenie Bouchard (Can) 1245, 46 Lauren Davis (USA) 1210, 47 Lucie Safarova (Cze) 1177, 48 Misaki Doi (Jpn) 1150, 49 Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) 1145, 50 Sloane Stephens (USA) 1127. Selected others: 72 Heather Watson (Gbr) 825, 100 Naomi Broady (Gbr) 603.