SPORTS DIGEST

BASKETBALL

Lebron James notched his second tripledouble in two games as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Washington Wizards 106-99. James, who started the game wearing one black and one white shoe with the word “equality” written on them had 20 points, 15 assists and a dozen rebounds in the convincing victory, their fifth in a row. The Sacramento Kings put 63 points on the board in the first half against the Toronto Raptors but could only muster 30 in the third and fourth quarters as they lost 108-93. Demar Derozan scored 21 for the Raptors, while Jonas Valanciunas had 16 rebounds as the Raptors win their ninth straight home game. Victor Oladipo scored 26 points as the Indiana Pacers beat the Brooklyn Nets 109-97, while Reggie Bullock hit 20 points as his Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 114-110. NBA: Brooklyn Nets 97 Indiana Pacers 109, Detroit Pistons 114 Orlando Magic 110, Toronto Raptors 108 Sacramento Kings 93, Washington Wizards 99 Cleveland Cavaliers 106.

GOLF

OFFICIAL WORLD RANKING: 1 Dustin Johnson (USA) 10.83pts ave, 2 Jordan Spieth (USA) 9.55, 3 Justin Thomas (USA) 8.60, 4 Jon Rahm (Spa) 8.26, 5 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 8.22, 6 Justin Rose (Eng) 8.01, 7 Rickie Fowler (USA) 7.01, 8 Brooks Koepka (USA) 6.52, 9 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 6.15, 10 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 5.92, 11 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.87, 12 Jason Day (Aus) 5.31, 13 Marc Leishman (Aus) 5.25, 14 Paul Casey (Eng) 5.06, 15 Matt Kuchar (USA) 4.91, 16 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 4.75, 17 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 4.67, 18 Alex Noren (Swe) 4.67, 19 Pat Perez (USA) 4.36, 20 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 4.08, 21 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 3.97, 22 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.90, 23 Charley Hoffman (USA) 3.90, 24 Patrick Reed (USA) 3.82, 25 Xander Schauffele (USA) 3.53, 26 Kevin Kisner (USA) 3.45, 27 Brian Harman (USA) 3.42, 28 Daniel Berger (USA) 3.32, 29 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 3.26, 30 Branden Grace (Rsa) 3.21, 31 Adam Scott (Aus) 3.16, 32 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 3.04, 33 Ross Fisher (Eng) 3.03, 34 Kevin Chappell (USA) 3.02, 35 Thomas Pieters (Bel) 2.80, 36 Phil Mickelson (USA) 2.80, 37 Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 2.78, 38 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 2.69, 39 Jason Dufner (USA) 2.68, 40 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 2.66, 41 Tony Finau (USA) 2.66, 42 Si Woo Kim (Kor) 2.65, 43 Webb Simpson (USA) 2.61, 44 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 2.59, 45 Brendan Steele (USA) 2.57, 46 Russell Henley (USA) 2.50, 47 Zach Johnson (USA) 2.48, 48 Kyle Stanley (USA) 2.42, 49 Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn) 2.39, 50 Peter Uihlein (USA) 2.39. WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Shanshan Feng (Chn) 8.16pts ave, 2 Sung Hyun Park (Kor) 8.05, 3 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 7.83, 4 Lexi Thompson (USA) 7.55, 5 In Gee Chun (Kor) 6.54, 6 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 6.48, 7 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 6.40, 8 In Kyung Kim (Kor) 6.35, 9 Lydia Ko (Nzl) 5.71, 10 Cristie Kerr (USA) 5.45, 11 Sei Young Kim (Kor) 4.86, 12 Inbee Park (Kor) 4.76, 13 Hye Jin Choi (Kor) 4.75, 14 Brooke M. Henderson (Can) 4.65, 15 Amy Yang (Kor) 4.43, 16 Stacy Lewis (USA) 4.06, 17 Mirim Lee (Kor) 3.92, 18 Minjee Lee (Aus) 3.75, 19 Jin Young Ko (Kor) 3.75, 20 Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 3.65, 21 Danielle Kang (USA) 3.61, 22 Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha) 3.56, 23 Jeongeun Lee (Kor) 3.39, 24 Mi Jung Hur (Kor) 3.35, 25 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 3.29.

GRIDIRON

A Dan Bailey field goal from 19 yards with less than two minutes left on the clock was the difference as the Dallas Cowboys beat the Oakland Raiders 20-17. The Cowboys were 10-0 up at the half, but Oakland pulled it back with a Michael Crabtree touchdown and Giorgio Tavecchio field goal. Dak Prescott rushed into the end zone to put the Cowboys 17-10 up before Crabtree got his second to tie things up with 10 minutes left to play, but the Cowboys tacked on a field goal to go to 7-6 for the season. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Buffalo Bills 24 Miami Dolphins 16, Carolina Panthers 31 Green Bay Packers 24, Cleveland Browns 10 Baltimore Ravens 27, Jacksonville Jaguars 45 Houston Texans 7, Kansas City Chiefs 30 Los Angeles Chargers 13, Minnesota Vikings 34 Cincinnati Bengals 7, New Orleans Saints 31 New York Jets 19, New York Giants 29 Philadelphia Eagles 34, Washington Redskins 20 Arizona Cardinals 15, Oakland Raiders 17 Dallas Cowboys 20.

ICE HOCKEY

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Chicago Blackhawks 4 Minnesota Wild 1, Vancouver Canucks 1 Calgary Flames 6, Vegas Golden Knights 5 Florida Panthers 2, Winnipeg Jets 4 St Louis Blues 0.

TENNIS

ATP RANKINGS 2017: 1 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 10645pts, 2 Roger Federer (Swi) 9605, 3 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 5150, 4 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 4610, 5 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 4015, 6 Marin Cilic (Cro) 3805, 7 David Goffin (Bel) 3775, 8 Jack Sock (USA) 3165, 9 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 3150, 10 Pablo Carreno-busta (Spa) 2615, 11 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 2595, 12 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 2585, 13 Sam Querrey (USA) 2535, 14 Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 2480, 15 Jo-wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 2320, 16 Andy Murray (Gbr) 2290, 17 John Isner (USA) 2265, 18 Lucas Pouille (Fra) 2235, 19 Tomas Berdych (Cze) 2095, 20 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 2015, 21 Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 2010, 22 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 1885, 23 Albert Ramosvinolas (Spa) 1845, 24 Milos Raonic (Can) 1795, 25 Gilles Muller (Lux) 1695, 26 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 1675, 27 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 1670, 28 Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 1635, 29 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 1440, 30 Damir Dzumhur (Bih) 1391, 31 Richard Gasquet (Fra) 1375, 32 Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 1370, 33 Mischa Zverev (Ger) 1302, 34 Filip Krajinovic (Ser) 1298, 35 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 1295, 36 Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 1295, 37 David Ferrer (Spa) 1290, 38 Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 1231, 39 Andrey Rublev (Rus) 1229, 40 Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) 1219, 41 Benoit Paire (Fra) 1155, 42 Robin Haase (Ned) 1130, 43 Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 1095, 44 Steve Johnson (USA) 1055, 45 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 1030, 46 Gael Monfils (Fra) 1015, 47 Ryan Harrison (USA) 1010, 48 Borna Coric (Cro) 1001, 49 Aljaz Bedene (Gbr) 993, 50 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 992. WTA RANKINGS: 1 Simona Halep (Rom) 6175pts, 2 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 6135, 3 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 6015, 4 Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 5730, 5 Venus Williams (USA) 5597, 6 Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 5500, 7 Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) 5010, 8 Caroline Garcia (Fra) 4385, 9 Johanna Konta (Gbr) 3610, 10 Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 3258, 11 Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 2935, 12 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 2856, 13 loane Stephens (USA) 2802, 14 Julia Goerges (Ger) 2655, 15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 2485, 16 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 2475, 17 Ashleigh Barty (Aus) 2236, 18 Elena Vesnina (Rus) 2220, 19 Madison Keys (USA) 2213, 20 Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 2141, 21 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 2121, 22 Serena Williams (USA) 2030, 23 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 2025, 24 Daria Kasatkina (Rus) 1950, 25 Daria Gavrilova (Aus) 1865, 26 Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 1860, 27 Shuai Peng (Chn) 1765, 28 Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 1715, 29 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 1653, 30 Lucie Safarova (Cze) 1650, 31 Kiki Bertens (Ned) 1610, 32 Mirjana Lucic-baroni (Cro) 1605, 33 Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 1580, 34 Anett Kontaveit (Est) 1535, 35 Shuai Zhang (Chn) 1535, 36 Elise Mertens (Bel) 1483, 37 Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 1455, 38 Alize Cornet (Fra) 1420, 39 Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) 1362, 40 Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 1341, 41 Samantha Stosur (Aus) 1211, 42 Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) 1200, 43 Irinacamelia Begu (Rom) 1194, 44 Ana Konjuh (Cro) 1176, 45 Qiang Wang (Chn) 1165, 46 Tatjana Maria (Ger) 1125, 47 Katerina Siniakova (Cze) 1100, 48 Lauren Davis (USA) 1093, 49 Carina Witthoeft (Ger) 1093, 50 Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 1085. Selected other: 75 Heather Watson (Gbr) 811.