SPORTS DIGEST
BASKETBALL
112, Philadelphia 76ers 118 Chicago Bulls 111, Portland Trail Blazers 115 Miami Heat 109, Washington Wizards 99 Memphis Grizzlies 106.
GOLF
Men’s World rankings: 1 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 9.18pts, 2 Brooks Koepka (USA) 9.15, 3 Jon Rahm (Spa) 8.66, 4 Justin Thomas (USA) 7.63, 5 Dustin Johnson (USA) 6.90, 6 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 6.12, 7 Webb Simpson (USA) 6.07, 8 Tiger Woods (USA) 6.05, 9 Xander Schauffele (USA) 5.73, 10 Justin Rose (Eng) 5.65, 11 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.61, 12 Tony Finau (USA) 5.03, 13 Patrick Reed (USA) 4.79, 14 Adam Scott (Aus) 4.51, 15 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 4.45, 16 Gary Woodland (USA) 4.37, 17 Shane Lowry (Irl) 4.32, 18 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 4.26, 19 Marc Leishman (Aus) 4.19, 20 Matt Kuchar (USA) 4.11
WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS : 1Jin Young Ko (Kor) 8.52pts, 2 Sung Hyun Park (Kor) 5.99, 3 Nelly Korda (USA) 5.94, 4 Nasa Hataoka (Jpn) 5.57, 5 Danielle Kang (USA) 5.55, 6 Sei Young Kim (Kor) 5.21, 7 Brooke M. Henderson (Can) 4.98, 8 Minjee Lee (Aus) 4.96, 9 Jeong Eun Lee (Kor) 4.87, 10 Lexi Thompson (USA) 4.78, 11 Hinako Shibuno (Jpn) 4.46, 12 Hyo Joo
Kim (Kor) 4.09, 13 Aia Suzuki (Jpn) 3.93, 14 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 3.92, 15 Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 3.84, 16 Jessica Korda (USA) 3.74, 17 Inbee Park (Kor) 3.71, 18 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 3.62, 19 Lizette Salas (USA) 3.41, 20 Mi Jung Hur (Kor) 3.36.
ICE HOCKEY
National Hockey League results: Buffalo Sabres 2 Anaheim Ducks 3, Detroit Red Wings 3 Boston Bruins 1, Minnesota Wild 2 Colorado Avalanche 3, New York Rangers 4 Los Angeles Kings 1, Winnipeg Jets 5 Chicago Blackhawks 2
RUGBY LEAGUE
Underbank Rangers, rugby league’s oldest club, have landed a money-spinning tie against Bradford Bulls in the fourth round of the Coral Challenge Cup.
The Huddersfield amateur club, who were formed in 1884, endured a 400-mile round trip for their 30-8 win over League 1 club West Wales Raiders in Llanelli on Sunday but will face a short trip to Dewsbury, the Bulls’ temporary home, for their giantslaying attempt in the next round. Bradford, coached by two-time Challenge Cup winner John Kear, enjoyed the last of their five Cup triumphs in 2003 and beat Leeds in the fifth round at Odsal in 2019. The British Army, who are also in the fourth round for the first time, will face Rochdale Hornets or York Acorn – one of four third-round ties postponed on Sunday because of Storm Ciara.
There are five all-championship clashes, including one between former Wembley winners Sheffield Eagles and Halifax. The Super League clubs start entering the competition at the fifth-round stage in March.
Fourth-round ties, to be played over the weekend of 22-23 February, are: Rochdale Hornets or York Acorn v British Army, Whitehaven v Dewsbury, North Wales Crusaders v Hunslet, Sheffield Eagles v Halifax, Workington or West Bowling v Doncaster, Bradford v Underbank Rangers, Featherstone v Barrow or London Skolars, London Broncos v York, Swinton v Leigh Miners Rangers, Leigh Centurions v Batley, Siddal v Keighley or Newcastle Thunder, Widnes v Oldham.
TENNIS
ATP Rankings: 1 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 9720pts, 2 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 9395, 3
Roger Federer (Swi) 7130, 4 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 7045, 5 Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 5890, 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 4745, 7 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 3885, 8 Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 2860, 9 Gael Monfils (Fra) 2860, 10 David Goffin (Bel) 2600, 11 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 2400, 12 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 2360, 13 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 2360, 14 Diego Schwartzman (Arg) 2325, 15 Andrey Rublev (Rus) 2174, 16 Denis Shapovalov (Can) 2120, 17 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 1995, 18 John Isner (USA) 1940, 19 Benoit Paire (Fra) 1738, 20 Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 1690.
WTA Thailand Open Hua Hin, Thailand: 1st rd: Leonie Kung (Swi) bt Patcharin Cheapchandej (Tha) 6-0 6-3, Xiao-di You (Chn) bt Ellen Perez (Aus) 7-5 (7-4) 6-2, (4) Saisai Zheng (Chn) bt Natalija Kostic (Ser) 7-6 (8-6) 6-0, Storm Sanders (Aus) bt Ulrikke Eikeri (Nor) 6-3 6-4, Peangtarn Plipuech (Tha) bt Chloe Paquet (Fra) 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-4.
WTA St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy St. Petersburg: 1st rd: Anastasia Potapova (Rus) bt Ludmilla Samsonova (Rus) 6-2 6-4, (6) Maria Sakkari (Gre) bt Vitalia Diatchenko (Rus) 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-3), (8) Elena Rybakina (Kaz) bt Katerina Siniakova (Cze) 6-3 6-4.