SPORTS DIGEST
BASKETBALL
Lebron James led his All-star side to a 157-155 victory over a team captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo as the NBA continued paying tribute to Kobe Bryant. Bryant, a five-time NBA champion who played in 18 all-star games, was killed along with his daughter Gianna and seven others in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles.
The two sides paid tribute to the Bryants – with James’ team all sporting Gianna’s number two and Antetokounmpo’s the number 24 – while Magic Johnson oversaw an eight-second silence before tip-off at the United Centre in Chicago.
The players also sported a patch with nine stars, a reference to all the victims of the tragedy on January 26.
Kawhi Leonard top scored for Team Lebron with 30 points while James himself added 23, but it was left to Anthony Davis to seal the victory as he sank the winning free throw. Leonard, who plays for the Los Angeles Clippers, took the Kobe Bryant All-star MVP award. Antetokounmpo scored 25 for his side, while Kemba Walker added 23 and Joel Embiid 22.
GOLF
Mcilroy (Nirl) 9.30pts, 2 Brooks Koepka (USA) 8.80, 3 Jon Rahm (Spa) 8.48, 4 Justin Thomas (USA) 7.49, 5 Dustin Johnson (USA) 6.98, 6 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 6.14, 7 Adam Scott (Aus) 6.06, 8 Webb Simpson (USA) 5.98, 9 Tiger Woods (USA) 5.93, 10 Xander Schauffele (USA) 5.71, 11 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.53, 12 Justin Rose (Eng) 5.43, 13 Tony Finau (USA) 4.96, 14 Patrick Reed (USA) 4.75, 15 Matt Kuchar (USA) 4.63, 16 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 4.40, 17 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 4.39, 18 Shane Lowry (Irl) 4.34, 19 Gary Woodland (USA) 4.30, 20 Marc Leishman (Aus) 4.18, 21 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 4.14, 22 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.07, 23 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 3.91, 24 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 3.81, 25 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 3.80, 26 Rickie Fowler (USA) 3.64, 27 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 3.22, 28 Kevin Na (USA) 3.14, 29 Abraham Ancer (Mex) 3.14, 30 Lee Westwood (Eng) 3.08, 31 Danny Willett (Eng) 2.92, 32 Sungjae Im (Kor) 2.83, 33 Kevin Kisner (USA) 2.83, 34 Chez Reavie (USA) 2.81, 35 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 2.79, 36 Shugo Imahira (Jpn) 2.78, 37 Cameron Smith (Aus) 2.78, 38 Victor Perez (Fra) 2.71, 39 Jazz Janewattananond (Tha) 2.70, 40 Billy Horschel (USA) 2.69, 41 Matt Wallace (Eng) 2.68, 42 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 2.66, 43 Jason Day (Aus) 2.60, 44 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 2.51, 45 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 2.48, 46 Bubba
Watson (USA) 2.41, 47 Graeme Mcdowell (Nirl) 2.36, 48 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa) 2.33, 49 Collin Morikawa (USA) 2.27, 50 Byeong-hun An (Kor) 2.27.
ICE HOCKEY
NHL: Buffalo Sabres 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3 Edmonton Oilers 4 (OT), Nashville Predators 2 St Louis Blues 1, New Jersey Devils 4 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (SO), New York Rangers 1 Boston Bruins 3, Ottawa Senators 4 Dallas Stars 3 (OT), Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Detroit Red Wings 1, Vancouver Canucks 1 Anaheim Ducks 5, Winnipeg Jets 3 Chicago Blackhawks 2.
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 Diego Schwartzman (Arg) 2265, 14 Andrey Rublev (Rus) 2219, 15 Denis Shapovalov (Can) 2075, 16 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 2060, 17 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 2040, 18 Felix
Auger Aliassime (Can) 1921, 19 John Isner (USA) 1850, 20 Benoit Paire (Fra) 1738, 21 Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 1690, 22 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 1682, 23 Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 1641, 24 Alex de Minaur (Aus) 1575, 25 Cristian Garin (Chi) 1550, 26 Guido Pella (Arg) 1515, 27 Pablo Carreno Busta (Spa) 1500, 28 Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 1440, 29 Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 1433, 30 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 1390, 31 Daniel Evans (Gbr) 1366, 32 Borna Coric (Cro) 1320, 33 Filip Krajinovic (Ser) 1318, 34 Casper Ruud (Nor) 1313, 35 Jan-lennard Struff (Ger) 1270, 36 Laslo Djere (Ser) 1265, 37 Milos Raonic (Can) 1260, 38 Taylor Fritz (USA) 1255, 39 Marin Cilic (Cro) 1205, 40 John Millman (Aus) 1141, 41 Albert Ramosvinolas (Spa) 1130, 42 Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 1111, 43 Sam Querrey (USA) 1090, 44 Ugo Humbert (Fra) 1086, 45 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 1085, 46 Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 1017, 47 Aljaz Bedene (Slo) 1010, 48 Jo-wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 1005, 49 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 1000, 50 Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser) 999. Selected other: 60 Cameron Norrie (Gbr) 885,
WTA RANKINGS: 1 Ashleigh Barty (Aus) 8367pts, 2 Simona Halep (Rom) 5796, 3 Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 5290, 4 Belinda Bencic (Swi) 4720, 5 Bianca Andreescu (Can) 4665, 6 Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 4650, 7 Sofia Kenin (USA) 4495, 8 Kiki Bertens (Ned) 4335, 9 Serena Williams (USA) 3915, 10 Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 3626, 11 Petra Kvitova
(Cze) 3566, 12 Madison Keys (USA) 2962, 13 Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 2820, 14 Johanna Konta (Gbr) 2753, 15 Petra Martic (Cro) 2586, 16 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 2527, 17 Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) 2431, 18 Alison Riske (USA) 2360, 19 Elena Rybakina (Kaz) 2141, 20 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 2090, 21 Maria Sakkari (Gre) 2085, 22 Elise Mertens (Bel) 1950, 23 Donna Vekic (Cro) 1935, 24 Anett Kontaveit (Est) 1881, 25 Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) 1825, 26 Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) 1785, 27 Karolina Muchova (Cze) 1752, 28 Qiang Wang (Chn) 1733, 29 Amanda Anisimova (USA) 1613, 30 Shuai Zhang (Chn) 1505, 31 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 1486, 32 Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 1475, 33 Magda Linette (Pol) 1472, 34 Sloane Stephens (USA) 1453, 35 Barbora Strycova (Cze) 1417, 36 Julia Goerges (Ger) 1411, 37 Saisai Zheng (Chn) 1410, 38 Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 1360, 39 Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) 1353, 40 Su-wei Hsieh (Tai) 1330, 41 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 1288, 42 Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) 1256, 43 Polona Hercog (Slo) 1205, 44 Rebecca Peterson (Swe) 1195, 45 Ons Jabeur (Tun) 1190, 46 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 1178, 47 Caroline Garcia (Fra) 1175, 48 Alison van Uytvanck (Bel) 1175, 49 Iga Swiatek (Pol) 1127, 50 Danielle Collins (USA) 1115. Selected other: 74 Heather Watson (Gbr) 844.