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Basketball

HULA HOOPS NATIONAL CUPS SEMI-FINALS Women: Ambassador UCC Glanmire 77 Singleton Supervalu Brunell 66, NUIG Mystics 50 DCU Mercy 92.

Senior women: North West 59 Meteors 76, Griffith Swords Thunder 68 Fr Mathews 83.

U18 women: Portlaoise Panthers 46 DCU Mercy 71, Brunell 58 Glanmire 61. Men: Pyrobel Killester 77 UCD Marian 91.

U20 Men: Moycullen 106 Neptune 57, KUBS 94 KCYMS 75.

NBA: Miami Heat 107 NY Knicks 103 (OT), Philadelphia 76ers 114 Detroit Pistons 78, Boston Celtics 91 Minnesota 84, Milwaukee Bucks 110 Toronto Raptors 129, Dallas Mavericks 124 Chicago Bulls 127, SA Spurs 103 Phoenix Suns 89, Denver Nuggets 99 Utah Jazz 91, Memphis Grizzlies 100 Washington 102, Portland Trail Blazers 110 Atlanta 89, LA Lakers 94 Hornets 108.

Cricket

FIFTH TEST – (Sydney, day 3) England 346 (J Root 83, D Malan 62, P Cummins 4-80) Australia 479-4 (U Khawaja 171, S Marsh 98no, S Smith 83, M Marsh 63no, D Warner 56). FIRST TEST (Cape Town, day 2) South Africa 286 (AB De Villiers 65, F Du Plessis 52, B Kumar 4-87) and 65-2, India 209 (H Pandya 93, V Philander 3-33, K Rabada 3-35). FIRST ODI (Wellington) New Zealand 315-7 (50 overs; K Williamson 115, C Munro 58, H Nicholls 50) beat Pakistan 166-6 (30.1, target 228; F Zaman 82no, T Southee 3-22) by 61 runs on DLS.

Gaelic Games

SH CHALLENGE: Tipperary 1-26 Dublin 0-12.

Golf

USPGA TOUR Sentry Tournament of Champions Rd2 (Maui, par 73, US unless stated) 136 M Leishman (Aus) 67 69, B Harman 68 68; 137 D Johnson 69 68; 138 C Stroud 72 66, P Perez 72 66, J Vegas (Ven) 68 70; 139 J Dufner 71 68; 140 H Matsuyama (Jp) 70 70, P Cantlay 70 70, R Fowler 69 71, K Kisner 70 70, SW Kim (Kor) 69 71; 141 J Rahm (Sp) 71 70, B Horschel 70 71, J Spieth 75 66.

Hockey

MEN’S IRISH SENIOR CUP Rd 2 replays Lisnagarvey v Railway Union off (frost). Mossley 1 (H Dow) Belfast Harlequins 1 (L McClelland) Mossley won 5-4 on strokes. South Antrim 3 (A Glass, C Henry, R Brown) Pembroke Wanderers 4 (A Sothern 2, G Chambers, T Hill).

WOMEN’S JACQUI POTTER CUP Rd 1: Naas 2 Clontarf 0; Railway Union II 3 Genesis 0; Loreto II 0 Corinthians 1.

Rugby Union

PRO 14 LEAGUE Leinster Rugby38(T:JLar mo ur 2, B Daly, F McFadden 2, J Sexton; C: R Byrne 3, J Sexton) Ulster 7( T: J Stockdale, C: J Co oney)HT 12-0. Munster Rugby 39( T: DO’ Shea, K Earls 2, C M ur ray2;C:IK eat ley4;P:IKe at ley2)C on nacht Rugby 13( T: T McCartney; C: C Ronald son; P: J Carty 2) HT 10-6. Benetton Treviso 27 (T: Ioane, Faiva 2, Ruzza; C: Banks 2; P: Banks) Cheetahs 21 (T: Mohoje 2; C: Zelinga, P: Zeilinga 3) HT 5-9. Ospreys 29 (T: Hassler, Webb 2, Tipuric; C: Biggar 3, P: Biggar) Cardiff 28 (T: Williams, Lane, Smith, C: Anscombe 2, P: Anscombe 3) HT 17-14.

Zebre Rugby Club 20 (T: Giammarioli, Mbanda; D’Apice; C: Canna, P: Violi) Glasgow Warriors 40 (T: Fagerson, Jones 2, penalty, Horne, Grigg; C: Russell 4) HT 10-26. ULSTER BANK LEAGUE

Division 1A — Cork Con 26 Buccaneers 0, Dublin University 25 St Mary’s College 10, Lansdowne 38 Clontarf 8, UCD 26 Terenure 31. Friday: Young Munster 25 Garryowen 0.

Division 1B — Shannon 25 Naas 3, Ballynahinch 28 Ballymena 13, Old Belvedere 18 Banbridge 15, Old Wesley 15 UL Bohs 17. Friday: Dolphin 12 UCC 9. Division 2A — Greystones 24 Blackrock 15, Highfield 17 City of Armagh 10, Queens 7 Malone 49. Friday: Nenagh Ormond 30 Cashel 29, Corinthians 22 Galwegians 8. Division 2B — Barnhall 30 Wanderers 8, Dungannon P Belfast Harlequins P, Rainey Old Boys 71 City of Derry 0. Friday: Old Crescent 40 Sunday’s Well 0, Navan 41 Skerries 15. Division 2C — Bangor 19 Omagh 5, Malahide 32 Midleton 10, Seapoint 27 Bective Rangers 27. ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP: Leicester Tigers 19 London Irish 15, Northampton Saints 22 Gloucester 19, Sale Sharks 30 Harlequins 29. FRENCH TOP 14: Bordeaux 19 Lyon 10, Brive 13 Toulon 12.

Tennis

SHARED ACCESS NATIONAL INDOORS SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS (Clonskeagh, Dublin) Men’s Singles: (1) O Ó hOisín (Donnybrook) bt (2) D Mullins (Fitzwilliam) 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-1. Women’s Singles: (1) K Bejenaru (Windsor, Belfast) bt (2) R Copas (Dundalk) 6-4 6-1. ATP & WTA BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL Men’s Semi-finals: R Harrison (US) bt A De Minaur (Aus) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4, (3) N Kyrgios (Aus) bt (1) G Dimitrov (Bul) 3-6 6-1 6-4; Women’s Final: (3) E Svitolina (Ukr) bt A Sasnovich (Blr) 6-2 6-1.

WTA ASB CLASSIC, Auckland. Semi-finals: (2) J Goerges (Ger) bt SW Hsieh (Tpe) 6-1 6-4, (1) C Wozniacki (Den) bt S Vickery (US) 6-4 6-4. ATP QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN, Doha, Qatar Final: G Monfils (Fra) bt A Rublev (Rus) 6-2 6-3. WTA SHENZHEN OPEN, China. Final: (1) S Halep (Rom) bt (6) K Siniakova (Cze) 6-1 2-6 6-0. ATP TATA OPEN MAHARASHTRA, Pune Final: G Simon (Fr) bt (2) K Anderson (SA) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2. HOPMAN CUP FINAL, Perth Arena

Final: R Federer bt A Zverev 6-7 (4-7) 6-0 6-2; A Kerber bt B Bencic 6-4 6-1; Bencic & Federer bt Kerber & Zverev 4-3 (5-3) 4-2. Switz 2 Ger 1.

Today’s Sport

GAELIC GAMES (2.0) Connacht FBD FL rd 2: Mayo v Galway, MacHale Park; Leitrim v Sligo, Ballinamore; O’Byrne Cup rd 3: Wexford v Dublin, Enniscorthy; Longford v Kildare, Pearse Park; Meath v Wicklow, Pairc Tailteann; rd 2: Laois v Westmeath, Stradbally; McGrath Cup rd 2: Waterford v Cork, Ballinacourty; McKenna

Cup rd 2: Antrim v Cavan, Woodlands; Tyrone v St Mary’s, Healy Park; Armagh v Derry, Athletic Grounds; Down v UUJ, Burren; Fermanagh v Queen’s, Brewster Park; Monaghan v Donegal, Clones; Walsh Cup rd 3: Wicklow v Wexford, Ashford; Kilkenny v Kildare, Freshford; Dublin v Antrim, Parnell Park; rd 2: Westmeath v Offaly, Cusack Park; Munster SHL rd 2: Limerick v Kerry, Gaelic Grounds; Clare v Cork, Cusack Park;

Kehoe Cup rd 2: Louth v Wicklow B, Darver; Longford v DCU-St Pat’s, Pearse Park, (12.0).

RUGBY UNION (3.0) English Premiership: Newcastle v Exeter, Wasps v Saracens.