RESULTS WORLDWIDE

BASKETBALL

NBA PLAYOFF

Western Conference: Houston 98 Golden State 94 (Houston lead series 3-2).

CYCLING GIRO D’ITALIA

Stage 18 (196km): 1. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger/Qst) 4’55:42, 2. Ruben Plaza (Spa/Ica) at 10, 3. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita/And) 16, 4. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger/Bor) 1:10, 5. Marco Marcato (Ita/EU) 1:26, 6. Michael Morkov (Den/Qst) 1:36, 7. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus/Kat) 1:52, 8. Jos van Emden (Ned/Lnl) 3:22, 9. Alex Turrin (Ita/Wil) 3:29, 10. Davide Ballerini (Ita/And) 5:09.

Leading overall standings: 1. Simon Yates (Bri/Mitchelton) 75’06:24, 2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sun) at 28, 3. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/Bah) 2:43, 4. Christopher Froome (Bri/Sky) 3:22, 5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/Fdj) 4:24, 6. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col/Ast) 4:54, 7. Rohan Dennis (Aus/Bmc) 5:09, 8. Pello Bilbao (Spa/Ast) 5:54, 9. Richard Carapaz (Ecu/Mov) 5:59, 10. Patrick Konrad (Aut/Bor) 7:05.

GOLF FORT WORTH INVITATIONAL

Leading first round scores (US unless noted): 62: Kevin Na; 63: Charley Hoffman; 64: Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Andrew Putnam, Beau Hossler; 65: Steve Stricker; 66: Ben Martin, Kevin Tway, Shawn Stefani, Alex Cejka (Ger), Tim Herron, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Ben Crane, Justin Rose (Eng), Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn), Chris Kirk, Ben Silverman (Can).

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Leading first round scores (Bri and Irl unless stated): 65: Lucas Bjerregaard (Den); 66: Dean Burmester (Rsa), Darren Fichardt (Rsa); 67: Richard Bland, Sam Horsfield, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Rory McIlroy; 68: Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha), Bradley Dredge, Chris Paisley, Lars Jensen (Den), Mikko Korhonen (Fin); 69: Charlie Ford, Branden Grace (Rsa), Sebastien Gros (Fra), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Maximilian Kieffer (Ger), Shane Lowry, James Morrison, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Richie Ramsay, Robert Rock, Matt Southgate, Hideto Tanihara (Jpn), Fabrizio Zanotti (Par).

VOLVIK CHAMPIONSHIP

Leading first round scores (US unless noted) : 66: Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha), Caroline Masson (Ger), Amy Olson, Danielle Kang; 67: Megan Khang, Jessica Korda, Jodi Ewart Shadoff (Eng), Minjee Lee (Aus), Nasa Hataoka (Jpn), Lindy Duncan, Morgan Pressel; 68: Daniela Darquea (Ecu), Liu Yu (Chn), Ayako Uehara (Jpn), Yoo Sun-young (Kor), Georgia Hall (Eng), Madelene Sagstrom (Swe); 69: Dori Carter, Su Oh (Aus), Kendall Dye, Gemma Dryburgh (Sco), Emma Talley, Lee Jeong-eun (Kor), Lauren Kim, Rebecca Artis (Aus), Leticia Ras-Anderica (Ger), Madeleine Sheils, Sakura Yokomine (Jpn), Christina Kim, Julieta Granada (Par), Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha), Brittany Altomare, Tiffany Chan (Hkg), Gaby Lopez (Mex).

TENNIS GENEVA OPEN

Second round: Guido Pella (Arg) bt Sam Querrey (US) 7-5, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-4); Steve Johnson (US) bt Lukas Rosol (Cze) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Quarter-finals: Steve Johnson (US) bt Guido Pella (Arg) 6-3, 6-4; Mrton Fucsovics (Hun) bt Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 6-4, 6-0; Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3; Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Tennys Sandgren (US) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5).

LYON OPEN

Quarter-finals: Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5); Cameron Norrie (Bri) bt John Isner (US) 7-6 (7-1), 6-4.

NUREMBERG WTA

Second round: Alison Riske (US) bt Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Mona Barthel (Ger) 6-7 (2-7), 6-2, 6-4; Katerina Siniakova (Cze) bt Veronica Cepede (Par) 7-5, 6-4.

Quarter finals: Johanna Larsson (Swe) bt Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) 5-7, 7-5, 6-4.

STRASBOURG WTA

Quarter-finals: Ashleigh Barty (Aus) bt Wang Qiang (Chn) 7-5, 6-4; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Zarina Diyas (Kaz) 6-4, 6-2; Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) bt Hsieh Su-Wei (Tpe) 6-0, 6-3; Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus) 6-4, 6-3.