SPORT IN BRIEF

÷AMERICAN FOOTBALL

NFL AFC — Divisional Play-offs: Kansas City Chiefs 31 Indianapolis Colts 13. NFL NFC — Divisional Play-offs: Los Angeles Rams 30 Dallas Cowboys 22.

÷BASKETBALL

NBA — LA Clippers 104 Detroit 109; Miami 112 Memphis 108; Minnesota 110 New Orleans 106; Oklahoma City 122 San Antonio 112; Orlando 105 Boston 103; Phoenix 102 Denver 93; Sacramento 104 Charlotte 97; Utah 110 Chicago 102.

BBL CHAMPIONSHIP: Cheshire Phoenix 89 Plymouth Raiders 84; Surrey Scorchers 89 Newcastle Eagles 93(OT);. BBL CUP SEMI-FINAL SECOND LEG: Glasgow Rocks 95 Manchester Giants 81 (Glasgow Rocks win by 180-158 on Aggregate).

÷BIATHLON

IBU WORLD CUP (Germany) — Men’s 4x7.5km Relay: 1 Russia 1hr 20m 54.3s, 2 France 1:21:55.4, 3 Austria 1:23:12.9. Women’s 4x6km Relay: 1 Russia 1hr(s) 18mins 46.3secs, 2 Germany 1:19:19.8, 3 Czech Republic 1:19:23.0.

÷CRICKET

THIRD TEST MATCH — Johannesburg, South Africa 262 (77.4 overs, A K Markram 90) and 303 (80.3 overs, Q de Kock 129, H M Amla 71), Pakistan 185 (49.4 overs, Sarfraz Ahmed 50, D Olivier 5-51) and 153-3 (40 overs).

÷DARTS

BDO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Frimley Green, Surrey) — Men’s Final: G Durrant (England) bt S Waites (England) 7-3.

÷GOLF

SONY OPEN (Honolulu, Hawaii) — 3rd

rnd (US unless stated): 192 — M Kuchar 63 63 66; 194 — A Putnam 62 65 67; 196 — K Mitchell 68 65 63; C Reavie 65 65 66;

199 — B Stuard 66 69 64; H Swafford 65 67 67; D Love III67 68 64; C Howell III69 66 64; T Potter; Jr.66 65 68; M Leishman (A) 67 64 68; B DeChambeau69 67 63; D Bozzelli71 64 64; C Conners (Can) 68 67 64; 200 — R Sloan (Can) 69 65 66; S Cink 68 62 70; S Im (Kor) 71 64 65; B Snedeker66 69 65; 201 — E Grillo (Arg) 70 68 63; H Matsuyama (Jpn) 69 67 65; S Munoz (Col) 68 65 68; 202 — J Etulain (Arg) 67 67 68; A Ancer (Mex) 68 66 68; J Thomas67 68 67; S Kang (Kor) 70 67 65; P Kizzire67 68 67; P Reed68 66 68;

203 — J Poston 68 66 69; R Sabbatini (Svk) 68 67 68; M Jones (A) 67 69 67; S Piercy71 66 66; A Prugh73 65 65; H English68 68 67; J Dahmen67 70 66.

÷ICE HOCKEY

NHL — Buffalo Sabres 3 Tampa Bay Lightning 5; Chicago Blackhawks 3 Vegas Golden Knights 4 (OT); Dallas Stars 1 St Louis Blues 3; Edmonton Oilers 2 Arizona Coyotes 3; LA Kings 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 2; Minnesota Wild 2 Detroit Red Wings 5; Montreal Canadiens 3 Colorado Avalanche 0; New Jersey Devils 3 Philadelphia Flyers 2; NY Islanders 1 NY Rangers 2; San Jose Sharks 4 Ottawa Senators 1; Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Boston Bruins 3; Washington Capitals 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 2 (OT).

÷SNOOKER

DAFABET MASTERS (London) — 1st rd: L Brecel (Bel) bt M Allen (NIrl) 6-5.

÷TODAY’S ACTION

TENNIS — Australian Open (Melbourne).