SPORT IN BRIEF

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

RESULTS; NFL: Carolina 17 Atlanta 19, Chicago 21 Minnesota 13, Cleveland 7 Houston 23, Kansas City 24 Seattle 20, New Orleans 10 Cincinnati 27, NY Giants 10 San Francisco 16, St Louis 22 Denver 7, Washington 7 Tampa Bay 27.

BADMINTON RESULTS; BWF Superseries Premier, Fuzhou, China, Men’s Singles Final (prefix number denotes seeding): K Srikanth (Ind) bt L Dan (Chn) 21-19, 21-17. Women’s Singles Final: S Nehwal (Ind) bt (6) A Yamaguchi (Jpn) 21-12, 22-20.

BASKETBALL

RESULTS; British League: Bristol 73 Cheshire 86, Surrey 62 Worcester 78, Cheshire 104 Plymouth 98, Durham 70 Manchester 67, Glasgow 67 Leicester 72, London 78 Leeds 70.

NBA: Chicago 90 Indiana 99, Cleveland 127 Atlanta 94, Dallas 131 Minnesota 117, Golden State 112 Charlotte 87, LA Clippers 120 Phoenix 107, Memphis 95 Detroit 88, Portland 97 Brooklyn 87, Sacramento 94 San Antonio 91, Toronto 111 Utah 93, Washington 98 Orlando 93, NY Knicks 109 Denver 93.

CRICKET

SCOREBOARD; Third Test, Chittagong: Bangladesh 503 & 319-5 dec bt Zimbabwe 374 & 262 by 186 runs.

Fifth One-Day International, Ranchi: Sri Lanka 286-8 (A D Mathews 139 no) lost to India 288-7 (V Kohli 139 no) by 3 wkts.

Second One-Day International, Perth: Australia 154 lost to South Africa 157-7 by 3 wkts.

DARTS

RESULTS; Grand Slam, Wolverhampton, semi-finals: D Chisnall (Eng)btKHuybrechts (Bel) 16-15, P Taylor (Eng) bt M King (Eng) 16-9. Final: Taylor bt Chisnall 16-13. GOLF

RESULTS; Turkish Airlines Open, The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Turkey, leading totals (Par 72): 271 — B Koepka (USA) 65; 272 — I Poulter (Eng) 67; 274 — H Stenson (Swe) 64; 275 — A Sullivan (Eng) 67, M A Jimenez (Spa) 68, W Ormsby (Aus) 71, D Willett (Eng) 69; 276 — M Siem (Ger) 71, L Westwood (Eng) 71; 277 — E Pepperell (Eng) 69. Scots: 279 — S Gallacher 70; 280 — C Doak 69; 284 — M Warren 68, S Jamieson 70; 292 — R Ramsay 74, C Montgomerie 72. OHL Classic at Mayakoba, El Camaleon, Mexico, leading totals (USA unless stated, Par 71): 267 — C Hoffmann 66; 268 — S Stefani 69; 269 — A

Gonzales 67, D Lee (NZ) 67; 270 — J Kelly

68; 271 — B Garnett 66; 272 — J Bohn 74,

T Finau 65; 273 — B Barber 67, K Duke 71, O Fraustro (Mex) 69, F Funk 70, W Mackenzie 66, C Ortiz (Mex) 68, N Thompson 69.

Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters, Japan, leading totals (Par

72): 276 — D Oh (USA) 70; 277 — T Muto (Jpn) 69; 278 — H Lee (USA) 71, T Kondo (Jpn) 67; 279 — L Wen-Chong (Chn) 72;

280 — M Matsumura (Jpn) 70, T Takayama (Jpn) 68, W Ashun (Chn) 72, K Yamashita (Jpn) 71; 281 — H Hoshino (Jpn) 68, Y Tsukada (Jpn) 65, Y Miyazato (Jpn) 71, R Hyun-woo (Kor) 72, L Sanghee (Kor) 69; 282 — R Oda (Jpn) 69, Y Ikeda (Jpn) 73, C Min-gyu (Kor) 70.

Sanya Ladies Open, Yalong Bay, Hainan, China, leading totals (Par 72): 202 — L Xi Yu (Chn) 67; 207 — C Hull (Eng) 69; 208 — S Huei Ju (Tpe) 69, N Campbell (Aus) 69; 209 — Z Yu Yang (Chn) 71, Z

Jienalin (Chn) 71; 210 — B Allen (USA) 71. Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Club de Golf Mexico, Mexico, leading thirdround scores (Par 72): 202 — C Kim

(USA) 68; 207 — F Shanshan (Chn) 68;

208 — R So yeon (Kor) 69, P Phatlum (Tha) 71, A Munoz (Spa) 71; 209 — I Park

(Kor) 69. Scot: 218 — C Matthew 72. ICE HOCKEY

RESULTS; Elite League: Dundee 2 Edinburgh 3, Nottingham 2 Cardiff 3 (pens), Sheffield 4 Belfast 2, Fife 6 Braehead 2, Belfast 2 Nottingham 1, Sheffield 4 Braehead 1, Cardiff 5 Dundee 4, Edinburgh 4 Fife 3.

Challenge Cup Group B: Coventry 4 Hull 3, Hull 4 Coventry 3 (pens).

NHL: Boston 2 Carolina 1, Buffalo 6 Toronto 2, Calgary 4 Ottawa 2, Columbus 2 San Jose 1, Dallas 1 Minnesota 2, Los Angeles 3 Anaheim 2, Montreal 6 Philadelphia 3, Nashville 2 Winnipeg 1, New Jersey 2 Colorado 3, Pittsburgh 3 NY Rangers 2, St Louis 4 Washington 1, Tampa Bay 5 NY Islanders 2.

MOTORSPORT RESULTS; World Rally Championship, Wales Rally GB, overall positions after Stage 23: 1 S Ogier (Fra) Volkswagen 3hrs 03mins 08.200secs, 2 M Hirvonen (Fin) Ford 3:03:45.800, 3 M Ostberg (Nor) Citroen 3:04:11.800, 4 T Neuville (Bel) Hyundai 3:04:23.100, 5 E Evans (GB) Ford 3:04:32.500, 6 K Meeke (GB) Citroen 3:05:11.200, 7 O Tanak (Est) Ford 3: 05: 37.900, 8 J- M Latvala ( Fin) Volkswagen 3:05:55.700, 9 M Prokop (Cze) Ford 3:06:51.500, 10 H Paddon (Nzl) Mitsubishi 3:06:56.700.

FIA World Touring Car Championship Rounds 23 & 24, Macau, China, Race One: 1 J M Lopez (Arg) Citroen 24mins 50.183secs, 2 N Michelisz (Hun) Honda 24:52.924, 3 G Tarquini (Ita) Honda 24:53.844. Race Two: 1 R Huff (Gbr) LADA 28mins 21.086secs, 2 Y Muller (Fra) Citroen 28:21.430, 3 H Valente (Fra) Chevrolet 28:24.438. Drivers’ Championship: 1 Lopez 462pts, 2 Muller 336, 3 S Loeb (Fra) Citroen 295. Manufacturers: 1 Citroen

1003pts, 2 Honda 710, 3 LADA 425.

RUGBY LEAGUE

RESULT; Gillette Four Nations Series Final: New Zealand 22 Australia 18. RUGBY UNION

RESULTS; Internationals: England 28 South Africa 31, France 29 Australia 26, Scotland 16 New Zealand 24, Wales 17 Fiji 13, Ireland 49 Georgia 7.

BT Scotland West Division One: Garnock 8 GHK 32, Glasgow Academicals 79 Lenzie 0, Allan Glens 20 Kilmarnock 9, Annan 22 Newton Stewart 17.

Aviva Premiership: Bath 23 Newcastle 14, Sale 36 London Irish 8, Leicester 21 Saracens 21, Wasps 71 London Welsh 7.

LAST NIGHT

RESULTS; Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, Singles Final (prefix number denotes seeding): (1) N Djokovic (Ser) bt (2) R Federer (Swi) w/o.

Doubles Final: (1) B Bryan (USA) & M Bryan (USA) bt (7) I Dodig (Cro) & M Melo (Bra) 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 10-7 (Champions

Tiebreak).