SPORTS DIGEST

BASKETBALL

The Phoenix Suns’ Devin Booker banked a season-high 46 points to outshine the Philadelphia 76ers 115-101 on Monday night. Booker made four three-pointers, scoring 19 points in the fourth quarter, while TJ Warren added 25, 15 of which came in the first half. The 76ers could not match Phoenix’s ability on the threepointers, shooting only seven in 30. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: : Atlanta Hawks 90 Brooklyn Nets 110, Boston Celtics 111 Milwaukee Bucks 100, Charlotte Hornets 104 Orlando Magic 94, Chicago Bulls 91 Cleveland Cavaliers 113, Dallas Mavericks 122 Denver Nuggets 105, Indiana Pacers 115 New York Knicks 97, Memphis Grizzlies 95 Minnesota Timberwolves 92, New Orleans Pelicans 115 Golden State Warriors 125, Philadelphia 76ers 101 Phoenix Suns 115, San Antonio Spurs 96 Detroit Pistons 93, Utah Jazz 116 Washington Wizards 69

CRICKET

THIRD TEST MATCH, DELHI: India 536-7 dec (V Kohli 243, M Vijay 155, R G Sharma 65, P A D L R Sandakan 4-167) & 246-5 dec (S Dhawan 67, R G Sharma 50 no, V Kohli 50) v Sri Lanka 373 (L D Chandimal 164, A D Mathews 111) & 31-3 SECOND TEST MATCH, ADELAIDE: Australia 442-8 dec (S E Marsh 126 no, T D Paine 57, U T Khawaja 53) & 138 (J M Anderson 5-43, C R Woakes 4-36) v England 227 (N M Lyon 4-60) & 176-4 (J E Root 67 no)

GRIDIRON

The Cincinnati Bengals raced to a 17-0 lead but were defeated 23-20 by a lastsecond field goal as the Pittsburgh Steelers won their seventh straight game. Andy Dalton - who threw 21 of 36 for 234 yards - twice connected with AJ Green in the first half to give the Bengals the advantage, with the Steelers’ only firsthalf score coming via the boot of Chris Boswell. But Ben Roethlisberger - who posted stats of 24 of 40 for 290 yards threw a 35-yard pass to Le’veon Bell early in the third quarter and levelled things at 20-20 with 3:51 remaining with a six-yard pass to Antonio Brown. Boswell – who had already scored two field goals – split the uprights from 38 yards to secure the win. Pittsburgh rookie wide receiver Juju Smith-schuster and Cincinnati cornerback George Iloka were later suspended for one game each by the NFL for violating league safety rules. Smith-schuster was flagged for unnecessary roughness and taunting after a blindside hit on Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict in the fourth quarter. Iloka was penalised for unnecessary roughness for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Cincinnati Bengals 20 Pittsburgh Steelers 23

ICE HOCKEY

Alex Ovechkin has continued to move up the table for most NHL goals after helping the Washington Capitals to a 4-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks. Two nights ago, Ovechkin matched Mark Recchi on 577 goals, putting him at joint-20th in the list, but a second-period strike on Monday night put him ahead of the former Pittsburgh Penguins player. The 32-year-old, now with 578 goals, assisted Brett Connolly’s power-play goal, and Devante Smith-pelly and Jakub Vrana also found the net for the Capitals. The Philadelphia Flyers put an end to their 10-game losing streak, with Scott Laughton scoring twice in the 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames. Troy Brouwer scored his first goal of the season for the Flames, but it was not enough to dent Brian Elliott’s 43 saves. The Nashville Predators triumphed 5-3 against the Boston Bruins, with Pekka Rinne making 36 saves, and Mathew Barzal’s shoot-out goal claimed victory the New York Islanders over the Florida Panthers. Anders Lee was also celebrating his 100th career goal in the 5-4 victory. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Calgary Flames 2 Philadelphia Flyers 5, Florida Panthers 4 New York Islanders 5, Nashville Predators 5 Boston Bruins 3, Washington Capitals 4 San Jose Sharks 1

SNOOKER

BETWAY UK CHAMPIONSHIPS, Barbican Centre, York 3rd rd: Mark King (Eng) bt Luca Brecel (Bel) 6-3, Ronnie O’sullivan (Eng) bt Michael White (Wal) 6-1, John Higgins (Sco) bt Yan Bingtao (Chn) 6-3, Martin Gould (Eng) bt Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (Irn) 6-4