SPORTS DIGEST

BASKETBALL

The Milwaukee Bucks emerged victorious against the Toronto Raptors in a match-up of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. Malcolm Brogdon recorded two three-pointers in the final 67 seconds to clinch a 104-99 win for the Bucks, the first team to beat Toronto twice this season. Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 19 points and 19 rebounds, while Brook Lopez also had 19 points. The Raptors remain top of the league with 21 wins and seven losses, while the Bucks closed the gap to sit on 17 victories and eight defeats. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: Detroit Pistons 108 New Orleans Pelicans 116, New York Knicks 107 Charlotte Hornets 119, San Antonio Spurs 110 Utah Jazz 97, Toronto Raptors 99 Milwaukee Bucks 104.

CRICKET

FIRST TEST (Adelaide)

India 250 (C A Pujara 123) & 307 (C A Pujara 71, A M Rahane 70, N M Lyon 6-122) v Australia 235 (T M Head 72) & 291 (S E Marsh 60). India beat Australia by 31 runs.

GOLF

OFFICIAL WORLD RANKING:

1 Brooks Koepka (USA) 10.06, 2 Justin Rose (Eng) 10.02, 3 Dustin Johnson (USA) 8.81, 4 Justin Thomas (USA) 8.38, 5 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 7.17, 6 Jon Rahm (Spa) 6.84, 7 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 6.30, 8 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 6.29, 9 Rickie Fowler (USA) 5.81, 10 Tony Finau (USA) 5.75, 11 Xander Schauffele (USA) 5.70, 12 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.63, 13 Jason Day (Aus) 5.57, 14 Tiger Woods (USA) 5.53, 15 Patrick Reed (USA) 5.21, 16 Jordan Spieth (USA) 4.99, 17 Bubba Watson (USA) 4.88, 18 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 4.72, 19 Alex Noren (Swe) 4.55, 20 Marc Leishman (Aus) 4.55, 21 Webb Simpson (USA) 4.51, 22 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.20, 23 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 3.90, 24 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 3.88, 25 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.81, 26 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 3.77, 27 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 3.77, 28 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 3.65, 29 Cameron Smith (Aus) 3.65, 30 Keegan Bradley (USA) 3.52, 31 Gary Woodland (USA) 3.48, 32 Phil Mickelson (USA) 3.46, 33 Kyle Stanley (USA) 3.38, 34 Matt Kuchar (USA) 3.38, 35 Eddie Pepperell (Eng) 3.11, 36 Billy Horschel (USA) 3.07, 37 Kevin Kisner (USA) 3.06, 38 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 3.04, 39 Ian Poulter (Eng) 2.93, 40 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 2.92, 41 Adam Scott (Aus) 2.90, 42 Haotong Li (Chn) 2.84, 43 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 2.78, 44 Matt Wallace (Eng) 2.65, 45 Kevin Na (USA) 2.55, 46 Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn) 2.54, 47 Lucas Bjerregaard (Den) 2.54, 48 Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 2.52, 49 Branden Grace (Rsa) 2.50, 50 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 2.47.

GRIDIRON

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Buffalo Bills 23 New York Jets 27, Cleveland Browns 26 Carolina Panthers 20, Green Bay Packers 34 Atlanta Falcons 20, Houston Texans 21 Indianapolis Colts 24, Miami Dolphins 34 New England Patriots 33, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New Orleans Saints 28, Washington Redskins 16 New York Giants 40, Kansas City Chiefs 27 Baltimore Ravens 24 (OT), Arizona Cardinals 3 Detroit Lions 17, Dallas Cowboys 29 Philadelphia Eagles 23 (OT), Los Angeles Chargers 26 Cincinnati Bengals 21, Oakland Raiders 24 Pittsburgh Steelers 21, San Francisco 49ers 20 Denver Broncos 14, Chicago Bears 15 Los Angeles Rams 6.

ICE HOCKEY

Seven Winnipeg Jets players found the net in a 7-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. Kyle Connor put his side ahead after 11 minutes of the opening period before Josh Morrissey added another three minutes later. Three goals were scored in the second period, while Bryan Little and Tyler Myers extended the lead in the third. The win was the Jets’ fifth victory in six games.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Anaheim Ducks 6 New Jersey Devils 5 (OT), Chicago Blackhawks 2 Montreal Canadiens 3, Edmonton Oilers 1 Calgary Flames 0, Ottawa Senators 1 Boston Bruins 2 (OT), St Louis Blues 1 Vancouver Canucks 6, Vegas Golden Knights 4 Dallas Stars 2, Winnipeg Jets 7 Philadelphia Flyers 1.

TENNIS

ATP CHAMPIONS RANKINGS 2018: 1 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 9045pts, 2 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 7480pts, 3 Roger Federer (Swi) 6420pts, 4 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 6385pts, 5 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 5300pts, 6 Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 4710pts, 7 Marin Cilic (Cro) 4250pts, 8 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 4095pts, 9 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 3590pts, 10 John Isner (USA) 3155pts, 11 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 2835pts, 12 Borna Coric (Cro) 2480pts, 13 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 2315pts, 14 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 2150pts, 15 Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 2095pts, 16 Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 1977pts, 17 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 1880pts, 18 Milos Raonic (Can) 1855pts, 19 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 1835pts, 20 Marco Cecchinato (Ita) 1819pts, 21 Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 1795pts, 22 David Goffin (Bel) 1785pts, 23 Pablo Carreno-busta (Spa) 1705pts, 24 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 1605pts, 25 Hyeon Chung (Kor) 1585pts, 26 Richard Gasquet (Fra) 1535pts, 27 Denis Shapovalov (Can) 1440pts, 28 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 1410pts, 29 Gael Monfils (Fra) 1400pts, 30 Gilles Simon (Fra) 1370pts, 31 Alex De Minaur (Aus) 1298pts, 32 Lucas Pouille (Fra) 1245pts, 33 Steve Johnson (USA) 1190pts, 34 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 1125pts, 35 Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 1125pts, 36 Marton Fucsovics (Hun) 1122pts, 37 Andreas Seppi (Ita) 1106pts, 38 John Millman (Aus) 1083pts, 39 Frances Tiafoe (USA) 1080.00 pts, 40 Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 1050pts, 41 Martin Klizan (Svk) 1048pts, 42 Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 1045pts, 43 Nicolas Jarry (Chi) 1022pts, 44 Joao Sousa (Por) 1017pts, 45 Malek Jaziri (Tun) 1014pts, 46 Matthew Ebden (Aus) 1001pts, 47 Damir Dzumhur (Bih) 985pts, 48 Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 985pts, 49 Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) 974pts, 50 Robin Haase (Ned) 965.00. Selected other: 91 Cameron Norrie (Gbr) 627pts.

SNOOKER

SCOTTISH OPEN (Glasgow)

1st rd: Martin O’donnell (Eng) bt Chris Wakelin (Eng) 4-1, David Gilbert (Eng) bt Craig Macgillivray (Sco) 4-2, Ross Muir (Sco) bt Alexander Ursenbacher (Swi) 4-1, Robbie Williams (Eng) bt Liam Highfield (Eng) 4-2, Robbie Williams (Eng) bt Liam Highfield (Eng) 4-2, Michael Georgiou (Cyp) bt Sean O’sullivan (Eng) 4-3, Sam Baird (Eng) bt Rod Lawler (Eng) 4-3, Zhang Yong (Chn) bt Anthony Mcgill (Sco) 4-2, Neil Robertson (Aus) bt Peter Lines (Eng) 4-1, Michael White (Wal) bt Allan Taylor (Eng) 4-2, Michael Holt (Eng) bt Sam Craigie (Eng) 4-2, Lyu Haotian (Chn) bt Fan Zhengyi (Chn) 4-2, Zhou Yuelong (Chn) bt Barry Hawkins (Eng) 4-3.