SPORTS DIGEST
BASKETBALL
(Aus) 5.61, 10 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 5.39, 11 Inbee Park (Kor) 5.26, 12 Hinako Shibuno (Jpn) 4.93, 13 Sei Young Kim (Kor) 4.91, 14 Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 4.83, 15 Jessica Korda (USA) 4.43, 16 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 4.43, 17 Hyo Joo Kim (Kor) 4.32, 18 Amy Yang (Kor) 4.22, 19 Lizette Salas (USA) 4.17, 20 Hannah Green (Aus) 3.87, 21 Shanshan Feng (Chn) 3.67, 22 Mi Jung Hur (Kor) 3.55, 23 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 3.44, 24 Eun-hee Ji (Kor) 3.09, 25 Bronte Law (Eng) 3.04.
EUROPEAN TOUR RACE TO DUBAI RANKINGS: 1 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 4198.20pts, 2 Jon Rahm (Spa) 3898.30, 3 Shane Lowry (Irl) 3535.40, 4 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 2865.90, 5 Matt Wallace (Eng) 2569.40, 6 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 2379.60, 7 Robert Macintyre (Sco) 1983.20, 8 Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa) 1978.70, 9 Danny Willett (Eng) 1928.70, 10 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa) 1796.70, 11 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 1792.60, 12 Kurt Kitayama (USA) 1790.30, 13 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 1703.80, 14 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 1680.60, 15 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 1663.80, 16 Ian Poulter (Eng) 1638.40, 17 Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 1592.70, 18 Justin Harding (Rsa) 1533.80, 19 Victor Perez (Fra) 1526.00, 20 Paul Casey (Eng) 1503.30.
GRIDIRON
Youth trumped experience as the Pittsburgh Steelers fought back from a 14-0 first-quarter deficit to claim a 27-14 victory over the winless Miami Dolphins in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph looked far from a back-up as he connected with some of his side’s stars, including a 34-yard dime hauled in by wide receiver Juju Smith-schuster for a score which gave the home side the lead in the third quarter.
Miami’s defence regularly put pressure on the rookie 24-year-old QB through the first 30 minutes while his counterpart – veteran signal-caller Ryan Fitzpatrick – threw a pair of touchdowns to Albert Wilson and Allen Hurns as the Dolphins raced into a 14-0 lead. But Pittsburgh hit back with 27 unanswered points as their defence forced four Miami turnovers. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Pittsburgh Steelers 27 Miami Dolphins 14.
ICE HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Buffalo Sabres 2 Arizona Coyotes 3 (SO), Vancouver Canucks 7 Florida Panthers 2.
SNOOKER
Judd Trump and John Higgins survived close matches to reach the second round of the Zhiyuan World Open in Yushan. World champion Trump had looked in control against England’s Sam Craigie but needed a deciding frame before eventually winning 5-4. Higgins also held a seemingly convincing lead over China’s Lu Ning before winning by the same score. Dominic Dale lost to Fergal O’brien, Mark Selby beat Anthony Hamilton and there were also wins for Shaun Murphy, Graeme Dott, Mark Allen and Ali Carter.
YUSHAN WORLD OPEN (China)
1st rd: Ding Junhui (Chn) bt Liam Higfield (Eng) w/o, Thepchaiya Un-nooh (Tha) bt Zhang Yang (Chn) 5-1, Xiao Guodong (Chn) bt Harvey Chandler (Eng) 5-0, Mark Allen (Nirl) bt Ken Doherty (Irl) 5-3, Hossein Vafaei (Iri) bt Lu Haotian (Chn) 5-1, Alfie Burden (Eng) bt Mei Xiwen (Chn) 5-2, Zhang Anda (Chn) bt Li Hang (Chn) 5-3, Fergal O’brien (Irl) bt Dominic Dale (Wal) 5-3, John Higgins (Sco) bt Lu Ning (Chn 5-4, Jack Lisowski (Eng) bt Luo Honghao (Chn) 5-1, Stuart Carrington (Eng) bt Yan Bingtao (Chn) 5-1, Kyren Wilson (Eng) bt Robbie Williams (Eng) 5-2, Ali Carter (Eng) bt Igor Figueiredo (Bra) 5-1, Zhou Yuelong (Chn) bt Ben Woollaston (Eng) 5-1, Judd Trump (Eng) bt Sam Craigie (Eng) 5-4, Michael Holt (Eng) bt Luca Brecel (Bel) 5-2.
TENNIS
WTA FINALS (Shenzhen, China) Group A: Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Ashleigh Barty (Aus) 3-6 6-3 6-4, Belinda Bencic (Swi) bt Petra Kvitova (Cze) 6-3 1-6 6-4.