Basketball

Results from the NBA games on Friday (home team in CAPS):

WASHINGTON 114 Minnesota 101

ATLANTA 123 Boston 111 (OT)

MIAMI 110 Detroit 88

CLEVELAND 113 Milwaukee 108

CHICAGO 103 Golden State 87

MEMPHIS 101 Brooklyn 77

Houston 100 NEW ORLEANS 82

San Antonio 113 DALLAS 107

Oklahoma City 105 SACRAMENTO 95

LA LAKERS 102 Utah 84

Cycling

Tour Down Under

Results from the 151.5km fifth stage of the UCI WorldTour Tour Down Under from McLaren Vale to Old Willunga Hill on Saturday:

1. Simon Gerrans (AUS/OGE) 3hr 36min 25sec, 2. Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED/BLA) s.t., 3. Javier Moreno (ESP/MOV) at 10sec, 4. Jon Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 12, 5. Tiago Machado (POR/RLT) 13, 6. Wilco Kelderman (NED/BLA) 16, 7. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) s.t., 8. Rafael Valls Ferri (ESP/VCD) s.t., 9. Daniele Pietropolli (ITA/LAM) s.t., 10. Ben Hermans (BEL/RLT) s.t.

General Classification

1. Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED/BLA) 16hr 35min 33sec, 2. Javier Moreno (ESP/MOV) at 13sec, 3. Ben Hermans (BEL/RLT) 25, 4. Jon Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 28, 5. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 29, 6. Tiago Machado (POR/RLT) s.t., 7. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 32, 8. Daniele Pietropolli (ITA/LAM) s.t., 9. Wilco Kelderman (NED/BLA) s.t., 10. Jussi Veikkanen (FIN/FDJ) 37

Figure skating

European championships

Friday's results:

Women Short program

1. Adelina Sotnikova (RUS) 67.61 pts, 2. Carolina Kostner (ITA) 64.19, 3. Valentina Marchei (ITA) 58.22, 4. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) 57.18, 5. Joshi Helgesson (SWE)

Ice dance Free programme

1. Elena Iilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov (RUS) 100.16 pts, 2. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) 99.83, 3. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA) 99.27, 4. Ekaterina Riazanova/Ilia Tkachenko (RUS) 93.25, 5. Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland (GBR) 92.36

Final standings

1. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) 169.25 pts, 2. Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov (RUS) 169.14, 3. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA) 165.80, 4. Ekaterina Riazanova/Ilia Tkachenko (RUS) 157.77, 5. Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland (GBR) 152.95

US championships

Friday's results:

Men Short Program

1. Jeremy Abbott 84.10 pts, 2. Ross Miner 80.99, 3. Joshua Farris 79.78, 4. Max Aaron 79.13, 5. Richard Dornbush 77.66, 6. Adam Rippon 76.65

Ice Dance

Short Dance

1. Meryl Davis/Charlie White 79.02, 2. Madison Chock/Evan Bates 70.80, 3. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani 69.63, 4. Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue 67.75, 5. Lynn Kriengkrairut/Logan Giulietti-Schmitt 64.69, 6. Anastasia Cannuscio/Colin McManus 56.33

Golf

PGA Farmers Insurance Open

Leading scores on Friday after the second round of the $6.1 million US PGA Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines (USA unless noted, par-72):

133 - Tiger Woods 68-65

135 - Billy Horschel 66-69

136 - Casey Wittenberg 69-67, Brad Fritsch (CAN) 69-67, Erik Compton 71-65, Steve Marino 68-68, Jimmy Walker 67-69, Josh Teater 66-70

137 - Nick Watney 69-68, Luke Guthrie 68-69, John Senden (AUS) 69-68, Tag Ridings 67-70, Charlie Wi (KOR) 71-66, Justin Hicks 67-70, Ross Fisher (ENG) 66-71

138 - Charles Howell 66-72, Harris English 68-70, KJ Choi (KOR) 65-73, Bill Haas 69-69, Jim Herman 69-69, Graham DeLaet (CAN) 68-70. Will Claxton 69-69, Jerry Kelly 67-71, Martin Flores 69-69

139 - Pat Perez 72-67, Justin Leonard 68-71, Roberto Castro 71-68, Justin Bolli 72-67, Nicholas Thompson 69-70, Bo Van Pelt 67-72

WD - Robert Allenby (AUS) 76

Ice hockey

Results from the NHL games on Friday (home team in CAPS):

BOSTON 4 NY Islanders 2

Carolina 3 BUFFALO 1

NEW JERSEY 3 Washington 2 (OT)

TAMPA BAY 6 Ottawa 4

DETROIT 5 Minnesota 3

WINNIPEG 4 Pittsburgh 2

Vancouver 5 ANAHEIM 0

Soccer

Belgian league

Friday's results:

Standard Liege 2 Courtrai 0

Dutch league

Friday's results:

VVV Venlo 1 AZ Alkmaar 4

English FA Cup

Friday's results:

4th rd

Millwall 2 (Shittu 27, Marquis 89) Aston Villa 1 (Bent 22)

French league

Friday's results:

Valenciennes 0 Lyon 2 (Fofana 8, Gomis 28)

German Bundesliga

Friday's results:

Borussia Dortmund 3 (Blaszczykowski 18, 20, Lewandowski 88) Nuremberg 0

Portuguese league

Friday's results:

Academica Coimbra 3 (Marinho 14, Edinho 35, Cleyton 36) Beira Mar 1 (Ruben 83-pen).

(China Daily 01/27/2013 page8)