Athletics

European Indoor Championships

European Indoor Championships results on Friday (finals only):

Men

60m hurdles

1. Sergei Shubenkov (RUS) 7.49

2. Paolo Dal Molin (ITA) 7.51

3. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA) 7.53

Shot

1. Asmir Kolasinac (SRB) 20.62m

2. Hamza Alic (BIH) 20.34m

3. Ladislav Prasil (CZE) 20.29m

Women

60m hurdles

1. Nevin Yanit (TUR) 7.89

2. Alina Talay (BLR) 7.94

3. Veronica Borsi (ITA) 7.94

Pentathlon

1. Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA) 4,666pts

2. Yana Maksimava (BLR) 4,658pts

3. Hanna Melnychenko (UKR) 4,608pts

Basketball

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

Indiana 93 TORONTO 81

NY Knicks 96 WASHINGTON 88

Houston 118 ORLANDO 110

BOSTON 94 Golden State 86

MIAMI 98 Memphis 91

LA Clippers 105 CLEVELAND 89

Dallas 98 BROOKLYN 90

NEW ORLEANS 100 Detroit 95

SAN ANTONIO 130 Sacramento 102 UTAH 98 Charlotte 68

PHOENIX 92 Atlanta 87

DENVER 105 Oklahoma City 103

Golf

Honda Classic

Leading scores on Friday after the second round of the $6 million US PGA Honda Classic (USA unless noted, par-70)

131 - Luke Guthrie 68-63

132 - Michael Thompson 67-65

133 - Boo Weekley 66-67, Graham DeLaet (CAN) 65-68

134 - Lee Westwood (ENG) 66-68, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 68-66, Doug LaBelle 66-68, Charles Howell 67-67, Sean O'Hair 66-68, Justin Rose (ENG) 68-66

135 - Graeme McDowell (NIR) 67-68, Robert Streb 65-70, Brian Stuard 66-69, Nicholas Thompson 69-66, Lucas Glover 69-66, Tom Gillis 67-68, Billy Horschel 66-69

136 - Daniel Summerhays 69-67, Chris Kirk 68-68, Keegan Bradley 68-68, Rickie Fowler 65-71, Jeff Klauk 67-69, Branden Grace (RSA) 65-71

137 - James Driscoll 69-68, Ross Fisher (ENG) 71-66, Cameron Percy (AUS) 71-66, Dustin Johnson 66-71, Martin Kaymer (GER) 71-66, Erik Compton 69-68

WD - Rory McIlroy (NIR) 70, Brian Davis (ENG) 78

Tshwane Open

Leading Tshwane Open scores after the weather-interrupted second round at the par-72, 7,791-yard (7,124-metre) Copperleaf Golf and Country Estate Friday (RSA unless noted):

132 - Charl Coetzee 67-65

133 - Mark Tullo (CHI) 67-66

134 - Peter Uihlein (USA) 68-66

136 - Richard Finch (ENG) 70-66, David Howell (ENG) 67-69, Danny Willett (ENG) 68-68

138 - Matthew Baldwin (ENG) 70-68, Oliver Bekker 71-67, Merrick Bremner 68-70, Dean Burmester 68-70, Vaughn Groenewald 68-70, Doug McGuigan 71-67, Justin Harding 68-70, Keith Horne 68-70, Jean Hugo 67-71, Gary Lockerbie (ENG) 67-71, Joost Luiten (NED) 69-69, Graeme Storm (ENG) 70-68

139 - Desvonde Botes 69-70, Kristoffer Broberg (SWE) 72-67, Dylan Frittelli 68-71, Damien McGrane (IRL) 68-71, James Kamte 69-70, Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 70-69, Thabo Maseko 70-69, Garth Mulroy 69-70, Colin Nel 69-70, Hennie Otto 71-68, Matteo de Podio (ITA) 71-68, Mark Williams 69-70

Ice hockey

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

ST. LOUIS 4 Edmonton 2

CHICAGO 4 Columbus 3 (OT)

ANAHEIM 3 Minnesota 2

Nordic Ski

World Championship

Men's 4x10km relay result at the World Nordic Ski Championships on Friday:

1. Norway (Tord Asle Gjerdalen, Eldar Roenning, Sjur Roethe, Petter Northug) 1hr 41min 37.2sec, 2. Sweden (Daniel Richardsson, Johan Olsson, Marcus Hellner, Calle Halfvarsson) at 1.2sec, 3. Russia (Yevgeny Belov, Maxim Vylegzhanin, Alexander Legkov, Sergei Ustiugov) 2.4sec, 4. Italy 2.8, 5. Finland 11.7, 6. Switzerland 13.0, 7. Germany 45.5, 8. Japan 54.2, 9. France 55.6, 10. United States 1:01.4

Soccer

Spanish league

Result on Friday:

Getafe 2 (Colunga 21, Escudero 61) Real Zaragoza 0

Dutch league

Result on Friday:

Vitesse Arnhem 2 FC Utrecht 0

Italian Serie A

Result on Friday:

Napoli 1 (Inler 43) Juventus 1 (Chiellini 10)

French league

Result on friday:

Montpellier 2 (Hilton 75, S. Camara 86) Rennes 0

German league

Result on Friday:

Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Moenchengladbach 1 (L. de Jong 22)

Tennis

Mexico Open

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Men's semifinals

David Ferrer (ESP x1) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-1; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x3) 7-5, 6-4

Women's semifinals

Sara Errani (ITA x1) bt Alize Cornet (FRA x3) 6-2, 6-1; Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x2) bt Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 6-2, 6-1

Delray Beach Championships

Results on Friday:

Quarterfinals

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Daniel Munoz (ESP) 6-1, 6-4; Tommy Haas (GER x2) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO) 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-1; Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) bt Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 6-4, 6-3; John Isner (USA x1) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA x6) 6-2, 7-6 (1)

WTA Brasil Cup

Results on Friday (x denotes seed):

Semifinals

Olga Puchkova (RUS) bt Venus Williams (USA x1) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; Monica Niculescu (ROM) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA x7) 6-0, 6-2

Dubai Open

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Semifinals

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x4) 6-3, 7-6 (4); Tomas Berdych (CZE x3) bt Roger Federer (SUI x2) 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4

Malaysian Open

Results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Women's singles quarterfinals

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Hsieh Su Wei (TPE x2) 7-5, 6-2; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x3) bt Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 6-2, 6-0; Ayumi Morita (JPN x4) bt Luksika Kumkhum (THA) 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-1; Karolina Pliskova (CZE) bt Patricia Mayr (AUT) 7-5, 6-1

(China Daily 03/03/2013 page7)