ALPINE SKIING

World Cup men's Super G

ARE, AUT: Results from the World Cup Are Men's Super G on Thursday:

1. Bode Miller (USA) 1:27.78; 2. Daron Rahlves (USA) 1:28.12; 3. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 1:28.31; 4. Hermann Maier (AUT) 1:28.40; 5. Stephan Goergl (AUT) 1:28.44; 6. Marco Buechel (LIE) 1:28.48; 7. Peter Fill (ITA) 1:29.28; 8. Kjetil Andre Aamodt (NOR) 1:29.31; 9. Hannes Reichelt (AUT) 1:29.35; 10. Bruno Kernen (SUI) 1:29.38; 11. Patrik Jaerbyn (SWE) 1:29.45; 12. Matthias Lanzinger (AUT) 1:29.71; 13. Lasse Kjus (NOR) 1:30.12; 14. Rainer Schoenfelder (AUT) 1:30.29; 15. Francois Bourque (CAN) 1:30.43

Super G Points

1. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 284; 2. Hermann Maier (AUT) 282; 3. Daron Rahlves (USA) 269; 4. Hannes Reichelt (AUT) 250; 5. Kjetil Andre Aamodt (NOR) 223; 6. Erik Guay (CAN) 204; 7. Ambrosi Hoffmann (SUI) 165; 8. Peter Fill (ITA) 162; 9. Christoph Gruber (AUT) 147; 10. Bode Miller (USA) 145; 11. Stephan Goergl (AUT) 144; 12. Hans Grugger (AUT) 133; 13. Bruno Kernen (SUI) 128; 14. Matthias Lanzinger (AUT) 126; 15. Benjamin Raich (AUT) 116; 15=. Scott Macartney (USA) 116; 17. Marco Buechel (LIE) 115; 18. Michael Walchhofer (AUT) 112; 19. Fritz Strobl (AUT) 108; 20. Andreas Schifferer (AUT) 105

Overall Points

1. Benjamin Raich (AUT) 1310; 2. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 970; 3. Bode Miller (USA) 928; 4. Daron Rahlves (USA) 863; 5. Michael Walchhofer (AUT) 855; 6. Hermann Maier (AUT) 818; 7. Kalle Palander (FIN) 801; 8. Kjetil Andre Aamodt (NOR) 707; 9. Marco Buechel (LIE) 626; 10. Ted Ligety (USA) 600; 11. Fritz Strobl (AUT) 599; 12. Giorgio Rocca (ITA) 597; 13. Thomas Grandi (CAN) 537; 14. Rainer Schoenfelder (AUT) 515; 15. Didier Defago (SUI) 509; 16. Peter Fill (ITA) 473; 17. Erik Guay (CAN) 435; 18. Bruno Kernen (SUI) 432; 19. Hannes Reichelt (AUT) 380; 20. Massimiliano Blardone (ITA) 362

World Cup women's Super G

ARE Sweden: Results from the World Cup Are Women's Super G on Thursday:

1. Nicole Hosp (AUT) 1:19.45; 2. Michaela Dorfmeister (AUT) 1:19.72; 3. Martina Ertl-Renz (GER) 1:19.88; 4. Janica Kostelic (CRO) 1:20.32; 5. Julia Mancuso (USA) 1:20.34; 6. Lindsey Kildow (USA) 1:20.37; 7. Andrea Fischbacher (AUT) 1:20.50; 8. Alexandra Meissnitzer (AUT) 1:20.63; 9. Marlies Schild (AUT) 1:20.68; 10. Kathrin Zettel (AUT) 1:20.70; 11. Elisabeth Goergl (AUT) 1:20.75; 12. Libby Ludlow (USA) 1:20.77; 13. Silvia Berger (AUT) 1:21.13; 14. Lucia Recchia (ITA) 1:21.24; 15. Kirsten Clark (USA) 1:21.27

Super G Points

1. Michaela Dorfmeister (AUT) 626; 2. Alexandra Meissnitzer (AUT) 437; 3. Nadia Styger (SUI) 360; 4. Lindsey Kildow (USA) 326; 5. Janica Kostelic (CRO) 266; 6. Julia Mancuso (USA) 239; 7. Andrea Fischbacher (AUT) 231; 8. Kirsten Clark (USA) 201; 9. Anja Paerson (SWE) 182; 10. Nicole Hosp (AUT) 175; 11. Elisabeth Goergl (AUT) 172; 11=. Libby Ludlow (USA) 172; 13. Tina Maze (SLO) 164; 14. Martina Ertl-Renz (GER) 161; 15. Silvia Berger (AUT) 137

Overall Points

1. Janica Kostelic (CRO) 1770; 2. Anja Paerson (SWE) 1566; 3. Michaela Dorfmeister (AUT) 1344; 4. Lindsey Kildow (USA) 1067; 5. Nicole Hosp (AUT) 1052; 6. Marlies Schild (AUT) 881; 7. Kathrin Zettel (AUT) 843; 8. Alexandra Meissnitzer (AUT) 753; 9. Julia Mancuso (USA) 733; 10. Elisabeth Goergl (AUT) 602; 11. Nadia Styger (SUI) 568; 12. Maria Jose Rienda Contreras (SPA) 514; 13. Tina Maze (SLO) 509; 14. Andrea Fischbacher (AUT) 507; 15. Tanja Poutiainen (FIN) 482; 16. Renate Goetschl (AUT) 448; 17. Martina Ertl-Renz (GER) 436; 18. Anna Ottosson (SWE) 414; 19. Fraenzi Aufdenblatten (SUI) 383; 20. Genevieve Simard (CAN) 381

GOLF

Bay Hill Invitational

MIAMI: Leading first-round scores here on Thursday from the US$5.5 million Bay Hill Invitational (USA unless noted):

66 - Bart Bryant, Dean Wilson

67 - Chad Campbell, Ben Curtis, Ernie Els (RSA), Lucas Glover, Jason Gore

68 - Robert Allenby (AUS), Carlos Franco (PAR), Sergio Garcia (ESP), Tom Pernice, Lee Westwood (GBR)

69 - Robert Damron, Bubba Dickerson, Fred Funk, Retief Goosen (RSA), Shaun Micheel, Corey Pavin, Ted Purdy, Bubba Watson, Mike Weir (CAN), Mark Wilson

...

70 - Angel Cabrera (ARG), Bernhard Langer (GER), Geoff Ogilvy (AUS), Greg Owen (GBR), Rod Pampling (AUS), Justin Rose (GBR), Tiger Woods

71 - Stuart Appleby (AUS), Henrik Bjornstad (NOR), K.J. Choi (KOR), Daniel Chopra (SWE), Nick Faldo (ZIM), Colin Montgomerie (GBR), Vijay Singh (FIJ), Camilo Villegas (COL)

72 - Michael Campbell (NZL), Brian Davis (GBR), Trevor Immelman (RSA), Fredrik Jacobson (SWE), Ian Poulter (GBR), John Senden (AUS)

73 - Darren Clarke (GBR), Mark Hensby (AUS), Shigeki Maruyama (JPN), Adam Scott (AUS)

74 - Arjun Atwal (IND), Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP), Carl Pettersson (SWE)

76 - Craig Perks (NZL)

NBA

NEW YORK: Results of the NBA games on Thursday (home teams in CAPS):

MIAMI 107 Boston 104

SEATTLE 102 Philadelphia 98

GOLDEN STATE 105 Minnesota 97

Standings

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

W L PCT GB

New Jersey 35 28 .556 -

Philadelphia 31 33 .484 4 1/2

Boston 27 38 .415 9

Toronto 23 42 .354 13

NY Knicks 18 45 .286 17

Central Division

Detroit 51 12 .810 -

Cleveland 36 29 .554 16

Indiana 32 30 .516 18 1/2

Milwaukee 32 32 .500 19 1/2

Chicago 29 36 .446 23

Southeast Division

Miami 43 21 .672 -

Washington 33 30 .524 9 1/2

Orlando 23 41 .359 20

Atlanta 20 42 .323 22

Charlotte 18 48 .273 26

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Denver 37 29 .561 -

Utah 30 34 .469 6

Seattle 26 39 .400 10 1/2

Minnesota 26 39 .400 10 1/2

Portland 20 44 .313 16

Pacific Division

Phoenix 45 19 .703 -

LA Clippers 37 26 .587 7 1/2

Sacramento 33 31 .516 12

LA Lakers 34 32 .515 12

Golden State 27 37 .422 18

Southwest Division

Dallas 51 14 .785 -

San Antonio 50 14 .781 0 1/2

Memphis 35 29 .547 15 1/2

N.O./ Oklahoma City 31 32 .492 19

Houston 29 36 .446 22

Saturday's games

Utah at Atlanta

Sacramento at Indiana

Boston at Orlando

Milwaukee at Toronto

Dallas at Washington

Portland at Cleveland

LA Lakers at New Jersey

Detroit at NY Knicks

Denver at Memphis

Phoenix at San Antonio

Philadelphia at LA Clippers

NHL

NEW YORK: Results of the NHL games on Thursday (home teams in CAPS):

BUFFALO 3 Toronto 1

NY RANGERS 5 Washington 4

ATLANTA 4 NY Islanders 2

BOSTON 3 Ottawa 2 (o.p.)

NEW JERSEY 2 Pittsburgh 1

Carolina 5 MONTREAL 1

NASHVILLE 2 Phoenix 0

EDMONTON 3 Calgary 2 (OT)

Dallas 4 LOS ANGELES 1

SAN JOSE 5 St. Louis 2

Standings

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

W L Otl Gf Ga Pts

NY Rangers 37 19 10 209 163 84

Philadelphia 36 20 10 217 212 82

New Jersey 34 24 8 187 189 76

NY Islanders 31 30 4 192 222 66

Pittsburgh 16 38 12 189 263 44

Northeast Division

Ottawa 44 15 6 258 158 94

Buffalo 44 16 5 229 185 93

Montreal 31 25 9 185 202 71

Toronto 30 29 6 202 219 66

Boston 26 30 11 188 211 63

Southeast Division

Carolina 45 15 6 251 203 96

Tampa Bay 34 28 4 200 208 72

Atlanta 32 28 6 218 222 70

Florida 26 30 9 182 202 61

Washington 22 36 7 188 255 51

Western Conference

Central Division

Detroit 45 15 5 241 166 95

Nashville 39 19 8 203 183 86

Columbus 26 37 3 166 231 55

Chicago 21 35 9 168 227 51

St. Louis 20 33 11 171 228 51

Northwest Division

Calgary 37 20 8 168 159 82

Colorado 37 24 6 234 205 80

Edmonton 34 23 10 216 214 78

Vancouver 35 26 6 212 206 76

Minnesota 31 29 7 195 177 69

Pacific Division

Dallas 44 19 3 220 175 91

Los Angeles 36 27 5 223 228 77

Anaheim 31 21 12 190 178 74

San Jose 32 23 9 202 191 73

Phoenix 30 33 4 200 222 64

Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L)

Saturday's games

Vancouver at Columbus

NY Islanders at Florida

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay

Anaheim at Chicago

SOCCER

UEFA Cup

PARIS: Results from UEFA Cup last 16 second leg match return leg match results on Thursday:

At Strasbourg, France: Strasbourg (FRA) 2 (Carlier 10, Kant?78) Basle (SUI) 2 (Eduardo 3, 26)

(First leg 0-2; Basle win 4-2 on aggregate)

At St Petersburg, Russia: Zenit Saint Petersburg (RUS) 1 (Kerzhakov 69) Marseille (FRA) 1 (Dehu 75)

(First leg 1-0; Zenit Saint Petersburg win 2-1 on aggregate)

At Sofia: Levski Sofia (BUL) 2 (Borimirov 51, Tomasic 63) Udinese (ITA) 1 (Tissone 22)

(First leg 0-0; Levski win 2-1 on aggregate)

At Gelsenkirchen, Germany: Schalke 04 (GER) 3 (Kobiaschvili 44-pen, Larsen 72, Azaouagh 80) Palermo (ITA) 0

(First leg 0-1; Schalke win 3-1 on aggregate)

At Seville, Spain: Real Betis (SPA) 0 Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 3 (Nicolita, 53, 82, Iacob 77)

(First leg 0-0; Steaua win 3-0 on aggregate)

TENNIS

Indian Wells ATP/WTA

INDIAN WELLS, California: Results on Thursday at the US$3.17 million ATP Masters Series and US$2.1 million WTA Tour tennis tournament (x-denotes seedings):

Men's quarter-finals:

Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x6) 6-2, 6-3; Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin x22) 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 7-5.

Women's quarter-finals:

Elena Dementieva (RUS x4) bt Ana Ivanovic (SEM x8) 2-6, 6-4, 6 -2; Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL x1) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG x17) 6-3, 6-2.

(China Daily 03/18/2006 page11)