Score board

Alpine Skiing

Men's World Cup giant slalom

Results on Saturday at Lenzerheide, Switzerland:

1. Ted Ligety (USA) 2:15.63 (1:08.22 + 1:07.41), 2. Alexis Pinturault (FRA) 2:15.66 (1:08.72 + 1:06.94), 3. Felix Neureuther (GER) 2:15.89 (1:08.09 + 1:07.80), 4. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 2:15.90 (1:08.40 + 1:07.50), 5. Roberto Nani (ITA) 2:16.08 (1:08.31 + 1:07.77), 6. Fritz Dopfer (GER) 2:16.27 (1:08.24 + 1:08.03), 7. Luca De Aliprandini (ITA) 2:16.35 (1:10.00 + 1:06.35), 8. Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) 2:16.37 (1:08.50 + 1:07.87), 9. Matts Olsson (SWE) 2:16.51 (1:08.39 + 1:08.12), 0. Steve Missillier (FRA) 2:16.54 (1:09.39 + 1:07.15)

Final giant slalom World Cup standings

1. Ted Ligety (USA) 560 points (winner of crystal globe), 2. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 560, 3. Alexis Pinturault (FRA) 458, 4. Thomas Fanara (FRA) 278, 5. Felix Neureuther (GER) 263

Overall World Cup standings (after 33 of 34 races)

1. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 1122 pts (winner of crystal globe), 2. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 1091, 3. Alexis Pinturault (FRA) 999, 4. Ted Ligety (USA) 969, 5. Felix Neureuther (GER) 733, 6. Kjetil Jansrud (NOR) 657, 7. Bode Miller (USA) 633, 8. Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) 615, 9. Matthias Mayer (AUT) 602, 10. Patrick Kueng (SUI) 562

Women's World Cup slalom

Results on Saturday at Lenzerheide, Switzerland:

1. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 2:04.54 (1:05.42 + 59.12), 2. Frida Hansdotter (SWE) 2:05.98 (1:06.99 + 58.99), 3. Marlies Schild (AUT) 2:06.20 (1:07.50 + 58.70), 4. Kathrin Zettel (AUT) 2:06.22 (1:07.42 + 58.80), 5. Wendy Holdener (SUI) 2:06.24 (1:07.59 + 58.65), 6. Nicole Hosp (AUT) 2:06.65 (1:07.99 + 58.66), 7. Sarka Strachova (CZE) 2:06.86 (1:07.18 + 59.68), 8. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (SWE) 2:07.35 (1:07.12 + 1:00.23), 9. Chiara Costazza (ITA) 2:07.62 (1:08.87 + 58.75), 10. Marie-Michele Gagnon (CAN) 2:07.73 (1:09.07 + 58.66)

Overall World Cup standings (after 31 of 32 races)

1. Anna Fenninger (AUT) 1271 points (winner of crystal globe), 2. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (GER) 1180, 3. Lara Gut (SUI) 1056, 4. Tina Maze (SLO) 964, 5. Tina Weirather (LIE) 943, 6. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 873, 7. Elisabeth Goergl (AUT) 640, 8. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (SUE) 575, 9. Nicole Hosp (AUT) 575, 10. Frida Hansdotter (SWE) 514

Final slalom World Cup standings

1. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 638 points, 2. Frida Hansdotter (SWE) 488, 3. Marlies Schild (AUT) 385, 4. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (SWE) 308, 5. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (GER) 234

Basketball

Results of NBA games on Saturday (home teams in CAPS):

NY KNICKS 115 Milwaukee 94

WASHINGTON 101 Brooklyn 94

ATLANTA 97 Denver 92

Memphis 103 PHILADELPHIA 77

Indiana 112 DETROIT 104 (OT)

CHICAGO 94 Sacramento 87

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 37 27 .578 -

Brooklyn 33 31 .516 4

New York 27 40 .403 11

Boston 22 44 .333 16

Philadelphia 15 51 .227 23

Southeast Division

x-Miami 44 19 .698 -

Washington 35 31 .530 10

Charlotte 32 34 .485 13

Atlanta 29 35 .453 15

Orlando 19 48 .284 27

Central Division

x-Indiana 49 17 .742 -

Chicago 37 29 .561 12

Cleveland 26 40 .394 23

Detroit 25 41 .379 24

Milwaukee 13 53 .197 36

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

San Antonio 49 16 .754 -

Houston 44 21 .677 5

Dallas 39 27 .591 10

Memphis 39 27 .591 10

New Orleans 26 39 .400 23

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 48 17 .738 -

Portland 43 23 .652 5

Minnesota 32 32 .500 15

Denver 29 37 .439 19

Utah 22 44 .333 26

Pacific Division

LA Clippers 47 20 .701 -

Golden State 41 26 .612 6

Phoenix 37 28 .569 9

Sacramento 23 43 .348 23

LA Lakers 22 44 .333 24

x-clinched playoff spot

Cycling

Paris-Nice

Results and standings of Saturday's seventh stage, a 195.5km ride from Mougins to Biot on Saturday:

1. Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED/Garmin) 5h 00min 05sec, 2. Rui Costa (POR/LAM) s.t., 3. Carlos Betancur (COL/ALM) s.t., 4. Jose Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) s.t., 5. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) s.t., 6. Tony Gallopin (FRA/LTB) s.t., 7. Stefan Denifl (AUT/IAM) s.t., 8. Zdenek Stybar (CZE/OPQ) s.t., 9. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/AST) s.t., 10. Peter Velits (SVK/BMC) s.t.

Selected

63. Andy Schleck (LUX/TRE) 5:38

84. Tom Boonen (BEL/OPQ) 9:53.

Overall

1. Carlos Betancur (COL/ALM) 32hr 04min 49sec, 2. Rui Costa (POR/LAM) 0:14, 3. Zdenek Stybar (CZE/OPQ) 0:26, 4. Jos Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 0:27, 5. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 0:29, 6. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 0:31, 7. Cyril Gautier (FRA/EUC) 0:35, 8. Stefan Denifl (AUT/IAM) 0:35, 9. Peter Velits (SVK/BMC) 0:39, 10. Simon Spilak (SLO/KAT) 0:39

Selected

17. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 1:09

75. Tom Boonen (BEL/OPQ) 31:29

80. Andy Schleck (LUX/TRE) 34:16

FORMULA ONE

Australian Grand Prix

Results from the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday:

1. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) - 302.271 km (187.822 miles) in 1 hr 32 min 58.710sec (average speed: 195.059 km/h); 2. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull Racing) at 24.525; 3. Kevin Magnussen (DEN/McLaren Mercedes) at 26.777; 4. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren Mercedes) at 30.027; 5. Fernando Alonso (ESP/Scuderia Ferrari) at 35.284; 6. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams) at 47.639; 7. Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Force India) at 50.718; 8. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Scuderia Ferrari) at 57.675; 9. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/Toro Rosso) at 1:00.441; 10. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Toro Rosso) at 1:03.585; 11. Sergio Perez (MEX/Force India) at 1:25.916; 12. Adrian Sutil (GER/Sauber) at 1 lap; 13. Esteban Gutierrez (MEX/Sauber) at 1 lap; 14. Max Chilton (GBR/Marussia) at 2 laps

Retirements:

Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Caterham): 1st lap; Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams): 1st lap; Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull Racing): 3rd lap; Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes): 4th lap; Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Caterham): 28th lap; Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Lotus): 30th lap; Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus): 44th lap

Golf

EPGA Hassan II Trophy

Scores of the third round in the Trophee Hassan II at Golf du Palais Royal, Agadir, Morocco on Saturday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72):

199 - Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 62 68 69

205 - Seve Benson 63 68 74

206 - Robert Jan Derksen (NED) 69 70 67

208 - Robert Karlsson (SWE) 71 67 70, Magnus A Carlsson (SWE) 65 71 72, Shiv Kapur (IND) 70 71 67, Paul Waring 72 69 67, David Horsey 72 64 72

209 - Richard Bland 69 70 70, Marc Warren 66 73 70, Wade Ormsby (AUS) 68 71 70

210 - Robert Rock 71 68 71, Jorge Campillo (ESP) 71 69 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (ESP) 68 67 75

211 - Richie Ramsay 72 71 68, Andrew Sullivan 66 73 72, Tommy Fleetwood 66 72 73, Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 68 69 74, Alexander Levy (FRA) 70 72 69

212 - Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 74 70 68, Rhys Davies 68 73 71, Danny Willett 72 70 70, George Coetzee (RSA) 69 69 74, Florian Fritsch (GER) 72 70 70, David Drysdale 73 67 72, Stephen Dodd 68 73 71, Connor Arendell (USA) 65 71 76, Richard Green (Aus) 70 73 69

USPGA Valspar Championship

Scores on Saturday after the third round of the $5.7 million PGA Tour's Valspar Championship (par 71, USA unless noted):

205 - Robert Garrigus 69-66-70

206 - Kevin Na 70-68-68

207 - John Senden (AUS) 72-71-64

208 - Justin Rose (ENG) 71-68-69

209 - Retief Goosen (RSA) 72-73-64, Charley Hoffman 70-72-67, Scott Langley 71-69-69

210 - Luke Donald (ENG) 71-72-67, Jason Kokrak 74-68-68, Matteo Manassero (ITA) 69-70-71

211 - Jim Furyk 71-69-71, Freddie Jacobson (SWE) 70-71-70, David Hearn (CAN) 71-70-70, James Driscoll 73-70-68, Will MacKenzie 73-70-68, George McNeill 73-71-67, Ted Potter 73-71-67, Matt Every 68-71-72

Ice Hockey

Results of National Hockey League games on Saturday (home teams in CAPS):

BOSTON 5 Carolina 1

PHILADELPHIA 4 Pittsburgh 0

MONTREAL 5 Ottawa 4 (OT)

TAMPA BAY 3 New Jersey 0

NY ISLANDERS 4 Buffalo 1

St. Louis 4 NASHVILLE 1

Columbus 2 MINNESOTA 1 (SO)

PHOENIX 3 Calgary 2

Anaheim 2 LOS ANGELES 1

Rugby

Six Nations

Final collated Six Nations Championship

results and standings after final round of matches on Saturday:

Italy 11 England 52

Wales 51 Scotland 3

France 20 Ireland 22

W D L Pf Pa Pts

Ireland 4 0 1 132 49 8

England 4 0 1 138 65 8

Wales 3 0 2 122 79 6

France 3 0 2 101 100 6

Scotland 1 0 4 47 138 2

Italy 0 0 5 63 172 0

Soccer

Dutch championship

Results on Saturday:

ADO Den Haag 2 Groningen 1

Heracles Almelo 2 Roda JC Kerkrade 1

Vitesse Arnhem 1 PSV Eindhoven 2

English Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Aston Villa 1 (Delph 82) Chelsea 0

Everton 2 (Deulofeu 59, Coleman 90) Cardiff 1 (Cala 68)

Fulham 1 (Dejagah 68) Newcastle 0

Hull 0 Manchester City 2 (Silva 14, Dzeko 90)

Southampton 4 (Schneiderlin 5, Lambert 57, Rodriguez 72, Gallagher 90) Norwich 2 (Elmander 85, Snodgrass 86)

Stoke 3 (Odemwingie 33, 79, Arnautovic 69) West Ham 1 (Carroll 5)

Sunderland 0 Crystal Palace 0

Swansea 1 (Lamah 2) West Brom 2 (Sessegnon 52, Mulumbu 85)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Chelsea 20 6 4 56 23 66

Man City 19 3 5 71 27 60

Liverpool 18 5 5 73 35 59

Arsenal 18 5 5 52 28 59

Tottenham 16 5 8 37 37 53

Everton 14 9 5 40 28 51

Man Utd 14 6 8 46 31 48

Southampton 12 9 9 43 37 45

Newcastle 13 4 12 37 40 43

Aston Villa 9 7 13 32 38 34

Stoke 8 10 12 32 44 34

West Ham 8 7 14 32 38 31

Hull 8 6 15 30 37 30

Swansea 7 8 14 38 43 29

Norwich 7 8 15 24 48 29

West Brom 5 13 11 33 43 28

Crystal Palace 8 4 17 19 38 28

Sunderland 6 7 14 26 42 25

Cardiff 6 7 17 23 52 25

Fulham 7 3 20 30 65 24

English Championship

Results on Saturday:

Bolton 0 Brighton 2

Bournemouth 0 Middlesbrough 0

Burnley 2 Leeds 1

Huddersfield 2 Blackburn 4

Ipswich 1 Wigan 3

Leicester 3 Blackpool 1

Millwall 0 Charlton 0

Nottingham Forest 0 Doncaster 0

QPR 3 Yeovil 0

Reading 0 Derby 0

Sheffield Wednesday 4 Birmingham 1

Watford 3 Barnsley 0

French Ligue 1

Results on Saturday:

Lille 0 Nantes 0

Ajaccio 1 (Lasne 8) Guingamp 2 (Yatabar 13, Beauvue 74)

Evian 0 Valenciennes 1 (Waris 63)

Nice 2 (Bosetti 5, Maupay 71) Bastia 0

Rennes 2 (Nelson Oliveira 68, Doucoure 87) Toulouse 3 (Toivonen 14-og, Chantome 45, Aurier 73)

Sochaux 2 (Contout 7, Sunzu 79) Lorient 0

German Bundesliga

Results on Saturday:

Borussia Dortmund 1 (Jojic 77) Bor. Moenchengladbach 2 (Raffael 31, Kruse 40)

Werder Bremen 1 (Hunt 79) VfB Stuttgart 1 (Niedermeier 55)

Hoffenheim 2 (Polanski 49, Roberto Firmino 53) Mainz 05 4 (Choupo-Moting 67, Saller 73, Okazaki 75, 90+2)

Eintracht Braunschweig 1 (Bellarabi 48) VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Luiz Gustavo 36)

Hertha Berlin 0 Hanover 96 3 (Stindl 49, Schlaudraff 57, Huszti 90+1)

Bayern Munich 2 (Mandzukic 44, Schweinsteiger 52) Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Kiessling 90+1)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Bayern Munich 23 2 0 74 12 71

Bor. Dortmund 15 3 7 56 29 48

Schalke 04 14 5 6 48 36 47

B. Leverkusen 14 2 9 41 29 44

Mainz 05 12 5 8 37 38 41

VfL Wolfsburg 12 4 9 42 39 40

Bor. M'gladbach 11 6 8 43 32 39

Augsburg 11 5 9 38 36 38

Hertha Berlin 10 6 9 35 31 36

Hoffenheim 7 8 10 54 56 29

Hanover 96 8 5 12 34 43 29

Werder Bremen 7 8 10 29 47 29

Eintr. Frankfurt 6 8 10 27 40 26

Nuremberg 4 11 9 27 42 23

VfB stuttgart 5 6 14 39 52 21

Hamburg 5 5 14 39 53 20

Freiburg 4 7 13 22 45 19

Eintr. Braunschweig 4 6 15 20 45 18

Italian Serie A

Result on Saturday:

Verona 0 Inter Milan 2 (Palacio 13, Jonathan 63)

Spanish La Liga

Results on Saturday:

Levante 0 Celta Vigo 1 (Nolito 19)

Rayo Vallecano 3 (Bueno 37, Larrivey 57, 76) Almeria 1 (Soriano 71)

Malaga 0 Real Madrid 1 (Ronaldo 23)

Atletico Madrid 1 (Diego Costa 55) Espanyol 0

Tennis

BNP Paribas Open

Results on saturday:

Men's semifinals

Roger Federer (SUI x7) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x28) 6-3, 6-1; Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt John Isner (USA x12) 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-1.

Men's doubles final

Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA x1) bt Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares (AUT/BRA x2), 6-4, 6-3.

Women's doubles final

Hsieh Su-wei/Peng Shuai (TPE/CHN x1) bt Cara Black/Sania Mirza (ZIM/IND x5) 7-6 (5), 6-2.

China Daily

(China Daily 03/17/2014 page23)