Score board

Olympics

Sochi Winter Olympics

Medalists on Friday:

MEN

CURLING

Gold: Canada

Silver: Britain

Bronze: Sweden

SHORT TRACK

500m

Gold: Victor Ahn (RUS)

Silver: Wu Dajing (CHN)

Bronze: Charle Cournoyer (CAN)

SHORT TRACK

5000m Relay

Gold: Russia

Silver: United States

Bronze: China

WOMEN

ALPINE SKIING

Slalom

Gold: Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)

Silver: Marlies Schild (AUT)

Bronze: Katrin Zettel (AUT)

BIATHLON

4x6km Relay

Gold: Ukraine

Silver: Russia

Bronze: Norway

FREESTYLE

Ski Cross

Gold: Marielle Thompson (CAN)

Silver: Kelsey Serwa (CAN)

Bronze: Anna Holmlund (SWE)

SHORT TRACK

1000m

Gold: Park Seung-hi (KOR)

Silver: Fan Kexin (CHN)

Bronze: Shim Suk-hee (KOR)

Medals table on Friday:

G S B Tot

Norway 10 4 8 22

Russia 9 10 7 26

Canada 9 10 5 24

United States 9 7 11 27

Germany 8 4 4 16

Netherlands 6 7 9 22

Switzerland 6 3 2 11

Belarus 5 0 1 6

France 4 4 7 15

Poland 4 0 0 4

China 3 4 2 9

South Korea 3 2 2 7

Austria 2 7 3 12

Sweden 2 6 6 14

Czech Republic 2 4 2 8

Slovenia 2 1 4 7

Japan 1 4 3 8

Finland 1 3 0 4

Britain 1 1 2 4

Ukraine 1 0 1 2

Slovakia 1 0 0 1

Italy 0 2 6 8

Australia 0 2 1 3

Latvia 0 1 2 3

Croatia 0 1 0 1

Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1

Basketball

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

CHARLOTTE 90 New Orleans 87

ORLANDO 129 NY Knicks 121 (OT)

Dallas 124 PHILADELPHIA 112

TORONTO 98 Cleveland 91

DETROIT 115 Atlanta 107

CHICAGO 117 Denver 89

MEMPHIS 102 LA Clippers 96

PHOENIX 106 San Antonio 85

PORTLAND 102 Utah 94

LA LAKERS 101 Boston 92

Golf

WCG-Accenture Match Play Championship

Results on Friday from the third round of the $9 million World Golf Championships Match Play Championship (x denotes seed):

Bobby Jones division

Louis Oosthuizen (RSA x8) bt Webb Simpson (USA x5) 5 and 4

Jason Day (AUS x2) bt George Coetzee (RSA x14) 3 and 1

Ben Hogan division

Jim Furyk (USA x5) bt Harris English (USA x9) 1 up

Rickie Fowler (USA x14) bt Sergio Garcia (ESP x2) 1 up

Gary Player division

Ernie Els (RSA x8) bt Jason Dufner (USA x4) 1 up

Jordan Spieth (USA x3) bt Matt Kuchar (USA x2) 2 and 1

Sam Snead division

Graeme McDowell (NIR x4) bt Hunter Mahan (USA x8) 21 holes

Victor Dubuisson (FRA x7) bt Bubba Watson (USA x3) 1 up

LPGA Thailand

Leading second-round scores on Friday at the Honda LPGA Thailand tournament (par 72):

138 - Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 66-72

139 - Azahara Munoz (SPA) 71-68, Julieta Granada (PAR) 71-68, Sandra Gal 69-70

140 - Stacy Lewis (USA) 71-69, Michelle Wie (USA) 67-73

141 - Karrie Webb (AUS) 71-70, Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 69-72, Jennifer Johnson (USA) 68-73, Angela Stanford (USA) 68-73

142 - Brittany Lang (USA) 73-69, Lydia Ko (NZ) 72-70, Jenny Shin (KOR) 72-70, Park In-bee (KOR) 71-71, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 69-73, Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 69-73, Lexi Thompson (USA) 68-74

143 - Thidapa Suwannapura (THA) 73-70, Cristie Kerr (USA) 71-72, Feng Shanshan (CHN) 71-72, Gerina Piller (USA) 70-73, Morgan Pressel (USA) 70-73,

144 - Mariajo Uribe (COL) 75-69, Ai Miyazato (JPN) 74-70, Pak Se-ri (KOR) 72-72, Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED) 71-73, Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 71-73

145 - Tseng Ya-ni (TPE) 72-73

Soccer

French Ligue 1

Result on Friday:

Monaco 3 (Germain 8, Toulalan 63, Kurzawa 90+5) Reims 2 (Oniangue 53, 71)

German league

Result on Friday:

Schalke 04 0 Mainz 05 0

Spanish La Liga

Result on Friday:

Valladolid 1 (Guerra 52) Levante 1 (Victor 25)

Tennis

WTA Dubai Open

Semifinal results on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Venus Williams (USA) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x8) 6-3, 6-2; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Serena Williams (USA x1) 6-4, 6-4.

ATP/WTA Rio Open

Quarterfinal results on Friday:

Men

Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. (UKR) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA x3) 6-1, 6-1; Rafa Nadal (ESP x1) bt Joao Sousa (POR) 6-1, 6-0; Pablo Andujar (ESP x8) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x4) 6-1, 6-1; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Women

Klara Zakopalova (CZE x1) bt Katarzyna Piter (POL) 6-4, 6-0; Teliana Pereira (BRA) bt Irina Begu (ROM) 6-4, 6-4; Kurumi Nara (JPN x5) bt Lourdes Domnguez (ESP) 7-6 (5), 2-0 - retired; Nastassja Burnett (ITA) bt Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.

ATP Marseille Open

Quarterfinal results on Friday:

Richard Gasquet (FRA x1) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO x5) 7-5, 6-3; Ernests Gulbis (LAT x3) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA x8) 6-3, 7-6 (1); Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x2) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA x6) 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2; Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-4, 6-3.

ATP Delray Beach Open

Quarterfinal results on Friday:

Kevin Anderson (RSA x4) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3; Steve Johnson (USA) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP x6) 6-3, 6-2; Marin Cilic (CRO x7) bt Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-2, 6-3; John Isner (USA x2) bt Rhyne Williams (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

China Daily

(China Daily 02/23/2014 page11)