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China Daily | Updated: 2008-01-04 07:15

NBA

NEW YORK: NBA results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

Detroit 106 WASHINGTON 93

Chicago 109 CHARLOTTE 97

New Jersey 96 ORLANDO 95

CLEVELAND 98 Atlanta 94

Memphis 90 INDIANA 72

BOSTON 97 Houston 93

Sacramento 107 NY KNICKS 97

Milwaukee 103 MIAMI 98

Portland 90 MINNESOTA 79

DALLAS 121 Golden State 99

UTAH 110 Philadelphia 107

New Orleans 95 LA CLIPPERS 81

Standings

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

W L PCT GB

Boston 27 3 .900 -

Toronto 17 15 .531 11

New Jersey 15 16 .484 12 1/2

Philadelphia 14 18 .438 14

NY Knicks 8 22 .267 19

Central Division

Detroit 25 7 .781 -

Cleveland 15 17 .469 10

Indiana 15 18 455 10 1/2

Chicago 12 18 .400 12

Milwaukee 12 19 .387 12 1/2

Southeast Division

Orlando 22 12 .647 -

Atlanta 15 14 .517 4 1/2

Washington 15 15 .500 5

Charlotte 11 19 .367 9

Miami 8 24 .250 13

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Denver 18 12 .600 -

Portland 19 13 .594 -

Utah 18 16 .529 2

Seattle 9 22 .290 9 1/2

Minnesota 4 27 .129 14 1/2

Pacific Division

Phoenix 22 9 .710 -

LA Lakers 19 11 .633 2 1/2

Golden State 19 14 .576 4

Sacramento 12 18 .400 9 1/2

LA Clippers 10 20 .333 11 1/2

Southwest Division

San Antonio 21 8 .724 -

Dallas 21 11 .656 1 1/2

New Orleans 21 11 .656 1 1/2

Houston 15 17 .469 7 1/2

Memphis 9 22 .290 13

Thursday's games

Portland at Chicago

San Antonio at Denver

Seattle at Phoenix

NHL

NEW YORK: NHL results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

NEW JERSEY 3 Florida 2

Atlanta 5 CAROLINA 4 (OT)

DETROIT 4 Dallas 1

Edmonton 3 ST LOUIS 2 (OT)

CALGARY 4 NY Rangers 3

Phoenix 5 COLORADO 2

ANAHEIM 2 Columbus 1

Standings

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

W L OTL GF GA PTS

New Jersey 22 14 3 95 93 47

Pittsburgh 21 16 2 111 112 44

NY Rangers 20 16 4 100 98 44

Philadelphia 19 14 4 115 105 42

NY Islanders 20 16 2 94 104 42

Northeast Division

Ottawa 25 10 4 139 110 54

Montreal 19 13 7 116 109 45

Boston 19 16 4 102 105 42

Buffalo 19 16 3 115 107 41

Toronto 16 16 8 116 127 40

Southeast Division

Carolina 20 18 4 130 137 44

Atlanta 20 20 1 116 136 41

Florida 18 19 3 100 109 39

Washington 16 19 5 112 125 37

Tampa Bay 15 21 4 115 134 34

Western Conference

Central Division

Detroit 30 8 3 145 89 63

St. Louis 19 14 5 96 99 43

Columbus 18 16 6 99 96 42

Chicago 19 16 3 114 113 41

Nashville 18 18 2 103 114 38

Northwest Division

Vancouver 22 14 4 105 93 48

Calgary 20 14 7 120 120 47

Minnesota 22 15 2 103 107 46

Colorado 21 16 3 117 117 45

Edmonton 17 20 4 106 124 38

Pacific Division

Dallas 23 14 4 123 104 50

San Jose 22 12 5 100 89 49

Anaheim 20 17 5 103 113 45

Phoenix 19 18 1 99 103 39

Los Angeles 15 24 2 116 133 32

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

Thursday's games

Washington at Boston

Florida at NY Islanders

Tampa Bay at Montreal

Toronto at Pittsburgh

Dallas at Minnesota

Edmonton at Nashville

Chicago at Phoenix

NY Rangers at Vancouver

Calgary at San Jose

Columbus at Los Aanta

Chicago at Anaheim

SOCCER

English Premier League

LONDON: English Premier League results on Wednesday:

Blackburn 1 (McCarthy 57-pen) Sunderland 0

Bolton 1 (Giannakopoulos 90) Derby 0

Liverpool 1 (Torres 49) Wigan 1 (Bramble 80)

Newcastle 0 Manchester City 2 (Elano 38, Gelson 76)

Tuesday

Arsenal 2 (Eduardo 2, Adebayor 18) West Ham 0

Aston Villa 2 (Mellberg 41, Laursen 85) Tottenham 1 (Defoe 79)

Fulham 1 (Murphy 10-pen) Chelsea 2 (Kalou 54, Ballack 62-pen)

Manchester United 1 (Tevez 25) Birmingham 0

Middlesbrough 0 Everton 2 (Johnson 67, McFadden 72)

Reading 0 Portsmouth 2 (Campbell 9, Utaka 66)

Standings

W D l Gf Ga Pts

Arsenal 15 5 1 42 16 50

Man Utd 15 3 3 38 11 48

Chelsea 13 5 3 33 16 44

Man City 11 6 4 29 22 39

Liverpool 10 8 2 34 13 38

Everton 11 3 7 37 22 36

Aston Villa 10 6 5 37 27 36

Portsmouth 9 7 5 31 20 34

Blackburn 9 6 6 28 28 33

West Ham 8 5 7 25 19 29

Newcastle 7 5 9 27 33 26

Tottenham 6 6 9 42 38 24

Reading 6 4 11 29 44 22

Bolton 5 5 11 23 32 20

Middlesbrough 5 5 11 18 35 20

Birmingham 5 4 12 22 32 19

Wigan 4 5 12 21 37 17

Sunderland 4 5 12 20 40 17

Fulham 2 9 10 22 37 15

Derby 1 4 16 10 46 7

Spanish Kings Cup

MADRID: Spanish Kings Cup round of 32 second leg results on Wednesday:

Getafe 4 Burgos 1

Getafe win 5-1 on aggregate

Barcelona 2 Alcoyano 2

Barcelona win 5-2 on aggregate

Real Madrid 2 Alicante 1

Real Madrid win 3-2 on aggregate

Villarreal 2 Las Palmas 1

Villarreal win 6-3 on aggregate

Recreativo Huelva 1 Jerez 1

Huelva win 2-1 on aggregate

Murcia 2 Valladolid 3

Valladolid win 4-3 on aggregate

Sevilla 4 Denia 3

Sevilla win 5-4 on aggregate

Atletico Madrid 1 Grenada 74 1

Atletico win 3-2 on aggregate

Real Betis 3 Elche 0

Betis win 4-1 on aggregate

Racing Santander 2 Malaga 0

Santander win 2-0 on aggregate

Deportivo La Coruna 1 Espanyol 2 after extra-time

Espanyol win 3-2 on aggregate

Real Mallorca 4 Osasuna 0

Mallorca win 4-2 on aggregate

Valencia 3 Real Union Irun 0

Valencia win 5-1 on aggregate

Athletic Bilbao 2 Hercules Alicante 0

Bilbao win 4-2 on aggregate

Thursday

Almeria v Levante

Levante lead 2-1

Real Zaragoza v Pontevedra

Pontevedra lead 1-0

TENNIS

Qatar Open

DOHA: Results on Wednesday in the second round of the Qatar ATP Open championships (x denotes seed):

2nd rd

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x1) bt Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 6-3, 6-3; Agustin Calleri (ARG) bt Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) 6-3, 6-1; Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Rainer Schuttler (GER) 1-6, 6-0, 6-1; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Christophe Rochus (BEL) 6-2, 7-5; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x4) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) by walkover; Thomas Johansson (SWE) bt Michael Berrer (GER) 6-3, 7-5; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x6) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-4, 6-1; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x8) bt Nicolas Kiefer (GER) walkover.

ATP Chennai Open

CHENNAI, India: Results from the $436,000- ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here on Wednesday:

2nd Round:

Carlos Moya (ESP x3) bt Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS) 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x4) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 7-5, 1-6, 6-2; Xavier Malisse (BEL) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT x6) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2; Florent Serra (FRA) bt Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7/3).

Australian Women's Hardcourt

GOLG COAST, Australia: Australian Hardcourt Championships quarterfinal results on Thursday: Li Na (Chn) bt Nicole Vaidisova (Cze x1) 6-3 6-3; Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 6-1 3-6 6-3; Shahar Peer (Isr x5) bt Dinara Safina (Rus x3) 4-6 6-1 7-6(8); Patty Schnyder (SUI x4) bt Amelie Mauresmo (FRA x6) 6-4, 6-4

Adelaide International

ADELAIDE, Australia: Adelaide International men's singles second round result on Thursday:

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x3) bt Frank Dancevic (CAN) 6-4, 6-1; Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x1) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG) 6-2, 6-2; Vince Spadea (USA) bt Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-3, 7-5; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x6) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-3, 6-2

Auckland Classic

AUCKLAND: Auckland Classic women's quarterfinal results on Thursday:

Marina Erakovic (NZL) bt Vera Zvonareva (Rus x1a) 6-3 2-6 7-6(5); Tamira Paszek (Aut x6) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus x2) 6-1 6-3; Lindsay Davenport (USA) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 6-3 6-3; Aravane Rezai (Fra) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo x3) 6-1 6-3

Hopman Cup

PERTH, Australia: Results from Hopman Cup tennis tournament at the Burswood Dome on Thursday:

Group B

United States bt Australia 3-0

Women's singles: Serena Williams (USA) bt Alicia Molik (AUS) 6-2, 7-6 (9/7)

Men's singles: Mardy Fish (USA) bt Peter Luczak 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (12/10)

Mixed doubles: Williams/Fish (USA) bt Molik/Luczak 6-2, 6-3

Group B

Czech Republic bt India 2-1

Women's singles: Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Sania Mirza (IND) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Men's singles: Tomas Berdych (CZE) bt Rohan Bopanna (IND) 6-4, 6-0

Mixed doubles: Mirza/Bopanna (IND) bt Safarova/Berdych (CZE) 6-3, 6-2