Score Board

NBA

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

TORONTO 116 Portland 109 (OT)

ATLANTA 105 Chicago 84

New Orleans 87 HOUSTON 82

NY KNICKS 89 Detroit 65

GOLDEN STATE 106 Indiana 101

LA LAKERS 100 Memphis 99

Standings

Eastern conference

Atlantic division

W L PCT GB

Boston 30 5 .857 -

Toronto 20 17 .541 11

New Jersey 18 18 .500 12 1/2

Philadelphia 14 23 .378 17

NY Knicks 10 26 .278 20 1/2

Central division

Detroit 28 10 .737 -

Cleveland 19 18 .514 8 1/2

Indiana 17 22 .436 11 1/2

Milwaukee 15 22 .405 12 1/2

Chicago 14 21 .400 12 1/2

Southeast division

Orlando 23 16 .590 -

Washington 19 16 .543 2

Atlanta 16 17 .485 4

Charlotte 13 23 .361 8 1/2

Miami 8 28 .222 13 1/2

Western conference

Northwest division

Denver 22 13 .629 -

Portland 22 14 .611 1/2

Utah 21 17 .553 2 1/2

Seattle 9 27 .250 13 1/2

Minnesota 5 31 .139 17 1/2

Pacific division

Phoenix 26 11 .703 -

LA Lakers 25 11 .694 1/2

Golden State 22 16 .579 4 1/2

Sacramento 14 21 .400 11

LA Clippers 10 23 .303 14

Southwest division

Dallas 26 11 .703 -

San Antonio 24 11 .686 1

New Orleans 25 12 .676 1

Houston 20 18 .526 6 1/2

Memphis 10 27 .270 16

NHL

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

Philadelphia 6 WASHINGTON 4

Colorado 4 FLORIDA 3 (SO)

Vancouver 4 ST LOUIS 3 (SO)

MINNESOTA 4 Phoenix 1

NY Islanders 3 OTTAWA 1

ANAHEIM 4 San Jose 3 (OT)

EDMONTON 2 Calgary 1

Chicago 3 NASHVILLE 2 (SO)

(SO denotes shootout victory)

SOCCER

English Premier League

LONDON: English Premier League results on Sunday:

Bolton Wanderers 1 (Nolan 43) Blackburn Rovers 2 (Samba 53, Roberts 90)

Sunderland 2 (Richardson 33, 44) Portsmouth 0

Standings:

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Man United 16 3 3 44 11 51

Arsenal 15 6 1 43 17 51

Chelsea 14 5 3 35 16 47

Liverpool 10 9 2 35 14 39

Everton 12 3 7 38 22 39

Aston Villa 11 6 5 40 28 39

Man City 11 6 5 29 23 39

Blackburn 10 6 6 30 29 36

Portsmouth 9 7 6 31 22 34

West Ham 9 5 7 27 20 32

Newcastle 7 5 10 27 39 26

Tottenham 6 6 10 42 40 24

Reading 6 4 12 30 47 22

Middlesbrough 5 6 11 19 36 21

Bolton 5 5 12 24 34 20

Birmingham 5 5 12 23 33 20

Wigan 5 5 12 22 37 20

Sunderland 5 5 12 22 40 20

Fulham 2 9 11 23 39 15

Derby 1 4 17 10 47 7

French League

PARIS: Results of French Ligue 1 matches on Sunday:

Stade Rennes 3 (Pagis 38, Wiltord 82, 87) Olympique Marseille 1 (Cisse 15)

Paris St Germain 3 (Pauleta 58, Diane 65,67) Racing Lens 0

Italian Serie A

MILAN: Results of Serie A matches on Sunday:

AC Milan 5 (Ronaldo 15, 46, Seedorf 31, Kaka 68, Pato 74) Napoli 2 (Sosa 28, Domizzi 38pen)

Atalanta Bergamo 1 (Pinto 17) AS Roma 2 (Totti 38, Mancini 45)

Cagliari 0 Udinese 1 (Quagliarella 32)

Lazio 1 (Mauri 23) Genoa 2 (Borriello 51pen,55)

Parma 1 (Coly 69) Fiorentina 2 (Mutu 44,85pen)

Sampdoria 3 (Bellucci 21, Sammarco 45,

Cassano 77) Palermo 0

Siena 2 (Cordoba 31og, Martin

Forestieri 90+2) Inter Milan 3 (Ibrahimovic 26pen,52, Cambiasso 45+1)

Torino 1 (Bottone 78) Livorno 2 (Tavano 21,45+5.

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Inter Milan 14 4 0 40 11 46

AS Roma 11 6 1 35 19 39

Juventus 10 6 2 36 16 36

Udinese 9 5 4 23 21 32

Fiorentina 8 7 3 28 17 31

Palermo 6 7 5 25 30 25

Sampdoria 7 3 8 25 24 24

Napoli 6 5 7 27 27 23

Atalanta 5 7 5 24 23 22

Catania 5 7 6 18 20 22

Genoa 5 7 6 18 24 22

AC Milan 5 6 4 26 14 21

Parma 4 6 8 20 26 18

Livorno 4 6 7 21 28 18

Lazio 4 6 8 20 27 18

Torino 2 11 5 16 22 17

Empoli 3 7 8 15 25 16

Siena 2 8 8 19 28 14

Reggina 2 8 7 13 26 14

Cagliari 2 4 12 13 34 10

1-2: Champions League / EC I

3-4: Champions League preliminary round

5-6: UEFA Cup

7: UEFA Cup depending on domestic cup

18-20: Relegation

Spanish League

MADRID: Results of Spanish Primera Liga matches on Sunday:

Atletico Madrid 1 (Aguero 27) Valencia 0

Levante 0 Real Madrid 2 (van Nistelrooy 76pen, 88)

Osasuna 0 Racing Santander 2 (Colsa 82, Alvarez 84)

Real Betis 3 (Pavone 3, Edu 34, Albin og 60) Getafe 2 (de la Red 62pen, Del Moral 78)

Real Valladolid 3 (Llorente 8,23,88) Recreativo Huelva 1 (Camunas 44)

Real Zaragoza 2 (Milito 23,36) Real Mallorca 2 (Varela 17, Guiza 61)

Almeria 1 (Uche 87) Espanyol 0

Villarreal 4 (Rossi 30pen, Kahveci 65,68, Tomasson 80pen) Deportivo Coruna 3 (Sergio 27pen, Amo 58, Guardado

90+1)

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Real Madrid 15 2 2 41 14 47

Barcelona 12 4 3 38 13 40

Atletico Madrid 11 4 4 35 19 37

Espanyol 10 6 3 29 20 36

Villarreal 11 2 6 34 30 35

Racing Santander 9 5 5 20 19 32

Valencia 8 3 8 22 29 27

Sevilla 8 2 9 35 25 26

Real Valladolid 6 6 7 27 28 24

Almeria 6 5 8 16 21 23

Athletic Bilbao 5 7 7 18 19 22

Real Zaragoza 5 7 7 29 32 22

Real Mallorca 5 7 7 28 31 22

Real Murcia 5 7 7 16 24 22

Getafe 6 3 10 21 27 21

Real Betis 5 6 8 20 28 21

Recreativo Huelva 5 6 8 15 24 21

Osasuna 5 5 9 20 25 20

Deportivo Coruna 4 5 10 19 31 17

Levante 2 2 15 11 35 8

1-2: Champions League / EC I

3-4: Champions League preliminary round

5-6: UEFA Cup

7: UEFA Cup depending on domestic cup

18-20: Relegation

Tennis

Australian Open

MELBOURNE: Collated results from day one of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park yesterday (x denotes seeding):

Men's singles 1st round

Jesse Levine (USA) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 6-1, 7-5, 6-1; Dudi Sela (ISR) bt Martin Slanar (AUT) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x24) bt Frank Dancevic (CAN) 6-3, 6-1, 5-7, 2-6, 6-1; Mardy Fish (USA) bt Boris Pashanski (SRB) 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA x23) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-1, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2; Paul Capdeville (CHI) bt Brydan Klein (AUS) 6-4, 7-5, 6-4; Rainer Schuettler (GER) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA) 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4; Ivo Karlovic (CRO x20) bt Jamie Baker (GBR) 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (1/7), 6-4; Gilles Simon (FRA x28) bt Bobby Reynolds (USA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4; Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Olivier Patience (FRA) 6-0, 6-1, 7-6 (7/3); Tommy Robredo (ESP x11) bt Mischa Zverev (GER) 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7/2) 6-4, 7-5; Marc Gicquel (FRA) bt Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-2; Igor Andreev (RUS x31) bt Andrei Pavel (ROM) 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Andy Roddick (USA x6) bt Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) 6-3, 6-4, 7-5; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bt Andy Murray (GBR x9) 7-5, 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (7/5); Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG x18) 6-4, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x4) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 7-5, 7-5, 6-3; Michael Berrer (GER) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 7-6 (7/5); Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Harel Levy (ISR) 6-4, 6-2, 6-1; Sam Warburg (USA) bt Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Evgeny Korolev (RUS) bt Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP) 7-5, 6-2, 6-0; Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG) 7-6 (7/2), 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Alejandro Falla (COL) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 5-7, 7-5, 6-7 (8/10), 6-2, 7-5; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x14) bt Mathieu Montcourt (FRA) 6-0, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3); Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x29) bt Roko Karanusic (CRO) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1; Richard Gasquet (FRA x8) bt Nick Lindahl (AUS) 6-0, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) 7-6 (8/6), 6-1, 6-4; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x26) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-3, 6-3, 6-3; Agustin Calleri (ARG) bt Luis Horna (PER) 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 6-4; Florent Serra (FRA) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 6-3, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/5); Stefen Koubek (AUT) by Carlos Moya (ESP x16) 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (2/7), 7-5, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB) 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 6-1

Women's singles 1st round

Serena Williams (USA x7) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 6-3, 6-3; Aravane Rezai (FRA) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 7-6 (7/4), 6-2; Edina Gallovits (ROM) bt Stephanie Dubois (CAN) 7-6 (9/7), 6-3; Yuan Meng (CHN) bt Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Justine Henin (BEL x1) bt Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 6-2, 6-2; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x3) bt Tamira Paszek (AUT) 2-6, 6-2, 12-10; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x26) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 6-2, 7-5; Angelique Kerber (GER) bt Maret Ani (EST) 0-6, 6-3, 6-2; Jill Craybas (USA) bt Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 6-4, 6-2; Jessica Moore (AUS) bt Julie Ditty (USA) 6-3, 6-2; Tatiana Golovin (FRA x13) bt Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Shahar Peer (ISR x17) bt Renata Voracova (CZE) 6-2, 2-6, 6-0; Elena Dementieva (RUS x11) bt Tzipora Obziler (ISR) 6-2, 6-2; Olga Poutchkova (RUS) bt Monique Adamczak (AUS) 6-4, 6-0; Lindsay Davenport (USA) bt Sara Errani (ITA) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Julia Vakulenko (UKR x32) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4; Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) bt Tatjana Malek (GER) 6-2, 6-2; Amelie Mauresmo (FRA x18) bt Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 6-7 (6/8), 6-0, 6-0; Hsieh Sui-Wei (TPE) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 2-6, 6-4, 8-6; Patty Schnyder (SUI x15) bt Lilia Osterloh (USA) 6-3, 6-3; Anabel Medina Garrigues (EsP) bt Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 7-6 (7/1), 6-0; Maria Sharapova (RUS x5) bt Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO) 6-4, 6-3; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Casey Dellacqua (AUS) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 4-6, 6-3, 8-6; Sandra Kloesel (GER) bt Julia Schruff (GER) 6-1, 6-7 (1/7), 6-4; Francesca Schiavone (ITA x25) bt Emilie Loit (FRA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5); Ai Sugiyama (JPN) bt Vera Zvonareva (RUS x23) 6-3, 1-1 retired; Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) bt Madison Brengle (USA) 7-5, 6-2;

Nicole Vaidisova (CZE x12) bt Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROM) 6-3, 6-0; Virginie Razzano (FRA x30) bt Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6-3, 7-5; Alicia Molik (AUS) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 7-6 (7/4), 7-5; Sybille Bammer (AUT x19) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-2.

(China Daily 01/15/2008 page23)