Score board
Luge
World Cup results
KONIGSEE, Germany: Results here on Saturday in the fifth leg of the Luge World Cup:
Women
1. Tatjana Hufner (GER) 1:35.324 (47.787 + 47.537)
2. Natalie Geisenberger (GER) at 0.226 (47.896 + 47.654)
3. Stefanie Sieger (GER) 0.543 (47.992 + 47.875)
4. Anke Wischnewski (GER) 0.783 (47.993 + 48.114)
5. Erin Hamlin (USA) 0.980 (48.111 + 48.193)
Overall standings after five of the eight legs
1. Tatjana Hufner (GER) 485 points
2. Natalie Geisenberger (GER) 440
3. Anke Wischnewski (GER) 320
4. Erin Hamlin (USA) 256
5. Corina Martini (GER) 203
Men
1. Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt (GER) 1:34.496 (47.362 + 47.134)
2. Andre Florschutz/Torsten Wustlich (GER) at 0.088 (47.382 + 47.202)
3. Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger (AUT) 0.094 (47.309 + 47.281)
4. Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch (GER) 0.124 (47.402 + 47.218)
5. Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber (ITA) 0.612 (47.481 + 47.627)
Overall standings after five of the eight legs
1. Andr Florschutz/Torsten Wustlich (GER) 410 points
2. Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch (GER) 360
. Andreas et Wolfgang Linger (AUT) 360
4. Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber (ITA) 340
5. Peter Penz/Georg Fischler (AUT) 286
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Saturday (home team in CAPS):
Cleveland 94 NEW JERSEY 86
Charlotte 107 MIAMI 97
INDIANA 122 Minnesota 111
San antonio 97 WASHINGTON 86
BOSTON 103 Toronto 96
CHICAGO 101 Orlando 93
NEW ORLEANS 99 Houston 95
MILWAUKEE 103 Oklahoma City 97 (OT)
Memphis 128 PHOENIX 103
Denver 105 UTAH 95
Dallas 99 SACRAMENTO 91
PORTLAND 105 Golden State 89
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 24 8 .750 -
Toronto 16 18 .471 9
NY Knicks 13 20 .394 11 1/2
Philadelphia 9 23 .281 15
New Jersey 3 30 .091 21 1/2
Central Division
Cleveland 27 8 .771 -
Chicago 14 17 .452 11
Milwaukee 13 18 .419 12
Detroit 11 21 .344 14 1/2
Indiana 10 22 .313 15 1/2
Southeast Division
Orlando 24 9 .727 -
Atlanta 21 11 .656 2 1/2
Miami 16 15 .516 7
Charlotte 13 18 .419 10
Washington 10 21 .323 13
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Denver 21 12 .636 -
Portland 22 13 .629 -
Oklahoma City 18 15 .545 3
Utah 18 15 .545 3
Minnesota 7 28 .200 15
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 26 6 .813 -
Phoenix 21 13 .618 6
LA Clippers 14 18 .438 12
Sacramento 14 19 .424 12 1/2
Golden State 9 23 .281 17
Southwest Division
Dallas 23 10 .697 -
San Antonio 20 11 .645 2
Houston 20 14 .588 3 1/2
Memphis 16 16 .500 6 1/2
New Orleans 15 16 .484 7
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Saturday (home team in CAPS):
Carolina 2 NY RANGERS 1 (OT)
Vancouver 3 DALLAS 1
TAMPA BAY 3 Pittsburgh 1
LOS ANGELES 2 Washington 1
NY ISLANDERS 6 Atlanta 5 (SO)
Colorado 3 COLUMBUS 2
CALGARY 3 Toronto 1
Chicago 6 ST. LOUIS 3
NASHVILLE 3 Anaheim 1
New Jersey 5 MINNESOTA 3
Detroit 4 PHOENIX 1
SAN JOSE 4 Edmonton 1
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L OTL GF GA PTS
New Jersey 29 10 1 118 89 59
Pittsburgh 26 15 1 131 110 53
NY Rangers 19 17 5 108 115 43
NY Islanders 17 18 8 107 134 42
Philadelphia 19 18 3 113 111 41
Northeast Division
Buffalo 25 11 4 111 93 54
Boston 21 12 7 105 95 49
Ottawa 21 16 4 115 121 46
Montreal 21 19 3 114 119 45
Toronto 14 19 9 115 145 37
Southeast Division
Washington 24 11 6 145 116 54
Atlanta 18 17 6 132 135 42
Tampa Bay 16 15 10 103 121 42
Florida 16 18 7 117 133 39
Carolina 11 23 7 102 146 29
Western Conference
Central Division
Chicago 28 10 3 132 88 59
Nashville 25 14 3 121 119 53
Detroit 21 14 6 108 104 48
St. Louis 17 18 6 108 121 40
Columbus 15 19 9 112 143 39
Northwest Division
Colorado 24 13 6 128 124 54
Calgary 24 12 5 114 98 53
Vancouver 25 16 1 132 103 51
Minnesota 20 19 3 111 124 43
Edmonton 16 22 4 115 138 36
Pacific Division
San Jose 27 8 7 142 106 61
Phoenix 25 14 4 111 99 54
Los Angeles 24 15 3 124 120 51
Dallas 18 12 11 122 127 47
Anaheim 16 18 7 113 132 39
Nordic combined
World Cup nordic combined
OBERHOF, Germany: World Cup nordic combined result on Saturday:
Oberhof event - ski jump and 10km cross-country ski (position after jump in brackets)
1. Hannu Manninen (FIN) 27min 38.6sec (8)
2. Felix Gottwald (AUT) at 1.1 (27)
3. Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 2.4 (1)
4. Johnny Spillane (USA) 6.8 (7)
5. Bjoern Kircheisen (GER) 9.6 (17)
6. Pavel Churavy (CZE) 17.3 (5)
7. Anssi Koivuranta (FIN) 18.9 (9)
8. Bill Demong (USA) 20.1 (13)
9. Bernhard Gruber (AUT) 24.4 (6)
10. Eric Frenzel (GER) 31.8 (4)
Overall World Cup standings (after eight of 18 events)
1. Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) 597 points
2. Tino Edelmann (GER) 440
3. Felix Gottwald (AUT) 303
4. Eric Frenzel (GER) 292
5. Anssi Koivuranta (FIN) 288
Rallying
Dakar 2010
CORDOBA, Argentina: Dakar 2010 results after the first stage on Saturday between Buenos Aires and Cordoba:
Cars
1. Nani Roma (ESP/BMW) 2hr 11min 15sec, 2. Carlos Sainz (ESP/Volkswagen) at 2 min 07, 3. Stphane Peterhansel (FRA/BMW) 2 min 50, 4. Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT/Volkswagen) 3 min 29, 5. Giniel De Villiers (RSA/Volkswagen) 4 min 31, 6. Robby Gordon (USA/Hummer) 4 min 48, 7. Krzysztof Holowczyc (POL/Nissan) 6 min 07, 8. Mark Miller (USA/Volkswagen) 6 min 13, 9. Leonid Novitskiy (RUS/BMW) 7 min 02, 10. Mauricio Neves (BRA/Volkswagen) 7 min 08
Motorcycles
1. David Casteu (FRA/Sherco) 1hr 50min 42sec, 2. Cyril Despres (FRA/KTM) at 3, 3. Marc Coma (ESP/KTM) 12, 4. Javier Viladoms (ESP/KTM) 1 min 45, 5. Francisco Lopez (CHI/Aprilia) 2 min 42, 6. David Fretigne (FRA/Yamaha) 2 min 57, 7. Jakub Przygonski (POL/KTM) 3 min 10, 8. Paulo Goncalves (POR/BMW) 3 min 29, 9. Ruben Faria (POR/KTM) 4 min 03, 10. Helder Rodrigues (POR/Yamaha) 4 min 30
Soccer
English FA Cup
LONDON: English FA Cup results on Saturday:
3rd rd:
Aston Villa 3 (Delfouneso 12, Cuellar 37, Carew 90-pen) Blackburn 1 (Kalinic 55)
Blackpool 1 (Ormerod 51) Ipswich 2 (Colback 3, Garvan 77)
Bolton 4 (Swaibu 49-og, Lee 51, Cahill 83, M.Davies 90) Lincoln 0
Everton 3 (Vaughan 12, Cahill 82, Baines 90-pen) Carlisle 1 (Hurst 18)
Fulham 1 (Zamora 16) Swindon 0
Huddersfield 0 West Bromwich 2 (Dorrans 77, Wood 82)
Leicester 2 (King 39, N'Guessan 89) Swansea 1 (Cotterill 10)
Middlesbrough 0 Manchester City 1 (Benjani 45)
Millwall 1 (Grabban 49) Derby 1 (Commons 52)
Milton Keynes Dons 1 (Morgan 89) Burnley 2 (Alexander 23-pen, Fletcher 35)
Nottingham Forest 0 Birmingham 0
Plymouth 0 Newcastle 0
Portsmouth 1 (Boateng 45) Coventry 1 (Bell 30)
Preston 7 (Brown 13, Sedgwick 27, Parkin 48, 50, 72-pen, Williams 52-og, Carter 64) Colchester 0
Reading 1 (Church 24) Liverpool 1 (Gerrard 36)
Scunthorpe 1 (Hayes 68) Barnsley 0
Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Hill 44-og) Crystal Palace 2 (Danns 19, Andrew 68)
Southampton 1 (Lambert 36) Luton 0
Stoke 3 (Parslow 24-og, Fuller 25, Etherington 58) York 1 (Barrett 22)
Sunderland 3 (Malbranque 17, Campbell 52, 58) Barrow 0
Torquay 0 Brighton 1 (Crofts 77)
Tottenham 4 (Kranjcar 35, 57, Defoe 70, Keane 90-pen) Peterborough 0
Wigan 4 (N'Zogbia 47, 66, McCarthy 63, Sinclair 90) Hull 1 (Geovanni 35)
Postponed (all frozen pitches)
Accrington Stanley v Gillingham
Brentford v Doncaster
Bristol City v Cardiff
Playing Sunday (1500GMT unless stated):
Chelsea v Watford
Manchester United v Leeds (1300GMT)
Notts County v Forest Green
Sheffield United v QPR
Tranmere v Wolverhampton (1815GMT)
West Ham v Arsenal (1615GMT)
Scottish Premier League
GLASGOW: Scottish Premier League results on Saturday:
Dundee Utd 0 Aberdeen 1 (Mulgrew 15)
St Mirren 1 (Innes 81) Kilmarnock 0
Postponed
Falkirk v St Johnstone (frozen pitch), Motherwell v Hamilton (safety reasons)
Spanish league
MADRID: Collated Spanish league results on Saturday:
Valencia 1 (Zigic 90) Espanyol 0
Barcelona 1 (Pedro 7) Villarreal 1 (Fuster 50)
Atletico Madrid 2 (Dragutinovic 48-og, Lopez 90) Sevilla 1
Standings
W D L F A Pts
Barcelona 12 4 0 37 10 40
Real Madrid 12 1 2 40 13 37
Valencia 9 5 2 28 16 32
Sevilla 9 3 4 27 15 30
Real Mallorca 8 3 4 28 18 27
Coruna 8 3 4 19 16 27
Athletic Bilbao 8 2 5 21 18 26
Getafe 8 0 7 25 22 24
Villarreal 6 4 6 25 20 22
Sporting Gijon 5 5 5 15 15 20
Atletico Madrid 4 5 7 23 28 17
Valladolid 3 7 5 22 26 16
Osasuna 4 4 7 14 19 16
Espanyol 4 4 8 10 22 16
Tenerife 4 3 8 15 28 15
Santander 3 4 8 17 25 13
Almeria 3 4 8 15 26 13
Malaga 2 6 7 17 21 12
Real Zaragoza 3 3 9 17 35 12
Xerez 1 4 10 6 28 7
Tennis
Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament
ABU DHABI: Results of the Capitala World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament on Saturday-
Final
Rafael Nadal (ESP) bt Robin Soderling (SWE) 7-6 (7/3), 7-5
3rd place
Roger Federer (SUI) bt David Ferrer (ESP) 6-1, 7-5
Brisbane International
BRISBANE, Australia: Results from the first day of the Brisbane International tennis tournament on Sunday (x denotes seed):
First round
Women
Kim Clijsters (BEL x1) bt Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 6-2, 6-1.
Hopman Cup
PERTH, Australia: Results from Hopman Cup tennis tournament at Perth's Burswood Dome on Sunday:
Group A
Spain bt United States 3-0
Women's singles: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) bt Melanie Oudin (USA) 6-4, 6-4
Men's singles: Tommy Robredo (ESP) bt John Isner (USA) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
Mixed doubles: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez/Tommy Robredo (ESP) bt Melanie Oudin/John Isner (USA) 6-4, 7-5
(China Daily 01/04/2010 page23)
