Score board
Winter Olympics
VANCOUVER: Results of medal events at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games on Wednesday:
Women's short track 500m final
1. Wang Meng (China) 43.048 seconds
2. Marianne St-Gelais (Canada) 43.707
3. Arianna Fontana (Italy) 43.804
4. Jessica Gregg (Canada) 44.204
Men's speedskating 1000m result
1. Shani Davis (USA) 1 minute 8.94 seconds
2. Mo Tae-bum (South Korea) 1:09.12
3. Chad Hedrick (USA) 1:09.32
4. Stefan Groothuis (Netherlands) 1:09.45
5. Mark Tuitert (Netherlands) 1:09.48
6. Simon Kuipers (Netherlands) 1:09.65
7. Nick Pearson (USA) 1:09.79
8. Mika Poutala (Finland) 1:09.85
9. Lee Kyou-hyuk (South Korea) 1:09.92
10. Trevor Marsicano (USA) 1:10.11
Alpine skiing women's downhill result
1. Lindsey Vonn (USA) 1 minute 44.19 seconds
2. Julia Mancuso (USA) 1:44.75
3. Elisabeth Goergl (Austria) 1:45.65
4. Andrea Fischbacher (Austria) 1:45.68
5. Fabienne Suter (Switzerland) 1:46.17
6. Britt Janyk (Canada) 1:46.21
7. Marie Marchand-Arvier (France) 1:46.22
8. Maria Riesch (Germany) 1:46.26
9. Lucia Recchia (Italy) 1:46.50
10. Gina Stechert (Germany) 1:46.93
Women's cross-country skiing sprint classic style final
1. Marit Bjoergen (Norway) 3 minutes 39.2 seconds
2. Justyna Kowalczyk (Poland) 3:40.3
3. Petra Majdic (Slovenia) 3:41.0
4. Anna Olsson (Sweden) 3:41.7
5. Magda Genuin (Italy) 3:49.1
6. Celine Brun-Lie (Norway) 3:51.5
Men's cross-country skiing sprint classic style final
1. Nikita Kriukov (Russia) 3 minutes 36.3 seconds
2. Alexander Panzhinskiy (Russia) 3:36.3
3. Petter Northug (Norway) 3:45.5
4. Ola Vigen Hattestad (Norway) 3:50.0
5. Alexey Poltaranin (Kazakhstan) 3:54.4
6. Oystein Pettersen (Norway) 4:56.2
Luge double result
1. A.Linger/W.Linger (Austria) 1 min 22.705 secs
2. A.Sics/J.Sics (Latvia) 1:22.969
3. P.Leitner/A.Resch (Germany) 1:23.040
4. C.Oberstolz/P.Gruber (Italy) 1:23.112
5. A.Florschuetz/T.Wustlich (Germany) 1:23.190
6. C.Niccum/D.Joye (United States) 1:23.291
7. C.Moffat/M.Moffat (Canada) 1:23.398
8. T.Schiegl/M.Schiegl (Austria) 1:23.528
9. G.Plankensteiner/O.Haselrieder (Italy) 1:23.649
10. V.Yushakov/V.Machnutin (Russia) 1:23.746
Men's snowboarding halfpipe final result
Run 1 Run 2 Overall
1. Shaun White (USA) 46.8 48.4 48.4
2. Peetu Piiroinen (Finland) 40.8 45.0 45.0
3. Scott Lago (USA) 42.8 17.5 42.8
4. Iouri Podladtchikov (Switzerland) 42.4 17.6 42.4
5. Louie Vito (USA) 39.1 39.4 39.4
6. Markku Koski (Finland) 36.4 25.0 36.4
7. Justin Lamoureux (Canada) 33.8 35.9 35.9
8. Kazuhiro Kokubo (Japan) 30.5 35.7 35.7
9. Ryoh Aono (Japan) 32.9 29.1 32.9
10. Mathieu Crepel (France) 25.9 8.7 25.9
11. Markus Malin (Finland) 16.7 18.6 18.6
12. Gregory Bretz (USA) 18.3 13.0 18.3
Cricket
India v South Africa second Test scoreboard
KOLKATA, India, Feb 17, 2010 (AFP) - Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the second and final Test between India and South Africa at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday:
South Africa 1st innings: 296 (Hashim Amla 114, A. Petersen 100; Zaheer Khan 4-90, H. Singh 3-64)
India 1st innings: 643-6 decl. (V. Sehwag 165, V. Laxman 143 no, M. Dhoni 132 no, S. Tendulkar 106; M. Morkel 2-115)
South Africa 2nd innings:
G. Smith lbw b Mishra 20
A. Petersen c Badrinath b Harbhajan 21
Hashim Amla not out 49
J. Kallis c Dhoni b Mishra 20
A. Prince not out 0
Extras (nb5) 5
Total (for three wickets, 35 overs) 115
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Smith), 2-54 (Petersen), 3-111 (Kallis).
Bowling: Zaheer 6-0-32-0, Harbhajan 13-3-31-1, Sharma 8-1-36-0 (nb4), Mishra 7-3-15-2 (nb1), Sehwag 1-0-1-0.
South Africa trail by 232 runs with seven wickets in hand
Toss: South Africa
Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) and Steve Davis (AUS)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
Golf
WGC Match Play Championship
TUCSON, Arizona: First-round scores here on Wednesday in the World Golf Championships Match Play Championship:
1st rd
Jones Division
Ross McGowan (ENG) bt Steve Stricker (USA) 19 holes
Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) bt Michael Sim (AUS) 2-up
Robert Karlsson (SWE) bt Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 20 holes
Thongchai Jaidee (THA) bt Ross Fisher (ENG) 5 and 4
Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) bt Padraig Harrington (IRL) 3 and 1
Matt Kuchar (10) bt Anthony Kim (7), 3 and 2
Ian Poulter (ENG) bt Justin Leonard (USA) 19 holes
Adam Scott (AUS) bt Angel Cabrera (ARG) 3 and 2
Hogan Division
Martin Kaymer (GER) bt Chad Campbell (USA) 4 and 2
Tim Clark (RSA) bt Vijay Singh (FIJ) 1-up
Sergio Garcia (ESP) bt David Toms (USA) 2-up
Anders Hansen (DEN) bt Lucas Glover (USA) 2 and 1
Rory McIlroy (NIR) bt Kevin Na (USA) 1-up
Oliver Wilson (ENG) bt Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 3 and 2
Robert Allenby (AUS) bt Peter Hanson (SWE) 4 and 2
Luke Donald (ENG) bt Graeme McDowell (NIR) 2 and 1
Player Division
Lee Westwood (ENG) bt Chris Wood (ENG) 3 and 1
Nick Watney (USA) bt Yuta Ikeda (JPN) 4 and 3
Ernie Els (RSA) bt Ryan Moore (USA) 4 and 3
Retief Goosen (RSA) bt Soren Hansen (DEN) 3 and 2
Ben Crane (USA) bt Henrik Stenson (SWE) conceded
Yang Yong-Eun (KOR) bt Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 2 and 1
Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) bt Alexander Noren (SWE) 7 and 5
Camilo Villegas (COL) bt Dustin Johnson (USA) 4 and 3
Snead Division
Jim Furyk (USA) bt Scott Verplank (USA) 2 and 1
Charl Schwartzel (RSA) bt Hunter Mahan (USA) 2 and 1
Sean O'Hair (USA) bt Simon Dyson (ENG) 3 and 1
Stewart Cink (USA) bt Edoardo Molinari (ITA) 2-up
Paul Casey (ENG) bt Stephen Ames (CAN) 5 and 4
Mike Weir (CAN) bt Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 8 and 6
Brian Gay (USA) bt Kenny Perry (USA) 2 and 1
Zach Johnson (USA) bt Francesco Molinari (ITA) 21 holes
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
San Antonio 90 INDIANA 87
ORLANDO 116 Detroit 91
Memphis 109 TORONTO 102 (OT)
WASHINGTON 108 Minnesota 99
Miami 87 NEW JERSEY 84
Chicago 115 NEW YORK 109
Houston 127 MILWAUKEE 99
Utah 98 NEW ORLEANS 90
DALLAS 107 Phoenix 97
GOLDEN STATE 130 Sacramento 98
Atlanta 110 LA CLIPPERS 92
Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 33 18 .647 --
Toronto 29 24 .547 5
Philadelphia 20 33 .377 14
New York 19 34 .358 15
New Jersey 5 49 .093 29 1/2
Southeast Division
Orlando 37 18 .673 --
Atlanta 34 18 .654 1 1/2
Miami 28 27 .509 9
Charlotte 26 26 .500 9 1/2
Washington 18 33 .353 17
Central Division
Cleveland 43 11 .796 --
Chicago 27 26 .509 15 1/2
Milwaukee 24 28 .462 18
Detroit 19 34 .358 23 1/2
Indiana 18 35 .340 24 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
Dallas 33 21 .611 --
San Antonio 31 21 .596 1
Houston 28 25 .528 4 1/2
New Orleans 28 26 .519 5
Memphis 27 26 .509 5 1/2
Northwest Division
Denver 35 18 .660 --
Utah 34 19 .642 1
Oklahoma City 31 21 .596 3 1/2
Portland 32 24 .571 4 1/2
Minnesota 13 42 .236 23
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 42 13 .764 --
Phoenix 32 23 .582 10
LA Clippers 21 33 .389 20 1/2
Sacramento 18 36 .333 23 1/2
Golden State 15 38 .283 26
Thursday's games
Denver at Cleveland
Boston at LA Lakers
Soccer
Champions League
PARIS: Results from Champions League last 16 first leg matches played on Wednesday:
At Munich, Germany
Bayern Munich (GER) 2 (Robben 45+3-pen, Klose 89) Fiorentina (ITA) 1 (Kroldrup 50)
At Porto, Portugal
Porto (POR) 2 (Varela 11, Falcao 52) Arsenal (ENG) 1 (Campbell 18)
Played Tuesday
At Lyon, France
Lyon (FRA) 1 (Makoun 47) Real Madrid (ESP) 0
At Milan, Italy
AC Milan 2 (Ronaldinho 3, Seedorf 85) Manchester United (ENG) 3 (Scholes 36, Rooney 66, 74)
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League result on Wednesday:
Wigan 0 Bolton 0
Standings
W D l Gf Ga Pts
Chelsea 18 4 4 61 22 58
Man Utd 18 3 5 62 21 57
Arsenal 16 4 6 61 30 52
Man City 12 9 4 48 33 45
Liverpool 13 5 8 43 27 44
Tottenham 12 7 7 45 26 43
Aston Villa 11 9 5 32 19 42
Birmingham 10 7 8 24 26 37
Everton 9 8 8 35 36 35
Fulham 9 7 10 30 28 34
Stoke 7 10 8 24 28 31
Blackburn 8 7 11 26 43 31
Sunderland 6 8 11 32 42 26
Wigan 6 7 12 26 49 25
West Ham 5 9 11 32 40 24
Wolverhampton 6 6 13 21 42 24
Hull 5 9 12 25 51 24
Bolton 5 8 12 29 46 23
Burnley 6 5 14 25 50 23
Portsmouth 4 4 17 20 42 16
English Championship
LONDON: English Football League Championship results on Wednesday:
Crystal Palace 1 Reading 3
Newcastle 4 Coventry 1
Standings
W D l Gf Ga Pts
Newcastle 18 9 4 53 22 63
West Brom 17 9 5 62 32 60
Nottm Forest 16 10 6 47 24 58
Swansea 12 14 5 28 22 50
Cardiff 14 7 9 56 36 49
Leicester 12 11 7 37 30 47
Sheffield Utd 12 9 11 44 43 45
Blackpool 11 11 10 48 40 44
Middlesbrough 12 8 12 43 36 44
Doncaster 10 10 10 37 36 40
Coventry 10 10 12 36 45 40
Derby 11 6 14 38 44 39
Barnsley 11 6 14 40 48 39
Preston 10 9 12 37 45 39
Watford 10 8 11 41 43 38
Bristol City 8 14 9 35 43 38
Scunthorpe 10 6 15 37 56 36
Reading 9 8 13 35 47 35
QPR 8 10 12 41 48 34
Sheffield Wed 9 7 15 36 49 34
Crystal Palace 11 10 9 34 34 33
Ipswich 6 15 9 35 44 33
Plymouth 8 4 18 28 42 28
Peterborough 5 9 18 36 55 24
Note: Crystal Palace deducted 10 points for entering administration
French League Cup
PARIS: French League Cup semifinal result on Wednesday: Lorient 1 (Koscielny 12) Bordeaux 4 Wendel (24-pen, 81, Chamakh 29, Gouffran 88)
Tennis
ATP/WTA Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tennessee: Results from the fourth day of the ATP/WTA tournaments here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
Men
2nd rd:
John Isner (USA x6) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-4; Ernests Gulbis (LAT) b Radek Stepanek (CZE x3) 7-6 (7/5), 7-5; Philipp Petzschner (GER) bt Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/5).
1st rd
Xavier Malisse (BEL) bt Tommy Haas (GER x4) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Sam Querrey (USA x8) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-2, 6-3; Leonardo Mayer (ARG) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 6-4, 6-0; Andy Roddick (USA x1) bt James Blake (USA) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3).
Women's 2nd rd
Maria Sharapova (RUS x1) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-1 6-1; Kaia Kanepi (EST x3) bt Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Karolina Sprem (CRO) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 3-6, 6-2, 6-0; Petra Kvitova (CZE x5) bt Michaella Krajicek (NED) 6-4, 7-5; Melanie Oudin (USA x2) bt Lilia Osterloh (USA) 6-2, 6-1; Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) bt Vania King (USA x7) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Anne Keothavong (GBR) bt Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) 6-3, 6-1; Elena Baltacha (GBR x8) bt Valerie Tetreault (CAN) 6-4, 6-4.
WTA Colombian Open
BOGOTA: Second-round results from the third day of the WTA Colombian Open here on Wednesday:
Angelique Kerber (GER x5) bt Rossana De Los Ros (PAR) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4; Arantxa Parra (ESP x8) bt Patricia Mayr (AUT) 5-7, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4; Gisela Dulko (ARG x1) bt Edina Gallovits (ROM) 6-2, 7-5; Sandra Zahlavova (CZE x6) bt Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 6-2, 6-2; Sara Errani (ITA x3) bt Silvia Soler (ESP) 6-3, 6-1.
ATP Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES: Second-round results from the ATP tournament here on Wednesday:
Albert Montanes (ESP x5) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP) 6-3, 6-2; Santiago Ventura (ESP) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM x7) 6-4, 7-6 (12/10); David Nalbandian (ARG) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (7); Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP x2) bt Marcos Daniel (BRA) 6-2, 6-4.
ATP Marseille
MARSEILLE, France: Results from the third day of the ATP Open 13 tournament here on Wednesday:
1st rd:
Yannick Mertens (BEL) bt Jan Hajek (CZE) 7-6 (10/8), 6-1
2nd rd:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x2) bt Josselin Ouanna (FRA) 7-6 (11/9), 6-4; Mischa Zverev (GER) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x4) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1; Julien Benneteau (FRA x8) bt Florent Serra (FRA) 6-4, 6-4; Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x7) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4.
WTA Dubai Open
DUBAI: Third-round results in the $2 million WTA Dubai Open here on Wednesday:
Vera Zvonareva (RUS x12) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x6) 6-3, 6-2; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x7) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 6-3, 6-0; Shahar Peer (ISR) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x1) 6-2, 7-5; Regina Kulikova (RUS) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x2) 5-7, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4; Li Na (CHN x8) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x11) 3-6, 7-5, 6-0; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x4) bt Anna-Lena Groeneveld (GER) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 ; Venus Williams (USA x3) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 7-5, 6-0; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-3, 6-4.

(China Daily 02/19/2010 page11)