Score board
Golf
World rankings
NEW YORK: World rankings on Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 18.44 average points
2. (2) Phil Mickelson 8.43
3. (3) Steve Stricker 6.82
4. (4) Jim Furyk 6.36
5. (5) Ernie Els (South Africa) 6.18
6. (6) Justin Rose (Britain) 6.00
7. (7) K.J. Choi (South Korea) 5.81
8. (8) Adam Scott (Australia) 5.49
9. (10) Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 5.36
10. (9) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 5.27
11. (11) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 4.98
12. (12) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 4.70
13. (13) Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 4.41
14. (14) Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 4.20
15. (16) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 4.17
16. (15) Zach Johnson 3.87
17. (17) Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 3.79
18. (18) Luke Donald (Britain) 3.71
19. (19) Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 3.55
20. (23) Lee Westwood (Britain) 3.46
2008 PGA Tour money list
NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2008 PGA Tour on Monday (US unless stated):
1. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) $1,128,090
2. K.J. Choi (South Korea) $1,021,500
3. D.J. Trahan $927,805
4. Steve Stricker $838,688
5. Justin Leonard $725,800
6. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) $662,400
7. Stephen Ames (Canada) $523,571
8. Jerry Kelly $360,400
9. Mike Weir (Canada) $321,373
10=. Anthony Kim $295,800
Kenny Perry $295,800
12. Jim Furyk $277,572
13. Chad Campbell $255,777
14. Steve Marino $241,115
15. Charley Hoffman $223,800
16. Kevin Na $219,143
17. Boo Weekley $218,800
18=. Hunter Mahan $218,000
Nick Watney $218,000
20. Dustin Johnson. $216,846
PGA Tour FedExCup points table
NEW YORK: PGA Tour's 2008 FedExCup points table on Monday (US unless stated):
1. K.J. Choi (South Korea) 4,681 points
2. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 4,633
3. D.J. Trahan 4,546
4. Steve Stricker 3,684
5. Justin Leonard 3.450
6. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 3,100
7. Stephen Ames 2,236
8. Jerry Kelly 1,700
9=. Anthony Kim 1,450
Kenny Perry 1,450
11. Mike Weir (Canada) 1,256
12. Jim Furyk 1,194
13. Steve Marino 1,143
14. Chad Campbell 1,121
15. Chaz Reavie 1,045
16. Dustin Johnson 1,042
17. Kevin Na (South Korea) 1,036
18. Charley Hoffman 1,002
19. Pat Perez 984
20. Boo Weekley 950
European Tour money list
LONDON: Leading money winners on the 2008 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated):
1. Lee Westwood 417,369 euros
1. Ross Fisher 307,394 euros
3. Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 262,879
4. Richard Sterne (South Africa) 234,134
5. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 225,421
6. Richard Finch 221,919
7. James Kingston (South Africa) 206,305
8. Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 190,675
9. Kevin Stadler (US) 172,640
10. John Bickerton 167,156
11. Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 155,565
12. Ernie Els (South Africa) 143,491
13. Andrew McLardy (South Africa) 142,783
14. Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 136,369
15. Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 136,006
16. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 135,311
17. Vijay Singh (Fiji) 133,969
18. Oliver Wilson 124,900
19. Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 123,575
20. Steve Webster 120,198
NBA
NEW YORK: Results in the NBA on Monday (home team in CAPS)
Boston 109 NY KNICKS 93
WASHINGTON 102 Dallas 84
San Antonio 95 CHARLOTTE 86
Indiana 110 PHILADELPHIA 103
Portland 111 ATLANTA 109 (OT)
HOUSTON 96 Seattle 89
NEW ORLEANS 106 Milwaukee 92
Utah 109 LA CLIPPERS 93
Minnesota 109 GOLDEN STATE 108
MEMPHIS 104 Chicago 90
ORLANDO 102 Detroit 100
Cleveland 97 MIAMI 90
LA LAKERS 116 Denver 99
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 33 6 .846 -
Toronto 22 19 .537 12
New Jersey 18 22 .450 15 1/2
Philadelphia 16 26 .381 18 1/2
NY Knicks 13 28 .317 21
Central Division
Detroit 29 13 .690 -
Cleveland 22 18 .550 6
Indiana 19 23 .452 10
Chicago 16 24 .400 12
Milwaukee 16 25 .390 12 1/2
Southeast Division
Orlando 26 17 .605 -
Washington 22 17 .564 2
Atlanta 17 20 .459 6
Charlotte 16 25 .390 9
Miami 8 32 .200 16 1/2
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Portland 25 16 .610 -
Denver 24 16 .600 1/2
Utah 24 18 .571 1 1/2
Seattle 9 32 .220 16
Minnesota 6 34 .150 18 1/2
Pacific Division
Phoenix 29 12 .707 -
LA Lakers 27 12 .692 1
Golden State 25 18 .581 5
Sacramento 17 22 .436 11
LA Clippers 12 25 .324 15
Southwest Division
New Orleans 28 12 .700 -
Dallas 27 13 .675 1
San Antonio 26 13 .667 1 1/2
Houston 22 19 .537 6 1/2
Memphis 12 29 .293 16 1/2
NHL
NEW YORK: Results in the NHL on Monday (home team in CAPS)
Carolina 3 NY ISLANDERS 2 (OT)
PHOENIX 6 Buffalo 2
NASHVILLE 6 St. Louis 3
Washington 6 PITTSBURGH 5
Minnesota 4 VANCOUVER 2
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Otl Gf Ga Pts
Pittsburgh 27 17 4 140 129 58
New Jersey 27 17 3 115 108 57
Philadelphia 26 15 5 153 128 57
NY Islanders 23 19 6 117 134 52
NY Rangers 22 21 6 118 128 50
Northeast Division
Ottawa 30 14 4 163 136 64
Montreal 24 15 8 142 131 56
Boston 24 18 5 123 124 53
Buffalo 20 21 6 140 138 46
Toronto 19 22 8 138 160 46
Southeast Division
Carolina 24 23 4 155 164 52
Atlanta 23 24 3 140 169 49
Washington 22 21 5 143 152 49
Florida 21 24 4 122 140 46
Tampa Bay 19 24 5 137 157 43
Western Conference
Central Division
Detroit 35 10 4 169 109 74
Nashville 24 20 4 139 134 52
Columbus 23 20 6 123 124 52
Chicago 23 21 4 137 139 50
St. Louis 22 18 6 120 129 50
Northwest Division
Minnesota 27 18 3 134 134 57
Colorado 26 18 4 136 131 56
Calgary 24 17 8 144 142 56
Vancouver 25 19 5 128 119 55
Edmonton 22 23 5 133 151 49
Pacific Division
Dallas 28 18 5 151 132 61
Anaheim 27 18 6 133 132 60
San Jose 25 15 7 122 116 57
Phoenix 25 21 2 131 131 52
Los Angeles 19 28 2 140 165 40
Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L)
SOCCER
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League result on Monday:
Liverpool 2 (Benayoun 19, Crouch 88) Aston Villa 2 (Harewood 69, Aurelio 72-og)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man United 17 3 3 46 11 54
Arsenal 16 6 1 46 17 54
Chelsea 15 5 3 36 16 50
Everton 13 3 7 40 23 42
Liverpool 10 10 2 37 16 40
Aston Villa 11 7 5 42 30 40
Man City 11 7 5 30 24 40
Portsmouth 10 7 6 34 23 37
Blackburn 10 7 6 31 30 37
West Ham 9 6 7 28 21 33
Tottenham 7 6 10 44 40 27
Newcastle 7 6 10 27 39 27
Middlesbrough 5 7 11 20 37 22
Reading 6 4 13 30 49 22
Bolton 5 6 12 24 34 21
Birmingham City 5 5 13 23 34 20
Wigan Athletic 5 5 13 23 39 20
Sunderland 5 5 13 22 42 20
Fulham 2 9 12 23 42 15
Derby County 1 4 18 11 50 7
African Nations Cup
ACCRA, Ghana: Results of African Nations Cup first-round matches on Monday:
Group A:
At Accra, Ghana:
Morocco 5 Namibia 1
Group B:
At Sekondi, Ghana:
Ivory Coast 1 Nigeria 0
Mali 1 Benin 0
TENNIS
Australian Open
MELBOURNE: Results from day nine of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park here on Tuesday (x denotes seeding).
Men's singles
Quarterfinal
Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x24) 7-5, 6-3, 6-1; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x14) 7-5, 6-0, 7-6 (8/6)
Women's singles
Quarterfinal
Jelena Jankovic (SRB x3) bt Serena Williams (USA x7) 6-3, 6-4; Maria Sharapova (RUS x5) bt Justine Henin (BEL x1) 6-4, 6-0
Men's doubles
Quarterfinal
Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra (FRA x7) bt Daniel Nestor (CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic (SRB x2) 6-4, 6-4; Jeff Coetzee/Wesley Moodie (RSA) bt Martin Damm/Pavel Vizner (CZE x4) 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
Women's doubles
Quarterfinal
Alona Bondarenko/Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) bt Cara Black(ZIM)/Liezel Huber (USA x1) 6-3, 6-2; Victoria Azarenka (BLR)/Shahar Peer (ISR x12) bt Janette Husarova (SVK)/Flavia Pennetta (ITA x13) 6-1, 6-1; Yan Zi/Zheng Jie (CHN x7) bt Serena Williams/Venus Williams (USA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
3rd round
Anabel Medina Garrigues/Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP x10) bt Jelena Jokovic (SRB)/Bethanie Mattek (USA) 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2.

(China Daily 01/23/2008 page23)