Olympics

Sochi Winter Olympics

Medalists on Saturday:

MEN

ALPINE SKIING

Slalom

Gold: Mario Matt (AUT)

Silver: Marcel Hirscher (AUT)

Bronze: Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR)

SNOWBOARD

Parallel slalom

Gold: Vic Wild (RUS)

Silver: Zan Kosir (SLO)

Bronze: Benjamin Karl (AUT)

SPEED SKATING

Team pursuit

Gold: Netherlands

Silver: South Korea

Bronze: Poland

BIATHLON

4x7.5km Relay

Gold: Russia

Silver: Germany

Bronze: Austria

WOMEN

NORDIC SKIING

30km

Gold: Marit Bjoergen (NOR)

Silver: Therese Johaug (NOR)

Bronze: Kristin Stoermer Steira (NOR)

SNOWBOARD

Parallel slalom

Gold: Julia Dujmovits (AUT)

Silver: Anke Karstens (GER)

Bronze: Amelie Kober (GER)

SPEED SKATING

Team Pursuit

Gold: Netherlands

Silver: Poland

Bronze: Russia

Medals table on Saturday:

G S B Tot

Russia 11 10 8 29

Norway 11 5 10 26

Canada 9 10 5 24

United States 9 7 11 27

Netherlands 8 7 9 24

Germany 8 6 5 19

Switzerland 6 3 2 11

Belarus 5 0 1 6

Austria 4 8 5 17

France 4 4 7 15

Poland 4 1 1 6

China 3 4 2 9

South Korea 3 3 2 8

Sweden 2 6 6 14

Czech Republic 2 4 2 8

Slovenia 2 2 4 8

Japan 1 4 3 8

Finland 1 3 0 4

Britain 1 1 2 4

Ukraine 1 0 1 2

Slovakia 1 0 0 1

Italy 0 2 6 8

Australia 0 2 1 3

Latvia 0 1 2 3

Croatia 0 1 0 1

Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1

Basketball

Results of the NBA games on Saturday (home teams in CAPS):

CHARLOTTE 92 Memphis 89

WASHINGTON 94 New Orleans 93

ATLANTA 107 NY Knicks 98

Dallas 113 DETROIT 102

Indiana 110 MILWAUKEE 100

Minnesota 121 UTAH 104

SACRAMENTO 105 Boston 98

GOLDEN STATE 93 Brooklyn 86

Golf

WCG-Accenture Match Play Championship

Results on Saturday from the quarter-finals of the $9 million World Golf Championships Match Play Championship (x denotes seed):

Bobby Jones division

Jason Day (AUS x2) bt Louis Oosthuizen (RSA x8) 2 and 1

Ben Hogan division

Rickie Fowler (USA x14) bt Jim Furyk (USA x5) 1 up

Gary Player division

Ernie Els (RSA x8) bt Jordan Spieth (USA x3) 4 and 2

Sam Snead division

Victor Dubuisson (FRA x7) bt Graeme McDowell (NIR x4) 1 up

Sunday's semifinals

Jason Day (AUS) vs Rickie Fowler (USA)

Ernie Els (RSA) vs Victor Dubuisson (FRA)

LPGA Thailand

Leading third-round scores on Saturday at the Honda LPGA Thailand tournament (par 72):

205 - Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 66-72-67

209- Park In-bee (KOR) 71-71-67, Michelle Wie (USA) 67-73-69

210 - Julieta Granada (PAR) 71-68-71

211 - Tseng Ya-ni (TPE) 72-73- 66, Cristie Kerr (USA) 71-72-68, Lydia Ko (NZ) 72-70-69, Lexi Thompson (USA) 68-74-69

212 - Catriona Matthew (SCO) 76-71-65, Pak Se-ri (KOR) 72-72-68, Feng Shanshan (CHN) 71-72-69, Jenny Shin (KOR) 72-70-70, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 69-73-70, Karrie Webb (AUS) 71-70-71, Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 69-72-71, Jennifer Johnson (USA) 68-73-71, Angela Stanford (USA) 68-73-71, Sandra Gal (GER) 69-70-73

213 - Gerina Pillar (USA) 70-73-70, Stacy Lewis (USA) 71-69-73, Azahara Munos (SPA) 71-68-74, Thidapa Suwannapura (THA) 73-70-70

214 - Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 69-73-72

215 - Mariajo Uribe (COL) 75-69-71

217 - Park Hee-young (KOR) 71-76-70, Pornanong Phatlum 71-71-73 (THA), Morgan Pressel (USA) 70-73-74

218 - Brittany Lincicome (USA) 74-79-65, Ji Eun-hee (KOR) 70-78-70, Danielle Kang (USA) 74-72-72, Ai Miyazato (JAP) 74-70-74, Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED) 71-73-74, Brittany Lang (USA) 73-69-76

Rugby

Six Nations

Results on Saturday:

In Rome

Italy 20 Scotland 21

In London

England 13 Ireland 10

Soccer

Dutch league

Results on Saturday:

SC Heerenveen 0 NAC Breda 0

Cambuur 1 Roda JC 1 0

FC Zwolle 1 Heracles 1

NEC Nijmegen 0 PSV Eindhoven 2

English Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Arsenal 4 (Giroud 5, 31, Rosicky 42, Koscielny 57) Sunderland 1 (Giaccherini 81)

Cardiff 0 Hull 4 (Huddlestone 18, Jelavic 38, 57, Livermore 67)

Chelsea 1 (Terry 90+3) Everton 0

Crystal Palace 0 Manchester United 2 (Van Persie 62-pen, Rooney 68)

Manchester City 1 (Toure 70) Stoke 0

West Brom 1 (Vydra 86) Fulham 1 (Dejagah 28)

West Ham 3 (Jarvis 20, Cole 23, Nolan 71) Southampton 1 (Yoshida 8)

English Championship

Results on Saturday:

Barnsley 1 Millwall 0

Blackpool 1 Birmingham 2

Bolton 2 Watford 0

Brighton 1 Wigan 2

Burnley 3 Nottingham Forest 1

Charlton 1 QPR 0

Derby 1 Bournemouth 0

Huddersfield 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2

Leicester 3 Ipswich 0

Middlesbrough 0 Leeds 0

Reading 0 Blackburn 1

Yeovil 1 Doncaster 0

French Ligue 1

Results on Saturday:

Marseille 1 (Gignac 82) Lorient 0

Bastia 0 Saint-Etienne 2 (Brandao 33, Harek 90-og)

Bordeaux 2 (Faubert 52, Saivet 82) Evian TG 1 (Berigaud 73)

Guingamp 1 (Yatabare 90+4) Nice 0

Montpellier 2 (Mounier 55, Cabella 90+4) Ajaccio 0

Valenciennes 2 (Waris 51-pen, 86) Sochaux 2 (Corchia 54, Marange 88)

German Bundesliga

Results on Saturday:

Borussia Moenchengladbach 2 (Herrmann 4, Jantschke 18) Hoffenheim 2 (Roberto Firmino 57, Salihovic 82-pen)

VfB Stuttgart 1 (Boka 45) Hertha Berlin 2 (Kobiashvili 5, Wagner 87)

Nuremberg 2 (Kiyotake 46, Pekhart 47) Eintracht Braunschweig 1 (Kumbela 34)

Freiburg 2 (Schmid 17, Mehmedi 73) Augsburg 4 (Werner 7, Verhaegh 78, Halil Altintop 85, Hahn 90+4)

Hamburg 3 (Jiracek 10, Lasogga 58, Calhanoglu 90+1) Borussia Dortmund 0

VfL Wolfsburg 3 (Dost 13, Luiz Gustavo 58, Rodriguez 73-pen) Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Sam 45)

Italian Serie A

Result on Saturday:

Bologna 0 Roma 1 (Nainggolan 37)

Spanish La Liga

Results on Saturday:

Real Madrid 3 (Illarramendi 34, Bale 71, Isco 80) Elche 0

Celta Vigo 1 (Rafinha 59) Getafe 1 (Lafita 21)

Real Sociedad 3 (Song 32-og, Griezmann 54, Zurutuza 59) Barcelona 1 (Messi 35)

Almeria 0 Malaga 0

Tennis

WTA Dubai Open

Result on Saturday (x denotes seeding):

Final:

Venus Williams (USA) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-3, 6-0.

ATP/WTA Rio Open

Semifinal results on Saturday:

Men

Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP x8) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10); Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt David Ferrer (ESP x2) 6-4, 6-4.

Women

Klara Zakopalova (CZE x1) bt Teliana Pereira (BRA) 6-2, 6-1; Kurumi Nara (JPN x5) bt Nastassja Burnett (ITA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

ATP Marseille Open

Semifinal results on Saturday:

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x2) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 7-6 (4), 7-5; Ernests Gulbis (LAT x3) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA x1) 6-3, 6-2.

ATP Delray Beach Open

Semifinal results on Saturday:

Kevin Anderson (RSA x4) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 6-2, 6-4; Marin Cilic (CRO x7) bt John Isner (USA x2) 7-6 (5), 6-3

China Daily

(China Daily 02/24/2014 page23)