Olympics

Sochi Winter Olympics

Medalists on Thursday:

MEN

FREESTYLE

Cross

Gold: Jean Frederic Chapuis (FRA)

Silver: Arnaud Bovolenta (FRA)

Bronze: Jonathan Midol (FRA)

NORDIC COMBINED

Team

Gold: Norway

Silver: Germany

Bronze: Austria

WOMEN

FIGURE SKATING

Individual

Gold: Adelina Sotnikova (RUS)

Silver: Kim Yu-na (KOR)

Bronze: Carolina Kostner (ITA)

CURLING

Gold: Canada

Silver: Sweden

Bronze: Britain

FREESTYLE

Halfpipe

Gold: Maddie Bowman (USA)

Silver: Marie Martinod (FRA)

Bronze: Ayana Onozuka (JPN)

ICE HOCKEY

Gold: Canada

Silver: United States

Bronze: Switzerland

Medals table on Thursday:

G S B Tot

Norway 10 4 7 21

United States 8 6 11 25

Germany 8 4 4 16

Russia 7 9 7 23

Canada 7 9 4 20

Netherlands 6 7 9 22

Switzerland 6 3 2 11

Belarus 5 0 1 6

France 4 4 7 15

Poland 4 0 0 4

China 3 2 1 6

Sweden 2 6 4 12

Austria 2 6 2 10

Czech Republic 2 4 2 8

South Korea 2 2 1 5

Slovenia 2 1 4 7

Japan 1 4 3 8

Finland 1 3 0 4

Britain 1 0 2 3

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

Ukraine 0 0 1 1

Basketball

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

Miami 103 OKLAHOMA CITY 81

Denver 101 MILWAUKEE 90

GOLDEN STATE 102 Houston 99 (OT)

Golf

WCG-Accenture Match Play Championship

Results on Thursday from the second round of the $9 million World Golf Championships Match Play Championship (x denotes seed):

Bobby Jones division

Louis Oosthuizen (RSA x8) bt Henrik Stenson (SWE x1) 4 and 3

Webb Simpson (USA x5) bt Brandt Snedeker (USA x4) 4 and 3

Jason Day (AUS x2) bt Billy Horschel (USA x10) 22 holes

George Coetzee (RSA x14) bt Patrick Reed (USA x11) 21 holes

Ben Hogan division

Harris English (USA x9) bt Rory McIlroy (NIR x1) 19 holes

Jim Furyk (USA x5) bt Charl Schwartzel (RSA x4) 3 and 2

Sergio Garcia (ESP x2) bt Bill Haas (USA x7) 3 and 1

Rickie Fowler (USA x14) bt Jimmy Walker (USA x6) 1 up

Gary Player division

Ernie Els (RSA x8) bt Justin Rose (ENG x1) 20 holes

Jason Dufner (USA x4) bt Matteo Manassero (ITA x12) 2 and 1

Matt Kuchar (USA x2) bt Ryan Moore (USA x7) 1 up

Jordan Spieth (USA x3) bt Thomas Bjorn (DEN x6) 5 and 4

Sam Snead division

Hunter Mahan (USA x8) bt Richard Sterne (RSA x16) 2 up

Graeme McDowell (NIR x4) bt Hideki Matsuyama (JPN x5) 1 up

Victor Dubuisson (FRA x7) bt Peter Hanson (SWE x15) 3 and 1

Bubba Watson (USA x3) bt Jonas Blixt (SWE x11) 2 up

LPGA Thailand

Leading first-round scores in the $1.5 million Honda LPGA Thailand tournament at the par-72 Siam Country Club in Pattaya on Thursday:

66 - Anna Nordqvist (SWE)

67 - Michelle Wie (USA)

68 - Lexi Thompson (USA), Jennifer Johnson (USA), Angela Stanford (USA)

69 - Suzann Pettersen (NOR), Ryu So-yeon (KOR), Sandra Gal (GER), Caroline Hedwall (SWE)

70 - Mina Harigae (USA), Gerina Piller (USA), Morgan Pressel (USA), Ji Eun-hee (KOR)

71 - Stacy Lewis (USA), Park In-bee (KOR), Karrie Webb (AUS), Julieta Granada (PAR), Giulia Sergas (ITA), Feng Shanshan (CHN), Azahara Munoz (SPA), Park Hee-young (KOR), Pornanong Phatlum (THA), Cristie Kerr (USA), Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED)

Soccer

Europa League

Round of 32, first-leg results on Thursday:

At Ramenskoye, Russia: Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) 0 Genk (BEL) 0

At Turin, Italy: Juventus (ITA) 2 (Osvaldo 16, Pogba 90+4) Trabzonspor (TUR) 0

At Esbjerg, Denmark: Esbjerg (DEN) 1 (Pusic 10) Fiorentina (ITA) 3 (Matri 9, Ilicic 15, Aquilani 37-pen)

At Liberec, Czech Republic: Slovan Liberec (CZE) 0 AZ Alkmaar (NED) 1 (Viergever 89)

At Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine: Dnipro (UKR) 1 (Konoplyanka 81-pen) Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 0

At Odessa, Ukraine: Chornomorets Odessa (UKR) 0 Lyon (FRA) 0

At Nicosia: Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 0 Valencia (ESP) 2 (Vargas 79, Feghouli 90+1)

At Salonika, Greece: PAOK (GRE) 0 Benfica (POR) 1 (Lima 59)

At Swansea, United Kingdom: Swansea City (ENG) 0 Napoli (ITA) 0

At Porto, Portugal: Porto (POR) 2 (Quaresma 44, Varela 68) Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 2 (Joselu 72, Alex Sandro 77-og)

At Seville, Spain: Betis (ESP) 1 (Didac Vila 3) Rubin Kazan (RUS) 1 (Roman Eremenko 74-pen)

At Maribor, Slovenia: Maribor (SLO) 2 (Tavares 33, Vrsic 81) Sevilla (ESP) 2 (Gameiro 47, Fazio 72)

At Pilsen, Czech Republic: Viktoria Pilsen (CZE) 1 (Tecl 62) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1 (Luiz Adriano 65)

At Rome: Lazio (ITA) 0 Ludogorets (BUL) 1 (Bezjak 45)

At Amsterdam: Ajax (NED) 0 Salzburg (AUT) 3 (Jonatan Soriano 14-pen, 35, Mane 21)

At Tel-Aviv, Israel: Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 0 Basel (SUI) 0

Tennis

WTA Dubai Open

Results onThursday (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

Venus Williams (USA) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 6-3, 7-5; Caroline Wozniacki (DENx8) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-1, 6-2; Serena Williams (USAx1) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRBx5) 6-2, 6-2; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 7-5, 6-3.

ATP/WTA Rio Open

Second-round results on Thursday:

Women's 2nd round

Irina Begu (ROM) bt Veronica Cepede (PAR) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1; Kurumi Nara (JPN x5) bt Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 6-0, 7-6 (3); Lourdes Dominguez (ESP) bt Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1; Teliana Pereira (BRA) bt Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Men's 2nd round

Oleksandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (4); Fabio Fognini (ITA x3) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-3; Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-1, 6-2; Joao Sousa (POR) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3.

ATP Marseille Open

Second-round results on Thursday:

Ernests Gulbis (LAT x3) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 7-6 (5), 6-3; Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA x6) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 7-6 (2), 6-4; Ivan Dodig (CRO x5) bt Tobias Kamke (GER) 6-7 (4) 6-0, 6-3; Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA x7) 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3; Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x4) 7-6 (3), 6-4.

ATP Delray Beach Open

Second-round results on Thursday:

Marin Cilic (CRO x7) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-3, 6-4; Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x3) 4-2, retired, left hip; John Isner (USA x2) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5); Rhyne Williams (USA) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2.

China Daily

(China Daily 02/22/2014 page15)