KEY POINTS:
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
NFL
Dallas 20 Carolina 13.
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BASKETBALL
US NBA
Yesterday: Indiana 93 Washington 85, New Jersey 100 Golden State 95, Miami 104 Utah 102, Philadelphia 99 Memphis 97, New Orleans 110 Minnesota 76, Houston 116 Chicago 98, Milwaukee 103 Charlotte 99, San
Antonio 99 LA Clippers 90, Phoenix 122 Toronto 103.
Saturday: Boston 107 Chicago 82, LA Lakers 106 Philadelphia 101, Atlanta 97 Washington 92, Charlotte 105 NY Knicks 95, Utah 113 Orlando 94, Detroit 94 Memphis 67, Minnesota 131 Indiana 118, Dallas 102 LA Clippers 89, Portland 99 Denver 96, Seattle 123 Toronto 115.
AUSTRALIAN NBL
NZ Breakers 105 (K. Penney 27, P. Jones 25, T. Ronaldson 22) Wollongong 103 (K. Franklin 30, C. Tragardh 18, M. Campbell 14).
Adelaide 122 West Sydney 100, Gold Coast 93 Singapore 86, Brisbane 112 Melbourne 108, Townsville 108 Wollongong 98, Perth 108 South Dragons 80, Singapore 93 Cairns 89.
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S NBL
Townsville 80 Christchurch Sirens 59, Adelaide 92 Christchurch Sirens 66, Dandenong 78 AIS 61, Sydney Uni 80 Bendigo 70, Canberra 82 Bulleen 67, Bendigo 72 Canberra 53.
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CRICKET
THIRD TEST
(Galle, Sri Lanka)
SRI LANKA
First innings 499-8 declared
ENGLAND
First innings 81Second innings
A. Cook c P. Jayawardene b Welegedera 118M. Vaughan c M. Jayawardene b Welegedera 24I. Bell b Muralitharan 34K. Pietersen c M. Jayawardene b Muralitharan 30P. Collingwood st P. Jayawardene b Muaralitharan 0R. Bopara run out 0M. Prior not out 19R. Sidebottom not out 0Extras (6b, 5lb, 1w, 14nb) 26-Total (for 6 wickets, 95 overs) 251Fall: 1/67, 2/128, 3/200, 4/200, 5/200, 6/250.
Bowling: Muralitharan 38-8-91-3 (8nb), Vaas 18-7-37-0 (2nb), Malinga 20-3-42-0 (3nb), Welegedera 14-1-59-2 (1nb,1w), Dilshan 3-1-8-0, Silva 2-1-3-0.
Result: Match drawn
Sri Lanka win series 1-0
TEST RANKINGS
Latest ICC test championship rankings: Australia 143pts 1, South Africa 109 2, Sri Lanka 109 3, India 109 4, England 107 5, Pakistan 94 6, NZ 91 7, West Indies 72 8, Bangladesh 4 9.
WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT TOURNAMENT
(Christchurch)
Final: Canterbury 210 (Leigh Martin 91, Lizzie Rae 44; Sandee Hui 3-30, Shivani Siva 3-24) bt Auckland 167 (Katie Perkins 61) by 43 runs.
For third: Wellington 237-8 (Sarah Bradbury 68, Sarah Sims 65; Holly Huddleston 3-33) bt Northern Districts 114 (Kirbie Samkin 51; Renee Moffitt 4-26) by 123 runs.
For fifth: Otago 120 lost to Central Districts 121-1 (Pennyrose Wiggins 43no) by 9 wickets.
AUCKLAND
Howarth Trophy, white section.-
Parnell 206 and 212/8 dec (D. Haupapa 43, T. McIntosh 68, M. Turner 46) lost to Takapuna 216-9 dec (P. Hitchcock 66) and 98-4 (R. Sivier 40no) on first innings.
Howick Pakuranga 364-5 dec bt East Coast Bays 57 (A. Mackay 8-18) and 181 (T. Manning 49; Mackay 5-39) by an innings and 126 runs.
North Shore 109 and 220 (H. Smith 44, L. Watson 46; F. Diver 4-59) lost to Cornwall 333-8 dec (T. Nathula 73no, R. Nicol 72) by an innings and 4 runs.
Points (after four rounds): Cornwall 64.79, Howick Pak 53.97, Takapuna 37.62, N Shore 34.17, Parnell 29.14, EC Bays 27.53.
Blue section.-
Papatoetoe 217 and 36-0 bt University/Ellerslie 96 and 154 (M. Thareeb 40no, S. Pasupati 41; B. Singh 5-62) by 10 wkts.
Waitakere City 292 and 182-3 dec (N. Patel 104no) bt Eden Roskill 206 (K. Todd 4-58) and 135-6 on first innings.
Suburbs New Lynn 145 and 145 (J. Bassett-Graham 67; D. Crook 5-51) lost to Grafton 187-7 dec (Michael Horne 44) and 106-1 (G. Coleman 48; A. Burton 45no) by 9 wkts.
Points: Waitakere 46.15, Grafton 43.36, SNL 42.11, Papatoetoe 37.12, Uni/Ellerslie 34.88, Eden R 26.75.
HAMILTON
Te Rapa 296 bt Fraser-Tech 115 and 149 (P. Gosai 5-55) by an innings and 32 runs.
Eastern Suburbs 192 and 82 lost to Melville 294 (K. Bettley 59, A. Nyce 57no) by an innings and 20 runs.
Star-Varsity 156 and 69 (G. Hodgson 4-8) lost Old Boys 202-9 dec (G. Steele 58, J. McNeil 51) 24-2 by 8 wickets.
Points after 3 rounds: Old Boys 31, Te Rapa 27, Star-Varsity 18, Melville 14, Eastern Suburbs 9, Fraser-Tech 4.
BAY of PLENTY
Trident HS 139 (B. Parlane 4-19) lost to Mt Maunganui 140-2 (P. Drysdale 44no, Parlane 43).
Central 70 (T. Boult 6-18) lost to Cadets 72-8 (M. McLaughlin 4-29).
Greerton A bt East Bay United 139.
Eastern Pirates 193 lost to Te Puke 196-5 (L. Popli 100no, A. Stewart 41no).
Tauranga Boys' College 174 (R. McBrydie 44) bt Rotorua BHS 107 (McBrydie 7-23).
EXHIBITION TWENTY/20 MATCH
(Hamilton)
NZ Masters XI 104-3 (M. Bailey 31, M. Horne 26, A. Jones 18, J. Vaughan 17no) bt NZ Under-19 103-8 (G. Morgan 22no, K Williamson 18; M. Hart 2-14, I. Butler 2-17) by 7 wickets.
AUSTRALIAN PURA CUP
Points: NSW 26, Victoria 26, Western Australia 20, South Australia 14, Tasmania 6, Queensland 4.
GLIDING
WORLD GP CHAMPIONSHIP
(Omarama)
Ben Flewett (NZ) 25 1, Steve Jones (Britain) 24 2, Uli Schwenk (Germany) 23 3, Sebastien Kawa (Poland) 21 4, Petr Krejcirik (Czech Republic) 16 5, Mario Kiessling (Germany) 15 6, Michael Sommer (Germany) 15 7, Bruce Taylor (Australia) 14 8, Giorgio Galetto (Italy) 8 9, Mark Holliday (South Africa) 6 10.
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GOLF
AUSTRALASIAN PGA TOUR SCHOOL
(Frankston, Victoria)
Australian unless stated, par 71.- Bronson La'Cassie 67 67 67 66.
277: Sung Lee (Korea) 69 72 70 66, Andrew Dodt 72 65 72 68.
279: 9 Euan Walters 68 69 69 73, Mark Purser (NZ) 70 68 71 71.
280: Rowan Beste 73 64 73 70, Nigel Stivala 71 69 69 71, David Gleeson 69 71 69 71.
281: Luke Hickmott 70 71 72 68, Andrew McKenzie 72 68 73 68, Adam Wilcox 69 69 73 70.
Also.-
283: Brenden Stuart (NZ) 75 68 75 65, Grant Moorhead (NZ) 71 71 67 74, Kevin Chun (NZ) 66 73 70 74.
285: Hamish Robertson (NZ) 74 69 73 69.
286: Michael Hendry (NZ) 69 74 75 68.
292: Todd Nicholson (NZ) 71 72 72 77.
296: Sam Hunt (NZ) 75 74 72 75.
Purser, Stuart, Moorhead, Chun, Robertson and Hendry win places on next year's Australasian PGA Tour.
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ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Saturday: Columbus 2 Los Angeles 1, Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 2, NY Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 2, Dallas 3 Calgary 2, Colorado 4 NY Rangers 3, New Jersey 3 Edmonton 1.
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KARTING
NORTH ISLAND SUPERKART CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Taupo)
International: Gerard Braakhuis 3pts 1, Peter Baylis 6 2, Nick Petry 9 3.
National: Karl Wilson 4 1, Robin Wooldridge 4 2, Mark Swetman 9 3.
Rotax Max light: Gareth Playle 6 1, Ryan Urban 7 2, Charles Hoare 9 3.
Rotax Max heavy: Maurice Frost 3 1, Rex McDonald 5 2, Brent Murgatroyd 8 3.
Senior 100cc Yamaha heavy: Ryan Bailey 4 1, Julia Huzziff 5 2, Donna Lee 7 3.
Open Grand Prix, international: Ross Tait 1, Baylis 2.
National: Rick Huston 1, Andrew Hall 2, Karl Wilson 3.
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RUGBY
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
Bath 41 Leeds Carnegie 10, Bristol 23 Wasps 23, Saracens 27 Harlequins 20.
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SOCCER
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Draw for first knockout round: Celtic v Barcelona, Olympique Lyon v Manchester United, Schalke 04 v Porto, Liverpool v Inter Milan, AS Roma v Real Madrid, Arsenal v AC Milan, Olympiakos Piraeus v Chelsea, Fenerbahce v Seville.
First leg ties Feb 19-20, second legs March 4-5.
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Arsenal 2 Tottenham 1, Aston Villa 1 Manchester City 1, Bolton Wanderers 3 Birmingham 0, Fulham 1 Wigan 1, Middlesbrough 1 West Ham 2, Liverpool 4 Portsmouth 1, Reading 2 Sunderland 1.
Playing overnight: Manchester United v Everton, Newcastle v Derby, Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea.
ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Blackpool 4 Coventry 0, Bristol City 3 Barnsley 2, Cardiff 1 Sheffield United 0, Charlton 1 Hull 1, Crystal Palace 2 Plymouth 1, Ipswich 0 Burnley 0, Queens Park Rangers 2 Colchester 1, Scunthorpe 0 Norwich 1, Sheffield Wednesday 0 Watford 1, Southampton 0 Preston 1, Stoke 3 West Bromwich Albion 1, Wolverhampton 1 Leicester 1.
ENGLISH LEAGUE ONE
Carlisle v Swansea (postponed, frozen field), Cheltenham 0 Huddersfield 2, Crewe 0 Doncaster 3, Leeds 1 Bristol Rovers 0, Leyton Orient 0 Yeovil 0, Luton 1 Tranmere 0, Northampton 4 Bournemouth 1, Nottingham Forest 2 Port Vale 0, Southend 0 Oldham 1, Swindon 2 Hartlepool 1, Walsall 3 Millwall 0.
ENGLISH LEAGUE TWO
Accrington 1 Shrewsbury 2, Chester 2 Bury 1, Chesterfield 2 Mansfield 0, Dagenham & Redbridge 1 Notts County 1, Hereford 0 Morecambe 3, Lincoln 0 Darlington 4, Milton Keynes Dons 1 Brentford 1, Peterbrough 2 Bradford 1, Rochdale v Barnet (postponed, frozen field), Rotherham 3 Wrexham 0, Stockport 1 Grimsby 1, Wycombe 2 Macclesfield 1.
Points: Milton Keynes Dons 45, Peterborough 40, Darlington 39, Hereford 39, Rotherham 39, Chester 35, Chesterfield 34, Wycombe 33, Shrewsbury 31, Morecambe 30, Rochdale 28, Stockport 27, Accrington Stanley 26, Barnet 25, Bury 23, Brentford 23, Notts County 22, Macclesfield 22, Bradford 21, Grimsby 21, Lincoln City 18, Dagenham and Redbridge 18, Wrexham 15, Mansfield 13.
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Celtic 1 Hibernian 1, Dundee United 1 Gretna 2, Hearts 2 Inverness 3, Motherwell 0 Falkirk 2, St Mirren 0 Kilmarnock 0.
SCOTTISH DIVISION ONE
Clyde v Stirling Albion (postponed, frozen field), Dunfermline 2 Queen of the South 0, Partick 1 Morton 1, St Johnstone 5 Livingston 2.
Points: Hamilton 37, Dundee 34, St Johnstone 24, Partick Thistle 24, Morton 21, Livingston 20, Clyde 19, Dunfermline 18, Queen of the South 17, Stirling Albion 11.
SCOTTISH DIVISION TWO
Alloa v Berwick (abandoned, fog), Ayr v Airdrie, Brechin v Ross County, Cowdenbeath v Queens Park (postponed, frozen fields), Raith 2 Peterhead 2.
Points: Raith Rovers 32, Ross County 31, Alloa 30, Airdrie United 2, Peterhead 2, Queen's Park 21, Cowdenbeath 20, Ayr 16, Brechin 14, Berwick 8.
SCOTTISH DIVISION THREE
Arbroath v East Stirling (postponed), Dumbarton 1 Montrose 3, Elgin v Stranraer, Forfar v Albion Rovers (postponed), Stenhousemuir 2 East Fife 1.
Points: East Fife 40, Montrose 27, Stranraer 27, Stenhousemuir 24, Albion Rovers 22, Arbroath 21, East Stirling 19, Elgin 18, Dumbarton 16, Forfar 12.
AUSTRALIAN A-LEAGUE
Sydney FC 5 (I. Fyfe, T. McFlynn, A. Biddle, B. Santalab, U. Talay pen) Central Coast Mariners 4 (M. Jedinak, J. Aloisi, G. Owens pen, A. Kwasnik). HT: 1-2.
NZ FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Team Wellington 1 (Wiremu Patrick) Waitakere United 5 ( (Allan Pearce 3 inc pen, Jonathan Perry, Hoani Edwards). HT: 1-3.
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TENNIS
NZ RESIDENTIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Auckland)
Auckland unless stated.-
Men's singles semifinals: 1-Adam Thompson bt 8-Timothy Meredith 6-3 6-3, 2-GD Jones bt 4-Matthew Prentice 6-4 6-0. Final: Jones bt Thompson) 6-3 6-3.
Women's singles semifinals: 1-Sacha Jones bt 4-Tracey O'Connor 6-1 6-4, 3-Kairangi Vano bt 7-Amelia Harris (Hutt Valley) 6-1 7-5. Final: Jones bt Vano 7-6 (8-6) 6-4.
