Saturday January 28, 2012
Results Worldwide
ATHLETICS
Dubai Marathon
Men
1. Ayele Abshero (Eth) 2’04:23, 2. Dino Sefir Kemal (Eth) 2’04:50, 3. Markos Geneti (Eth) 2’04:54.
Women
1. Aselefech Mergia (Eth) 2’19:31, 2. Lucy Kabuu (Ken) 2’19:34, 3. Mare Dibaba (Eth) 2’19:52,
BASKETBALL
NBA Championships
Boston 91 Orlando 83, LA Clippers 98 Memphis 91.
GOLF
Abu Dhabi Championship
Leading second round scores: 137: Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 70-67; 138: Gareth Maybin (Nir) 68-70, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 73-65; 139: Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 68-71, Robert Rock (Eng) 69-70, Paul Lawrie (Sco) 70-69, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 67-72, Rory McIlroy (Nir) 67-72, Tiger Woods (US), 70-69, Robert Finch (Eng) 68-71; 140: Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71-69, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 71-69, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 70-70, Richie Ramsay (Sco) 69-71, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 70-70; 141: Graeme McDowell (Nir) 72-69, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 72-69, Johan Edfors (Swe) 70-71, James Kingston (Rsa) 72-69, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 74-67, Anders Hansen (Den) 71-70, Liang Wen-chong (Chn) 70-71.
Farmers Insurance Open
Leading first round scores (US unless stated): 62: Spencer Levin, Kyle Stanley; 63: Bill Haas; 64: John Huh, Rod Pampling (Aus), Vijay Singh (Fij), Josh Teater; 65: Bae Sang-moon (Kor), Greg Chalmers (Aus), Martin Flores, Justin Leonard, Camilo Villegas (Col); 66: Dustin Johnson, Colt Knost, Pat Perez, Marc Turnesa; 67: Arjun Atwal (Ind), Marco Dawson, Harris English, Danny Lee (Nzl), Chris Riley, Alexandre Rocha (Bra), Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Sutherland, Cameron Tringale; 68: Robert Allenby (Aus), Cameron Beckman, Gavin Coles (Aus), Chris DiMarco, James Driscoll, Rickie Fowler, Paul Goydos, Tim Herron, Troy Kelly, Kim Bio (Kor), Andres Romero (Arg).
SQUASH
Tournament of Champions
Men
Final: Nick Matthew (Eng) bt James Willstrop (Eng) 8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7
Women
Final: Natalie Grinham (Hol) bt Dipika Pallikal (Ind) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3.
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- Perak signs water restructuring deal with PAAB
- Selangor Sultan advises UPM students to stay out of street demos
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- Former Deputy Minister offers to be candidate in next GE
- Evidence in Foray murder case damaged
- Roger Tan replies to Loyarburok
- AirAsia Q1 earnings slightly higher at RM172.4m
- Malaysia's GDP grows at slower pace of 4.7% in Q1
- April inflation rate up 1.9% on-yr as food, non-food costs rise
- MPHB to demerge gaming, financial services businesses
- Petronas seeks 10-12 partners for RAPID project
- China plans brokerage reforms to create its own Goldman Sachs
- Hock Seng Lee Q1 net profit up nearly 11% to RM19.59m
- Khazanah MD says committed to MAS recapitalisation plan
- MPHB suspended for material announcement
- Petronas Chemical's FY2012 capex at RM2b
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- UAC surges after hitting limit-up Tuesday
- Maybank IB gets HK investment banking licence
- Thomas Cup: Malaysia falls to China
- Bulgarian sprinter Eftimova banned for two years
- Aussies cry foul over 'dawn' starts in hockey
- NBA: James and Wade on fire as Heat crush Pacers
- Tennis: Clijsters to retire again after US Open
- Chong Wei out for three to four weeks after ankle injury
- Malaysia face top seeds China in the quarters
- Yongbo gets away with defiant act again
- Kim Her defends his decision to tinker with doubles pairs
- Daren does okay
- Danish scratch pair perform like veterans to deliver winner
- Shahidatun sets record but fails to surpass personal best
- Champs Sarawak lead standings with six golds on opening day
- Bolt gets bold in Ostrava
- Seven juniors drafted into Beng Hai’s squad for Azlan Shah Cup
- Chong Wei out for three to four weeks after ankle injury
- Daren does okay
- Malaysia face top seeds China in the quarters
- Yongbo gets away with defiant act again
- Kim Her defends his decision to tinker with doubles pairs
- Danish scratch pair perform like veterans to deliver winner
- Bolt gets bold in Ostrava
- Tennis: Clijsters to retire again after US Open
- Run of bad luck spoils it for Alex in 24-hour race
- Bryan and Huang Qiang sticking to tried and tested routines
- Chong Wei out for three to four weeks after ankle injury
- Bulgarian sprinter Eftimova banned for two years
- Yongbo gets away with defiant act again
- Daren does okay
- Kim Her defends his decision to tinker with doubles pairs
- Malaysia face top seeds China in the quarters
- Aussies cry foul over 'dawn' starts in hockey
- NBA: James and Wade on fire as Heat crush Pacers
- Tennis: Clijsters to retire again after US Open
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