Basketball

No NBA games scheduled for Thursday.

Golf

Australian Open

Leading scores after the second round of the Emirates Australian Open at Royal Sydney Golf Club (par 72) on Friday.

132 - Adam Scott (AUS) 62 70

134 - Rory McIlroy (NIR) 69 65

135 - Richard Green (AUS) 69 66

136 - Matthew Jones (AUS) 68 68

138 - Alistair Presnell (AUS)67 71, Josh Younger(AUS) 69 69, Leigh McKechnie (AUS) 73 65, Brady Watt (AUS) 68 70

139 - Aron Price (AUS) 70 69, Max McCardle 68 71

140 - Scott Arnold (AUS) 70 70, Jamie Arnold (AUS) 72 68, Ryan Yip (CAN) 65 75

141 - Bryden Macpherson (AUS) 71 70, John Senden (AUS) 73 68, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 75 66, Rhein Gibson (AUS) 71 70, Nathan Holman 69 72, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 67 74, Adam Bland (AUS) 69 72, Jason Scrivener (AUS) 67 74, Cameron Percy (AUS) 71 70, David McKenzie (AUS) 66 75, James Nitties (AUS) 70 71

Alfred Dunhill Championship

MALELANE, South Africa - Leading scores after the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Thursday at the par-72, 6,665-metre Leopard Creek Country Club (GBR & IRL unless stated):

65 - Morten Orum Madsen (DEN)

66 - Allan Versfeld (RSA), Ricardo Santos (POR)

68 - Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Victor Riu (FRA), Richard Finch, David Drysdale

69 - Danny Willett, James Kingston (RSA), Gareth Maybin, Christopher Doak, Michael Hollick (RSA), Hennie Otto (RSA), Ruan de Smidt (RSA)

70 - Pablo Martin Benavides (ESP), Andrew Curlewis (RSA), Jaco Van Zyl (RSA), Charl Coetzee (RSA), Kevin Phelan, Daniel Brooks, John Parry, Tjaart van der Walt (RSA), Jorge Campillo (ESP), JG Claassen (RSA), Christiaan Basson (RSA), Tyrone van Aswegen (RSA), Ryan Cairns (ZIM), Magnus A Carlsson (SWE), Romain Wattel (FRA), Jens Dantorp (SWE), Sihwan Kim (KOR), Ockie Strydom (RSA)

Ice Hockey

Results of NHL games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

Vancouver 5 OTTAWA 2

Edmonton 3 NASHVILLE 0

NFL

Results of National Football League games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

DETROIT 40 Green Bay 10

DALLAS 31 Oakland 24

BALTIMORE 22 Pittsburgh 20

Soccer

Europa League

Results on Thursday:

Group A

At Krasnodar, Russia

Kuban Krasnodar (RUS) 4 (Melgarejo 3, 71, Ignatyev 54, Kabor 90) St Gallen (SUI) 0

At Swansea, United Kingdom

Swansea City (ENG) 0 Valencia (ESP) 1 (Parejo 20)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-Valencia 4 0 1 11 6 12

qwansea City 2 2 1 6 3 8

Kuban Krasnodar 1 2 2 6 6 5

St-Gallen 1 0 4 5 13 3

Group B

At Odessa, Ukraine

Chornomorets Odessa (UKR) 2 (Antonov 78, Didenko 90+1) Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 1 (Beciraj 20)

At Sofia

Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 2 (Bezjak 38, 79) PSV Eindhoven (NED) 0

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-Ludogorets Razgrad 4 1 0 9 1 13

PSV Eindhoven 2 1 2 4 4 7

Chornomorets Odessa 2 1 2 5 6 7

Dinamo Zagreb 0 1 4 2 9 1

Group C

At Boras, Sweden

Elfsborg (SWE) 0 Salzburg (AUT) 1 (Mellinger 39)

At Esbjerg, Denmark

Esbjerg (DEN) 2 (Van Buren 18, 79) Standard Liege (BEL) 1 (De Camargo 53)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-Salzburg 5 0 0 12 3 15

q-Esbjerg fB 4 0 1 8 5 12

IF Elfsborg 0 1 4 2 9 1

Standard Liege 0 1 4 5 10 1

Group D

At Kazan, Russia

Rubin Kazan (RUS) 1 (Natcho 43) Maribor (SLO) 1 (Mezga 86)

At Wigan, United Kingdom

Wigan Athletic (ENG) 1 (Barnett 7) Zulte Waregem (BEL) 2 (Hazard 37, Malanda 88)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-Rubin Kazan 3 2 0 12 4 11

Zulte-Waregem 2 1 2 4 8 7

Wigan Athletic 1 2 2 5 5 5

Maribor 1 1 3 7 11 4

Group E

At Guimaraes, Portugal

Pacos Ferreira (POR) 0 Fiorentina (ITA) 0

At Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

Dnipro (UKR) 4 (Kalinic 12, Zozulya 56, Shakhov 86, Kravchenko 89) Pandurii (ROM) 1 (Eric Pereira pen-70)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-Fiorentina 4 1 0 10 2 13

q-Dnipro 4 0 1 10 3 12

Paos de Ferreira 0 2 3 1 8 2

Pandurii 0 1 4 3 11 1

Group F

At Bordeaux, France

Bordeaux (FRA) 0 Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 1 (Lanig 83)

At Nicosia

APOEL (CYP) 0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 0

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-Eintr. Frankfurt 4 0 1 11 4 12

Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 2 1 6 5 8

APOEL Nicosia 1 2 2 3 6 5

Bordeaux 1 0 4 4 9 3

Group G

At Genk, Belgium

Genk (BEL) 3 (Vossen pen-17, Kumordzi 37, De Ceulaer 40) Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 1 (Yarmolenko 9)

At Vienna

Rapid Vienna (AUT) 2 (Boyd 17, Boskovic 64) FC Thun (SUI) 1 (Sadik 62)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-RC Genk 3 2 0 9 5 11

Dynamo Kiev 2 1 2 8 6 7

Rapid Vienna 1 3 1 7 7 6

Thun 1 0 4 3 9 3

Group H

At Liberec, Czech Republic

Slovan Liberec (CZE) 1 (Rybalka 81) Freiburg (GER) 2 (Ginter 23, Coquelin 73)

At Seville, Spain

Sevilla (ESP) 1 (Gameiro 7) Estoril (POR) 1 (Ruben Fernandes 90)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-Sevilla 2 3 0 7 4 9

SC Freiburg 1 3 1 5 6 6

Slovan Liberec 1 3 1 7 7 6

Estoril 0 3 2 4 6 3

Group I

At Lyon, France

Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 1 (Gomis 66) Real Betis (ESP) 0

At Rijeka, Croatia

Rijeka (CRO) 0 Vitoria Guimaraes (POR) 0

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-Lyon 2 3 0 4 2 9

q-Real Betis 2 2 1 3 2 8

Vitoria Guimaraes 1 2 2 5 3 5

Rijeka 0 3 2 2 7 3

Group J

At Trabzon, Turkey

Trabzonspor (TUR) 4 (Olcan Adin 23, 61, 83, Soner Aydogdu 25) Apollon Limassol (CYP) 2 (Abraham 68, Sangoy pen-80)

At Warsaw

Legia Warsaw (POL) 0 Lazio (ITA) 2 (Perea 24, Felipe Anderson 57)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-Trabzonspor 4 1 0 13 6 13

q-Lazio 3 2 0 8 4 11

Apollon Limassol 1 1 3 5 8 4

Legia Warsaw 0 0 5 0 8 0

Group K

At Ramenskoye, Russia

Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) 1 (Epureanu 58) Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) 1 (Isa 53)

At Tromso, Norway

Tromso (NOR) 0 Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 2 (Causevic og-63, Dembele 76)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-Tottenham Hotspur 5 0 0 11 1 15

q-Anzhi Makhachkala 2 2 1 3 3 8

FC Sheriff 0 3 2 3 6 3

Tromso 0 1 4 1 8 1

Group L

At Alkmaar, Netherlands

AZ Alkmaar (NED) 2 (Gudelj 37, Gudmundsson 90+5) Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 0

At Astana

Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) 0 PAOK (GRE) 2 (Dzidic og-54, Kitsiou 90+2)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

q-AZ Alkmaar 3 2 0 6 2 11

q-PAOK 3 2 0 8 4 11

Maccabi Haifa 0 2 3 4 8 2

Shakhter Karagandy 0 2 3 4 8 2

Note: q = qualified

China Daily

(China Daily 11/30/2013 page15)