Alpine Skiing

Men's World Cup slalom

FLACHAU, Austria - Results of the men's alpine skiing World Cup slalom on Wednesday:

1. Ivica Kostelic (CRO) 1min 48.94sec (55.11 + 53.83)

2. Andre Myhrer (SWE) 1:49.01 (55.46 + 53.55)

3. Cristian Deville (ITA) 1:49.03 (55.25 + 53.78)

4. Felix Neureuther (GER) 1:49.25 (55.62 + 53.63)

5. Manfred Pranger (AUT) 1:49.39 (55.26 + 54.13)

6. Patrick Thaler (ITA) 1:49.83 (55.93 + 53.90)

7. Jean-Baptiste Grange (FRA) 1:50.02 (55.86 + 54.16)

8. Jens Byggmark (SWE) 1:50.08 (56.41 + 53.67)

9. Mario Matt (AUT) 1:50.46 (55.99 + 54.47)

10. Mitja Valencic (SLO) 1:50.51 (56.18 + 54.33)

11. Reinfried Herbst (AUT) 1:50.70 (56.53 + 54.17)

12. Fritz Dopfer (GER) 1:50.73 (56.34 + 54.39)

13. Mattias Hargin (SWE) 1:51.04 (56.82 + 54.22)

14. Axel Baeck (SWE) 1:51.11 (56.81 + 54.30)

15. Julien Cousineau (CAN) 1:51.37 (57.07 + 54.30)

World Cup slalom standings (after 3 races):

1. Ivica Kostelic (CRO) 245pts, 2. Cristian Deville (ITA) 180, 3. Andre Myhrer (SWE) 170, 4. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 160, 5. Felix Neureuther (GER) 136

Overall (after 12 races):

1. Marcel Hirscher (AUT) 425pts, 2. Aksel Lund Svindal (NOR) 416, 3. Ted Ligety (USA) 385, 4. Beat Feuz (SUI) 360, 5. Ivica Kostelic (CRO) 329

6. Hannes Reichelt (AUT) 310, 7. Bode Miller (USA) 298, 8. Didier Cuche (SUI) 280, 9. Kjetil Jansrud (NOR) 272, 10. Fritz Dopfer (GER) 203

Cricket

Bangladesh vs Pakistan

Ccoreboard on the fifth and last day of the second and final Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan in Dhaka on Wednesday:

Bangladesh 1st innings 338 (Shakib Al Hasan 144, Shahriar Nafees 97; Aizaz Cheema 3-73, Umar Gul 3-102)

Pakistan 1st innings 470 (Taufeeq Umar 130, Misbah-ul-Haq 70, Azhar Ali 57, Adnan Akmal 53; Shakib Al Hasan 6-82)

Bangladesh 2nd innings (overnight 114-5):

Nasir Hossain b Rehman 79

Mushfiqur Rahim c Ajmal b Rehman 53

Extras (b10, lb7, w1) 18

Total (for all out; 82.1 overs) 234

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Tamim), 2-24 (Nafees), 3-54 (Nazimuddin), 4-76 (Mahmudullah), 5-95 (Shakib), 6-212 (Nasir), 7-221 (Rahim), 8-226 (Shahadat), 9-228 (Sunny), 10-234 (Robiul).

Bowling: Gul 13-4-34-2 (w1), Cheema 15-2-61-2, Rehman 27-12-51-4, Ajmal 23.1-6-55-2, Hafeez 3-0-8-0, Azhar 1-0-8-0.

Pakistan 2nd innings:

Mohammad Hafeez c Shahadat b Shakib 47

Azhar Ali b Sunny 34

Extras (nb1) 1

Total (for three wickets; 20.5 overs) 107

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Umar), 2-70 (Hafeez), 3-101 (Azhar).

Bowling: Nazmul 5-1-19-1, Shakib 10-1-47-1, Shahadat 4-0-26-0 (nb1), Robiul 1-0-8-0, Sunny 0.5-0-7-1.

Result: Pakistan win by seven wickets

Series result: Pakistan clinch the two-Test series 2-0

Chairman's XI v India

Scorecard after the final day of the three-day tour game between a Cricket Australia Chairman's XI and India at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Wednesday.

India 1st innings 269 (V. Kohli 132, R. Sharma 47; J. Holland 6-70)

Chairman's XI 1st innings 215 for 7 declared overnight (E. Cowan 109; R. Ashwin 4-52)

India 2nd innings

G. Gambhir not out 42

R. Sharma not out 38

Extras (lb2) 2

Total (for 2 wickets declared; 30 overs) 90

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Sehwag), 2-14 (Rahane)

Bowling: George 7-3-12-1, Lalor 7-2-16-1, Boyce 7-0-38-0, Holland 8-0-21-0, Khawaja 1-0-1-0

Chairman's XI 2nd innings

U. Khawaja not out 56

P. Hughes not out 42

Extras (lb1, nb1) 2

Total (for 0 wicket; 30 overs) 100

Bowling: Khan 5-1-13-0 (1nb), Sharma 4-0-18-0, Yadav 3-0-11-0, Ashwin 10-2-28-0, Ojha 8-1-29-0

Match drawn

Ice Hockey

Results of the National Hockey League games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

Phoenix 4 CAROLINA 3

CHICAGO 5 Montreal 1

Philadelphia 4 DALLAS 1

COLORADO 3 St. Louis 2

VANCOUVER 4 Detroit 2

SAN JOSE 7 Tampa Bay 2

Soccer

English Premier League

Results on Wednesday:

Aston Villa 1 (Albrighton 54) Arsenal 2 (Van Persie 17-pen, Benayoun 87)

Everton 1 (Osman 60) Swansea 0

Fulham 0 Manchester United 5 (Welbeck 5, Nani 28, Giggs 43, Rooney 88, Berbatov 90)

Manchester City 3 (Aguero 29, 54, Johnson 36) Stoke 0

Newcastle 2 (Ba 34, 81) West Brom 3 (Odemwingie 20, McAuley 44, Scharner 85)

QPR 2 (Helguson 63, Mackie 67) Sunderland 3 (Bendtner 19, Sessegnon 53, Brown 89)

Wigan 0 Liverpool 0

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Man City 14 2 1 53 15 44

Man Utd 13 3 1 42 14 42

Tottenham 11 1 3 31 18 34

Chelsea 10 2 4 34 19 32

Arsenal 10 2 5 33 25 32

Liverpool 8 6 3 20 13 30

Newcastle 7 6 4 23 22 27

Stoke 7 3 7 18 28 24

Norwich 5 6 6 27 31 21

West Brom 6 3 8 19 26 21

Everton 6 2 8 17 19 20

Aston Villa 4 7 6 19 23 19

Fulham 4 6 7 18 23 18

Swansea 4 6 7 16 21 18

Sunderland 4 5 8 21 21 17

QPR 4 4 9 17 31 16

Wolves 4 3 10 19 32 15

Wigan 3 5 9 15 30 14

Bolton 4 0 13 22 39 12

Blackburn 2 4 11 24 38 10

Leading scorers after Wednesday's matches:

16 goals: van Persie (Arsenal)

13 goals: Aguero (Manchester City), Ba (Newcastle), Rooney (Manchester United)

10 goals: Dzeko (Manchester City), Yakubu (Blackburn)

8 goals: Adebayor (Tottenham), Balotelli (Manchester City), Sturridge (Chelsea)

7 goals: Helguson (QPR), Holt (Norwich City), Klasnic (Bolton), Lampard (Chelsea)

6 goals: Hernandez (Manchester United), Defoe (Tottenham), S. Fletcher (Wolverhampton), Morison (Norwich City), Nani (Manchester United), van der Vaart (Tottenham)

French League

Results on Wednesday:

Sochaux 0 Ajaccio 2 (Andre 65, Peybernes 78-og)

Toulouse 0 Brest 0

Lille 4 (Chedjou 9, J. Cole 27, Hazard 77, Balmont 88) Nice 4 (Civelli 16, F. Dja Djedje 35, 45+1, Clerc 90+3)

Evian 4 (Barbosa 52, Khlifa 68, Cambon 72, B. Dja Djedje 76) Montpellier 2 (Belhanda 47, Giroud 54)

Valenciennes 1 (Cissokho 28-og) Lyon 0

Auxerre 2 (A. Le Tallec 80, Jemaa 90+1) Dijon 2 (Corgnet 7, Jovial 33)

Rennes 1 (Kembo-Ekoko 54) Bordeaux 0

Lorient 0 Caen 0

Saint-Etienne 0 Paris Saint Germain 1 (Ruffier 32-og)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

PSG 12 4 3 31 17 40

Montpellier 11 4 4 39 23 37

Lille 9 9 1 33 19 36

Lyon 11 2 6 31 21 35

Rennes 9 5 5 29 23 32

Marseille 8 7 4 27 18 31

Toulouse 8 7 4 20 17 31

Saint-Etienne 8 6 5 23 21 30

Lorient 6 6 7 18 21 24

Bordeaux 5 8 6 20 22 23

Evian/Thonon 5 7 7 27 29 22

Brest 3 12 4 19 19 21

Valenciennes 5 5 9 18 21 20

Caen 5 5 9 24 29 20

Auxerre 4 7 8 26 30 19

Dijon 5 4 10 20 35 19

Nice 4 6 9 21 23 18

Nancy 4 6 9 17 26 18

Sochaux 4 6 9 21 34 18

Ajaccio 3 6 10 20 36 15

Leading scorers after Wednesday's matches:

13 goals: Giroud (Montpellier)

9 goals: Gameiro (Paris SG)

7 goals: Corgnet (Dijon), Gomis (Lyon), Hazard (Lille), Kembo (Rennes), Nene (Paris SG), Oliech (Auxerre), Remy (Marseille), Al. Traore (Auxerre)

6 goals: Aubameyang (Saint-Etienne), A. Ayew (Marseille), Barbosa (Evian), Gouffran (Bordeaux), Grougi (Brest), Jovial (Dijon), Lisandro (Lyon), Pastore (Paris SG), Sagbo (Evian), M. Sow (Lille)

5 goals: Bastos (Lyon), Belhanda (Montpellier), Boudebouz (Sochaux), S. Camara (Montpellier), Feret (Rennes), Nivet (Caen)

German Cup

Round of 16 results on Wednesday:

Hertha Berlin 3 Kaiserslautern 1

Holstein Kiel 2 Mainz 0

Stuttgart 2 Hamburg 1

Borussia Moenchengladbach 3 Schalke 04 1

Italian Serie A

Results on Wednesday:

Udinese 0 Juventus 0

Atalanta 4 (Denis 17-pen, Marilungo 18, 44, Peluso 72) Cesena 1 (Candreva 12)

Parma 3 (Modesto 5, Biabiany 23, Floccari 44) Catania 3 (Almiron 22, Lodi 74-pen, Catellani 85)

Novara 2 (Mazzarani 77, Rigoni 85) Palermo 2 (Ludi 20-og, Bertolo 73)

Napoli 6 (Cavani 12, 24, Hamsik 17, Pandev 45+1, Gargano 49, Zuniga 80) Genoa 1 (Jorquera 27)

Lazio 0 Chievo 0

Inter Milan 4 (Pazzini 34, D. Milito 49, Cambiasso 72, lvarez 81) Lecce 1 (Muriel 20)

Bologna 0 Roma 2 (Taddei 17, Osvaldo 40)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

AC Milan 10 4 2 35 16 34

Juventus 9 7 0 27 11 34

Udinese 9 5 2 20 9 32

Lazio 8 6 2 24 13 30

Inter Milan 8 2 6 22 19 26

Napoli 6 6 4 29 18 24

Roma 7 3 6 21 19 24

Catania 5 7 4 20 23 22

Palermo 6 3 7 18 20 21

Genoa 6 3 7 19 24 21

Atalanta 6 8 2 23 19 20

Chievo 5 5 6 13 18 20

Parma 5 4 7 21 26 19

Fiorentina 4 6 6 15 15 18

Cagliari 4 6 6 12 17 18

Siena 3 6 7 14 16 15

Bologna 4 3 9 14 24 15

Novara 2 6 8 17 29 12

Cesena 3 3 10 8 20 12

Lecce 2 3 11 17 33 9

Leading scorers after Wednesday's matches:

12 goals: Denis (Atalanta)

11 goals: Ibrahimovic (AC Milan)

10 goals: Di Natale (Udinese)

9 goals: Cavani (Napoli)

8 goals: Klose (Lazio)

7 goals: Giovinco (Parma), Jovetic (Fiorentina), Osvaldo (AS Roma)

6 goals: Marchisio (Juventus), Matri (Juventus), Nocerino (AC Milan), Palacio (Genoa), Rigoni (Novara)

Spanish King's Cup

Results of last 32, second leg matches on Wednesday (La Liga unless stated, numerals denote division):

Atletico Madrid 0 Albacete (III) 1

Albacete win 3-1 on aggregate.

Real Betis 2 Cordoba (II) 1

Cordoba win on away goals after 2-2 on aggregate.

Real Zaragoza 0 Alcorcon (II) 2

Alcorcon win 3-1 on aggregate.

Villarreal 0 CD Mirandes (III) 2

CD Mirandes win 3-1 on aggregate.

Osasuna 1 Almeria (II) 1

Osasuna win 4-2 on aggregate.

Rayo Vallecano 4 Racing Santander 3

Racing Santander win on away goals after 6-6 on aggregate.

Levante 4 Deportivo Coruna (II) 1

Levante win 5-4 on aggregate.

Malaga 2 Getafe 2

Malaga win 3-2 on aggregate.

Granada CF 2 Real Sociedad 1

Real Sociedad win 5-3 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao 1 Real Oviedo (III) 0

Athletic Bilbao win 2-0 on aggregate.

China Daily

(China Daily 12/23/2011 page23)