Basketball

Results of Saturday's National Basketball Association games (home team in bold):

Miami 101 Orlando 98 Chicago 94 Charlotte 90 NY Knicks 90 Indiana 79 Sacramento 101 Philadelphia 99 Phoenix 124 Dallas 123 Memphis 84 San Antonio 82

Tennis

Channel Open

Results on Saturday at the US$380,000 tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona (seedings in parentheses).

Men's singles, semifinals

Wayne Arthurs, Aus, bt Christophe Rochus, Bel, 7-5, 7-6 (2). Mario Ancic (3), Cro, def. Vince Spadea (2), U.S., 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles, Semifinals= Arthurs and Paul Hanley (2), Aus, def. Graydon Oliver and Travis Parrott, U.S., 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

Bob and Mike Bryan (1), U.S., def. Mario Ancic, Croatia, and Jeff Coetzee, RSA, 6-4, 6-3.

Mexican Open

Results on Saturday from the Mexican Open, a US$643,000 ATP and US$180,000 WTA Tour event at Estadio Mextenis, Acapulco. Men's singles, final

Rafael Nadal, Spa (8) bt Albert Montanes, Spa 6-1, 6-0

Women's singles, semifinals Flavia Pennetta (1), Ita, bt Antonella Serra Zanetti, Ita, 6-2, 6-1. Ludmila Cervanova, Slo, bt Dally Randriantefy (5), Mad, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Golf ANZ Ladies Classic

Scores on Sunday after the final round of the US$630,000 tournament on the Gold Coast, Australia. (a-denotes amateur):

Karrie Webb, Aus 70-68-67-67-272 Ai Miyazato, Jap 63-68-70-72-273 Maria Hjorth, Swe 71-65-71-69-276 Veronica Zorzi, Ita 73-64-69-70-276 Nikki Campbell, Aus 67-68-73-69-277 Linda Wessberg, Swe 67-70-71-70-278 Lu Hsiao-chuan, Taipei 71-72-69-67-279 Shani Waugh, Aus 69-69-72-69-279 Iben Tinning, Den 69-71-70-69-279 Cecilia Ekelundh, Swe 68-69-67-75-279 Tamie Durdin, Aus 71-67-73-69-280 Minea Blomqvist, Fin 70-71-69-70-280 Lora Fairclough, Eng 68-71-73-69-281 Becky Brewerton, Wal 72-71-69-69-281 a-Tiffany Joh, U.S. 73-63-73-72-281 Rachel Hetherington, Aus 69-68-70-74-281 Kirsty S. Taylor, Eng 67-71-69-74-281 Karine Icher, Fra 69-71-74-68-282 Marta Prieto, Spa 70-69-74-69-282 Karen Stupples, Eng 71-73-68-70-282 Kathryn Marshall, Sco 72-67-72-71-282 Rebecca Stevenson, Aus 70-69-72-71-282 Elisabeth Esterl, Ger 68-69-73-72-282 Nadina Taylor, Aus 68-72-69-73-282 Fiona Pike, Aus 70-74-71-68-283 a-Tseng Ya-ni, Taipei 70-69-73-71-283 Tina Fischer, Ger 72-69-72-71-284 Amanda Moltke-Leth, Den 70-74-74-67-285

World Match Play Championship

Scores on Saturday from Carlsbad, California.

Chris DiMarco (16) bt Stewart Cink (8), 2 and 1. Retief Goosen (4) bt Robert Allenby (44), 4 and 3. Ian Poulter (42) bt Nick O'Hern (31), 3 and 1. David Toms (14) bt Adam Scott (11), 2 and 1.[ Semifinals= Chris DiMarco (16) bt Retief Goosen (4), 2 and 1. David Toms (14) bt Ian Poulter (42), 3 and 2.

SOCCER

Standings in English soccer after Saturday's games

Premier League

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Chelsea 27 21 5 1 50 8 68 Man Utd 28 18 8 2 47 17 62 Arsenal 28 17 7 4 64 32 58 Everton 28 15 6 7 34 29 51 Liverpool 27 13 4 10 41 29 43 Middlesbrough 27 11 8 8 41 35 41 Bolton 27 11 7 9 35 32 40 Tottenham 27 11 6 10 35 30 39 Charlton 26 11 5 10 30 36 38 Aston Villa 28 9 8 11 32 37 35 Man City 27 8 9 10 31 29 33 Birmingham 28 8 8 12 31 35 32 Newcastle 26 7 10 9 37 43 31 Portsmouth 28 8 6 14 31 42 30 Fulham 27 8 5 14 33 46 29 Blackburn 27 6 10 11 24 36 28 Crystal Palace 28 6 7 15 32 45 25 Southampton 28 3 12 13 29 44 21 Norwich 27 3 11 13 26 52 20 West Brom 27 2 12 13 23 49 18

Championship= Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Wigan 35 19 9 7 62 27 66 Sunderland 35 20 6 9 55 33 66 Ipswich 35 19 9 7 62 43 66 Derby 35 16 8 11 52 44 56 Preston 35 16 8 11 48 46 56 West Ham 34 16 6 12 48 41 54 Reading 35 14 11 10 40 33 53 Sheff Utd 33 14 9 10 40 42 51 Millwall 35 14 8 13 36 31 50 Leeds 36 13 11 12 42 40 50 Stoke 34 13 9 12 23 24 48 QPR 34 14 6 14 43 45 48 Burnley 33 11 12 10 27 27 45 Watford 34 10 14 10 42 39 44 Brighton 35 12 8 15 30 43 44 Crewe 34 11 10 13 54 59 43 Wolverhampton 34 9 15 10 46 45 42 Leicester 33 9 14 10 35 33 41 Plymouth 35 11 8 16 40 48 41 Cardiff 34 9 10 15 36 39 37 Coventry 35 9 9 17 42 57 36 Gillingham 35 9 7 19 32 55 34 Nottm Forest 33 6 12 15 32 47 30 Rotherham 35 3 13 19 26 52 22