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Golf: American Kevin Kisner Takes Lead at HSBC Championships
In Golf,
American Kevin Kisner has taken the lead at the HSBC Championships in Shanghai.
Kisner, who started the day tied for 2nd, fired a 6-under-66 today to move into the lead at minus-14 heading into the tournament.
Scotland's Russel Knox has moved into sole possession of 2nd at minus-12 after a bogey-free 7-under-65 today.
First round leader, South African Branden Grace, has slid down to 3rd after a 1-under-71.
Chinese golfer Li Haotong now sits tied for 4th, moving up 4-spots on the leaderboard after a 3-under-69 today moved him to minus-9 heading into the tournament.
World number-1 Jordan Spieth struggled today, finishing at even-par to sit well back on the leaderboard at minus-4.
The other top golfers in the field in Shanghai also struggled a bit today, with Rory McIlroy also finishing at even-par.
Australia's Adam Scott had another troublesome round today, finishing with a 4-over-76 today to put him at plus-7 heading into the weekend.
At the LPGA stop in Japan,
Americans Angela Stanford and Ryann O'Toole share the lead after the first round of the Japan Classic.
Both carding 7-under-65's on the day.
Taiwan's Tseng Yani well in the hunt.
She's 2-back of the leaders at minus-5.
Mainland golfers Feng Shanshan and Lin Xiyu are not taking part in this weekend's event in Japan.
Basketball: Beijing Ducks Looking for First Win in Jilin
In basketball,
The remaining games in Round-2 of the CBA season are taking place tonight.
Its the defending Champion Beijing Ducks are looking to rebound from their opening-night loss to Xinjiang as they take on Jilin.
The Northeast Tigers come into tonight off a first-round win over Beijing Beikong.
In other action,
Its Shandong on the road in Shanxi.
Xinjiang has its home-opener against Jiangsu.
Fujian is at home to the Guangsha Lions.
And its the battle of Guangdong tonight, with the Southern Tigers entertaining Foshan.
From the NBA this morning,
It was the Chicago Bulls moving to 4-2 on the season with a 104-98 win over Oklahoma City.
Miami downed Minnesota 96-84.
Charlotte dumped Dallas 108-94.
Jeremy Lin with 7-points coming of the bench for the Hornets in the victory
It was Utah over Denver 96-84.
And it was Portland over Memphis 115-96.
Tennis: Isner to Battle Ferrer after Knocking out Federer in Paris
In tennis,
Quarter-final getting underway tonight at the Paris Masters.
It's 13th seeded American John Isner up against Spainyard David Ferrer.
Isner is into the quarter-finals in Paris after downing Roger Federer in a hard-fought, 3rd set tiebreaker.
In other action tonight,
It's Stan Wawrinka up against Raphael Nadal.
Novak Djokovic is up against Tomas Berdych
And its Andy Murray taking on Richard Gasquet.
Action at the WTA Elite Trophy tournament continues today in Zhuhai
China's Zheng Saisai will be in-action tonight as she takes on American Madison Keys in her final Group-A clash.
Neither of those two will make it into the semi-finals, as Venus Willams has already secured her ticket there by downing Zheng last night.
In earlier action,
Elina Svitolina is through to the semi-finals as well, after downing Carla Suarez-Navarro this afternoon.
Svitolina dropped the first set in a tiebreaker, but dominated the 2nd and 3rd, winning 6-7, 6-1, 6-3.
In Group D action, its Roberta Vinci taking on Anna Schemeldova.
This tournament, played in a round-robin format in 4-different groups, has gathered the top 11-players which didn't make the cut to play in the WTA Finals last week in Singapore.
Zheng Saisai was brought in as a wild-card.
If Venus Williams, Suarez-Navarro, Karolina Pliskova or Roberta Vinci win this tournament in Zhuhai, they'll replace Rising Swiss star Timea Bacaskinski as the world number-10 heading into next season.
Coach Li Yongbo Honored by Guinness World Records
In badminton,
China's Sun Yu has reached the next round of the Korea Masters, beating Kaori Imabeppu of Japan in straight sets.
Fellow Chinese shuttler Shen Yaying has also progressed with an easy win today over Chen Hsiao Huan from South Korea.
In off-court badminton news,
The head coach of Chian's National Badminton team is going to be named in the next edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
Li Yongbo is going to be listed as the Coach who has won the most Sudirman Cups.
The 53-year old has led China to 10 Sudirman Cup victories from 1997 to 2015, missing out in 2003 when China lost to South Korea in the Finals.
The Sudirman Cup is a world mixed-team Badminton championship held every 2-years.
China won this year's event in Dongguan.
The next Sudirman Cup will be held in 2017 in Australia.
Tottenham Edge Anderlecht for Europa League Victory
In football,
Europa League action from this morning,
It was Tottenham a 2-1 win over Anderlecht, moving Tottenham to the top of Group J with 7-points.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino.
"I think we showed character. It's difficult to play in every game where we create chances and build from the back like our philosophy. Today I congratulate the players because I think we showed character and we competed. Sometimes it's not possible to play well, you need to show character and compete and suffer. Today will need to learn a lot."
In other action,
Borussia Dortmund have booked their tickets into the Europa League knockout stages after thumping Gabala 4-nil.
This is Dortmund's third win in four games.
It was Monaco drawing 1-1 with Qarabag.
Liverpool edged Kazan 1-nil.
Ajax and Fenerbahce ended in a scoreless draw.
And it was Fiorentina over Lech Poznan 2-nil.
Mali is into the final of the Under-17 World Cup for the first time after getting past Belgium 3-1.
It's going to be an all-Africa final in Chile, as Mali will be taking on Nigeria.
The Nigerians are into the final after beating Mexico 4-2 in their semi-final match.
The Under-17 World Cup Final will take place on Sunday.
Here in China,
Hosts China is set to take on Iran tonight in round-robin action in Under-16 Women's Asian Championship in Hubei's capital, Wuhan.
China was held to a 3-3 draw by South Korea in their opening match, while Iran went down to Thailand 4-nil.
A total of 8 teams are taking part in the tournament.
The top two will qualify for next year's Under-17 Women's Football World Cup in Jordan.
NFL: Bengals Remain Undefeated after Downing Browns
In the NFL,
The Cincinatti Bengals have moved to 8-0 on the season after making easy work of the Cleveland Browns 31-10 this morning.
Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton hooking up with Tyler Eifert 3-times for touchdowns in leading his club to the win.
Cincinatti's 8-0 start is the best in the club's history, and only the 22nd time in the Super Bowl era that a team has accomplished the feat.
The loss moves the Cleveland Browns to 2-7.
NHL: Patrick Kane Not to Face Prosecution on Rape Allegations
In the ice from earlier today,
It was the Washington Capitals handing Boston its first road loss of the season, downing the Bruins 4-1 in DC.
Alexander Ovechkin with his 7th goal of the season in the win, putting him just one-goal short of tying Sergei Fedorov for the most goals ever by a Russian-born player in the NHL at 483.
Elsewhere,
It was Tampa Bay over Buffalo 4-1.
Montreal scored 3 goals in the 3rd to dump the New York Islanders 4-1.
Ottawa edged Winnipeg in a shoot-out, 4-3.
It was Nashville hanging on to beat Minnesota 3-2.
Calgary edged Philadelphia 2-1 in overtime.
Arizona doubled up on Colorado 4-2.
The Columbus Blue Jackets upset the LA Kings 3-2 out on the West Coast.
And up the road, it was San Jose beating up on Florida 5-2.
