■ Hockey
Blackhawks tame the Wild
Pavol Demitra scored the only shootout goal and the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Sunday night. A possible shootout goal by Denis Arkhipov, Chicago's third shooter, was disallowed after a video review. Minnesota goalie Manny Fernandez stopped the shot, but it nearly trickled over the goal line. Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Marian Gaborik and Wes Walz scored in regulation for Minnesota, which won its third straight overall and on the road. The Wild hadn't posted three consecutive road wins since February. Tuomo Ruutu, Martin Havlat, Cam Barker scored in regulation for Chicago, which lost its sixth straight.
■ Running
Half marathon record set
Former Stanford University runner Ryan Hall set a North American record in the Aramco Half Marathon and USA Half Marathon championship on Sunday. The 24-year-old US runner won in 59 minutes, 43 seconds to best the 1:00:55 Mark Curp ran in Philadelphia in 1985. Feyisa Tusse won the men's title in the Chevron Houston Marathon and Dire Tune won the women's race. Tusse, a 23-year-old US runner, finished in 2:11:39. Tune set a course record in 2:26:52. Elva Dryer, 35, won the women's half-marathon in 1:11:42.
■ Field Hockey
Argies, Dutch, Aussies win
Argentina easily beat Spain 4-1 on Sunday night to join the Netherlands and Australia atop the standings at field hockey's women's Champions Trophy in Buenos Aires. Australia beat Germany 2-1 to hand the defending champion its second loss in as many games and the Netherlands dominated Japan 3-0 to give the leaders six points each. After yesterday's rest day, play resumes today as Spain meets Australia, Germany plays Japan and Argentina faces the Netherlands in the late match. The tournament runs through Jan. 21.
■ Soccer
Guadeloupe shocks Cuba
Guadeloupe shocked Cuba 2-1, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines beat Guyana 2-0 in the Caribbean Cup finals on Sunday in Marabella, Trinidad. Cuba dominated first-half possession before a cross was volleyed home by the Guadeloupe's Steve Bizacene. Cuba continued to press and equalized in the 69th minute through Osvaldo Alonso, but Guadeloupe won it in the 87th minute with a free kick. In the later game, Grenadines striker Shandel Samuel scored on a rebound and substitute Sean Glynn sealed the victory when he scored two minutes later.
■ Golf
Watson, Nicklaus win Skins
Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson earned seven skins and US$260,000 on the back nine on Sunday to win the Champions Skins Game in Wailea, Hawaii, over Gary Player and Jay Haas. Nicklaus and Watson finished with nine skins worth US$320,000, boosting the Golden Bear to a career record 96 skins. Last year's runners-up sealed the win when Player and Haas bogeyed the first playoff hole and were eliminated. Player and Haas finished with six skins worth US$290,000 in the four-team, alternate-shot event. Arnold Palmer drained a 3m birdie on the second playoff hole on No. 16 to earn a skin worth US$100,000 to avoid being shut out for the third straight year. He was teamed with Loren Roberts, who was making his first appearance in the tournament.
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