Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering) (3) Garth Tander (Holden Racing Team) Drivers' championship standings (after 23 of 28 races): (1) Whincup 2667 points (2) Lowndes 2512 (3) Shane van Gisbergen (Stone Brothers Racing; Ford FG Falcon) 2105 Baseball Japan Series, Game 1 in Fukuoka: Chunichi Dragons 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 (F/10). Dragons lead series 1–0. Figure skating ISU Grand Prix: NHK Trophy in Sapporo, Japan: Ice dancing: Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani 151.85 points Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje 151.76 Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov 149.48 Standings (after 4 of 6 events): Shibutani/Shibutani 28 points (2 events), Weaver/Poje 26 (2), Nelli Zhiganshina/Alexander Gazsi 18 (2), Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir , Meryl Davis/Charlie White & Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev 15 (1). Pairs: Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov 177.51 points Narumi Takahashi/Mervin Tran 172.09 Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy 171.68 Standings (after 4 of 6 events): Kavaguti/Smirnov 30 points (2 events), Savchenko/Szolkowy & Zhang Dan/Zhang Hao 26 (2), Takahashi/Tran & Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch 22 (2), Sui Wenjing/Han Cong 20 (2). Ladies: Akiko Suzuki 185.98 points Mao Asada 184.19 Alena Leonova 170.68 Standings (after 4 of 6 events): Carolina Kostner & Suzuki 28 points (2 events), Mirai Nagasu , Ashley Wagner & Leonova 20 (2), Alissa Czisny & Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 15 (1). Football (soccer) 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) First Round, first leg: 0–0 in Djibouti Friendly international (top 10 in FIFA World Rankings): (7) 1–0 (1) CAF Champions League Final second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Espérance ST 1–0 (0–0) Wydad Casablanca Espérance ST win the title for the second time, and qualify for the Club World Cup. Mixed martial arts UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos in Anaheim, California, United States: Heavyweight Championship bout: Junior dos Santos def. Cain Velasquez (c) via KO (punches) Rugby league Four Nations in England and Wales (teams in bold advance to the Final): Round three in Hull: 28–6 Standings: England 4 points (3 matches), 4 (2), New Zealand 2 (3), 0 (2). Rugby union Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 1: Pool 1: Scarlets 31–23 Castres Munster 23–21 Northampton Saints Pool 2: London Irish 19–20 Edinburgh Pool 3: Montpellier 16–16 Leinster Pool 4: Aironi 12–28 Leicester Tigers Ulster 16–11 Clermont Pool 5: Ospreys 28–21 Biarritz Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 1: Pool 2: Newcastle Falcons 27–19 Lyon Pool 3: Rugby Rovigo 10–43 Bayonne Bordeaux-Bègles 14–47 London Wasps Pool 4: Cavalieri Prato 3–33 Newport Gwent Dragons Pool 5: La Vila 10–50 Agen Brive 26–18