Brazil 10 points, France 8, Romania, Japan 5, Tunisia 2, Cuba 0. Group D in São Bernardo do Campo: 31–24 19–20 23–18 Final standings: Denmark 10 points, Croatia 8, Sweden 6, Côte d'Ivoire 4, Uruguay 2, Argentina 0. Luge World Cup 2 in Whistler, Canada: Men (all GER): Felix Loch 1:36.480 (48.263, 48.217) Johannes Ludwig 1:36.758 (48.406, 48.352) David Möller 1:36.778 (48.361, 48.417) Standings (after 2 of 9 races): (1) Loch 200 points (2) Möller 155 (3) Ludwig 145 Doubles: Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger 1:22.644 (41.255, 41.389) Peter Penz/Georg Fischler 1:22.888 (41.331, 41.557) Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber 1:22.943 (41.380, 41.563) Standings (after 2 of 9 races): (1) Penz/Fischler 185 points (2) Linger/Linger 170 (3) Vladislav YuzhakovVladimir Makhnutin 127 Nine-ball pool Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas, United States: Team Europe 6–4 Team USA Nick van den Berg /Niels Feijen 5–6 Shane Van Boening /Johnny Archer Ralf Souquet 1–6 Mike Dechaine Darren Appleton /Chris Melling 5–6 Shawn Putnam /Rodney Morris van den Berg 6–1 Archer Souquet/Melling 6–2 Van Boening/Morris Rugby union Heineken Cup pool stage Matchday 3: Pool 2: Cardiff Blues 25–8 Edinburgh Standings: Cardiff Blues 12 points (3 matches), Edinburgh 9 (3), Racing Métro 3 (2), London Irish 2 (2). Pool 4: Ulster 31–10 Aironi Standings: Ulster 9 points (3 matches), Leicester Tigers 8 (2), Clermont 6 (2), Aironi 0 (3). Pool 6: Harlequins 10–21 Toulouse Standings: Toulouse 12 points (3 matches), Harlequins 8 (3), Gloucester 1 (2), Connacht 0 (2). Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage Matchday 3: Pool 4: Perpignan 54–20 Cavalieri Prato Standings: Perpignan 9 points (3 matches), Newport Gwent Dragons 9 (2), Exeter Chiefs 6 (2), Cavalieri Prato 0 (3). Skeleton World Cup in La Plagne, France: Men: Martins Dukurs 2:01.25 (1:00.51, 1:00.74) Tomass Dukurs 2:02.23 (1:01.01, 1:01.22) Aleksandr Tretyakov 2:02.42 (1:01.09, 1:01.33) Standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) Martins Dukurs 450 points (2) Tomass Dukurs & Tretyakov 410 Ski jumping Men's World Cup in Harrachov, Czech Republic: HS 142: Gregor Schlierenzauer 246.8 points Daiki Ito 245.8 Anders Bardal 245.0 Standings (after 4 of 27 events): (1) Andreas Kofler 313 points (2) Schlierenzauer 270 (3) Richard Freitag 194 Snooker UK Championship in York, England, Semi-finals: Judd Trump 9–7 Neil Robertson Swimming European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland: 50m backstroke men: Aschwin Wildeboer 23.43 Flori Lang 23.57 Pavel Sankovich 23.64 100m breaststroke men: Alexander Dale Oen 57.05 Damir Dugonjič 57.29 Fabio Scozzoli 57.30 100m butterfly men: Konrad Czerniak 49.62