Score board
BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Baseball results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
Pittsburgh 6 ST. LOUIS 1
San Diego 4 CHICAGO CUBS 3 (14 innings)
NY YANKEES 10 Cleveland 3
DETROIT 7 Kansas City 6
Atlanta 6 WASHINGTON 4
NY Mets 8 PHILADELPHIA 1
TORONTO 2 Boston 1
TAMPA BAY 6 Baltimore 4
CINCINNATI 11 Milwaukee 5
Texas 8 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
COLORADO 5 San Francisco 3
HOUSTON 6 Florida 1
LA Dodgers 6 ARIZONA 4
OAKLAND 4 LA Angels 1
Minnesota 11 SEATTLE 2
CRICKET
World Cup
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Results and standings in the Super Eights of the 2007 World Cup on Tuesday:
At Bridgetown, Barbados: South Africa bt England by 9 wkts
Super Eights standings (won, lost, tied, no-result, run-rate, points):
Australia 6 0 0 0 +2.03 12.0 - qualified for semi-finals
New Zealand 5 1 0 0 +1.07 10.0 - qualified for semi-finals
Sri Lanka 4 2 0 0 +0.99 8.0 - qualified for semi-finals
South Africa 4 3 0 0 +0.31 8.0 - qualified for semi-finals
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England 2 4 0 0 -0.44 4.0
West Indies 1 4 0 0 -1.21 2.0
Ireland 1 5 0 0 -1.28 2.0
Bangladesh 1 5 0 0 -1.44 2.0
Note:
- Teams who defeated fellow qualifiers in the first round carry forward the two points from that match as well as the run-rate.
- Teams who played each other in first round do not meet in the Super Eights
- Top four qualify for the semi-finals
Still to play
April 18: Grenada Ireland v Sri Lanka
April 19: Barbados West Indies v Bangladesh
April 20: Grenada Australia v New Zealand
April 21: Barbados West Indies v England
April 22: Rest day
April 23: Rest day
April 24: Jamaica Semi-final
April 25: St Lucia Semi-final
April 26: Rest day
April 27: Rest day
April 28: Barbados Final
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
Cleveland 98 PHILADELPHIA 92
Orlando 95 WASHINGTON 89
ATLANTA 118 Indiana 102
DETROIT 100 Toronto 84
LA Clippers 103 PHOENIX 99
GOLDEN STATE 111 Dallas 79
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Toronto 47 34 .580 -
New Jersey 40 41 .494 7
Philadelphia 34 47 .420 13
NY Knicks 32 49 .395 15
Boston 24 57 .296 23
Central Division
Detroit 52 29 .642 -
Chicago 49 32 .605 3
Cleveland 49 32 .605 3
Indiana 35 46 .432 17
Milwaukee 28 53 .346 24
Southeast Division
Miami 44 37 .543 -
Washington 40 41 .494 4
Orlando 39 42 .481 5
Charlotte 33 48 .407 11
Atlanta 30 52 .366 14 1/2
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 50 31 .617 -
Denver 44 37 .543 6
Portland 32 49 .395 18
Minnesota 32 49 .395 18
Seattle 31 50 .383 19
Pacific Division
Phoenix 61 21 .744 -
LA Lakers 41 40 .506 19 1/2
Golden State 41 40 .506 19 1/2
LA Clippers 40 41 .494 20 1/2
Sacramento 33 48 .407 27 1/2
Southwest Division
Dallas 66 15 .815 -
San Antonio 58 23 .716 8
Houston 52 29 .642 14
N.O./Oklahoma City 38 43 .469 28
Memphis 21 60 .259 45
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL playoff quarter-final results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 T
NY RANGERS 3 2 2 7
Atlanta 0 0 0 0
(NY Rangers lead the best-of-seven series by 3-0)
1 2 3 T
Ottawa 1 0 1 2
PITTSBURGH 0 1 0 1
(Ottawa lead the best-of-seven series by 3-1)
1 2 3 T
Vancouver 0 0 2 2
DALLAS 0 0 1 1
(Vancouver lead the best-of-seven series by 3-1)
1 2 3 T
CALGARY 0 1 2 3
Detroit 0 1 1 2
(Detroit lead the best-of-seven series by 2-1)
1 2 3 T
MINNESOTA 0 1 3 4
Anaheim 0 1 0 1
(Anaheim lead the best-of-seven series by 3-1)
SOCCER
English Premiership
LONDON: English Premiership results on Tuesday:
Arsenal 3 (Rosicky 12, Fabregas 73, Julio Baptista 80) Manchester City 1 (Beasley 41)
Manchester United 2 (Carrick 4, Rooney 50) Sheffield United 0
Playing Wednesday
Blackburn v Watford
West Ham v Chelsea
Liverpool v Middlesbrough
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man United 26 3 4 77 23 81
Chelsea 23 6 3 56 19 75
Arsenal 18 8 8 57 31 62
Liverpool 18 7 8 50 22 61
Everton 14 12 8 46 30 54
Bolton 16 6 12 41 42 54
Portsmouth 13 10 11 43 38 49
Tottenham 14 7 12 47 48 49
Reading 14 6 14 45 41 48
Aston Villa 9 15 10 36 39 42
Newcastle 11 8 15 37 43 41
Man City 11 8 15 27 38 41
Blackburn 12 4 16 38 47 40
Middlesbrough 10 9 14 37 42 39
Wigan 9 8 17 35 52 35
Fulham 7 14 13 34 53 35
Sheff United 9 7 18 29 49 34
Charlton 8 8 18 30 51 32
West Ham 8 5 20 26 54 29
Watford 4 11 18 24 53 23
English Championship
LONDON: English Football League Championship results on Tuesday:
Burnley 3 Norwich 0
Leicester 1 Birmingham 2
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Sunderland 25 7 11 67 42 82
Birmingham 24 8 11 62 39 80
Derby 23 9 11 59 44 78
Preston 21 8 14 63 50 71
West Brom 20 10 13 71 52 70
Wolverhampton 20 10 13 51 52 70
Stoke 18 14 11 57 38 68
Southampton 18 12 13 71 52 66
Colchester 19 9 15 66 50 66
Sheff Wed 18 11 14 65 61 65
Cardiff 17 13 13 56 48 64
Crystal Palace 16 11 16 55 49 59
Plymouth 14 16 13 57 60 58
Ipswich 17 6 20 59 56 57
Norwich 16 8 19 53 66 56
Burnley 14 12 17 46 42 54
Coventry 15 8 20 44 58 53
QPR 13 10 20 52 65 49
Leicester 11 14 18 46 60 47
Barnsley 14 5 24 51 77 47
Hull 12 9 22 48 64 45
Leeds 13 6 24 45 68 45
Southend 10 12 21 44 71 42
Luton 9 10 24 50 74 37
German Cup
BERLIN: German Cup result on Tuesday:
Semi-final - first leg
Nuremberg 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 0
Wednesday
Wolfsburg v Stuttgart
French Cup
PARIS: Result from French Cup semi-final played on Tuesday:
FC Montceau Bourgogne 0 Sochaux 2 (Grax 95, Leroy 113)
Playing on Wednesday (GMT):
Olympique Marseille v Nantes (1900)
TENNIS
Monte Carlo Masters
MONACO: Results from the third day of the Monte Carlo Masters ATP event here on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
David Ferrer (ESP x12) bt Gilles Simon (FRA) 6-3, 6-1; Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Thomas Johansson (SWE) 7-6 (7/4), 6-2; Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) bt Albert Portas (ESP) 7-6 (7/3), 7-5; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Andrei Pavel (ROM) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Nicolas Massu (CHI) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Richard Gasquet (FRA x11) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 7-5, 6-7 (12/14), 7-6 (7/3); Tomas Berdych (CZE x10) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 5-0 retired; Sergio Roitman (ARG) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
2nd rd
Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (8/6); Lee Hyung-taik (KOR) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x13) 6-4, 6-3; Guillermo Garcia Lopez (ESP) bt Marc Gicquel (FRA) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Marat Safin (RUS) 0-6, 7-6 (10/8), 6-4.
(China Daily 04/19/2007 page22)
