Score board
BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Results of Wednesday's games (home team in CAPS).
Colorado 11 NY METS 5
CHICAGO CUBS 9 Milwaukee 3
Boston 6 BALTIMORE 1
CLEVELAND 8 Texas 7 (11 innings)
FLORIDA 4 Atlanta 3
PHILADELPHIA 9 Washington 3
PITTSBURGH 4 Houston 3 (16 innings)
Kansas City 4 MINNESOTA 3
ST LOUIS 5 Cincinnati 2
Detroit 6 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2
ARIZONA 3 San Diego 2
LA ANGELS 9 Tampa Bay 1
Seattle 2 OAKLAND 0
San Francisco 6 LA DODGERS 4
Toronto at NY YANKEES (postponed)
CRICKET
World Cup
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Result in the 2007 World Cup on Wednesday:
Semi-final
At St Lucia
Australia bt South Africa by 7 wkts
April 24
At Kingston, Jamaica
Semi-final
Sri Lanka bt New Zealand by 81 runs
Final
April 28
At Bridgetown, Barbados
Australia v Sri Lanka
Final Super Eights standings (played, won, lost, tied, no-result, run-rate, points):
Australia 7 7 0 0 0 +2.40 14.0 - qualified for semi-finals
Sri Lanka 7 5 2 0 0 +1.48 10.0 - qualified for semi-finals
New Zealand 7 5 2 0 0 +0.25 10.0 - qualified for semi-finals
South Africa 7 4 3 0 0 +0.31 8.0 - qualified for semi-finals
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England 7 3 4 0 0 -0.39 6.0
West Indies 7 2 5 0 0 -0.57 4.0
Bangladesh 7 1 6 0 0 -1.51 2.0
Ireland 7 1 6 0 0 -1.73 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
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA playoff results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS).
1 2 3 4 T
DALLAS 28 26 33 25 112
Golden State 30 22 22 25 99
(The best-of-seven series is level at 1-1)
1 2 3 4 T
CLEVELAND 23 28 24 34 109
Washington 23 25 15 39 102
(Cleveland lead the best-of-seven series by 2-0)
1 2 3 4 T
SAN ANTONIO 24 25 25 23 97
Denver 18 23 19 28 88
(The best-of-seven series is level at 1-1)
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL playoff semi-final results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS).
1 2 3 T
ANAHEIM 3 0 2 5
Vancouver 1 0 0 1
(Anaheim lead the best-of-seven series by 1-0)
1 2 3 T
BUFFALO 0 3 2 5
NY Rangers 0 0 2 2
(Buffalo lead the best-of-seven series 1-0)
SNOOKER
World Championship
SHEFFIELD, England: Results from the fifth day of the Snooker World Championship at the Crucible Theatre here on Wednesday:
First Round (best of 19 frames)
Neil Robertson (AUS) bt Ryan Day (WAL) 10-5
Frame scores (Robertson first): 60-37, 86-23, 79-0, 64-56, 8-66, 18-86, 75-0, 1-117, 67-60, 76-30, 20-75, 9-50, 63-47, 58-25, 75-38
Stephen Hendry (SCO) bt David Gilbert (ENG) 10-7
Frame scores (Hendry first): 83-25, 38-77, 45-59, 8-68, 19-60, 0-101, 68-0, 86-0, 79-8, 69-17, 79-1, 15-72, 72-9, 53-62, 60-18, 75-1, 59-27
Mark Selby (ENG) bt Stephen Lee (ENG) 10-7
Frame scores (Selby first): 28-76, 0-126, 5-80, 36-76, 0-71, 73-0, 89-1, 74-49, 47-13, 67-10, 91-5, 63-20, 56-37, 26-79, 73-0, 47-55, 58-0
SOCCER
UEFA Champions League
LONDON: Champions League result on Wednesday:
Semi-final, first leg
Chelsea (ENG) 1 (Cole 29) Liverpool (ENG) 0
Second leg: May 1
AFC Champions League
SINGAPORE: AFC Champions League results on Wednesday:
Group A
Al Rayyan (QAT) 1 (Cardoso 44) Al Arabi (KUW) 3 (Khalaf 25, Al Khatib 63, 69)
Al Wahda (UAE) 1 (Jumaa 57) Al Zawra'a (QAT) 1 (Sabah 75)
Group B
Al Hilal (KSA) 2 (Rodrigo 60, 90) Pakhtakor (UZB) 0
Group C
Neftchi (UZB) 2 (Akramov 1, Shoimov 41) Al Sadd (QAT) 1 (Emerson 17)
Al Najaf (IRQ) 2 (Mohsen 7-pen, Faraj 86) Al Karama (SYR) 4 (Al Hussien 46, 52, Aodi 50, Koupouleni 65)
Group D
Sepahan (IRI) 1 (Papi 49) Al Ain (UAE) 1 (Hawar Mohammed 86)
Al Ittihad (SYR) 1 (Rihawi 36) Al Shabab (KSA) 1 (Ateef 65)
Group E
Sydney FC (AUS) 3 (Korica 59, 90, Brosque 73) Persik Kediri (INA) 0
Shanghai Shenhua (CHN) 0 Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN) 0
Group F
Arema Malang (INA) 1 (Casimir 56) Bangkok University (THA) 0
Kawasaki Frontale (JPN) 3 (Juninho 25, Jong Tae-see 81, 87) Chunnam Dragons (KOR) 0
Group G
Dong Tam Long An (VIE) 2 (Kabanga Tshamala 14, Nguyen Viet Thang 36) Shandong Luneng (CHN) 3 (Wang Yongpo 29, Li Jinyu 49, 90)
Seongnam Chunma (KOR) 1 (Choi Song-kuk 29) Adelaide United (AUS) 0
TENNIS
Casablanca ATP
CASABLANCA, Morocco: Results from the third day here on Wednesday of the 353,450 euros ATP tournament (x denotes seeding):
2nd rd:
Marc Gicquel (FRA x5) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-2, 6-4; Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) bt Thierry Ascione (FRA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4); Julien Benneteau (FRA x3) bt Michael Russel (USA) 6-3, 6-3; Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA x6) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Barcelona ATP Open
BARCELONA, Spain: Collated results from the third day of the $900,000 Barcelona Open here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
2nd rd
David Ferrer (ESP x5) bt Paul Goldstein (USA) 6-0, 6-0; Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP x7) 2-1, retired; Thomas Johansson (SWE) bt Robin Soderling (SWE x13) 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/2); Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x2) bt Yuri Schukin (RUS) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Juan Chela (ARG x8) bt Vince Spadea (USA) 6-3, 6-3; Filippo Volandri (ITA) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x14) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-1; Potito Starace (ITA) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-4, 6-3; Carlos Moya (ESP x16) bt Felix Mantilla (ESP) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Oscar Hernandez (ESP) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-1, 7-6 (7/4); Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 6-1, 6-2; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x6) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-4, 7-5; Guillermo Canas (ARG x12) bt Jiri Vanek (CZE) 6-1, 6-1; Boris Pashanski (SRB) bt Andrei Pavel (ROM) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
YACHTING
Louis Vuitton Cup
VALENCIA, Spain: Results here on Wednesday in the Louis-Vuitton Cup, the winner of which will take on Switzerland's Alinghi for the America's Cup:
Round Robin 1st stage
6th rd
Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA) bt Areva Challenge (FRA) by 33sec
Victory Challenge (SWE) bt +39 Challenge (ITA) by 55
Desafio Espanol (ESP) bt China Team (CHN) by 2:01
Mascalzone Latino (ITA) bt United Internet Team Germany (GER) by 24
Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL) bt Team Shosholoza (RSA) by 1:23
Bye: BMW Oracle Racing (USA)
7th rd
BMW Oracle Racing (USA) bt Areva Challenge (FRA) 2:54
Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA) bt +39 Challenge (ITA) 1:22
Team New Zealand (NZL) bt United Internet Team Germany (GER) 1:03
Mascalzone Latino (ITA) bt China Team (CHN) -withdrew
Desafio Espanol (ESP) bt Team Shosholoza (RSA) 57
Bye: Victory Challenge (SWE)
Louis Vuitton Cup standings (points/races)
1. BMW Oracle Racing (USA) 15/6, 2. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL) 14/6, 3. Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA) 13/7, 4. Mascalzone Latino (ITA) 12/6, 5. Desafio Espanol (ESP) 11/6, 6. Victory Challenge (SWE) 10/6, 7. Team Shosholoza (RSA) 8/7, 8. Areva Challenge (FRA) 5/6, 9. United Internet Team Germany (GER) 3/7, 10. +39 Challenge (ITA) 2/6, 11. China Team (CHN) 1/7
(China Daily 04/27/2007 page22)
