Score Board
Baseball
NEW YORK: MLB results on Sunday (home team in CAPS):
Tampa Bay 2 TORONTO 1
NY METS 9 Milwaukee 1
WASHINGTON 6 Florida 4
Chicago Cubs 4 PHILADELPHIA 1
PITTSBURGH 13 Atlanta 2
BOSTON 6 Baltimore 5
Kansas City 11 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
HOUSTON 5 Arizona 2
San Francisco 15 COLORADO 2
TEXAS 7 LA Angels 6
SAN DIEGO 3 St Louis 0
OAKLAND 10 Cleveland 7
SEATTLE 2 NY Yankees 1
LA DODGERS 10 Cincinnati 5
MINNESOTA 16 Detroit 4
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 25 11 .694 -
Baltimore 18 20 .474 8
NY Yankees 17 19 .472 8
Toronto 15 22 .405 10 1/2
Tampa Bay 15 22 .405 10 1/2
Central Division
Detroit 23 13 .639 -
Cleveland 21 14 .600 1 1/2
Chi White Sox 18 16 .529 4
Minnesota 18 19 .486 5 1/2
Kansas City 12 26 .316 12
Western Division
LA Angels 21 17 .553 -
Oakland 19 17 .528 1
Seattle 17 16 .515 1 1/2
Texas 15 22 .405 5 1/2
National League
Eastern Division
Atlanta 24 13 .649 -
NY Mets 23 13 .639 1/2
Philadelphia 17 20 .459 7
Florida 16 21 .432 8
Washington 12 25 .324 12
Central Division
Milwaukee 25 12 .676 -
Houston 18 19 .486 7
Chicago Cubs 17 18 .486 7
Pittsburgh 16 20 .444 8 1/2
St. Louis 15 20 .429 9
Cincinnati 15 23 .395 10 1/2
Western Division
LA Dodgers 23 15 .605 -
San Diego 20 18 .526 3
San Francisco 19 18 .514 3 1/2
Arizona 20 19 .513 3 1/2
Colorado 16 22 .421 7
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA conference semifinal series results on Sunday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 4 T
CHICAGO 27 23 27 25 102
Detroit 19 24 13 31 87
(Detroit leads best-of-seven series 3-1)
1 2 3 4 T
Utah 25 25 25 40 115
GOLDEN STATE 23 26 29 23 101
(Utah leads best-of-seven series 3-1)
NHL
NEW YORK: Result from Sunday's NHL playoff match (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 OT T
Anaheim 1 1 1 1 4
DETROIT 0 2 1 0 3
(Best-of-seven series is level at 1-1)
SOCCER
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League results on Sunday
Blackburn Rovers 3 (McCarthy 21, Bentley 56, Derbyshire 67) Reading 3 (Ki-Hyeon 36, Doyle 58, Gunnarsson 77)
Bolton Wanderers 2 (Speed 32, Davies 58) Aston Villa 2 (Gardner 37, Moore 81)
Chelsea 1 (Drogba 57) Everton 1 (Vaughan 50)
Liverpool 2 (Alonso 62, Kewell 90pen) Charlton Athletic 2 (Holland 2, Bent 71)
Manchester United 0 West Ham United 1 (Tevez 45+2)
Middlesbrough 3 (Viduka 34, 47, Wheater (45) Fulham 1 (Davies 42)
Portsmouth 0 Arsenal 0
Sheffield United 1 (Stead 38) Wigan Athletic 2 (Scharner 14, Unsworth 45+6pen)
Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Keane 10, Berbatov 32) Manchester City 1 (Mpenza 40)
Watford 1 (King 52pen) Newcastle United 1 (Dyer 29)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man United 28 5 5 83 27 89
Chelsea 24 11 3 64 24 83
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Liverpool 20 8 10 57 27 68
Arsenal 19 11 8 63 35 68
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Tottenham 17 9 12 57 54 60
Everton 15 13 10 52 36 58
Bolton 16 8 14 47 52 56
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Reading 16 7 15 52 47 55
Portsmouth 14 12 12 45 42 54
Blackburn 15 7 16 52 54 52
Aston Villa 11 17 10 43 41 50
Middlesbrough 12 10 16 44 49 46
Newcastle 11 10 17 38 47 43
Man City 11 9 18 29 44 42
West Ham 12 5 21 35 59 41
Fulham 8 15 15 38 60 39
Wigan 10 8 20 37 59 38
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Sheff United 10 8 20 32 55 38
Charlton 8 10 20 34 60 34
Watford 5 13 20 29 59 28
1-2: Champions League / EC I
3-4: Champions League preliminary round
5-7: UEFA Cup
18-20: Relegation
Premier League top scorers
20 Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
18 Benni McCarthy (Blackburn Rovers)
17 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
14 Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
13 Kevin Doyle (Reading), Darren Bent (Charlton Athletic)
12 Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool), Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspur), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Middlesbrough)
11 Bobby Zamora (West Ham United), Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur), Andy Johnson (Everton), Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Nicolas Anelka (Bolton Wanderers), Obafemi Martins (Newcastle United)
10 Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur)
9 Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Mikel Arteta (Everton)
Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Brian McBride (Fulham), Emile Heskey (Wigan Athletic)
Italian Serie A
MILAN: Italian Serie A results on Sunday:
AS Roma 0 Torino 1 (Muzzi 14)
Ascoli 3 (Boudianski 25, 61, Paolucci 47) Palermo 2 (Simplicio 10, Matusiak 30)
Catania 1 (Spinesi 62) AC Milan 1 (Seedorf 6)
Fiorentina 1 (Pazzini 7) Cagliari 0
Inter Milan 4 (Crespo 20, 35, 81, Materazzi 85) Lazio 3 (Pandev 3, Mutarelli 5,
Ledesma 41)
Livorno 1 (Filippini 72) Sampdoria 0
Parma 4 (Rossi 24, 31, Muslimovic 29, Gasbarroni 34) Messina 1 (Rigano 87)
Reggina 1 (Bianchi 53) Chievo Verona 1 (Brighi 51)
Siena 2 (Portanova 12, Maccarone (90+3) Empoli 0
Udinese 2 (Gyan 29, 68) Atalanta Bergamo 3 (Zampagna 45+6pen, Tissone 74, Vieri 86)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Inter Milan 29 6 1 76 33 93
AS Roma 21 9 6 68 28 72
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Lazio 18 10 8 58 31 61
AC Milan 19 12 5 55 31 61
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Fiorentina 20 9 7 55 28 54
Empoli 14 11 11 38 37 53
Palermo 14 10 12 54 49 52
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Atalanta 12 13 11 53 49 49
Sampdoria 12 10 14 42 43 46
Udinese 11 10 15 45 51 43
Livorno 9 12 15 37 52 39
Torino 10 9 17 27 44 39
Parma 9 11 16 38 55 38
Catania 9 11 16 44 67 38
Siena 8 14 14 32 42 37
Cagliari 8 13 15 31 42 37
Reggina 11 14 11 47 47 36
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Chievo 8 12 16 37 46 36
Messina 5 10 21 32 63 25
Ascoli 4 12 20 34 65 24
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Note: Reggina deducted 11 points.
Note: Siena deducted 1 point.
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Note: AC Milan deducted 8 points.
Note: Lazio deducted 3 points.
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Note: Fiorentina deducted 15 points.
1-2: Champions League / EC I
3-4: Champions League preliminary round
5-7: UEFA Cup
18-20: Relegation
Spanish league
BARCELONA: Spanish Primera Liga results on Sunday:
Valencia 2 (Moretti 21, Silva 44) Real Zaragoza 0
Barcelona 1 (Ronaldinho 5pen) Real Betis 1 (Sobis 89)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Murillo 57) Deportivo Coruna 1 (Riki 63)
Celta Vigo 1 (Baiano 62) Levante 2 (Reggi 39pen, Mustapha 49)
Getafe 1 (Del Moral 60) Atletico Madrid 4 (Torres 2, 64, Maniche 18, Galletti 88pen)
Gimnastic 1 (Garcia Portillo 31) Real Sociedad 3 (Garitano 11, Savio 23, Ansotegi (72)
Osasuna 1 (Valdo 17) Villarreal 4 (Pires 7, Forlan 64, 87, 90+3)
Racing Santander 0 Real Mallorca 2 (Navarro 53, Arango 60)
Sevilla 2 (Maresca 13, Fabiano 81pen) Recreativo Huelva 1 (Vazquez 89pen)
Real Madrid 4 (van Nistelrooy 30, Raul 49, Reyes 57, Higuain 89) Espanyol 3 (Pandiani 15, 26, 34)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Real Madrid 20 6 8 55 34 66
Barcelona 19 9 6 64 30 66
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Sevilla 19 7 8 59 32 64
Valencia 19 5 10 49 32 62
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Real Zaragoza 15 10 9 47 34 55
Atletico Madrid 15 9 10 40 29 54
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Recreativo Huelva 14 8 12 46 45 50
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Villarreal 14 8 12 39 40 50
Getafe 13 10 11 33 28 49
Racing Santander 12 13 9 39 41 49
Real Mallorca 14 6 14 40 42 48
Espanyol 11 12 11 41 43 45
Deportivo Coruna 11 11 12 25 34 44
Osasuna 10 7 17 39 46 37
Real Betis 7 15 12 32 41 36
Levante 8 12 14 29 43 36
Athletic Bilbao 8 10 16 37 55 34
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Real Sociedad 7 9 18 26 41 30
Celta Vigo 7 9 18 32 52 30
Gimnastic 6 6 22 31 61 24
1-2: Champions League / EC I
3-4: Champions League preliminary round
5-6: UEFA Cup
7: UEFA Cup depending on domestic cup
18-20: Relegation
TENNIS
Rome Masters
ROME: Rome Masters final result on Sunday: Rafael Nadal (Spa x2) bt Fernando Gonzalez (Chi x6) 6-2, 6-2.
German Open
BERLIN: German Open women's final result in Berlin on Sunday: Ana Ivanovic
(Ser x12) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus x3) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
(China Daily 05/15/2007 page22)
