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Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Wednesday's MLB games (home team in CAPS)
Florida 7 ATLANTA 4
Chicago Cubs 6 MILWAUKEE 2
Minnesota 8 LA ANGELS 5
Baltimore 9 SEATTLE 5
Kansas City 4 CLEVELAND 3
WASHINGTON 6 Pittsburgh 5
Tampa Bay 6 TORONTO 2
Philadelphia 4 NY METS 2
ST. LOUIS 6 Cincinnati 4
NY Yankees 5 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
Detroit 10 TEXAS 0
COLORADO 8 Houston 7
ARIZONA 1 San Francisco 0
OAKLAND 3 Boston 2
SAN DIEGO 5 LA Dodgers 2
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 37 21 .638 -
Toronto 28 30 .483 9
Baltimore 28 32 .467 10
NY Yankees 26 31 .456 10 1/2
Tampa Bay 25 32 .439 11 1/2
Central Division
Cleveland 35 22 .614 -
Detroit 33 25 .569 2 1/2
Minnesota 29 29 .500 6 1/2
Chicago White Sox 26 29 .473 8
Kansas City 22 38 .367 14 1/2
Western Division
LA Angels 38 23 .623 -
Seattle 30 26 .536 5 1/2
Oakland 31 27 .534 5 1/2
Texas 21 38 .356 16
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 35 22 .614 -
Atlanta 33 27 .550 3 1/2
Philadelphia 30 29 .508 6
Florida 30 31 .492 7
Washington 24 35 .407 12
Central Division
Milwaukee 33 27 .550 -
St. Louis 26 30 .464 5
Chicago Cubs 25 32 .439 6 1/2
Pittsburgh 25 34 .424 7 1/2
Houston 24 34 .414 8
Cincinnati 22 38 .367 11
Western Division
San Diego 35 23 .603 -
Arizona 36 24 .600 -
LA Dodgers 34 25 .576 1 1/2
Colorado 28 31 .475 7 1/2
San Francisco 27 31 .466 8
Soccer
Euro 2008
LONDON: Euro 2008 results and standings on Wednesday:
Group A
Kazakhstan 1 (Baltiyev 52) Azerbaijan 1 (Nadirov 30)
Red card: Maxim Zhalmagambetov (Kazakhstan) 45
Halftime 0-1; Attendance: 11,800
Finland 2 (Johansson 27, Eremenko 71) Belgium 0
Red card: Marouane Fellaini (Belgium) 52
Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 34,188
Armenia 1(Mkhitaryan 70 Poland 0
Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 13,500
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Poland 6 1 1 15 6 19
Serbia 4 2 1 10 4 14
Portugal 4 2 1 15 5 14
Finland 4 2 2 9 5 14
Belgium 1 1 5 5 10 7
Armenia 2 1 4 3 7 7
Kazakhstan 1 3 4 5 11 6
Azerbaijan 1 2 5 4 17 5
Group B
Faroe Islands 0 Scotland 2 (Maloney 31, O'Connor 35)
Halftime: 0-2; Attendance: 4,600
Lithuania 0 Italy 2 (Quagliarella 31, 45)
Halftime: 0-2;
France 1 (Nasri 33) Georgia 0
Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 21,000
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
France 6 0 1 15 2 18
Italy 5 1 1 13 6 16
Scotland 5 0 2 13 6 15
Ukraine 4 0 2 8 6 12
Lithuania 2 1 4 4 7 7
Georgia 2 0 6 13 14 6
Faroe Islands 0 0 8 2 27 0
Group C
Norway 4 (Iversen 22, Braaten 58, Carew 60, 78) Hungary 0
Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 19,198
Bosnia 1 (Muslimovic 6) Malta 0
Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 10,000
Greece 2 (Charisteas 31, Liberopoulos
90+3) Moldova 1 (Frunza 80)
Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 22,000
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Greece 6 0 1 12 5 18
Bosnia 4 1 2 14 14 13
Turkey 4 1 1 16 6 13
Norway 4 1 2 17 6 13
Hungary 2 0 5 7 14 6
Malta 1 1 5 5 15 4
Moldova 0 2 5 4 15 2
Group D
Germany 2 (Durica 10og, Hitzlsperger 43) Slovakia 1 (Metzelder 20og)
Halftime: 2-1; Attendance: 51,500
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Germany 6 1 0 29 4 19
Czech Rep 4 2 1 15 4 14
Ireland 4 1 2 12 8 13
Slovakia 3 0 4 16 13 9
Wales 2 1 3 8 9 7
Cyprus 1 1 4 9 16 4
San Marino 0 0 6 1 36 0
Group E
Estonia 0 England 3 (Joe Cole 37, Crouch 54, Owen 62)
Halftime: 0-1; Attendance: 11,000
Croatia 0 Russia 0
Att: 35,000
Andorra 0 Israel 2 (Tamuz 38, Colautti 53)
Halftime: 0-1; Attendance: 100
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Croatia 5 2 0 16 4 17
Israel 5 2 1 17 7 17
Russia 4 3 0 11 1 15
England 4 2 1 12 2 14
Macedonia 2 1 4 6 7 7
Estonia 0 0 7 0 14 0
Andorra 0 0 7 1 28 0
Group F
Sweden 5 (Allback 10, 51, Svensson 42, Mellberg 44, Rosenberg 49) Iceland 0
Halftime: 3-0; Attendance: 33,358
Liechtenstein 0 Spain 2 (Villa 8, 14)
Missed penalty: Villa (Spain) 90+2
Halftime: 2-1; Attendance: 5,739
Latvia 0 Denmark 2 (Rommedahl 15, 17)
Halftime: 0-2, Attendance: 7,500
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
*Sweden 5 1 1 17 7 16
Spain 5 0 2 13 6 15
N. Ireland 4 1 1 10 7 13
*Denmark 3 2 1 12 5 11
Iceland 1 1 5 5 15 4
Liechtenstein 1 1 5 4 18 4
Latvia 1 0 5 4 7 3
Note: Points totals to be confirmed after UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Committee meets on Friday
Group G
Bulgaria 2 (Petrov 10, Yankov 40) Belarus 1 (Vasilyuk 5 pen)
Halftime: 2-1; Attendance: 10,227
Romania 2 (Mutu 40, Contra 67) Slovenia 0
Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 22,000
Luxembourg 0 Albania 3 (Skela 13, Kapllani 36, 72)
Halftime: 0-2; Attendance: 4,325
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Romania 5 2 0 14 4 17
Bulgaria 4 3 0 11 4 15
Netherlands 4 2 0 8 2 14
Albania 2 3 2 8 6 9
Belarus 2 1 4 10 15 7
Slovenia 1 1 5 5 12 4
Luxembourg 0 0 7 1 14 0
Euro 2008 qualifying leading scorers
9 David Healy (Northern Ireland)
7 Lukas Podolski (Germany)
David Villa (Spain)
6 Roberto Colautti (Israel)
5 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Eduardo da Silva (Croatia)
Shota Arveladze (Georgia)
Martin Petrov (Bulgaria)
Gold Cup
MIAMI: Results and standings on Wednesday in the CONCACAF Gold Cup regional football tournament:
Group A
Canada 2 (DeGuzman 56, 72) Costa Rica 1 (Centeno 55)
Guadalupe 1 (Fiston 53) Haiti 1 (Cherry pen-34)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Canada 1 0 0 2 1 3
Haiti 0 1 0 1 1 1
Guadalupe 0 1 0 1 1 1
Costa Rica 0 0 1 1 2 0
Tennis
French Open
PARIS: French Open results in Paris on Wednesday (x-denotes seeding)
Men's singles quarter-final
Rafael Nadal (Spa x2) bt Carlos Moya (Spa x23) 6-4 6-3 6-0; Novak Djokovic (Ser x6) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-3 6-3 6-3.
Women's doubles semifinals
Alicia Molik/Mara Santangelo (Aus/Ita x17) bt Cara Black/Liezel Huber (Zime/RSA x2) 6-3 3-6 6-3; Katarina Srebotnik/Ai Sugiyama (Slo/Jpn x7) bt Lisa Raymond/Samantha Stosur (USA/AUS x1) 1-6 6-4 6-3.
Yesterday's results
Women's singles Semi-finals
Ana Ivanovic (SRB x7) bt Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) 6-2, 6-1.
(China Daily 06/08/2007 page22)
