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BASEBALL

NEW YORK: Results from Monday's MLB games (home team in CAPS):

BOSTON 4 Kansas City 0

NY YANKEES 6 Toronto 4

Chicago White Sox 11 CLEVELAND 10

Cincinnati 10 ATLANTA 3

St. Louis 5 FLORIDA 3

WASHINGTON 4 Houston 3

CHICAGO CUBS 3 San Francisco 2

Colorado 10 PITTSBURGH 8

MILWAUKEE 4 Arizona 3

Texas 4 OAKLAND 1

SEATTLE 4 Baltimore 2

SAN DIEGO 5 NY Mets 1

LA DODGERS 10 Philadelphia 3

Standings

American League

Eastern Division

W L PCT GB

Boston 56 36 .609 -

NY Yankees 46 44 .511 9

Toronto 45 47 .489 11

Baltimore 41 51 .446 15

Tampa Bay 35 56 .385 20 1/2

Central Division

Detroit 54 36 .600 -

Cleveland 54 38 .587 1

Minnesota 49 43 .533 6

Chi White Sox 41 50 .451 13 1/2

Kansas City 39 53 .424 16

Western Division

LA Angels 55 36 .604 -

Seattle 52 38 .578 2 1/2

Oakland 44 49 .473 12

Texas 40 52 .435 15 1/2

National League

Eastern Division

NY Mets 51 41 .554 -

Atlanta 50 43 .538 1 1/2

Philadelphia 46 46 .500 5

Florida 44 49 .473 7 1/2

Washington 38 54 .413 13

Central Division

Milwaukee 52 40 .565 -

Chicago Cubs 48 43 .527 3 1/2

St. Louis 42 47 .472 8 1/2

Pittsburgh 40 52 .435 12

Houston 39 54 .419 13 1/2

Cincinnati 38 55 .409 14 1/2

Western Division

LA Dodgers 53 40 .570 -

San Diego 51 40 .560 1

Arizona 49 45 .521 4 1/2

Colorado 46 46 .500 6 1/2

San Francisco 38 52 .422 13 1/2

Golf

World rankings

NEW YORK: Golf world rankings issued on Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Tiger Woods 19.41 average points

2. (3) Phil Mickelson 9.08

3. (2) Jim Furyk 8.57

4. (5) Ernie Els (RSA) 6.92

5. (4) Adam Scott (AUS) 6.71

6. (6) Vijay Singh (FIJ) 6.08

7. (7) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 5.77

8. (8) Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 5.49

9. (9) Luke Donald (GBR) 5.37

10. (10) Padraig Harrington (IRE) 4.83

11. (11) Retief Goosen (RSA) 4.78

12. (13) K.J. Choi (KOR) 4.74

13. (12) Sergio Garcia (SPA) 4.68

14. (14) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 4.64

15. (15) Zach Johnson 4.54

16. (16) Steve Stricker 4.46

17. (18) Angel Cabrera (ARG) 4.34

18. (17) Paul Casey (GBR) 4.25

19. (19) Trevor Immelman (RSA) 4.12

20. (20) Niclas Fasth (SWE) 4.00

PGA Tour money list

NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2007 PGA Tour on Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $5,093,927

2. Phil Mickelson $4,120,588

3. Vijay Singh (FIJ) $3,829,964

4. K.J. Choi (KOR) $3,243,629

5. Zach Johnson $2,985,910

6. Rory Sabbatini (RSA) $2,820,390

7. Jim Furyk $2,777,808

8. Charles Howell III $2,521,999

9. Adam Scott (AUS) $2,504,266

10. Steve Stricker $2,314,214

11. Scott Verplank $2,194,581

12. John Rollins $2,177,304

13. Aaron Baddeley (AUS) $2,157,384

14. Sergio Garcia (SPA) $2,034,446

15. Luke Donald (GBR) $2,012,166

16. Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) $1,985,930

17. David Toms $1,952,977

18. Boo Weekley $1,926,907

19. Henrik Stenson (SWE) $1,817,319

20. Mark Calcavecchia $1,816,710

European Tour money list

LONDON: Leading money winners on the 2007 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated):

1. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 1,728,588 euros

2. Niclas Fasth (SWE) 1,492,080

3. Angel Cabrera (ARG) 1,294,914

4. Retief Goosen (RSA) 1,217,480

5. Richard Sterne (RSA) 1,177,158

6. Justin Rose 1,172,941

7. Colin Montgomerie 1,154,483

8. Ernie Els (RSA) 1,110,430

9. Gregory Havret (FRA) 1,071,943

10. Paul Casey 1,052,098

11. Graeme Storm 974,089

12. Padraig Harrington (IRE) 952,891

13. Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 904,355

14. Anders Hansen (DEN) 839,213

15. Yang Yong-eun (KOR) 812,074

16. Bradley Dredge 723,319

17. Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 723,279

18. Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 705,350

19. Soren Hansen (DEN) 684,444

20. Nick O'Hern (AUS) 675,711

PGA Tour FedExCup points table

NEW YORK: PGA Tour's 2007 FedExCup points table on Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods 20,392 points

2. Vijay Singh (FIJ) 16,183

3. Phil Mickelson 15,818

4. K.J. Choi (KOR) 13,589

5. Zach Johnson 12,405

6. Charles Howell III 11,922

7. Jim Furyk 11,684

8. Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 11,238

9. Adam Scott (AUS) 10,357

10. John Rollins 9,548

11. Steve Stricker 9,530

12. Scott Verplank 9,152

13. Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 9,074

14. Boo Weekley 8,559

15. Luke Donald (GBR) 8,241

16. Mark Calcavecchia 8,221

17. David Toms 8,106

18. Hunter Mahan 7,690

19. Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 7,639

20. Robert Allenby 7,489

Tennis

Men's world rankings

PARIS: Men's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous week's ranking in brackets):

1. (1) Roger Federer (SWI) 7290 points

2. (2) Rafael Nadal (SPA) 5225

3. (3) Novak Djokovic (SER) 3310

4. (4) Andy Roddick (USA) 3230

5. (5) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 3175

6. (6) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 2780

7. (8) Tommy Robredo (SPA) 2085

8. (7) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 2085

9. (9) James Blake (USA) 2075

10.(10) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 2045

11.(11) Tommy Haas (GER) 2035

12.(12) Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 1940

13.(14) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 1875

14.(13) Andy Murray (GBR) 1865

15.(15) David Ferrer (SPA) 1725

16.(16) Guillermo Canas (ARG) 1607

17.(17) Juan Carlos Ferrero (SPA) 1470

18.(18) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 1370

19.(19) Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 1335

20.(20) Carlos Moya (SPA) 1295

Women's world rankings

MIAMI: Women's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous ranking in brackets):

1. (1) Justine Henin (BEL) 4457 points

2. (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3678

3. (3) Jelena Jankovic (SER) 3241

4. (4) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 2978

5. (5) Ana Ivanovic (SER) 2898

6. (6) Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 2424

7. (7) Serena Williams (USA) 2380

8. (8) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 2221

9. (9) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 2002

10. (10) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 1973

11. (11) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 1875

12. (12) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 1857

13. (13) Martina Hingis (SWI) 1845

14. (14) Dinara Safina (RUS) 1742

15. (15) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 1699

16. (15) Patty Schnyder (SWI) 1671

17. (17) Venus Williams (USA) 1655

18. (18) Shahar Peer (ISR) 1529

19. (19) Tatiana Golovin (FRA) 1410

20. (20) Li Na (CHN) 1159

Cincinnati WTA

CINCINNATI, Ohio: Results on the first day of the WTA Cincinnati tennis tournament on Monday (x denotes seeds): 1st rd: Sania Mirza (IND x3) bt Abigail Spears (USA) 6-4, 6-3; Akiko Morigami (JPN x7) bt Camille Pin (FRA) 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/2); Lilia Osterloh (USA) bt Viktoriya Kutuzova (UKR) 6-2, 6-3.

Los Angeles ATP

LOS ANGELES, California: Results at the Los Angeles ATP hardcourt tournament on Monday: 1st rd : Nicolas Kiefer (GER) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-3, 6-3; Lee Hyung-taik (KOR x7) bt Kevin Kim (USA) 6-3, 6-2; Michael Berrer (GER) bt Amer Delic (USA x8) 6-4, 6-4; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x5) bt Danai Udomchoke (THA) 6-1, 6-4; Marat Safin (Rus x3) bt Chris Guccione (Aus) 6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(2).

Palermo WTA

PALERMO, Italy: Results on the first day of the WTA Palermo tennis tournament on Monday: 1st rd: Eva Birnerova (CZE) bt Michaella Krajicek (NED x1) 6-2, 6-4; Sandra Kloesel (GER) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-2, 6-3; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Aravane Rezai (FRA x6) 6-3, 7-5.

Amersfoort ATP

AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands: Amersfoort ATP claycourt tournament results on Monday: 1st rd: Nicolas Devilder (FRA) bt Agustin Calleri (ARG x5) 6-3, 6-1; Yevgeny Korolev (RUS) bt Dominik Hrbaty (SVK x6) 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3; Robin Haase (NED) bt Felix Mantilla (ESP) 6-3, 6-2; Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 6-2, 6-4; Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) bt Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 6-3, 6-3; Victor Hanescu (ROM) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 7-6 (7/4.

Stuttgart ATP

STUTTGART, Germany: Results at the Stuttgart ATP claycourt tournament on Monday: 1st rd: Boris Pashanski (SRB) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4; Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-3, 6-2; Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 6-3, 6-2; Jiri Vanek (CZE) bt Ivan Navarro-Pastor (ESP) 6-1, 6-1; Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x2) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2.

(China Daily 07/18/2007 page22)