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Baseball

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

Boston 6 CLEVELAND 2

TORONTO 6 Minnesota 4

CINCINNATI 2 Milwaukee 1 (12 innings)

LA Dodgers 10 HOUSTON 2

NY Yankees 9 KANSAS CITY 2

Detroit 9 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6

TEXAS 8 Seattle 7

COLORADO 7 San Diego 5

ARIZONA 4 Florida 3

Oakland 12 LA ANGELS 6

Atlanta 4 SAN FRANCISCO 2

CYCLING

Tour de France

LOUDENVIELLE, France: Standings following the 15th stage of the Tour de France, a 196.0km ride from Foix to here on Monday:

1. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 5h34min 28sec (average: 35,160 km/h)

2. Kim Kirchen (LUX/MOB) at 0:51.

3. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/EUS) 0:51.

4. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/SDU) 0:58.

5. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/QST) 2:14.

6. David Arroyo (ESP/CEP) 3:23.

7. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GRL) 4:25.

8. Christian Vandevelde (USA/CSC) 4:25.

9. Ludovic Turpin (FRA/A2R) 5:16.

10. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 5:31.

Overall standings

1. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 69h52min 14sec

2. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) at 2:23.

3. Cadel Evans (AUS/PRE) 4:00.

4. Levi Leipheimer (USA/DIS) 5:25.

5. Andreas Kloden (GER/AST) 5:34.

6. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 6:46.

7. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/EUS) 7:27.

8. Andrei Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 7:54.

9. Kim Kirchen (LUX/MOB) 8:24.

10. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 9:21.

Points:

1. Tom Boonen (BEL/QST) 195 pts

2. Robert Hunter (RSA/BAR) 175

3. Erik Zabel (GER/MIL) 174

4. Thor Hushovd (NOR/C.A) 132

5. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 127

King of the Mountains:

1. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 142 pts

2. Mauricio Soler (COL/BAR) 140

3. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/DIS) 104

4. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 85

5. Laurent Lefevre (FRA/BOU) 78

Team overall:

1. Astana 209h52:24.

2. Discovery Channel at 2:53.

3. CSC 15:01.

4. Caisse d'Epargne/Balares 15:22.

5. Rabobank 18:03.

6. Euskaltel 26:52.

7. Predictor 1h16:18.

8. AG2R 1h28:47.

9. Saunier Duval 1h29:01.

10. Credit Agricole 1h33:40.

Best young riders (stage):

1. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GRL) 5h38:53.

2. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) at 1:06.

3. Johann Tschopp (SUI/BOU) 2:02.

4. Mauricio Soler (COL/BAR) 4:35.

5. Amets Txurruka (ESP/EUS) 7:42.

Best young riders (overall):

1. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 69h54:37.

2. Mauricio Soler (COL/BAR) at 12:37.

3. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/BAR) 30:35.

4. Amets Txurruka (ESP/EUS) 35:54.

5. Thomas Dekker (NED/RAB) 59:17.

Golf

World rankings

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

1. (1) Tiger Woods 19.29 average points

2. (2) Phil Mickelson 8.94

3. (3) Jim Furyk 8.62

4. (4) Ernie Els (RSA) 7.38

5. (5) Adam Scott (Aus) 6.69

6. (10) Padraig Harrington (Ire) 6.40

7. (6) Vijay Singh (Fij) 6.05

8. (13) Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.78

9. (7) Henrik Stenson (Swe) 5.66

10. (8) Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 5.38

11. (9) Luke Donald (GBR) 5.32

12. (12) K.J. Choi (Kor) 4.92

13. (16) Steve Stricker 4.78

14. (11) Retief Goosen (RSA) 4.76

15. (15) Zach Johnson 4.59

16. (14) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 4.58

17. (17) Angel Cabrera (Arg) 4.38

18. (18) Paul Casey (GBR) 4.26

19. (19) Trevor Immelman (RSA) 4.08

20. (23) Stewart Cink 3.97

PGA Tour money list

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

1. Tiger Woods $5,214,385

2. Phil Mickelson $4,120,588

3. Vijay Singh (Fij) $3,887,916

4. K.J. Choi (Kor) $3,438,492

5. Zach Johnson $3,072,288

6. Sergio Garcia (Spa) $2,959,916

7. Jim Furyk $2,898,266

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

9. Adam Scott (Aus) $2,562,218

10. Charles Howell III $2,521,999

11. Steve Stricker $2,509,077

12. Padraig Harrington (Ire) $2,349,774

13. Scott Verplank $2,216,793

14. John Rollins $2,177,304

15. Aaron Baddeley (Aus) $2,157,384

16. Hunter Mahan $2,112,957

17. Luke Donald (GBR) $2,033,246

18. Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) $1,985,930

19. Boo Weekley $1,968,259

20. David Toms $1,952,977

European Tour money list

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

1. Padraig Harrington (Ire) 2,059,508 euros

2. Henrik Stenson (Swe) 1,733,310

3. Niclas Fasth (Swe) 1,521,748

4. Ernie Els (RSA) 1,405,528

5. Angel Cabrera (Arg) 1,330,326

6. Retief Goosen (RSA) 1,269,952

7. Justin Rose 1,259,362

8. Richard Sterne (RSA) 1,180,662

9. Colin Montgomerie 1,159,204

10. Sergio Garcia (Spa) 1,111,280

11. Paul Casey 1,093,675

12. Gregory Havret (Fra) 1,075,853

13. Graeme Storm 977,187

14. Richard Green (Aus) 966,578

15. Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 919,184

16. Anders Hansen (Denk) 855,149

17. Yang Yong-eun (Kor) 815,173

18. Andres Romero (Arg) 793,917

19. Markus Brier (Aut) 759,320

20. Bradley Dredge 726,823

PGA Tour FedExCup points table

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

1. Tiger Woods 20,899 points

2. Vijay Singh (Fij) 16,370

3. Phil Mickelson 15,818

4. K.J. Choi (Kor) 14,359

5. Zach Johnson 12,737

6. Jim Furyk 12,191

7. Charles Howell III 11,922

8. Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 11,238

9. Adam Scott (Aus) 10,544

10. Steve Stricker 10,300

11. Sergio Garcia (Spa) 10,219

12. John Rollins 9,548

13. Scott Verplank 9,214

14. Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 9,074

15. Boo Weekley 8,689

16. Hunter Mahan 8,646

17. Mark Calcavecchia 8,474

18. Luke Donald (GBR) 8,300

19. Padraig Harrington (Ire) 8,261

20. David Toms 8,106

Tennis

Men's world rankings

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

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

2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 5455

3. (3) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 3245

4. (5) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 3175

5. (4) Andy Roddick (USA) 3130

6. (6) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) 2770

7. (7) Tommy Robredo (Spa) 2085

8. (8) Richard Gasquet (Fra) 2085

9. (11) Tommy Haas (Ger) 2035

10. (9) James Blake (USA) 1995

11. (10) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 1975

12. (12) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 1940

13. (13) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 1890

14. (14) Andy Murray (GBR) 1865

15. (16) Guillermo Canas (Arg) 1607

16. (15) David Ferrer (Spa) 1535

17. (17) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) 1525

18. (19) Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 1405

19. (18) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 1370

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. (8) Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 2326

8. (7) Serena Williams (USA) 2325

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. (17) Venus Williams (USA) 1655

17. (16) Patty Schnyder (Swit) 1651

18. (18) Shahar Peer (Isr) 1529

19. (19) Tatiana Golovin (Fra) 1410

20. (20) Li Na (Chn) 1159

ATP Croatian Open

UMAG, Croatia: Results from the first day of the $490,000 ATP Croatian Open on Monday (x denotes seeding): 1st rd: Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Mathieu Montcourt (FRA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) 6-3, 6-4; Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP) 6-1, 6-3; Pere Riba (ESP) bt Luka Belic (CRO) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 ; Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x1) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) bt Gaston Gaudio (ARG) 6-0, 6-4.

ATP Indianapolis Championships

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Results here on Monday from the first day of the $525,000 ATP Indianapolis Championships: First round: Sam Querrey (USA) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 7-6 (8/6), 6-1; Evgueni Korolev (RUS) bt Justin Gimelstob (USA) 6-2, 6-4; Juan Del Potro (ARG) bt Amir Delic (USA) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5); Frank Dancevic (CAN) bt Benjamin Becker (GER x8) 6-4, 6-3; Michael Berrer (Ger) bt Robby Ginepri (USA x7) 3-6 6-2 6-1.

ATP Austrian Open

KITZBUHEL, Austria: Results from first day of 646,250 euros ATP Austrian Open on Monday: 1st rd: Rainer Eitzinger (AUT) bt Max Mirnyi (BLR) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5/3); Olivier Patience (FRA) bt Jan Hajek (CZE) 6-3, 6-2; Luis Horna (PER) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 7-5, 6-3; Paul Capdeville (CHI) bt Hugo Armando (USA) 6-0, 6-3; Christophe Rochus (BEL) bt Chris Guccione (AUS) 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (12/10); Diego Hartfield (ARG) bt Martin Fischer (AUT) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

Stanford Classic

STANFORD, California: First-round women's singles results from the Stanford Classic on Monday: Katarina Srebotnik (Slov x7) bt Olga Poutchkova (Rus) 6-3 6-4; Peng Shuai (Chn) bt Elena Bovina (Rus) 6-3 6-4; Meilen Tu (USA) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 7-6(3) 6-1; Lilia Osterloh (USA) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-2 7-5; Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) bt Amber Liu (USA) 4-6 7-5 6-1.

(China Daily 07/25/2007 page22)