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Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Tuesday's MLB games (home team in CAPS)
Baltimore 5 BOSTON 3
NY YANKEES 16 Chicago White Sox 3
Texas 3 CLEVELAND 1
Colorado 6 FLORIDA 3
WASHINGTON 6 Cincinnati 3
St. Louis 6 PITTSBURGH 4
Toronto 2 TAMPA BAY 0
ATLANTA 12 Houston 4
CHICAGO CUBS 7 Philadelphia 3
MILWAUKEE 4 NY Mets 2 (13 innings)
MINNESOTA 5 Kansas City 3
Arizona 4 SAN DIEGO 0
OAKLAND 7 Detroit 3
LA Angels 8 SEATTLE 0
San Francisco 3 LA DODGERS 1
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 64 42 .604 -
NY Yankees 57 49 .538 7
Toronto 53 53 .500 11
Baltimore 50 55 .476 13 1/2
Tampa Bay 40 66 .377 24
Central Division
Detroit 61 45 .575 -
Cleveland 60 46 .566 1
Minnesota 55 51 .519 6
Chicago 48 58 .453 13
Kansas City 47 59 .443 14
Western Division
LA Angels 62 43 .590 -
Seattle 58 47 .552 4
Oakland 50 57 .467 13
Texas 47 59 .443 15 1/2
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 59 47 .557 -
Philadelphia 56 50 .528 3
Atlanta 56 51 .523 3 1/2
Florida 49 58 .458 10 1/2
Washington 46 60 .434 13
Central Division
Milwaukee 58 49 .542 -
Chicago Cubs 56 49 .533 1
St. Louis 50 53 .485 6
Houston 46 60 .434 11 1/2
Cincinnati 45 62 .421 13
Pittsburgh 42 62 .404 14 1/2
Western Division
Arizona 59 49 .546 -
LA Dodgers 57 49 .538 1
San Diego 56 49 .533 1 1/2
Colorado 54 51 .514 3 1/2
San Francisco 46 58 .442 11
BASKETBALL
Asian Championships
TOKUSHIMA, Japan: Results from the Asian men's basketball championship yesterday, a qualifying tournament for the Beijing Olympics next year:
Group I: Lebanon 95 Taiwan 64
Group II: Jordan 82 Kazakhstan 73
(top two teams from Group I and II advance to the semi-finals)
Group III (playoffs for 9th-16th)
Philippines 104 India 69
Syria 109 Kuwait 69
Group IV (9th-16th)
China 102 Indonesia 47
Hong Kong 87 UAE 64
GOLF
Candian Open
TORONTO: Leading final scores on Sunday in the five million-dollar Canadian Open (USA unless noted):
268 - Jim Furyk 69-66-69-64
269 - Vijay Singh (FIJ) 68-65-68-68
271 - Ryan Palmer 67-67-71-66, George McNeill 70-69-66-66
272 - Bob Heintz 69-69-67-67, Hunter Mahan 62-74-67-69
273 - Brandt Snedeker 67-68-70-68, John Mallinger 66-66-70-71, Steve Allan (AUS) 64-68-70-71
274 - Alex Cejka (GER) 69-70-71-64, Camilo Villegas (COL) 68-68-72-66, Paul Gow (AUS) 70-69-67-68, Tom Pernice 68-68-69-69, Pat Perez 68-70-66-70
...
275 - Stephen Leaney (AUS) 70-67-72-66
276 - Steve Elkington (AUS) 72-69-69-66, Charlie Wi (KOR) 66-71-70-69, Shigeki Maruyama (JPN) 69-69-68-70
277 - Stephen Ames (CAN) 70-69-69-69, Brian Davis (GBR) 70-70-68-69
279 - Michael Sim (AUS) 69-67-73-70, Mike Weir (CAN) 71-70-67-71, Mathew Goggin (AUS) 68-70-69-72
281 - Craig Lile (RSA) 72-69-71-69, Carlos Franco (PAR) 69-69-72-71
282 - Jarrod Lyle (AUS) 75-65-72-70
284 - David Hearn (CAN) 65-73-73-73
285 - Daisuke Maruyama (JPN) 68-69-70-78
SOCCER
Champions League
PARIS: Results of Champions League second preliminary round first leg matches played on Tuesday:
Tampere United (FIN) 1 Levski Sofia (BUL) 0
FC Copenhagen (DEN) 1 Beitar Jerusalem (ISR) 0
Pyunik Erevan (ARM) 0 Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 2
Genk (BEL) 1 FK Sarajevo (BIH) 2
Debrecen (HUN) 0 IF Elfsborg (SWE) 1
Zaglebie Lublin (POL) 0 Steaua Bucarest (ROM) 1
Rangers (SCO) 2 Zeta (MNE) 0
Wednesday: FK Ventspils (LAT) v Red Bull Salzburg (AUT), MSK Zilina (SVK) v Slavia Prague (CZE), Red Star Belgrade (SRB) v Levadia Tallinn (EST), FK Astana (KAZ) v Rosenborg (NOR), Hafnarfjordur v Bate Borisov (BLR), Domzale (SLO) v Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), Besiktas (TUR) v Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
TENNIS
San Diego Classics
CARLSBAD, California: Results on Tuesday from the second day of the $1.34 million WTA San Diego Classic (x denotes seed):
2nd rd: Nadia Petrova (RUS x4) bt Elena Bovina (RUS) 6-3, 7-5; Marion Bartoli (FRA x5) bt Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1; Martina Hingis (SUI x8) bt Michaella Krajicek (NED) 7-5, 6-2; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x2) bt Vania King (USA) 6-3, 6-0
1st rd: Sybille Bammer (AUT) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5); Lucia Safarova (CZE) bt Meilen Tu (USA) 6-4, 6-3; Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Olga Poutchkova (RUS) 6-3, 6-1; Viktoria Azarenka (BLR) bt Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; Sania Mirza (IND) bt Shahar Peer (ISR) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Ai Sugiyama (JPN) bt Akgui Amanmuradova (UZB) 6-3, 6-2; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) bt Nicole Pratt (AUS) 6-1, 6-4; Virginie Razzano (FRA) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4; Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) bt Julia Vakulenko (UKR) 6-1, 6-3
ATP Washington
WASHINGTON: Results here Tuesday from the $600,000 ATP Washington Classic:
2nd rd: Lee Hyung-Taik (KOR x5) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 6-7 (7/9), 6-3, 6-1; Paul Capdeville (CHI) vs Amer Delic (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 7-5; Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Martin Klizan (SVK) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4; Andy Roddick (USA x1) vs Tomas Zib (CZE) 6-4, 6-2; Robin Haase (NED) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-2, 6-7 (7/-9), 7-6 (7/4); Marat Safin (RUS x3) bt Jan Hernych (CZE) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
1st rd: Wesley Moodie (RSA) bt Ryan Sweeting (USA) 6-3, 6-4; Michael Berrer (GER) bt George Bastl (SUI) 6-3, 6-2; Wesley Whitehouse (RSA) bt Jiri Vanek (CZE) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; John Isner (USA) bt Tim Henman (GBR) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4); Wayne Odesnik (USA) bt Adrian Garcia (CHI) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; Kei Nishikori (JPN) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Paul Goldstein (USA) bt Somdev Dev Varman (IND) 6-4, 6-2.
(China Daily 08/02/2007 page22)
