Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Wednesday's MLB games (home team in CAPS):
PITTSBURGH 7 Milwaukee 4
FLORIDA 5 Washington 4 (12 innings)
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 7 Cleveland 4
KANSAS CITY 6 Minnesota 3
DETROIT 5 Texas 1
Colorado 12 PHILADELPHIA 0
NY Yankees 4 TORONTO 1
NY METS 4 Atlanta 3
CINCINNATI 5 St. Louis 1
LA Angels 18 BALTIMORE 6
BOSTON 5 Tampa Bay 4
Chicago Cubs 3 HOUSTON 2
Basketball
European Championship
MADRID: European Championship results and standings from qualifying round Group F on Wednesday:
Germany 67 Italy 58
France 85 Turkey 64
Slovenia 61 Lithuania 80
Standings
W L Pts
Lithuania 5 0 10
Slovenia 4 1 9
France 3 2 8
Germany 2 3 7
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Italy 1 4 6
Turkey 0 5 5
Quarterfinals
Spain v Germany
Russia v France
Greece v Slovenia
Croatia v Lithuania
Rugby
World Cup
PARIS: Results of the 2007 Rugby World Cup matches on Wednesday:
Pool A
Tonga 25 USA 15
Standings
W D L PD F T BP Pts*
South Africa 1 0 0 52 59 8 1 5
England 1 0 0 18 28 3 0 4
Tonga 1 0 0 10 25 3 0 4
US 0 0 2 -28 25 3 0 0
Samoa 0 0 1 -52 7 1 0 0
Pool B
Result:
Fiji 35 Japan 31
Standings
W D L PD F T BP Pts*
Australia 1 0 0 88 91 13 1 5
Wales 1 0 0 25 42 5 1 5
Fiji 1 0 0 4 35 4 1 5
Japan 0 0 2 -92 34 3 1 1
Canada 0 0 1 -25 17 3 0 0
Pool C
Result
Italy 24 Romania 18
Standings
W D L PD F T BP Pts
New Zealand 1 0 0 62 76 11 1 5
Scotland 1 0 0 46 56 8 1 5
Italy 1 0 1 -56 38 4 0 4
Romania 0 0 1 -6 18 2 1 1
Portugal 0 0 1 -46 10 1 0 0
Italy 1 0 1 -56 38 4 0 4
W=won, D=drawn, L=lost, PD=points difference, F=points for, T=tries, BP=bonus points, Pts=points
*Win - four points; Draw - two points; Scoring four or more tries/losing by seven points or fewer - one point.
SOCCER
Euro 2008 qualifying
PARIS: Euro 2008 qualifying results on Wednesday:
Group A
At Almaty: Kazakhstan 2 (Byakov 39, Shmakov 77-pen) Belgium 2 (Geraerts 13, Mirallas 24)
At Helsinki: Finland 0 Poland 0
At Lisbon: Portugal 1 (Simao 11) Serbia 1 (Ivanovic 88)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Poland 6 3 2 17 9 21
Finland 5 4 2 11 6 19
Portugal 4 5 1 19 9 17
Serbia 4 4 2 13 8 16
Belgium 3 2 5 10 14 11
Armenia 2 2 4 4 8 8
Kazakhstan 1 4 5 8 15 7
Azerbaijan 1 2 5 4 17 5
Group B
At Paris: France 0 Scotland 1 (McFadden 64)
At Kiev: Ukraine 1 (Shevchenko 72) Italy 2 (Di Natale 40, 77)
At Kaunas: Lithuania 2 (Jankauskas 8, Danilevicius 52) Faroe Islands 1 (Jacobsen 90)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Scotland 7 0 2 17 7 21
Italy 6 2 1 15 7 20
France 6 1 2 15 3 19
Ukraine 4 1 3 10 9 13
Lithuania 3 1 5 7 11 10
Georgia 2 1 6 14 15 7
Faroe Islands 0 0 9 3 29 0
Group C
At Oslo: Norway 2 (Carew 15, Arne Riise 39) Greece 2 (Kyrgiakos 7, 30)
At Istanbul: Turkey 3 (Unal 68, Aurelio 72, Altintop 90) Hungary 0
At Sarajevo: Bosnia 0 Moldova 1 (Bugaiov 21)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Greece 6 1 1 14 7 19
Turkey 5 2 1 21 8 17
Norway 5 2 2 20 8 17
Bosnia 4 1 4 14 16 13
Hungary 3 0 6 8 17 9
Malta 1 2 5 7 17 5
Moldova 1 2 6 5 16 5
Group D
At Trnava: Slovakia 2 (Mintal 12, 57) Wales 5 (Eastwood 22, Bellamy 34, 41, Durica 78-og, Davies 90)
At Nicosia: Cyprus 3 (Makrides 15, Aloneftis 41, 90) San Marino 0
At Prague: Czech Republic 1 (Jankulovski 15) Republic of Ireland 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Germany 7 1 0 31 4 22
Czech Rep 6 2 1 19 4 20
Rep of Ireland 4 2 3 14 11 14
Slovakia 3 1 5 20 20 10
Wales 3 1 4 13 13 10
Cyprus 3 1 4 13 16 10
San Marino 0 0 9 1 43 0
Group E
At Andorra: Andorra 0 Croatia 6 (Srna 33, Petric 36, 44, Kranjcar 49, Da Silva 54, Rakitic 63)
At Skopje: Macedonia 1 (Maznov 30) Estonia 1 (Piiroja 17)
At London: England 3 (Owen 7, 31, Ferdinand 84) Russia 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Croatia 7 2 0 24 4 23
England 6 2 1 18 2 20
Russia 5 3 1 14 4 18
Israel 5 2 2 17 10 17
Macedonia 2 2 5 7 11 8
Estonia 1 1 8 3 18 4
Andorra 0 0 9 2 36 0
Group F
At Aarhus: Denmark 4 (Nordstrand 3, 36, Laursen 12, Dahl Tomasson 18) Liechtenstein 0
At Oviedo, Spain: Spain 2 (Xavi 13, Torres 86) Latvia 0
At Reykjavik: Iceland 2 (Bjornsson 6, Gillespie 90+1-og) Northern Ireland (Healy 72)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Sweden 6 1 1 17 4 19
Spain 6 1 2 16 7 19
N. Ireland 5 1 3 14 11 16
Denmark 4 2 2 13 5 14
Iceland 2 2 5 8 17 8
Latvia 2 0 6 5 9 6
Liechtenstein 1 1 7 5 25 4
Group G
At Sofia: Bulgaria 3 (Berbatov 27, 28, M.Petrov 54-pen) Luxembourg 0
At Celje, Slovenia: Slovenia 1 (Lavric-pen) Belarus 0
At Tirana: Albania 0 Netherlands 1 (Van Nistelrooy 90+1)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Romania 6 2 0 17 5 20
Holland 6 2 0 11 2 20
Bulgaria 5 3 1 14 6 18
Slovenia 3 1 5 9 12 10
Albania 2 3 3 8 7 9
Belarus 2 1 6 11 19 7
Luxembourg 0 0 9 1 20 0
Women's World Cup
SHANGHAI: Results from the women's World Cup on Wednesday:
Group C
At Hangzhou: Australia 4 (Sarah Walsh 15, Lisa De Vanna 57,81, Heather Garriock 69) Ghana 1 (Anita Amankwa 70)
At Hangzhou: Norway 2 (Ragnhild Gulbrandsen 52, Ane Stangeland Horpestad 81) Canada 1 (Candace Chapman 33)
Group D
At Wuhan: Brazil 5 (Daniela 10, Christiane 54, Marta 73, 93, Renata 86) New Zealand 0
At Wuhan: China 3 (Li Jie 31, Bi Yang 50, Song Xiaoli 88) Denmark 2 (Anne Nielsen 51, Catherine Paaske Sorensen 87)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Germany 1 0 0 11 0 3
England 0 1 0 2 2 1
Japan 0 1 0 2 2 1
Argentina 0 0 1 0 11 0
Results
Germany 11 Argentina 0
England 2 Japan 2
Group B
DPR Korea 0 1 0 2 2 1
USA 0 1 0 2 2 1
Nigeria 0 1 0 1 1 1
Sweden 0 1 0 1 1 1
Results
United States 2 North Korea 2
Sweden 1 Nigeria 1
Group C
Australia 1 0 0 4 1 3
Norway 1 0 0 2 1 3
Canada 0 0 1 1 2 0
Ghana 0 0 1 1 4 0
Results
Australia 4 Ghana 1
Norway 2 Canada 1
Group D
Brazil 1 0 0 5 0 3
China 1 0 0 3 2 3
Denmark 0 0 1 2 3 0
New Zealand 0 0 1 0 5 0
Results
Brazil 5 New Zealand 0
China 3 Denmark 2
International friendlies
PARIS: Results on Wednesday of friendly international matches:
Azerbaijan 1 Georgia 1
Canada 1 Costa Rica 1
Colombia 1 Paraguay 0
Germany 3 Romania 1
Honduras 2 Ecuador 1
Malta 0 Armenia 1
Montenegro 1 Sweden 2
Peru 2 Bolivia 0
Singapore 1 United Arab Emirates 1
South Africa 0 Uruguay 0
Venezuela 1 Panama 1
Brazil 3 Mexico 1
Tennis
Romania ATP
BUCHAREST: Results of third day of the ATP tennis tournament on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
2nd rd
Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 6-4, 6-4; Hugo Armando (USA) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-0, 6-3; Gilles Simon (FRA x6) bt Evgueny Korolev (RUS) 6-4, 6-2; Marc Gicquel (FRA) bt Igor Andreev (RUS x5) 6-4, 6-3.
Bali International
NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Results from the second day of the Bali International on Tuesday:
1st round
Aiko Nakamura (JPN) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 7-5
2nd round
Ayumi Morita (JPN) bt Martina Muller (GER x6) 6-4, 6-0; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x2) bt Elise Tamaela (NED) 7-5, 6-3; Edina Gallovits (ROM) bt Yuan Meng (CHN) 6-2, 6-4.
(China Daily 09/14/2007 page22)
