Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Tuesday's MLB games (home team in CAPS):
COLORADO 3 LA Dodgers 1
Cincinnati 5 CHICAGO CUBS 2
NY YANKEES 12 Baltimore 0
CLEVELAND 7 Detroit 4
WASHINGTON 9 NY Mets 8
TORONTO 4 Boston 3
ATLANTA 4 Florida 3
Milwaukee 9 HOUSTON 1
KANSAS CITY 3 Chicago White Sox 2
MINNESOTA 4 Texas 2
COLORADO 9 LA Dodgers 8
ARIZONA 5 San Francisco 0
SAN DIEGO 5 Pittsburgh 3
LA ANGELS 2 Tampa Bay 1
Seattle 8 OAKLAND 7
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 90 62 .592 -
NY Yankees 87 64 .576 2 1/2
Toronto 76 75 .503 13 1/2
Baltimore 64 86 .427 25
Tampa Bay 63 89 .414 27
Central Division
Cleveland 89 62 .589 -
Detroit 83 69 .546 6 1/2
Minnesota 74 77 .490 15
Kansas City 65 85 .433 23 1/2
Chi White Sox 65 86 .430 24
Western Division
LA Angels 89 62 .589 -
Seattle 80 70 .533 8 1/2
Oakland 74 79 .484 16
Texas 70 81 .464 19
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 83 67 .553 -
Philadelphia 82 69 .543 1 1/2
Atlanta 78 73 .517 5 1/2
Washington 68 83 .450 15 1/2
Florida 65 86 .430 18 1/2
Central Division
Milwaukee 78 72 .520 -
Chicago Cubs 79 73 .520 -
St. Louis 70 80 .467 8
Cincinnati 69 82 .457 9 1/2
Pittsburgh 66 85 .437 12 1/2
Houston 65 86 .430 13 1/2
Western Division
Arizona 85 67 .559 -
San Diego 83 67 .553 1
Colorado 79 72 .523 5 1/2
LA Dodgers 79 72 .523 5 1/2
San Francisco 67 84 .444 17 1/2
Cricket
Twenty20 World Cup
JOHANNESBURG: Results from the Twenty20 World Cup Group F matches on Tuesday:
Australia vs Pakistan
Australia innings
Total (seven wickets, 20 overs) 164
Pakistan innings
Total (four wickets, 20 overs) 165
Result: Pakistan win by six wickets
Man of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
Cricket-Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Twenty20 World Cup scoreboard
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh
Sri Lanka innings
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 147
Bangladesh innings
Total (all out; 15.5 overs) 83
Result: Sri Lanka won by 64 runs
Man of the match: D. Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Standings
Group E
W L NR Pts
New Zealand 2 0 0 4
South Africa 1 0 0 2
India 0 1 0 0
England 0 2 0 0
Group F
Pakistan 2 0 0 4
Australia 1 1 0 2
Sri Lanka 1 1 0 2
Bangladesh 0 2 0 0
Playing on Wednesday (GMT):
South Africa v New Zealand, Durban (1200)
England v India, Durban (1600)
Rugby
World Cup
EDINGBURGH: Scotland beat Romania 42-0 (halftime 21-0) in the World Cup Pool C match at Murrayfield on Tuesday.
Scorers:
Tries: Chris Paterson, Allister Hogg (3), Rory Lamont (2); Conversions: Paterson (6)
Standings
W D L PD F T BP Pts*
New Zealand 2 0 0 157 184 27 2 10
Scotland 2 0 0 88 98 14 2 10
Italy 1 0 1 -56 38 4 0 4
Romania 0 0 2 -48 18 2 1 1
Portugal 0 0 2 -141 23 2 0 0
P=played, 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.
Results/fixtures (all times GMT):
Sept 8 New Zealand 76 Italy 14
Sept 9 Scotland 56 Portugal 10
Sept 12 Italy 24 Romania 18
Sept 15 New Zealand 108 Portugal 13
Sept 18 Scotland 42 Romania 0
Sept 19 Italy v Portugal Paris (Parc des Princes)(1800)
Sept 23 Scotland v New Zealand
Sept 25 Romania v Portugal
Sept 29 New Zealand v Romania
Sept 29 Scotland v Italy
Soccer
Champions League
PARIS: Champions League collated results of Tuesday's matches:
Group A
At the Dragao stadium, Porto: Porto 1 Liverpool 1
Scorers: Porto: Lucho Gonzalez 8 pen
Liverpool: Dirk Kuyt 17
Red Card: Jermaine Pennant (Liverpool) 57
At Stade Velodrome, Marseille: Olympique Marseille 2 Besiktas 0
Scorers: Julien Rodriguez 76, Djibril Cisse 90+1
Group B
At Stamford Bridge, London: Chelsea 1 Rosenborg Trondheim 1
Scorers:
Chelsea: Andriy Shevchenko 53
Rosenborg: Miika Koppinen 24
At the Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen: Schalke 0 Valencia 1
Scorer: David Villa 63
Group C
At the Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens: Olympiakos Piraeus 1 Lazio 1
Scorers:
Olympiakos Piraeus: Luciano Galletti 55
Lazio: Luciano Zauri 77
At the Bernabeu, Madrid: Real Madrid 2 Werder Bremen 1
Scorers:
Real Madrid: Raul 16, Ruud van Nistelrooy 74
Werder Breman: Boubacar Sanogo 17
Group D
At San Siro, Milan: AC Milan 2 Benfica 1
Scorers:
AC Milan: Andrea Pirlo 9, Filippo Inzaghi 24
Benfica: Nuno Gomes 90+2
At the Olympiysjiy Stadium, Donetsk: Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Celtic 0
Scorers: Brandao 6, Cristiano Lucarelli 8
Tennis
WTA Slovenia Open
PORTOROZ, Slovenia: Slovenia Open women's singles first round results on Tuesday (x-denotes seeding): Karin Knapp (Ita) bt Renata Voracova (Cze) 4-6 6-1 7-6(3); Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-1 6-4; Nathalie Vierin (Ita) bt Anna Lapushchenkova (Rus) 6-0 6-1; Sybille Bammer (Aut x2) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) 6-2 6-1; Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Angelique Kerber (Ger) 6-3 3-6 7-6(5); Emilie Loit (Fra x6) bt Greta Arn (Ger) 6-2 6-4; Vera Zvonareva (Rus x5) bt Olivia Sanchez (Fra) 6-3 6-3.
WTA Sunfeast Open
KOLKATA, India: Kolkata Open women's singles first round results on Tuesday:Tzipora Obziler (Isr) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Rus x9) 7-6(6) 6-7(8) 6-1; Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 6-2 7-5; Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus x5) 6-3 6-3; Anastasia Rodionova (Rus) bt Hana Sromova (Cze) 6-3 6-2; Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) bt Edina Gallovits (Rom) 6-2 0-0 (retired).
(China Daily 09/20/2007 page22)
