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Baseball
NEW YORK: Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS).
CLEVELAND 4 Detroit 2
LA ANGELS 2 Tampa Bay 1
Seattle 9 OAKLAND 5
NY YANKEES 2 Baltimore 1
NY Mets 8 WASHINGTON 4
TORONTO 6 Boston 1
ATLANTA 5 Florida 1
CHICAGO CUBS 3 Cincinnati 2
HOUSTON 5 Milwaukee 4 (10 innings)
Chicago White Sox 7 KANSAS CITY 0
MINNESOTA 4 Texas 2
ST. LOUIS 2 Philadelphia 1 (10 innings)
COLORADO 6 LA Dodgers 5
ARIZONA 6 San Francisco 4
SAN DIEGO 5 Pittsburgh 3
Standings:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Eastern division
W L PCT GB
1. Boston 90 63 .588 -
2. NY Yankees 88 64 .579 1 1/2
3. Toronto 77 75 .507 12 1/2
4. Baltimore 64 87 .424 25
5. Tampa Bay 63 90 .412 27
Central division
1. Cleveland 90 62 .592 -
2. Detroit 83 70 .542 7 1/2
3. Minnesota 75 77 .493 15
4. Chic White Sox 66 86 .434 24
5. Kansas City 65 86 .430 24 1/2
Western division
1. LA Angels 90 62 .592 -
2. Seattle 81 70 .536 8 1/2
3. Oakland 74 80 .481 17
4. Texas 70 82 .461 20
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Eastern division
1. NY Mets 84 67 .556 -
2. Philadelphia 82 70 .539 2 1/2
3. Atlanta 79 73 .520 5 1/2
4. Washington 68 84 .447 16 1/2
5. Florida 65 87 .428 19 1/2
Central division
1. Chicago Cubs 80 73 .523 -
2. Milwaukee 78 73 .517 1
3. St. Louis 71 80 .470 8
4. Cincinnati 69 83 .454 10 1/2
5. Houston 66 86 .434 13 1/2
6. Pittsburgh 66 86 .434 13 1/2
Western division
1. Arizona 86 67 .562 -
2. San Diego 84 67 .556 1
3. Colorado 80 72 .526 5 1/2
4. LA Dodgers 79 73 .520 6 1/2
5. San Francisco 67 85 .441 18 1/2
Rugby
World Cup
PARIS: Italy beat Portugal 31-5 (halftime 16-5) in the World Cup Pool C match at Parc des Princes in Paris on Wednesday
Scorers:
Italy - Tries: Andrea Masi (2), Mauro Bergamasco; Conversions: David Bortolussi (2); Penalties: Bortolussi (4)
Portugal - Try: David Penalva
Yellow card: Marco Bortolami (Italy) 8
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Pool C standing
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 2 0 1 -30 69 7 0 8
Romania 0 0 2 -48 18 2 1 1
Portugal 0 0 3 -167 28 3 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 31 Portugal 5
Sept 23 Scotland v New Zealand Edinburgh (1500)
Sept 25 Romania v Portugal Toulouse (1800)
Sept 29 New Zealand v Romania Toulouse (1100)
Sept 29 Scotland v Italy St Etienne (1900)
Soccer
Champions League
LONDON: Champions League collated results of Wednesday's matches:
Group E
At Ibrox, Glasgow: Rangers 2 VfB Stuttgart 1
Scorers:
Rangers: Charlie Adam 61, Jean-Claude Darcheville 74 pen
VfB Stuttgart: Mario Gomez 55
At the Nou Camp, Barcelona: Barcelona 3 Olympique Lyon 0
Scorers: Francois Clerc 21 own goal, Lionel Messi 82, Thierry Henry 90
Group F
At the Olympic Stadium, Rome: AS Roma 2 Dynamo Kiev 0
Scorers: Simone Perrotta 8, Francesco Totti 70
At Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon: Sporting Lisbon 0 Manchester United 1
Scorer: Cristiano Ronaldo 62
Group G
At Sukru Saracoglu, Istanbul: Fenerbahce 1 Inter Milan 0
Scorer: Deivid 43
At Philips Stadium, Eindhoven: PSV Eindhoven 2 CSKA Moscow 1
Scorers:
PSV Eindhoven: Danko Lazovic 59, Kenneth Perez 80
CSKA Moscow: Vagner Love 89
Group H
At Emirates Stadium, London: Arsenal 3 Sevilla 0
Scorers: Cesc Fabregas 27, Robin van Persie 59, Eduardo da Silva 90+2
At Rosicky Stadium, Prague: Slavia Prague 2 Steaua Bucharest 1
Scorers:
Slavia Prague: Zdenek Senkerik 13, Tijani Belaid 63
Steaua Bucharest: Dorin Goian 33
Tennis
WTA Slovenia Open
PORTOROZ, Slovenia: Slovenia Open women's singles results on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding)
Second round
Tatiana Golovin (FRA x1) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-4, 6-3; Vera Zvonareva (RUS x5) bt Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 6-0, 5-7, 6-4; Sybille Bammer (AUT x2) bt Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) 6-3, 6-2; Vera Dushevina (RUS x8) bt Iveta Benesova (CZE) 6-4, 6-4
First round
Elena Vesnina (Russia) beat Polona Hercog (Slovenia) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4
Meilen Tu (USA x9) bt Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO) 6-4, 7-6(7/3); Gisela Dulko (ARG x7) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (SUI) 6-3, 6-4
WTA Kolkata Open
KOLKATA, India: Kolkata Open women's singles results on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding )
Second round
Tzipora Obziler (ISR) bt Casey Dell'Acqua (AUS) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Chan Yung-Jan (TPE x8) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (SLO) 6-1, 6-2
First round
Flavia Pennetta (ITA x7) bt Tara Iyer (IND) 6-3, 6-1; Daniela Hantuchova (SLO x2) bt Marta Domachowska (POL) 6-2, 6-1; Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) bt Monique Adamczak (AUS) 6-3, 6-3; Anne Keothavong (GBR) bt Sara Errani (ITA) 6-4, 6-4.
(China Daily 09/21/2007 page22)
