Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
TEXAS 16 LA Angels 2
BOSTON 11 Oakland 6
PHILADELPHIA 5 Atlanta 2
DETROIT 9 Minnesota 4
Toronto 8 BALTIMORE
FLORIDA 7 Chicago Cubs 4
Washington 9 NY METS 6
Houston 7 CINCINNATI 6
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3 Kansas City 0
Cleveland 12 SEATTLE 4
PITTSBURGH 5 Arizona 1
NY Yankees 12 TAMPA BAY 4
St. Louis 7 MILWAUKEE 3
SEATTLE 3 Cleveland 2 (10 innings)
Colorado 2 LA DODGERS 0
San Diego 11 SAN FRANCISCO 3
Rugby
World Cup
PARIS: Results of the World Cup rugby matches on Wednesday:
Samoa beat the United States 25-21 (halftime 22-3) in the World Cup Pool A match in St. Etienne.
Scorers:
Samoa: Tries: Lome Fa'atau, Alesana Tuilagi, Kane Thompson. Conversion: Loki Crichton (2). Penalties: Crichton (2)
U.S.: Tries: Takudzwa Ngwenya, Louis Stanfill. Conversion: Mike Hercus. Penalties: Hercus (3).
Yellow cards: Fifita Mounga (U.S.) 52, Silao Vaisola Sefo (Samoa) 77.
Standings
W D L PD F T BP Pts
South Africa 3 0 0 93 125 15 2 14*
Tonga 2 0 1 9 69 7 1 9
England 2 0 1 4 72 7 1 9
Samoa 1 0 3 -74 69 5 1 5
US 0 0 3 -32 46 5 1 1
*South Africa qualify for the quarterfinals as group winners
Sept 28 England v Tonga Paris (Parc des Princes)
Sept 30 South Africa v U.S. Montpellier
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Georgia beat Namibia 30-0 (halftime 13-0) in the World Cup Pool D match in Lens.
Scorers:
Tries: Akvsenti Giorgadze, Irakli Machkhaneli, Davit Kacharava. Conversions: Merab Kvirikashvili (3). Penalties: Kvirikashvili (3).
Standings
W D L PD F T BP Pts
Argentina 3 0 0 95 113 14 2 14
France 2 0 1 94 124 15 2 10
Ireland 2 0 1 -3 49 7 1 9
Georgia 1 0 2 -4 43 4 1 5
Namibia 0 0 4 -182 30 3 0 0
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.
Sept 30 France v Georgia, Marseille
Sept 30 Ireland v Argentina, Paris (Parc des Princes)
SOCCER
English League Cup
LONDON,: English League Cup results on Wednesday (aet denotes after extra time):
3rd rd
Aston Villa 0 Leicester 1 (Fryatt 76)
Blackburn 3 (Bentley 66, Derbyshire 82-pen, Santa Cruz 90) Birmingham 0
Fulham 1 (Healy 78) Bolton 2 (Guthrie 57, Giannakopoulos 112) aet
Hull 0 Chelsea 4 (Sinclair 37, Kalou 48, 81, Sidwell 52)
Manchester Utd 0 Coventry 2 (Mifsud 27, 70)
Sheffield Wednesday 0 Everton 3 (McFadden 59, 84, Yakubu 85)
Tottenham 2 (Bale 72, Huddlestone 75) Middlesbrough 0
West Ham 1 (Ashton 90) Plymouth 0
German league
BERLIN: German football league results on Wednesday:
VfB Stuttgart 1 (Hilbert 50) VfL Bochum 0
Bayern Munich 5 (Klose 60, 75, 89 Demichelis 63, Toni 69) Energie Cottbus 0
Nuremberg 1 (Mintal 73-pen) Bayer Leverkusen 2 (Kiessling 40, Barnetta 76)
Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Karlsruhe 1 (Franz 51)
Arminia Bielfeld 0 Hanover 2 (Huszti 54-pen, Pinto 85)
Italian league
ROME: Results from the Italian league on Wednesday:
Lazio 3 (Rocchi 48, 84, Pandev 60) Cagliari 1 (Acquafresca 70)
Genoa 3 (Borriello 20, 48, 73-pen) Udinese 2 (Gyan 51, Pepe 78)
Inter Milan 3 (Ibrahimovic 24, 49, Figo 58) Sampdoria 0
Palermo 2 (Diana 73, Miccoli 90+3) AC Milan 1 (Seedorf 10)
Parma 2 (Reginaldo 62, Corradi 64) Torino 0
Siena 1 (Loria 32) Atalanta 1 (Doni 71)
Fiorentina 2 (Gamberini 24, Mutu 80-pen) AS Roma 2 (Mancini 19, Giuly 37)
Naples 1 (Sosa 85) Livorno 0
Catania 1 (Martinez 48) Empoli 0
Juventus 4 (Legrottaglie 48, Salihamidzic 50, Trezeguet 76, Palladino 90+2) Reggina 0
Spanish league
MADRID: Spanish league results on Wednesday:
Deportivo La Coruna 0 Recreativo Huelva 2 (Martins 12, Javi Guerrero 47)
Real Mallorca 4 (Nunes 49, Arango 51, 87, Victor 83) Valladolid 2 (Ogbeche 5, Victor 25)
Murcia 0 Almeria 1 (Felipe Melo 41)
Osasuna 4 (Pandiani 31, 51, Juanfran 57, Javi Garcia 76) Levante 1 (Ettien 34)
Racing Santander 0 Villarreal 2 (Nihat 39, Rossi 76)
Valencia 2 (Silva 15, Villa 30) Getafe 1 (Braulio 76)
Atletic Bilbao 0 Atletico Madrid 2 (Aguero 12, Forlan 78)
Barcelona 4 (Messi 5, 10, Iniesta 22, Marquez 45+1) Real Zaragoza 1 (Zapater 9)
Tennis
Luxembourg WTA
LUXEMBOURG: Results of the 425,000-euro tournament on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Tatiana Golovin (FRA x8) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-3, 6-1; Patty Schnyder (SUI x6) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 6-1, 6-3
2nd rd
Vera Zvonareva (RUS) bt Shahar Peer (ISR x7) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x2) bt Anne Kremer (LUX) 7-5, 6-4; Victoria Azarenka (BLR) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS x3) 6-2, 6-1.
Mumbai Open
MUMBAI: Results on the third day of the Mumbai Open here on Wednesday:
1st round:: Olivier Rochus (BEL x8) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-2, 6-2; Stefan Koubek (AUT x6) bt Paul Capdeville (CHI) 6-3, 6-2; Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt Somdev Varman (IND) 6-3, 7-6 (10/8); Toshihide Matsui (JPN) bt Navdeep Singh (IND) 6-4, 7-6 (9/7); Nicolas Devilder (FRA) bt Rohan Bopanna (IND) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (11/9); Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x4) bt Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 2-0 ret.
WTA Korea Open
SEOUL: Korea Open women's singles second-round from Seoul on Thursday.
2nd round: Marta Domachowska (POL) bt Severine Bremond (FRA) 7-5, 6-2; Eleni Daniilidou (GRE x5) bt Ahsha Rolle (USA) 6-3, 6-2; Venus Williams (USA x1) bt Tamarine Tanasugrn (THA) 6-2, 6-1; Agnes Szavy (HUN x2) bt Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 6-1, 6-4; Maria Kirilenko (RUS x4) bt Meng Yuan (CHN) 6-4, 6-2
WTA Guangzhou
GUANGZHOU: Results Thursday from the Guangzhou International Open:
Second Round: Anabel Medina Garrigues (SPA x1) bt Jelena Kostanic Tocic (CRO) 6-2, 6-2; Tzipora Obziler (ISR) bt Peng Shuai (CHN x3) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5); Dominika Cibulkova (SLO x4) bt Song Shanshan (CHN) 6-1, 6-2; Virginia Ruano Pascual (SPA) Olga Govortsova (BLR x6) 6-2, 6-1; Alicia Molik (AUS) Julie Ditty (USA) 6-3, 6-2; Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) bt Camille Pin (FRA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROM) bt Yan Zi (CHN) 6-1, 6-4; Virginie Razzano (FRA x2) Sun Tiantian (CHN) 6-0, 6-0.
ATP Thailand Open
BANGKOK: Results from the third day of the Thailand Open here Thursday:
Second round
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x6) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-4, 6-4; Fernando Verdasco (ESP x8) bt Frank Dancevic (CAN) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Wang Yeu-tzuoo (TPE) bt Nick Lindahl (AUS) 6-3, 6-3; Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Tommy Haas (GER x4) 6-4, 6-4; Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Danai Udomchoke (THA) 6-2, 6-3; Ivo Karlovic (CRO x7) bt Simon Stadler (GER) 6-7(7/3), 7-6(7/4), 7-5.
(China Daily 09/28/2007 page18)
