Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Result from the MLB playoffs Division Series match between NY Yankees and Cleveland on Monday (home team in CAPS)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Cleveland 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
NY YANKEES 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
(Cleveland win the best-of-five series by 3-1)
GOLF
World rankings
LONDON: World rankings on Monday (U.S. unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 23.36 average points
2. (2) Phil Mickelson 9.46
3. (3) Jim Furyk 7.78
4. (4) Steve Stricker 7.24
5. (5) Ernie Els (RSA) 7.01
6. (6) Adam Scott (Aus) 6.30
7. (7) Padraig Harrington (Ire) 6.00
8. (8) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 5.68
9. (9) K.J. Choi (Kor) 5.61
10. (10) Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.58
11. (13) Justin Rose (GBR) 5.51
12. (11) Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 5.46
13. (12) Vijay Singh (Fij) 5.42
14. (14) Zach Johnson 4.77
15. (15) Luke Donald (GBR) 4.58
16. (16) Henrik Stenson (Swe) 4.58
17. (18) Trevor Immelman (RSA) 4.02
18. (21) Niclas Fasth (Swe) 3.96
19. (19) Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 3.94
20. (17) Retief Goosen (RSA) 3.93
European Tour money list
LONDON: Leading money winners on the 2007 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated)
1. Padraig Harrington (Ire) 2,138,078 euros
2. Justin Rose 1,811,595
3. Ernie Els (RSA) 1,799,378
4. Henrik Stenson (Swe) 1,770,296
5. Niclas Fasth (Swe) 1,735,842
6. Andres Romero (Arg) 1,555,548
7. Soren Hansen (Den) 1,435,039
8. Retief Goosen (RSA) 1,386,636
9. Angel Cabrera (Arg) 1,361,587
10. Richard Sterne (RSA) 1,307,711
11. Colin Montgomerie 1,289,934
12. Lee Westwood 1,270,915
13. Paul Casey 1,175,739
14. Sergio Garcia (Spa) 1,168,417
15. Graeme Storm 1,117,821
16. Gregory Havret (Fra) 1,114,548
17. Richard Green (Aus) 1,050,618
18. Anders Hansen (Den) 1,000,425
19. Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 988,858
20. Bradley Dredge 982,138
NHL
NEW YORK: Results of the NHL games on Monday (home team in CAPS):
Washington 2 NY ISLANDERS 1
OTTAWA 4 New Jersey 2
DETROIT 4 Edmonton 2
NFL
WASHINGTON: Result on Monday in the National Football League (home team in CAPS):
Dallas 25 BUFFALO 24
Standings
American Conference
AFC East
W L T PF PA PCT
New England 5 0 0 182 65 1.000
Buffalo 1 4 0 65 118 .200
NY Jets 1 4 0 96 138 .200
Miami 0 5 0 97 141 .000
AFC North
Pittsburgh 4 1 0 132 47 .800
Baltimore 3 2 0 88 97 .600
Cleveland 2 3 0 126 152 .400
Cincinnati 1 3 0 106 129 .250
AFC South
Indianapolis 5 0 0 164 88 1.000
Jacksonville 3 1 0 63 41 .750
Tennessee 3 1 0 84 59 .750
Houston 3 2 0 116 99 .600
AFC West
Oakland 2 2 0 102 100 .500
Kansas City 2 3 0 63 83 .400
Denver 2 3 0 75 136 .400
San Diego 2 3 0 109 105 .400
National Conference
NFC East
Dallas 5 0 0 176 96 1.000
Washington 3 1 0 87 52 .750
NY Giants 3 2 0 123 124 .600
Philadelphia 1 3 0 84 73 .250
NFC North
Green Bay 4 1 0 125 93 .800
Detroit 3 2 0 117 155 .600
Chicago 2 3 0 87 115 .400
Minnesota 1 3 0 67 59 .250
NFC South
Carolina 3 2 0 98 100 .600
Tampa Bay 3 2 0 95 77 .600
Atlanta 1 4 0 69 100 .200
New Orleans 0 4 0 51 119 .000
NFC West
Arizona 3 2 0 118 111 .600
Seattle 3 2 0 87 74 .600
San Francisco 2 3 0 63 102 .400
St Louis 0 5 0 70 137 .000
Soccer
World Cup Asian qualifying
HONG KONG: World Cup Asian region qualifying first round, first leg result on Monday
Vietnam 0 United Arab Emirates 1
Thailand 6 Macao 1
Bangladesh 1 Tajikistan 1
Palestine 0 Singapore 4
Syria 3 Afghanistan 0
Oman 2 Nepal 0
Lebanon 4 India 1
Yemen 3 Maldives 0
TENNIS
Men's world rankings
PARIS: Men's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous week's ranking in brackets):
1. (1) Roger Federer (Swi) 7355 points
2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 5385
3. (3 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 4145
4. (4) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 3255
5. (5) Andy Roddick (USA) 2540
6. (6) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) 2360
7. (7) James Blake (USA) 2235
8. (8) David Ferrer (Spa) 2130
9. (9) Tommy Robredo (Spa) 2035
10. (10) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 1950
11. (13) Richard Gasquet (Fra) 1885
12. (11) Tommy Haas (Ger) 1880
13. (12) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 1850
14. (14) Guillermo Canas (Arg) 1673
15. (15) Carlos Moya (Spa) 1620
16. (16) Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 1465
17. (17) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 1465
18. (18) Andy Murray (GBR) 1455
19. (19) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 1365
20. (20) Juan Monaco (Arg) 1310
Women's world rankings
MIAMI: Women's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous week's ranking in brackets):
1. (1) Justine Henin (Bel) 5500 points
2. (2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 3650
3. (3) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) 3475
4. (4) Maria Sharapova (Rus) 3235
5. (5) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) 3175
6. (6) Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 2890
7. (7) Serena Williams (USA) 2466
8. (8) Venus Williams (USA) 2405
9. (10) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 2177
10. (9) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 2121
11. (12) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) 1995
12. (11) Marion Bartoli (Fra) 1991
13. (14) Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 1735
14. (15) Elena Dementieva (Rus) 1727
15. (13) Patty Schnyder (Swi) 1694
16. (16) Shahar Peer (Isr) 1689
17. (17) Dinara Safina (Rus) 1665
18. (19) Tatiana Golovin (Fra) 1624
19. (18) Martina Hingis (Swi) 1577
20. (20) Agnes Szavay (Hun) 1363
Vienna ATP
VIENNA: Results of the first day of the BA-CA Trophy on Monday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x3) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) 6-4, 7-5; Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x8) 6-2, 6-2; Stefan Koubek (AUT) bt Carlos Moya (ESP x6) 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 6-2; Jiri Vanek (CZE) bt Roko Karanusic (CRO) 6-7 (1/7), 6-4, 7-6 (7/3); Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Marc Gicquel (FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Stockholm ATP
STOCKHOLM: Results from the second day of the ATP Stockholm Open on Sunday:
1st rd
Filip Prpic (SWE) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4); Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x6) bt Tobias Kamke (GER) 6-1, 6-2; Albert Montanes (ESP) bt Rohan Bopanna (INA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1.
Kremlin Cup
MOSCOW: Results from the $2,34-million joint ATP and WTA Kremlin Cup tournament on Monday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Women
Marion Bartoli (FRA x5) bt Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 6-2, 7-5; Patty Schnyder (SUI x7) bt Emilie Loit (FRA) 6-4, 6-1; Vera Dushevina (RUS) bt Eleni Danilidou (GRE) 7-5, 6-1.
Men
Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 7-5, 6-3; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Sergio Roitman (ARG) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Florent Serra (FRA) bt Potito Starace (ITA x6) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x8) bt Justin Gimelstob (USA) 6-1, 6-3.
Bangkok Open
BANGKOK: The results from the first day of the $200,000 WTA Bangkok Open on Monday.
First Round:
Camille Pin (FRA) vs Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO) 7-5, retire; Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) bt Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU) 7-5, 6-4; Casey Dellacqua (AUS) bt Severine Bremond (FRA) 6-2, 6-4; Urszula Radwanska (POL) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-0, 6-3.
(China Daily 10/10/2007 page22)
