Score board

BASEBALL

NEW YORK: Results of the American and National League Championship Series games on Monday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R

Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2

CLEVELAND 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 x 4

(Cleveland leads the best-of-seven series 2-1)

Arizona 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4

COLORADO 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 x 6

(Colorado wins the best-of-seven series 4-0)

Golf

World rankings

NEW YORK: World rankings on Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Tiger Woods 23.60 average points

2. (2) Phil Mickelson 9.54

3. (3) Jim Furyk 7.79

4. (5) Ernie Els (RSA) 7.51

5. (4) Steve Stricker 7.18

6. (6) Adam Scott (Aus) 6.31

7. (7) Padraig Harrington (Ire) 5.96

8. (9) K.J. Choi (Kor) 5.64

9. (10) Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.61

10. (8) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 5.55

11. (13) Vijay Singh (Fij) 5.41

12. (11) Justin Rose (GBR) 5.40

13. (12) Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 5.36

14. (14) Zach Johnson 4.80

15. (16) Henrik Stenson (Swe) 4.76

16. (15) Luke Donald (GBR) 4.58

17. (21) Angel Cabrera (Arg) 4.33

18. (18) Niclas Fasth (Swe) 3.96

19. (17) Trevor Immelman (RSA) 3.94

20. (19) Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 3.90

PGA Tour money list

NEW YOR: Leading money winners on the 2007 PGA Tour on Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $10,867,052

2. Phil Mickelson $5,819,988

3. Vijay Singh (Fij) $4,728,376

4. Steve Stricker $4,663,077

5. K.J. Choi (Kor) $4,587,859

6. Rory Sabbatini (RSA) $4,550,040

7. Jim Furyk $4,154,046

8. Zach Johnson $3,922,338

9. Sergio Garcia (Spa) $3,721,185

10. Aaron Baddeley (Aus) $3,441,119

11. Adam Scott (Aus) $3,413,185

12. Mark Calcavecchia $2,993,332

13. Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) $2,943,203

14. Woody Austin $2,878,902

15. Scott Verplank $2,875,089

16. Hunter Mahan $2,858,995

17. Brandt Snedeker $2,836,643

18. Charles Howell III $2,832,091

19. Justin Rose (GBR) $2,705,875

20. Ernie Els (RSA) $2,705,715

European Tour money list

LONDON: Leading money winners on the 2007 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated)

1. Ernie Els (RSA) 2,496,237 euros

2. Padraig Harrington (Ire) 2,278,942

3. Justin Rose 2,247,535

4. Henrik Stenson (Swe) 1,986,191

5. Niclas Fasth (Swe) 1,855,439

6. Angel Cabrera (Arg) 1,753,024

7. Andres Romero (Arg) 1,672,157

8. Soren Hansen (Den) 1,631,654

9. Retief Goosen (RSA) 1,447,495

10. Paul Casey 1,351,087

11. Colin Montgomerie 1,350,793

12. Nick Dougherty 1,339,002

13. Richard Sterne (RSA) 1,334,295

14. Lee Westwood 1,277,827

15. Sergio Garcia (Spa) 1,168,417

16. Graeme Storm 1,161,073

17. Anders Hansen (Den) 1,117,034

18. Gregory Havret (Fra) 1,114,548

19. Richard Green (Aus) 1,050,618

20. Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 988,858

NFL

NEW YORK: Result of the National Football League game on Monday night (home team in CAPS): NY Giants 31 ATLANTA 10

Standings

American Conference

AFC East

W L T PF PA PCT

New England 6 0 0 230 92 1.000

Buffalo 1 4 0 65 118 .200

NY Jets 1 5 0 105 154 .167

Miami 0 6 0 128 182 .000

AFC North

Pittsburgh 4 1 0 132 47 .800

Baltimore 4 2 0 110 100 .667

Cleveland 3 3 0 167 183 .500

Cincinnati 1 4 0 126 156 .200

AFC South

Indianapolis 5 0 0 164 88 1.000

Jacksonville 4 1 0 100 58 .800

Tennessee 3 2 0 94 72 .600

Houston 3 3 0 133 136 .500

AFC West

Kansas City 3 3 0 90 103 .500

San Diego 3 3 0 137 119 .500

Oakland 2 3 0 116 128 .400

Denver 2 3 0 75 136 .400

National Conference

NFC East

Dallas 5 1 0 203 144 .833

NY Giants 4 2 0 154 134 .667

Washington 3 2 0 101 69 .600

Philadelphia 2 3 0 100 82 .400

NFC North

Green Bay 5 1 0 142 107 .833

Detroit 3 2 0 117 155 .600

Minnesota 2 3 0 101 90 .400

Chicago 2 4 0 118 149 .333

NFC South

Carolina 4 2 0 123 110 .667

Tampa Bay 4 2 0 108 87 .667

New Orleans 1 4 0 79 136 .200

Atlanta 1 5 0 79 131 .1678

NFC WEST

Arizona 3 3 0 128 136 .500

Seattle 3 3 0 104 102 .500

San Francisco 2 3 0 63 102 .400

St. Louis 0 6 0 73 159 .000

NHL

NEW YORK: Results from Monday's NHL games (home team in CAPS):

BUFFALO 5 Toronto 4 (OT)

ANAHEIM 6 Detroit 3

San Jose 4 VANCOUVER 2

Tennis

ATP rankings

PARIS: The ATP rankings released on Monday:-

1. Roger Federer (SUI) 7355 pts

2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 5385

3. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 4370

4. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 3255

5. Andy Roddick (USA) 2505

6. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 2245

7. David Ferrer (ESP) 2130 (+1)

8. James Blake (USA) 2110 (-1)

9. Tommy Robredo (ESP) 2035

10. Tommy Haas (GER) 1940 (+2)

11. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 1935 (-1)

12. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 1885 (-1)

13. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 1675

14. Guillermo Canas (ARG) 1673

15. Carlos Moya (ESP) 1620

16. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 1485

17. Andy Murray (GBR) 1480 (+1)

18. Mikha?l Youzhny (RUS) 1465 (-1)

19. Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 1365

20. Juan Monaco (ARG) 1350

WTA rankings

PARIS: The WTA rankings released on Monday:

1. Justine Henin (BEL) 5500 pts

2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 3775

3. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 3475

4. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 3175 (+1)

5. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3161 (-1)

6. Serena Williams (USA) 2766 (+1)

7. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 2625 (-1)

8. Venus Williams (USA) 2470

9. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 2177

10. Elena Dementieva (RUS) 2022 (+4)

11. Marion Bartoli (FRA) 2021 (+1)

12. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 1976 (-2)

13. Amlie Mauresmo (FRA) 1921 (-2)

14. Dinara Safina (RUS) 1820 (+3)

15. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 1710 (-2)

16. Shahar Peer (ISR) 1682

17. Patty Schnyder (SUI) 1679 (-2)

18. Tatiana Golovin (FRA) 1624

19. Martina Hingis (SUI) 1577

20. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 1363,5

Madrid Masters ATP

MADRID: First-round results from the first day of the Madrid Masters ATP event on Monday (x denotes seeding): Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Igor Andreev (RUS) 6-7 (5/7), 6-0, 6-4; Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 2-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4; Stefan Koubek (AUT) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Juan Del Potro (ARG) bt Potito Starace (ITA) 7-5, 6-1; Andy Murray (GBR) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-4, 6-1; Mario Ancic (CRO) bt Marc Gicquel (FRA) 6-4, 6-2; Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Andrei Pavel (ROM) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-2, 6-2; Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-1, 6-1.

Zurich Open WTA

ZURICH: First-round results from the $1.34-million WTA Zurich Open on Monday: Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) bt Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 6-4, 6-2; Tatiana Golovin (FRA) bt Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 6-3, 6-4; Alona Bondarenko (UKR) bt Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Michaella Krajicek (NED) bt Sania Mirza (IND) 6-1, 6-4

(China Daily 10/17/2007 page18)