Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
TORONTO 106 Philadelphia 97
ORLANDO 102 Milwaukee 83
INDIANA 119 Washington 110 (OT)
NEW JERSEY 112 Chicago 103 (OT)
Dallas 92 CLEVELAND 74
San Antonio 104 MEMPHIS 101
NEW ORLEANS 104 Sacramento 90
DENVER 120 Seattle 103
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
NEW JERSEY 6 Tampa Bay 1
FLORIDA 4 Carolina 2
Chicago 5 DALLAS 4
Columbus 4 LOS ANGELES 1
SOCCER
Dutch Cup
AMSTERDAM: Dutch Cup third round results on Wednesday (numerals denote division, top division unstated):
Ajax Amsterdam 3 Heerenveen 1
De Treffers (III) 1 NEC Nijmegen 5
Deurne (III) 2 UNA (III) 0
Groene Ster (IV) 1 Quick Boys (III) 2
RKC Waalwijk (II) 4 BV Veendam (II) 0
Sparta Rotterdam 2 NAC Breda 3
English League Cup
LONDON: English League Cup results on Wednesday:
Fourth round (aet denotes after extra time)
Bolton 0 Manchester City 1 (Elano 86-pen)
Chelsea 4 (Lampard 20, 29, 90, Shevchenko 87) Leicester 3 (McAuley 6, Campbell 69, Cort 74)
Liverpool 2 (El Zhar 48, Gerrard 66) Cardiff 1 (Purse 65)
Luton 0 Everton 1 (Cahill 101) aet
Portsmouth 1 (Kanu 90) Blackburn 2 (McCarthy 11, Pedersen 77)
Sheffield Utd 0 Arsenal 3 (Eduardo 8, 50, Denilson 69)
Tottenham 2 (Keane 18, Chimbonda 58) Blackpool 0
Played Tuesday
Coventry 1 (Tabb 68) West Ham 2 (Hall 71-og, Cole 90)
French League Cup
PARIS: French League Cup results on Wednesday:
Last 16
Monaco 1 (Piquionne 67) Lens 2 (Boukari 15, Carriere 83)
Rennes 0 Valenciennes 2 (M. Traore 23, Pujol 75)
PSG 2 (Pauleta (7, 90+3) Montpellier 0
Caen 1 (Grandin 30) Lyon 3 (A.Keita 16, Bodmer 76, Benzema 89)
German Cup
BERLIN: German Cup second round results on Wednesday (numerals denote division, Bundesliga unstated):
Bayern Munich 3 Borussia Moenchengladbach (II) 1
Borussia Dortmund 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 1
Carl Zeiss Jena (II) 2 Nuremberg 2 (after extra time, 1-1 after 90 mins, Carl Zeiss Jena win 5-4 on shootout)
Hamburg SV 3 Freiburg (II) 1
Rot-Weiss Essen (III) 2 Kaiserslautern (II) 1
TuS Koblenz (II) 1 Arminia Bielefeld 2 (after extra time, 1-1 after 90 mins)
VfB Stuttgart 3 SC Paderborn (II) 2 (after extra time, 2-2 after 90 mins)
Werder Bremen 4 MSV Duisburg 0
Italian league
ROME: Italian league results on Wednesday:
Roma 3 (Vucinic 19, Mancini 42, Perrotta 56) Lazio 2 (Rocchi 12, Ledesma 70)
Sampdoria 0 AC Milan 5 (Kaka 47, Gilardino 53, 62, Gourcuff 76, Seedorf 81)
Inter Milan 4 (Cordoba 8, Cambiasso 50, Suazo 74, Julio Cruz 86-pen) Genoa 1 (Konko 73)
Juventus 3 (Trezeguet 51-pen, 63, 70) Empoli 0
Udinese 2 (Floro Flores 25, Inler 52) Torino 1 (Ventola 62)
Palermo 1 (Amauri 87-pen) Parma 1 (Morrone 3)
Atalanta 2 (Daniele Capelli 55, Doni 80) Cagliari 2 (Fini 39-pen, Matri 70)
Reggina 1 (Amoruso 37) Livorno 3 (Pulzetti 34, Valdez 78-og, Rossini 90)
Siena 1 (De Ceglie 80) Catania 1 (J. Vargas 89)
Fiorentina 1 (Vieri 60) Napoli 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Inter Milan 7 3 0 21 6 24
AS Roma 6 3 1 23 14 21
Juventus 6 2 2 21 10 20
Fiorentina 5 5 0 17 7 20
Udinese 5 3 2 12 12 18
Atalanta 3 6 1 13 12 15
Napoli 4 2 4 17 12 14
Catania 3 5 2 9 8 14
Palermo 3 5 2 12 12 14
AC Milan 3 4 3 18 9 13
Genoa 3 4 3 9 12 13
Torino 2 5 3 12 13 11
Sampdoria 3 2 5 8 14 11
Lazio 2 4 4 11 15 10
Parma 2 4 4 11 17 10
Cagliari 2 3 5 10 15 9
Siena 1 5 4 8 13 8
Empoli 2 2 6 5 14 8
Livorno 1 2 7 11 22 5
Reggina 0 5 5 6 17 5
Scottish League Cup
GLASGOW: Scottish League Cup results on Wednesday:
Quarter finals
Aberdeen 4 (Nicholson 10-pen, 21-pen, 78, Miller 45) Inverness CT 1 (Bayne 68)
Celtic 0 Hearts 2 (Velicka 77, 86)
Dundee Utd 3 (Hunt 10, 77, 85) Hamilton 1 (Offiong 79-pen)
Motherwell 1 (Quinn 90) Rangers 2 (Novo 22, Boyd 53)
Spanish league
MADRID: Spanish league results on Wednesday:
Almeria 0 Real Zaragoza 1 (Milito 77-pen)
Real Betis 0 Osasuna 3 (Cruchaga 43, Dady 51, Vela 54)
Deportivo La Coruna 1 (Guardado 41-pen) Real Mallorca 1 (Guiza 11)
Getafe 2 (Casquero 8, Uche 29) Athletic Bilbao 0
Recreativo Huelva 0 Racing Santander 0
Villarreal 3 (Guille France 3, Rossi 15-pen, Cygan 38) Levante 0
Valencia 1 (Angulo 58) Real Madrid 5 (Raul 1, Van Nistelrooy 24, 36, Sergio Ramos 29, Robinho 64)
Atletico Madrid 4 (Maniche 1, Aguero 16, Maxi 70, Jurado 90+1) Sevilla 3 (Luis Fabiano 14, 90+2, Ze Castro 44-og)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Real Madrid 8 1 1 25 7 25
Villarreal 7 0 3 18 13 21
Barcelona 6 2 1 19 7 20
Atletico Madrid 6 2 2 20 10 20
Valencia 6 0 4 15 19 18
Espanyol 5 2 2 14 11 17
Real Zaragoza 5 2 3 16 14 17
Real Mallorca 4 4 2 18 13 16
Racing Santander 4 4 2 8 8 16
Sevilla 4 0 5 19 13 12
Osasuna 3 3 3 13 11 12
Murcia 3 3 3 8 8 12
Almeria 3 2 5 10 11 11
Athletic Bilbao 2 4 4 7 12 10
Recreativo Huelva 2 3 5 7 13 9
La Coruna 2 3 5 8 16 9
Real Betis 1 5 4 8 12 8
Getafe 2 2 6 9 15 8
Valladolid 1 3 5 11 19 6
Levante 0 1 9 3 23 1
Tennis
Paris Indoor Masters
PARIS: Results from the fourth day of the Paris Indoor Masters here Wednesday:
2nd rd
Andy Murray (GBR x15) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Juan Chela (ARG x16) 6-3, 6-1; Fabrice Santoro (FRA) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB x3) 6-3, 6-2; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x4) bt Juan Del Potro (ARG) 7-6 (7/3), 6-1; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-3, 6-1; Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x13) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4); Richard Gasquet (FRA x10) bt Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (FRA) 7-5, 7-6 (7/3); David Nalbandian (ARG) bt Carlos Moya (ESP x14) 6-4, 6-4; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Quebec WTA
QUEBEC CITY, Canada: Results here on Wednesday in a WTA tennis tournament:
2nd rd
Vera Zvonareva (Rus x2) bt Severine Bremond (Fra) 6-3 7-6(6); Julia Vakulenko (UKR x3) bt Stephanie Dubois (CAN) 6-1, 2-6, 7-5; Olga Govortsova (BLR x5) bt Alina Jidkova (RUS) 6-3, 5-0 retired.
1st rd
Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) bt Meilen Tu (USA x4) 6-2, 6-2; Julie Ditty (USA) bt Alize Cornet (FRA x6) 7-5, 6-3; Maret Ani (EST) bt Andreja Klepac (SLO) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1; Renata Voracova (Cze) bt Nicole Vaidisova (Cze x1) 2-6 6-3 0-0 (Vaidisova retired).
(China Daily 11/02/2007 page22)
