Score board

NHL

NEW YORK: NHL results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):

Pittsburgh 2 BUFFALO 1 (SO)

WASHINGTON Ottawa 3

TORONTO 4 Tampa Bay 3 (o.p.)

LOS ANGELES 9 Chicago 2

SO denotes shootout win

SOCCER

English Premier League

LONDON: English Premier League results on Tuesday:

Arsenal 2 (Eduardo 2, Adebayor 18) West Ham 0

Aston Villa 2 (Mellberg 41, Laursen 85) Tottenham 1 (Defoe 79)

Fulham 1 (Murphy 10-pen) Chelsea 2 (Kalou 54, Ballack 62-pen)

Manchester United 1 (Tevez 25) Birmingham 0

Middlesbrough 0 Everton 2 (Johnson 67, McFadden 72)

Reading 0 Portsmouth 2 (Campbell 9, Utaka 66)

Wednesday (2000GMT unless stated)

Blackburn v Sunderland

Bolton v Derby

Liverpool v Wigan

Newcastle v Manchester City (1945GMT)

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Arsenal 15 5 1 42 16 50

Man Utd 15 3 3 38 11 48

Chelsea 13 5 3 33 16 44

Liverpool 10 7 2 33 12 37

Everton 11 3 7 37 22 36

Aston Villa 10 6 5 37 27 36

Man City 10 6 4 27 22 36

Portsmouth 9 7 5 31 20 34

Blackburn 8 6 6 27 28 30

West Ham 8 5 7 25 19 29

Newcastle 7 5 8 27 31 26

Tottenham 6 6 9 42 38 24

Reading 6 4 11 29 44 22

Middlesbrough 5 5 11 18 35 20

Birmingham 5 4 12 22 32 19

Bolton 4 5 11 22 32 17

Sunderland 4 5 11 20 39 17

Wigan 4 4 12 20 36 16

Fulham 2 9 10 22 37 15

Derby 1 4 15 10 45 7

English Championship

LONDON: English Football League The Championship results on Tuesday:

Blackpool 3 Burnley 0

Bristol City 2 Coventry 1

Cardiff 1 Plymouth 0

Charlton 1 Colchester 2

Crystal Palace 1 Norwich 1

Ipswich 2 West Bromwich 0

QPR 3 Leicester 1

Scunthorpe 2 Barnsley 2

Sheffield Wednesday 2 Preston 1

Southampton 0 Watford 3

Stoke 1 Hull 1

Wolverhampton 0 Sheffield Utd 0

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

West Bromwich 14 5 7 56 31 47

Watford 14 5 7 44 34 47

Bristol City 13 8 5 34 31 47

Stoke 11 10 5 42 33 43

Charlton 11 7 8 36 31 40

Ipswich 11 6 9 43 35 39

Plymouth 10 8 8 35 29 38

Crystal Palace 9 11 6 31 27 38

Hull 10 8 8 32 29 38

Wolverhampton 9 10 7 24 23 37

Cardiff 9 9 8 33 32 36

Burnley 8 10 8 33 35 34

Barnsley 8 10 8 33 36 34

Blackpool 8 9 9 34 31 33

Southampton 9 6 11 35 44 33

Sheffield Utd 8 8 10 29 30 32

Coventry 9 5 11 29 40 32

QPR 7 9 10 30 38 30

Sheffield Wed 8 4 13 28 33 28

Norwich 7 7 12 24 34 28

Leicester 5 12 9 25 27 27

Scunthorpe 6 9 11 28 40 27

Colchester 5 10 11 38 45 25

Preston 6 6 14 25 33 24

TENNIS

Qatar Open

DOHA: Results of the Qatar Open ATP championships here on Tuesday (x denotes seed): 1st rd: Nicolas Kiefer (GER) bt Sebastien de Chaunac (FRA) 6-4, 6-3; Christophe Rochus (BEL) bt Ivo Karlovic (CROx5) 7-6 (7/2), 6-2; Dmitry Tursunov (RUSx8) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-2, 7-5; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Alberto Martin (ESP) 6-2, 6-2; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x1) bt Benedikt Dorsch (GER) 6-3, 6-0; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Santiago Ventura (ESP) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Agustin Calleri (ARG) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x2) 6-4, 6-4; Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Oliver Rochus (BEL) 6-0, 6-2; Rainer Schuttler (GER) bt Andrei Pavel (ROM) 1-6, 6-2, 6-0.

ATP Chennai Open

CHENNAI, India: Results from the $436,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament on Tuesday: 1st round: Carlos Moya (ESP x3) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-4, 6-1; Nicolas Mahut (FRA x5) bt Denis Gremelmayr (GER) 6-3, 6-3; Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS) bt Prakash Amritraj (IND) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (10/8); Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB) 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-1; Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Mathieu Montcourt (FRA) 6-2, 6-4; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt Alexander Peya (AUT) 6-4, 6-4; Rajeev Ram (USA) bt Yuri Schukin (RUS) 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/2); Robin Haase (NED) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x2) 6-3, 6-4; Werner Eschauer (AUT x7) bt Bartolome Salva-Vidal (ESP) 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 6-4; Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Marc Gicquel (FRA x8) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4; Lovro Zovko (CRO) bt Thierry Ascione (FRA) 6-4, 6-0.

Adelaide International

ADELAIDE, Australia: Results from the Adelaide International men's singles matches on Wednesday: Joseph Sirianni (Aus) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3; Benjamin Becker (Ger) bt Michael Russell (USS) 6-4 6-4; Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA x2) bt Chris Guccione (AUS) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Evgeny Korolev (RUS) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3

1st round (played on Tuesday)

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Andrey Golubev (RUS) 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 6-2; Frank Dancevic (CAN) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)

Australian Women's Hardcourt

GOLD COAST, Australia: Australian Women's Hardcourt singles results on Wednesday: Second round:

Shahar Peer (Isr x5) bt Julia Schruff (Ger) 6-0 (Schruff retired); Dinara Safina (Rus x3) bt Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-4 2-6 6-4; Patty Schnyder (Swi x4) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Amelia Mauresmo (Fra x6) bt Nathalie Dechy (Fra) 6-3, 6-4; Li Na (Chn) bt Monique Adamczak (Aus) 6-3, 6-2; Dominika Cibulkova (Slk) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 7-5, 6-1; Nicole Vaidisova (Cze x1) bt Tatjana Malek (Ger) 6-4, 6-2.

Auckland Classic

AUCKLAND: Auckland Classic women's singles second round results on Wednesday: Aravane Rezai (Fra) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre x7) 7-5 6-4; Lindsay Davenport (USA) bt Anabel Medina (Spa x5) 6-1 4-6 6-0; Vera Zvonareva (Rus x1) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) 6-2 6-3; Tamira Paszek (Aut x6) bt Camille Pin (Fra) 6-2 6-3; Marina Erakovic (NZL) bt Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 7-6(5) 7-5; Katarina Srebotnik (Slo x3) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) 6-0, 6-1; Maria Kirilenko (Rus x2) bt Klara Zakopalova (Cze) 6-4 6-1; Sara Errani (Ita) bt Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-1, 6-2.

Hopman Cup

PERTH, Australia: Results from Hopman Cup tennis tournament at the Burswood Dome here yesterday:

Group A

Serbia bt France, 2-1

Women's singles: Tatiana Golovin (FRA) bt Jelena Jankovic (SER) 0-1 (ret)

Men's singles: Novak Djokovic (SER) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA) 6-3, 6-3

Mixed doubles: Jankovic/Djokovic (SER) bt Golovin/Clement 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (10/4).

(China Daily 01/03/2008 page23)