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Bob Hope Classic

PALM DESERT, California:Leading first-round scores here on Wednesday from the $5.1 million Bob Hope Classic (USA unless noted, par-72):

65 - Joe Durant, Mathew Goggin (AUS), Shigeki Maruyama (JPN), Tim Petrovic, Omar Uresti

66 - Jason Bohn, Ben Crane, Steve Elkington (AUS), Robert Gamez, Lee Janzen, Kenny Perry, Jeff Quinney

67 - Mark Calcavecchia, Ken Duke, Todd Hamilton, Dustin Johnson, Will MacKenzie, Jesper Parnevik (SWE), Brett Rumford (AUS), Kevin Streelman, D.J. Trahan, Johnson Wagner

...

68 - Nick Flanagan (AUS), Nathan Green (AUS), John Senden (AUS), Charlie Wi (KOR)

69 - Mark Hensby (AUS), Jon Mills (CAN), Jin Park (KOR), Carl Pettersson (SWE), Tim Wilkinson (NZL)

70 - Matthew Jones (AUS), Mike Weir (CAN)

71 - Alex Cejka (GER), Ryuji Imada (JPN), Martin Laird (GBR), Rod Pampling (AUS), Yang Yong-Eun (KOR)

72 - Richard S. Johnson (GBR), Brian Davis (GBR), Stephen Leaney (AUS)

73 - Robert Allenby (AUS), Daniel Chopra (SWE)

NBA

NEW YORK: Results of the NBA games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):

TORONTO 116 Sacramento 91

CHARLOTTE 99 Orlando 93

Chicago 126 MIAMI 96

INDIANA 125 Golden State 117

New York 111 NEW JERSEY 105

BOSTON 100 Portland 90

MILWAUKEE 87 Atlanta 80

NEW ORLEANS 123 Seattle 92

NHL

NEW YORK: Results of the NHL games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):

NY Islanders 3 NEW JERSEY 1

PHILADELPHIA 5 Florida 3

NY RANGERS 2 Buffalo 1

Calgary 3 MINNESOTA 2 (SO)

CHICAGO 6 St. Louis 1

SOCCER

FIFA rankings

ZURICH: Top 25 in FIFA's world rankings released on Wednesday (previous month's ranking in parentheses):

1. Argentina (1), 1,523 points.

2. Brazil (2), 1,502.

3. Italy (3), 1,498.

4. Spain (4), 1,349.

5. Germany (5), 1,305.

6. Czech Republic (6), 1,290.

7. France (7), 1,243.

8. Portugal (8), 1,241.

9. Netherlands (9), 1,170.

10. Croatia (10), 1,129.

11. Greece (11), 1,114.

12. England (12), 1,113.

13. Romania (13), 1,088.

14. Scotland (14), 990.

15. Mexico (15), 982.

16. Turkey (16), 924.

17. Colombia (17), 905.

18. Bulgaria (18), 881.

19. Nigeria (20), 879.

20. United States (19), 876.

21. Paraguay (21), 873.

22. Sweden (24), 864.

23. Poland (22), 862.

24. Russia (23), 861.

25. Cameroon (25), 853.

Dutch Cup

English FA Cup

LONDON: Results in the English FA Cup on Wednesday:

3rd round replays

Havant and Waterloovile 4 (Monk 4-og, Collins 25, Baptiste 37, Jordan 65) Swansea 2 (Bauza 39, Scotland 48)

Hereford 1 (Johnson 72) Tranmere 0

Manchester City 1 (Elano 73) West Ham 0

Newcastle 4 (Owen 8, Cacapa 31, Milner 68, Duff 76) Stoke 1 (Lawrence 89)

French League Cup

PARIS: French League Cup results on Wednesday:

Quarter-finals

Le Mans 1 (Matsui 29) Lyon 0

Paris Saint Germain 4 (Pauleta 2-pen, Diane 55, 61, Rothen 67) Valenciennes 0

Lens 3 (Demont 16, Maoulida 45, Monterrubio 59-pen) Nancy 0

Auxerre 1 (Pedretti 90+1) Marseille 0

Italian Cup

ROME: Italian Cup results on Wednesday:

Last 16, second leg

Palermo 0 Udinese 1 (Floro Flores 90)

Udinese win 1-0 on aggregate

Fiorentina 2 (Pazzini 60, 73) Ascoli 0

Fiorentina win 3-1 on aggregate

Catania 1 (Vargas 11) AC Milan 1 (Paloschi 68)

Catania win 3-2 on aggregate

Sampdoria 4 (Bonazzoli 4, 89, Sala 49, Palombo 75) Cagliari 0

Sampdoria win 4-1 on aggregate

AS Roma 4 (Mancini 59, Totti 61, 72-pen, Giuly 89) Torino 0

Roma win 5-3 on aggregate

Playing Thursday

Inter Milan v Reggina, Napoli v Lazio

Scottish Premier League

GLASGOW: Scottish Premier League result on Wednesday:

Gretna 1 (Deuchar 46) Rangers 2 (Ferguson 45, Cousin 74)

Spanish Kings Cup

MADRID: Spanish Kings Cup results on Wednesday:

Last 16, 2nd leg

Racing Santander 4 (Tchite 24, Oriol 33, Serrano 68), Garay 90+2-pen) Real Zaragoza 2 (Oliveira 6, D. Milito 80)

Racing Santander win 5-3 on aggregate

Valladolid 1 (Llorente 69) Atletico Madrid 1 (Aguero 49)

Atletico win on away goals rule after tie ended 1-1 on aggregate

Levante 0 Getafe 1 (Gavilan 65)

Getafe win 4-0 on aggregate

Villarreal 2 (Senna 10, Rossi 102) Recreativo Huelva 0 after extra-time

Villarreal win 2-1 on aggregate

Espanyol 1 (Luis Garcia 10) Athletic Bilbao 1 (Iraola 84) aet

Athletic Bilbao win 4-3 on penalties after tie ended 2-2

Real Madrid 0 Real Mallorca 1 (Ibagaza 83)

Mallorca win 3-1 on aggregate

Valencia 2 (Zigic 9, Vicente 68) Real Betis 1 (Juanito 77)

Valencia win 4-2 on aggregate

TENNIS

Australian Open

MELBOURNE: Results from day four of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park yesterday (x denotes seeding):

Men's singles 2nd round

Tomas Berdych (CZE x13) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-2, 6-1, 6-3; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP x22) bt Alun Jones (AUS) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP x25) 7-5, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/3); Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 6-1, 6-2, 6-0; Juan Monaco (ARG x21) bt Amer Delic (USA) 6-3, 7-6 (8/6), 5-7, 6-7 (8/10), 8-6; Novak Djokovic (SRB x3) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2; David Ferrer (ESP x5) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 6-3, 6-4, 0-0 retired; Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x19) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 5-7, 6-1; Sam Querrey (USA) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x32) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) bt Robin Haase (NED) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4; David Nalbandian (ARG x10) bt Peter Luczak (AUS) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1; Vincent Spadea (USA) bt Denis Gremelmayr (GER) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 2-6 9-7; Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x7) bt Lee Hyung-Taik (KOR) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4; James Blake (USA x12) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2; Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x15) bt Marat Safin (RUS) 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2;

Women's singles 2nd round

Maria Kirilenko (RUS x27) bt Akiko Morigami (JPN) 6-1, 6-1; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-3, 6-1; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x2) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 7-6 (7/0), 6-2; Venus Williams (USA x8) bt Camille Pin (FRA) 7-5, 6-4; Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) bt Catalina Castano (COL) 6-2, 6-4; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x29) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 7-5, 6-4; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x9) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-2, 7-5; Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x6) bt Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 6-3, 6-4; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Alona Bondarenko (UKR x21) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO x28) bt Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) 6-4, 6-1; Sania Mirza (IND x31) bt Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5; Nadia Petrova (RUS x14) bt Anne Kremer (LUX) 7-5, 7-5; Sabine Lisicki (GER) bt Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) 6-1, 7-5; Li Na (CHN x24) bt Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 6-4, 6-3; Maria Domachowska (POL) bt Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 7-5, 1-6, 6-1; Ana Ivanovic (SER x4) bt Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 6-0, 6-3.

(China Daily 01/18/2008 page23)