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Badminton
All-England Championships
BIRMINGHAM, England: Results from the All-England Championships here on Wednesday (x denotes seed):
1st rd
Men's singles
Eric Pang (NED) bt Lee Tsuen Seng (MAS) 10-21 22-20 21-15; Jonassen Kenneth (DEN x5) bt Chan Yan Kit (HKG) 21-18 21-15; Sho Sasaki (JPN) bt Park Sung Hwan (KOR) 21-13 21-19; Chen Yu (CHN) bt Hyun Il Lee (KOR) 19-21 21-19 21-14; Joachim Persson (DEN) bt Muhd Roslin Hashim (MAS) 21-15 17-21 21-9; Lin Dan (CHN) (x1) bt Anup Sridhar (INA) 16-21 21-8 21-11; Bao Chunlai (CHN) (x3) bt Muhd Hafiz B Hashim (MAS) 21-19 21-11; Shoji Sato (JPN) bt Boonsak Ponsana (THA) 14-21 22-20 21-15; Chen Jin (CHN) (x4) bt Kenichi Tago (JPN) 21-16 21-12; Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE) bt Ng Wei (HKG) 23-21 21-15; Taufik Hidayat (INA) (*7) bt Andrew Dabeka (CAN) 21-18 21-12; Tommy Sugiarto (INA) bt Andrew Smith (ENG) 21-11 21-19; Lee Chong Wei (MAS) (*2) bt Sairul Amar Ayob (MAS) 21-16 21-14; Lu Yi (CHN) bt Yen Hui Kendrick Lee (SIN) 17-21 21-19 21-14; Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA x6) bt Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (INA) 11-21 21-12 21-9; Przemyslaw Wacha (POL) bt Choong Hann Wong (MAS) 21-12 21-14;
Women's singles
Pui Yin Yip (HKG) bt Xie Xingfang (CHN) (x1) 22-20, 21-19; Zhu Lin (CHN) (x4) bt Kaori Mori (JPN) 22-20, 21-9; Pi Hongyan (FRA) (x6) bt Petya Nedelcheva (BUL) 21-16, 21-10; Anna Rice (CAN) bt Jill Pittard (ENG) 21-12, 17-21, 21-15; Wang Chen (HKG) (x5) bt Xing Aiying (SIN) 21-12, 21-11; Hwang Hye Youn (KOR) bt Eriko Hirose (JPN) 21-18 16-21 25-23;
Tine Rasmussen (DEN) bt Kanako Yonekura (JPN) 21-19 21-13; Xu Huaiwen (GER x7) bt Zhou Mi (HKG) 21-16 21-13; Wong Mew Choo (MAS) (x8) bt Maria Kristin Yulianti (INA) 21-13 21-15; Wang Yihan (CHN) bt Ella Diehl (RUS) 21-14 21-18; Lu Lan (CHN) (*3) bt Firdasari Adriyanti (INA) 21-14 21-13; Yu Hirayama (JPN) bt Saina Nehwal (INA) 21-18 18-21 21-18; Jiang Yanjiao (CHN) bt Elizabeth Cann (ENG) 21-16 21-12; Cheng Shao-Chieh (TPE) bt Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (INA) 24-22 21-10; Jae Youn Jun (KOR) bt Judith Meulendijks (NED) 21-11 15-21 21-17; Yao Jie (NED) bt Zhang Ning (CHN) (*2) 21-15 19-21 21-19
Soccer
Champions League
PARIS: European Champions League last 16 second leg results on Wednesday:
At Madrid,
Real Madrid (ESP) 1 (Raul 75) Roma (ITA) 2 (Taddei 73, Vucinic 90+2)
Roma win 4-2 on aggregate
At London
Chelsea (ENG) 3 (Ballack 5, Lampard 25, Kalou 48) Olympiakos (GRE) 0
Chelsea win 3-0 on aggregate
At Porto
FC Porto (POR) 1 Schalke 04 (GER) 0 - aet
1-1 on aggregate - Schalke win 4-1 on penalties
Playing March 11
Inter Milan (ITA) v Liverpool (ENG)
Liverpool lead 2-0
Played Tuesday
At Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona (ESP) 1 (Xavi 3) Celtic (SCO) 0
Barcelona win 4-2 on aggregate
At Manchester, England
Manchester United (ENG) 1 (Ronaldo 41) Lyon (FRA) 0
Manchester United win 2-1 on aggregate
At Milan, Italy
AC Milan (ITA) 0 Arsenal (ENG) 2 (Fabregas 84, Adebayor 90+2)
Arsenal win 2-0 on aggregate
At Seville, Spain
Sevilla (ESP) 3 (Alves 5, Keita 9, Kanoute 41) Fenerbahce (TUR) 2 (Deivid 20, 79)
Fenerbahce win 3-2 on penalties after tie finished 5-5 after extra-time.
English Premiership
LONDON: English Premier League result on Wednesday:
Liverpool 4 (Torres 8, 61, 81, Gerrard 83) West Ham 0
Nba
NEW YORK: NBA results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
Orlando 122 WASHINGTON 92
CHARLOTTE 118 Golden State 109
BOSTON 90 Detroit 78
Cleveland 119 NY KNICKS 105
Toronto 108 MIAMI 83
MILWAUKEE 118 Seattle 106
MEMPHIS 100 New Jersey 93
NEW ORLEANS 116 Atlanta 101
HOUSTON 117 Indiana 99
DENVER 126 Phoenix 113
UTAH 105 Minnesota 76
LA CLIPPERS 116 Sacramento 109 (OT)
Standings:
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 47 12 .797 -
Toronto 33 27 .550 14 1/2
Philadelphia 28 33 .459 20
New Jersey 26 35 .426 22
NY Knicks 18 43 .295 30
Central Division
Detroit 44 17 .721 -
Cleveland 35 26 .574 9
Chicago 24 36 .400 19 1/2
Indiana 24 37 .393 20
Milwaukee 23 38 .377 21
Southeast Division
Orlando 40 23 .635 -
Washington 29 31 .483 9 1/2
Atlanta 24 35 .407 14
Charlotte 22 39 .361 17
Miami 11 47 .190 26 1/2
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 40 22 .645 -
Denver 36 24 .600 3
Portland 31 30 .508 8 1/2
Seattle 16 45 .262 23 1/2
Minnesota 12 48 .200 27
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 43 18 .705 -
Phoenix 40 21 .656 3
Golden State 37 23 .617 5 1/2
Sacramento 27 34 .443 16
LA Clippers 20 39 .339 22
Southwest Division
San Antonio 42 17 .712 -
New Orleans 41 19 .683 1 1/2
Houston 40 20 .667 2 1/2
Dallas 39 22 .639 4
Memphis 15 46 .246 28
Nhl
NEW YORK: NHL results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS)
Carolina 6 ATLANTA 3
DETROIT 4 St. Louis 1
Washington 3 BUFFALO 1
CHICAGO 3 Anaheim 0
Phoenix 2 DALLAS 1
SAN JOSE 3 Ottawa 2 (OT)
Standings:
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Otl Gf Ga Pts
Pittsburgh 38 23 7 200 185 83
New Jersey 38 23 6 176 157 82
NY Rangers 34 24 9 178 168 77
Philadelphia 33 26 8 205 194 74
NY Islanders 32 29 7 168 196 71
Northeast Division
Montreal 36 22 9 213 190 81
Ottawa 37 24 7 219 205 81
Boston 35 24 7 179 181 77
Buffalo 32 27 9 206 197 73
Toronto 29 29 10 187 212 68
Southeast Division
Carolina 35 29 5 209 216 75
Washington 32 28 8 200 203 72
Florida 30 31 8 182 196 68
Atlanta 29 32 7 181 225 65
Tampa Bay 26 33 7 183 215 59
Western Conference
Central Division
Detroit 44 18 6 213 151 94
Nashville 34 25 8 198 191 76
Chicago 33 28 6 194 190 72
Columbus 30 28 10 164 177 70
St. Louis 29 28 10 165 186 68
Northwest Division
Minnesota 37 25 5 181 181 79
Calgary 35 23 9 187 185 79
Colorado 35 26 6 185 181 76
Vancouver 32 24 10 173 169 74
Edmonton 31 31 5 183 205 67
Pacific Division
Dallas 41 24 5 208 173 87
San Jose 38 21 8 179 161 84
Anaheim 38 24 7 173 168 83
Phoenix 34 28 5 178 177 73
Los Angeles 26 37 5 195 227 57
Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L)
Tennis
Las Vegas ATP
LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Results here on Wednesday in the 500,000-dollar ATP Las Vegas tournament (x denotes seeding):
2nd rd
Amer Delic (USA) bt Potito Starace (ITA x5) 6-3, 3-0 ret; Guillermo Canas (ARG x4) bt Chris Guccione (AUS) 6-2, 7-5; Sam Querrey (USA) bt Nicolas Kiefer (GER x8) 6-3, 6-1
Dubai Open
DUBAI: Results of the third day of the ATP Dubai Open here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
2nd rd
Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS) 6-4, 6-0; Andy Roddick (USA x6) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-3, 6-4; Novak Djokovic (SRB x3) bt Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/2); Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Richard Gasqet (FRA x7) 6-3, 6-4; Andy Murray (GBR) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5); Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x5) bt Jan Hernych (CZE) 6-1, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x8) 6-2, 7-5; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1;
WTA Bangalore Open
BANGALORE, India, March 5, 2008 (AFP) - Results from the 600,000-dollar WTA Bangalore Open here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
2nd round:
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) bt Agnes Szavay (HUN x5) 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4; Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) bt Sybille Bammer (AUT x6) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2; Serena Williams (USA x3) bt Tzipora Obziler (ISR) 7-5, 6-0; Patty Schnyder (SUI x4) bt Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 6-7 (1/7), 6-4, 6-2
(China Daily 03/07/2008 page23)
