Score board
Golf
USPGA Arnold Palmer Invitational
ORLANDO, Florida: Leading final-round scores here on Sunday from the $5.8 million USPGA Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club (USA unless noted, par-70):
270 - Tiger Woods 70-68-66-66
271 - Bart Bryant 68-68-68-67
273 - Cliff Kresge 67-68-71-67, Sean O'Hair 72-69-63-69, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 66-65-73-69
274 - Ken Duke 67-67-72-68, Hunter Mahan 68-72-65-69
276 - Alex Cejka (GER) 67-70-71-68, Niclas Fasth (SWE) 71-66-73-66, Tom Lehman 66-69-71-70, Tom Pernice 73-66-68-69, Carl Pettersson (SWE) 68-65-74-69, Bubba Watson 67-69-68-72
277 - Retief Goosen (RSA) 70-71-68-68, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 72-69-70-66, Brandt Snedeker 70-70-68-69
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278 - Fredrik Jacobson (SWE) 71-70-67-70, Lee Westwood (GBR) 66-68-72-72
279 - Pablo Martin (ESP) 71-71-68-69, Richard Sterne (RSA) 69-71-70-69
280 - Tim Clark (RSA) 68-70-72-70, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 70-66-73-71
282 - Camilo Villegas (COL) 69-70-73-70
283 - Trevor Immelman (RSA) 73-64-75-71, Matthew Jones (AUS) 70-68-72-73, Ian Poulter (GBR) 72-70-72-69, Andres Romero (ARG) 68-71-73-71, John Senden (AUS) 70-72-72-69
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Sunday (home team in CAPS):
DETROIT 105 New Orleans 84
HOUSTON 104 LA Lakers 92
CLEVELAND 98 Charlotte 91
Dallas 98 MIAMI 73
Atlanta 109 NY KNICKS 98
DENVER 168 Seattle 116
SACRAMENTO 106 Toronto 100
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 52 13 .800 -
Toronto 34 32 .515 18 1/2
Philadelphia 33 34 .493 20
New Jersey 28 38 .424 24 1/2
NY Knicks 19 47 .288 33 1/2
Central Division
Detroit 48 18 .727 -
Cleveland 38 29 .567 10 1/2
Chicago 26 39 .400 21 1/2
Indiana 25 41 .379 23
Milwaukee 23 43 .348 25
Southeast Division
Orlando 44 24 .647 -
Washington 33 32 .508 9 1/2
Atlanta 28 38 .424 15
Charlotte 24 42 .364 19
Miami 11 54 .169 31 1/2
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 44 24 .647 -
Denver 40 26 .606 3
Portland 35 32 .522 8 1/2
Seattle 16 51 .239 27 1/2
Minnesota 15 50 .231 27 1/2
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 45 21 .682 -
Phoenix 44 22 .667 1
Golden State 41 24 .631 3 1/2
Sacramento 30 36 .455 15
LA Clippers 21 44 .323 23 1/2
Southwest Division
Houston 46 20 .697 -
New Orleans 44 21 .677 1 1/2
San Antonio 44 22 .667 2
Dallas 44 23 .657 2 1/2
Memphis 15 50 .231 30 1/2
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Sunday (home team in CAPS):
PITTSBURGH 7 Philadelphia 1
COLUMBUS 4 Detroit 3
Calgary 4 CHICAGO 2
WASHINGTON 2 Boston 1 (SO)
CAROLINA 5 Ottawa 1
FLORIDA 3 Atlanta 1
Edmonton 2 SAN JOSE 1 (SO)
* SO denotes shootout win
SOCCER
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League results on Sunday:
Fulham 1 (McBride 67) Everton 0
Manchester City 2 (Ireland 59, Onuoha 72) Tottenham 1 (Keane 32)
Wigan 1 (Heskey 34) Bolton 0
Played Saturday
Arsenal 1 (Toure 86) Middlesbrough 1 (Aliadiere 25)
Derby 0 Manchester Utd 1 (Ronaldo 76)
Liverpool 2 (Mascherano 19, Torres 48) Reading 1 (Matejovsky 5)
Portsmouth 2 (Defoe 11, Reo-Coker 38-og) Aston Villa 0
Sunderland 0 Chelsea 1 (Terry 10)
West Ham 2 (Ashton 39, Sears 81) Blackburn 1 (Santa Cruz 19)
Playing Monday
Birmingham v Newcastle (2000GMT)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man Utd 21 4 4 59 15 67
Arsenal 19 10 1 58 22 67
Chelsea 19 7 3 49 18 64
Liverpool 16 11 3 55 21 59
Everton 17 5 8 47 25 56
Portsmouth 14 8 8 44 31 50
Aston Villa 13 10 7 52 39 49
Man City 13 9 8 36 34 48
Blackburn 12 10 8 39 37 46
West Ham 12 7 11 33 36 43
Tottenham 9 8 12 54 47 35
Wigan 8 7 15 27 42 31
Middlesbrough 7 10 13 27 44 31
Reading 8 4 18 35 57 28
Newcastle 7 7 15 30 56 28
Sunderland 7 6 17 26 48 27
Birmingham 6 8 15 33 45 26
Bolton 6 7 16 28 43 25
Fulham 4 11 15 27 49 23
Derby 1 7 22 14 64 10
French league
PARIS, France: French football league collated results on Sunday:
Bordeaux 3 (Henrique 28, 41, Cavenaghi 74) Strasbourg 0
Lens 3 (Maoulida 56, Mangane 66, Remy 74) Marseille 3 (Nasri 25, Be Cheyrou 29, D Cisse 89)
Saturday
Monaco 0 Lyon 3 (K. Keita 20, 38, Fred 35)
Le Mans 1 (De Melo 49) Rennes 1 (Thomert 36)
Lorient 1 (Saifi 74) Auxerre 1 (Jaures 71-pen)
Sochaux 1 (Erding 55) Nancy 1 (Zerka 82)
Paris SG 1 (Pauleta 82) Valenciennes 1 (Ceara 52-og)
Saint-Etienne 0 Toulouse 0
Metz 1 (Pjanic 47-pen) Nice 2 (Bamogo 41, Ederson 54-pen)
Lille 5 (Lichtsteiner 34, 90+2, Cabaye 45, 63-pen, Frau 87) Caen 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Lyon 19 4 6 58 26 61
Bordeaux 16 7 6 51 30 55
Nancy 12 13 4 32 19 49
Marseille 12 10 7 42 31 46
Nice 10 13 6 26 21 43
Le Mans 12 6 11 33 36 42
Lille 8 15 6 33 24 39
Lorient 9 12 8 24 28 39
Valenciennes 10 8 11 33 28 38
Rennes 10 8 11 30 34 38
Saint-Etienne 10 7 12 30 30 37
Monaco 10 7 12 29 33 37
Auxerre 10 7 12 26 36 37
Caen 9 9 11 29 41 36
Strasbourg 9 8 12 29 33 35
Lens 8 10 11 33 36 34
Paris SG 7 11 11 25 30 32
Sochaux 7 11 11 26 34 32
Toulouse 6 12 11 25 33 30
Metz 4 6 19 20 51 18
German league
BERLIN: German league results on Sunday:
Bayer Leverkusen 4 (Haggui 6, Glauber 56-og, Gekas 59, Kiessling 82) Nuremberg 1 (Misimovic 12)
Werder Bremen 0 VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Grafite 50)
Saturday
VfL Bochum 1 (Dabrowski 20) VfB Stuttgart 1 (Hitzlsperger 47)
Energie Cottbus 2 (Jelic 18, 38) Bayern Munich 0
Hamburg 1 (Guerrero 63) Borussia Dortmund 0
Hansa Rostock 0 Hertha Berlin 0
Hanover 2 (Bruggink 16, Stajner 56) Arminia Bielefeld 2 (Mijatovic 14, Eigler 38)
Karlsruhe 0 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Fink 25)
Friday
Schalke 04 2 (Kuranyi 60, Westermann 74) Duisburg 1 (Georgiev 21)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Bayern Munich 14 8 2 41 13 50
Hamburg 12 9 3 35 17 45
B. Leverkusen 13 5 6 45 24 44
Werder Bremen 13 4 7 51 35 43
Schalke 04 11 8 5 38 25 41
VfB Stuttgart 12 2 10 40 39 38
VfL Wolfsburg 10 6 8 40 35 36
Eint Frankfurt 9 9 6 28 30 36
Karlsruhe 10 6 8 29 32 36
Hanover 96 9 6 9 35 41 33
Hertha Berlin 9 5 10 26 29 32
VfL Bochum 8 7 9 36 37 31
Bor Dortmund 8 5 11 35 40 29
Hansa Rostock 6 6 12 21 32 24
Energie Cottbus 4 8 12 25 40 20
Arminia Bielefeld 5 5 14 23 49 20
Nuremberg 4 6 14 25 40 18
Duisburg 5 3 16 24 39 18
Italian league
ROME: Italian league results on Sunday:
Atalanta 4 (Langell 19, Doni 27, Padoin 77, 84) Empoli 1 (Vannucchi 83)
Cagliari 3 (Jeda 11, Acquafresca 22-pen, 57) Torino 0
Fiorentina 3 (Santana 19, Mutu 30, Pazzini 56) Genoa 1 (Masiero 83)
Inter Milan 2 (Vieira 5, Jimenez 36) Palermo 1 (Materazzi 25-og)
Juventus 1 (Iaquinta 88) Napoli 0
Livorno 1 (Vidigal 41) Parma 1 (Reginaldo 61)
Reggina 4 (Birenza 9,39, Cozza 19, Missiroli 68) Siena 0
Sampdoria 3 (Palombo 68, Accardi 76, Bellucci 86) Catania 1 (Stovini 73)
Saturday
AS Roma 2 (Giuly 78, Vucinic 81) AC Milan 1 (Kaka 56)
Udinese 2 (Ferronetti 56, Di Natale 86) Lazio 2 (Rocchi 11, Ledesma 80)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Inter 20 7 1 54 17 67
AS Roma 18 7 3 50 25 61
Juventus 15 9 4 49 24 54
Fiorentina 14 8 6 43 27 50
AC Milan 12 10 6 42 23 46
Sampdoria 12 6 10 39 35 42
Udinese 11 8 9 36 38 41
Atalanta 9 10 9 44 42 37
Palermo 9 9 10 36 43 36
Genoa 9 8 11 32 40 35
Lazio 8 10 10 33 35 34
Napoli 9 6 13 37 43 33
Torino 5 16 7 30 35 31
Siena 7 10 11 31 38 31
Catania 6 9 13 24 36 27
Livorno 6 9 13 28 42 27
Parma 5 11 12 33 44 26
Reggina 5 10 13 25 41 25
Empoli 6 7 15 23 41 25
Cagliari 6 6 16 25 45 21
Cagliari deducted three points
Scottish League Cup
GLASGOW: Scottish League Cup final result on Sunday:
Dundee United 2 (Hunt 34, De Vries 96) Rangers 2 (Boyd 85, 113) aet - Rangers win 3-2 on penalties
Spanish league
MADRID: Spanish league results on Sunday:
Villarreal 2 (Nihat 10, Rossi 65-pen) Real Zaragoza 0
Getafe 2 (Uche 65, Gavilan 76) Racing Santander 1 (Smolarek 54)
Espanyol 2 (Luis Garcia 57-pen, 88) Real Mallorca 1 (Guiza 12)
Valladolid 0 Osasuna 0
Almeria 2 (Pulido 33, Uche 85) Barcelona 2 (Bojan 17, Eto'o 57)
Atletico Madrid 3 (Simao 25, Forlan 39, 53) Levante 0
Saturday
Deportivo La Coruna 1 (Pepe 58-og) Real Madrid 0
Recreativo Huelva 4 (Sinama-Pongolle 19, 70, Ruben 58, Marcos 85) Real Murcia 2 (De Lucas 16, Alonso 74-pen)
Real Betis v Athletic Bilbao - stopped by referee in 72nd minute with Athletic leading 2-1 after crowd trouble
Valencia 1 (Albiol 90) Sevilla (Fabiano 11, 22)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Real Madrid 20 2 6 59 25 62
Barcelona 16 7 5 54 25 55
Villarreal 16 5 7 47 36 53
Atletico Madrid 14 5 9 48 32 47
Sevilla 14 3 11 56 37 45
Espanyol 13 6 9 40 35 45
Santander 12 8 8 29 27 44
Getafe 11 6 11 37 36 39
Almeria 10 8 10 25 27 38
Valencia 10 6 12 31 41 36
Mallorca 7 13 8 45 42 34
Osasuna 9 7 12 30 32 34
La Coruna 9 7 12 33 40 34
Athletic Bilbao 8 9 10 26 27 33
Real Betis 8 8 11 31 39 32
Real Zaragoza 8 8 12 39 48 32
Valladolid 8 8 12 32 45 32
Huelva 8 8 12 31 46 32
Murcia 5 8 15 22 45 23
Levante 5 4 19 23 53 19
Tennis
ATP/WTA Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, California: Results here on Sunday in the WTA and ATP Masters Series hardcourt tennis tournament (x denotes seeded player):
Men's 2nd rd
Andy Murray (GBR) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Rik De Voest (RSA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/2); Tommy Haas (GER) bt Andy Roddick (USA x6) 6-4, 6-4; Tommy Robredo (ESP) bt Nicolas Massu (CHI) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7/5); Nicolas Mahut (FRA) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 7-6 (7/1), 6-2; David Nalbandian (ARG x7) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4); Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Max Mirnyi (BLR) 6-4, 6-2; Mario Ancic (CRO) bt Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-3, 6-2; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Gilles Simon (FRA) 7-5, 6-4; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) bt Thomas Johansson (SWE) 6-4, 6-4; Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Victor Hanescu 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x23) bt Marin Cilic (CRO) 7-6 (7), 7-5; Mardy Fish (USA) bt Igor Andreev (RUS x31) 6-4, 6-3; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x4) bt John Isner (USA) 6-2, 7-6 (3); Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x24) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 6-4, 6-3.
Women's 3rd rd
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x2) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 6-0, 6-2; Alona Bondarenko (UKR) bt Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 6-1, 6-2; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Maria Sharapova (RUS x4) bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 7-5, 6-3; Ashley Harkleroad (USA) bt Dinara Safina (RUS x8) 7-5, 6-2; Sania Mirza (IND) bt Shahar Peer (ISR) 6-7 (7/9), 7-5, 6-3; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x5) bt Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-4, 6-2.
(China Daily 03/18/2008 page23)