Score board
BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
Philadelphia 5 NY METS 2
BOSTON 5 Detroit 0
Baltimore 8 TEXAS 1
KANSAS CITY 5 NY Yankees 2
Oakland 9 TORONTO 8
Seattle 6 TAMPA BAY 5
St. Louis 5 HOUSTON 3
COLORADO 4 Atlanta 3
MILWAUKEE 3 Cincinnati 2 (10 innings)
ARIZONA 10 LA Dodgers 5
Cleveland 4 LA ANGELS 3
SAN FRANCISCO 3 San Diego 2 (11 innings)
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
CHARLOTTE 121 Minnesota 119
INDIANA 112 Atlanta 98
MIAMI 95 Chicago 88
NY Knicks 98 DETROIT 94
Boston 107 MILWAUKEE 104 (OT)
Phoenix 127 MEMPHIS 113
Utah 77 NEW ORLEANS 66
DALLAS 99 Seattle 83
PORTLAND 112 LA Lakers 103
Denver 117 LA CLIPPERS 99
GOLDEN STATE 140 Sacramento 132
OT=overtime
Standings
Eastern conference
Atlantic division
W L PCT GB
Boston 62 15 .805 -
Philadelphia 39 38 .506 23
Toronto 38 39 .494 24
New Jersey 32 45 .416 30
NY Knicks 22 56 .282 40 1/2
Central division
Detroit 55 22 .714 -
Cleveland 42 35 .545 13
Indiana 34 44 .436 21 1/2
Chicago 30 47 .390 25
Milwaukee 26 51 .338 29
Southeast division
Orlando 48 29 .623 -
Washington 40 37 .519 8
Atlanta 36 42 .462 12 1/2
Charlotte 30 48 .385 18 1/2
Miami 14 64 .179 34 1/2
Western conference
Northwest division
Utah 52 26 .667 -
Denver 47 31 .603 5
Portland 39 39 .500 13
Minnesota 19 58 .247 32 1/2
Seattle 18 60 .231 34
Pacific division
LA Lakers 53 25 .679 -
Phoenix 52 26 .667 1
Golden State 47 31 .603 6
Sacramento 36 42 .462 17
LA Clippers 23 55 .295 30
Southwest division
New Orleans 54 23 .701 -
San Antonio 53 24 .688 1
Houston 52 25 .675 2
Dallas 49 29 .628 5 1/2
Memphis 21 57 .269 33 1/2
Wednesday's games
Chicago at Orlando
Milwaukee at Toronto
Boston at Washington
Detroit at Philadelphia
New Jersey at Cleveland
Charlotte at New York
New Orleans at Minnesota
Seattle at Houston
Phoenix at San Antonio
Thursday's games
Denver at Golden State
Utah at Dallas
LA Lakers at LA Clippers
SOCCER
European Champions League
PARIS: Champions League quarterfinal, second leg results on Tuesday:
At London: Chelsea (ENG) 2 (Ballack 4, Lampard 87) Fenerbahce (TUR) 0
Chelsea win 3-2 on aggregate
At Liverpool, England: Liverpool (ENG) 4 (Hyypia 30, Torres 69, Gerrard 86-pen, Babel 90+2) Arsenal (ENG) 2 (Diaby 13, Adebayor 84)
Liverpool win 5-3 on aggregate
Playing Wednesday
At Manchester: Manchester United (ENG) v AS Roma (ITA)
Manchester United lead 2-0 on aggregate
At Barcelona, Spain: Barcelona (ESP) v Schalke 04 (GER)
Barcelona lead 1-0 on aggregate
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League result on Tuesday: West Ham 0 Portsmouth 1 (Kranjcar 61)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man United 24 5 4 70 17 77
Chelsea 22 8 3 58 23 74
Arsenal 20 11 2 63 27 71
Liverpool 17 12 4 57 25 63
Everton 18 6 9 49 27 60
Portsmouth 16 8 9 47 33 56
Aston Villa 14 10 9 56 44 52
Blackburn 13 12 8 43 39 51
Man City 13 10 10 37 39 49
West Ham 12 8 13 35 40 44
Tottenham 10 10 13 62 56 40
Newcastle 10 8 15 40 58 38
Sunderland 10 6 17 32 50 36
Middlesbrough 8 11 14 30 47 35
Wigan 9 7 17 30 47 34
Reading 9 5 19 37 61 32
Birmingham 7 9 17 38 51 30
Bolton 6 8 19 30 52 26
Fulham 4 12 17 30 56 24
Derby 1 8 24 16 68 11 - relegated
English Championship
LONDON: English Football League The Championship results on Tuesday:
Blackpool 1 West Brom 3
Sheff Utd 2 Sheff Wed 2
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
West Brom 20 10 11 81 52 70
Bristol City 19 13 10 49 49 70
Stoke 18 15 9 64 53 69
Hull 19 11 11 59 41 68
Watford 18 14 9 60 48 68
Crystal Palace 15 17 10 48 40 62
Wolverhampton 16 13 11 47 45 61
Ipswich 16 12 13 58 51 60
Charlton 16 12 14 58 52 60
Plymouth 16 11 15 54 46 59
Burnley 15 13 14 55 57 58
Sheff Utd 14 15 13 48 46 57
Cardiff 14 14 12 47 44 56
QPR 13 15 14 58 60 54
Preston 15 9 18 45 47 54
Norwich 14 10 18 43 51 52
Blackpool 11 17 14 55 56 50
Coventry 13 10 19 44 56 49
Southampton 12 13 17 51 67 49
Sheff Wed 12 12 18 45 50 48
Leicester 11 14 17 39 41 47
Barnsley 11 13 16 43 57 46
Scunthorpe 9 12 21 39 62 39
Colchester 7 15 20 57 76 36
TENNIS
WTA Amelia Island
AMELIA ISLAND, Florida: Results on Tuesday from the second day of a $600,000-WTA tournament (x denotes seed):
1st rd
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) bt Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 6-3, 7-5; Carolina Wozniacki (DEN) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-3, 6-1; Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Bethanie Mattek (USA) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Elena Vesninia (RUS) bt Milagros Sequera (VEN) 7-6 (7/1), 6-0; Gisela Dulko (ARG) bt Edina Gallovits (ROM) 7-5, 6-2; Karolina Sprem (CRO) bt Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3); Victoria Azarenka (BLR) bt Sara Errani (ITA) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Lindsay Davenport (USA) bt Vania King (USA) 6-2, 6-3; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) bt Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 6-4, 6-0; Alona Bondarenko (UKR) bt Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 6-2, 6-0.
2nd rd
Agnes Szavay (HUN x8) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-4, 6-1; Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) bt Melinda Czink (HUN) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Virginie Razzano (FRA) bt Marta Domachowska (POL) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4); Olga Govortsova (BLR) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x4) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Maria Sharapova (RUS x1) bt Barbara Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 6-1, 6-3.
(China Daily 04/10/2008 page23)
