Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: MLB results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
BALTIMORE 4 Toronto 3
Boston 6 CLEVELAND 4
DETROIT 11 Minnesota 9
NY Yankees 8 TAMPA BAY 7
LA Angels 7 TEXAS 4
Oakland 2 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
Kansas City 5 SEATTLE 1
Pittsburgh 6 LA DODGERS 4
SAN FRANCISCO 5 Arizona 4
Golf
World rankings
NEW YORK: World rankings on Monday (U.S. unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 22.36 average points
2. (2) Phil Mickelson 9.75
3. (3) Ernie Els (RSA) 6.36
4. (4) Steve Stricker 5.94
5. (5) Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 5.82
6. (6) K.J. Choi (KOR) 5.58
7. (9) Justin Rose (GBR) 5.57
8. (10) Vijay Singh (FIJ) 5.55
9. (7) Jim Furyk 5.53
10. (8) Adam Scott (AUS) 5.46
11. (12) Padraig Harrington (IRE) 5.26
12. (11) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 5.21
13. (13) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 4.91
14. (14) Stewart Cink 4.86
15. (29) Trevor Immelman (RSA) 4.61
16. (15) Sergio Garcia (SPA) 4.06
17. (16) Luke Donald (GBR) 4.04
18. (17) Angel Cabrera (ARG) 3.87
19. (18) Lee Westwood (GBR) 3.76
20. (19) Zach Johnson 3.61
2008 PGA Tour money list
NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2008 PGA Tour on Monday (US unless stated):
1. Tiger Woods $4,425,000
2. Phil Mickelson $2,488,830
3. Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) $2,147,400
4. Vijay Singh (FIJ) $2,092,417
5. Stewart Cink $1,945,462
6. K.J. Choi (KOR) $1,801,432
7. Justin Leonard $1,642,369
8. J.B. Holmes $1,536,195
9. Trevor Immelman (RSA) $1,518,676
10. Steve Stricker $1,518,039
11. Andres Romero (ARG) $1,501,099
12. Sean O'Hair $1,430,500
13. Daniel Chopra (SWE) $1,299,459
14. Ryuji Imada (JPN) $1,233,047
15. Steve Lowery $1,151,288
16. Brandt Snedeker $1,119,525
17. Luke Donald (GBR) $1,118,600
18. Padraig Harrington (IRE) $1,105,897
19. Rory Sabbatini (RSA) $1,090,480
20. Johnson Wagner $1,085,569
European Tour Money List
LONDON: Leading money winners on the 2008 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated):
1. Trevor Immelman (RSA) 992,958 euros
2. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 919,019 euros
3. Lee Westwood 790,843
4. Vijay Singh (FIJ) 756,380
5. Graeme McDowell 552,750
6. Retief Goosen (RSA) 510,848
7. Miguel Angel Jimenez (SPA) 507,742
8. Adam Scott (AUS) 503,460
9. Martin Kaymer (GER) 478,542
10. Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 445,044
11. Padraig Harrington (IRE) 419,672
12. Ross Fisher 390,777
13. Robert Karlsson (SWE) 377,944
14. Mark Brown (NZL) 355,719
15. Richard Sterne (RSA) 340,206
16. Ernie Els (RSA) 337,500
17. Shivshankar Chowrasia (IND) 315,561
18. Damien McGrane (IRE) 311,088
19. Angel Cabrera (ARG) 302,777
20. Paul Casey (GBR) 300,098
US Ryder Cup points standings
NEW YORK: US Ryder Cup points standings on Monday:
1. Tiger Woods 8,665.627
2. Stewart Cink 3,010.697
3. Phil Mickelson 2,861.130
4. Jim Furyk 2,547.536
5. Steve Stricker 1,991.120
6. Zach Johnson 1,956.675
7. Justin Leonard 1,726.669
8. Brandt Snedeker 1,708.030
9. Sean O'Hair 1,691.607
10. J.B. Holmes 1,591.039
11. Woody Austin 1,561,606
12. D.J. Trahan 1,214.388
13. Hunter Mahan 1,207.217
14. Steve Lowery 1,193.663
15. Jerry Kelly 1,175.903
(Top eight on the list qualify for team. Captain Paul Azinger will also select four players for his 12-man team for the match against Europe at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky Sept 19-21)
European Ryder Cup points standings
LONDON: European Ryder Cup points standings on Monday:
World points list:
1. Lee Westwood (GBR) 168.14
2. Justin Rose (GBR) 141.38
3. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 140.14
4. Padraig Harrington (IRE) 121.14
5. Daniel Chopra (SWE) 112.56
6. Martin Kaymer (GER) 100.38
7. Ian Poulter (GBR) 94.73
8. Luke Donald (GBR) 94.67
9. Miguel Angel Jimenez (SPA) 83.86
10. Graeme McDowell (GBR) 82.40
European points list:
1. Westwood 1,499,315.62
2. Rose 1,239,606.30
3. Stenson 1,163,564.75
4. Robert Karlsson (SWE) 887,002.39
5. Nick Dougherty (GBR) 886,408.53
6. McDowell 871,172.03
7. Jimenez 805,820.46
8. Kaymer 787,997.19
9. Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 750,918.37
10. Harrington 745,336.38
(Top five on world points list qualify for team, plus top five on European points list not otherwise qualified from world points list. Captain Nick Faldo will also select two players for his 12-man team for the match against the US at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky Sept 19-21)
Team as it stands:
Westwood, Rose, Stenson, Harrington, Chopra, Karlsson, Dougherty, McDowell, Jimenez, Kaymer
PGA Tour FedExCup points table
NEW YORK; PGA Tour's 2008 FedExCup points table on Monday (US unless stated):
1. Tiger Woods 17,745 points
2. Phil Mickelson 10,081
3. Vijay Singh (FIJ) 8,302
4. Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 8,182
5. K.J. Choi (KOR) 7,876
6. Stewart Cink 7,746
7. Steve Stricker 6,677
8. Justin Leonard 6,552
9. Sean O'Hair 6,476
10. J.B. Holmes 6,210
11. Andres Romero (ARG) 5,789
12. Ryuji Imada (JPN) 5,581
13. Trevor Immelman (RSA) 5,432
14. Daniel Chopra (SWE) 5,168
15. D.J. Trahan 5,062
16. Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 4,891
17. Steve Lowery 4,831
18. Johnson Wagner 4,815
19. Luke Donald (GBR) 4,696
20. Ernie Els (RSA) 4,636
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
TORONTO 91 Miami 75
Cleveland 91 PHILADELPHIA 90
WASHINGTON 117 Indiana 110
Boston 99 NY KNICKS 93
Chicago 151 MILWAUKEE 135
UTAH 105 Houston 96
PHOENIX 122 Golden State 116
San Antonio 101 Sacramento 98
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB z-Boston 65 16 .802 --
x-Toronto 41 40 .506 24
x-Philadelphia 40 41 .494 25
New Jersey 33 47 .413 31 1/2
New York 23 58 .284 42
Southeast Division
y-Orlando 50 30 .625 --
x-Washington 43 38 .531 7 1/2
x-Atlanta 37 43 .463 13
Charlotte 31 49 .388 19
Miami 14 67 .173 36 1/2
Central Division
y-Detroit 57 23 .713 --
x-Cleveland 45 36 .556 12 1/2
Indiana 35 46 .432 22 1/2
Chicago 32 49 .395 25 1/2
Milwaukee 26 55 .321 31 1/2
Western Conference
Southwest Division
x-New Orleans 55 25 .688 --
x-San Antonio 55 26 .679 1/2
x-Houston 54 27 .667 1 1/2
x-Dallas 50 31 .617 5 1/2
Memphis 22 58 .275 33
Northwest Division
y-Utah 54 27 .667 --
x-Denver 49 32 .605 5
Portland 40 40 .500 13 1/2
Minnesota 21 59 .263 1/2
Seattle 19 62 .235 35
Pacific Division
y-LA Lakers 56 25 .691 --
x-Phoenix 54 27 .667 2
Golden State 48 33 .593 8
Sacramento 38 43 .469 18
LA Clippers 23 57 .288 32 1/2
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
Tuesday's games
Orlando at Atlanta
Charlotte at New Jersey
Minnesota at Detroit
LA Clippers at New Orleans
Memphis at Portland
Sacramento at LA Lakers
Wednesday's games
New York at Indiana
Washington at Orlando
Detroit at Cleveland
New Orleans at Dallas
Philadelphia at Charlotte
Atlanta at Miami
New Jersey at Boston
Milwaukee at Minnesota
Toronto at Chicago
LA Clippers at Houston
Memphis at Denver
Utah at San Antonio
Portland at Phoenix
Seattle at Golden State
End Regular Season
NHL
NEW YORK: Results from the NHL playoffs on Monday. (home team in CAPS):
NASHVILLE 5 Detroit 3
(Detroit leads the best-of-seven series 2-1)
Pittsburgh 4 OTTAWA 1
(Pittsburgh leads the best-of-seven series 3-0)
Minnesota 3 COLORADO 2 (OT)
(Minnesota leads best-of-seven series 2-1)
SOCCER
English Premier League
LONDON: English Premier League result on Monday: Chelsea 1 (Essien 55) Wigan 1 (Heskey 90)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man United 25 5 4 72 18 80
Chelsea 22 9 3 59 24 75
-------------------------
Arsenal 20 11 3 64 29 71
Liverpool 18 12 4 60 26 66
-------------------------
Everton 18 7 9 50 28 61
-------------------------
Portsmouth 16 9 9 47 33 57
Aston Villa 15 10 9 62 44 55
-------------------------
Man City 14 10 10 39 40 52
Blackburn 13 12 9 44 42 51
West Ham 12 8 14 35 41 44
Tottenham 10 11 13 63 57 41
Newcastle 10 9 15 40 58 39
Middlesbrough 8 12 14 31 48 36
Sunderland 10 6 18 33 52 36
Wigan 9 8 17 31 48 35
Reading 9 5 20 37 63 32
Birmingham 7 10 17 39 52 31
-------------------------
Bolton 7 8 19 31 52 29
Fulham 5 12 17 32 56 27
Derby 1 8 25 16 74 11
1-2: Champions League / EC I
3-4: Champions League preliminary round
5: UEFA Cup
6-7: UEFA Cup depending on domestic cup
18-20: Relegation
English Championship
LONDON: English Football League The Championship result on Monday: Sheff Wednesday 1 Plymouth 1
Tennis
Men's world rankings
PARIS: Men's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous week's rankings in brackets):
1. (1) Roger Federer (SUI) 6600 points
2. (2) Rafael Nadal (SPA) 5930
3. (3) Novak Djokovic (SER) 4785
4. (4) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 3175
5. (5) David Ferrer (SPA) 2570
6. (6) Andy Roddick (USA) 2260
7. (7) David Nalbandian (ARG) 2070
8. (8) James Blake (USA) 1900
9. (9) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 1875
10. (10) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 1855
11. (11) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 1585
12. (12) Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 1495
13. (14) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 1480
14. (15) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 1445
15. (13) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 1440
16. (16) Carlos Moya (SPA) 1440
17. (17) Juan Monaco (ARG) 1440
18. (19) Tommy Robredo (SPA) 1400
19. (20) Juan Carlos Ferrero (SPA) 1390
20. (21) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 1375
Women's world rankings
MIAMI: Women's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous week's rankings in brackets):
1. (1) Justine Henin (BEL) 6105 points
2. (2) Ana Ivanovic (SER) 4157
3. (4) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 3905
4. (5) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3876
5. (3) Jelena Jankovic (SER) 3770
6. (7) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 2665
7. (6) Venus Williams (USA) 2586
8. (8) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 2305
9. (9) Serena Williams (USA) 2296
10. (10) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 2257
11. (11) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 2198
12. (12) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 1915
13. (15) Agnes Szavay (HUN) 1558
14. (16) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 1458
15. (17) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 1433
16. (13) Dinara Safina (RUS) 1392
17. (14) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 1327
18. (19) Shahar Peer (ISR) 1245
19. (22) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 1206
20. (20) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 119
Tennis
WTA Family Circle Cup
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Results on Monday from the $1.3 million WTA Family Circle Cup tournament (x denotes seed):
1st rd
Vera Zvonareva (RUS x9) bt Chuang Chia-Jung (TPE) 6-2, 6-2; Agnes Szavay (HUN x10) bt Yuliana Fedak (UKR) 6-0, 7-6 (7/4); Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) bt Marta Domachowska (POL) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) bt Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Ai Sugiyama (JPN) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-4, 6-1; Gisela Dulko (ARG) bt Alicia Molik (AUS) 6-2, 6-3; Casey Dellacqua (AUS) bt Maria Emilia Salerni (ARG) 7-5, 6-4; Sara Errani (ITA) bt Julie Ditty (USA) 6-2, 6-3; Sorana Cirstea (ROU) bt Vania King (USA) 6-7 (7/5), 7-5, 6-1; Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 6-1, 6-1; Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) bt Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 6-3, 6-2; Sun Tiantian (CHN) bt Ahsha Rolle (USA) 2-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-2; Alexandra Stevenson (USA) bt Alina Jidkova (RUS) 7-6 (8/6), 6-1; Julia Schruff (GER) bt Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4.
US Clay Court Championships
HOUSTON, Texas: ATP tennis results from the $436,000 US Clay Court Championships here on Monday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Donald Young (USA) bt Fernando Vicente (ESP) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5); Wayne Odesnik (USA) bt Amer Delic (USA) 6-3, 6-3; Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 6-4, 6-3; Hugo Armando (USA) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Dudi Sela (ISR x6) bt Robby Ginepri (USA) 7-6, 6-2; Oscar Hernandez (SPA x8) bt Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Estoril Open
ESTORIL, Portugal: Results from the first day of the ATP and WTA Estoril Open here on Monday (x denotes seed):
Women's 1st rd
Karin Knapp (ITA x3) bt Frederica Piedade (POR) 6-3, 6-0; Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Stephanie Dubois (CAN) 6-0, 6-1; Klara Zakopalova (CZE x6) bt Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 7-5, 3-6, 6-1; Sofia Arvidsson (SWE x7) bt Lisa Osterloh (USA) 7-5, 6-4 .
Men's1st rd
Frederico Gil (POR) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA x6) 6-0, 6-3; Marc Gicquel (FRA x7) bt Boris Pashanski (SRB) 6-4, 6-3; Ivo Minar (CZE) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 7-5, 6-1; Gilles Simon (FRA x5) bt Roko Karanusic (CRO) 7-5, 7-5; Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 7-5, 7-5.
Valencia ATP
VALENCIA, Spain: ATP tennis results on Monday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) 6-3, 6-4; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt Steve D'arcis (BEL) 6-4, 0-0 retired.
(China Daily 04/16/2008 page23)
