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NEW YORK: MLB results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS)

MILWAUKEE 9 St. Louis 8 (12 innings)

CHICAGO CUBS 8 NY Mets 1

Washington 6 ATLANTA 0

BOSTON 7 LA Angels 6

DETROIT 10 Texas 2

PITTSBURGH 3 Florida 2

TAMPA BAY 6 Toronto 4

CINCINNATI 8 LA Dodgers 1

HOUSTON 11 San Diego 7

Cleveland 15 KANSAS CITY 1

NY Yankees 9 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5

Philadelphia 8 COLORADO 6

ARIZONA 5 San Francisco 4

Minnesota 5 OAKLAND 4

SEATTLE 4 Baltimore 2

Nhl

NEW YORK: NHL conference quarter-final results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS)

Philadelphia 3 WASHINGTON 2

(Philadelphia wins best-of-seven series 4-3)

SAN JOSE 5 Calgary 3

(San Jose wins best-of-seven series 4-3)

NBA

NEW YORK: NBA conference quarter-final results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS)

NEW ORLEANS 127 Dallas 103

(New Orleans leads best-of-seven series 2-0)

ORLANDO 104 Toronto 103

(Orlando leads best-of-seven series 2-0)

SAN ANTONIO 102 Phoenix 96

(San Antonio lead the best-of-seven series by 2-0)

Golf

World rankings

NEW YORK: World rankings on Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Tiger Woods 22.02 average points

2. (2) Phil Mickelson 9.63

3. (3) Ernie Els (South Africa) 6.14

4. (4) Steve Stricker 5.98

5. (5) Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 5.73

6. (9) Jim Furyk 5.61

7. (6) K.J. Choi (South Korea) 5.59

8. (8) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 5.55

9. (7) Justin Rose (Britain) 5.37

10. (10) Adam Scott (Australia) 5.35

11. (11) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 5.25

12. (12) Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 5.13

13. (13) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 4.93

14. (14) Stewart Cink 4.87

15. (15) Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 4.61

16. (21) Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 3.98

17. (16) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 3.98

18. (17) Luke Donald (Britain) 3.97

19. (18) Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 3.81

20. (19) Lee Westwood (Britain) 3.71

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 (Australia) $2,147,400

4. Stewart Cink $2,105,512

5. Vijay Singh (Fiji) $2,092,417

6. K.J. Choi (South Korea) $1,801,432

7. Boo Weekley $1,768,985

8. Justin Leonard $1,716,802

9. J.B. Holmes $1,536,195

10. Trevor Immelman (South Africa) $1,518,676

11. Steve Stricker $1,518,039

12. Andres Romero (Argentina) $1,501,099

13. Sean O'Hair $1,430,500

14. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) $1,311,724

15. Jim Furyk $1,295,180

16. Ryuji Imada (Japan) $1,233,047

17. D.J Trahan $1,153,822

18. Steve Lowery $1,151,288

19. Brandt Snedeker $1,132,258

20. Luke Donald (Britain) $1,118,600

European Tour Money List

LONDON: Leading money winners on the 2008 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated):

1. Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 992,958 euros

2. Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 919,019

3. Lee Westwood 790,843

4. Vijay Singh (Fiji) 756,380

5. Graeme McDowell 602,610

6. Damien McGrane (Ireland) 543,209

7. Retief Goosen (South Africa) 510,848

8. Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 507,742

9. Adam Scott (Australia) 503,460

10. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 481,720

11. Jeev Milkha Singh (India) 445,044

12. Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 419,672

13. Mark Brown (New Zealand) 405,579

14. Ross Fisher 395,141

15. Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 377,944

16. Ernie Els (South Africa) 340,678

17. Richard Sterne (South Africa) 340,206

18. Shivshankar Chowrasia (India) 318,973

19. Oliver Wilson (Britain) 310,323

20. Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 302,777

US Ryder Cup points standings

NEW YORK: US Ryder Cup points standings on Monday:

1. Tiger Woods 8,665.627

2. Stewart Cink 3,170.747

3. Phil Mickelson 2,861.130

4. Jim Furyk 2,811.536

5. Boo Weekley 2,121.997

6. Steve Stricker 1,991.120

7. Zach Johnson 1,956.675

8. Justin Leonard 1,801.102

9. Brandt Snedeker 1,720.763

10. Sean O'Hair 1,691.607

11. Woody Austin 1,609,181

12. J.B. Holmes 1,591.039

13. D.J. Trahan 1,288.822

14. Hunter Mahan 1,207.217

15. Steve Lowery 1,193.663

16. 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 (Britain) 168.14

2. Justin Rose (Britain) 141.38

3. Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 140.14

4. Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 121.14

5. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 112.56

6. Martin Kaymer (Germany) 100.38

7. Ian Poulter (Britain) 94.73

8. Luke Donald (Britain) 94.67

9. Graeme McDowell (Britain) 86.53

10. Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 83.86

European points list:

1. Westwood 1,499,315.62

2. Rose 1,239,606.30

3. Stenson 1,163,564.75

4. McDowell 921,032.57

5. Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 887,002.39

6. Nick Dougherty (Britain) 886,408.53

7. Jimenez 805,820.46

8. Kaymer 791,174.81

9. Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 755,282.33

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 U.S. at Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky Sept 19-21)

Team as it stands:

Westwood, Rose, Stenson, Harrington, Chopra, Karlsson, Dougherty, McDowell, Jimenez and Kaymer (plus two players of Faldo's choice)

PGA Tour 2008 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. Stewart Cink 8,474

4. Vijay Singh (Fiji) 8,302

5. Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 8,182

6. K.J. Choi (South Korea) 7,876

7. Boo Weekley 7,747

8. Justin Leonard 6,891

9. Steve Stricker 6,677

10. Sean O'Hair 6,476

11. J.B. Holmes 6,210

12. Andres Romero (Argentina) 5,789

13. Ryuji Imada (Japan) 5,581

14. Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 5,432

15. D.J Trahan 5,400

16. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 5,224

17. Jim Furyk 5,199

18. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 4,891

19. Steve Lowery 4,831

20. Johnson Wagner 4,815

Soccer

Champions League

LIVERPOOL, England: Champions League semi-final first leg result here on Tuesday:

Liverpool (ENG) 1 (Kuyt 43) Chelsea (ENG) 1 (Riise 90+5-og)

Tennis

Monte Carlo Masters

MONTE CARLO: Collated results in the $3.6 million Monte Carlo Masters Series claycourt tournament at the Monte Carlo Country Club here on Tuesday (x denotes seeded player):

1st rd

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Marc Gicquel (FRA) 6-4, 6-4; Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 6-2, 6-2; Marat Safin (RUS) bt Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6-3, 6-2; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 7-5, 6-3; Tommy Robredo (ESP x12) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-4, 7-5; Ivo Karlovic (CRO x15) bt Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) 4-6, 6-4, 4-1 - retired; Juan Monaco (ARG x11) bt Lee Hyung-Taik (KOR) 6-0, 7-5; Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) bt Gilles Simon (FRA) 6-1, 6-1; Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Agustin Calleri (ARG) 6-4, 6-3; Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt Jean-Rene Lisnard (MON) 6-4, 6-4;

2nd rd

Novak Djokovic (SRB x3) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 6-3, 6-3; Andy Murray (GBR x14) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-4, 6-1.

(China Daily 04/24/2008 page23)