Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS)
Florida 7 ATLANTA 2
LA Angels 6 BOSTON 4
PITTSBURGH 7 St. Louis 4
TAMPA BAY 5 Toronto 3
NY Mets 7 WASHINGTON 2
Houston 9 CINCINNATI 3
MILWAUKEE 5 Philadelphia 4
NY Yankees 6 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4
DETROIT 19 Texas 6
Chicago Cubs 7 COLORADO 6 (10 innings)
OAKLAND 3 Minnesota 0
San Francisco 3 SAN DIEGO 2 (13 innings)
Baltimore 3 SEATTLE 2
LA DODGERS 8 Arizona 3
KANSAS CITY v Cleveland (postponed)
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA playoff results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS)
DETROIT 105 Philadelphia 88
(Best-of-seven series tied at 1-1)
BOSTON 96 Atlanta 77
(Boston lead best-of-seven series 2-0)
LA Lakers 122 Denver 107
(LA Lakers lead the best-of-seven series by 2-0)
Soccer
Champions League
PARIS: Champions League semifinal first leg results this week:
At Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona (ESP) 0 Manchester United (ENG) 0
2nd legs
April 29
At Manchester, England
Manchester United v Barcelona
April 30
At London
Chelsea v Liverpool
AFC Champions League
TOKYO: Collated results from AFC Champions League group games on Wednesday:
Group A
Kuruvuchi FC (UZB) 1 (Kapadze 30) Al Ittihad (SYR) 0
Al Ittihad (KSA) 0 Sepahan (IRI) 1 (Ridha 70)
Group B
Saipa (IRI) 1 (Rahmati 63) Al Quwa Al Jawiya (IRQ) 1 (Iyad 71)
Kuwait SC (KUW) 2 (Ajab 10, Alawadhi 41) Al Wasl Sports Club (UAE) 1 (Al-Bloushi 5-pen)
Group C
Al Wahda (UAE) 2 (Josiel 35, 86-pen) Al Ahli (KSA) 1 (Al-johduli 81)
Al Karama (SYR) 1 (Jenyat 77) Al Sadd (QAT) 0
Group D
Al Gharafa (QAT) 0 Al Qadsia (KUW) 1 (Al-Mutwa 90)
Arbil (IRQ) 1 (Sabah 19) Pakhtakor (UZB) 5 (Saman 38-og, Kuziboyev 69, Darko Markovic 73, Geynrikh 80, Holmatov 90)
Group E
Adelaide United (AUS) 4 (Lucas Pantelis 56, Travis Dodd 58, 62, Diego 76) Binh Duong (VIE) 1 (Minh Doc Pham 65)
Pohang Steelers (KOR) 2 (Hwang Jae-won 64, Hwang Jin-sung 90) Changchun Yatai (CHN) 2 (Wang Dong 35, Du Zhonyu 70)
Group F
Beijing Guoan (CHN) 1 (Tiago 45) Kashima Antlers (JPN) 0
Nam Dinh (VIE) 2 (Hoang Ngoc Linh 2, 47) Krung Thai Bank (THA) 2 (Thaensopa Nantawat 20, Choeivhiu Phichitshong 90)
Group G
Chonburi (THA) 2 (Pipob On-mo 56, 88) Chunnam Dragons (KOR) 2 (Jeong Jun-yeon 5, Kim Mung-woon 47)
Gamba Osaka (JPN) 2 (Yamazaki 31, 58) Melbourne Victory (AUS) 0
Tennis
Monte Carlo Masters
MONTE CARLO: Results in the 2,270,000-euro ($3.6 million) Monte Carlo Masters Series claycourt tournament at the Monte Carlo Country Club here on Wednesday (x denotes seeded player):
2nd rd
David Ferrer (ESP x5) bt Marat Safin (RUS) 6-2, 6-3; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x4) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-2, 7-6 (7/5); Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO x15) 7-6 (10/8), 6-1; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x16) bt Nicolas Keifer (GER) 6-2, 6-4; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7/1); Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x8) 6-3 - retired; Sam Querrey (USA) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-1, 7-5; Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt Juan Monaco (ARG x11) 6-2, 3-0 - retired; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Mario Ancic (CRO) 6-0, 6-3; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP x13) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-3, 6-3; David Nalbandian (ARG x6) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-4, 6-3; Richard Gasquet (FRA x7) bt Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 6-1, 6-2; Tommy Robredo (ESP x12) bt Robin Soderling (SWE) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3);
(China Daily 04/25/2008 page23)
