Score board
Olympics
BEIJING: Collated results from the women's Olympic football tournament on Wednesday:
Group E
China 2 (Xu Yuan 6, Han Duan 71) Sweden 1 (Schelin 38)
Argentina 1 (Manicler 85) Canada 2 (Chapman 27, Lang 72)
Group F
North Korea 1 (Kim Kyong-Hwa 27) Nigeria 0
Germany 0 Brazil 0
Group G
New Zealand 2 (Yallop 37, Hearn 56) Japan 2 (Miyama 72, Sawa 86)
Norway 2 (Leni Larsen Kaurin 1, Melissa Wiik 3) United States 0
Baseball
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
Milwaukee 6 CINCINNATI 3
TAMPA BAY 10 Cleveland 7
CHICAGO CUBS 11 Houston 4
LA ANGELS 9 Baltimore 4
Pittsburgh 2 ARIZONA 0
SAN FRANCISCO 3 Atlanta 2
Minnesota 7 SEATTLE 3
PHILADELPHIA 5 Florida 0
TORONTO 5 Oakland 1
San Diego 4 NY METS 2
NY Yankees 5 TEXAS 3
Boston 8 KANSAS CITY 2
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5 Detroit 1
ST. LOUIS 9 LA Dodgers 6
Washington at COLORADO (postponed)
Standings:
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Tampa Bay 68 45 .602 -
Boston 66 49 .574 3
NY Yankees 62 52 .544 6 1/2
Toronto 58 56 .509 10 1/2
Baltimore 54 59 .478 14
Central Division
Chicago White Sox 63 49 .563 -
Minnesota 63 51 .553 1
Detroit 55 58 .487 8 1/2
Kansas City 53 62 .461 11 1/2
Cleveland 49 64 .434 14 1/2
Western Division
LA Angels 71 43 .623 -
Texas 60 55 .522 11 1/2
Oakland 53 60 .469 17 1/2
Seattle 44 70 .386 27
National League
Eastern Division
Philadelphia 62 51 .549 -
Florida 60 54 .526 2 1/2
NY Mets 59 54 .522 3
Atlanta 52 62 .456 10 1/2
Washington 42 71 .372 20
Central Division
Chicago Cubs 69 46 .600 -
Milwaukee 64 51 .557 5
St Louis 64 52 .552 5 1/2
Houston 54 59 .478 14
Pittsburgh 52 62 .456 16 1/2
Cincinnati 52 63 .452 17
Western Division
Arizona 59 55 .518 -
LA Dodgers 56 57 .496 2 1/2
Colorado 52 63 .452 7 1/2
San Francisco 48 65 .425 10 1/2
San Diego 44 70 .386 15
SOCCER
European Champions League
PARIS: European Champions League 2nd qualifying round 2nd leg results on Wednesday:
Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 2 Drogheda United FC (IRL) 2
Kiev win 4-3 on aggregate
FK Partizan (SRB) 2 FK Inter Baku (AZE) 0
Partizan win 3-1
FC Artmedia Petrzalka (SVK) 4 Tampere United (FIN) 2
Artmedia win 7-3
Sparta Prague (CZE) 2 FC Sheriff (MDA) 0
Sparta win 3-0
Wisla Krakow (POL) 5 Beitar Jerusalem (ISR) 0
Krakow win 6-2
MTK Budapest (HUN) 0 Fenerbahce (TUR) 5
Fenerbahce win 7-0
FK Modrica (BIH) 1 Aalborg BK (DEN) 2
Aalborg win 7-1
FC Basel (SUI) 4 IFK Gothenburg (SWE) 2
Basel win 5-3
Rapid Vienna (AUT) 3 Anorthosis Famugusta (CYP) 1
Anorthosis win 4-3
BATE Borisov (BLR) 2 Anderlecht (BEL) 2
Borisov win 4-3
Dynamo Zagreb (CRO) 3 NK Domzale (SLO) 2
Zagreb win 6-2
Dynamo Tbilisi (GEO) 0 Panathinaikos (GRE) 0
Panathinaikos win 3-0
3rd qualifying round: 1st leg August 12/13, 2nd leg August 26/27
TENNIS
Los Angeles Classic
LOS ANGELES: Results from the third day of the Los Angeles Classic on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
2nd rd: Denis Gremelmayr (GER) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP x4) 7-5, 7-5; Florent Serra (FRA) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP x2) 6-2, 7-6 (4); Mardy Fish (USA x6) bt Vince Spadea (USA) 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-0; Marat Safin (RUS x5) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) 6-3, 6-2.
(China Daily 08/08/2008 page52)
