Score Board
BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
LA Angels 3 BALTIMORE 2
MILWAUKEE 1 Pittsburgh 0
Florida 4 NY METS 3
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6 Seattle 3
COLORADO 7 San Diego 5
ARIZONA 10 Chicago Cubs 0
St. Louis 5 ATLANTA 3
Boston 6 CLEVELAND 5 (10 innings)
NY Yankees 8 DETROIT 6
Washington 4 PHILADELPHIA 1
CINCINNATI 3 Houston 0
KANSAS CITY 11 Toronto 3
MINNESOTA 8 Tampa Bay 3
TEXAS Oakland (postponed)
SAN FRANCISCO 9 LA Dodgers 4
CYCLING
Tour de Romandie
Official result of the 87.6-km first stage of the Tour de Romandie from Montreux to Fribourg, Switzerland on Wednesday.
Stage result
1. Ricardo Serrano (Spain /Fuji ) 2 hrs 8 mins 35 secs
2. Lars Bak (Denmark / Saxo Bank ) "
3. Gregory Rast (Switzerland /Astana ) same time
4. Tony Martin (Germany /Columbia ) +28 secs
5. Haimar Zubeldia (Spain /Astana ) "
6. Koldo Fernandez (Spain /Euskaltel ) +31"
7. Jacopo Guarnieri (Italy /Liquigas ) "
8. Tyler Farrar (U.S. / Garmin ) "
9. Markus Zberg (Switzerland /BMC Racing Team ) "
10. Michael Schaer (Switzerland /Astana ) "
11. Christian Meier (Canada /Garmin ) "
12. Alejandro Valverde (Spain /Caisse d'Epargne ) "
13. Oscar Freire (Spain /Rabobank ) "
14. Assan Bazayev (Kazakhstan /Astana ) "
15. Josep Jufre (Spain /Fuji ) "
Standings
1. Gregory Rast (Switzerland /Astana ) 2 hrs 12 mins 17 secs
2. Ricardo Serrano (Spain /Fuji ) +5 secs
3. Lars Bak (Denmark /Saxo Bank ) +12"
4. Frantisek Rabon (Czech Republic /Columbia ) +33"
5. Sandy Casar (France /Francaise des Jeux ) +35"
6. Tony Martin (Germany /Columbia ) "
7. Alejandro Valverde (Spain /Caisse d'Epargne ) +36"
8. Tyler Farrar (U.S. /Garmin ) +37"
9. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic /Liquigas ) "
10. Maxim Iglinskiy (Kazakhstan /Astana ) "
11. Jussi Veikkanen (Finland /Francaise des Jeux ) "
12. Jerome Coppel (France /Francaise des Jeux ) +38"
13. Oscar Freire (Spain /Rabobank ) "
14. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland /Saxo Bank ) "
15. Rigoberto Uran (Colombia /Caisse d'Epargne ) "
ICE HOCKEY
World Championships
BERNE, Switzerland: Results of the World Ice Hockey Championships on Wednesday:
At Bern
Latvia 2, Austria 0
Sweden 6, United States 5, OT
At Zurich
Norway 5, Denmark 4, OT
Finland 4, Czech Republic 3
Standings
W L OW OL GF GA PTS
Group A
Canada 3 0 0 0 22 4 9
Belarus 1 1 0 1 6 8 5
Slovakia 1 0 2 0 8 12 4
Hungary 0 0 0 3 4 16 0
Group B
Russia 3 0 0 0 16 4 9
Switzerland 1 1 0 1 6 6 5
France 1 0 0 2 4 9 3
Germany 0 0 1 2 3 10 1
Group C
United States 2 0 1 0 15 9 7
Sweden 1 1 1 0 15 9 6
Latvia 1 1 0 1 7 6 5
Austria 0 0 0 3 2 15 0
Group D
Finland 3 0 0 0 14 4 9
Czech Rep 2 0 0 1 13 6 6
Norway 0 1 0 2 7 14 2
Denmark 0 0 1 2 5 15 1
Note: W -- won, OW -- won in overtime or penalty shootout, OL -- lost in overtime or penalty shootout, L -- lost, GF -- goals for, GA -- goals against, PTS -- points
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA playoff results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 4 T
ATLANTA 24 39 22 21 106
Miami 20 20 30 21 91
(Atlanta leads best-of-seven series 3-2)
1 2 3 4 T
DENVER 24 25 31 27 107
New Orleans 27 22 17 20 86
(Denver win the best-of-seven series by 4-1)
SNOOKER
World championship
SHEFFIELD, England: World snooker championship results on Wednesday:
Quarterfinals (best of 25 frames):
Shaun Murphy (ENG) bt Stephen Hendry (SCO) 13-11
Mark Allen (NIR) bt Ryan Day (WAL) 13-11
Neil Robertson (AUS) bt Stephen Maguire (SCO) 13-8
John Higgins (SCO) bt Mark Selby (ENG) 13-12
SOCCER
European Champions League
PARIS: Champions League semifinal, first leg results:
Played on Wednesday:
At Old Trafford
Manchester United 1 Arsenal 0
Scorer: John O'Shea 17
Halftime: 1-0
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Played on Tuesday
At Nou Camp, Barcelona.
Barcelona 0 Chelsea 0.
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
French league
PARIS: French league result on Wednesday:
Rennes 2 (Danze 1, Sow 89) Bordeaux 3 (Gouffran 62, Gourcuff 70, 90+2)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Marseille 19 10 4 56 29 67
Bordeaux 19 8 6 54 31 65
Lyon 17 10 6 43 25 61
Paris SG 18 6 9 46 33 60
Toulouse 15 12 6 39 23 57
Lille 15 11 7 45 33 56
Rennes 12 15 6 36 28 51
Nice 13 8 12 39 36 47
Monaco 11 10 12 40 39 43
Auxerre 12 7 14 28 32 43
Grenoble FC 10 11 12 23 33 41
Lorient 9 12 12 39 39 39
Nancy 10 9 14 33 40 39
Le Mans 10 8 15 38 45 38
Valenciennes 8 13 12 29 34 37
Sochaux 7 12 14 34 42 33
Nantes 8 9 16 28 45 33
Saint-Etienne 9 5 19 30 51 32
Caen 6 13 14 36 43 31
Le Havre 6 3 24 25 60 21
Libertadores Cup
NEW YORK: Libertadores Cup Group Stage results and standings on Wednesday
Group 1
Colo Colo (Chile) 0 Palmeiras (Brazil) 1
LDU (Ecuador) 2 Sport (Brazil) 3
Group 6
Everton (Chile) 1 Guadalajara (Mexico) 1
Lanus (Argentina) 1 Caracas FC (Venezuela) 1
Played on Tuesday
Group 7
Aurora (Bolivia) 1 Universidad de Chile (Chile) 2
Gremio (Brazil) 3 Chico (Colombia) 0
Group 8
Libertad (Paraguay) 0 San Luis (Mexico) 2
San Lorenzo (Argentina) 2 Universitario (Peru) 0
TENNIS
ATP Rome
ROME: Results from the third day of the $2.75 million ATP Rome Masters claycourt tournament on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Richard Gasquet (FRA) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x9) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4; Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) bt David Ferrer (ESP x11) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Radek Stepanek (CZE x16) bt Florent Serra (FRA) 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 7-5.
2nd rd
Robin Soderling (SWE) bt Victor Crivoi (ROM) 6-1, 6-7 (2/7), 6-1; Tommy Robredo (ESP x13) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-2, 7-6 (7/5); Marin Cilic (CRO x15) bt Christophe Rochus (BEL) 6-0, 5-7, 6-2; Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Andy Murray (GBR x4) 1-6, 6-3, 7-5; Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x7) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5); Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-4, 6-4; Fernando Verdasco (ESP x6) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x12) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6-4, 6-4; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x10) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5); Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-2, 6-3; Gilles Simon (FRA x8) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-7 (6/8), 6-2, 6-3; Radek Stepanek (CZE x16) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-2, 6-1; Mischa Zverev (GER) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-0; Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x6) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
Stuttgart WTA tournament
STUTTGART: Results of Wednesday's matches here at the WTA Premier tournament:
1st rd
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-3, 6-1; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x3) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-1, 6-1; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 6-2, 6-0; Nadia Petrova (RUS x6) bt Jie Zheng (CHN) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x5) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6-4, 5-7, 6-1; Sabine Lisicki (GER) bt Patty Schnyder (SUI) 6-4, 6-3.
2nd rd
Gisela Dulko (ARG) bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR x4) 6-4, 6-3.
Fes WTA
FES, Morocco: Results from third day of $220,000 WTA tournament played here on Wednesday:
2nd rd
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP x1) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 1-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3; Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) bt Anne Keothavong (GBR) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Melinda Czink (HUN) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x3) 7-6 (7/1), 3-6, 6-3; Lucie Hradecka (CZE) bt Shahar Peer (ISR x8) 6-4, 6-1; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x6) bt Akiko Morigami (JPN) 6-0, 6-1; Marta Domachowska (POL) bt Eva Fernandez Brugues (ESP) 6-4, 6-4; Polona Hercoq (SLO) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x7) 6-2, 6-4; Alisa Kleybanova (RUS x2) bt Jarmila Groth (SVK) 6-4, 6-1.
(China Daily 05/01/2009 page11)
