Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Result of the MLB World Series Game Two on Thursday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Philadelphia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NY YANKEES 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 x 3
(Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)
Golf
World Match Play Championship
CASARES, Spain: Results after the first day of the World Matchplay Championship here on Thursday (x denotes seeds):
Group A
Paul Casey (ENG x1) lost to Scott Strange (AUS x16) by 1 hole
Retief Goosen (RSA x8) lost to Anthony Kim (USA x9 ) by 4 holes
Paul Casey lost to Anthony Kim by 3 holes
Retief Goosen beat Scott Strange by 1 hole
Group B
Sergio Garcia (ESP x4) lost to Oliver Wilson (ENG x13) by 1 hole
Martin Kaymer (GER x5) lost to Robert Allenby (AUS x12) by 1 hole
Sergio Garcia halved with Robert Allenby
Martin Kaymer lost to Oliver Wilson by 1 hole
Group C
Henrik Stenson (SWE x3) lost to Simon Dyson (ENG x14) by 3 holes
Rory McIlroy (NIR x6) lost to Angel Cabrera (ARG x11) by 5 holes
Group D
Lee Westwood (ENG x2) lost to Jeev Milkha Singh (IND x15) by 6 holes
Camilo Villegas (COL x7) lost to Ross Fisher (ENG x10) by 2 holes
Singapore Open
SINGAPORE: Leading first round scores from the rain-hit $5-million Barclays Singapore Open at Sentosa Golf Club here on Thursday. Seventy-eight players were unable to finish their round:
66 - Ian Poulter (ENG)
67 - Chan Yih-Shin (TPE), Ernie Els (RSA)
68 - Kodai Ichihara (JPN), Anders Hansen (DEN), Thomas Levet (FRA)
69 - Phil Mickelson (USA), Niclas Fasth (SWE), Soren Kjeldsen (DEN), Lam Chih Bing (SIN), Lin Wen-Tang (TPE), Jyoti Randhawa (IND)
70 - David Howell (ENG), Kenichi Kuboya (JPN), Rick Kulacz (AUS), Alexander Noren (SWE), Ted Oh (KOR), Lu Wei-Chih (TPE)
71 - Nick Redfern (ENG), Danny Lee (NZL), Peter Lawrie (IRL), Graeme McDowll (IRL), Jean-Francois Lucquin (FRA), Scott Barr (AUS)
Selected
73 - Paul McGinley (IRL), Thongchai Jaidee (THA)
74 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP), KJ Choi (KOR)
76 - Michael Campbell (NZL)
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Thursday (home team in CAPS):
CHICAGO 92 San Antonio 85
Denver 97 PORTLAND 94
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Thursday (home team in CAPS):
New Jersey 2 BOSTON 1
Washington 4 ATLANTA 3
TAMPA BAY 5 Ottawa 2
Phoenix 2 ST. LOUIS 0
NASHVILLE 2 Chicago 0
EDMONTON6 Detroit 5 (S.O.)
Vancouver 2 LOS ANGELES 1 (S.O.)
Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 10 2 0 20 43 26
N.Y. Rangers 8 4 1 17 47 36
New Jersey 7 4 0 14 29 27
Philadelphia 5 4 1 11 33 31
N.Y. Islanders 2 4 5 9 25 38
Northeast Division
Buffalo 7 1 1 15 30 17
Ottawa 6 3 2 14 36 34
Montreal 6 6 0 12 31 38
Boston 5 5 1 11 31 34
Toronto 1 7 2 4 24 42
Southeast Division
Washington 8 2 2 18 45 35
Tampa Bay 4 3 3 11 29 34
Atlanta 4 4 1 9 31 28
Carolina 2 6 3 7 26 39
Florida 2 7 1 5 22 39
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
Chicago 7 4 1 15 36 29
Columbus 6 5 0 12 34 38
St. Louis 5 5 1 11 29 29
Nashville 5 6 1 11 24 36
Detroit 4 4 3 11 35 41
Northwest Division
Colorado 10 1 2 22 44 28
Calgary 7 3 1 15 43 36
Edmonton 7 5 1 15 44 41
Vancouver 7 6 0 14 37 34
Minnesota 3 9 0 6 26 39
Pacific Division
Los Angeles 8 4 2 18 46 42
San Jose 8 4 1 17 44 36
Phoenix 8 4 0 16 32 23
Dallas 6 2 4 16 41 35
Anaheim 3 6 1 7 25 37
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday's games
N.Y. Islanders at Washington
Pittsburgh at Columbus
Toronto at Buffalo
N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota
Montreal at Chicago
Florida at Dallas
Vancouver at Anaheim
Colorado at San Jose
Saturday's games
Edmonton at Boston
Carolina at Philadelphia
Atlanta at Ottawa
New Jersey at Tampa Bay
Toronto at Montreal
Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders
Minnesota at Pittsburgh
Florida at St. Louis
Dallas at Nashville
Anaheim at Phoenix
Detroit at Calgary
Soccer
Argentine championship
Argentine championship results and standings on Thursday:
Argentinos Juniors 1 River Plate 2
Boca Juniors 3 Chacarita Juniors 0
Lanus Tigre 0
Brazilian championship
Results and standings from the Brazilian championship on Thursday:
Fluminense 2 Atletico Mineiro 1
Palmeiras 4 Goias 0
Sport 1 Coritiba 1
Dutch Cup
Dutch Cup third round result on Thursday (numerals denote divisions):
FC Dordrecht (II) 1 Ajax Amsterdam 2
After extra time, 90 mins: 1-1)
Italian Serie A
ROME: Italian Serie A result on Thursday:
Inter Milan 5 (Eto'o 7-pen, 44, Balotelli 34, 42, Milito 83) Palermo 3 (Miccoli 49, 67 Hernandez 62)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Inter Milan 8 1 1 26 9 25
Juventus 6 3 1 18 8 21
Sampdoria 6 2 2 18 13 20
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Parma 5 2 3 12 12 17
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AC Milan 4 4 2 10 11 16
Genoa 5 1 4 18 20 16
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Palermo 4 3 3 15 14 15
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Fiorentina 4 3 3 9 8 15
Bari 3 5 2 10 7 14
Chievo Verona 4 2 4 13 11 14
Udinese 4 2 4 14 14 14
Napoli 4 2 4 14 16 14
Cagliari 4 1 5 11 12 13
AS Roma 3 2 5 16 18 11
Lazio 2 4 4 7 11 10
Atalanta Bergamo 2 3 5 9 12 9
Bologna 2 3 5 9 15 9
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Livorno 2 3 5 4 10 9
Catania 1 4 5 10 15 7
Siena 1 2 7 8 15 5
1-3: Champions League / EC I
4: Champions League preliminary round
5-6: Europa League
7: Europa League depending on domestic cup
18-20: Relegation
Spanish Cup
MADRID: Spanish Cup round of 32 results on Thursday:
Puertollano 1 Villarreal 1
Salamanque 1 Racing Santander 0
Valladolid 2 Real Mallorca 1
Tennis
WTA Championships
DOHA: Results on the third day of the $4.55 million WTA Championships at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex here on Thursday (x denotes seed):
White Group
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) bt Vera Zvonareva (RUS x9) 6-0, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4
Maroon Group
Serena Williams (USA x2) bt Elena Dementieva (RUS x5) 6-2, 6-4; Venus Williams (USA x7) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x3) 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4.
Austrian ATP
VIENNA: Results from the fourth day of the ATP tennis tournament here on Thursday:
2nd rd:
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Michael Berrer (GER) 7-6 (7/3), 6-1; Jurgen Melzer (AUT x7) bt Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) 6-4, 7-5; Gael Monfils (FRA x3) bt Jan Hajek (CZE) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4; Marin Cilic (CRO x1) bt Daniel Brands (GER) 7-6 (9/7), 6-4; Feliciano Lopez (ESP x6) bt Daniel Koellerer (AUT) 6-3, 6-3.
Lyon ATP
LYON, France: Results from the fourth day of the ATP tournament here on Thursday:
2nd rd:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x1) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-3, 6-2; Gilles Simon (FRA x2) bt David Guez (FRA) 6-1, 6-2; Arnaud Clement (FRA) bt Benjamin Becker (GER x7) 6-4, 6-3; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x3) bt Nicolas Kiefer (GER) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Marc Gicquel (FRA) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA x6) 6-4, 6-0; Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Juan Monaco (ARG x4) 6-3, 6-4.
St. Petersburg tennis
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia: Results from the fourth day of the St. Petersburg Open ATP event here on Thursday:
2nd rd
Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x1) 6-2, 2-1 rtd; Marat Safin (RUS) bt Igor Andreev (RUS x5) 6-3, 0-1 rtd; Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) bt Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-1, 6-4; Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) bt Michail Elgin (RUS) 6-2, 6-3.
(China Daily 10/31/2009 page8)
