Baseball
Results from the MLB games on Saturday (home team in CAPS):
Pittsburgh 11 NY METS 2
Toronto 3 BOSTON 2
]ST. LOUIS 3 Colorado 0
Chicago Cubs 8 WASHINGTON 2
SAN FRANCISCO 10 Atlanta 1
CINCINNATI 13 Milwaukee 7
TAMPA BAY 8 San Diego 7
Cleveland 7 DETROIT 6
LA Angels 3 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2
NY Yankees 3 KANSAS CITY 2
MINNESOTA 8 Baltimore 5
Texas 8 HOUSTON 7
Philadelphia 3 ARIZONA 1
Oakland 4 SEATTLE 3
LA DODGERS 7 Miami 1
Basketball
Results on Saturday from the second round of the NBA playoffs (all series best-of-seven):
Western Conference
at Memphis
Memphis 87 Oklahoma City 81
(Memphis leads series 2-1)
Eastern Conference
at Indianapolis
Indiana 82 New York 71
(Indiana leads series 2-1)
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
Results from the Giro d'Italia eighth stage, a 54.8 kilometre time trial between Gabicce Mare and Saltara on Saturday:
1. Alex Dowsett (GBR/MOV) 1hr 16min 27sec
2. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) at 0:10s
3. Tanel Kangert (EST/AST) 0:14.
4. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 0:21.
5. Stef Clement (NED/BLA) 0:32.
6. Luke Durbridge (AUS/ORI) 0:35.
7. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:39.
8. Manuele Boaro (ITA/SAX) 0:45.
9. Sergio Henao (COL/SKY) 0:53.
10. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 0:53.
Overall
1. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 29h46:57.
2. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 0:29.
3. Robert Gesink (NED/BLA) 1:15.
4. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 1:16.
5. Michele Scarponi (ITA/LAM) 1:24.
6. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 2:05.
7. Sergio Henao (COL/SKY) 2:11.
8. Mauro Santambrogio (ITA/FAR) 2:43.
9. Przemyslaw Niemec (POL/LAM) 2:44.
10. Rigoberto Uran (COL/SKY) 2:49.
Ice hockey
Result from on Saturday from the quarterfinals of the NHL playoffs (home team in CAPS):
Pittsburgh 4 NY ISLANDERS 3
(Pittsburgh win the best-of-seven series by 4-2)
Soccer
FA Cup
Saturday's final result:
Manchester City 0 Wigan Athletic 1 (Watson 90+1)
French Ligue 1
Saturday's results:
Marseille 2 (A. Ayew 45, 62) Toulouse 1 (Eden Ben Basat 82)
Valenciennes 4 (Melikson 39, Rose 68, Lala 83, J. Saez 90+1) Rennes 1 (Pitroipa 30)
Ajaccio 0 Troyes 1 (Jarjat 17)
Bordeaux 3 (Biyogo Poko 41, Saivet 45, Diabate 86) Nancy 2 (Karaboue 65, Sane 80)
Brest 0 Sochaux 2 (Privat 48, 81)
Bastia 3 (Beauvue 16, Modeste 32, 87) Montpellier 1 (Utaka 31)
German Bundesliga
Saturday's results:
Bayer Leverkusen 3 (Hegeler 6, 60, Kiessling 28) Hannover 96 1 (Sobiech 71)
Bayern Munich 3 (Mueller 69, Shaqiri 82, Luiz Gustavo 87) FC Augsburg 0
Fortuna Duesseldorf 1 (Balitsch og-22) FC Nuremberg 2 (Mak 58, Plattenhardt 64)
Greuther Fuerth 1 (Zimmermann 3) SC Freiburg 2 (Schmid 69, Kruse 78)
Hoffenheim 1 (Volland 61) Hamburg SV 4 (Son 18, Aogo 35, Jiracek 60, Rudnevs 88)
Mainz 05 2 (Parker 12, Ivanschitz pen-90) 2 Borussia Moenchengladbach 4 (Hrgota 39, 59, 80, Hanke 65)
Schalke 04 1 (Ulreich og-90) VfB Stuttgart 2 (Ibisevic 24, 66)
Wolfsburg 3 (Perisic 14, 22, Naldo 26) Borussia Dortmund 3 (Bender 5, Reus 84, 87)
Werder Bremen 1 (De Bruyne 22) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Lakic 51)
Italian league
Saturday's results:
Juventus 1 (Vucinic 61) Cagliari 1 (Ibarbo 12)
Catania 1 (Gomez 51) Pescara 0
Portuguese league
Saturday's results:
Rio Ave 2 (Rodriguez 21, Hassan 81-pen) Gil Vicente 1 (Vilela 66)
Moreirense 2 (Olivera 10, Vinicius 61) Vitoria Setubal 1 (Lopes Correia 5)
Sporting Braga 1 (Viana 35) Nacional 3 (Keita 76, Candeias 79, Mateus 80)
Academica Coimbra 1 (Edinho 72-pen) Pa?os de Ferreira 1 (Manuel Jose 55)
Estoril 2 (Lica 32, Rego 86-og) Beira Mar 1 (Abalo 28)
Sporting Lisbon 1 (Capel 72) Olhanense 0
Martimo Funchal 1 (Danilo 25) Vitoria Guimaraes 0
FC Porto 2 (Maxi Pereira 25-og, Kelvin 90+2) Benfica 1 (Lima 19)
Scottish Premier League
Saturday's results:
Celtic 4 (Ledley 2, Mulgrew 36, Forrest 51, Wright og-90) St Johnstone 0
Dundee 2 (Conroy 19, Stewart 83), Kilmarnock 3 (McKenzie 4, Johnston 58, Clingan 73)
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 (Doran 42) Dundee United 2 (Gow 50, Mackay-Steven 90+1)
St Mirren 0 Aberdeen 0
Spanish league
Saturday's results:
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Aduriz 8, Llorente 79) Mallorca 1 (Dos Santos 81)
Valladolid 1 (Javi Guerra 48) Deportivo la Coruna 0
Osasuna 1 (Arribas 74) Getafe 0
Espanyol 1 (Stuani 23) Real Madrid 1 (Higuain 58)
Tennis
Madrid Masters/Madrid Open
Saturday's results (x denotes seeding):
Men's singles semifinals
Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x15) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP x5) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP) 6-0, 6-4
Women's singles semifinals
Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Sara Errani (ITA x7) 7-5, 6-2; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB x16) 6-4, 6-3.
(China Daily 05/13/2013 page23)