Former Olympic gymnastics champion Xing Aowei (left) and beach volleyball silver medalist Tian Jia show off paintings of themselves on Friday in Beijing. With the London Olympics less than a week away, leading global sports brand Oakley unveiled its "Eye-Conic" exhibition, which has the slogan of "Beyond Reason", with Chinese athletes and artists. It also launched its new Crosslink frames at the ceremony. Provided to China Daily

Baseball

Results from the MLB games on Friday:

Friday's games:

PITTSBURGH 4, MIAMI 3

SAN FRANCISCO 7, PHILADELPHIA 2

ATLANTA 11, WASHINGTON 10 (11 INNINGS)

CINCINNATI 3, MILWAUKEE 1

LA DODGERS 7, NY METS 6

ST LOUIS 4, CHICAGO CUBS 1

ARIZONA 13, HOUSTON 8

SAN DIEGO 9, COLORADO 5

BALTIMORE 10, CLEVELAND 2

DETROIT 4, CHI WHITE SOX 2

TAMPA BAY 4, SEATTLE 3 (14 INNINGS)

TORONTO 6, BOSTON 1

MINNESOTA 2, KANSAS CITY 1 (11 INNINGS

OAKLAND 3, NY YANKEES 2

LA ANGELS 6, TEXAS 1

Cycling

Tour de France

Standings following the 18th stage of the Tour de France, a 222.5km ride from Blagnac to Brive-la-Gaillarde on Friday:

Stage

1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/SKY) 4hr 54min 12sec

2. Matthew Goss (AUS/GEC) at 0:00sec

3. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 0:00.

4. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/RAB) 0:00.

5. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 0:00.

6. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 0:00.

7. Borut Bozic (SLO/AST) 0:00.

8. Sebastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 0:00.

9. Daryl Impey (RSA/GEC) 0:00.

10. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 0:00.

Points:

1. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 386 points

2. Andre Greipel (GER/LTB) 264

3. Matthew Goss (AUS/GEC) 238

4. Mark Cavendish (GBR/SKY) 175

5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 146

6. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 12

7. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 10

8. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 100

9. Daryl Impey (RSA/GEC) 98

10. Sebastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 93

King of Mountains:

1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/EUC) 134 points

2. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 123

3. Chris Anker Sorensen (DEN/SAX) 77

4. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 63

5. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 51

6. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 48

7. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 43

8. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 40

9. Brice Feillu (FRA/SAU) 38

10. Daniel Martin (EIR/GRM) 34

Team stage:

1. Sky 14hr 42min40sec

2. Orica - GreenEdge at 0:00 sec

3. Lotto 0:04

4. RadioShack 0:04

5. Astana 0:04

Team overall:

1. RadioShack 250hr 23min 05sec

2. Sky at 14:05

3. BMC 36:25

4. Astana 39:20

5. Europcar 1:04:26

Best young riders (stage):

1. Peter Sagan (SVK/LIQ) 4:54:12

2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) at 0:00sec

3. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 0:04

4. Dominik Nerz (GER/LIQ) 0:04

5. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 0:04

Best young riders (overall):

1. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 83:30:48

2. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) at 3min 16sec

3. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/RAB) 1:00:50

4. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 1:14:28

5. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 1:16:16

Golf

British Open

Collated scores on Friday during the second round of the 141st British Open golf championship at par-70 Royal Lytham:

130 - Brandt Snedeker (USA) 66-64

131 - Adam Scott (AUS) 64-67

134 - Tiger Woods (USA) 67-67

135 - Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 69-66

136 - Paul Lawrie (SCO) 65-71, Matt Kuchar (USA) 69-67, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 67-69, Jason Dufner (USA) 70-66, Thomas Aiken (RSA) 69-68

137 - Ernie Els (RSA) 67-70

138 - Steven Alker (NZL) 69-69, Luke Donald (ENG) 70-68, Steve Stricker (USA) 67-71, James Morrison (ENG) 68-70

139 - Carl Pettersson (SWE) 71-68, Simon Dyson (ENG) 72-67, Toshinori Muto (JPN) 67-72, Peter Hanson (SWE) 67-72, Andres Romero (ARG) 70-69, Mark Calcavecchia (USA) 71-68, Greg Chalmers (AUS) 71-68, Simon Khan (ENG) 70-69, Kyle Stanley (USA) 70-69, Bill Haas (USA) 71-68, Zach Johnson (USA) 65-74, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 70-69, Martin Laird (SCO) 70-69

140 - Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 72-68, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 72-68, Retief Goosen (RSA) 70-70, Ted Potter (USA) 69-71, Anirban Lahiri (IND) 68-72, Garth Mulroy (RSA) 71-69, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 69-71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 71-69, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 68-72, Ian Poulter (ENG) 71-69, Bubba Watson (USA) 67-73, Dale Whitnell (ENG) 71-69

141 - Bob Estes (USA) 69-72, Lee Slattery (ENG) 69-72, Hunter Mahan (USA) 70-71, John Senden (AUS) 70-71, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 69-72, Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 70-71, Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 70-71, Nick Watney (USA) 71-70, Yoshinori Fujimoto (JPN) 71-70, Dustin Johnson (USA) 73-68, Warren Bennett (ENG) 71-70

142 - Greg Owen (ENG) 71-71, Richard Sterne (RSA) 69-71, Branden Grace (RSA) 73-69, Harris English (USA) 71-71, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP) 71-71, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 65-77, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 67-75, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 70-72, Jim Furyk (USA) 72-70, Fredrik Jacobson (SWE) 69-73, Alexander Noren (SWE) 71-71, Justin Hicks (USA) 68-74, Matthew Baldwin (ENG) 69-73, Rafael Echenique (ARG) 73-69, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 70-72, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 71-71, Troy Matteson (USA) 70-72

143 - Brendan Jones (AUS) 69-74, Juvic Pagunsan (PHI) 71-72, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 73-70, Charles Howell (USA) 72-71, Gary Woodland (USA) 73-70, K.J. Choi (KOR) 70-73, Ross Fisher (ENG) 72-71, Bae Sang-Moon (KOR) 72-71. Keegan Bradley (USA) 71-72, Rickie Fowler (USA) 71-72, Adilson Da Silva (BRA) 69-74, John Daly (USA) 72-71, Chad Campbell (USA) 73-70, Lee Westwood (ENG) 73-70, Tom Watson (USA), Joost Luiten (NED) 73-70

True South Classic

Leading second round scores on Friday in the $3 million True South Classic PGA Tour event. A total of 64 players will complete their second round Saturday after play was halted because of darkness Friday. (USA unless noted; par-72):

131 - Billy Horschel 68-63

132 - Matt Bettencourt 66-66

133 - Steven Bowditch (AUS) 66-67

135 - Chris Kirk 67-68, Chris Stroud 69-66, Gary Christian (ENG) 67-68

136 - Gavin Coles (AUS) 68-68, Heath Slocum 69-67, Rocco Mediate 67-69, Paul Stankowski 66-70

137 - Mathew Goggin (AUS) 66-71, Garrett Willis 66-71, J.J. Henry 70-67, Josh Teater 73-64

Tennis

ATP Atlanta Open

Friday 's results (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals:

Gilles Muller (LUX) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS) 6-4, 6-4; Go Soeda (JPN x8) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x3) 6-2, 6-1; John Isner (USA x1) bt Jack Sock (USA) 7-6 (9/7), 6-4; Andy Roddick (USA x4) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-3, 6-4

ATP Gstaad

Friday's results (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

Thomaz Belluci (BRA) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP x5) 6-3, 6-3; Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) bt Lukasz Kubot (POL) 6-3, 6-2; Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x1) bt Jan Hernych (CZE) 6-2, 6-1

Carlsbad WTA

Friday's results (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals:

Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x2) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-4, 6-4; Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x3) 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (10/8), 7-5; Nadia Petrova (RUS x4) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5) ; Marion Bartoli (FRA x1) bt Christina McHale (USA x5) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

(China Daily 07/22/2012 page7)