A fan pose for a photo with a huge NFL player balloon at the NFL Experience, a festival for American football fans, at the Western Academy of Beijing on Saturday. It is the first time such an event has been held in the capital. Provided to China Daily

Baseball

Results from the MLB games on Friday (home team in CAPS):

Miami 9 WASHINGTON 7 (10 innings)

PHILADELPHIA 3 Colorado 2 Chicago Cubs 12 PITTSBURGH 2

NY Yankees 8 BALTIMORE 5

Atlanta 3 NY METS 0

Houston 5 CINCINNATI 3

Toronto 7 BOSTON 5

TAMPA BAY 3 Texas 1 (11 innings)

Kansas City 7 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5

Cleveland 7 MINNESOTA 6

Milwaukee 5 ST. LOUIS 4 (13 innings)

LA ANGELS 3 Detroit 2

SAN DIEGO 6 Arizona 5

Oakland 6 SEATTLE 1

SAN FRANCISCO 5 LA Dodgers 2

Cycling

Tour of Spain

Results from the Tour of Spain after the 19th stage, a 183.4km ride from Penafiel to La Lastrilla on Friday:

Stage

1. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/BMC) 4hr 56min 25sec

2. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) at 0:00

3. Daniel Moreno (ESP/KAT) 0:00

4. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 0:00

5. Gianni Meersman (BEL/LTB) 0:03

6. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 0:03

7. Jan Bakelants (BEL/RSH) 0:03

8. Ben Swift (ENG/SKY) 0:03

9. Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA/ALM) 0:03

10. Sergio Henao (COL/SKY) 0:03

Overall standings

1. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 77hr 21min 49sec

2. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) at 1:35

3. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 2:21

4. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 9:48

5. Daniel Moreno (ESP/KAT) 11:29

6. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 12:00

7. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 12:58

8. Andrew Talansky (USA/GRM) 13:09

9. Igor Anton (ESP/EUS) 13:52

10. Benat Intxausti (ESP/MOV) 15:13

Golf

BMW Championship

Leading second-round scores here on Friday from the $8 million BMW Championship (USA unless noted, par-72):

131 - Vijay Singh (FIJ) 65-66

132 - Rory McIlroy (NIR) 64-68, Ryan Moore 66-66, Tiger Woods 65-67

133 - Bo Van Pelt 64-69, Lee Westwood (ENG) 68-65

134 - Graham DeLaet (CAN) 64-70, Seung-yul Noh (KOR) 68-66

135 - Bill Haas 71-64, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 70-65, Dustin Johnson 68-67, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 68-67

136 - Robert Garrigus 67-69, Tom Gillis 69-67, John Huh 70-66136, Zach Johnson 67-69, Chris Kirk 68-68, Troy Matteson 70-66, Phil Mickelson 69-67, Ian Poulter (ENG) 68-68, Adam Scott (AUS) 68-68

137 - Rickie Fowler 67-70, Martin Laird (SCO) 69-68, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 68-69, Justin Rose (ENG) 67-70, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 69-68, Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 71-66137

Kingsmill Championship LPGA

Leading scores on Friday after the second round of the LPGA Tour's Kingsmill Championship (USA unless noted, par 71):

130 - Jiyai Shin (KOR) 62-68

131 - Danielle Kang 67-64

132 - Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED) 66-66, Paula Creamer 65-67

133 - Lexi Thompson 67-66, Azahara Munoz (ESP) 65-68

134 - Stacy Lewis 69-65, Maria Hjorth (SWE) 65-69

135 - Candie Kung (TPE) 68-67, Jodi Ewart (ENG) 68-67, Chella Choi (KOR) 67-68, Ai Miyazato (JPN) 67-68, Jennifer Johnson 66-69, Jennifer Song 66-69

136 - Victoria Tanco (ARG) 70-66, Mi Jung Hur (KOR) 70-66, Sandra Gal (GER) 69-67, Angela Stanford 69-67, Hee Young Park (KOR) 68-68, Julieta Granada (PAR) 67-69, Natalie Gulbis 67-69, Gerina Piller 67-69, Mika Miyazato (JPN) 66-70

137 - Ji Young-oh (KOR) 71-66, Angela Oh 69-68, Isabelle Beisiegel (CAN) 67-70, Catriona Matthew (SCO) 67-70, Karin Sjodin (SWE) 67-70, Christina Kim 66-71

KLM Open

Leading second round scores in the European Tour KLM Open at Hilversum on Friday (GBR and IRL unless stated, par 70):

129 - Graeme Storm 63 66

132 - Peter Hanson (SWE) 66 66, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP) 67 65, Scott Jamieson 68 64

134 - Shiv Kapur (IND) 67 67, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 69 65

135 - Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 70 65, Danny Willett 66 69, Simon Thornton 71 64, Bradley Dredge 69 66, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 65 70

136 - Andrew Johnston 67 69, Craig Lee 66 70, Garth Mulroy (RSA) 71 65, Paul Waring 67 69, Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 68 68, Martin Kaymer (GER) 65 71, Simon Dyson 70 66, Richard Kind (NED) 67 69, Lorenzo Gagli (ITA) 69 67

137 - Steve Webster 66 71, Richie Ramsay 71 66, Damien McGrane 70 67, Anders Hansen (DEN) 70 67, Robert Coles 71 66, Darren Fichardt (RSA) 70 67, Richard S Johnson (SWE) 70 67, Sam Walker 69 68, Jamie Donaldson 70 67, Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 69 68, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 69 68

Soccer

World Cup 2014 qualifying

CONCACAF zone

Results and standings in the semi-final round of CONCACAF 2014 World Cup qualifying on Friday, with top two from each group advancing to the final regional qualifying round in 2013:

Group A

at Kingston

Jamaica 2 (Austin 22, Shelton 62) United States 1 (Dempsey 1)

at Guatemala City

Guatemala 3 (Ruiz 58, 79, Pezzarossi 90) Antigua-Barbuda 1 (Byers 38)

Group B

at San Jose

Costa Rica 0 Mexico 2 (Salcido 43, Zavala 52)

at San Salvador

El Salvador 2 (Gutierrez 4, Romero 21) Guyana 2 (Bobb 20, 54)

Group C

at Havana

Cuba 0 Honduras 3 (Bengtson 31, Bernardez 63, Chavez 90+2)

at Toronto

Canada 1 (De Rosario 77) Panama 0

European zone

Results on Friday in European World Cup qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil:

Group A

Croatia 1 (Jelavic 69) Macedonia 0

Wales 0 Belgium 2 (Kompany 41, Vertonghen 83)

Group B

Bulgaria 2 (Manolev 30, Milanov 66) Italy 2 (Osvaldo 36, 40)

Malta 0 Armenia 1 (Sarkisov 70)

Group C

Germany 3 (Goetze 28, Ozil 54, 71) Faroe Islands 0

Kazakhstan 1 (Nurdauletov 37) Ireland 2 (Keane 89-pen, Doyle 90)

Group D

Andorra 0 Hungary 5 (Juhasz 12, Gera 32-pen, Szalai 54, Priskin 67, Koman 82)

Estonia 0 Romania 2 (Torje 55, Marica 75)

Netherlands 2 (van Persie 16, Narsingh 90) Turkey 0

Group E

Albania 3 (Constantinou 35-og, Cani 84, Bogdani 87) Cyprus 1 (Laban 45+2)

Iceland 2 (Arnason 21, Finnbogason 81) Norway 0

Slovenia 0 Switzerland 2 (G. Xhaka 20, Inler 51)

Group F

Azerbaijan 1 (Abishov 64) Israel 1 (Natcho 50)

Luxembourg 1 (Daniel Da Mota 14) Portugal 2 (Cristiano Ronaldo 27, Postiga 54)

Russia 2 (Faizulin 30, Shirokov 78-pen) Northern Ireland 0

Group G

Latvia 1 (Cauna 42-pen) Greece 2 (Spyropoulos 57, Gekas 69)

Liechtenstein 1 (Christen 61) Bosnia-Herzegovina 8 (Misimovic 26, 31, Ibisevic 34, 40, 83, Dzeko 46, 64, 80)

Lithuania 1 (Zaliukas 18) Slovakia 1 (Sapara 41)

Group H

Moldova 0 England 5 (Lampard 3-pen, 29, Defoe 32, Milner 74, Baines 83)

Montenegro 2 (Drincic 27, Vucinic 45+2) Poland 2 (Blaszczykowski 6-pen, Mierzejewski 55)

Group I

Finland 0 France 1 (Diaby 20)

Georgia 1 (Okriashvili 52) Belarus 0

Tennis

US Open

Friday 's results (x denotes seeding):

Women's singles semifinal

Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Maria Sharapova (RUS x3) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; Serena Williams (USA x4) bt Sara Errani (ITA x10) 6-1, 6-2

Men's doubles final

Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA x2) bt Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek (IND/CZE x5) 6-3, 6-4.

(China Daily 09/09/2012 page7)