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ATHLETICS Boston Marathon
BOSTON, Massachusetts: Results here on Monday from the 111th Boston Marathon:
Men
1. Robert Cheruiyot (KEN) 2hr 14 min 13sec; 2. James Kwambai (KEN) 2:14:33; 3. Stephen Kiogora (KEN) 2:14:47; 4. James Koskei (KEN) 2:15:05; 5. Teferi Wodajo (ETH) 2:15:06; 6. Benjamin Maiyo (KEN) 2:16:04; 7. Ruggero Pertile (ITA) 2:16:08; 8. Peter Gilmore (USA) 2:16:41; 9. Samuel Ndereba (KEN) 2:17:04; 10. Robert Cheboror (KEN) 2:18:07
Women
1. Lidia Grigoryeva (RUS) 2:29:18; 2. Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:29:58; 3. Madai Perez (MEX) 2:30:16; 4. Rita Jeptoo (KEN) 2:33:08; 5. Deena Kastor (USA) 2:35:09; 6. Robe Tola Guta (ETH) 2:36:29; 7. Lyubov Denisova (RUS) 2:38:00; 8. Alice Chelangat (KEN) 2:38:07; 9. Ann Alyanak (USA) 2:38:55; 10. Kristin Price (USA) 2:38:57
Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Monday's games (home team in CAPS):
LA Dodgers 5 ARIZONA 1
BOSTON 7 LA Angels 2
DETROIT 12 Kansas City 5
WASHINGTON 5 Atlanta 1
Baltimore 9 TAMPA BAY 7
Milwaukee 10 CINCINNATI 6
CHICAGO CUBS 12 San Diego 4
HOUSTON 4 Florida 3
Pittsburgh 3 ST LOUIS 2
San Francisco 8 COLORADO 0
NY Mets at PHILADELPHIA (postponed)
CRICKET
World Cup
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Results and standings in the Super Eights of the 2007 World Cup on Sunday:
At St George's, Grenada: Australia bt Sri Lanka by 7 wkts
Super Eights standings (won, lost, tied, no-result, run-rate, points):
Australia 6 0 0 0 +2.03 12.0
- qualified for semi-finals
New Zealand 5 1 0 0 +1.07 10.0 - qualified for semi-finals
Sri Lanka 4 2 0 0 +0.10 8.0 - qualified for semi-finals
South Africa 3 3 0 0 -0.21 6.0
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England 2 3 0 0 +0.08 4.0
West Indies 1 4 0 0 -1.21 2.0
Ireland 1 5 0 0 -1.28 2.0
Bangladesh 1 5 0 0 -1.44 2.0
Note:
- Teams who defeated fellow qualifiers in the first round carry forward the two points from that match as well as the run-rate.
- Teams who played each other in first round do not meet in the Super Eights
- Top four qualify for the semi-finals
Still to play
April 17: Barbados South Africa v England
April 18: Grenada Ireland v Sri Lanka
April 19: Barbados West Indies v Bangladesh
April 20: Grenada Australia v New Zealand
April 21: Barbados West Indies v England
April 22: Rest day
April 23: Rest day
April 24: Jamaica Semi-final
April 25: St Lucia Semi-final
April 26: Rest day
April 27: Rest day
April 28: Barbados Final
GOLF
US PGA Verizon Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina: Scores on Monday after the wind-halted final round of the $5.4 million US PGA Verizon Heritage (USA unless noted):
270 - Boo Weekley 67-69-66-68
271 - Ernie Els (RSA) 65-65-71-70
272 - Stephen Leaney (AUS) 66-68-70-68
274 - Vaughn Taylor 71-66-67-70, Kevin Na 67-68-66-73
275 - Zach Johnson 70-68-66-71
276 - Sean O'Hair 69-66-69-72
277 - Carl Pettersson (SWE) 71-68-67-71, Jerry Kelly 63-70-67-77
278 - Bo Van Pelt 71-67-70-70, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 70-66-70-72, Ken Duke 71-67-67-73, Tom Pernice 74-67-65-72, Dean Wilson 69-68-68-73
279 - Jesper Parnevik (SWE) 71-67-69-72
280 - Justin Leonard 69-72-70-69, Brian Gay 70-70-67-73, Brandt Snedeker 71-67-69-73, Jason Bohn 70-68-68-74, Rod Pampling (AUS) 69-67-69-75
World rankings
LONDON: Latest world rankings (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 20.50 points average
2. (2) Jim Furyk 8.04
3. (3) Adam Scott (AUS) 7.35
4. (4) Phil Mickelson 7.33
5. (5) Ernie Els (RSA) 7.14
6. (6) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 6.39
7. (7) Vijay Singh (FIJ) 6.21
8. (8) Retief Goosen (RSA) 6.06
9. (9) Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 5.86
10.(10) Padraig Harrington (IRE) 5.24
11.(11) Luke Donald (GBR) 5.14
12.(13) Paul Casey (GBR) 4.73
13.(12) Trevor Immelman (RSA) 4.72
14.(14) Sergio Garcia (SPA) 4.66
15.(15) Zach Johnson 4.11
16.(16) Charles Howell III 3.82
17.(17) Nick O'Hern (AUS) 3.48
18.(18) Stuart Appleby (AUS) 3.37
19.(19) David Toms 3.36
20.(20) Robert Allenby (AUS) 3.29
PGA Tour money list
NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2007 PGA Tour on Monday (U.S. unless stated):
1. Tiger Woods $3,008,391
2. Vijay Singh (FIJ) $2,884,400
3. Charles Howell III $2,470,563
4. Zach Johnson $1,851,801
5. Phil Mickelson $1,832,788
6. John Rollins $1,822,778
7. Aaron Baddeley (AUS) $1,795,084
8. Adam Scott (AUS) $1,764,196
9. Boo Weekley $1,672,825
10. Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) $1,590,954
11. Henrik Stenson (SWE) $1,589,808; 12. Mark Calcavecchia $1,551,550; 13. Robert Allenby (AUS) $1,342,315; 14. Trevor Immelman (RSA) $1,259,127; 15. Mark Wilson $1,238,351; 16. Luke Donald (GBR) $1,176,559; 17. Brett Wetterich $1,161,398; 18. Paul Goydos $1,118,311; 19. Ernie Els (RSA) $1,078,850; 20. Charley Hoffman $1,062,709
PGA Tour FedExCup points table
NEW YORK: PGA Tour FedExCup points table on Monday (US unless stated):
1. Vijay Singh (FIJ) 12,361
2. Tiger Woods 12,098
3. Charles Howell III 11,748
4. Phil Mickelson 8,218
5. John Rollins 7,983
6. Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 7,616
7. Adam Scott (AUS) 7,596
8. Boo Weekley 7,563
9. Zach Johnson 7,398
10. Mark Calcavecchia 7,132
11. Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 6,074; 12. Robert Allenby (AUS) 5,858; 13. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 5,699; 14. Mark Wilson 5,555; 15. Charley Hoffman 5,130; 16. Paul Goydos 5,103; 17. Luke Donald (GBR) 5,035; 18. Ernie Els (RSA) 4,980; 19. Heath Slocum 4,633; 20. Trevor Immelman (RSA) 4,585
European Tour money list
LONDON: Leading money winners on the 2007 European Tour on Monday:
1 Henrik Stenson (SWE) 1,615,383 Euros
2 Retief Goosen (RSA) 1,192,503
3 Paul Casey (GBR) 860,767
4 Yong Eun-yang (KOR) 747,104
5 Ernie Els (RSA) 662,707
6 Nick O'Hern (AUS) 621,886
7 Trevor Immelman (RSA) 607,513
8 Justin Rose (GBR) 574,263
9 Padraig Harrington (IRE) 476,909
10 Anton Haig (RSA) 428,333
11 Niclas Fasth (SWE) 410,188; 12 Sergio Garcia (SPA) 398,295; 13 Michael Campbell (NZL) 345,635; 14 Robert Karlsson (SWE) 336,023; 15 Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 335,754; 16 Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 324,428; 17 Luke Donald (GBR) 314,584; 18 Ian Poulter (GBR) 299,956; 19 Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 296,564; 20 Markus Brier (AUT) 294,107.
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
N.O./Ok. City 125 SACRAMENTO 118
New Jersey 104 NY KNICKS 95
Boston 91 MIAMI 89
MILWAUKEE 102 Atlanta 96
MEMPHIS 101 San Antonio 91
HOUSTON 120 Phoenix 117
DENVER 122 Minnesota 107
UTAH 130 Portland 93
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL playoff quarter-final results on Monday (home team in CAPS).
1 2 3 T
TAMPA BAY 1 0 2 3
New Jersey 0 1 1 2
(Tampa Bay lead the best-of-seven series by 2-1)
1 2 3 T
Buffalo 0 3 0 3
NY ISLANDERS 0 2 0 2
(Buffalo leads the best-of-seven series by 2-1)
1 2 3 T
SAN JOSE 0 2 1 3
Nashville 1 0 0 1
(San Jose lead the best-of-seven series by 2-1)
TENNIS
Women's world rankings
MIAMI: Women's tennis world rankings on Monday (last week's position in brackets):
1 (1) Justine Henin (BEL) 3859 points
2 (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3388
3 (3) Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 2776
4 (4) Kim Clijsters (BEL) 2699
5 (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 2667
6 (6) Martina Hingis (SUI) 2294
7 (9) Jelena Jankovic (SER) 2257
8 (8) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 1957
9 (7) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 1869
10 (12) Dinara Safina (RUS) 1863
11 (10) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 1847; 12 (11) Serena Williams (USA) 1770; 13 (13) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 1635; 14 (14) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 1616; 15 (17) Ana Ivanovic (SER) 1525; 16 (15) Shahar Peer (ISR) 1508; 17 (18) Li Na (CHN) 1432; 18 (19) Tatiana Golovin (FRA) 1390; 19 (16) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 1337; 20 (20) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 1253.
Men's world rankings
PARIS: Men's tennis world rankings on Monday (last week's position in brackets):
1. (1) Roger Federer (SUI) 7290 points
2. (2) Rafael Nadal (SPA) 4875
3. (3) Andy Roddick (USA) 2980
4. (4) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 2825
5. (5) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 2755
6. (6) Tommy Robredo (SPA) 2645
7. (7) Novak Djokovic (SER) 2540
8. (8) Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 2270
9. (9) James Blake (USA) 2150
10. (11) Andy Murray (GBR) 2125
11. (10) Tommy Haas (GER) 2100; 12. (12) David Nalbandian (ARG) 1805; 13. (13) Mario Ancic (CRO) 1775; 14. (14) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 1715; 15. (15) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 1620; 16. (16) David Ferrer (SPA) 1615; 17. (17) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 1545; 18. (18) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 1315; 19. (19) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 1250; 20. (20) Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 1250.
Monte Carlo Masters
MONACO: Results from the second day of the Monte Carlo Masters ATP event here on Monday: 1st rd: Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CHY x14) 7-5, 6-4; Marc Gicquel (FRA) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 7-5, 5-7, 7-5; Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 6-1, 6-3; Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 7-5, 6-3; David Nalbandian (ARG x9) bt Federico Luzzi (ITA) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x13) bt Carlos Moya (ESP) 6-2, 3-1, retired,; Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-2, 2-0 retired; Robin Soderling (SWE) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-4, 6-4; Juan-Carlos Ferrero (ESP x16) bt Tim Henman (GBR) 7-5, 6-2; Juan Chela (ARG) bt Martin Verkerk (NED) 7-5, 6-2; Gaston Gaudio (ARG) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG) 6-4, 6-1.
(China Daily 04/18/2007 page22)
