Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Wednesday's games (home team in CAPS)
Kansas City 4 DETROIT 3
Baltimore 6 TAMPA BAY 4
OAKLAND 3 LA Angels 0
NY YANKEES 9 Cleveland 2
NY Mets 9 FLORIDA 2
Boston 4 TORONTO 1
Houston 7 CINCINNATI 2
WASHINGTON 5 Philadelphia 4 (13 innings)
ATLANTA 8 Chicago Cubs 6
MILWAUKEE 7 Pittsburgh 3
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6 Texas 0
COLORADO 7 LA Dodgers 2
Minnesota 5 SEATTLE 4
Arizona 5 SAN DIEGO 2 (12 innings)
SAN FRANCISCO 6 St Louis 5 (12 innings)
cricket
World Cup
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Results and standings in the Super Eights of the 2007 World Cup on Wednesday:
At St George's, Grenada
Sri Lanka bt Ireland by 8 wkts
Super Eights standings (played, won, lost, tied, no-result, run-rate, points):
Australia 6 6 0 0 0 +2.03 12.0 - qualified for semi-finals
Sri Lanka 7 5 2 0 0 +1.48 10.0 - qualified for semi-finals
New Zealand 6 5 1 0 0 +1.07 10.0 - qualified for semi-finals
South Africa 7 4 3 0 0 +0.31 8.0 - qualified for semi-finals
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England 6 2 4 0 0 -0.44 4.0
West Indies 5 1 4 0 0 -1.21 2.0 Bangladesh 6 1 5 0 0 -1.43 2.0 Ireland 7 1 6 0 0 -1.73 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
NBA
NEWYORK: Results from Wednesday's games (home team in CAPS)
Philadelphia 122 TORONTO 119
NY Knicks 94 CHARLOTTE 93
ORLANDO 94 Miami 68
CLEVELAND 109 Milwaukee 96
Detroit 91 BOSTON 89
NEW JERSEY 106 Chicago 97
Washington 98 INDIANA 95
Denver 100 SAN ANTONIO 77
Memphis 116 MINNESOTA 94
UTAH 101 Houston 91
LA Lakers 117 SACRAMENTO 106
Golden State 120 PORTLAND 98
Dallas 106 SEATTLE 75
N.O./Oklahoma City 86 LA CLIPPERS 83
Final standings after Wednesday's games (x = clinched playoff spot, y = division champion, z = best overall record in conference):
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
y-Toronto 47 35 .573 -
x-New Jersey 41 41 .500 6
Philadelphia 35 47 .427 12
NY Knicks 33 49 .402 14
Boston 24 58 .293 23
Central Division
z-Detroit 53 29 .646 -
x-Cleveland 50 32 .610 3
x-Chicago 49 33 .598 4
Indiana 35 47 .427 18
Milwaukee 28 54 .341 25
Southeast Division
y-Miami 44 38 .537 -
x-Washington 41 41 .500 3
x-Orlando 40 42 .488 4
Charlotte 33 49 .402 11
Atlanta 30 52 .366 14
Western Conference
Northwest Division
y-Utah 51 31 .622 -
x-Denver 45 37 .549 6
Portland 32 50 .390 19
Minnesota 32 50 .390 19
Seattle 31 51 .378 20
Pacific Division
y-Phoenix 61 21 .744 -
x-LA Lakers 42 40 .512 19
x-Golden State 42 40 .512 19
LA Clippers 40 42 .488 21
Sacramento 33 49 .402 28
Southwest Division
z-Dallas 67 15 .817 -
x-San Antonio 58 24 .707 9
x-Houston 52 30 .634 15
N.O./Oklahoma City 39 43 .476 28
Memphis 22 60 .268 45
NHL
NEWY YORK: Results from the NHL play-offs on Wednesday (home team in CAPS)
SAN JOSE 3
Nashville 2
(San Jose lead the best-of-seven series by 3-1)
NY RANGERS 4
Atlanta 2
(NY Rangers win the best-of-seven series by 4-0)
Buffalo 4
NY ISLANDERS 2
(Buffalo leads the best-of-seven series by 3-1)
New Jersey 4 OT
TAMPA BAY 3
(The best-of-seven series is tied at 2-2)
soccer
English Premiership
LONDON: English Premiership results on Wednesday:
Liverpool 2 (Gerrard 58, 65-pen) Middlesbrough 0
West Ham 1 (Tevez 35) Chelsea 4 (Wright-Phillips 31, 36, Kalou 51, Drogba 62)
Blackburn 3 (Samba 7, Roberts 10, McCarthy 32) Watford 1 (Rinaldi 21)
Tuesday
Manchester United 2 (Carrick 4, Rooney 50) Sheffield United 0
Arsenal 3 (Rosicky 12, Fabregas 73, Julio Baptista 80) Manchester City 1 (Beasley 41)
Standings:
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man United 26 3 4 77 23 81 Chelsea 24 6 3 60 20 78 Liverpool 19 7 8 52 22 64 Arsenal 18 8 8 57 31 62 Everton 14 12 8 46 30 54 Bolton 16 6 12 41 42 54 Portsmouth 13 10 11 43 38 49 Tottenham 14 7 12 47 48 49 Reading 14 6 14 45 41 48 Blackburn 13 4 16 41 48 43
Aston Villa 9 15 10 36 39 42 Newcastle 11 8 15 37 43 41
Man City 11 8 15 27 38 41 Middlesbrough 10 9 15 37 44 39 Wigan 9 8 17 35 52 35 Fulham 7 14 13 34 53 35
Sheff Utd 9 7 18 29 49 34 Charlton 8 8 18 30 51 32
West Ham 8 5 21 27 58 29 Watford 4 11 19 25 56 23
French Cup
PARIS: French Cup semi-final result on Wednesday:
Marseille 3 (Ribery 28, Maoulida 55, Cisse 76) Nantes 0
Tuesday
Montceau 0 Sochaux 2 (Grax 95, Leroy 112)
Note: The final will be played at Stade de France on May 12.
French league
PARIS: French league results on Wednesday:
Lyon 0 Rennes 0
Bordeaux 3 (Chamakh 18, 43, Cavenaghi 55) Nancy 0
German Cup
BERLIN: Results of the German Cup semi-finals:
Wednesday
Wolfsburg 0 Stuttgart 1 (da Silva 16)
Tuesday
Nuremberg 4 (Engelhardt 3, Sajenko 25, Galasek 54, Pagenburg 89) Eintracht Frankfurt 0
Note: The final will be played at Berlin's Olympic Stadium on May 26.
Italian league
ROME: Italian league results on Wednesday:
Lazio 0 Chievo 0
Inter Milan 1 (Materazzi 52-pen) Roma 3 (Perrotta 44, Totti 89, Cassetti 90+5)
Udinese 1 (Iaquinta 53-pen) Sampdoria 0
Empoli 2 (Saudati 35, Almiron 54) Atalanta 0
Reggina 3 (Bianchi 13, Amoruso 54, 72-pen) Messina 1 (Rigano 27-pen)
Livorno 2 (C. Lucarelli 5, Knezevic 66) Cagliari 1 (Suazo 61-pen)
Ascoli 2 (Di Biagio 33-pen, Guberti 41) AC Milan 5 (Gilardino 3, 26, Kaka 25-pen, 35, Seedorf 75)
Siena 1 (Antonini 65) Torino 0
Parma 2 (Rossi 26, 89-pen) Fiorentina 0
Standings:
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Inter Milan 25 6 1 66 28 81 Roma 20 8 4 65 24 68 Lazio 17 9 6 54 26 57
AC Milan 17 10 5 50 29 53 Palermo 13 10 9 46 39 49 Empoli 13 10 9 35 31 49 Fiorentina 17 8 7 52 28 44 Udinese 11 9 12 41 44 42 Atalanta 9 12 11 45 45 39 Sampdoria 10 9 13 37 41 39 Livorno 8 12 12 34 47 36 Siena 7 14 11 28 35 34 Cagliari 7 13 12 27 35 34 Catania 8 9 15 38 61 33 Torino 8 8 16 25 43 32 Reggina 10 11 11 42 43 30 Chievo 6 11 15 33 43 29 Parma 6 11 15 28 49 29 Messina 5 9 18 30 55 24 Ascoli 3 11 18 26 56 20
Spanish Cup
MADRID: Spanish Cup semi-final, first leg result on Wednesday:
FC Barcelona 5 (Xavi 17, Messi 29, 45, Gudjohnsen 63, Eto'o 75) Getafe 2 (Guiza 57, Nacho 60)
Thursday
Deportivo La Coruna v Seville
Note: Semi-final, second leg matches to be played on May 9
Tennis
Monte Carlo Masters
MONACO: Results from the fourth day of the Monte Carlo Masters ATP event here on Wednesday (x denotes seed):-
2nd rd
Robin Soderling (SWE) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x3) 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3; Novak Djokovic (SRB x6) bt Gaston Gaudio (ARG) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1; Tomas Berdych (CZE 10) Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-1, 6-2; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Juan Chela (ARG) 6-3, 6-1; Tommy Robredo (ESP x5) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA) 6-3, 6-2; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP x16) bt Nicolas Massu (CHI) 6-2, 6-0; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x4) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt David Nalbandian (ARG x9) 7-5, 4-1 retired; Richard Gasquet (FRA x11) bt Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) 6-3, 6-2; David Ferrer (ESP x12) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-1, 7-5; Max Mirnyi (BLR) bt Sergio Roitman (ARG) 7-5, 6-4; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x7) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5).
(China Daily 04/20/2007 page22)
