Baseball

Major League Baseball results on Friday (home team in CAPS)

Pittsburgh 3 CHICAGO CUBS 1

NY YANKEES 3 Toronto 2

DETROIT 8 Chicago White Sox 1

NY Mets 7 WASHINGTON 3

Texas 10 BOSTON 0

Baltimore 3 TAMPA BAY 2

Philadelphia 5 FLORIDA 3

LA Dodgers 8 ATLANTA 6

Milwaukee 8 HOUSTON 2

Cleveland 5 KANSAS CITY 4

Cincinnati 11 ST. LOUIS 8

Colorado 3 SAN DIEGO 0

OAKLAND 9 Seattle 2

SAN FRANCISCO 6 Arizona 2

Minnesota 13 LA ANGELS 5

Cycling

Tour of Spain

PONFERRADA, Spain - Standings from the 13th stage of the Tour de France, a 158.2km ride from Sarria to Ponferrada on Friday:

Stage

1. Michael Albasini (SWI/HTC) 4h19min 39sec; 2. Eros Capecchi (ITA/LIQ) at 0:00; 3. Daniel Moreno (ESP/KAT) 0:00; 4. David De la Fuente (ESP/GEO) 0:00; 5. Nicolas Roche (EIR/ALM) 0:00; 6. Oliver Zaugg (SWI/LEO) 0:00; 7. Angel Madrazo (ESP/MOV) 0:00; 8. David Blanco (ESP/GEO) 0:00; 9. Mikel Nieve (ESP/EUS) 0:00; 10. Marc De Maar (NED/QST) 0:00.

General classification

1. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/SKY) 51h14min 59sec; 2. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) at 0:04;

3. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 0:07; 4. Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE/AST) 0:09; 5. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/LEO) 0:19; 6. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 0:36; 7. Maxime Monfort (BEL/LEO) 1:04; 8. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/GEO) 1:27; 9. Daniel Moreno (ESP/KAT) 1:52; 10. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/RSH) 1:53.

Golf

European Masters

CRANS SUR SIERRE, Switzerland - Leading and selected scores after the second round of the European Masters EPGA event at Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland on Friday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 71):

134 - Simon Dyson 66-68, Gary Boyd 65-69, Jamie Donaldson 68-66, Rory McIlroy 65-69

135 - Nick Dougherty 63-72, Danny Willett 71-64, Martin Kaymer (GER) 65-70, Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 67-68, Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 69-66

136 - Lee Westwood 67-69, Alexander Noren (SWE) 69-67, Matteo Manassero (ITA) 70-66, Stephen Gallacher 70-66, Damian Ulrich (SUI) 69-67, Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 69-67, David Lynn 68-68, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 68-68, Peter Lawrie 70-66

137 - Soren Hansen (DEN) 71-66, Jbe Kruger (RSA) 68-69, Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 66-71, Edoardo Molinari (ITA) 69-68, Shiv Kapur (IND) 70-67, Niklas Lemke (SWE) 71-66

138 - Keith Horne (RSA) 71-67, Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 67-71, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 71-67, Christian Cevaer (FRA) 69-69, Michael Campbell (NZL) 67-71, Joost Luiten (NED) 70-68, George Coetzee (RSA) 72-66, Darren Clarke 67-71, Oscar Floren (SWE) 70-68, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 71-67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 70-68, Paul Lawrie 69-69, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP) 70-68

139 - George Murray 70-69, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 70-69, Gary Orr 69-70, Marcel Siem (GER) 72-67, Martin Rominger (SUI) 71-68, Mohd. Siddikur (BAN) 69-70, Anthony Wall 71-68, Stephen Dodd 68-71, David Dixon 69-70, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 71-68

140 - Richie Ramsay 70-70, James Kingston (RSA) 69-71, Phillip Price 70-70, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 70-70, Maarten Lafeber (NED) 68-72, Steven O'Hara 73-67, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 70-70, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 69-71, Johan Edfors (SWE) 71-69, Felipe Aguilar (CHI) 70-70, Peter Hanson (SWE) 68-72, Michael Jonzon (SWE) 71-69, Michael Hoey 70-70, Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) 70-70

Missed cut

142 - Colin Montgomerie 76-66

144 - Eduardo Romero (ARG) 73-71

145 - David Howell 72-73, Todd Hamilton (USA) 77-68

146 - Bradley Dredge 74-72

151 - Jose-Maria Olazabal (ESP) 75-76.

Soccer

Euro 2012 qualifying

PARIS - Collated Euro 2012 qualifying results on Friday:

Group A

At Baku

Azerbaijan 1 (Aliev 86) Belgium 1 (Simons 55-pen)

At Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Germany 6 (Klose 8, Ozil 23, 47, Podolski 28, Schurrle 84, Gotze 88) Austria 2 (Arnautovic 42, Harnik 51)

At Istanbul

Turkey 2 (Yilmaz 31, Turan 90+6) Kazakhstan 1 (Konysbayev 55)

Group B

At Andorra

Andorra 0 Armenia 3 (Pizzelli 35, G. Ghazaryan 75, Mkhitaryan 90+1-pen)

At Dublin

Republic of Ireland 0 Slovakia 0

At Moscow

Russia 1 (Semshov 41) Macedonia 0

Group C

At Torshavn

Faroe Islands 0 Italy 1 (Cassano 11)

At Belfast

Northern Ireland 0 Serbia 1 (Pantelic 67)

At Ljubljana

Slovenia 1 (Matavz 78) Estonia 2 (Vassilijev 28-pen, Purje 81)

Group D

At Tirana

Albania 1 (Bogdani 46) France 2 (Benzema 11, M'Vila 18)

At Minsk

Belarus 0 Bosnia-Hercegovina 2 (Salihovic 22-pen, Medunjanin 24)

At Luxembourg

Luxembourg 0 Romania 2 (Torje 34, 45)

Group E

At Helsinki

Finland 4 (Hamalainen 11, 43, Forssell 52-pen, Armas 70-og) Moldova 1 (Alexeev 85)

At Budapest

Hungary 2 (Szabics 44, Rudolf 90) Sweden 1 (Wilhelmsson 60)

At Eindhoven, Netherlands

Netherlands 11 (van Persie 7, 65, 67, 79, Sneijder 12, 87, Heitinga 17, Kuyt 49, Huntelaar 56, 77, Wijnaldum 89) San Marino 0

Group F

At Valetta

Malta 1 (Mifsud 38) Croatia 3 (Vukojevic 11, Badelj 32, Lovren 68)

At Tel Aviv

Israel 0 Greece 1 (Ninis 60)

At Tbilisi

Georgia 0 Latvia 1 (Tsaunja 64)

Group G

At Sofia

Bulgaria 0 England 3 (Cahill 13, Rooney 21, 45)

At Cardiff

Wales 2 (Morison 29, Ramsey 50) Montenegro 1 (Jovetic 71)

Group H

At Nicosia

Cyprus 0 Portugal 4 (Ronaldo 35-pen, 82, Almeida 84, Danny 90+2)

At Oslo

Norway 1 (Abdellaoue 88-pen) Iceland 0

Group I

At Kaunas

Lithuania 0 Liechtenstein 0

Playing Saturday:

Group I

At Glasgow (1400)

Scotland v Czech Republic

Standings

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Group A

Germany 8 0 0 28 5 24

Turkey 4 1 2 11 8 13

Belgium 3 2 2 16 11 12

Austria 2 1 4 12 16 7

Azerbaijan 1 1 5 6 19 4

Kazakhstan 1 0 6 3 17 3

Group B

Russia 5 1 1 10 4 16

Ireland 4 2 1 11 6 14

Slovakia 4 2 1 6 4 14

Armenia 3 2 2 13 7 11

Macedonia 1 1 5 5 9 4

Andorra 0 0 7 1 16 0

Group C

Italy 6 1 0 15 1 19

Slovenia 3 2 3 10 6 11

Serbia 3 2 2 9 9 11

Estonia 3 1 4 9 12 10

Northern Ireland 2 3 2 7 4 9

Faroe Islands 1 1 7 5 23 4

Group D

France 5 1 1 11 3 16

Bosnia-Herzegovina 4 1 2 10 7 13

Belarus 3 3 2 6 4 12

Romania 3 2 2 10 6 11

Albania 2 2 3 5 8 8

Luxembourg 0 1 7 1 15 1

Group E

Netherlands 7 0 0 32 5 21

Sweden 5 0 2 21 8 15

Hungary 5 0 3 20 14 15

Finland 3 0 4 15 12 9

Moldova 2 0 5 8 13 6

San Marino 0 0 8 0 44 0

Group F

Greece 5 2 0 9 3 17

Croatia 5 1 1 13 4 16

Israel 4 1 3 10 8 13

Georgia 2 3 3 5 6 9

Latvia 2 1 4 6 9 7

Malta 0 0 7 3 16 0

Group G

England 4 2 0 14 3 14

Montenegro 3 2 1 5 3 11

Switzerland 1 2 2 7 7 5

Bulgaria 1 2 3 2 9 5

Wales 1 0 4 3 9 3

Group H

Portugal 4 1 1 15 7 13

Norway 4 1 1 7 4 13

Denmark 3 1 1 7 4 10

Cyprus 0 2 3 5 12 2

Iceland 0 1 5 2 9 1

Group I

Spain 5 0 0 15 5 15

Czech Republic 3 0 2 6 3 9

Lithuania 1 2 3 3 8 5

Scotland 1 1 2 4 5 4

Liechtenstein 1 1 4 3 10 4

Note: nine group winners and best second-placed team qualify automatically for Euro 2012 alongside hosts Poland and Ukraine; remaining eight runners-up enter play-offs

Tennis

US Open

Results on Friday, the fifth day of the US Open tennis championships (x denotes seeding):

Men

2nd rd

Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) bt Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) 6-4, 6-3, 7-5; John Isner (USA x28) bt Robby Ginepri (USA) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x18) bt Diego Junqueira (ARG) 6-2, 6-1, 7-5; Gilles Simon (FRA x12) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-3; Donald Young (USA) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x14) 7-6 (7), 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1); Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG x24) bt Steve Darcis (BEL) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez (ESP x25) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5); Andy Murray (GBR x4) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-4; David Ferrer (ESP x5) bt James Blake (USA) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; Florian Mayer (GER x26) bt Jean-Rene Lisnard (MON) 6-2, 7-5, 6-2; Andy Roddick (USA x21) bt Jack Sock (USA) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4; Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4; Gilles Muller (LUX) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (5); Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT x17) 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5); David Nalbandian (ARG) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x30) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-2, 6-2 - retired

Women

3rd rd

Monica Niculescu (ROM) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE x27) 6-0, 6-1; Angelique Kerber (GER) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 6-3, 6-1; Peng Shuai (CHN x13) bt Julia Goerges (GER x19) 6-4, 7-6 (1); Flavia Pennetta (ITA x26) bt Maria Sharapova (RUS x3) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Maria Kirilenko (RUS x25) bt Christina McHale (USA) 6-2, 6-3; Samantha Stosur (AUS x9) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS x24) 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-5; Sabine Lisicki (GER x22) bt Irina Falconi (USA) 6-0, 6-1; Vera Zvonareva (RUS x2) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP x30) 6-4, 7-5.

China Daily

(China Daily 09/04/2011 page7)