Friday results

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

St Louis 3 New York Mets 1 (St Louis win series 4-3 to advance to World Series against American League champions Detroit).

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BASKETBALL

OCEANIA YOUTH TOURNAMENT
(Auckland)

Men.-

Tahiti 95 (K. Avvenenti 22) Fiji 52 (I. Mara 19), New Caledonia 75 (T. Milokimoana 19), Guam 63 (A. Borja 23), Australia 126 (J. Orr 25), Papua New Guinea 25, New Zealand 153 (C. Webster 34), American Samoa 62 (V. Malaluulu 17)

Women.-

New Caledonia 71 (S. Lucet 19) Tahiti 46 Fiji 59 (L. Whippy and M. Moce 17) Papua New Guinea 42 (N. Waka 17), Australia 117 (T. Magden and H. Terdich 18) American Samoa 19, New Zealand 92 Guam 23.

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CROQUET

CENTENNIAL CUP
(Auckland)

Winners: Pt Chevalier (R. Puckett and M. Foster); runners-up: St Heliers (D. Butcher and D. Warmold).

ANNUAL NORTHLAND/AUCKLAND TOURNAMENT
(North Shore)

0 3 handicap section: J. Merredew (Warkworth) and L. Rountree (Takapuna).

4 9 handicap section: B. Cameron (Warkworth) and J. Keogh (Takapuna).

10 16 handicap section: S. Mayor and D. Pamplin (Whangarei).

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CYCLING

NATIONAL ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Dunedin)

Under-19 men's road race, 109.8km: C. Macic (North Harbour) 2h 58m 31s 1, J. Williamson (Central Otago) 2:58.31 2, S. Eadie (Counties-Manukau) 2:58.31 3.

Under-19 women's road race, 73.2km: R. Buchanan (Te Awamutu) 2:30.11 1, R. Mercer (Levin) 2:30.27 2, B. Hamilton (Central Otago) 2:32.15 3.

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EQUESTRIAN

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Melbourne)

New Zealand Paralympic dressage rider Jayne Craike (Papakura) won all three events she contested at the championships in Melbourne.

After winning the initial warm-up with a score of 71.07 per cent, beating the field by over 10 per cent, Craike then went on to beat the field by 8 per cent in the championship test, winning with a score of 68.6 per cent, and the freestyle with a score of 71.64 per cent, beating the field by over 9 per cent.

The international judges commented that Craike and her horse Crusader were a great partnership and worked well together.

Craike said it was Crusader's first time flying and that he travelled really well. "The competition venue was great and we were both well prepared. I am extremely happy with the results," she said.

Coach Jacqui Winspear said that Craike had used this event as a lead-in to her preparation for the World Championships in July next year. "She rode very professionally, competing in unusually hot conditions (37C) and needed to adjust her plan accordingly to accommodate this. It was a great test."

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GOLF

FUNAI CLASSIC
(Orlando)

Leading scores after first round (US unless stated).-

60: J. Rose (GB)

64: R.S. Johnson (Swe)

65: S. Flesch, J.J. Henry, C. Howell, T. Ridings, B. Tway

66: E. Axley, M. Calcavecchia, B. Dickerson, L. Glover, B. Haas, T. Immelman (RSA), J. Kelly, I. Leggatt (Can), C. Riley, C. Warren.

Also.-

72: C. Perks (NZ)

73: P. Tataurangi (NZ)

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GOLF

ESPIRITO SANTO TROPHY
(Stellenbosch, South Africa)

Women's amateur world teams championship: leading scores after second round (par 72, * denotes non-counting score).-

277: South Africa 139 138

280: Germany 141 139

281: Japan 137 144

282: France 146 136

284: England 145 139, Sweden 139 145

286: Korea 145 141, Taiwan 139 147, Australia 143 143

288: Colombia 147 141

289: Netherlands 149 140

290: Canada 142 148, United States 144 146, New Zealand 146 144 (S. Nicholson 76* 73, S. Ahn 73 71, N. Krishna 73 75*)

291: Spain 145 146

292: Italy 148 144

293: Austria 151 142

294: Russia Federation 150 144, Scotland 153 141.

Leading individuals:

137: R. Morita (Japan) 65 72

138: A. Simon (South Africa) 69 69

139: K. Shean (South Africa) 70 69, P. Yu (Taiwan) 66 73

140: A. Nordqvist (Sweden) 68 72

141: K. Schallenberg (Germany) 73 68, K. Smith (England) 73 68

142: A. Blumenherst (US) 71 71, M. Bourdy (France) 74 68, S, Ryu (Korea) 72 70, S, Walker (England) 72 70.

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GYMNASTICS

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Aarhus, Denmark)

Results: men's individual all-around.-

Y. Wei (China) 94.400 1, H. Tomita (Japan) 93.175 2, F. Hambuechen (Germany) 92.975 3, C. Yibing (China) 92.625 4, M. Deviatovski (Russia) 92.550 5, T. Nakase (Japan) 91.650 6, T. Yang (South Korea) 90.700 7, R. Selariu (Romania) 90.600 8, A. Wong (Canada) 90.325 9, R. Martinez (Spain) 90.325 9, D. Savitski (Belarus) 90.100 11, J. Jefferis (Australia) 89.250 12, R. Zozulya (Ukraine) 89.100 13, D. Potra (Romania) 89.000 14, D. Karbanenko (France) 88.925 15, Y. Ryazanov (Russia) 88.900 16, N. Gafuik (Canada) 88.250 17, G. Alvarez (US) 88.175 18, C. Lympanovnos (Greece) 88.000 19, L. Felipe Vargas (Puerto Rico) 87.450 20, N. Kuksenkov (Ukraine) 87.425 21, A. Artemev (US) 87.225 22, C. Capelli (Switzerland) 85.250 23.

Women's individual all-round.-

V. Ferrari (Italy) 61.025 1, J. Bieger (US) 60.750 2, S. Izbasa (Romania) 60.250 3, S. Nistor (Romania) 59.950 4, D. Joura (Australia) 59.875 5, P. Panpan (China) 59.675 6, H. Dykes (Australia) 59.500 7, B. Tweddle (Britain) 59.450 8, O. Chusovitina (Germany) 58.950 9, A. Priess (US) 58.800 10, I. Severino (France) 58.625 11, Z. Zhuoru (China) 58.575 12, A. Kozich (Ukraine) 58.200 13, L. Campos (Spain) 58.100 14, M. Kuroda (Japan) 57.975 15, E. Hopfner Hibbs (Canada) 57.700 16, L. De Simone (Spain) 57.700 16, A. Kaeslin (Switzerland) 57.675 18, A. Pavlova (Russia) 57.625 19, K. Lindor (France) 57.600 20, D. Hypolito (Brazil) 57.175 21, D. Zgoba (Ukraine) 56.925 22, S. Jung Hong (North Korea) 56.075 23, K. Pravdina (Russia) 55.525 24.

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ICE HOCKEY
NHL

Atlanta 4 Washington 3, Boston 3 Calgary 2, Tampa Bay 4 Philadelphia 1, Nashville 4 New Jersey 3, Pittsburgh 4 NY Islanders 3, Colorado 2 Ottawa 1, San Jose 5 Detroit 1, Los Angeles 4 Phoenix 0.

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SOCCER

UEFA CUP

Group A: Livorno (Italy) 2 Rangers (Scotland) 3, Maccabi Haifa (Israel) 3 Auxerre (France) 1.

Group B: Besiktas (Turkey) 0 Tottenham (England) 2, Bruges (Belgium) 1 Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 1.

Group C: Alkmaar (Netherlands) 3 Sporting Braga (Portugal) 0, Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic) 0 Sevilla (Spain) 0.

Group D: Odense (Denmark) 1 Parma (Italy) 2, Osasuna (Spain) 0 Heerenveen (Netherlands) 0.

Group E: Wisla Krakow (Poland) 1 Blackburn Rovers (England) 2, Basel (Switzerland) 1 Feyenoord (Netherlands) 1.

Group F: Austria Vienna (Austria) 1 Zulte-Waregem (Belgium) 4, Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 0 Espanyol (Spain) 2.

Group G: Rapid Bucharest (Romania) 0 Paris SG (France) 0, Panathinaikos (Greece) 2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv (Israel) 0.

Group H: Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) 1 Palermo (Italy) 2, Newcastle (England) 1 Fenerbahce (Turkey) 0.

NEW ZEALAND A

Wellington midfielder Andy Barron will lead New Zealand A at next week's Agribank Cup soccer tournament in Vietnam after the withdrawal of captain Tim Brown.

New Zealand Soccer agreed to Brown's release as the All Whites midfielder chases a short-term A-League contract with the Newcastle Jets.

Brown has not been included in the Newcastle squad to play Queensland tomorrow but is expected to feature when the club host Adelaide on Friday.

He will not be replaced in the New Zealand A squad for the Agribank Cup in Hanoi starting with their match against Vietnam on Wednesday, with coach Stu Jacobs confident he has sufficient cover.

Their other games are against Thailand next Friday and Bahrain on October 29.

Barron's promotion comes after an eye-catching rookie year for the All Whites, during which he scored the winning goal in the 2-1 win over Malaysia in Auckland in February.

Barron is joined in the A squad by fellow All Whites Jeremy Brockie, Chris James, Mark Paston, James Pritchett and Jeff Fleming.

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SQUASH

HONG KONG OPEN

Men's second round: 1-A. Shabana (EGY) bt M. Abbas (EGY) 11-5, 10-11 (0-2) 11-5, 11-6 (37m), 6-G. Gaultier (FRA) bt 16-A. Grant (ENG) 11-10 (2-0) 11-3, 3-11, 7-11, 11-10 (3-1) (146m), 4-J.s Willstrop (ENG) bt Q-A. Walker (ENG) 11-10 (3-1) 11-6, 11-7 (46m), 9-K. Darwish (EGY) bt 5-A. Ricketts (AUS) 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8 (54m), P. Barker (ENG) bt 8-L. Beachill (ENG) 11-9, 11-10 (2-0) 11-7 (47m), R. Ashour (EGY) bt 3-T. Lincou (FRA) 11-8, 2-11, 11-7, 11-10 (5-3) (61m), 12-S. Boswell (AUS) bt 7-N. Matthew (ENG) 9-11, 11-3, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9 (78m), 2-D. Palmer (AUS) bt 15-W. El Hindi (EGY) 2-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-10 (3-1) (67m)

Women's second round.-

1-N. David (MAS) bt 15-A. Naude (NED) 9-2, 9-3, 9-0 (18m), 8-M. Perry (IRL) bt 16-D. Lloyd-Walter (ENG) 9-2, 9-0, 9-3 (34m), 3-R. Grinham (AUS) bt 14-E. Kheirallah (EGY) 4-9, 9-2, 9-6, 6-9, 9-2 (83m), 9-O. Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt 6-J. Duncalf (ENG) 9-3, 9-5, 9-5 (40m), 5-V. Botwright (ENG) bt 13-R. Chiu (HKG) 9-3, 10-8, 9-4 (44m), 4-N. Grinham (AUS) bt 10-A. Waters (ENG) 6-9, 9-4, 6-9, 9-7, 9-3 (102m), 7-T. Bailey (ENG) bt 12-S. Kitchen (NZ) 9-6, 9-2, 9-2 (37M), 2-V. Atkinson (NED) bt 11-L. Lengthorn (ENG) 7-9, 5-9, 10-8, 9-7, 9-2 (68m)

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TENNIS

ZURICH OPEN

First round.-

K. Srebotnik (Slovenia) bt 4-E. Dementieva (Russia) 6-1, 6-4, 3-S. Kuznetsova (Russia) bt J. Jankovic (Serbia) 7-6 (6), 7-5, T. Bacsinszky (Switzerland) bt 8-F. Schiavone (Italy) 6-1, retired, 2-M. Sharapova (Russia) bt S. Peer (Israel) 6-4, 7-6 (4).

MADRID MASTERS

Men's singles, third round.-

2-R. Nadal (Spain) bt 13-T. Haas (Germany) 6-4 6-3, 4-D. Nalbandian (Argentina) bt T. Henman (Britain) 6-2 2-6 7-5, 1-R. Federer (Switzerland) bt R. Soederling (Sweden) 7-6(5) 7-6(8), 10-F. Gonzalez (Chile) bt J. Johansson (Sweden)WO, M. Safin (Russia) bt K. Vliegen (Belgium) 6-3 6-2, 11-T. Berdych (Czech Republic) bt 6-A. Roddick (US) 7-6(7) 6-3, R. Ginepri (US) bt 7-T. Robredo (Spain) 6-3 7-6(3)