KEY POINTS:
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Florida 7 Atlanta 2, LA Angels 6 Boston 4, Pittsburgh 7 St Louis 4, Tampa Bay 5 Toronto 3, NY Mets 7 Washington 2, Houston 9 Cincinnati 3, Milwaukee 5 Philadelphia 4, NY Yankees 6 Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit 19 Texas 6, Chicago
Cubs 7 Colorado 6 (10 innings), Oakland 3 Minnesota 0, San Francisco 3 San Diego 2 (13 innings), Baltimore 3 Seattle 2, LA Dodgers 8 Arizona 3, Kansas City v Cleveland (postponed).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION
W L PCT GB
1. Boston 15 8 .652 -
2. Baltimore 12 9 .571 2
3. NY Yankees 12 10 .545 2 1/2
4. Tampa Bay 10 11 .476 4
5. Toronto 10 12 .455 4 1/2
CENTRAL DIVISION
1. Chicago White Sox 11 9 .550 -
2. Minnesota 10 11 .476 1 1/2
3. Kansas City 9 11 .450 2
4. Detroit 9 13 .409 3
5. Cleveland 8 12 .400 3
WESTERN DIVISION
1. LA Angels 13 9 .591 -
2. Oakland 13 9 .591 -
3. Seattle 11 11 .500 2
4. Texas 7 15 .318 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION
1. Florida 13 8 .619 -
2. NY Mets 11 9 .550 1 1/2
3. Philadelphia 11 11 .500 2 1/2
4. Atlanta 10 11 .476 3
5. Washington 6 16 .273 7 1/2
CENTRAL DIVISION
1. Chicago Cubs 15 6 .714 -
2. Milwaukee 13 8 .619 2
3. St. Louis 13 9 .591 2 1/2
4. Houston 10 12 .455 5 1/2
5. Pittsburgh 9 12 .429 6
6. Cincinnati 9 13 .409 6 1/2
WESTERN DIVISION
1. Arizona 15 6 .714 -
2. Colorado 9 12 .429 6
3. LA Dodgers 9 12 .429 6
4. San Diego 9 13 .409 6 1/2
5. San Francisco 9 13 .409 6 1/2
BASKETBALL
NBA
Detroit 105 Philadelphia 88 ( series tied 1-1), Boston 96 Atlanta 77 ( Boston lead series 2-0), LA Lakers 122 Denver 107 (LA Lakers lead series 2-0).
GOOD LUCK BEIJING WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT
(China)
United States 78 (Sylvia Fowles 14, Katie Smith 10) New Zealand 60 (Aneka Kerr 17, Angela Marino 14). Ht: 48-22.
NBA
Detroit 105 Philadelphia 88 ( series tied at 1-1), Boston 96 Atlanta 77 ( Boston lead series 2-0).
BOXING
OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Apia)
Heavyweight: Yamiko Chinula (NZ) bt Masoe Failaciga (Samoa) KO R1.
Light heavyweight: Zigzag Wallace (NZ) lost to Francis Mamoe (Am Samoa) 33-31, Reece Papuni (NZ) bt Piutu Pani (Tonga) 12-9.
Light welterweight: Daniel Parkin (NZ) lost to Qamil Alla (Aust) 15-13.
Featherweight: Dayne Williams (NZ) lost Ufa Deeb (Tahiti) 15-13.
CRICKET
ENGLISH COUNTY
First Division
At the Riverside:
Durham 144-3 (D Benkenstein 58no, M Stoneman 58no) v Surrey.
At Old Trafford:
Somerset 238 (M Trescothick 77, I Blackwell 64; S Mahmood 3-54) v Lancashire 60-0.
At Hove:
Sussex 213-7 (M Prior 57no; Yasir Arafat 4-68) v Kent.
At Headingley:
Yorkshire 270-6 (A Gale 99no, J Rudolph 59) v Hampshire.
Second Division
At Derby:
Essex 269-9 (R Bopara 136no) v Derbyshire.
At Lord's:
Middlesex 198-5 (D Nash 53no) v Glamorgan.
At Northampton:
Northamptonshire 252-6 (N Boje 58no, L Klusener 50) v Warwickshire.
At New Road:
Worcestershire 258-7 (V Solanki 65, S Davies 50no) v Leicestershire.
CYCLING
TOUR DE GEORGIA
Stage three (174km from Washington to Gainesville):
Greg Henderson (NZ, Team High Road): 3hr 55min 45 sec 1, Andre Greipel (Germany, Team High Road) same time 2, Tyler Farrar (USA, Slipstream Chipotle) st 3, Antonio Colom Mas (Spain, Astana) st 4, Fred Rodriguez (USA, Rock Racing) st 5, Andrew Pinfol (Canada, Symmetrics Cycling Team) st 6, Dominique Rollin (Canada, Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team) st 7, Richard England (Australia, Bissell Pro Cycling) st 8, Jonathan Cantwell (Australia, Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team) st 9, Bradley McGee (Austalia, Team CSC) st 10.
Also:
Jeremy Vennell (New Zealand, Bissell Pro Cycling) st 63.
General classification:
Henderson 10:58.17 1, Farrar 9sec 2, Juan Jose Haedo (Argentina, Team CSC) 11 3, Nicholas Sanderson (Australia, Jelly Belly Cycling Team) 13 4, Moises Aldape Chavez (Mexico, Team Type 1) 14 5, Greipel 15 6, Ivan Stevic (Serbia, Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team) 17 7, Christian Meier (Canada, Symmetrics Cycling Team) 18 8, Scott Nydam (USA, BMC Racing Team) 20 9, Pinfold 21 10.
Also:
Vennell st 62.
GOLF
NZ AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Round 2 strokeplay
Women, Waikanae GC, par 73
144 - Brake, Zoe (Whakatane) 69 75
146 - Kim, Dana (Christchurch) 76 70
148 - Clinning, Hayley (Manukau) 76 72
149 - Cho, Cecilia (Pakuranga) 74 75, Bon, Caroline (Northland) 78 71
150 - Leech, Megan (Manor Park) 74 76, Cassidy, Chantelle (Rotorua) 77 73
152 - Cruse, Robyn (Russley) 76 76, Lee, Jane (Titirangi) 77 75, Tare, Tania (Titirangi) 77 75
153 - Perry, Emily (Lochiel) 77 76, Southerden, Lauree (Napier) 75 78
154 - Crispin, Olivia (Ashburton) 81 73, Manning, Courtney (Peninsula) 80 74, Eruera, Larissa (Aviation)79 75
156 - Smith, Penny (Springfield) 78 78, Hawe, Erin (Walton) 77 79, Noh, Jessica (Australia)80 76, Sim, Jenny (Russley) 77 79
157 - Nickson, Faye Amy (Peninsula) 78 79, McKillop, Stephanie (Manawatu) 77 80
158 - Tulisi, Monica (Otago) 75 83, Farrell, Kristin (Titirangi) 77 81, Wylie, Alana (The Grange),74 84
159 - Hamilton, Jesse (Maungakiekie) 83 76, Redpath, Lydia (Royal Wellington) 80 79, Perrin, Phoebe (Waitangi) 82 77, Rangihaeata, Kawhena (Te Marua) 84 75
160 - Davis, Lucy (Manor Park) 85 75, Tse, Rica (Muriwai) 89 71, Cheng, Liv (Manukau) 83 77, Chadwick, Kate (Napier) 83 77, Field, Janie (Napier) 80 80
161 - Wright, Lisa (Nelson) 81 80, Brooks, Charlotte (Walton) 83 78
162 - Malyon, Amanda (Aviation) 85 77, Hunter, Jenna (Pupuke) 82 80
163 - Reynolds, Fleur (Auckland) 82 81
Men, Paraparaumu Beach GC, par 71
37 - Carr, James (Australia) 69 68
139 - Betts, James (Paraparaumu) 72 67, Baek , Todd (Peninsula) 71 68, Gullery, Malcolm (Hutt) 66 73, Spearman Burn, Peter (Miramar) 70 69
140 - Schofield, Michael (Masterton) 71 69, Moore, Willie (Windsor) 71 69
141 - Green, Andrew (Shandon) 74 67, Smith, Kevin (Tauranga) 69 72, Riordan, Blair (Takaka) 70 71, Clarke, Dale (Sherwood Park) 71 70, McDonald, Lachie (Marton) 71 70, Wright, Van (Akarana) 67 74
142 - Kells, Sean (Paraparaumu Beach) 68 74, Pender, Jared (Tauranga) 75 67, Borren, Tim (Paraparaumu) 70 72, Fox, Ryan (Auckland) 74 68, Kauika, Riki (Wanganui) 70 72, Sincock, Jason (Kaiapoi) 72 70
143 - Gilliespie, Nick (Hastings) 74 69, James, Leighton (The Grange) 73 70, Wilkin, Fraser (Auckland) 75 68, Spearman Burn, Thomas (Miramar) 72 71
144 - Paull, Ben (Royal Wellington) 71 73, Wallace, Ben (Auckland) 72 72, Chung, Chan Young (Shandon) 74 70, Pegg, Richard (Shandon) 73 71, Smith, Mark (Springfield) 71 73, Nam Koong, Andrew (Waitikiri) 75 69, Pearce, Daniel (Coringa) 72 72
145 - Budden, Kevin (Waitemata) 77 68, Leech, Aaron (Cambridge) 73 72, O'Connell, Travis (The Grange) 75 70, Riordan, Sean (Takaka) 74 71, Zwart, Pieter (Waipukurau) 75 70, Church, Adam (Miramar) 76 69, Hill, Gary John (Sherwood Park) 77 68
146 - Mead, Jamie (Rangiora) 72 74, Forlong, Grant (Tokoroa) 76 70, Hayman, Perry (Royal Wellington) 77 69, Johnson, Scott (Muriwai) 78 68, Kay, Nic (Coringa CC) 73 73, Meyer, Nicholas (Mt Maunganui) 71 75, Kendall, Bradley (Mt Maunganui) 76 70
147 - Roach, Sean (Arrowtown) 75 72, Kingsbeer, Dean (Hutt) 77 70, Taylor, Ben (Omokoroa) 75 72
148 - Leonard, Tim (Timaru) 76 72, Yee, Rodney (Russley) 73 75, Muir, Kieran (Omokoroa) 76 72, Cusdin, James (Horsham Downs) 78 70, Speedy, Mark (Auckland) 75 73, O'Malley, Mark (Ashburton) 79 69, Perry, Matthew (Hamilton) 74 74, An, Jun (Titirangi) 74 74, Stewart, Andrew (Omokoroa) 76 72
149 - Kendall, Ben (Maungakiekie) 78 71, Wright, Richard (Matamata) 79 70, La Franchie, Brent (Waitemata) 77 72, Tuoro, Phillip (Masterton) 81 68, Tuoro, Jeffrey (Masterton) 77 72, Dittmer, Jonny (Shandon) 72 77, Ji, Brent (Christchurch) 77 72, Richards, Shaun (Paraparaumu) 72 77, Bell, Greg (Ngaruawahia) 77 72, Borren, Jan (Paraparaumu) 74 75, Donnelly, James (Miramar) 77 72, James, David (Paraparaumu) 72 77
150 - Mann, Jason (Auckland) 75 75, Edwards, Landyn (Rotoua) 76 74, Ropiha, Troy (New Plymouth) 77 73, Weatherly, Ben (Australia) 76 74, Guilford, Ben (Rotoua) 76 74, Sims, Jeff (Otaki) 77 73, Williams, Ben (RNZAF Auckland) 78 72, Steer, William (Palmerston North) 74 76, Tu, Timmy (Akarana) 75 75.
WOMEN'S MIDWEEK 18 HOLE MATCHPLAY
(Whitford Park)
Remuera 54.5 The Grange 53.5, Pakuranga 55.5 Auckland 52.5, Waiuku 55.5 Chamberlain Park 52.5, Maungakiuekie 64 Howick 44.
Whitford Park bye
Points: Auckland 298, Remuera 263, Maungakiekie 257.5, Pakuranga 243, Howick 234, The Grange 221.5, Waiuku 220.5, Chamberlain Park 208, Whitford Park 206.
HOCKEY
FOUR NATIONS WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT
(Perth)
Australia 2 China 1, Korea 4 India 1.
SNOOKER
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Sheffield)
First round:
Liang Wenbo (China) bt Ken Doherty (Ireland) 10-5, Shaun Murphy (England) bt Dave Harold (England) 10-3, Joe Perry (England) bt Graeme Dott (Scotland) 10-7, Ronnie O'Sullivan (England) leads Liu Chuang (China) 5-4, Stephen Maguire (Scotland) leads Anthony Hamilton (England) 8-1.
SOCCER
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Barcelona 0 Manchester United 0.
TENNIS
MONTE CARLO MASTERS
Men's singles second round:
12-Tommy Robredo (Spain) bt Robin Soderling (Sweden) 6-4 7-6, 7-Richard Gasquet (France) bt Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) 6-1 6-2, 6-David Nalbandian (Argentina) bt Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 6-4 6-3, 13-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 6-3 6-3, 2-Rafael Nadal (Spain) bt Mario Ancic (Croatia) 6-0 6-3, Nicolas Almagro (Spain) bt 11-Juan Monaco (Argentina) 6-2 3-0 (Monaco retired), Sam Querrey (US) bt Andreas Seppi (Italy) 6-1 7-5, 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) 6-1 3-6 7-6, Igor Andreev (Russia) bt 8-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 6-3 (Youzhny retired), 16-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) bt Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) 6-2 6-4, Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) bt Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) 5-7 7-6 6-4, Gael Monfils (France) bt 15-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 7-6(8) 6-1, 4-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) bt Simone Bolelli (Italy) 6-2 7-6, 5-David Ferrer (Spain) bt Marat Safin (Russia) 6-2 6-3.