Thursday's results

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE

Chicago Cubs 2 Toronto 0, Atlanta 4 LA Angels 8, Washington 7 Oakland 2, Philadelphia 2 Texas 0, Pittsburgh 6 Baltimore 1, Florida 5 Seattle 4, Cincinnati 11 Tampa Bay 9, NY Mets 1 Houston 4, Milwaukee 3 NY Yankees 12, St Louis 0 Boston 4, Colorado 5 Chicago White Sox 15, Arizona 0 Minnesota 10, San Diego 1 Cleveland 6, LA Dodgers 3 Detroit 1, San Francisco 1 Kansas City 4.

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BADMINTON

NORTH HARBOUR INTERNATIONAL
(Forrest Hill)

Men's singles, first round (New Zealand unless stated, prefix denotes seeding): 1-A. Smith (Eng) bt J. Moffat 15-12 15-3, M. Jansson (Swe) bt S. Gomez (Aus) 15-10 15-9, 7-C. Hueckstaedt (Ger) b H. Tam 15-4 15-3, A. Chan bt K. Dennerley-Minturn 15-0 15-1, 4-J. Moody bt P. Chen 15-10 15-10, I. Sembapperuma bt J. Gordon walkover, J. Liu bt 6-Wee Chung Pei (Malaysia) walkover, Hung Le The Pham (Aus) bt B. Miller 15-4 15-1, C. Lee bt B. Walklate (Aus) 10-15 15-10 15-3, 5-G. Bellingham bt S. Willins 15-3 15-7, C. Cheng bt D. Forrest 15-13 15-13, 3-S. Brehaut (Aus) bt J. Urlich walkover, J. Wu bt S. Koo 15-7 15-10, 8-N. Karunaratne (Sri Lanka) bt A. Ross (Aus)15-7 17-14.

Women's singles, first round: K. Tam bt M. Leviana 11-3 11-0, F-M Cheah (Aus) bt J. Hung 11-6 11-3, T. Luiz (Aus) bt N. Gordon 1-11 11-9 11-4, K. Lucas (Aus) bt E. Ang 11-0 11-2, R. Flavell bt E. Ratanasena (Aus)11-4 11-0, S. Dobson (Aus) bt D. Barry 11-3 4-11 11-9, K. Windsor bt V. Copeland 11-7 11-6, E. Carroll (Aus) bt C. Chapple 13-11 11-9, J. Tam bt L. Cooper (Aus) 6-11 11-6 11-3.

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CRICKET

ENGLISH COUNTY

First day of four. -

Division one, at Cardiff: Kent 357-7 (M. van Jaarsveld 174no, D. Stevens 80) v Glamorgan.

At Lord's: Middlesex 319-7 (J. Dalrymple 77, E. Smith 60) v Surrey.

Division two, at Bath: Somerset 359-8 (M. Wood 114no, S. Jayasuriya 66, G. Smith 55, I. Blackwell 54) v Worcestershire

At Headingley: Lancashire 379 (I. Sutcliffe 153, M. Loye 67; I. Harvey 4-51) v Yorkshire.

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RUGBY

UNDER-21 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

New Zealand: R. Kahui, J. Somerset, A. Bancroft, D. Waenga, H. Gear, W. Ripia, A. Ellis, P. Nixon, M. Tuu'u, L. Messam, J. Thrush, T. Lynn, B. Franks, M. Cummings-Toone, J. Mackintosh (capt). Res: L. Po-Ching, K. Haitana, I. Ross, K. Read, T. Moa, S. Brett, D. Sweeney.

AUSTRALIA v SAMOA

The Samoa squad: A. Stewart, L. Fa'atau, T. Fanolua, B. Lima, A. Tuilagi, T. Vili, L. Vailoaloa, S. Sititi (capt), F. Motusaga, S. Mikaele, S. Lafaiali'i, O. Palepoi, C. Johnston, J. Meredith, J. Vaa. Res: T. Leota, J. Parkinson, D. Lio, P. Tupai, N. Tauafao, F. Talapusi, G. Leaupepe.

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TENNIS

HALLE OPEN

First round (prefix number denotes seeding): A. Waske (Germany) bt 3-R. Nadal (Spain) 4-6 7-5 6-3.

Second round: 7-T. Haas (Germany) bt J. Melzer (Austria) 6-2 3-6 6-4, P. Kohlschreiber (Germany) bt Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (Chinese Taipei) 6-2 5-7 7-6 (10-8), O. Rochus (Belgium) bt 8-F. Lopez (Spain) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3, 2-M. Safin (Russia) bt Fabrice Santoro (France) 3-6 7-6 (9-7) 3-2 (Santoro retired).

QUEEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Second round: T. Zib (Czech Republic) bt K. Kim (US) 6-4 1-6 4-6, A. Murray (Britain) bt 9-T. Dent (US) 6-3 6-3, 14-G. Rusedski (Britain) bt D. Tursunov (Russia) 6-1 6-7 (3-7) 6-4, I. Karlovic (Croatia) bt 8-F. Gonzalez (Chile) 6-3 7-6 (7-4), 16-K. Beck (Slovakia) bt P-H Mathieu (France) 6-2 4-6 7-6 (7-5), 2-A. Roddick (US) bt M. Philippoussis (Australia) 6-2 6-4, J. Blake (US) bt V. Hanescu (Romania) 6-2 6-4, 5-M. Ancic (Croatia) bt J. Hernych (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-4, 10-R. Gasquet (France) bt J. Delgado (Britain) 6-4 6-1, 15-M. Mirnyi (Belarus) bt D. Sanguinetti (Italy) 6-4 6-3, C. Guccione (Australia) bt 13-I. Andreev (Russia) 6-4 6-4, 6-T. Johansson (Sweden) bt G. Muller (Luxembourg) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 7-5.

WOMEN'S EDGBASTON INTERNATIONAL

Second round: A. Parra Santonja (Spain) bt 7-D. Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-5), M. Sequera (Venezuela) bt E. Baltacha (Britain) 6-4 6-2, T. Tanasugarn (Thailand) bt 9-M. Bartoli (France) 6-3 6-0, M. Washington (US) bt 11-V. Razzano (France) 6-4 3-6 6-1, 6-S. Asagoe (Japan) bt M. Tu (US) 6-1 4-6 6-1, E. Daniilidou (Greece) bt 10-N. Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-2, 8-A. Sugiyama (Japan) bt N. Pratt (Australia) 7-5 6-4, 5-T. Golovin (France) bt N. Grandin (South Africa) 6-4 7-5, R. Fujiwara (Japan) bt 17-M. Vento-Kabchi (Venezuela) 6-2 6-2, 16-S. Stosur (Australia) bt E. Dominikovic (Australia) 6-1 1-6 7-6 (7-2), L. Granville (US) bt 2-A. Molik (Australia) 6-4 6-2, J. Jackson (US) bt 15-M. Kirilenko (Russia) 6-2 6-3.

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SOCCER

EUROPEAN ZONE

Group one: Finland 0 Netherlands 4, Romania 3 Armenia 0, Czech Republic 6 Macedonia 1.

Group two: Greece 0 Ukraine 1, Denmark 3 Albania 1, Kazakhstan 0 Turkey 6.

Group three: Luxembourg 0 Slovakia 4, Estonia 0 Portugal 1, Latvia 1 Liechtenstein 0.

Group four: Faroe Islands 0 Ireland 2.

Group five: Belarus 0 Scotland 0.

Group seven: Spain 1 Bosnia 1.

Group eight: Iceland 4 Malta 1.

ASIAN ZONE

Group A: Kuwait 0 South Korea 4, Saudi Arabia 3 Uzbekistan 0.

CONCACAF

Mexico 2 Trinidad and Tobago 0, Panama 0 United States 3.