Today's results

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE

American League: Kansas City 0 New York Yankees 3, Toronto 3 Baltimore 0, Boston 8 Tampa Bay 6, Cleveland 5 Detroit 3, Minnesota 6 Chicago White Sox 1, Seattle 1 Anaheim 0, Oakland 3 Texas 10.

National League: Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 9, Chicago Cubs 13 Pittsburgh 5, Florida 2 Montreal 6 (first game), Florida 4 Montreal 10 (second game), Milwaukee 1 San Francisco 8, New York Mets 0 Atlanta 2, St Louis 4 Houston 2, Arizona 3 Colorado 2, Los Angeles 3 San Diego 7.

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BOWLS

WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Leamington Spa, England)

Marlene Castle scored two playoff wins yesterday to finish 17th in the singles section.

After finishing a disappointing fifth in her qualifying pool, Castle fought back with victories over Norfolk Island and Zambia.

Castle's finish secured 13 points towards New Zealand's bid to win the overall team award, the Taylor Trophy.

Castle had to come from behind in both her matches.

She beat Norfolk Island's Anne Pledger 21-19 to move into the playoff for 17th place against Zambia's Hilda Luipa.

Down 6-0 after two ends, Castle fought back to lead 8-7 after eight.

Both players then traded shots until Castle pulled away to win 21-18.

The focus now turns to the fours where New Zealand will be looking to win a second world title after Jo Edwards and Sharon Sims took the pairs gold medal last week.

New Zealand are the defending champions and the four of Jo Edwards, Sharon Sims, Val Smith and Wendy Jensen take on Jersey, undefeated after six group matches, in the quarter-finals today.

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CRICKET

CHAMPIONS TROPHY

(Southampton)

WEST INDIES

C. Gayle c Khaled Mashud b Tapash Baisya 99
W. Hinds c Nazmul Hossain b Tapash Baisya 82
R. Sarwan not out 30
B. Lara run out 20
S. Chanderpaul not out 18
Extras (6lb, 12w, 2nb) 20 - -
Total (for 3 wkts, 50 overs) 269
Fall: 1/192, 2/201, 3/232.

Bowling: Tapash Baisya 10-0-58-2 (1nb, 2w), Nazmul Hossain 10-1-44-0 (3w), Mushfiqur Rahman 10-0-40-0 (1w), Khaled Mahmud 10-1-57-0 (1nb, 2w), Mohammad Rafique 10-0-64-0.

BANGLADESH

Javed Omar c Sammy b Dillon 2
Mohammad Ashraful c Dillon b Bradshaw 10
Nafis Iqbal b Dillon 2
Rajin Saleh b Dillon 7
Aftab Ahmed b Bravo 21
Khaled Mashud c Sammy b Dillon 0
Mushfiqur Rahman c Joseph b Sammy 21
Mohammad Rafique c Sammy b Dillon 12
Khaled Mahmud not out 34
Tapash Baisya c sub (Hinds) b Gayle 8
Nazmul Hossain c Bravo b Gayle 4
Extras (2lb, 8w) 10 - -
Total (39.3 overs) 131
Fall: 1/13, 2/15, 3/23, 4/24, 5/26, 6/71, 7/71, 8/94, 9-105.

Bowling: Dillon 10-4-29-5, Bradshaw 10-2-25-1 (3w), Sammy 6-0-19-1 (2w), Bravo 9-0-44-1 (3w), Gayle 4.3-0-12-2.

* West Indies won by 138 runs.

(Edgbaston)

KENYA

K. Otieno lbw b Malik 33
R. Shah c Afridi b Naved 0
M. Ouma c Moin b Afridi 23
S. Tikolo b Malik 0
H. Modi not out 18
T. Odoyo b Afridi 0
B. Patel b Afridi 1
R. Aga b Malik 1
M. Patel b Afridi 0
M. Suji run out 0
P. Ongondo b Afridi 2
Extras (5lb, 6nb, 5w) 16 - -
Total (32 overs) 94
Fall: 1/2, 2/67, 3/67, 4/70, 5/71, 6/78, 7/85, 8/90, 9/90.

Bowling: M. Sami 5-2-14-0 (2nb, 1w), N. ul-Hasan 6-0-19-1 (1nb), S. Akhtar 5-2-10-0 (1nb, 1w), A. Razzaq 4-0-20-0 (2nb), S. Malik 6-1-15-3, S. Afridi 6-1-11-5 (2w).

PAKISTAN

Y. Hameed c Otieno b Suji 41
I. Farhat not out 38
S. Malik c Tikolo b Aga 0
S. Afridi b Aga 3
A. Razzaq not out 7
Extras (1lb, 3nb, 2w) 6 - -
Total (for 3 wkts, 18.4 overs) 95
Fall: 1/70, 2/71, 3/81.

Bowling: M. Suji 8-0-37-1 (2nb, 1w), T. Odoyo 3-0-20-0, P. Ongondo 3.4-0-20-0, R. Aga 4-0-17-2 (1nb, 1w).

* Pakistan won by seven wickets.

TOUR MATCH

(Benoni)

South Africa A took a 66-run first-innings lead on the second day of their match against New Zealand A yesterday.

A 152-run partnership between Andrew Puttick and Ashwell Prince, followed by a 66-run stand between Prince and Neil McKenzie, put the hosts in a strong position, on 260 for four, before a mini-collapse saw them slump to 292 for six when bad light stopped play.

South Africa A made the most of good batting conditions in the first two sessions and passed the visitors' total of 226 by tea.

James Franklin, Kerry Walmsley and Paul Wiseman captured two wickets each.

NEW ZEALAND A

First innings 226

SOUTH AFRICA A

First innings

A. de Villiers c Hopkins b Franklin 14
A. Puttick lbw b Franklin 66
J. Ontong c Hopkins b Walmsley 8
A. Prince c Sinclair b Wiseman 103
N. McKenzie lbw b Wiseman 65
Z. de Bruyn c Sinclair b Walmsley 2
H. Amla not out 2
J. Morkel not out 8
Extras (1b, 11lb, 1w, 11nb) 24 - -
Total (for 6 wkts, 86.4 overs) 292
Fall: 1/26, 2/42, 3/194, 4/260, 5/282, 6/284.

Bowling: R Sherlock 11-4-47-0 (1nb), J Franklin 18-6-50-2 (4nb), C Martin 16-5-50-0, K Walmsley 15.4-6-63-2 (2nb, 1w), P Wiseman 26-7-70-2.

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SOCCER

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Group A: Liverpool (England) 2 Monaco (France) 0, Deportivo Coruna (Spain) 0 Olympiakos (Greece) 0.

Next: September 29, Monaco v Deportivo Coruna, Olympiakos v Liverpool.

Group B: AS Roma (Italy) v Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) match abandoned, Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 3 Real Madrid (Spain) 0.

Next: September 29, Dynamo Kiev v Bayer Leverkusen, Real Madrid v AS Roma.

Group C: Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 0 Juventus (Italy) 1, Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) 0 Bayern Munich (Germany) 1.

Next: September 29, Bayern Munich v Ajax, Juventus v Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Group D: Olympique Lyon (France) 2 Manchester United (England) 2, Fenerbahce (Turkey) 1 Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 0.

Next: Manchester United v Fenerbahce, Sparta Prague v Lyon.


ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

Coventry 2 Gillingham 2.

NORTHERN FEDERATION

Premier-first division, promotion/relegation playoffs. -

Round one: Glenfield Rovers 2 Papakura 2, Metro 3 Albany United 5.

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SQUASH

NATIONAL B GRADE

(Gisborne)

Men, round one: Squash SurfCity (Eastern) 3 Queenstown (Otago) 2, Timaru (Midlands) 1 Nelson (Wellington) 4, Hastings (Eastern) 5 Leamington (Waikato) 0, Tauranga (Bay of Plenty) 4 Richmond (Canterbury) 1.

Round two: SurfCity 3 Nelson 2, Richmond 0 Hastings 5, Panmure (Auckland) 5 Timaru 0, Squash Palmerston North (Palmerston North) 5 Leamington 0.

Women, round one: Hastings (Eastern) 4 Kaitaia (Northland) 1, Morrinsville (Waikato) 1 Red Beach (Auckland) 4, Otago University (Otago) 4 Khandallah 1, Timaru (Midlands) 2 Squash Palmerston North (Palmerston North) 3.

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TENNIS

ROMANIAN OPEN

(Bucharest)

Men's singles, second round (prefix number denotes seeding): P-H Mathieu (France) bt A. Corretja (Spain) 3-6 6-3 6-1, F. Mantilla (Spain) bt A. Calatrava (Spain) 6-3 6-1, 4-I. Andreev (Russia) bt P. Kohlschreiber (Germany) 7-6 (8-6) 6-2, J. Acasuso (Argentina) bt 8-D. Sanchez (Spain) 6-3 6-0.

WTA WISMILAK INTERNATIONAL

(Bali)

Singles, first round: A. Nakamura (Japan) bt 3-A. Sugiyama (Japan) 6-4 7-6 (7-1), T. Garbin (Italy) bt 5-C. Rubin (US) 6-1 6-4, A. Widjaja (Indonesia) bt 8-J. Jankovic (Serbia and Montenegro) 4-6 6-2 6-2, 4-N. Petrova (Russia) bt A. Morigami (Japan) 6-2 3-1, retired.

Second round: C. Yoon-jeong (South Korea) bt K. Brandi (Puerto Rico) 6-2 4-6 6-3, 7-G. Dulko (Argentina) bt F. Pennetta (Italy) 4-6 6-1 7-5.