KEY POINTS:
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
NY Yankees 5 Cleveland 2, NY Mets v Pittsburgh (postponed), Cincinnati 4 St Louis 3, Arizona 5 Houston 3, Oakland 14 LA Angels 2, San Francisco 4 Colorado 0, Chicago White Sox 3 Baltimore 3 (suspended after 11 innnings due to rain)
BASKETBALL
NBA PLAYOFFS
Atlanta 97 Boston 92 (best-of-seven series tied 2-2), Orlando 102 Toronto 92 (Orlando win best-of-seven series 4-1).
CRICKET
KENT V NZ (First day)
Kent
First innings
J. Denly c Marshall b Southee 12R. Key not out 178J. Tredwell not out 123Extras (5b, 5lb, 1w) 11 - Total (for 1 wkt, 90 overs) 324Fall: 1/25
Bowling: C. Martin 19-7-53-0 (1w), T. Southee 15-3-49-1, I. O'Brien 21-5-73-0, G. Elliott 10-2-42-0, J. Patel 21-2-81-0, A. Redmond 4-1-16-0.
NZ EMERGING PLAYERS SQUAD
Corey Anderson (Canterbury), Brent Arnel (Northern Districts), Hamish Bennett (Canterbury), Trent Boult (Northern Districts), Neil Broom (Otago), Leighton Burtt (Canterbury), Brendon Diamanti (Central Districts), Bevan Griggs (Central Districts), Martin Guptill (Auckland), Greg Hay (Central Districts), Brandon Hiini (Canterbury), Peter Ingram (Central Districts), Robbie Schaw (Central Districts), B. J. Watling (Northern Districts).
CUE SPORTS
TRANSTASMAN 9-BALL
(Auckland)
Women:
Semifinals: H. Cook bt D. Wilkinson 8-6, R. Belmont bt M. Tinkler 8-2.
Final: H. Cook bt R. Belmont 9-2.
Men:
Last 16: M. McInnes bt J. Delahunty 9-8, L. Condo bt J. Grimley 9-4, W. Belmont bt T. Van Wijk 9-8, A. Obst bt M. Zhang 9-3, P. Wilkinson bt D. Burns 9-3, J. Henry bt W. Wen 9-5, N. Pera bt D. Reljic 9-8, J. Wims bt G. Dong 9-8.
Quarter-finals: L. Condo bt M. McInnes 10-5, W. Belmont bt A. Obst 9-3, P. Wilkinson bt J. Henry 9-3, J. Wims bt N. Pera 9-8.
Semifinals: L. Condo bt W. Belmont 11-8, P. Wilkinson bt J. Wims 11-10.
Final: L. Condo bt P. Wilkinson 12-11.
GOLF
AUCKLAND WOMEN'S B PENNANTS
Whitford Park 16 Manukau 4, Howick 10 Pukekohe 10, Aviation 19 Akarana 1, Pakuranga bye.
Points: Aviation 49, Whitford Park 39, Pakuranga 35, Akarana 34, Howick 33, Pukekohe 29, Manukau 21.
WORLD RANKINGS
1. Tiger Woods, United States, 21.68 average points.
2. Phil Mickelson, United States, 9.73.
3. Ernie Els, South Africa, 6.04.
4. Steve Stricker, United States, 6.01.
5. Adam Scott, Australia, 5.99.
6. Geoff Ogilvy, Australia, 5.64.
7. K. J. Choi, South Korea, 5.50.
8. Jim Furyk, United States, 5.48.
9. Vijay Singh, Fiji, 5.46.
10. Justin Rose, England, 5.39.
11. Padraig Harrington, Ireland, 5.24.
12. Rory Sabbatini, South Africa, 4.95.
13. Henrik Stenson, Sweden, 4.87.
14. Stewart Cink, United States, 4.80.
15. Trevor Immelman, South Africa, 4.44.
16. Aaron Baddeley, Australia, 4.00.
17. Sergio Garcia, Spain, 3.88.
18. Luke Donald, England, 3.87.
19. Angel Cabrera, Argentina, 3.74.
20. Lee Westwood, England, 3.73.
21. Zach Johnson, United States, 3.48.
22. Andres Romero, Argentina, 3.35.
23. Boo Weekley, United States, 3.00.
24. Niclas Fasth, Sweden, 2.97.
25. Stuart Appleby, Australia, 2.95.
26. Ian Poulter, England, 2.89.
27. Retief Goosen, South Africa, 2.83.
28. Sean O'Hair, United States, 2.81.
29. Scott Verplank, United States, 2.79.
30. Woody Austin, United States, 2.79.
31. Martin Kaymer, Germany, 2.79.
32. Stephen Ames, Canada, 2.78.
33. Brandt Snedeker, United States, 2.73.
34. Justin Leonard, United States, 2.70.
35. Paul Casey, England, 2.66.
36. Richard Sterne, South Africa, 2.54.
37. Anthony Kim, United States, 2.53.
38. Hunter Mahan, United States, 2.52.
39. Mike Weir, Canada, 2.46.
40. Arron Oberholser, United States, 2.43.
41. Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain, 2.41.
42. Tim Clark, South Africa, 2.37.
43. Robert Allenby, Australia, 2.35.
44. Toru Taniguchi, Japan, 2.32.
45. Mark Calcavecchia, United States, 2.26.
46. Charles Howell III, United States, 2.25.
47. Robert Karlsson, Sweden, 2.24.
48. Nick O'Hern, Australia, 2.23.
49. Soren Hansen, Denmark, 2.17.
50. Bart Bryant, United States, 2.16.
NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Paraparaumu)
Finals:
Men:
Thomas Spearman-Burn (Miramar) bt Kevin Smith (Tauranga) 4 and 2.
Women:
Dana Kim (Christchurch) bt Zoe Brake (Whakatane) 7 and 5.
ICE HOCKEY
NHL PLAYOFFS
Philadelphia 3 Montreal 2 (Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven series 2-1). INDOOR BOWLS
NORTH HARBOUR CHAMP PAIRS
Semi-finals: M. Andrew, R. West bt O. Griffiths, K. Peters 12-6, K. Whitehead, D. Turner bt L. Jenner, S. Oemcke 13-6.
Final: Whitehead bt Andrew 6-5.
PETANQUE
EPSOM ANZAC DAY TRIPLES.
Trophy: James Inia, Eddie Inia, Andre Noel (Victoria Park) 1, Charles Brock, Clive Bartleet (Victoria Park), Simon Faby (Epsom) 2.
Plate: Margaret & Keith Bowden, Frank Pinder (Kennedy Park) 1, Bill Peachy, Alexander, (Hibiscus Coast), Jim Shields (Epsom) 2.
Bowl: Shirley Davis, Amy Li, Nora Scott (Epsom) 1.
AUCKLAND INTERCLUB
Round 1:
Premier:
Herne Bay 2 - 11 Match points, 7 Match wins, 104 Points scored defeated Cockle Bay 1 - 7, 4, 98.
Victoria Park 1 - 14, 8, 125 defeated Kennedy Park 1 - 4, 3, 100.
Points: Cockle Bay1 0, Herne Bay1 0, HerneBay2 3, Kennedy Park1 0, Stanley Bay/West End 0, Victoria Park1 3.
First/second division
Section 1: Victoria Park 2 11, 7, 115 bt Northcote 7, 4, 103.
Points: Cockle Bay2 0, Northcote 0, Herne Bay3 0, Victoria Park2 3.
Section 2: Epsom 14, 8, 128 bt Cockle Bay 3 4, 3, 95, Hibiscus Coast 10, 6, 111 bt Kennedy Park 2 8, 5,109.
Points: Cockle Bay3 0, Epsom 3, Hibiscus Coast 3, Kennedy Park2 0.
NORTHCOTE REGIONAL DOUBLES
Trophy: Charles Brock (Victoria Park) & John Greig (Kennedy Park) 1, Oskar de Jong & Walter de Thiery (Victoria Park) 2 Andre Noel & Cewade de Thiery (Victoria Park), Annette Forrest & Jo Ann Ingram (Tauranga) 3=.
Plate: Charlie & Ann Leighton (Cockle Bay) 1, Jim & Ann Shields (Epsom) 2, Frank Pinder & Ross de Winter (Kennedy Park), Debbie Greig (Kennedy Park) & Yvonne Boow (Northcote) 3=.
Bowl: Ella Harris & Heather Taylor (Northcote) 1, Graeme Roberts & Peter Sutherland (Northcote) 2.
SOCCER
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Derby County 2 Arsenal 6.
P W D L F A Pts
1 Manchester United 36 25 6 5 74 21 81
2 Chelsea 36 24 9 3 62 25 81
3 Arsenal 36 22 11 3 72 31 77
4 Liverpool 36 19 13 4 64 28 70
5 Everton 36 18 8 10 52 3162
6 Aston Villa 36 16 11 9 69 47 59
7 Portsmouth 36 16 9 11 48 37 57
8 Blackburn Rovers 36 14 13 9 46 43 55
9 Manchester City 36 15 10 11 44 44 55
10 West Ham United 36 13 9 14 39 4448
11 T. Hotspur 36 10 13 13 65 59 43
12 Newcastle United 36 11 10 15 44 60 43
13 Sunderland 36 11 6 19 36 56 39
14 Wigan Athletic 36 9 10 17 32 49 37
15 Middlesbrough 36 8 12 16 33 52 36
16 Bolton Wanderers36 8 9 19 33 53 33
17 Reading 36 9 6 21 37 65 33
18 Birmingham City 36 7 11 18 4259 32
19 Fulham 36 6 12 1835 60 30
20 Derby County 36 1 8 27 19 82 11
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
West Brom 1 Southampton 1.
W. Bromwich 45 22 12 11 86 55 78
Stoke 45 21 15 9 69 55 78
Hull 45 21 12 12 65 46 75
Bristol City 45 19 14 12 51 53 71
Watford 45 18 15 12 61 55 69
Crystal Palace 45 17 17 11 53 42 68
Wolverhampton 45 17 16 12 52 48 67
Ipswich 45 17 15 13 64 5666
Sheffield Utd 45 17 15 13 54 48 66
Plymouth 45 17 13 15 60 49 64
Burnley 45 16 14 15 60 62 62
Charlton 45 16 13 16 59 57 61
Cardiff 45 15 16 14 56 55 61
QPR 45 14 16 15 60 64 58
Preston 45 15 11 19 50 53 56
Norwich 45 15 10 20 48 55 55
Barnsley 45 14 13 18 52 62 55
Blackpool 45 12 17 16 58 63 53
Coventry 45 14 11 20 51 60 53
Sheffield Wed 45 13 13 19 50 54 52
Leicester 45 12 15 18 42 45 51
Southampton 45 1215 18 53 70 51
Scunthorpe 45 11 12 22 43 66 45(R)
Colchester 45 7 16 22 59 83 37(R)
TABLE TENNIS
AUCKLAND DOUBLES OPEN
KVB Kunlun Open Mens Doubles Final
S. Laugesen / Liu Chao (A) def. N. Lowe / R. Zhu (A) 11-9, 14-16, 10-12, 11-8, 12-10, 3-11, 11-9.
Ideal Immigration Open Womens Doubles Final
J. M. Kim / E. S. Hong (A) def. V. Yan / H. Chen (A/NH) 11-2, 11-8, 11-3, 11-4.
CT Logistics Open Mixed Doubles Final
S. Laugesen / S. Shu (A) def. H. Ling / H. Chen (NH) 12-10, 14-12, 11-4, 11-6.
Sichuan Restaurant Family Doubles Final
N. Lowe / M. Lowe (A) def. P. Xiao / X. Xiao (A) 11-5, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 13-11, 12-10.
TENNIS
PRAGUE OPEN
Women's singles first round.-
Roberta Vinci (Italy) bt Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-0, Tatiana Poutchek (Belarus) beat Ekaterina Dzehalevich (Belarus) 6-1 4-6 7-5.
MUNICH OPEN
Men's singles first round.-
Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) bt Arnaud Clement (France) 6-3 6-1, Simone Bolelli (Italy) bt Marc Gicquel (France) 6-4 6-2, 1-Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) bt Daniel Brands (Germany) 6-3 6-3, 6-Andreas Seppi (Italy) bt Roko Karanusic (Croatia) 6-3 6-3, Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) bt Sergio Roitman (Argentina) 7-6(3) 6-3, 8-Marin Cilic (Croatia) bt Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 6-4 6-4.
BARCELONA OPEN
Men's singles first round.-
Denis Gremelmayr (Germany) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) 7-6(7) 2-1 (Ramirez Hidalgo retired), 9-Guillermo Canas (Argentina) bt Oscar Hernandez (Spain) 6-1 6-4, 14-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) bt Jose Antonio Sanchez de Luna (Spain) 6-3 6-3, Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) bt 13-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 6-3 6-4, Marcos Daniel (Brazil) bt Ivan Navarro (Spain) 6-1 6-4, Daniel Gimeno (Spain) bt Santiago Ventura (Spain) 6-2 6-1, Marc Lopez (Spain) bt Ivo Minar (Czech Republic) 3-1 (Minar retired), Gabriel Trujillo (Spain) bt Werner Eschauer (Austria) 6-4 4-6 6-2, Robin Haase (Netherlands) bt Max Mirnyi (Belarus) 6-2 6-2, Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-7(2) 6-4 6-2, Mario Ancic (Croatia) bt Mischa Zverev (Germany) 6-1 6-0, 15-Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) bt Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 6-4 6-3, Yuri Schukin (Russia) bt Robby Ginepri (US) 6-4 6-2.
FES GRAND PRIX:
Women's singles first round.-
8-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) bt Andreja Klepac (Slovenia) 6-2 6-3, Sesil Karatantcheva (Bulgaria) bt Elena Baltacha (Britain) 7-5 6-2, 7-Sorana Cirstea (Romania) bt Marina Erakovic (NZ) 2-6 6-3 6-2, Olga Savchuk (Ukraine) bt Anne Kremer (Luxembourg) 4-6 6-3 6-0.