Athletics

Drake Relays

Main results on Saturday at the Drake Relays athletics meeting:

Men

Mile: 1. Nick Willis (NZL) 3mins 55.70secs, 2. Miles Batty (USA) 3:58.96, 3. Peter van der Westhuizen (RSA) 3:59.06

Pole vault: 1. Bjorn Otto (GER) 5.70m, 2. Brad Walker (USA) 5.60m, 3. Steve Lewis (GBR) 5.50m Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.50m

Triple jump: 1. Christian Taylor (USA) 17.12m, 2. Yoann Rapinier (FRA) 16.93m, 3. Samyr Laine (HAI) 16.35m

Shot put: 1. Reese Hoffa (USA) 21.71m, 2. Ryan Whiting (USA) 21.37m, 3. Justin Rodhe (CAN) 21.29m

Women

100m hurdles (wind -1.6m/sec): 1. Queen Harrison (USA) 12.71, 2. Dawn Harper (USA) 12.74, 3. Kellie Wells (USA) 12.78, 4. Lolo Jones (USA) 12.79

400m hurdles: 1. Zusana Hejnova (CZE) 54.41, 2. Terea Brown (USA) 55.27

High jump: 1. Ruth Beitia (ESP) 1.95m, 2. Lavern Spencer (LCA) 1.92m, 3. Veneva Mateeva (BUL) 1.89m

Baseball

Results from the MLB games on Saturday (home team in CAPS):

WASHINGTON 6 Cincinnati 3

Philadelphia 9 NY METS 4

DETROIT 7 Atlanta 4

Baltimore 7 OAKLAND 3

NY YANKEES 5 Toronto 4

MINNESOTA 7 Texas 2

Pittsburgh 5 ST. LOUIS 3

BOSTON 8 Houston 4

Tampa Bay 10 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4

KANSAS CITY 3 Cleveland 2

Chicago Cubs 3 MIAMI 2

ARIZONA 3 Colorado 2 (10 innings)

SAN DIEGO 8 San Francisco 7 (12 innings)

SEATTLE 3 LA Angels 2

Milwaukee 6 LA DODGERS 4

Basketball

Results on Saturday from the first round of the NBA playoffs (all series best-of-seven):

Eastern Conference

at Chicago

Chicago 142 Brooklyn 134 (triple over-time)

(Chicago lead series 3-1)

at Atlanta

Atlanta 90 Indiana 69

(Indiana lead series 2-1)

Western Conference

at Memphis

Memphis 104 Los Angeles Clippers 83

(Series level 2-2)

at Houston

Oklahoma City 104 Houston 101

(Oklahoma City lead series 3-0)

Golf

Ballantine's Championship

Leading final scores at the Ballantine's Championship in Icheon, South Korea, after the fourth round on Sunday (par 72).

(* denotes playoff winner)

277 - *Brett Rumford (AUS) 73-67-69-68, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 70-70-69-68, Peter Whiteford (SCO) 70-69-69-69

279 - Romain Wattel (FRA) 70-69-71-69

280 - Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 69-71-71-69

281 - Kim Hyung-sung (KOR) 71-69-74-67, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 71-72-73-65, Stephen Gallacher (SCO), 70-68-75-68, Alexander Noren (SWE) 71-67-69-74, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 70-70-68-73

282 - Hong Soon-sang (KOR) 71-71-73-67, Kim Gi-whan (KOR) 65-72-75-68, S.S.P. Chowrasia (IND) 71-70-73-68, K.T. Kim (KOR) 74-68-71-69, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 71-66-75-70, Jose Manuel Lara (ESP) 71-67-72-72

283 - Jason Knutzon (USA) 72-70-73-68, Joo Heung-Chol (KOR) 70-70-74-69, Kieran Pratt (AUS) 67-77-69-70, Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 72-69-72-70, Park Sang-hyun (KOR) 74-69-69-71, Wade Ormsby (AUS) 70-67-74-72

LPGA North Texas Shootout

Leading third-round scores on Saturday from the North Texas LPGA Shootout (USA unless noted, par-71):

202 - Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 66-70-66

204 - Park In-Bee (KOR) 67-70-67, Caroline Masson (GER) 64-71-69

205 - Choi Na-yeon (KOR) 70-69-66

207 - Lee Jee-Young (KOR) 72-68-67, Karine Icher (FRA) 71-69-67, Christina Kim 68-72-67, Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 71-68-68

208 - I.K. Kim (KOR) 70-71-67, Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 70-70-68, Feng Shanshan (CHN) 71-67-70

209 - Brittany Lincicome 70-68-71, Tseng Ya-ni (TPE) 69-69-71, Moriya Jutanugarn (THA) 71-66-72

210 - Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED) 75-70-65, Cristie Kerr 70-73-67, Lexi Thompson 71-71-68, Mindy Kim 72-69-69, Kang Hae-Ji (KOR) 69-72-69, Chella Choi (KOR) 71-69-70, Jennifer Johnson 71-69-70, Moira Dunn 69-71-70, Hur Mi-jung (KOR) 67-73-70, Jessica Korda 69-69-72, Kathleen Ekey 70-67-73

211 - Paula Creamer 73-69-69, Stacy Lewis 72-70-69, Mo Martin 67-74-70, Julieta Granada (PAR) 70-70-71, Kristy McPherson 67-73-71, Angela Stanford 69-70-72, Park Hee-Young (KOR) 68-70-73

US PGA Zurich Classic

Leading scores on Saturday after the third round of the $6.6 million US PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans (USA unless noted, par-72):

202 - Lucas Glover 65-67-70

204 - Kyle Stanley 72-67-65, Jimmy Walker 67-71-66, Billy Horschel 67-71-66, D.A. Points 66-68-70

205 - Kevin Stadler 68-72-65

206 - Henrik Norlander (SWE) 71-70-65, Ricky Barnes 64-76-66, Ken Looper 73-66-67, Boo Weekley 65-68-73

207 - Ken Duke 70-69-68, Harris English 68-70-69, Nick Watney 69-69-69, Luke Guthrie 67-71-69, Bobby Gates 67-70-70, Justin Rose (ENG) 68-69-70

208 - Rod Pampling (AUS) 71-70-67, Jason Dufner 70-71-67, Lee D.H. (KOR) 70-70-68, Peter Tomasulo 73-67-68, David Hearn (CAN) 71-69-68, Richard Lee 70-69-69, Stephen Ames (CAN) 67-72-69, Chris Kirk 67-72-69, John Peterson 71-67-70, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 70-68-70, Jerry Kelly 70-67-71, Ernie Els (RSA) 67-69-72, Morgan Hoffmann 66-69-73

Ice hockey

Results from the NHL games on Saturday (home team in CAPS):

NY RANGERS 4 New Jersey 0

Montreal 4 TORONTO 1

Philadelphia 2 OTTAWA 1

WASHINGTON 3 Boston 2 (OT)

Florida 5 TAMPA BAY 3

COLUMBUS 3 Nashville 1

Detroit 3 DALLAS 0

Minnesota 3 COLORADO 1

PITTSBURGH 8 Carolina 3

ST. LOUIS 3 Chicago 1

EDMONTON 7 Vancouver 2

Phoenix 5 ANAHEIM 3

LOS ANGELES 3 San Jose 2

Soccer

English Premier League

Saturday's results:

Everton 1 (Pienaar 16) Fulham 0

Manchester City 2 (Aguero 28, Y.Toure 83) West Ham 1 (Carroll 90)

Newcastle 0 Liverpool 6 (Agger 3, Henderson 17, 76, Sturridge 54, 60, Borini 74)

Southampton 0 West Brom 3 (Fortune 6, Lukaku 67, Long 77)

Stoke 1 (Adam 46) Norwich 0

Wigan 2 (Boyce 11, McManaman 49) Tottenham 2 (Bale 9, Boyce 90-og)

French Ligue 1

Saturday's results:

Lorient 0 Marseille 1 (Valbuena 25)

Brest 0 Rennes 2 (Doucoure 28, Montano 37)

Bastia 0 Toulouse 0

Ajaccio 2 (Delort 82-pen, Oliech 90+1) Montpellier 1 (Mounier 56)

Bordeaux 0 Reims 0

Valenciennes 0 Nancy 0

German Bundesliga

Saturday's results:

Bayern Munich 1 (Shaqiri 35) Freiburg 0

Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Kiessling 35-pen) Werder Bremen 0

VfL Wolfsburg 3 (Arnold 34, Olic 61, Diego 75) Borussia M'gladbach 1 (Mlapa 52)

Hoffenheim 2 (Weis 11, Salihovic 19) Nuremberg 1 (Simons 58-pen)

Augsburg 3 (Moelders 61, de Jong 83, Ji 86) VfB Stuttgart 0

Fortuna Duesseldorf 1 (Bodzek 88) Borussia Dortmund 2 (Sahin 20, Blaszczykowski 70)

Italian Serie A

Saturday's results:

Atalanta 1 (Giorgi 67) Bologna 1 (Gilardino 76)

Cagliari 0 Udinese 1 (Pereyra 56)

Pescara 0 Napoli 3 (Inler 46, Pandev 58, Dzemaili 81)

Scottish Premier League

Saturday's results:

Aberdeen 1 (McGinn 4) Kilmarnock 0

Dundee 1 (Conroy 82) Hearts 0

Hibernian 3 (Griffiths 31, 86, Caldwell 67) St Mirren 3 (Goncalves 60, McAusland 78, 82)

St Johnstone 1 (MacLean 77) Inverness CT 0

Spanish La Liga

Saturday's results:

Levante 0 Celta Vigo 1 (Fernndez 20)

Athletic Bilbao 2 (Susaeta 27, Herrera 90) Barcelona 2 (Messi 67, Sanchez 69)

Atletico Madrid 1 (Falcao 4) Real Madrid 2 (Juanfran 13-og, Di Maria 63)

Real Zaragoza 3 (Montanes 28, Postiga 60, Rochina 88) Real Mallorca 2 (Hemed 11, Arizmendi 82)

Tennis

Barcelona Open

Saturday's results (x denotes seeding):

Semifinals

Nicolas Almagro (ESP x4) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x8) 6-2, 6-1; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Milos Raonic (CAN x5) 6-4, 6-0

WTA Stuttgart

Saturday's results (x denotes seeding):

Women's singles semifinals

Maria Sharapova (RUS x1) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x3) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5; Li Na (CHN x2) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-4, 6-3.

(China Daily 04/29/2013 page12)