Aquatics

World championship

Results on Saturday (finals only):

Men

50m freestyle:

1. Cesar Cielo Filho (BRA) 21.32

2. Vladimir Morozov (RUS) 21.47

3. George Richard Bovell (TRI) 21.51

4. Nathan Adrian (USA) 21.60; 5. Florent Manaudou (FRA) 21.64; 6. Anthony Ervin (USA) 21.65; 7. Roland Schoeman (RSA) 21.85; 8. Frederick Bousquet (FRA) 21.93

100m butterfly:

1. Chad Le Clos (RSA) 51.06

2. Laszlo Cseh (HUN) 51.45

3. Konrad Czerniak (POL) 51.46

4. Steffen Deibler (GER) 51.54; 5. Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS) 51.57; 6. Ryan Lochte (USA) 51.58; 7. Matteo Rivolta (ITA) 51.65; 7. Yauhen Tsurkin (BLR) 51.65.

Women

50m butterfly:

1. Jeanette Ottesen Gray (DEN) 25.24

2. Lu Ying (CHN) 25.42

3. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 25.53

4. Francesca Halsall (GBR) 25.70; 5. Inge Dekker (NED) 25.83; 6. Melanie Henique (FRA) 25.96; 7. Farida Osman (EGY) 26.17; 8. Dana Vollmer (USA) 26.46

200m backstroke:

1. Missy Franklin (USA) 2:04.76

2. Belinda Hocking (AUS) 2:06.66

3. Hilary Caldwell (CAN) 2:06.80

4. Daryna Zevina (UKR) 2:08.72; 5. Elizabeth Pelton (USA) 2:08.98; 6. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:09.08; 7. Sinead Russell (CAN) 2:10.46; 8. Daria Ustinova (RUS) 2:11.30

800m freestyle:

1. Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:13.86 - world record

2. Lotte Friis (DEN) 8:16.32

3. Lauren Boyle (NZL) 8:18.58

4. Boglarka Kapas (HUN) 8:21.21; 5. Mireia Belmonte Garcia (ESP) 8:21.99; 6. Chloe Sutton (USA) 8:27.75; 7. Andreina Pinto (VEN) 8:29.37; 8. Martina De Memme (ITA) 8:37.29.

Water Polo

Men's finals

Gold medal

Hungary 8 Montenegro 7

Bronze medal

Croatia 10 Italy 8

Fifth place

Spain 10 Greece 8

Seventh place

Serbia 13 Australia 7

Baseball

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

Kansas City 4 NY METS 3 (12 innings)

OAKLAND 4 Texas 2

LA Dodgers 3 CHICAGO CUBS 0

Atlanta 5 PHILADELPHIA 4 (12 innings)

DETROIT 3 Chicago White Sox 0

Washington 3 MILWAUKEE 0

Seattle 8 BALTIMORE 4

PITTSBURGH 5 Colorado 2

BOSTON 5 Arizona 2

MINNESOTA 6 Houston 4

CINCINNATI 8 St. Louis 3

Cleveland 4 MIAMI 3

TAMPA BAY 2 San Francisco 1 (10 innings)

NY Yankees 3 SAN DIEGO 0

LA ANGELS 7 Toronto 3

Cricket

Ashes third Test

Scoreboard at the close on day three of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Australia first innings 527 for seven declared (M Clarke 187, Swann 5-159)

England first innings

A Cook c Haddin b Starc 62

J Root c Haddin b Siddle 8

T Bresnan c Haddin b Siddle 1

J Trott c Clarke b Harris 5

K Pietersen lbw b Starc 113

I Bell b Harris 60

J Bairstow c Watson b Starc 22

M Prior not out 6

S Broad not out 9

Extras (lb 7, nb 1) 8

Total (7 wickets, 120 overs) 294

Fall of wicket 1-47 2-49 3-64 4-110 5-225 6-277 7-280

Bowling: Harris 26-9-50-2, Starc 26-5-75-3 (1nb), Lyon 26-8-77-0, Watson 15-7-26-0, Siddle 25-6-53-2, Smith 2-0-6-0

Australia won the toss. England leads the five-match series 2-0.

India v Zimbabwe ODI

India beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the fifth one day international played at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on Saturday.

Scores:

Zimbabwe 163 in 39.5 overs (S. Williams 51; A. Mishra 6-48) v India 167 for three in 34 overs (A. Rahane 50).

India wins the series 5-0.

Golf

PGA WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Leading scores on Saturday after the third round of the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational (USA unless noted, par-70):

195 - Tiger Woods 66-61-68

202 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 65-70-67

203 - Jason Dufner 67-69-67

204 - Luke Donald (ENG) 67-69-68, Bill Haas 67-68-69, Chris Wood (ENG) 66-68-70

205 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 71-69-65, Keegan Bradley 66-68-71

207 - Adam Scott (AUS) 73-68-66, Zach Johnson 69-70-68

208 - Steve Stricker 71-67-70, Rickie Fowler 67-71-70, Richard Sterne (RSA) 70-68-70, John Merrick 72-66-70, Bubba Watson 67-69-72, Jim Furyk 67-69-72

210 - Phil Mickelson 72-71-67, Justin Rose (ENG) 69-72-69, Ian Poulter (ENG) 69-72-69, Martin Kaymer (GER) 74-67-69, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 70-71-69, Angel Cabrera (ARG) 72-68-70, Ryan Moore 66-74-70, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 72-68-70, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 70-69-71, Harris English 70-68-72, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 69-68-73

Women's British Open

High winds led to an early halt to play in the third round of the Women's British Open on Saturday with organisers not ruling out the possibility of a Monday finish.

With gusts of up to 56mph sweeping the Old Course the players were taken off at 12:30 (1130GMT) and play was finally called off for the day at 18:00 (1700GMT).

It's the second year in a row that the Women's Open has been jinxed by bad weather.

Soccer

Dutch league

Results on Saturday:

ADO Den Haag 2 PSV Eindhoven 3

NEC Nijmegen 1 FC Groningen 4

FC Twente 0 RKC Waalwijk 0

SC Heerenveen 4 AZ Alkmaar 2

English Championship

Results on Saturday:

Barnsley 0 Wigan 4

Birmingham 0 Watford 1

Bournemouth 2 Charlton 1

Burnley 1 Bolton 1

Doncaster 1 Blackpool 3

Leeds 2 Brighton 1

Middlesbrough 1 Leicester 2

Millwall 0 Yeovil 1

Nottingham Forest 1 Huddersfield 0

QPR 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1

Reading 2 Ipswich 1

Scottish Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Aberdeen 2 (Hayes 21, Flood 54) Kilmarnock 1 (Boyd 64)

Celtic 2 (Stokes 28, 87) Ross County 1 (Maatsen 3)

Inverness CT 3 (Vincent 48, Doran 49, McKay 59) St Mirren 0

Played Friday

Partick 0 Dundee Utd 0

Emirates Cup

Results of a four-team pre-season tournament staged at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on Saturday:

Arsenal 2 (Giroud 72, Koscielny 86) Napoli 2 (Insigne 7, Pandev 28)

Galatasaray 1 (Melo 70-pen) Porto 0

Tennis

ATP and WTA Washington Open

Results on Saturday (x denotes seed):

Men's semfinals

John Isner (USA x8) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-4; Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x1) bt Tommy Haas (GER x3) 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Women's semifinals

Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK x7) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x3) 6-2, 6-0; Andrea Petkovic (GER) bt Alize Cornet (FRA x4) 7-5, 6-3

ATP Kitzbuehel Cup

Result of the final on Saturday:

Marcel Granollers (ESP x8) bt Juan Monaco (ARG x2) 0-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

WTA Carlsbad Open

Results on Saturday:

Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB x7) 6-0, 4-6, 6-3; Samantha Stosur (AUS x5) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA) 7-6 (2), 6-3.

(China Daily 08/05/2013 page23)