Athletics

World championships

MOSCOW - Selected first day results on Saturday at the World Athletics Championships:

Men's 10,000m final:

1. Mohammed Farah (GBR) 27:21.71

2. Ibrahim Jeilan (ETH) 27:22.23

3. Paul Tanui (KEN) 27:22.61

4. Galen Rupp (USA) 27:24.39

5. Abera Kuma (ETH) 27:25.27

6. Bitan Karoki (KEN) 27:27.17

7. Kenneth Kiprop (KEN) 27:28.50

8. Nguse Amlosom (ERI) 27:29.21

Women's marathon

1. Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:25:44

2. Valeria Straneo (ITA) 2:25:58

3. Kayoko Fukushi (JPN) 2:27:45

4. Ryoko Kizaki (JPN) 2:31:28

5. Alessandra Aguilar (ESP) 2:32:38

6. Emma Quaglia (ITA) 2:34:16

7. Mada Prez (MEX) 2:34:23

8. Kim Hye-gyong (PRK) 2:35:49

Badminton

World championships

GUANGZHOU - Results on Sunday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's singles final:

Lin Dan (CHN) bt Lee Chong Wei (MAS x1) 16-21, 21-13, 20-17 ret.

Women's singles final:

Ratchanok Intanon (THA x4) bt Li Xuerui (CHN x1) 22-20, 18-21, 21-14.

Men's doubles final:

Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan (INA x6) bt Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (DEN x3) 21-13, 23-21.

Women's doubles final:

Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang (CHN x1) bt Eom Hye-won/Jang Ye-na (KOR x8) 21-14, 18-21, 21-8.

Mixed doubles final:

Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (INA x3) bt Xu Chen/Ma Jin (CHN x1) 21-13, 16-21, 22-20.

Baseball

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

Detroit 9 NY YANKEES 3

TORONTO 5 Oakland 4

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5 Minnesota 4

LA DODGERS 5 Tampa Bay 0

SAN FRANCISCO 3 Baltimore 2

LA Angels 7 CLEVELAND 2

WASHINGTON 8 Philadelphia 5

Boston 5 KANSAS CITY 3

Miami 1 ATLANTA 0

San Diego 3 CINCINNATI 1

Texas 5 HOUSTON 4

Chicago Cubs 6 ST. LOUIS 5

COLORADO 6 Pittsburgh 4

NY Mets 4 ARIZONA 1

Milwaukee 10 SEATTLE 0

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 71 48 .597 -

2. Tampa Bay 66 49 .574 3

3. Baltimore 64 52 .552 5 1/2

4. NY Yankees 58 57 .504 11

5. Toronto 54 62 .466 15 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 69 46 .600 -

2. Cleveland 62 55 .530 8

3. Kansas City 60 54 .526 8 1/2

4. Minnesota 51 63 .447 17 1/2

5. Chi White Sox 44 71 .383 25

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 67 50 .573 -

2. Oakland 65 50 .565 1

3. LA Angels 53 62 .461 13

4. Seattle 53 63 .457 13 1/2

5. Houston 37 78 .322 29

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 71 46 .607 -

2. Washington 56 60 .483 14 1/2

3. NY Mets 53 61 .465 16 1/2

4. Philadelphia 52 64 .448 18 1/2

5. Miami 44 71 .383 26

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 70 46 .603 -

2. St. Louis 66 50 .569 4

3. Cincinnati 64 52 .552 6

4. Chicago Cubs 52 64 .448 18

5. Milwaukee 51 66 .436 19 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 66 50 .569 -

2. Arizona 59 56 .513 6 1/2

3. Colorado 54 64 .458 13

4. San Diego 53 63 .457 13

5. San Francisco 52 64 .448 14

Cricket

Fourth Ashes Test

Scoreboard at the close of play on the second day of the fourth Ashes Test between England and Australia in County Durham on Saturday:

England first innings

A. Cook lbw Bird 51

J. Root c Haddin b Watson 16

J. Trott c Khawaja b Lyon 49

K. Pietersen c Haddin b Lyon 26

I. Bell c Harris b Lyon 6

J. Bairstow lbw Lyon 14

M. Prior lbw Siddle 17

T. Bresnan not out 12

S. Broad c Warner b Harris 3

G. Swann c Lyon b Harris 13

J. Anderson b Bird 16

Extras (nb-6 w-3 lb-1 b-5) 15

Total (all out) 238

Fall of wickets: 1-34 2-107 3-149 4-153 5-155 6-189 7-193 8-197 9-214

Bowling: Harris 19-3-70-2 (5nb), Bird 22-9-58-2, Watson 13-6 21-1, Siddle 18-6-41-1 (1nb, 1w), Lyon 20-7-42-4

Australia first innings

C. Rogers not out 101

D. Warner b Broad 3

U. Khawaja c Prior b Broad 0

M. Clarke c Cook b Broad 6

S. Smith c Prior b Bresnan 17

S. Watson c Prior b Broad 68

B. Haddin not out 12

Extras (nb-2 b-2 lb-11) 15

Total (for 5 wickets) 222

Fall of wickets: 1-12 2-12 3-49 4-76 5-205

Bowling: Anderson 20-7-54-0, Broad 20-6-48-4 (2nb), Bresnan 16.4-3-60-1, Swann 15-5-37-0, Trott 3-0-10-0

England leads the five-match series 2-0

Golf

USPGA Championship

ROCHESTER, New York - scores after Saturday's third round of the $8 million PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club (par 70):

201 - Jim Furyk (USA) 65-68-68

202 - Jason Dufner (USA) 68-63-71

203 - Henrik Stenson (SWE) 68-66-69

204 - Jonas Blixt (SWE) 68-70-66

205 - Steve Stricker (USA) 68-67-70, Adam Scott (AUS) 65-68-72

207 - Rory McIlroy (NIR) 69-71-67, Lee Westwood (ENG) 66-73-68

208 - Dustin Johnson (USA) 72-71-65, Kevin Streelman (USA) 70-72-66, Roberto Castro (USA) 68-69-71

209 - Marc Warren (SCO) 74-67-68, David Toms (USA) 71-69-69, Zach Johnson (USA) 69-70-70, Bill Haas (USA) 68-70-71, David Lynn (ENG) 69-69-71, Charley Hoffman (USA) 69-67-73, Webb Simpson (USA) 72-64-73, Robert Garrigus (USA) 67-68-74, Matt Kuchar (USA) 67-66-76

210 - Marc Leishman (AUS) 70-70-70, Francesco Molinari (ITA) 72-68-70, Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) 69-71-70, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 68-71-71, Rickie Fowler (USA) 70-68-72, Scott Piercy (USA) 67-71-72, Jason Day (AUS) 67-71-72

211 - Luke Guthrie (USA) 71-71-69, Scott Jamieson (SCO) 69-72-70, Boo Weekley (USA) 72-69-70, Michael Thompson (USA) 72-67-72, Marcus Fraser (AUS) 67-69-75, Justin Rose (ENG) 68-66-77

212 - Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 68-75-69, K.J. Choi (KOR) 76-65-71, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 70-69-73, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 69-68-75

213 - Brandt Snedeker (USA) 70-73-70, Ken Duke (USA) 75-68-70, David Hearn (CAN) 66-76-71, Josh Teater (USA) 71-71-71, Brendon De Jonge (ZIM) 71-71-71, Keegan Bradley (USA) 69-72-72, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 72-68-73, Ryan Moore (USA) 69-71-73, Chris Kirk (USA) 71-69-73, Paul Casey (ENG) 67-72-74

214 - Ryan Palmer (USA) 73-70-71, Brooks Koepka (USA) 71-72-71, Tiger Woods (USA) 71-70-73, Martin Kaymer (GER) 68-68-78

215 - D.A. Points (USA) 73-70-72, Harris English (USA) 74-69-72, Danny Willett (ENG) 73-70-72, J.J. Henry (USA) 71-71-73, John Senden (AUS) 72-70-73, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 70-72-73, Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 71-70-74, Peter Hanson (SWE) 72-69-74, Matteo Manassero (ITA) 72-69-74, Tim Clark (RSA) 69-71-75, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 68-72-75

216 - Matt Jones (AUS) 72-71-73, Scott Stallings (USA) 73-70-73, Tommy Gainey (USA) 69-74-73, John Merrick (USA) 75-68-73, Darren Clarke (NIR) 69-73-74, Shane Lowry (IRL) 71-70-75, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 70-71-75, Hunter Mahan (USA) 70-68-78

217 - Ben Curtis (USA) 73-70-74

218 - Ian Poulter (ENG) 70-71-77

219 - Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 75-68-76

220 - Phil Mickelson (USA) 71-71-78

223 - Gary Woodland (USA) 73-70-80

Soccer

Dutch league

Results on Saturday:

Heracles 1 FC Zwolle 3

Go Ahead Eagles 2 ADO Den Haag 1

NAC Breda 0 SC Heerenveen 2

PSV Eindhoven 5 NEC Nijmegen 0

English Championship

Results on Saturday:

Blackburn Rovers 0 Nottingham Forest 1

Blackpool 1 Barnsley 0

Bolton Wanderers 1 Reading 1

Brighton and Hove Albion 1 Derby County 2

Charlton Athletic 0 Middlesbrough 1

Huddersfield Town 1 Queens Park Rangers 1

Ipswich Town 3 Millwall 0

Sheffield Wednesday 1 Burnley 2

Watford 6 Bournemouth 1

Yeovil Town 0 Birmingham City 1

French Ligue 1

Results on Saturday:

Bordeaux 0 Monaco 2 (Riviere 82, Falcao 86)

Evian 1 (Ehret 4) Sochaux 1 (Contout 54)

Lille 1 (Origi 13) Lorient 0

Lyon 4 (Lacazette 13, 68, Grenier 54, Gourcuff 90+2) Nice 0

Nantes 2 (Djordjevic 23, Palmieri 90+1-og) Bastia 0

Rennes 2 (Pajot 9, Erding 84) Reims 1 (Krychowiak 45)

Valenciennes 3 (Melikson 37-pen, J. Saez 52, Pujol 90+3) Toulouse 0

German Bundesliga

Results on Saturday:

Hoffenheim 2 (Abraham 34, Modeste 51) Nuremberg 2 (Frantz 54, Ginczek 57)

Bayer Leverkusen 3 (Kiessling 22, Son 47, Sam 52) Freiburg 1 (Hanke 40)

Hanover 96 2 (Andreasen 17, Huszti 84) VfL Wolfsburg 0

Augsburg 0 Borussia Dortmund 4 (Aubameyang 24, 66, 79, Lewandowski 86-pen)

Hertha Berlin 6 (Ramos 18, 71, Brooks 32, Allagui 58, 60, Ronny 90) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Meier 37-pen)

Eintracht Braunschweig 0 Werder Bremen 1 (Junuzovic 82)

Played Friday

Bayern Munich 3 (Robben 12, Mandzukic 16, Alaba 69-pen) Borussia M'gladbach 1 (Dante 41-og)

Scottish Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Dundee United 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 (McKay 20)

Ross County 1 (Carey 71) Partick Thistle 4 (Doolan 18, Lawless 53, 59, Higginbotham 89)

Tennis

ATP Montreal Masters

Results on Saturday (x-denotes seedings):

Semifinals

Milos Raonic (CAN x11) bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4); Rafael Nadal (ESP x4) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2).

WTA Tour Rogers Cup

Results on Saturday:

Semifinals

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) 7-6 (3), 6-4; Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Li Na (CHN x4) 6-1, 7-6 (5).

(China Daily 08/12/2013 page23)