Athletics

Diamond League Zurich

Results on Thursday

Men

100m

1. Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 9.90

2. Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 9.94

3. Justin Gatlin (U.S.) 9.96

400m

1. LaShawn Merritt (U.S.) 44.13

2. Kirani James (Grenada) 44.32

3. Pavel Maslak (Czech Republic) 44.91

800m

1. Nick Symmonds (U.S.) 1:43.56

2. Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) 1:43.79

3. Ferguson Rotich (Kenya) 1:44.39

1500m

1. Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 3:30.97

2. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 3:31.64

3. Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba (Kenya) 3:33.15

110m Hurdles

1. David Oliver (U.S.) 13.12

2. Ryan Wilson (U.S.) 13.24

3. Jason Richardson (U.S.) 13.26

3000m steeplechase

1. Hillary Kipsang Yego (Kenya) 8:08.03

2. Jairus Kipchoge Birech (Kenya) 8:08.72

3. Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 8:10.76

High Jump

1. Bohdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 2.33

2. Konstadinos Baniotis (Greece) 2.33

3. Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar) 2.33

Long Jump

1. Zarck Visser (South Africa) 8.32 2. Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (South Africa) 8.11

3. Luis Rivera (Mexico) 8.09

Discus throw

1. Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 67.02

2. Robert Harting (Germany) 66.83

3. Ehsan Hadadi (Iran) 66.07

Women

200m

1. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 22.40

2. Murielle Ahoure (Cote D'Ivoire) 22.66

3. Mariya Ryemyen (Ukraine) 22.67

800m

1. Eunice Jepkoech Sum (Kenya) 1:58.82

2. Mariya Savinova (Russia) 1:58.93

3. Malika Akkaoui (Morocco) 1:59.34

5000m

1. Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 14:32.83

2. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 14:34.82

3. Mercy Cherono (Kenya) 14:40.33

400m hurdles

1. Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic) 53.32

2. Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) 54.22

3. Denisa Rosolova (Czech Republic) 54.99

4 x 100m relay

1. U.S. 41.67

2. Jamaica 41.78

3. Ukraine 42.71

Long jump

1. Shara Proctor (Britain) 6.88

2. Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 6.76

3. Ivana Spanovic (Serbia) 6.73

Pole vault

1. Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) 4.79

2. Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 4.72

3. Yarisley Silva (Cuba) 4.72

Javelin throw

1. Maria Abakumova (Russia) 68.94

2. Christina Obergfoell (Germany) 63.36

3. Linda Stahl (Germany) 63.24

Baseball

Results from the MLB games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):DETROIT 7 Oakland 6

Kansas City 3 MINNESOTA 1

NY METS 11 Philadelphia 3

LA Angels 2 TAMPA BAY 0

WASHINGTON 9 Miami 0

Milwaukee 4 PITTSBURGH 0

Baltimore 3 BOSTON 2

ATLANTA 3 Cleveland 1

Seattle 3 Houston 2

Cricket

Australia vs England T20

SOUTHAMPTON, England - Australia beat England by 39 runs in the first of two Twenty20 internationals on Thursday.

Scores: Australia 248 for six wickets off 20 overs (A.Finch 156) v England 209 for six off 20 overs (J.Root 90 not out).

Golf

Wales Open

Leading first-round scores from the Wales Open on Thursday (GBR and IRL unless stated, par 71):

64 - Espen Kofstad (NOR)

66 - Chris Wood, Richard Green (AUS)

67 - Tjaart Van Der Walt (RSA), Gregory Bourdy (FRA), Mark Foster

68 - Emiliano Grillo (ARG), Robert Rock

69 - Soren Kjeldsen (DEN), Peter Uihlein (USA), Liam Bond, Mikko Ilonen (FIN), Maximilian Kieffer (GER), Robert Coles

70 - Christian Cevaer (FRA), Damien McGrane, Ricardo Santos (POR), Raphael Jacquelin (FRA), Simon Wakefield, David Drysdale, Callum Macaulay, Alessandro Tadini (ITA), Keith Horne (RSA), Paul McGinley, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (ESP),Gregory Havret (FRA)

71 - John Parry, Ross Fisher, Anders Hansen (DEN), Jorge Campillo (ESP), Mikko Korhonen (FIN), Tom Lewis, Oliver Fisher, Thongchai Jaidee (THA), Jose-Maria Olazabal (ESP), Eduardo De La Riva (ESP), Michael Jonzon (SWE), Rafael Cabrera Bello (ESP), Gareth Maybin, Scott Henry, Andrew Dodt (AUS), Richard Wallis, Peter Erofejeff (FIN), Andrew Marshall, Justin Walters (RSA), Alexandre Kaleka (FRA), Alexander Levy (FRA)

LPGA Portland

Leading first-round scores on Thursday in the LPGA Safeway Classic (USA unless noted, a-denotes amateur, par-72)

64 - Pornanong Phatlum (THA)

65 - Lexi Thompson

66 - Cristie Kerr, Lizette Salas, Sandra Gal (GER)

67 - Heather Bowie Young, JuliInkster, Lee Il-hee (KOR), Sarah Jane Smith (AUS), Michelle Wie, Ji Eun-hee (KOR), Pak Se-ri, Gerina Piller, Ai Miyazato (JPN), Tseng Ya-ni (TPE), Stacy Lewis, Sydnee Michaels, Austin Ernst

68 - Karlin Beck, Sandra Changkija, Yoo Sun-young (KOR), Suzann Pettersen (NOR), Natalie Gulbis, Sarah Kemp (AUS), Paz Echeverria (CHI), Dori Carter, Shin Ji-yai (KOR), Brittany Lang, Amy Yang (KOR), Chie Arimura (JPN), a-Kristina Merkle, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE), Jane Park

Soccer

Europa League

Playoff second-leg results on Thursday:

Spartak Moscow (RUS) 2 St Gallen (SUI) 4

St Gallen win 5-3 on aggregate

Rubin Kazan (RUS) 3 Molde (NOR) 0

Rubin win 5-0 on aggregate

VfB Stuttgart (GER) 2 Rijeka (CRO) 2

Rijeka win 4-3 on aggregate

Nordsjaelland (DEN) 0 Elfsborg (SWE) 1

Elfsborg win 2-1 on aggregate

Astra (ROM) 1 Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 1

Maccabi Haifa win 3-1 on aggregate

Dila Gori (GEO) 0 Rapid Vienna (AUT) 3

Rapid win 4-0 on aggregate

Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 5 Aktobe (KAZ) 1

Dynamo win 8-3 on aggregate

Trabzonspor (TUR) 3 Kukes (ALB) 1

Trabzonspor win 5-1 on aggregate

Saint-Etienne (FRA) 0 Esbjerg (DEN) 1

Esbjerg win 5-3 on aggregate

Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) 2 Vojvodina (SRB) 1

Sheriff win 3-2 on aggregate

AZ Alkmaar (NED) 0 Atromitos (GRE) 1

Match abandoned with AZ leading 3-2 on aggregate

Slovan Liberec (CZE) 1 Udinese (ITA) 1

Liberec win 4-2 on aggregate

APOEL (CYP) 1 Zulte Waregem (BEL) 2

Zulte Waregem win 3-2 on aggregate

Petrolul (ROM) 2 Swansea City (ENG) 1

Swansea win 6-3 on aggregate

Besiktas (TUR) 2 Tromso (NOR) 0

Besiktas win 3-2 on aggregate

Nice (FRA) 1 Apollon Limassol (CYP) 0

Apollon win 2-1 on aggregate

Thun (SUI) 3 Partizan Belgrade (SRB) 0

Thun win 3-1 on aggregate

Genk (BEL) 5 FH Hafnarfjoerdur (ISL) 2

Genk win 7-2 on aggregate

Skenderbeu (ALB) 1 Chornomorets Odessa (UKR) 0

1-1 on aggregate, Chornomorets win 7-6 on penalties

Zalgiris (LTU) 0 Salzburg (AUT) 2

Salzburg win 7-0 on aggregate

Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 2 Qarabag (AZE) 1

Eintracht Frankfurt win 4-1 on aggregate

Standard Liege (BEL) 3 Minsk (BLR) 1

Standard win 5-1 on aggregate

Pasching (AUT) 1 Estoril (POR) 2

Estoril win 4-1 on aggregate

Dnipro (UKR) 2 Kalju Nomme (EST) 0

Dnipro win 5-1 on aggregate

Slask Wroclaw (POL) 0 Sevilla (ESP) 5

Sevilla win 9-1 on aggregate

Fiorentina (ITA) 0 Grasshoppers Zurich (SUI) 1

2-2 on aggregate, Fiorentina win on away goals

Feyenoord (NED) 1 Kuban Krasnodar (RUS) 2

Kuban win 3-2 on aggregate

Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 3 Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) 0

Tottenham win 8-0 on aggregate

Betis (ESP) 6 Jablonec (CZE) 0

Betis win 8-1 on aggregate

Braga (POR) 0 Pandurii Targu-Jiu (ROM) 2

After extra time. Score at 90 minutes 0-1. Pandurli win 2-1 on aggregate

Tennis

US Open

Results on Thursday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's 2nd rd

Richard Gasquet (FRA x8) bt Stephane Robert (FRA) 6-3, 7-5, 7-5; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x32) bt Guillaume Rufin (FRA) 7-6 (4), 1-1, retired, right thigh; Feliciano Lopez (ESP x23) bt Bradley Klahn (USA) 6-4, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5; Milos Raonic (CAN x10) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4; Jack Sock (USA) bt Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) 7-6 (3), 1-6, 7-5, 6-2; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x18) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-4, 6-4, 6-1; Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) 6-4, 6-4, 7-5; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2; Roger Federer (SUI x7) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 6-3, 6-2, 6-1; Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt Sam Querrey (USA x26) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-4; Tommy Robredo (ESP x19) bt Frank Dancevic (CAN) 6-4, 6-4, 6-1; Daniel Evans (GBR) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x22) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2; Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Rogerio Dutra Silva (BRA) 6-2, 6-1, 6-0.

Women's 2nd rd

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 6-3, 6-0; Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) bt Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 6-2, 6-3; Kaia Kanepi (EST x25) bt Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 6-4, 6-1; Angelique Kerber (GER x8) bt Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x24) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-4, 6-4; Sabine Lisicki (GER x16) bt Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 6-2, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x9) bt Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 6-3, 6-2; Kurumi Nara (JPN) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM x19) 7-5, 6-1; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x6) bt Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 6-1, 6-2; Camila Giorgi (ITA) bt Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 6-4, 7-6 (8); Karin Knapp (ITA) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS x22) 6-1, 6-4; Roberta Vinci (ITA x10) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Maria Kirilenko (RUS x14) bt Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) 6-3, 6-1; Simona Halep (ROM x21) bt Donna Vekic (CRO) 6-2, 6-1; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x27) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Sara Errani (ITA x4) 6-3, 6-1; Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) bt Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 6-2, 6-4; Alison Riske (USA) bt Mona Barthel (GER x28) 6-4, 6-2; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Victoria Duval (USA) 6-2, 6-3; Julia Glushko (ISR) bt Sachia Vickery (USA) 7-5, 6-3; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x13) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM) 6-2, 6-1; Christina McHale (USA) bt Elina Svitolina (UKR) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5; Alize Cornet (FRA x26) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 6-2, 6-2; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x2) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 6-3, 6-1.

(China Daily 08/31/2013 page15)