Athletics

World Challenge Meet Zagreb

Results on Tuesday:

Men

100m

1. Mike Rodgers (USA) 9.97

2. Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM) 9.99

3. Justin Gatlin (USA) 10.01

400m

1. Martyn Rooney (GBR) 45.29

2. Pavel Maslak (CZE) 45.42

3. Edino Steele (JAM) 45.59

3,000m

1. Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku (KEN) 7:35.06

2. Albert Rop (BAH) 7:35.53

3. Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) 7:36.96

110m hurdles

1. David Oliver (USA) 13.25

2. Ryan Wilson (USA) 13.26

3. Dayron Robles (CUB) 13.30

Long jump

1. Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) 8.09

2. Christian Taylor (USA) 8.01

3. Mike Hartfield (USA) 7.99

Pole vault

1. Augusto de Oliveira (BRA) 5.75

2. Thiago Braz Da Silva (BRA) 5.65

3. Oleksandr Korchmid (UKR) 5.40

Shot put

1. Ryan Whiting (USA) 21.60

2. Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 21.45

3. Tomasz Majewski (POL) 20.88

Javelin

1. Tero Pitkaemaeki (FIN) 86.36

2. Antti Ruuskanen (FIN) 85.64

3. Julius Yego (KEN) 84.92

Women

100m

1. Barbara Pierre (USA) 11.00

2. Alexandria Anderson (USA) 11.06

3. Lakeisha Lawson (USA) 11.25

800m

1. Ekaterina Poistogova (RUS) 1:59.03

2. Winny Chebet (KEN) 1:59.30

3. Elena Kotulskaya (RUS) 1:59.78

100m hurdles

1. Dawn Harper-Nelson (USA) 12.63

2. Sally Pearson (AUS) 12.75

3. Kellie Wells (USA) 12.76

3000m steeplechase

1. Hiwot Ayalew (ETH) 9:28.72

2. Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN) 9:29.16

3. Birtukan Fente (ETH) 9:35.14

High jump

1. Irina Gordeeva (RUS) 1.95

2. Emma Green Tregaro (SWE) 1.95

3. Ana Simic (CRO) 1.95

Triple jump

1. Olha Saladuha (UKR) 14.44

2. Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (ISR) 14.38

3. Kimberly Williams (JAM) 14.38

Discus

1. Gia Lewis-Smallwood (USA) 66.29

2. Sandra Perkovic (CRO) 65.63

3. Nadine Mueller (GER) 62.55

Baseball

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

CLEVELAND 4 Baltimore 3

NY YANKEES 6 Chicago White Sox 4

Washington 9 PHILADELPHIA 6

ATLANTA 3 NY Mets 1

BOSTON 2 Detroit 1

CINCINNATI 1 St. Louis 0

Miami 6 CHICAGO CUBS 2

Minnesota 9 HOUSTON 6 (12 innings)

KANSAS CITY 4 Seattle 3

Pittsburgh 4 MILWAUKEE 3

LA Dodgers 7 COLORADO 4

Toronto 10 ARIZONA 4

Tampa Bay 7 LA ANGELS 1

Texas 5 OAKLAND 1

SAN DIEGO 3 San Francisco 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 83 57 .593 -

2. Tampa Bay 76 61 .555 5 1/2

3. NY Yankees 74 64 .536 8

4. Baltimore 73 64 .533 8 1/2

5. Toronto 64 75 .460 18 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 81 58 .583 -

2. Cleveland 73 65 .529 7 1/2

3. Kansas City 72 66 .522 8 1/2

4. Minnesota 61 76 .445 19

5. Chi White Sox 56 81 .409 24

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 80 58 .580 -

2. Oakland 79 59 .572 1

3. LA Angels 64 73 .467 15 1/2

4. Seattle 62 76 .449 18

5. Houston 45 93 .326 35

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 85 53 .616 -

2. Washington 70 68 .507 15

3. Philadelphia 63 76 .453 22 1/2

4. NY Mets 62 75 .453 22 1/2

5. Miami 52 85 .380 32 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 81 57 .587 -

2. St. Louis 79 59 .572 2

3. Cincinnati 78 61 .561 3 1/2

4. Milwaukee 59 79 .428 22

5. Chicago Cubs 58 80 .420 23

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 83 55 .601 -

2. Arizona 69 68 .504 13 1/2

3. Colorado 65 75 .464 19

4. San Diego 62 76 .449 21

5. San Francisco 61 77 .442 22

Cricket

England vs Ireland ODI

England beat Ireland by six wickets in their 50 overs one-day international in Dublin on Tuesday.

Scores: Ireland 269 for seven for off 50 overs (W. Porterfield 112) vs England 274 for four off 43 overs (E. Morgan 124 not out, R. Bopara 101 not out).

Scotland vs Australia ODI

Australia beat Scotland by 200 runs in their one-day international in Edinburgh on Tuesday:

Scores: Australia 362-3, 50 overs (A. Finch 148, S. Marsh 151) vs Scotland 162, 43.5 overs (M. Johnson 4-36)

Tennis

US Open

Results on Tuesday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's singles 4th rd

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP) 6-3, 6-0, 6-0; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x21) bt Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x9) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x5) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-2; Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

Women's singles quarterfinals

Li Na (CHN x5) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x24) 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2; Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x18) 6-0, 6-0.

Women's singles 4th rd

Victoria Azarenka (BLR x2) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB x13) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Men's doubles quarterfinals

Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek (IND/CZE x4) bt Aisam Qureshi/Jean-Julien Rojer (PAK/NED x5) 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4; Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares (AUT/BRA x2) bt Jamie Murray/John Peers (GBR/AUS) 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4.

Women's doubles 3rd rd

Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA x1) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues/Flavia Pennetta (ESP/ITA x16) 6-1, 7-5; Peng Shuai/Hsieh Su-wei (CHN/TPE x4) bt Jelena Jankovic/Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (SRB/CRO x15) 6-4, 6-2.

Mixed Doubles quarterfinals

Anabel Medina Garrigues/Bruno Soares (ESP/BRA x5) bt Lucie Hradecka/Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 13-11; Andrea Hlavackova/Max Mirnyi (CZE/BLR x7) bt Kveta Peschke/Marcin Matkowski (CZE/POL x4) 6-1, 6-2; Abigail Spears/Santiago Gonzalez (USA/MEX) bt Liezel Huber/Marcelo Melo (USA/BRA x8) 2-6, 6-1, 11-9; Kristina Mladenovic/Daniel Nestor (FRA/CAN) bt Chan Hao-ching/Martin Emmrich (TPE/GER) 7-6 (5), 6-3.

China Daily

(China Daily 09/05/2013 page23)