Score board

Athletics

World championships

Results of the finals on Saturday:

Men

200m

1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.66sec

2. Warren Weir (JAM) 19.79

3. Curtis Mitchell (USA) 20.04

4. Nickel Ashmeade (JAM) 20.05

5. Adam Gemili (GBR) 20.08

6. Anaso Jobodwana (RSA) 20.14

7. Churandy Martina (NED) 20.35

8. Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (NOR) 20.37

Marathon

1. Stephen Kiprotich (UGA) 2 hrs 09 min 51 sec

2. Lelisa Desisa (ETH) 2:10:12

3. Tadese Tola (ETH) 2:10:23

4. Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:10:47

5. Kentaro Nakamoto (JPN) 2:10:50

6. Solonei da Silva (BRA) 2:11:40

7. Paulo Roberto Paula (BRA) 2:11:40

8. Yemane Tsegay (ETH) 2:11:43

Javelin

1. Vtezslav Vesely (CZE) 87.17m

2. Tero Pitkmki (FIN) 87.07

3. Dmitri Tarabin (RUS) 86.23

4. Julius Yego (KEN) 85.40

5. Roman Avramenko (UKR) 82.05

6. Antti Ruuskanen (FIN) 81.44

7. Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 81.06

8. Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed (EGY) 80.94

Women

5000m

1. Meseret Defar (ETH) 14min 50.19sec

2. Mercy Cherono (KEN) 14:51.22

3. Almaz Ayana (ETH) 14:51.33

4. Viola Jelagat Kibiwot (KEN) 15:01.67

5. Buze Diriba (ETH) 15:05.38

6. Molly Huddle (USA) 15:05.73

7. Shannon Rowbury (USA) 15:06.10

8. Susan Kuijken (NED) 15:14.70

100m hurdles

1. Brianna Rollins (USA) 12.44

2. Sally Pearson (AUS) 12.50

3. Tiffany Porter (GBR) 12.55

4. Dawn Harper (USA) 12.59

5. Queen Harrison (USA) 12.73

6. Angela Whyte (CAN) 12.78

7. Cindy Billaud (FRA) 12.84

8. Yuliya Kondakova (RUS) 12.86

4x400m relay

1. Russia 3:20.19

(Gushchina, Firova, Ryzhova, Krivoshapka)

2. United States 3:20.41

(Beard, Hastings, Spencer, McCorory)

3. Britain 3:22.61

(Child, Cox, Adeoye, Ohuruogu)

4. France 3:24.21

5. Ukraine 3:27.38

6. Nigeria 3:27.57

7. Rumania 3:28.40

- Italy DSQ

High jump

1. Svetlana Shkolina (RUS) 2.03m

2. Brigetta Barrett (USA) 2.00

3. Anna Chicherova (RUS) 1.97

3. Ruth Beitia (ESP) 1.97

5. Emma Green Tregaro (SWE) 1.97

6. Justyna Kasprzycka (POL) 1.97

7. Kamila Stepaniuk (POL) 1.93

7. Alessia Trost (ITA) 1.93

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9. Zheng Xingjuan (CHN) 1.93

Baseball

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

St. Louis 4 CHICAGO CUBS 0

BOSTON 6 NY Yankees 1

Arizona 15 PITTSBURGH 5

LA Dodgers 5 PHILADELPHIA 0

MILWAUKEE 2 Cincinnati 0

Chicago White Sox 8 MINNESOTA 5

BALTIMORE 8 Colorado 4

DETROIT 6 Kansas City 5

Washington 8 ATLANTA 3

San Francisco 6 MIAMI 4

Toronto 6 TAMPA BAY 2

TEXAS 15 Seattle 3

SAN DIEGO 8 NY Mets 2

LA ANGELS 6 Houston 5 (10 innings)

Cleveland 7 OAKLAND 1

Golf

Wyndham Championship

GREENSBORO, North Carolina - Leading third-round scores on Saturday in the $5.3 million USPGA Tour's Wyndham Championship (USA unless noted, par-70):

200 - Patrick Reed 65-64-71, John Huh 68-62-70

201 - Zach Johnson 67-68-66, Bob Estes 67-66-68, Jordan Spieth 65-66-70

202 - Robert Garrigus 65-69-68, Matt Every 67-67-68, Brian Harman 67-66-69

204 - Brendan Steele 71-67-66

205 - Charlie Beljan 69-67-69, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 65-70-70, Alistair Presnell (AUS) 67-71-67, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 67-66-72, Jim Herman 67-66-72

206 - Andres Gonzales 69-67-70, Park Jin (KOR) 67-69-70, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 65-71-70, Bryce Molder 66-69-71, Bill Haas 69-66-71, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 70-65-71, Nick O'Hern (AUS) 68-71-67, Scott Gardiner (AUS) 67-72-67

Solheim Cup

Results on the second day of the Solheim Cup USA v Europe women's match play tournament on Saturday at the Colorado Golf Club:

USA 5.5 Europe 10.5

Foursomes

Anna Nordqvist/Caroline Hedwall (EUR) bt Morgan Pressel/Jessica Korda (USA) 2 and 1

Stacy Lewis/Paula Creamer (USA) bt Azahara Munoz/Karine Icher (EUR) 1 up

Catriona Matthew/Caroline Masson (EUR) v Brittany Lincicome/Lizette Salas (USA), halved

Michelle Wie/Brittany Lang (USA) bt Suzanne Pettersen/Beatriz Recari (EUR) 2 and 1

FourballS

Jodi Ewart Shadoff/Charley Hull (EUR) bt Paula Creamer/Lexi Thompson (USA) 2 up

Azahara Munoz/Carlota Ciganda (EUR) bt Gerina Piller/Angela Stanford (USA) 1 up

Caroline Hedwall/Caroline Masson (EUR) bt Michelle Wie/Jessica Korda (USA) 2 and 1

Beatriz Recari-Karine Icher (EUR) bt Cristie Kerr/Morgan Pressel (USA) 1 up

Soccer

Argentine championship

Result on Saturday:

Gimnasia-La Plata 3 Rosario Central 1

Brazilian championship

Results on Saturday:

Vasco da Gama 2 Gremio 3

Cruzeiro 5 Vitoria 1

Nautico 0 Fluminense 1

Dutch league

Results on Saturday:

PSV Eindhoven 3 Go Ahead Eagles 0

Cambuur 4 Groningen 1

RKC Waalwijk 1 AZ Alkmaar 2

NEC Nijmegen 1 Zwolle 5

Roda JC 1 Vitesse Arnhem 1

English Premier League

Result on Saturday:

Arsenal 1 (Giroud 6) Aston Villa 3 (Benteke 22, 61-pen, Luna 85)

Liverpool 1 (Sturridge 37) Stoke 0

Norwich 2 (Whittaker 51, Van Wolfswinkel 71) Everton 2 (Barkley 61, Coleman 65)

Sunderland 0 Fulham 1 (Kasami 52)

Swansea 1 (Bony 82) Manchester Utd 4 (Van Persie 34, 72, Welbeck 36, 90)

West Brom 0 Southampton 1 (Lambert 90-pen)

West Ham 2 (Cole 13, Nolan 76) Cardiff 0

English Championship

Results on Saturday:

Barnsley 2 Charlton 2

Birmingham 0 Brighton 1

Bournemouth 1 Wigan 0

Burnley 2 Yeovil 0

Derby 0 Leicester 1

Leeds 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1

Middlesbrough 1 Blackpool 1

Millwall 0 Huddersfield 1

Nottingham Forest 3 Bolton 0

QPR 1 Ipswich 0

Reading 3 Watford 3

French Ligue 1

Results on Saturday:

Marseille 2 (Gignac 16, Payet 67) Evian 0

Bastia 2 (Bruno 76, Ba 79) Valenciennes 0

Nice 2 (Cvitanich 20, Pied 51) Rennes 1 (Nelson Oliveira 45+3)

Reims 2 (Albk 7, Glombard 67) Lille 1 (Basa 88)

Saint-Etienne 1 (Lemoine 52) Guingamp 0

Toulouse 1 (Eden Ben Basat 45) Bordeaux 1 (Diabate 43)

German Bundesliga

Results on Saturday:

VfB Stuttgart 0 Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Schwaab 42-og)

VfL Wolfsburg 4 (Knoche 55, Vieirinha 61, Naldo 67, Kutschke 90+1) Schalke 04 0

Werder Bremen 1 (Ekici 23) Augsburg 0

Freiburg 1 (Freis 71) Mainz 05 2 (Zimling 64, Mueller 68)

Hamburg 1 (van der Vaart 44-pen) Hoffenheim 5 (Roberto Firmino 5, 78, Volland 51, Modeste 67, 75)

Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Bayern Munich 1 (Mandzukic 13)

Borussia Moenchengladbach 3 (Kruse 20, Kramer 53, Daems 66) Hanover 96 0

Italian Cup

Results on Saturday:

3rd rd:

Livorno 0 Siena 1

La Spezia 2 Genoa 2

after extra-time; La Spezia win 5-4 on penalties

Trapani 1 Padova 0

Avellino 1 Cesena 0

Palermo 0 Hellas Verona 1

Reggina 1 Crotone 0

Torino 1 Pescara 2

Bologna 1 Brescia 0

Cagliari 1 Frosinone 2

after extra-time

Chievo 2 Empoli 0

Juve Stabia 1 Varese 1

after extra-time; Varese win 5-4 on penalties

Novara 1 Sassuolo 3

after extra-time

Parma 4 Lecce 0

Sampdoria 2 Benevento 0

Portuguese league

Results on Saturday:

Estoril 3 (Evandro 45, 46, Carlitos 45+4) Nacional 1 (Djaniny 29)

Vitoria Guimaraes 2 (Maazou 48, 72) Olhanense 0

Scottish Premier League

Results on Saturday:

Aberdeen 0 Celtic 2 (Commons 45-pen, Forrest 87)

Hibernian 1 (Robertson 81) Dundee Utd 1 (Armstrong 29)

Inverness CT 2 (Foran 4, McKay 36) Motherwell 0

St Johnstone 4 (Hasselbaink 14, Wotherspoon 18, May 50, Mackay 62) Ross County 0

St Mirren 1 (Harkins 65) Kilmarnock 1 (Boyd 49)

Spanish La Liga

Results on Saturday:

Real Sociedad 2 (Vela 42, Seferovic 70) Getafe 0

Valladolid 1 (Ebert 31) Athletic Bilbao 2 (Susaeta 28, Muniain 50)

Valencia 1 (Costa 64) Malaga 0

Tennis

ATP/ WTA Cincinnati

Results on Saturday from the ATP/WTA Western and Southern Open (x denotes seed):

Men's semifinals

John Isner (USA) bt Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x7) 6-7 (5), 7-6 (/9), 6-3; Rafael Nadal (ESP x4) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) 7-5, 7-6 (4).

Women's semifinals

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Li Na (CHN x5) 7-5, 7-5; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x2) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x14) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

China Daily

(China Daily 08/19/2013 page23)