Aquatics

World championship

Results on Friday (finals only):

Men

200m backstroke

1. Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:53.79

2. Radoslaw Kawecki (POL) 1:54.24

3. Tyler Clary (USA) 1:54.64

4. Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:55.07; 5. Kosuke Hagino (JPN) 1:55.43; 6. Craig McNally (GBR) 1:55.67; 7. Xu Jiayu (CHN) 1:57.13; 8. Peter Bernek (HUN) 1:58.26.

200m breaststroke

1. Daniel Gyurta (HUN) 2:07.23

2. Marco Koch (GER) 2:08.54

3. Matti Mattsson (FIN) 2:08.95

4. Andrew Willis (GBR) 2:09.13; 5. Michael Jamieson (GBR) 2:09.14; 6. Viatcheslav Sinkevich (RUS) 2:09.34; 7. Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:09.57; 8. Ryo Tateishi (JPN) 2:10.28.

4x200m freestyle relay

1. USA 7:01.72

(C. Dwyer, R. Lochte, C. Houchin, R. Berens)

2. Russia 7:03.92

(D. Izotov, N. Lobintsev, A. Lobuzov, A. Sukhorukov)

3. China 7:04.74

(Wang Shun, Hao Yun, Li Yunqi, Sun Yang)

4. France 7:04.91; 5. Japan 7:04.95; 6. Germany 7:10.07; 7. Belgium 7:11.15; 8. Britain 7:12.00.

Women

100m freestyle

1. Cate Campbell (AUS) 52.34

2. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 52.89

3. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 53.42

4. Missy Franklin (USA) 53.47; 5. Femke Heemskerk (NED) 53.67; 6. Britta Steffen (GER) 53.75; 7. Tang Yi (CHN) 54.27; 8. Shannon Vreeland (USA) 54.49.

200m breaststroke

1. Yuliya Efimova (RUS) 2:19.41

2. Rikke Moller Pedersen (DEN) 2:20.08

3. Micah Lawrence (USA) 2:22.37

4. Rie Kaneto (JPN) 2:22.96; 5. Viktoriya Solnceva (UKR) 2:23.01; 6. Marina Garcia Urzainqui (ESP) 2:23.55; 7. Sally Foster (AUS) 2:24.01; 8. Martha McCabe (CAN) 2:25.21.

Water polo

Women's finals

Gold medal

Spain 8 Australia 6

Bronze medal

Hungary 10 Russia 8

Fifth place

United States 15 Greece 12

Seventh place

Netherlands 12 Canada 9

Baseball

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

LA Dodgers 6 CHICAGO CUBS 2

BALTIMORE 11 Seattle 8

Colorado 4 PITTSBURGH 2

DETROIT 2 Chicago White Sox 1

MIAMI 10 Cleveland 0

San Francisco 4 TAMPA BAY 1

Atlanta 6 PHILADELPHIA 4

Arizona 7 BOSTON 6

St. Louis 13 CINCINNATI 3

NY METS 4 Kansas City 1

Washington 4 MILWAUKEE 1

MINNESOTA 4 Houston 3 (13 innings)

LA ANGELS 7 Toronto 5

Texas 8 OAKLAND 3

SAN DIEGO 7 NY Yankees 2

Cricket

Ashes third Test

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

Australia first innings

S Watson c Cook b Bresnan 19

C Rogers lbw Swann 84

U Khawaja c Prior b Swann 1

M Clarke b Broad 187

S Smith c Bairstow b Swann 89

D Warner c Trott b Swann 5

B Haddin not out 65

P Siddle b Swann 1

M Starc not out 66

Extras (lb 6, w 2, nb 2) 10

Total (7 wickets dec; 146 overs)527

Fall: 1-76 2-82 3-129 4-343, 5-365, 6-427, 7-430

Bowling: Anderson 33-6-116-0 (1nb), Broad 33-6-108-1, Bresnan 32-6-114-1 (1nb 2w), Swann 43-2-159-5, Root 4-0-18-0, Trott 1-0-6-0.

England first innings

A Cook not out 36

J Root c Haddin b Siddle 8

T Bresnan c Haddin b Siddle 1

J Trott not out 2

Extras (lb 4, nb 1) 5

Total (2 wickets, 30 overs) 52

Fall: 1-47 2-49

Bowling: Harris 5-1-12-0, Starc 5-2-8-0 (1nb), Lyon 10-4-21-0, Watson 5-5-0-0, Siddle 5-1-7-2

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

Sri Lanka vs South Africa, first T20

South Africa won the first Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka by 12 runs in Colombo on Friday.

Scores: South Africa 115-6 in 20 overs (J.P. Duminy 51, D. Miller 25; S. Senanayake 3-14), Sri Lanka 103-9 in 20 overs (K. Sangakkara 59 not out; J.P. Duminy 3-18)

Golf

PGA WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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

127 - Tiger Woods 66-61

134 - Keegan Bradley 66-68, Chris Wood (ENG) 66-68

135 - Bill Haas 67-68, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 65-70

136 - Jim Furyk 67-69, Luke Donald (ENG) 67-69, Jason Dufner 67-69, Bubba Watson 67-69

137 - Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 69-68

138 - Richard Sterne (RSA) 70-68, John Merrick 72-66, Steve Stricker 71-67, Rickie Fowler 67-71, Harris English 70-68

139 - Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 70-69, Zach Johnson 69-70, Webb Simpson 64-75

140 - Francesco Molinari (ITA) 70-70, Angel Cabrera (ARG) 72-68, Paul Casey (ENG) 70-70, Ryan Moore 66-74, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 72-68, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 71-69

141 - Martin Kaymer (GER) 74-67, Paul Lawrie (SCO) 69-72, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 70-71, Justin Rose (ENG) 69-72, Matteo Manassero (ITA) 71-70, Dustin Johnson 72-69, Adam Scott (AUS) 73-68, Ian Poulter (ENG) 69-72, Russell Henley 72-69

Women's British Open

Leading second round scores of the women's British Open at St Andrews on Friday (par 72):

134 - Choi Na-yeon (KOR) 67 67

135 - Miki Saiki (JPN) 69 66

136 - Morgan Pressel (USA) 66 70

137 - Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 70 67, Lee Jee-young (KOR) 70 67, Nicole Castrale (USA) 70 67

138 - Mikaela Parmlid (SWE) 69 69

139 - Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 69 70, Mamiko Higa (JPN) 70 69, Angela Stanford (USA) 69 70, Stacy Lewis (USA) 67 72, Park Hee-young (KOR) 70 69

140 - Ryann O'Toole (USA) 67 73, Lizette Salas (USA) 68 72, Shin Jenny (KOR) 69 71, Lee Meena (KOR) 71 69, Dori Carter (USA) 68 72, Paula Creamer (USA) 68 72, Lin Xiyu (CHN) 72 68

141 - Lee-Anne Pace (RSA) 70 71, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 68 73

142 - Catriona Matthew (GBR) 68 74, Mariajo Uribe (COL) 69 73, Candie Kung (TPE) 72 70, Yoo Sun-young (KOR) 71 71, Sydnee Michaels (USA) 67 75, Park In-bee (KOR) 69 73, Ji Eun-hee (KOR) 67 75, Katherine Hull-Kirk (AUS) 69 73

Soccer

Argentine championship

Results of Inicial matches on Friday:

Arsenal 1 Estudiantes 1

Godoy Cruz 3 Argentinos Juniors 1

Dutch league

Result on Friday:

Ajax 3 Roda JC 0

Tennis

ATP and WTA Washington Open

Results on Friday (x denotes seed):

Men's quarterfinals

Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4); John Isner (USA x8) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x16) 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4; Tommy Haas (GER x3) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x11) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3); Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x1) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA x7) 7-6 (0), 6-3.

Women's quarterfinals

Andrea Petkovic (GER) bt Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Alize Cornet (FRA x4) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM x5) 7-6 (5), 6-2; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x3) bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 1-0, retired, left wrist injury; Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK x7) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x1) 7-6 (0), 3-6, 6-3.

ATP Kitzbuehel Cup

Results on Friday:

Semifinals

Marcel Granollers (ESP x8) bt Robin Haase (NED) 7-6 (0), 3-6, 6-4; Juan Monaco (ARG x2) bt Albert Montanes (ESP x7) 7-6 (2), 7-5.

WTA Carlsbad Open

Results on Friday:

Quarterfinals

Virginie Razzano (FRA) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) 6-7 (6), 7-5, 7-6 (8); Ana Ivanovic (SRB x7) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x4) 6-1, 6-7 (1), 6-2; Samantha Stosur (AUS x5) bt 2-Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3; Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-1, 6-2.

(China Daily 08/04/2013 page7)