Wednesday's results

BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE

Baltimore 7 Tampa Bay 5, Cleveland 4 Chicago White Sox 3, Detroit 6 NY Yankees 11 (11 innings), Philadelphia 4 Washington 2, Pittsburgh 12 Milwaukee 1, Florida 5 San Francisco 3, Toronto 8 Boston 5, NY Mets 2 Arizona 7, Atlanta 3 LA Dodgers 8, Texas 6 Seattle 4, Chicago Cubs 8 Cincinnati 3, St Louis 3 Houston 6, LA Angels 6 Minnesota 3, Oakland 7 Kansas City 8 (10 innings), San Diego 2 Colorado 0.

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BASKETBALL

AUCKLAND WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Akarana White 24 All Sportz 12, Bel Aire 66 Akarana Red 32, Free Stylers 55 Akarana Blue 21, The Dragons 42 Winos 17, Maximus 28 Saints 16, Akarana Green 30 Hot Chocolate 23.

NBA CONFERENCE FINALS

Phoenix 106 Dallas 86. (The best-of-seven series is level at 2-2).

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ICE HOCKEY

NHL CONFERENCE FINAL

Buffalo 2 Carolina 1. (Best-of-seven series level at 3-3).

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MOTORSPORT

Northern European Cup Formula Renault championship.

Standings after 6 of 16 races: F. Albuquerque (Portugal) 113 points 1, C. Van Der Drift (NZ) 107 2, X. Maassen (Netherlands) 101 3, M. Kool (Netherlands) 89 4, J. Edwards (US) 88 5, A. Mustonen (Finland) 80 6, J. Cecotto Jnr (Venezuela) 65 7, B. Hartley (NZ) 59 8, D. F. da Costa (Portugal) 56 9, K. Andersen (Denmark) 54. 10.

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SOCCER

INTERNATIONALS

(Home teams listed first): Czech Republic 1 Costa Rica 0, Poland 1 Colombia 2, England 3 Hungary 1, Germany 2 Japan 2.

At Salerno, Italy: Argentina 2 Angola 0.

At Vittel, France: Chile 1 Ivory Coast 1.

At Rades, Tunisia: Tunisia 3 Belarus 0, Uruguay 2 Libya. 1.

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TENNIS

FRENCH OPEN
(Paris)

Third day

Women's singles 1st round (prefix denotes seeding): 12-M. Hingis (SUI) bt L. Raymond (USA) 6-2 6-2, 10-A. Myskina (RUS) bt S. Mirza (IND) 6-4 6-1, Z. Ondraskova (CZE) bt J. Schruff (GER) 6-4 6-2. 15-D. Hantuchova (SVK) bt L. Dominguez Lino (ESP) 6-1 6-4, K. Kanepi (EST) bt K. Peschke (CZE) 6-2 6-3, I. Lisjak (CRO) bt G. Voskoboeva (RUS) 6-2 6-3.

J. Jackson (USA) bt Zi Yan (CHN) 6-2 6-3, 13-A-L. Groenefeld (GER) bt C. Pin (FRA) 6-1 6-1, T. Pironkova (BUL) bt M. S. Lorenzo (ESP) 6-3 6-2, M. Czink (HUN) bt S. Kloesel (GER) 6-4 4-6 6-2, Z. Jie (CHN) bt 23-T. Golovin (FRA) 6-3 7-6 (7-5), 19-A. Ivanovic (SEM) bt S. Stosur (AUS) 6-0 6-3, S. Perry (US) bt S. Asagoe (JPN) 6-3 6-1, 20-M. Kirilenko (RUS) bt S. Bremond (FRA) 1-6 6-2 8-6, A. Medina Garrigues (ESP x26) bt V. Azarenka (BLR) 0-6 6-3 9-7, Y. Fedak (UKR) bt K. Brandi (PUR) 6-2 6-3, E. Loit (FRA) bt C. Fernandez (ARG) 1-6 6-2 6-3, E. Gagliardi (SUI) bt M. E. Camerin (ITA) 6-4 6-2.

31-S. Peer (ISR) bt O. Savchuk (UKR) 6-1 6-1, 5-J. Henin-Hardenne (BEL) bt M. Ani (EST) 6-3 6-0, A. Morigami (JPN) bt 3-N. Petrova (RUS) 6-2 6-2, A. Yakimova (BLR) bt J. Craybas (USA) 6-4 5-7 6-3, 32-G. Dulko (ARG) bt Y. Beygelzimer (UKR) 6-3 2-6 11-9, T. Garbin (ITA) bt K. Koukalova (CZE/N.30) 2-6 6-4 6-1, M. Johansson (FRA) bt H. Su-Wei (TPE) 6-4 6-4, A. Cornet (FRA) level with Virginia Ruano Pacual (ESP) 6-4 4-6 - match suspended resumes today.

Men's singles 1st round: 23-T. Haas (GER) bt R. Schuettler (GER) 6-4 6-3 6-3, 27-O. Rochus (BEL) bt J-C. Faurel (FRA) 6-1 6-4 6-2, 19-M. Baghdatis (CYP) bt A. Portas (ESP) 6-4 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-1, J. Benneteau (FRA) bt J. Tipsarevic (SEM) 6-2 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-3, D. Sanguinetti (ITA) bt D. Bracciali (ITA) 3-6 7-6 (12-10) 6-3, 6-3.

22-D. Hrbaty (SVK) bt S. Roitman (ARG) 6-4 6-2 3-6 2-6 6-3, 28-F. Verdasco (ESP) bt J. I. Chela (ARG) 6-1 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 6-4, A. Montanes (ESP) bt 17-R. Ginepri (US) 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 6-1 6-4, O. Hernandez (ESP) bt G. Simon (FRA) 6-4 6-2 6-3, A. Waske (GER) bt F. Vicente (ESP) 6-4 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-4), J. Vanek (CZE) bt N. Mahut (FRA) 6-3 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-3), D. Kindlmann (GER) bt R. Sabau (ROM) 6-3 6-2 6-2, J. Monaco (ARG) bt M. Van Gemerden (NED) 6-3 6-2 6-4, I. Karlovic (CRO) bt O. Patience (FRA) 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (12-10), 25-G. Monfils (FRA) bt A. Murray (GB) 6-4 6-7 (2-7) 1-6 6-2 6-1.

29-P-H. Mathieu (FRA) bt B. Phau (GER) 6-4 6-2 6-1, 4-I. Ljubicic (CRO) bt C. Berlocq (ARG) 6-2 6-0 6-3, D. Norman (BEL) bt E. Massa (ARG) 6-1 6-3 6-3, N. Djokovic (SEM) bt L. Horna (PER) 6-3 5-0 retired, M. Montcourt (FRA) bt M. Daniel (BRA) 6-2 6-4 1-6 6-2, A. Martin (ESP) bt A. Roddick (USA/N.5) 6-4 7-5 1-0 retired, J. Chardy (FRA) bt J. Bjorkman (SWE) 6-2 7-5 6-2, F. Serra (FRA) bt R. Vik (CZE) 6-1 1-6 7-5 6-4, C. Rochus (BEL) bt 18-T. Johansson (SWE) 3-6 5-7 6-4 6-4, 6-2, R. Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) bt T. Ascione (FRA) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-3, 9-F. Gonzalez (CHI) bt M. Safin (RUS) 6-3 1-6 6-3 6-1, 15-D. Ferrer (ESP) bt G. Garcia Lopez (ESP) 7-5 6-1 6-0, 14-L. Hewitt (AUS) bt J. Hernych (CZE) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-2 6-0.