Baseball

Major League Baseball results on Monday (home team in CAPS):

BOSTON 3 Baltimore 1

Milwaukee 7 CHICAGO CUBS 4

NY Yankees 11 CLEVELAND 6

KANSAS CITY 3 Minnesota 1

Cincinnati 13 ST. LOUIS 4

NY Mets 7 PHILADELPHIA 2

Atlanta 2 MIAMI 0

TEXAS 5 Tampa Bay 4

Pittsburgh 5 ARIZONA 3

SEATTLE 3 Houston 0

SAN FRANCISCO 4 Colorado 2

Basketball

No NBA games scheduled for Monday.

Golf

World rankings

As of Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Tiger Woods 11.62 average points

2. (2) Rory McIlroy (NIR) 10.99

3. (3) Justin Rose (ENG) 6.91

4. (4) Luke Donald (ENG) 6.53

5. (5) Brandt Snedeker 6.20

6. (6) Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 5.97

7. (7) Adam Scott (AUS) 5.59

8. (8) Steve Stricker 5.58

9. (10) Phil Mickelson 5.27

10. (9) Matt Kuchar 5.27

11. (11) Keegan Bradley 5.14

12. (12) Ian Poulter (ENG) 5.02

13. (13) Lee Westwood (ENG) 5.01

14. (14) Bubba Watson 4.99

15. (15) Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 4.91

16. (16) Sergio Garcia (ESP) 4.77

17. (17) Graeme McDowell (NIR) 4.73

18. (18) Jason Dufner 4.56

19. (19) Dustin Johnson 4.55

20. (20) Webb Simpson 4.46

Leading money winners on 2013 PGA Tour

As of Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $3,787,600

2. Brandt Snedeker $2,859,920

3. Matt Kuchar $2,210,389

4. Steve Stricker $1,845,420

5. Phil Mickelson $1,746,360

6. Dustin Johnson $1,603,307

7. Hunter Mahan $1,553,965

8. Keegan Bradley $1,412,027

9. Charles Howell III $1,393,806

10. John Merrick $1,375,757

11. Russell Henley $1,331,434

12. Kevin Streelman $1,310,343

13. Michael Thompson $1,254,669

14. Billy Horschel $1,254,224

15. Martin Laird $1,185,200

16. Brian Gay $1,184,803

17. Bill Haas $1,181,633

18. Chris Kirk $1,156,573

19. Justin Rose $1,155,550

20. D.A. Points $1,154,138

2013 European Tour Race to Dubai

As of Monday:

1. Richard Sterne (RSA) 607,803 euros

2. Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 593,016

3. Sergio Garcia (ESP) 572,345

4. Scott Jamieson (SCO) 525,497

5. Graeme McDowell (NIR) 521,517

6. Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 489,646

7. Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 455,068

8. Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 440,411

9. Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 433,918

10. Ian Poulter (ENG) 428,522

11. Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 418,988

12. Thomas Aiken (RSA) 410,920

13. Chris Wood (ENG) 409,665

14. Darren Fichardt (RSA) 407,044

15. Marcel Siem (GER) 396,937

16. Justin Rose (ENG) 394,999

17. George Coetzee (RSA) 371,038

18. Branden Grace (RSA) 311,364

19. Alexander Noren (SWE) 310,212

20. Steve Webster (ENG) 297,153

PGA Tour 2013 FedExCup points table

As of Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods 1,605 points

2. Brandt Snedeker 1,282

3. Matt Kuchar 948

4. Phil Mickelson 797

5. Kevin Streelman 752

6. Dustin Johnson 748

7. Steve Stricker 746

8. Charles Howell III 744

9. Hunter Mahan 692

10. Russell Henley 683

11. Keegan Bradley 658

12. Billy Horschel 642

13 Brian Gay 640

14. John Merrick 613

15. Chris Kirk 597

16 Jimmy Walker 595

17. Michael Thompson 582

18. Martin Laird 563

19. Bill Haas 539

20. Justin Rose 531

Ice hockey

Results from the NHL games on Monday (home team in CAPS):

BOSTON 6 Carolina 2

TORONTO 4 NY Rangers 3

Calgary 3 COLORADO 1

ANAHEIM 2 Edmonton 1

VANCOUVER 2 Phoenix 0

Soccer

Argentine championship

Result on Monday:

Arsenal 1 Estudiantes 0

English Premier League

Monday's result:

Manchester United 1 ( Kompany 59og) Manchester City 2 ( Milner 51, Aguero 78)

Attendance: 75,000

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Man Utd 25 2 4 71 33 77

Man City 19 8 4 57 27 65

Chelsea 17 7 7 61 33 58

Tottenham 17 7 8 55 40 58

Arsenal 16 8 7 61 34 56

Everton 13 13 5 49 37 52

Liverpool 13 10 9 59 40 49

West Brom 13 5 14 42 43 44

Swansea 10 11 11 43 42 41

Fulham 10 9 12 43 47 39

Southampton 9 10 13 46 53 37

West Ham 10 7 14 35 44 37

Newcastle 10 6 16 42 56 36

Norwich 7 14 11 30 49 35

Stoke 7 13 12 28 39 34

Aston Villa 8 9 15 35 59 33

Sunderland 7 10 15 34 45 31

Wigan 8 7 16 37 57 31

QPR 4 12 16 29 52 24

Reading 5 8 19 36 63 23

Note: Top four teams qualify for the Champions League; bottom three teams are relegated

Top scorers of English Premier League on Monday

22 Luis Suarez (Liverpool)

19 Robin van Persie (Manchester United)

17 Michu (Swansea City), Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)

15 Christian Benteke (Aston Villa), Demba Ba (Chelsea)

14 Rickie Lambert (Southampton)

13 Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham), Romelu Lukaku (West Bromwich Albion)

12 Santi Cazorla (Arsenal), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Edin Dzeko (Manchester City), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

11 Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Marouane Fellaini (Everton), Steven Fletcher (Sunderland)

Italian Serie A

Results on Monday:

AS Roma 1 ( Totti 56pen) Lazio 1 (Hernanes 16)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Juventus 22 5 4 61 20 71

Napoli 18 8 5 57 29 62

AC Milan 17 7 7 55 34 58

Fiorentina 15 7 9 56 39 52

Lazio 15 6 10 40 37 51

Inter Milan 15 5 11 50 43 50

Roma 14 6 11 61 52 48

Catania 13 7 11 40 38 46

Udinese 11 12 8 41 39 45

Parma 10 9 12 39 39 39

Cagliari 10 9 12 37 49 39

Bologna 10 7 14 41 40 37

Atalanta 11 6 14 34 45 37

Sampdoria 10 7 14 36 38 36

Torino 8 13 10 39 43 36

Chievo 10 5 16 32 48 35

Siena 8 9 14 31 42 27

Palermo 5 12 14 28 44 27

Genoa 6 9 16 31 49 27

Pescara 6 3 22 22 63 21

Note: Sampdoria (one point), Torino (one point), Atalanta (two points) and Siena (six points) all docked points for involvement in the "Calcioscommesse" illegal betting scandal.

Top scorers of the Serie A on Monday

22 Edinson Cavani (Napoli)

17 Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)

16 Stephan El Shaarawy (AC Milan)

15 German Denis (Atalanta Bergamo)

13 Giampaolo Pazzini (AC Milan), Erik Lamela (AS Roma)

12 Francesco Totti (AS Roma), Stevan Jovetic (Fiorentina), Rodrigo Palacio (Inter Milan)

11 Pablo Osvaldo (AS Roma), Marco Sau (Cagliari), Alberto Gilardino (Bologna)

10 Miroslav Klose (Lazio), Amauri (Parma)

Spanish league

Sevilla 2 ( Negredo 4, 87) Athletic Bilbao 1 (Gurpegi 55)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Barcelona 25 3 2 95 33 78

Real Madrid 20 5 5 77 29 65

Atletico Madrid 19 5 6 51 25 62

Real Sociedad 14 9 7 55 39 51

Valencia 14 7 9 44 42 49

Malaga 13 8 9 43 32 47

Real Betis 14 5 11 44 43 47

Rayo Vallecano 14 2 14 40 49 44

Getafe 12 8 10 38 44 44

Sevilla 12 5 13 45 42 41

Levante 11 7 12 35 46 40

Espanyol 10 9 11 37 39 39

Athletic Bilbao 10 5 15 34 53 35

Valladolid 9 8 13 38 43 35

Osasuna 8 7 15 26 35 31

Grenada 7 7 16 27 45 28

Real Zaragoza 7 6 17 28 46 27

La Coruna 6 8 16 38 63 26

Celta Vigo 6 6 18 29 45 24

Real Mallorca 6 6 18 32 63 24

Top scorers of the La Liga on Monday

43 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

29 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

22 Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid)

17 Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla)

15 Ruben Castro (Real Betis)

14 Roberto Soldado (Valencia)

13 Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), Piti (Rayo Vallecano), Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad)

12 Riki (Deportivo Coruna), Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid)

11 Helder Postiga (Real Zaragoza)

10 Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), Oscar (Real Valladolid), Jonas (Valencia)

Tennis

ATP Tour world rankings

As of Monday (last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 12500 points

2. (2) Andy Murray (SCO) 8750

3. (3) Roger Federer (SUI) 8670

4. (4) David Ferrer (ESP) 6970

5. (5) Rafa Nadal (ESP) 6385

6. (6) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 5105

7. (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 4750

8. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3695

9. (9) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 3230

10. (10) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 3000

11. (11) Marin Cilic (CRO) 2675

12. (12) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 2390

13. (13) Gilles Simon (FRA) 2390

14. (14) Tommy Haas (GER) 2260

15. (16) Milos Raonic (CAN) 2225

16. (15) Kei Nishikori (JPN) 2135

17. (17) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 1960

18. (19) Juan Monaco (ARG) 1900

19 (18) Andreas Seppi (ITA) 1895

20. (20) Sam Querrey (USA) 1880

WTA world rankings

As of Monday (last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Serena Williams (USA) 11115 points

2. (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 10240

3. (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 9325

4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6845

5. (5) Li Na (CHN) 5880

6. (6) Angelique Kerber (GER) 5500

7. (7) Sara Errani (ITA) 5405

8. (8) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 5225

9. (9) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 3790

10. (10) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 3760

11. (11) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 3075

12. (12) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 2911

13. (13) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 2715

14. (14) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 2710

15. (15) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 2695

16. (16) Sloane Stephens (USA) 2520

17. (17) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2495

18. (18) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 2405

19. (20) Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 1875

20. (26) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 1875

WTA Katowice Open

Results on Monday (x-denotes seeding):

Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) bt Laura Robson (GBR x8) 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-1; Annika Beck (GER) bt Marta Domachowska (POL) 6-3, 7-5; Karolina Pliskova (CZE) bt Maria Teresa Torro (ESP) 6-1, 3-6, 6-0; Petra Martic (CRO) bt Elina Svitolina (UKR) 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2; Klara Zakopalova (CZE x3) bt Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 7-6 (2), 6-2.

ATP Casablanca Grand Prix

Results on Monday:

Tommy Robredo (ESP) bt Guillaume Rufin (FRA) 7-6 (2), 6-4; Blaz Kavcic (SLO) bt Mehdi Ziadi (MOR) 6-2, 6-4.

ATP US Men's Clay Court Championship

Results on Monday:

Rhyne Williams (USA) bt Guido Pella (ARG) 7-5, 7-5; Gael Monfils (FRA) bt James Blake (USA) 7-6 (5), 7-5; Tim Smyczek (USA) bt Josselin Ouanna (FRA) 6-1, 6-2.

China Daily

(China Daily 04/10/2013 page23)