Aquatics

World championship

Results on Wednesday (finals only):

Men

200m butterfly: 1. Chad Le Clos (RSA) 1 min 54.32 sec, 2. Pawel Korzeniowski (POL) 1:55.01, 3. Wu Peng (CHN) 1:55.09, 4. Chen Yin (CHN) 1:55.47, 5. Tom Luchsinger (USA) 1:55.70, 6. Nikolay Skvortsov (RUS) 1:56.02, 7. Tyler Clary (USA) 1:56.34, 8. Leonardo De Deus (BRA) 1:56.44

50m breaststroke: 1. Cameron Van Der Burgh (RSA) 26.77 sec, 2. Christian Sprenger (AUS) 26.78, 3. Giulio Zorzi (RSA) 27.04, 4. Damir Dugonjic (SLO) 27.05, 5. Joao Gomes Junior (BRA) 27.20, 6. Glenn Snyders (NZL) 27.21, 7. Johannes Skagius (SWE) 27.48, 8. Mattia Pesce (ITA) 27.53

800m freestyle: 1. Sun Yang (CHN) 7 min 41.36 sec, 2. Michael McBroom (USA) 7:43.60, 3. Ryan Cochrane (CAN) 7:43.70, 4. Connor Jaeger (USA) 7:44.26, 5. Jordan Harrison (AUS) 7:47.38, 6. Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) 7:50.29, 7. Pal Joensen (FAR) 7:52.57, 8. Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 7:52.79

Women

200m freestyle: 1. Missy Franklin (USA) 1 min 54.81 sec, 2. Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:55.14, 3. Camille Muffat (FRA) 1:55.72, 4. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 1:56.63, 5. Melanie Costa Schmid (ESP) 1:57.04, 6. Kylie Palmer (AUS) 1:57.14, 7. Shannon Vreeland (USA) 1:57.41, 8. Charlotte Bonnet (FRA) 1:57.56

High Diving

Men's 27m

1. Orlando Duque (COL) 590.20 points

2. Gary Hunt (GBR) 589.30

3. Jonathan Paredes (MEX) 578.35

4. Michal Navratil (CZE) 540.70

5. Matt Cowen (GBR) 539.60

6. Artem Silchenko (RUS) 520.55

7. Anatolii Shabotenko (UKR) 498.60

8. Kris Kolanus (POL) 469.15

9. Steve Lobue (USA) 445.80

10. Blake Aldridge (GBR) 443.15

11. Kent De Mond (USA) 420.70.

12. Cyrille Oumedjkane (FRA) 403.35

13. Jorge Ferzuli (MEX) 356.20.

Baseball

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

DETROIT 11 Washington 1

Toronto 5 OAKLAND 2 (10 innings)

Cincinnati 4 SAN DIEGO 1

Houston 11 BALTIMORE 0

CLEVELAND 6 Chicago White Sox 5 (10 innings)

San Francisco 9 PHILADELPHIA 2

PITTSBURGH 5 St. Louis 4

ATLANTA 9 Colorado 0

MIAMI 3 NY Mets 2

Arizona 7 TAMPA BAY 0

TEXAS 2 LA Angels 1

BOSTON 5 Seattle 4 (15 innings)

CHICAGO CUBS 6 Milwaukee 1

Kansas City 4 MINNESOTA 3

NY Yankees 3 LA DODGERS 0

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 65 44 .596 -

2. Tampa Bay 64 44 .593 1/2

3. Baltimore 59 49 .546 5 1/2

4. NY Yankees 56 51 .523 8

5. Toronto 50 57 .467 14

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 61 45 .575 -

2. Cleveland 59 48 .551 2 1/2

3. Kansas City 53 51 .510 7

4. Minnesota 45 59 .433 15

5. Chi White Sox 40 65 .381 20 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Oakland 63 45 .583 -

2. Texas 59 49 .546 4

3. Seattle 50 57 .467 12 1/2

4. LA Angels 48 58 .453 14

5. Houston 36 70 .340 26

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 63 45 .583 -

2. Washington 52 56 .481 11

3. Philadelphia 50 57 .467 12 1/2

4. NY Mets 48 57 .457 13 1/2

5. Miami 41 65 .387 21

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 65 42 .607 -

2. St. Louis 62 44 .585 2 1/2

3. Cincinnati 60 49 .550 6

4. Chicago Cubs 49 58 .458 16

5. Milwaukee 46 62 .426 19 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 57 49 .538 -

2. Arizona 55 52 .514 2 1/2

3. Colorado 51 58 .468 7 1/2

4. San Diego 50 59 .459 8 1/2

5. San Francisco 47 59 .443 10

Cricket

Sri Lanka vs South Africa ODI

Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 128 runs in the fifth and final one-day international on Wednesday.

Scores: Sri Lanka 307-4 in 50 overs (T. Dilshan 99, L. Thirimanne 68, K. Sangakkara 75 not out)

South Africa 179 all out in 43.5 overs (A.B de Villiers 51; S. Lakmal 3-24, A. Men.dis 3-36)

Sri Lanka wins series 4-1

Soccer

Champions league

Third qualifying round first-leg results on Wednesday:

Molde (NOR) 1 Legia Warsaw (POL) 1

APOEL (CYP) 1 Maribor (SLO) 1

Ludogorets (BUL) 2 Partizan Belgrade (SRB) 1

Salzburg (AUT) 1 Fenerbahce (TUR) 1

Celtic (SCO) 1 Elfsborg (SWE) 0

Brazilian championship

Results on Wednesday:

Atletico Mineiro 1 Atletico Paranaense 2

Corinthians 2 Gremio 0

Coritiba 5 Ponte Preta 3

Esporte Clube Bahia 3 Flamengo 0

Fluminense 1 Cruzeiro 0

Portuguesa 1 Criciuma 1

Tennis

ATP and WTA Washington Open

Results on Wednesday (x denotes seed):

Women's 2nd rd:

Andrea Petkovic (GER) bt Mona Barthel (GER x6) 6-2, 6-2

Men's 2nd rd:

Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-2, 6-1; Mardy Fish (USA) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA x12) 6-3, 7-5; Ivan Dodig (CRO x13) bt Tobias Kamke (GER) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; John Isner (USA x8) bt Alex Kuznetsov (USA) 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4); Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x5) 6-4, 6-2;

ATP Kitzbuehel Cup

Second-round results on Wednesday:

Robin Haase (NED) bt Daniel Brands (GER) 6-4, 6-1; Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) bt Jan Hajek (CZE) 6-3, 6-3; Juan Monaco (ARG x2) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) 6-3, 6-4; Albert Montanes (ESP x7) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (5); Dominic Thiem (AUT) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT x4) 7-5, 6-3; Fernando Verdasco (ESP x3) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-2, 7-6 (7).

WTA Carlsbad Open

Results on Wednesday:

2nd rd

Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-2, 6-3; Roberta Vinci (ITA x4) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-4, 6-2; Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) bt Laura Robson (GBR) 6-1, 6-2; Samantha Stosur (AUS x5) bt Sesil Karatantcheva (KAZ) 6-4, 6-1.

1st rd

Ana Ivanovic (SRB x7) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

China Daily

(China Daily 08/02/2013 page23)