Athletics

Diamond League Meeting Zurich

Men/women's shot put results on Wednesday

Men

1. Ryan Whiting (USA) 22.03

2. David Storl (GER) 21.19

3. Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 21.13

4. Ladislav Prasil (CZE) 21.10

5. Tomasz Majewski (POL) 20.81

6. German Lauro (ARG) 20.53

7. Cory Martin (USA) 20.18

8. Christian Cantwell (USA) 20.13

Women

1. Valerie Adams (NZL) 20.98

2. Evgeniia Kolodko (RUS) 19.97

3. Michelle Carter (USA) 19.88

4. Christina Schwanitz (GER) 19.36

5. Alena Kopets (BLR) 18.34

6. Tia Brooks (USA) 18.20

7. Nadine Kleinert (GER) 18.13

8. Josephine Terlecki (GER) 17.48

Baseball

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

LA DODGERS 4 Chicago Cubs 0

Texas 12 SEATTLE 4

WASHINGTON 4 Miami 3

PITTSBURGH 7 Milwaukee 1

TORONTO 7 NY Yankees 2

Oakland 14 DETROIT 4

BOSTON 4 Baltimore 3

ATLANTA 3 Cleveland 2

Philadelphia 6 NY METS 2

TAMPA BAY 4 LA Angels 1

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6 Houston 1

Kansas City 8 MINNESOTA 1

Cincinnati 10 ST. LOUIS 0

COLORADO 5 San Francisco 4

San Diego 5 ARIZONA 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 79 55 .590 -

2. Tampa Bay 75 56 .573 2 1/2

3. Baltimore 70 61 .534 7 1/2

4. NY Yankees 70 63 .526 8 1/2

5. Toronto 60 74 .448 19

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 77 56 .579 -

2. Cleveland 71 61 .538 5 1/2

3. Kansas City 68 64 .515 8 1/2

4. Minnesota 57 74 .435 19

5. Chi White Sox 56 76 .424 20 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 78 55 .586 -

2. Oakland 75 57 .568 2 1/2

3. LA Angels 59 72 .450 18

4. Seattle 59 73 .447 18 1/2

5. Houston 44 88 .333 33 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 80 52 .606 -

2. Washington 67 65 .508 13

3. Philadelphia 61 72 .459 19 1/2

4. NY Mets 59 72 .450 20 1/2

5. Miami 49 82 .374 30 1/2

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. St. Louis 78 55 .586 -

2. Pittsburgh 77 55 .583 0 1/2

3. Cincinnati 75 59 .560 3 1/2

4. Milwaukee 58 74 .439 19 1/2

5. Chicago Cubs 56 77 .421 22

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 78 55 .586 -

2. Arizona 68 64 .515 9 1/2

3. Colorado 63 72 .467 16

4. San Diego 60 73 .451 18

5. San Francisco 59 74 .444 19

Soccer

English League Cup

English League Cup results on Wednesday:

2nd rd

Accrington 0 Cardiff 2 (Maynard 61, Gestede 62)

Aston Villa 3 (Weimann 19, Benteke 40, Delph 53) Rotherham 0

Everton 2 (Deulofeu 45, Fellaini 115) Stevenage 1 (Freeman 36) after extra-time, 1-1 after 90 minutes

Morecambe 0 Newcastle 2 (Sh Ameobi 84, Sa Ameobi 90)

Nottingham Forest 2 (Derbyshire 59, Lascelles 94) Millwall 1 (Feeney 86) AET, 1-1 after 90 mins

Stoke 3 (Jones 22, 31, 84) Walsall 1 (Hemmings 57)

Watford 2 (Ward 15-og, Battocchio 66) Bournemouth 0

Champions League

Champions League playoff, second-leg results on Wednesday:

At St Petersburg, Russia

Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) 4 (Danny 29, 48, Bukharov 66, Arshavin 78-pen) Pacos Ferreira (POR) 2 (Manuel Jose 67, Carlao 83)

Zenit win 8-3 on aggregate

At Milan

AC Milan (ITA) 3 (K-P Boateng 9, 77, Balotelli 55) PSV Eindhoven (NED) 0

AC Milan win 4-1 on aggregate

At Maribor, Slovenia

Maribor (SLO) 0 Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 1 (Tecl 3)

Viktoria Plzen win 4-1 on aggregate

At Glasgow

Celtic (SCO) 3 (Commons 45+1, Samaras 48, Forrest 90+2) Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) 0

Celtic win 3-2 on aggregate

At San Sebastian, Spain

Real Sociedad (ESP) 2 (Vela 67, 90+1) Lyon (FRA) 0

Real Sociedad win 4-0 on aggregate

Spanish Super Cup

Final result on Wednesday:

Barcelona 0 Atletico Madrid 0

Missed penalty: Lionel Messi 89

Red Card: Filipe Kasmirski 80, Arda Turan 90+1 Halftime: 0-0; Attendance: 70,000

Tennis

US Open

Results on Wednesday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's 1st rd

Alex Bogomolov (RUS) bt Benoit Paire (FRA x24) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (5); Tim Smyczek (USA) bt James Duckworth (AUS) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1; Marcel Granollers (ESP) bt Jurgen Zopp (EST) 6-1, 3-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4; Rajeev Ram (USA) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA x16) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2; Aleksandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt David Goffin (BEL) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x21) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (4); Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT x29) 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (3); Peter Gojowczyk (GER) bt Igor Sijsling (NED) 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) bt Brian Baker (USA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Juan Martn Del Potro (ARG x6) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (7); Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-2, 6-4, 6-3; ;Leonardo Mayer (ARG) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 7-6 (4), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4); Andreas Seppi (ITA x20) bt Xavier Malisse (BEL) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5; Somdev Devvarman (IND) bt Luks Lacko (SVK) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x9) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-2; Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt James Blake (USA) 6-7 (2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2); Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Go Soeda (JPN) 6-4, 6-3, 6-1; Kevin Anderson (RSA x17) bt Daniel Brands (GER) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Women's 2nd rd

Jamie Hampton (USA x23) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 7-5, 6-4; Sloane Stephens (USA x15) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-1, 6-1 ; Zheng Jie (CHN) bt Venus Williams (USA) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5); Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x18) bt Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-3, 6-4; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) bt Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP) 6-0, 7-5; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x32) bt Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 6-4, 6-0; Laura Robson (GBR x30) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) 6-4, 7-6 (5); Li Na (CHN x5) bt Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-2, 6-2.

China Daily

(China Daily 08/30/2013 page23)