Athletics

Prefontaine Classic

EUGENE, Oregon - Principal results here on Friday on the first day of the Prefontaine Classic athletics meet, the fourth stop on the IAAF Diamond League series:

Men

Mile

1. James Kiplagat Lagut (KEN) 3 min 55.24 sec

2. Henrik Ingebrigsten (NOR) 3:55.50

3. Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN) 3:56.13

10,000m

1. Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 27 min 12.08 sec

2. Imane Merga (ETH) 27:12.37

3. Abera Juma (ETH) 27:13.10

Long jump

1. Aleksander Menkov (RUS) 8.39 meters

2. Mauro Da Silva (BRA) 8.22

3. Greg Rutherford (GBR) 8.22

Women

800m

1. Phoebe Wright (USA) 2:00.85

2. Melissa Bishop (CAN) 2:01.16

3. Ajee Wilson (USA) 2:01.24

Shot put

1. Valerie Adams (NZL) 20.15m

2. Gong Lijiao (CHN) 20.12

3. Michelle Carter (USA) 19.65

Hammer

1. Betty Heidler (GER) 75.21m

2. Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) 74.73

3. Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 72.62

Javelin

1. Cristina Obergfoll (GER) 67.70m

2. Kimberley Mickle (AUS) 63.80

3. Sunette Viljoen (RSA) 63.00

Baseball

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

CHICAGO CUBS 7 Arizona 2

BALTIMORE 7 Detroit 5

Tampa Bay 9 CLEVELAND 2

NY YANKEES 4 Boston 1

Milwaukee 8 PHILADELPHIA 5

Cincinnati 6 PITTSBURGH 0

MIAMI 5 NY Mets 1

Washington 3 ATLANTA 2

TEXAS 7 Kansas City 2

Seattle 3 MINNESOTA 0

LA Dodgers 7 COLORADO 5 (10 innings)

Houston 6 LA ANGELS 3

OAKLAND 3 Chicago White Sox 0

SAN DIEGO 4 Toronto 3 (17 innings)

Cricket

England vs New Zealand ODI

New Zealand beat England by five wickets to win the first one-day international at Lord's on Friday and so take a 1-0 lead in a three-match series.

Brief scores:

England 227-9, 50 overs (T Southee 3-37)

New Zealand 231-5, 46.5 overs (M Guptill 103 no, R Taylor 54; J Anderson 3-31)

Result: New Zealand won by five wickets

Series: New Zealand lead three-match series 1-0.

Golf

Memorial tournament

DUBLIN, Ohio - Partial second-round scores in the weather-disrupted US PGA Memorial tournament (round suspended, to resume Saturday, USA unless noted, par-72):

135 - Bill Haas 68-67

138 - Matt Kuchar 68-70

140 - Robert Karlsson (SWE) 69-71

141 - Pat Perez 72-69, Hunter Mahan 73-68, Matt Jones (AUS) 69-72

142 - Kevin Chappell 71-71, Charley Hoffman 73-69, Bo Van Pelt 73-69, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 70-72, Charles Howell 72-70, David Hearn (CAN) 71-71, Ryan Moore 70-72, Stewart Cink 70-72

143 - Tom Gillis 73-70, Camilo Villegas (COL) 72-71, Ben Curtis 73-70, Rickie Fowler 72-71, Gary Woodland 70-73, John Senden (AUS) 71-72

ShopRite LPGA Classic

GALLOWAY, New Jersey - Leading first-round scores on Friday in the ShopRite LPGA Classic (USA unless noted, par 71)

66 - Amanda Blumenherst, Moriya Jutanugarn (THA)

67 - Stacy Lewis

68 - Michelle Wie

69 - Beatriz Recari (ESP), Park Hee-Young (KOR), Oh Ji-Young (KOR), Pornanong Phatlum (THA), Jennifer Song, Sara-Maude Juneau (CAN)

70 - Feng Shanshan (CHN), Chella Choi (KOR), Kang Hae-Ji (KOR), Jenny Shin (KOR), Mo Martin, Ai Miyazato (JPN), Gerina Piller, Nicole Jeray

71 - Lindsey Wright (AUS), Karrie Webb (AUS), Heather Bowie Young, Christina Kim, Thidapa Suwannapura, (THA), Lee Mi-Hyang, Shin Jiyai (KOR), Paola Moreno (COL), Julieta Granada (PAR)

Rallying

Rally of Greece

Leg 1 Classification on Friday:

1. Evgeny Novikov (RUS) Ford 50:59.300

2. Daniel Sordo (ESP) Citroen +00:30.300

3. Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) Volkswagen 00:39.100

4. Thierry Neuville (BEL) Ford 00:51.100

5. Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR) Volkswagen 01:14.600

6. Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) Ford 01:32.900

7. Martin Prokop (CZE) Ford 02:34.300

8. Khalid Al Qassimi (UAE) Citroen 03:22.400

9. Mads Ostberg (NOR) Ford 03:30.100

10. Robert Kubica (POL) Citroen 04:17.300

Soccer

French Cup

Final at Paris' Stade de France on Friday:

Bordeaux 3 (Diabate 39, 89, Saivet 53) Evian 2 (Sagbo 51, Djadjedje 70)

International friendly

Result of friendly match between Italy and San Marino on Friday:

At Bologna, Italy

Italy 4 (Poli 28, Gilardino 34, Pirlo 47, Aquilani 79) San Marino 0

Tennis

French Open

Results on Friday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's 3rd rd

Tommy Robredo (ESP x32) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-2; Nicolas Almagro (ESP 11) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x20) 7-6 (1), 6-0, 6-4.; Kevin Anderson (RSA x23) bt Milos Raonic (CAN x14) 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-1, 7-5, 6-4; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x6) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA x25) 6-1, 6-2, 7-5; Viktor Troicki (SRB) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x10) 7-6 (12), 6-4, 7-5; Gilles Simon (FRA x15) bt Sam Querrey (USA x18) 2-6, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2; Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA x30) 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.

Men's 2nd rd

Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) bt Martin Klizan (SVK) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3; Tommy Haas (GER x12) bt Jack Sock (USA) 7-6 (3), 6-2, 7-5; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x29) bt Federico Del Bonis (ARG) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4; Jerzy Janowicz (POL x21) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-4, 7-5, 6-2; Richard Gasquet (FRA x7) bt Michal Przysiezny (POL) 6-3, 6-3, 6-0; John Isner (USA x19) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 5-7, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-1, 8-6; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x9) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x8) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 7-6 (3), 6-1, 3-6, 5-7, 8-6.

Women's 3rd rd

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM x26) 6-0, 6-2; Roberta Vinci (ITA x15) bt Petra Cetkovsk (CZE) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; Angelique Kerber (GER x8) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA x29) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x14) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA) 6-3, 6-2; Carla Surez (ESP x20) bt Mnica Puig (PUR) 6-4, 7-5; Sara Errani (ITA x5) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER x32) 6-0, 6-4; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 6-4, 7-6 (2); Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) 6-3, 6-4.

Women's 2nd rd

Stefanie Voegele (SUI) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 7-6 (6), 3-6, 8-6; Maria Kirilenko (RUS x12) bt Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 6-3, 6-1; Marion Bartoli (FRA x13) bt Mariana Duque (COL) 7-6 (5), 7-5; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x21) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Eugnie Bouchard (CAN) 6-2, 6-4.

(China Daily 06/02/2013 page7)