Athletics

Rome Diamond League

Select results from the Rome Diamond League meeting on Thursday:

MEN

100m:

1. Justin Gatlin (USA) 9.94

2. Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.95

3. Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) 10.02

400m:

1. LaShawn Merritt (USA) 44.96

2. Youssef Al-Masrahi (KSA) 45.24

3. Joshua Mance (USA) 45.26

800m:

1. Mohammed Aman (ETH) 1:43.61

2. Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (FRA) 1:43.91

3. Andre Olivier (RSA) 1:44.37

5000m:

1. Yenew Alamirew (ETH) 12:54.95

2. Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) 12:55.73

3. Isiah Kiplangat Koech (KEN) 12:58.85

110m hurdles:

1. Sergey Shubenkov (RUS) 13.20

2. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA) 13.31

3. Balzs Baji (HUN) 13.44

400m hurdles:

1. Johnny Dutch (USA) 48.31

2. Javier Culson (PUR) 48.36

3. Mamadou Kasse Hane (SEN) 48.56

Triple jump:

1. Christian Taylor (USA) 17.08m

2. Daniele Greco (ITA) 17.04

3. Teddy Tamgho (FRA) 17.01

Polevault:

1. Raphael Holzdeppe (GER) 5.91m

2. Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.86

3. Malte Mohr (GER) 5.86

Shot:

1. David Storl (GER) 20.70m

2. Cory Martin (USA) 20.54

3. Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 20.29

WOMEN

200m:

1. Murielle Ahoure (CIV) 22.36

2. Allyson Felix (USA) 22.64

3. Ivet Lalova (BUL) 22.78

400m:

1. Amantle Montsho (BOT) 49.87

2. Francena McCorory (USA) 50.05

3. Natasha Hastings (USA) 50.53

1500m:

1. Abeba Arigawi (SWE) 4:00.23

2. Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 4:01.62

3. Jennifer Barringer (USA) 4:02.30

100m hurdles:

1. Dawn Harper (USA) 12.65

2. Lolo Jones (USA) 12.70

3. Virginia Powell (USA) 12.90

3000m steeple:

1. Milkah Chenos (KEN) 9:16.14

2. Ludia Chepkurui (KEN) 9:18.10

3. Sofia Assefa (ETH) 9:21.24

High jump:

1= Anna Chicherova (RUS) 1.98m

1= Svetlana Shkolina (RUS) 1.98

3. Blanka Vlasic (CRO) 1.95

Long jump:

1. Brittney Reese (USA) 6.99m

2. Janay DeLoach (USA) 6.97

3. Shara Proctor (GBR) 6.91

Discus:

1. Sandra Perkovic (CRO) 68.25m

2. Yarelis Barrios (CUB) 64.41

3. Zinaida Sendriute (LTU) 62.85

Javelin:

1. Christina Obergfoll (GER) 66.45m

2. Maria Abakumova (RUS) 64.03

3. Sunette Viljoen (RSA) 63.49

Baseball

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

DETROIT 5 Tampa Bay 2

Baltimore 3 HOUSTON 1

BOSTON 6 Texas 3

ST. LOUIS 12 Arizona 8

Oakland 5 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4 (10 innings)

KANSAS CITY 7 Minnesota 3

Philadelphia 5 MILWAUKEE 1

San Diego 6 COLORADO 5 (12 innings)

LA DODGERS 5 Atlanta 0

NY Yankees 6 SEATTLE 1

NY Mets at WASHINGTON, ppd

NBA

Result from the NBA Finals match between Miami and San Antonio on Thursday (home team in CAPS)

1 2 3 4 T

San Antonio 23 26 20 23 92

MIAMI 24 28 20 16 88

(San Antonio leads best-of-seven series 1-0)

Ice Hockey

NHL playoffs

Result from the NHL playoffs finals game on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

1 2 3 T

Chicago 1 1 1 3

LOS ANGELES 1 1 0 2

(Chicago leads best-of-seven series 3-1)

Golf

PGA St Jude Classic

MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Leading first-round scores on Thursday in the $5.7 million US PGA Tour St. Jude Classic (USA unless noted, par-70):

66 - Nathan Green (AUS), Martin Flores, Davis Love, Stuart Appleby (AUS), Glen Day, Harris English

67 - Nicholas Thompson, Scott Stallings, David Toms, Jason Bohn, Dustin Johnson, Peter Hanson (SWE), Tim Petrovic, John Rollins, Justin Hicks, Paul Haley, Shawn Stefani

68 - Bob Estes, Roberto Castro, Boo Weekley, Russell Henley, Billy Mayfair, Nick O'Hern (AUS), Eric Meierdierks, Brad Fritsch (CAN), Joe Affrunti

EPGA Lyoness Open

VIENNA - Leading first round scores in the European Tour Lyoness Open at Atzenbrugg (GBR and IRL unless stated, par 72):

63 - Tom Lewis

65 - Joost Luiten (NED)

66 - Richard McEvoy, Simon Dyson, Alexander Levy (FRA), Graeme Storm

67 - Andy Sullivan, Paul Waring, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP), Matthias Schwab (AUT), Liang Wenchong (CHN)

68 - Jason Barnes, Steve Webster, Shiv Kapur (IND), Daniel Brooks, Luke Goddard, Callum Macaulay, Romain Wattel (FRA), Bernd Wiesberger (AUT)

69 - Damien McGrane, Magnus A Carlsson (SWE), Mark Tullo (CHI), Matthew Nixon, Andrew Dodt (AUS), Chris Paisley, Moritz Lampert (GER), Joachim B Hansen (DEN), Eduardo De La Riva (ESP), Ignacio Garrido (ESP), Sam Little

Tennis

French Open

Results on Thursday (x-denotes seedings):

Women semifinals

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Sara Errani (ITA x5) 6-0, 6-1; Maria Sharapova (RUS x1) bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR x3) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.

Mixed doubles final

Lucie Hradecka/Frantisek Cermak (CZE/CZE) bt Kristina Mladenovic/Daniel Nestor (FRA/CAN x5) 1-6, 6-4, 10-6

Men's doubles semifinals

Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA/USA x1) bt Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares (AUT/BRA x7) 6-1, 6-4; Michael Llodra/Nicolas Mahut (FRA/FRA) bt Pablo Cuevas/Horacio Zeballos (URU/ARG) 7-6 (7/4), 6-2.

China Daily

(China Daily 06/08/2013 page23)