Aquatics

World championship

Results on Sunday (finals only):

Men

50m backstroke:

1. Camille Lacourt (FRA) 24.42

2. Jeremy Stravius (FRA) 24.54

2. Matt Grevers (USA) 24.54

4. Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (ESP) 24.58; 5. Sun Xiaolei (CHN) 24.76; 6. Daniel Orzechowski (BRA) 24.87; 7. Guy Marcos Barnea (ISR) 25.14; 8. Jonatan Josef Kopelev (ISR) 25.19

400m individual relay:

1. Daiya Seto (JPN) 4:08.69

2. Chase Kalisz (USA) 4:09.22

3. Thiago Pereira (BRA) 4:09.48

4. Tyler Clary (USA) 4:10.39; 5. Kosuke Hagino (JPN) 4:10.77; 6. David Verraszto (HUN) 4:13.68; 7. Daniel Wallace (GBR) 4:13.72; 8. Thomas Fraser-Holmes (AUS) 4:17.46

1500m freestyle:

1. Sun Yang (CHN) 14:41.15

2. Ryan Cochrane (CAN) 14:42.48

3. Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) 14:45.37

4. Connor Jaeger (USA) 14:47.96; 5. Michael McBroom (USA) 14:53.95;

6. Jordan Harrison (AUS) 15:00.44; 7. Pal Joensen (FRO) 15:03.10; 8. Daniel Fogg (GBR) 15:05.92

4x100m medley relay:

1. France 3:31.51

(C. Lacourt, G. Perez-Dortona, J. Stravius, F. Gilot)

2. Australia 3:31.64

(A. Delaney, C. Sprenger, T. D'Orsogna, J. Magnussen)

3. Japan 3:32.26

(R. Irie, K. Kitajima, T. Fujii, S. Shioura)

4. Russia 3:32.74; 5. Germany 3:33.97; 6. Italy 3:34.06; 7. Hungary 3:34.09

. USA - DSQ

Women

50m breaststroke:

1. Yuliya Efimova (RUS) 29.52

2. Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) 29.59

3. Jessica Hardy (USA) 29.80

4. Breeja Larson (USA) 29.95; 5. Jennie Johansson (SWE) 30.23; 6. Rikke Moller Pedersen (DEN) 30.72; 7. Moniek Nijhuis (NED) 31.31

. Petra Chocova (CZE) - DSQ

50m freestyle:

1. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 24.05

2. Cate Campbell (AUS) 24.14

3. Francesca Halsall (GBR) 24.30

4. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) 24.45; 5. Bronte Campbell (AUS) 24.66; 5. Jeanette Ottesen Gray (DEN) 24.66; 7. Simone Manuel (USA) 24.80; 8. Dorothea Brandt (GER) 24.81

400m individual medley:

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 4:30.41

2. Mireia Belmonte Garcia (ESP) 4:31.21

3. Elizabeth Beisel (USA) 4:31.69

4. Madeline Dirado (USA) 4:32.70; 5. Hannah Miley (GBR) 4:34.16; 6. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) 4:34.50; 7. Ye Shiwen (CHN) 4:38.51; 8. Miyu Otsuka (JPN) 4:39.21.

4x100m medley relay:

1. USA 3:53.23

(M. Franklin, J. Hardy, D. Vollmer, M. Romano)

2. Australia 3:55.22

(E. Seebohm, S. Foster, A. Coutts, C. Campbell)

3. Russia 3:56.47

(D. Ustinova, Y. Efimova, S. Chimrova, V. Popova)

4. China 3:57.30; 5. Japan 3:58.06; 6. Britain 3:58.67; 7. Canada 4:00.19; 8. Germany 4:01.81

Baseball

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

DETROIT 3 Chicago White Sox 2 (12 innings)

St. Louis 15 CINCINNATI 2

Kansas City 6 NY METS 2

Cleveland 2 MIAMI 0

Seattle 3 BALTIMORE 2

BOSTON 4 Arizona 0

PITTSBURGH 5 Colorado 1

TAMPA BAY 4 San Francisco 3

MILWAUKEE 8 Washington 5

MINNESOTA 3 Houston 2

LA Dodgers 1 CHICAGO CUBS 0

Toronto 6 LA ANGELS 5

Texas 4 OAKLAND 0

SAN DIEGO 6 NY Yankees 3

Atlanta 4 PHILADELPHIA 1

Cricket

Ashes third Test

Scoreboard at the close of the fourth day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Australia first innings 527 for seven declared (C.Rogers 84, M.Clarke 187, S.Smith 89, B.Haddin 65 not out, M.Starc 66 not out; G.Swann 5-159)

England first innings (overnight 294 for seven)

A.Cook c Haddin b Starc 62

J.Root c Haddin b Siddle 8

T.Bresnan c Haddin b Siddle 1

J.Trott c Clarke B Harris 5

K.Pietersen lbw b Starc 113

I.Bell b Harris 60

J.Bairstow c Watson b Starc 22

M.Prior c Warner b Siddle 30

S.Broad c Haddin b Lyon 32

G.Swann c Haddin b Siddle 11

J.Anderson not out 3

Extras (b-3 lb-17 nb-1) 21

Total (all out, 139.3 overs) 368

Fall of wickets: 1-47 2-49 3-64 4-110 5-225 6-227 7-280 8-339 9-353 10-368.

Bowling: Harris 31-9-82-2, Starc 27-5-76-3 (1nb), Lyon 35-12-95-1, Watson 15-7-26-0, Siddle 29.3-7-63-4, Smith 2-0-6-0.

Australia second innings

C.Rogers c Priot b Broad 12

D.Warner c Root b Brenan 41

U.Khawaja b Swann 24

S.Watson c Pietersen b Bresnan 18

M.Clarke not out 30

S.Smith run out 19

B.Haddin c Broad b Anderson 8

M.Starc c Swann b Anderson 11

R.Harris not out 0

Extras (b-4 lb-2 w-3) 9

Total (for seven wickets, 36 overs) 172

Fall of wickets: 1-23 2-74 3-99 4-103 5-133 6-152 7-172.

Bowling: Anderson 8-0-37-2 (1w), Broad 7-2-30-1, Swann 15-0-74-1, Bresnan 6-0-25-2 (2w).

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Golf

PGA WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Leading final-round scores on Sunday in the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational (USA unless noted, par-70):

265 - Tiger Woods 66-61-68-70

272 - Keegan Bradley 66-68-71-67, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 65-70-67-70

274 - Zach Johnson 69-70-68-67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 71-69-65-69, Jason Dufner 67-69-67-71

275 - Bill Haas 67-68-69-71, Chris Wood (ENG) 66-68-70-71

276 - Martin Kaymer (GER) 74-67-69-66, Jim Furyk 67-69-72-68, Richard Sterne (RSA) 70-68-70-68, Luke Donald (ENG) 67-69-68-72

277 - Steve Stricker 71-67-70-69

278 - Webb Simpson 64-75-73-66, Harris English 70-68-72-68, Adam Scott (AUS) 73-68-66-71

279 - Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 70-69-71-69, Justin Rose 69-72-69-69

280 - Ian Poulter (ENG) 69-72-69-70, John Merrick 72-66-70-72

281 - Michael Thompson 72-71-70-68, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 74-74-64-69, Bo Van Pelt 71-73-68-69, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 72-68-70-71, Phil Mickelson 72-71-67-71, Rickie Fowler 67-71-70-73

282 - Russell Henley 72-69-75-66, Paul Casey (ENG) 70-70-73-69, Paul Lawrie (SCO) 69-72-71-70, Matt Kuchar 72-71-69-70, Rory McIlroy (NIR) 70-71-69-72, Bubba Watson 67-69-72-74

Women's British Open

Leading scores after the weather-delayed third round at the women's British Open at St andrews on Sunday (par 72):

207 - Morgan Pressel (USA) 66 70 71

208 - Stacy Lewis (USA) 67 72 69

209 - Park Hee-young (KOR) 70 69 70, Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 70 67 72, Miki Saiki (JPN) 69 66 74, Choi Na-yeon 67 67 75

210 - Catriona Matthew (GBR) 68 74 68, Lee Mee-na (KOR) 71 69 70

211 - Mamiko Higa (JPN) 70 69 72

212 - Paula Creamer (USA) 68 72 72, Dori Carter (USA) 68 72 72, Lizette Salas (USA) 68 72 72, Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 69 70 73

213 - Ayako Uehara (JPN) 69 74 70, Lee-Anne Pace (RSA) 70 71 72, Lin Xiyu (CHN) 72 68 73, Ryann O'Toole (USA) 67 73 73, Mikaela Parmlid (SWE) 69 69 75, Nicole Castrale (USA) 70 67 76

214 - Ji Eun-hee (KOR) 67 75 72, Yoo Sun-young (KOR) 71 71 72, Mariajo Uribe 69 73 72, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 68 73 73, Shin Jenny (KOR) 69 71 74, Lee Jee-young (KOR) 70 67 77

215 - Candie Kung (TPE) 72 70 73, Angela Stanford (USA) 69 70 76

216 - Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 70 74 72, Park In-bee (KOR) 69 73 74, Jessica Korda (USA) 72 71 73

Tennis

ATP and WTA Washington Open

Results on Sunday (x denotes seed):

Men's final

Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x1) bt John Isner (USA x8) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

Women's final

Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK x7) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 6-4, 7-6 (2)

WTA Carlsbad Open

Result of the final on Sunday:

Samantha Stosur (AUS x5) bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) 6-2, 6-3.

(China Daily 08/06/2013 page23)