Baseball

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R

PITTSBURGH 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 x 5

St. Louis 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3

(Pittsburgh lead the best-of-five series 2-1)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R

LA DODGERS 0 4 2 4 0 0 0 3 x 13

Atlanta 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6

(LA Dodgers lead the best-of-five series by 2-1)

Golf

Presidents Cup

Results on Sunday from the Presidents Cup golf matches:

Overall score: United States 18 1/2 - Internationals 15 1/2

(United States wins Presidents Cup)

Singles results:

Jason Day (AUS) bt Brandt Snedeker (USA) 6 and 4

Hunter Mahan (USA) bt Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 3 and 2

Jason Dufner (USA) bt Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 4 and 3

Graham DeLaet (CAN) bt Jordan Spieth (USA) 1 up

Zach Johnson (USA) bt Branden Grace (RSA) 4 and 2

Adam Scott (AUS) bt Bill Haas (USA) 2 and 1

Ernie Els (RSA) bt Steve Stricker (USA) 1 up

Marc Leishman (AUS) bt Matt Kuchar (USA) 1 up

Charl Schwartzel (RSA) bt Keegan Bradley (USA) 2 and 1

Tiger Woods (USA) bt Richard Sterne (RSA) 1 up

Webb Simpson (USA) and Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) halved

Angel Cabrera (ARG) bt Phil Mickelson (USA) 1 up

Saturday-Sunday foursomes results

Jason Day (AUS)/Graham DeLaet (CAN) (Internationals) halved with Keegan Bradley/Phil Mickelson (USA)

Bill Haas/Steve Stricker (USA) bt Adam Scott (AUS)/Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) (Internationals) 4 and 3

Webb Simpson/Brandt Snedeker (USA) bt Louis Oosthuizen (RSA)/Charl Schwartzel (RSA) (Internationals) 1-up

Ernie Els (RSA)/Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) (Internationals) bt Tiger Woods/Matt Kuchar (USA) 1-up

Jason Dufner/Zach Johnson (USA) bt Richard Sterne (RSA)/Marc Leishman (AUS) (Internationals) 4 and 3

Seve Trophy

Final results from the fourth and final day of the eighth edition of the Seve Trophy at Saint-Nom-La-Breteche golf club, outside Paris.

Europe defeat Britain and Ireland 15-13

Jamie Donaldson (WAL) v Gonzalo Fernandez-Castro (ESP) match halved

Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) bt Joost Luiten (NED) 3 and 2

Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) bt Paul Casey (ENG) one hole

Gregory Bourdy (FRA) bt Scott Jamieson (SCO) 4 and 3

Marc Warren (SCO) bt Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 4 and 3

Matteo Manassero (ITA) bt Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 3 and 2

Paul Lawrie (SCO) bt Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 2 and 1

Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) bt David Lynn (ENG) 6 and 4

Francesco Molinari (ITA) bt Chris Wood (ENG) 3 and 2

Simon Khan (ENG) v Thomas Bjorn (DEN) match halved after Khan pulled out injured

Ice Hockey

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

CAROLINA 2 Philadelphia 1

Anaheim 3 WINNIPEG 2

Vancouver 5 CALGARY 4 (OT)

NFL

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

CINCINNATI 13 New England 6

GREEN BAY 22 Detroit 9

INDIANAPOLIS 34 Seattle 28

Baltimore 26 MIAMI 23

New Orleans 26 CHICAGO 18

Philadelphia 36 NY GIANTS 21

Kansas City 26 TENNESSEE 17

ST. LOUIS 34 Jacksonville 20

ARIZONA 22 Carolina 6

Denver 51 DALLAS 48

SAN FRANCISCO 34 Houston 3

OAKLAND 27 San Diego 17

Motor Sports

Rally of France

Final results from the Rally of France, the 11th in the 13-round world championship series, on Sunday:

1. Sebastien Ogier (FRA) Volkswagen Polo-R 2hr 53min 07.6sec, 2. Dani Sordo (ESP) Citroen DS3 at 12.2sec, 3. Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) VW Polo-R at 19.5, 4. Thierry Neuville(BEL) Ford Fiesta RS at 1:14.1, 5. Evgeny Novikov (RUS) Ford Fiesta RS 3:10.9, 6. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) Citroen DS3 3:37.7, 7. Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR) VW Polo R 4:04.2, 8. Mads Ostberg (NOR) Ford Fiesta RS 4:35.2, 9. Robert Kubica (POL) Citroen DS3 9:31.4, 10. Romain Dumas (FRA) Ford Fiesta RS 11:55.8, 11. Elfyn Evans (GBR) Ford Fiesta R5 13:35.3, 12. Lionel Baud(FRA) Ford Fiesta WRC 17:38.9, 13. Quentin Gilbert (FRA) Citroen DS3 19:43.6, 14. Sebastien Chardonnet (FRA) Citroen DS3 20:37.5, 15. Keith Cronin (IRL) Citroen DS3 22:16.2

World championship standings

Drivers

1. Sbastien Ogier (FRA) 238 pts, 2. Thierry Neuville (BEL) 143, 3. Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) 125, 4. Dani Sordo (ESP) 117, 5. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) 111, 6. Mads Ostberg (NOR) 81, 7. Sbastien Loeb (FRA) 68, 8. Evgeny Novikov (RUS) 57, 9. Martin Prokop (CZE) 49, 10. Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR) 40

Teams

1. Volkswagen Motorsport 339 pts, 2. Citron Abu Dhabi WRT 259, 3. Qatar WRT (Ford) 157, 4. Qatar M-Sport WRT (Ford) 156

Soccer

Argentine championship

Results of the Inicial matches on

Sunday:

Racing Club 0 Atletico Rafaela 1

River Plate 0 Boca Juniors 1

Played on Saturday

San Lorenzo 0 Tigre 0

Olimpo 1 Estudiantes 1

Quilmes 0 Newell's Old Boys 2

Belgian championship

Results on Sunday:

Ghent 1 Racing Genk 2

Anderlecht 0 Kortrijk 1

Zulte Waregem 1 Standard Liege 0

Brazilian championship

Results on Sunday:

Atletico Mineiro 0 Corinthians 0

Atletico Paranaense 2 Coritiba 1

Esporte Clube Bahia 1 Ponte Preta 1

Flamengo 1 Vasco da Gama 1

Goias 1 Criciuma 1

Internacional 1 Fluminense 0

Nautico 1 Cruzeiro 4

Portuguesa 3 Santos 0

Dutch league

Results on Sunday:

Ajax 3 Utrecht 0

Vitesse Arnhem 1 Feyenoord 2

Groningen 2 AZ Alkmaar 1

PSV Eindhoven 2 RKC Waalwijk 1

Den Haag v SC Heerenveen - postponed

English Premier League

Results on Sunday:

Norwich City 1 (Pilkington 68) Chelsea 3 (Oscar 4, Hazard 85, Willian 86)

Southampton 2 (Lallana 19, Rodriguez 83) Swansea City 0

Tottenham Hotspur 0 West Ham United 3 (Reid 66, Vaz Te 72, Morrison 79)

West Bromwich Albion 1 (Yacob 42) Arsenal 1 (Wilshere 63)

English Championship

Result on Sunday:

Wigan 2 Blackburn 1

French league

Results on Sunday:

Montpellier 5 (Montano 16, 68, Mounier 45, Cabella 59-pen, 66) Lyon 1 (Lacazette 47)

Bordeaux 4 (Saivet 21-pen, Jussie 38, Diabat 70, 89) Sochaux 1 (Contout 17)

Marseille 1 (A. Ayew 34-pen) Paris SG 2 (Maxwell 45, Ibrahimovic 66-pen)

German Bundesliga

Results on Sunday:

Nuremberg 0 Hamburg 5 (Van der Vaart 17, Lasogga 60, 63, 67, Arslan 74)

Freiburg 1 (Hoefler 85) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Guenter 64-og)

Italian Serie A

Results on Sunday:

Parma 3 (Palladino 32, Rosi 70, Cassano 76) Sassuolo 1 (Berardi 45+6-pen)

Bologna 1 (Diamanti 52-pen) Verona 4 (Cacciatore 22, Iturbe 29, Toni 56, Jorginho 93)

Catania 1 (Barrientos 59) Genoa 1 (Legrottaglie-og)

Napoli 4 (Pandev 3, Inler 26, Callejon 54, Hamsik 83) Livorno 0

Sampdoria 2 (Sansone 41, Eder 90+3-pen) Torino 2 (Immobile 66, Cerci 76-pen)

Udinese 2 (Danilo 33, Di Natale 53) Cagliari 0

Juventus 3 (Pirlo 16, Giovinco 69, Chiellini 75) Milan 2 (Muntari 1, 90)

Lazio 0 Fiorentina 0

Porguguese league

Results on Sunday:

Gil Vicente 2 (Santos Pereira 71, Vilela 81) Paos de Ferreira 1 (T. Valente 90)

Nacional 3 (Rondon 6, Djaniny 40, Candeias 88) Sporting Braga 0

Arouca 1 (Pintassilgo 90) FC Porto 3 (J. Martinez 12, 74, Quintero 90+2)

Estoril 1 (Balboa 73) Benfica 2 (Lima 10, Cardozo 71)

Spanish La Liga

Results on Sunday:

Atletico Madrid 2 (Diego Costa 42, 62) Celta Vigo 1 (Nolito 71)

Sevilla 2 (Gameiro 6, Rakitic 90+2) Almeria 1 (Rodri 23)

Getafe 3 (Pedro Leon 16, 22, Colunga 27) Real Betis 1 (Gomez-og 51)

Athletic Bilbao 1 (Mikel Rico 75) Valencia 1 (Banega 43-pen)

Tennis

Shanghai Masters

Results on Sunday:

1st round

Lukas Rosol (CZE) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Florian Mayer (GER) bt Wu Di (CHN) 6-3, 6-3; Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 5-2 (retd).

China Daily

(China Daily 10/08/2013 page23)