Bowling

AMF Bowling World Cup

Men fourth round 1. Wayne Greenall, England, 4740, 237. 2. Kai Guenther, Germany, 4729, 236.4. 3. Paul Trotter, Australia, 4665, 233.2. 4. Remy Ong, Singapore, 4662, 233.1. 5. Christian Jen Suoroz, Philippines, 4594, 229.7. 6. Ahmed Shaheen, Qatar, 4565, 228.2. 7. Andrew Cain, United States, 4559, 227.9. 8. Mika Luolo, Finland, 4436, 221.9. 9. Talel Towereb, Saudi Arabia, 4432, 221.6. 10. Anders Ohman, Sweden, 4421, 221. 11. Gary Verbruggen, Belgium, 4415, 220.75. 12. Masahiro Hibi, Japan, 4408, 220.4. 13. Amedeo Spada, Italy, 4403, 220.15. 14. Pedro Diaz, Venezuela, 4396, 219.9. 15. Michael Sassen, Netherlands, 4346, 217.3. 16. Alan Gibbons, Ireland, 4343, 217.1. 16. Eduardo Figueroa, Mexico, 4343, 217.1. 18. Shaker Ali Al Hassan, United Arab Emirates, 4341, 217. 19. Garsten Gjersten, Denmark, 4307, 216.35. 20. Francisco Zelaya, El Salvador, 4281, 214.

Women fourth round 1. Shannon Pluhowsky USA, 4700, 235. 2. Pascale Moynot France, 4391, 219.5. 3. Teresa Piccini, Mexico, 4304, 215.2. 4. Nikki Harvey, England, 4279, 213.9. 5. Amanda Bradley, Australia, 4252, 212.6. 5. Mari Kimura, Japan, 4252, 212.6. 7. Wendy Chai, Malaysia, 4245, 212.3. 8. Sara Vargas, Colombia, 4213, 210.7. 9. Melody Yeung, Hong Kong, 4133, 206.7. 10. Josephine L. Canare, Philippines, 4107, 205.4. 11. Raffaella Fusco, Italy, 4105, 205.3. 12. Tracey Aubert, Jersey, 4095, 205.1. 13. Ivonne Altmuller, Austria, 4092, 204.8. 14. Sue Abela, Malta, 4085, 204.3. 15. Diane Buchanan, Canada, 4025, 201.3. 16. Laura Rhoney, Scotland, 4019, 201. 17. Heidi Larnia, Finland, 3966, 198.3. 18. Belinda Tan, New Zealand, 3965, 198.3. 19. Happy Ari Dewanti Soediyono, Indonesia, 3962, 198.1. 20. Aida Granillo, El Salvador, 3957, 197.8. 20. Suphapom Chuanprasertkit, Thailand, 3957, 197.8.

NHL

Wednesday's games (home team in bold)

Washington 2 NY Rangers 1 Ottawa 4 Carolina 1 Tampa Bay 2 Columbus 2 New Jersey 2 Atlanta 1 Los Angeles 3 Detroit 3 Florida 4 Toronto 1

Sailing

America's Cup challengers

Round robin two of the Louis Vuitton Cup Victory Challenge (Swe) bt Le Defi Areva (Fra) by one minute, 19 seconds Alinghi (Swi) bt OneWorld (USA) by 27 seconds Oracle BMW Racing (USA) bt Mascalzone Latino (Ita) by two minutes, 40 seconds Prada (Ita) bt Team Dennis Conner (USA) by 41 seconds GBR Challenge (Gbr): bye

Standings Alinghi 9 OneWorld 8 Oracle 6 Prada 6 GBR Challenge 5 Victory Challenge 4 Team Dennis Conner 4 Mascalzone Latino 1 Le Defi 0

Tennis US$1 million Swiss Indoors ATP tour (x denotes seed)

First round James Blake (USA) bt David Ferrer (Spa) 6-3, 7-5 Tim Henman (Gbr x1) bt Cedric Pioline (Fra) 6-1, 6-4 Roger Federer (Swi x3) bt Martin Verkerk (Ned) 6-3, 6-3 Andy Roddick (USA x5) bt Xavier Malisse (Bel) 6-4, 6-3 Nicolas Escude (Fra) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 7-6 (7-5) retired Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa x2) bt Marc Rosset (Swi) 7-6 (13-11), 7- 6 (7-4) Adrian Voinea (Rom) bt Albert Costa (Spa x4) 6-3, 6-3

US$1 million St Petersburg ATP Open

First round Andre Agassi (USA x1) bt Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-3, 6-4 Sebastien Grosjean (Fra x3) bt Sargis Sargasian (Arm) 6-4, 6-4 Max Miryni (Blr x8) bt Jan Vacek (Cze) 6-3, 6-4

Second round Gaston Gaudio (Arg x7) bt Andrei Stoliarov (Rus) 7-5, 6-1 Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Guillermo Coria (Arg) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Andrei Pavel (Rom x9) bt Tuomas Ketola (Fin) 6-2, 6-4

US$650,000 Stockholm Open ATP tour

Second round Raemon Sluiter (Ned) bt Lleyton Hewitt (Aus x1) 6-3 6-3

First round Taylor Dent (USA) bt Sjeng Schalken (Ned x2) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha x7) bt Robin Soderling (Swe) 6-2, 6-1 Hicham Arazi (Mor) bt Magnus Norman (Swe) 6-2, 6-2 Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg x5) 6-1, 6-3 Joachim Johansson (Swe) bt Albert Portas (Spa) 6-3, 6-3 Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Thomas Johansson (Swe x4) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

US$585,000 Generali Ladies Linz WTA tour

First round Jill Craybas (USA) bt Daniela Kix (Aut) 6-2, 3-0 (retired) Tatiana Panova (Rus) bt Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Rus) 6-4, 6-1 Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian (Swi) bt Anca Barna (Ger) 6-4, 6-3

Second round Anna Smashnova (Isr x8) bt Elena Dementieva (Rus) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Jennifer Capriati (USA x1) bt Paola Suarez (Arg) 6-4, 6-4

US$225,000 Luxembourg Open WTA tour Second round Kim Clijsters (Bel x1) bt Magui Serna (Spa) 6-3, 6-1 Tina Pisnik (Slo) bt Lisa Raymond (USA x5) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 Magdalena Maleeva (Bul x2) bt Claudine Schaul (Lux) 6-3, 7-5

First round Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt Nathalie Dechy (Fra x4) 1-6, 6-4 (retired) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Rita Grande (Ita) 6-2, 6-3 Janette Husarova (Svk x8) bt Emilie Loit (Fra) 6-3, 6-1 Elena Bovina (Rus x7) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Swi) 7-6 (7-5), 6- 1