May 13.2C 2009 .28Wednesday.29 May 2009 in sports

1 may 13, 2009 (wednesday)

1.1 badminton
1.2 basketball
1.3 cycling
1.4 football (soccer)
1.5 ice hockey

may 13, 2009 (wednesday)
badminton

sudirman cup in guangzhou, china: (teams in bold advance semifinnals; teams in strike play in relegation playoff)

group 1a:

south korea  3–2  hong kong

korea play against loser of china vs. indonesia match in semifinals on may 16.




group 1b:

england  4–1  japan

japan , hong kong meet on may 15, losing team relegating group 2 in 2011 sudirman cup.







basketball

nba playoffs (seeding in parentheses):

western conference semifinals:

game 5 in denver: (2) denver nuggets 124, (6) dallas mavericks 110. nuggets win series 4–1.




asia champions cup in jakarta, indonesia:

group a:

mahram 98–87 smart gilas
sangmu 86–97 al-riyadi


group b:

al-arabi 88–63 young cagers
zain 84–65 al-wasl





cycling

giro d italia:

stage 5: (1) denis menchov (rabobank) 3h 15 24 (2) danilo di luca (l.p.r. brakes-farnese vini) + 2 (3) thomas lövkvist (team columbia-high road) + 5

general classification: (1) di luca 16h 20 44 (2) lövkvist + 5 (3) michael rogers (team columbia-high road) + 36





football (soccer)

copa libertadores round of 16, second leg: (first leg score in parentheses)

grêmio 2–0 (3–1) universidad san martín. grêmio win 5–1 on aggregate.


european domestic (national) competitions: (listed in countries alphabetic order)

croatian cup final, first leg:

dinamo zagreb 3–0 hajduk split


english premier league:

wigan athletic 1–2 manchester united

united s win, michael carrick s goal in 86th minute, put them on brink of championship, 86 points, 6 ahead of liverpool. 2 losses united , 2 wins liverpool deny them title.




french ligue 1, matchday 35 of 38:

nice 0–2 marseille
valenciennes 1–2 bordeaux

marseille , bordeaux levelled @ top on 71 points, 3 matches remaining.




german bundesliga, matchday 32 of 34:

schalke 04 1–2 stuttgart

stuttgart 2 points top in 4th place.




italian cup final in rome:

lazio 1–1 (et) sampdoria. lazio win 6–5 in penalty shootout.

lazio win cup fifth time.




scottish premier league, matchday 36 of 38:

hibernian 1–1 rangers

rangers , celtic levelled on 80 points @ top.




spanish cup final in valencia:

athletic bilbao 1–4 barcelona

barça win cup record 25th time, after break of 11 years, , captures first leg of potential treble.




turkish cup final in İzmir:

fenerbahçe 2–4 beşiktaş

beşiktaş win cup 8th time in history, , 3rd time in 4 years.







ice hockey

stanley cup playoffs: (seeding in parentheses)

eastern conference semifinals:

game 7 in washington: (4) pittsburgh penguins 6, (2) washington capitals 2. penguins win series 4–3.