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Headlines (12 September) :
Triesman: Regulations are inadequate
Football Association chairman Lord Triesman has
branded regulations governing football finance as
"inadequate".
Capello: Fans may not be convinced
Fabio Capello is unsure whether England's demolition
of Croatia in their World Cup qualifier will be sufficient to win
back the belief of the supporters.
Fowler signs short-term Rovers deal
Blackburn manager Paul Ince has confirmed Robbie
Fowler has signed a three-month performance-related contract.
Zola has confidence in his own ability
Gianfranco Zola on Thursday night pledged to liberate
West Ham's players by putting the smiles back on their faces.
Clarke hands in resignation
Chelsea have confirmed that assistant manager Steve
Clarke has handed in his resignation.
Rain hits Monza
Torrential rain battered the historic Monza circuit to
virtually wash out first practice for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.
Storey strikes gold
Former swimmer Sarah Storey won her second gold of the
Paralympics and Great Britain's 30th gold medal of the Games as the
cycling team's dominance spilled out from the velodrome onto the road
in Beijing.
Karlsson eases back into Cup form
Robert Karlsson gave Ryder Cup captain Nick Faldo some
welcome good news with a first-round 67, five under par, in the
Mercedes-Benz Championship in Cologne.
Wilkinson back for Newcastle
Jonny Wilkinson will make his return from shoulder
surgery in Newcastle's Guinness Premiership clash against Northampton
on Sunday.
Symonds left out of India tour
Andrew Symonds has been left out of the 15-man
Australia squad for the four-Test tour of India. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 11 September 2008
FOOTBALL
Blue Square Premier
Lewes 0 Rushden & D'monds 4
CRICKET
LV County Championship - Division One at Taunton
Somerset 224 all out 70.5 ovs Durham 303 - 6 109 ovs
LV County Championship - Division One at The Brit Oval
Surrey 210 all out 69 ovs 0 - 0 2 ovs Hampshire 480 - 8
dec 135 ovs Surrey are 270 runs behind
LV County Championship - Division Two at The SWALEC
Stadium
Glamorgan Worcestershire Start delayed, inspection at
1pm
LV County Championship - Division Two at Grace Road
Leicestershire 169 - 4 dec 49 ovs 3 - 2 4.1 ovs
Gloucestershire 281 all out 92 ovs 198 - 4 dec 20.1 ovs
Leicestershire need 308 more runs to win.
LV County Championship - Division Two at Northampton
Northamptonshire 304 all out 71.1 ovs 226 - 1 21.1 ovs
Essex 256 - 2 dec 81 ovs Northamptonshire are leading by 274 runs.
GOLF
Mercedes-Benz Championship Collated first-round scores
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
66 Richard Finch, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 67
Robert Karlsson (Swe) 68 Ross Fisher 69 Peter Hanson (Swe), James
Kingston (Rsa) 70 Bernhard Langer (Ger), Damien McGrane, Paul Lawrie,
Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Richard Sterne (Rsa) 71 Francesco Molinari
(Ita), Michael Campbell (Nzl), Phillip Price, Maarten Lafeber (Ned),
David Frost (Rsa), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Felipe Aguilar (Chi),
Alexander Noren (Swe), Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 72 Graeme McDowell,
Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Marcel Siem (Ger), Peter Lawrie, Mads
Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Marc Warren, Sven Struver (Ger), Miguel Angel
Jimenez (Spa), David Dixon, Richard Green (Aus), Markus Brier (Aut)
TENNIS
ATP BCR Open Romania 2nd rd:
(8) Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt Martin Vassalo Arguello
(Arg) 6-4 7-5 Ivan Navarro Pastor (Spa) bt Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) 6-3
1-0 ret (1) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Victor Crivoi (Rom) 6-3 6-2
Teimuraz Gabashvili (Rus) bt Adrian Cruciat (Rou) 6-1 6-2
WTA Commonwealth Bank Classic 2nd rd:
Yung-Jan Chan (Tpe) bt (6) Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-1 7-5
(3) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) 6-3 7-5 (4)
Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 6-1 6-1 Tamira Paszek
(Aut) bt (7) Sara Errani (Ita) 6-0 7-6 (7-2)
PARALYMPICS
Sam Hynd struck gold
as Great Britain won their fourth Paralympic Games title of the day
at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.
Rachel Morris, David Stone and
Sarah Storey all triumphed as the
dominance of Britain's cyclists spilled out from the velodrome to the
track before Hynd won the first final of the evening at the Water Cube.
Moments after Hynd's triumph, Britain's boccia team
won gold at the China National Convention Center Fencing Hall. Nigel
Murray, Dan Bentley, Zoe Robinson and David Smith outplayed
Portugal in the boules-like sport for wheelchair users with cerebral
palsy or related neurological conditions to triumph 8-4. Earlier,
Shelly Woods erased the disappointment of handing back a silver medal
to win bronze in women's T54 5,000m. |
