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Headlines (22 October) :
Mancini: We are closing the gap
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini believes his side
have gained considerable ground on rivals Manchester United this season.
Flower ponders England changes
England appear unlikely to alter their combative
methods against India, but may well change personnel for the final
two one-day internationals.
Wenger backs Giggs for Olympics
Arsene Wenger believes Manchester United ace Ryan
Giggs is the perfect player to lead GB's football challenge in next
summer's Olympic Games.
Darley against strike action
PJA chief chief executive Kevin Darley has attempted
to cool speculation over a possible riders' strike next week.
Donald's bid recedes in Florida
Justin Leonard, Bio Kim and Henrik Stenson piled the
pressure on Luke Donald as he continued his bid to win the PGA Tour
money list.
Weepu keeping a clear head
New Zealand scrum-half Piri Weepu says they must stay
relaxed ahead of Sunday's World Cup final against France.
Mas: Scrum dominance is key
Nicolas Mas says France must be equal to the fearsome
challenge posed by New Zealand's pack if they are to win Sunday's
World Cup final.
Hammers consider Diouf move
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has confirmed he is
considering signing El-Hadji Diouf after inviting the forward for a trial.
Chittagong rain wipes out play
No play was possible on day two of the first Test
between Bangladesh and West Indies because of heavy overnight rain.
There's work to do - Morley
Adrian Morley believes England still have plenty of
work to do if they are to be competitive in the Gillette Four Nations Series. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 21 October 2011
FOOTBALL
npower Division Two
Accrington Stanley 0 Cheltenham 1
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup 3rd/4th Place Play-off
Wales (3) 18 Australia (7) 21
RUGBY LEAGUE
International Match
France (6) 18 England (20) 32
GOLF
Castello Masters Collated second-round scores and
totals, Costa Azahar, Club de Campo del Mediterraneo, Castellon,
Valencia, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71)
130 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 67 63 132 Alexander Noren
(Swe) 69 63 134 Gary Orr 67 67, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 70 64, Ross
McGowan 64 70 135 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 69 66, Anthony Wall 67 68,
Richard McEvoy 66 69, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 69 66 136 Carlos Del
Moral (Spa) 70 66, Richie Ramsay 72 64, Matt Haines 70 66, Marcel
Siem (Ger) 68 68, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 67 69
Sanya Ladies Open Collated first-round scores, Yalong
Bay Golf Club, Sanya, China(Chn unless stated, par 72):
67 Pan Yan Hong 68 Frances Bondad (Aus), Patcharajutar
Kongkraphan (Tha), Yang Hong Mei 69 Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa), Zhang Yu
Yang, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa), Vikki Laing (Sco) 70 Laura Davies (Eng),
Stefanie Michl (Aut), Christine Song (USA), Nontaya Srisawang (Tha),
Mika Ikemura (Jpn), Jenni Kuosa (Fin), Stacey Keating (Aus), Tania
Elosegui (Spa), Kylie Walker (Sco), Minea Blomqvist (Fin)
TENNIS
WTA Kremlin Cup Semi-finals:
(8) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus)
6-0 6-2
Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-7 (4-7)
6-4 6-3
ATP Kremlin Cup
Men's Quarter-finals:
Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-4 6-3
(4) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Michael Berrer (Ger)
6-3 6-2
(2) Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt (5) Alex Bogomolov Jr.
(USA) 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (1-7) 7-6 (7-1)
(1) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt (6) Dmitry Tursunov
(Rus) 6-4 6-2
WTA Paribas Luxembourg Open
Quarter-finals:
Monica Niculescu (Rom) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 6-4 6-4
Anne Keothavong (Gbr) bt Bibiane Schoofs (Ned) 6-3 6-2
(1) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze)
6-3 6-2
(6) Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Anastasija Sevastova (Lat)
5-2 ret
Add Quarter-final: (6) Julia Goerges (Ger) bt
Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 5-2 ret
SKIING
American Lindsey Vonn won the season-opening World Cup
giant slalom at Soelden to become only the fifth female skier to win
a race in all five disciplines. Her combined time for her two runs
was two minutes 24.43 seconds as the three-time overall champion made
the perfect start to the new campaign. |
