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Headlines (24 October) :
Mancini plays down title hopes
Roberto Mancini does not accept Manchester City have
become clear title favourites despite Sunday's thrashing of
Manchester United.
Wenger has empathy for Fergie
Arsene Wenger knows exactly how Sir Alex Ferguson is
feeling after Manchester United were thumped 6-1 by neighbours City.
AVB 'disappointed' with ref Foy
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas hit out at referee
Chris Foy after seeing two of his players sent off in a 1-0 defeat to QPR.
Terry denies making racist slur
John Terry has categorically denied making a racist
slur against Anton Ferdinand during Chelsea's west London derby
defeat at QPR.
Dagg proud of World Cup success
Israel Dagg has revealed New Zealand's sense of
"great relief" at ending a 24-year wait to be crowned world champions.
Rossi pays tribute to Simoncelli
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has paid tribute to his
good friend Marco Simoncelli, who lost his life in a crash at the
Malaysian GP on Sunday.
Cook wants to get balance right
Alastair Cook knows his team have lacked grace as well
as a cutting edge on their way to four successive one-day defeats
against India.
US book ticket for WC 2013
The United States will contest the Rugby League World
Cup for the first time in 2013 after defeating Jamaica 40-4 in Philadelphia.
Sergio needs surge to continue
Sergio Garcia is finally back as a winner in golf -
but he needs to do it again this Sunday if he is to play in next
week's world championship.
Donald's double delight
Luke Donald revelled in one of the best wins of his
career on Sunday after mounting a final-day surge to clinch the PGA
Tour money list title. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 23 October 2011
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal 3 Stoke 1 Blackburn 1 Tottenham 2 Fulham 1
Everton 3 Man Utd 1 Man City 6 QPR 1 Chelsea 0
Scottish Premier
Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1 Hearts 0 Rangers 2
npower Championship
Bristol City 0 Birmingham 2
The Scottish Cup Second Round
East Stirling 1 Buckie Thistle 1
CRICKET
Bangladesh v West Indies Test Series : First Test at
Chittagong
Bangladesh 350 - 9 dec 122.4 ovs West Indies 57 - 3
22.4 ovs In Progress
India v England Gymkhana Ground, Mumbai One Day Int
Fourth Match
India beat England by 6 wickets.
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup Final
France (0) 7 New Zealand (5) 8
LV= Cup Group Games
Cardiff Blues (3) 3 Scarlets (15) 30 London Irish (16)
39 Newcastle (8) 23 Saracens (17) 43 Exeter (10) 20
GOLF
Castello Masters Final collated scores and totals,
Costa Azahar, Club de Campo del Mediterraneo, Castellon, Valencia,
Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71)
257 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 67 63 64 63 268 Gonzalo
Fdez-Castano (Spa) 69 66 69 64 269 Richie Ramsay 72 64 68 65,
Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 63 73 64 270 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 68 69 70 63
272 George Coetzee (Rsa) 67 70 69 66 273 Marcel Siem (Ger) 68 68 70 67
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic Collated
final round scores and totals, Disney's Magnolia Golf Course, Buena
Vista, Florida, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
271 Luke Donald (Eng)
66 71 70 64 273 Justin Leonard 69 63 70 71 274 Sung-hoon Kang (Kor)
68 71 67 68, Kevin Chappell 70 66 66 72, Tom Pernice Jnr. 68 69 68 69
275 John Rollins 71 67 70 67, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 72 68 66 69,
Billy Mayfair 68 70 67 70, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 68 66 70 71, Webb
Simpson 68 69 69 69 276 Kris Blanks 67 69 73 67 277 Gary Woodland 66
69 73 69, Kevin Kisner 69 69 67 72, James Driscoll 66 70 73 68,
Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 64 72 73
TENNIS
ATP Kremlin Cup Men's Final:
(1) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt (2) Viktor Troicki (Ser)
6-4 6-2
ATP If Stockholm Open Final:
(1) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 7-5
3-6 6-2
WTA Luxembourg Open Final:
(1) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom)
6-2 6-2
WTA Kremlin Cup Final:
(8) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 3-6
7-6 (7-1) 7-5
CYCLING
Great Britain enjoyed a dominant final day at the
European Track Championships as Laura Trott, Ed
Clancy, Victoria Pendleton and
Matt Crampton all claimed gold in
Apeldoorn. Having taken a hat-trick of first places on day one, Team
GB ended the event with seven golds, providing a timely boost for the
host nation's qualification points tally for London 2012. Pendleton,
who put in a disappointing performance in Saturday's women's sprint,
was much improved in the keirin, winning each of her heats and taking
the final by a bike length.
RALLYING
Reigning champion Sebastien Loeb won the RACC Rally de
Espana to edge clear of title rival Mikko Hirvonen ahead of next
month's season finale in Wales. Frenchman Loeb, who has won all seven
championships since 2004, claimed his seventh victory on Spanish soil
ahead of Finland's Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala.
ATHLETICS
Haile Gebrselassie returned to winning ways on Sunday
with a convincing victory in the BUPA Great Birmingham Run. The 38-year-old
Ethiopian dropped out of last month's BMW Berlin Marathon during the
race because of illness, but was back to form over half-marathon
distance today, winning easily in one hour, one minute and 29 seconds.
SWIMMING
Former World Championship silver medallist Fran
Halsall won gold in the 100 metres individual medley and
James Goddard set a new British record in the 200m event as Great
Britain concluded the FINA World Cup in Berlin with 13 medals. |
