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Headlines (19 September) :
Reo-Coker answers challenge in style
Nigel Reo-Coker's crucial strike answered manager
Martin O'Neill's challenge to score more goals and put Aston Villa in
prime position to qualify for the UEFA Cup group stages.
Azinger agrees to Mickelson request
Phil Mickelson asked for it and Paul Azinger happily
obliged. Now Mickelson will be charged with getting the United States
off to a winning start when the Ryder Cup begins on Friday at
Valhalla.
Moyes: It's sticky for Toffees
Everton boss David Moyes could find himself out of
Europe before he finally puts pen to paper on his new contract.
Nick's picks give food for thought
Nick Faldo may have made a meal of it but his
"sandwich list" became his real list on Thursday - and it
will be Padraig Harrington and Robert Karlsson who kick off Europe's
bid for an unprecedented fourth successive Ryder Cup victory at
Valhalla.
Murray relishing Davis Cup tie
Andy Murray believes Wimbledon will provide an
inspirational setting for Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against
Austria.
Bent: Win can be springboard
Darren Bent grabbed the winner against Wisla Krakow -
and he wants Tottenham to use their first victory of the season to
kick-start their campaign.
Kroenke joins Gunners board
American businessman Stan Kroenke has joined the
Arsenal board after accepting an invitation to become a non-executive
director of the Barclays Premier League club.
Hughes impressed by forward options
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes believes his side
have strong attacking options as they head towards the group stages
of the UEFA Cup.
Rovers confirm Fozzard signing
Hull KR have confirmed the signing of St Helens prop
forward Nick Fozzard on a two-year contract.
Harris completes Featherstone move
Dual-code international Iestyn Harris completed his
move from Bradford to Featherstone on Thursday when he signed a
two-year contract with the National League One club. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 18 September 2008
FOOTBALL
UEFA Cup First Round 1st Leg
AC Milan 3 FC Zurich 1 AS Nancy 1 Motherwell 0 Banik
Ostrava 0 Spartak Moscow 1 Bellinzona 3 Galatasaray 4 Besiktas 1 FC
Metalist Kharkiv 0 Borac Cacak 1 Ajax 4 Borussia Dortmund 0 Udinese 2
Braga 4 Artmedia Petrzalka 0 Brondby 1 Rosenborg 2 Cherno More 1 VfB
Stuttgart 2 Dinamo Zagreb 0 Sparta Prague 0 Everton 2 Standard Liege
2 FC Moscow 1 FC Copenhagen 2 FK Austria Vienna 2 Lech Poznan 1
Feyenoord 0 Kalmar FF 1 Hamburg 0 Unirea Urziceni 0 Kayserispor 1 PSG
2 Litex Lovech 1 Aston Villa 3 MSK Zilina 1 Levski Sofia 1 Maritimo 0
Valencia 1 NEC 1 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 NK Slaven Koprivnica 1 CSKA
Moscow 2 Napoli 3 Benfica 2 Omonia Nicosia 1 Man City 2 Politehnica
Timisoara 1 Partizan Belgrade 2 Portsmouth 2 Guimaraes 0 Racing
Santander 1 FC Honka 0 Rennes 2 FC Twente 1 SK Brann 2 Deportivo La
Coruna 0 Sampdoria 5 FBK Kaunas 0 Sevilla 2 SV Red Bull Salzburg 0
Slavia Prague 0 FC Vaslui 0 Tottenham 2 Wisla Krakow 1 Vitoria
Setubal 1 Heerenveen 1 Wolfsburg 1 Rapid Bucuresti 0 Young Boys 2
Club Brugge 2
GOLF
Oregon Classic Collated first round scores from the
Nationwide Tour's Oregon Classic Presented by Kendall Automotive
Group at Shadow Hills Country Club in Junction City, Oregon (USA
unless stated, par 72):
65 Matt Bettencourt, Ryan Hietala 67 Brendon De Jonge
(Zim), Bubba Dickerson, B.J. Staten, Darron Stiles 68 David Branshaw,
Patrick Damron, Scott Gardiner (Aus), Scott Gutschewski, Won Joon Lee
(Aus), Spencer Levin, Steve Pate, Kyle Reifers, Jim Rutledge (Can),
Brian Smock, Tyrone van Aswegen
Viking Classic
Collated first round scores from the US PGA Tour's
Viking Classic at Annandale GC in Madison, Mississippi(USA unless
stated, par 72):
65 Marc Turnesa 66 Brian Gay 67 Brad Adamonis, Nathan
Green (Aus), Andrew Buckle (Aus), Jay Williamson, Dicky Pride, Lee
Janzen 68 Michael Bradley, Robert Gamez, Brad Elder, Casey
Wittenberg, Greg Kraft, Todd Hamilton, Garrett Willis, Nick Flanagan
(Aus), Scott Sterling, Tim Petrovic, Dan Forsman, Bo Van Pelt, John
Huston, Douglas Labelle 69 Tom Scherrer, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Paul
Stankowski, Todd Demsey, Woody Austin, David Toms, David Duval,
Ronald Whittaker, Justin Bolli, Brett Quigley, Bill Haas, Notah Begay
III, Guy Boros, Shane Bertsch, Troy Matteson
TENNIS
WTA Guangzhou International Open 2nd rd:
(1) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Yi Fan Xu (Chn) 6-1 7-6
(7-4) Tamira Paszek (Aut) bt (7) Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-2 2-6 6-3
(3) Jie Zheng (Chn) bt Raluca Olaru (Rom) 6-4 6-0 (4) Shuai Peng
(Chn) bt Jingjing Lu (Chn) 6-3 6-4
Add 2nd rd: Camille Pin (Fra) bt Alla Kudryavtseva
(Rus) 2-6 6-0 6-2
Add 2nd rd: Arantxa Rus (Ned) bt (5) Gisela Dulko
(Arg) 6-4 6-4
WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open 2nd rd:
(3) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-0
6-3 (6) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Marion Bartoli (Fra) 6-2 6-3 (1)
Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-2 6-1 (5) Svetlana
Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 6-1 6-1 Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt
(2) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) 6-1 1-6 6-2 Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt
Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-4 6-3
Add 2nd rd: Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Virginie Razzano
(Fra) 6-4 6-2 |
