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Headlines (21 September) :
Clichy injury clouds victory
Manager Arsene Wenger's delight at seeing his Arsenal
side go top of the Premier League was tempered by an injury to Gael
Clichy.
United ready to repel Real again
Sir Alex Ferguson expects Real Madrid to make another
move for Cristiano Ronaldo when the transfer window reopens, but
insists Manchester United are in a good position to retain the
winger.
Zola delighted with winning start
Manager Gianfranco Zola was happy to get his West Ham
"adventure" off to the perfect start with a 3-1 win over
troubled Newcastle at Upton Park.
Faldo confident ahead of singles
European captain Nick Faldo believes his side have a
"great opportunity" to win a fourth straight Ryder Cup
after fighting back on the second day at Valhalla.
Benitez baffled by disallowed goal
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was left fuming by
the decision that robbed Steven Gerrard of his 100th goal for the
club during Saturday's 0-0 draw with Stoke.
Poulter shines as Europe fight back
No Lee Westwood or Sergio Garcia in the morning and no
Padraig Harrington after lunch - all big calls by captain Nick Faldo
- but Europe are still alive and kicking going into the Ryder Cup
singles at Valhalla.
Tense finale awaits GB
Great Britain face the toughest of tasks to retain
their status in the tennis elite after Jamie Murray and Ross Hutchins
were demolished by Davis Cup opponents Austria in the doubles.
Wasps' misery continues
Wasps director of rugby Ian McGeechan pulled no
punches in criticising his side's performance after Sean Lamont's
second-half try for Northampton downed the Guinness Premiership
champions.
Defence delights Noble
Wigan coach Brian Noble felt his side's amazing
defensive effort in the opening 15 minutes laid the platform for
their 50-26 victory over Catalans Dragons in Saturday's engage Super
League sudden-death play-off in Perpignan.
Gunners determined not to sell out
Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood insists the club can
continue to compete with their wealthy rivals without selling out to
a billionaire "sugar daddy". |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 20 September 2008
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Blackburn 1 Fulham 0 Bolton 1 Arsenal 3 Liverpool 0
Stoke 0 Sunderland 2 Middlesbrough 0 West Ham 3 Newcastle 1
Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 0 Dundee Utd 1 Hamilton 0 Hibernian 1 Hearts
1 Inverness CT 0 St Mirren 1 Falkirk 1
Coca-Cola Championship
Birmingham 0 Blackpool 1 Bristol City 4 Doncaster 1
Coventry 1 QPR 0 Crystal Palace 1 Plymouth 2 Derby 1 Cardiff 1
Norwich 1 Sheff Utd 0 Nottm Forest 0 Charlton 0 Preston 1
Wolverhampton 3 Sheff Wed 0 Ipswich 0 Southampton 0 Barnsley 0
Swansea 1 Burnley 1 Watford 2 Reading 2
RUGBY UNION
Gloucester 24 Harlequins 20 London Irish 16 Bath 20
Northampton 24 Wasps 20 Worcester 17 Leicester 19 Munster 28 Cardiff
Blues 20 Catalans 26 Wigan 50 St Helens 38 Leeds 10 Catalans 46
Warrington 8 Wigan 30 Bradford 14
GOLF
Ryder Cup
Fourball
A/S Mahan / Mickelson Stenson / Karlsson A/S
Perry / Furyk Poulter / McDowell 1 up
A/S Stricker / Curtis Garcia / Casey A/S
2 and 1 Weekley / Holmes Westwood / Hansen
Foursomes
3 and 1 Furyk / Perry Harrington / Karlsson
Mickelson / Kim Stenson / Wilson 2 and 1
A/S Mahan / Leonard Jimenez / McDowell A/S
Cink / Campbell Poulter / Rose 4 and 3
TENNIS
WTA Pan Pacific Open Semi-final:
(5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Katarina Srebotnik
(Slo) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 (4) Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Nadia Petrova (Rus)
6-1 6-0
Davis Cup
World Group Semi-finals
Spain v USA
Doubles Semi-Final 3rd Rubber: Mike Bryan (USA) &
Mardy Fish (USA) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) & Fernando Verdasco
(Spa) 4-6 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-4 USA lead Spain 2-1
Russia v Argentina
Semi-Final 3rd Rubber: Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) &
Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt David Nalbandian (Arg) & Guillermo Canas
(Arg) 6-2 6-1 6-7 (9-11) 3-6 8-6 Argentina lead Russia 2-1
World Group Play-Off
Great Britain v Austria
Doubles 3rd Rubber: Julian Knowle (Aut) & Jurgen
Melzer (Aut) bt Ross Hutchins (Gbr) & Jamie Murray (Gbr) 6-4 6-3
6-1 Austria lead Great Britain 2-1
BASKETBALL
Great Britain's successful qualification campaign for
next year's European finals came to a slightly anti-climactic end in
Cazin when they were beaten 89-80 by Bosnia-Herzegovina in a match
that, in the second half, was merely about pride for both teams
ATHLETICS
Christine Ohuruogu had to settle for fourth place on
her return to China in the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. Ohuruogu, who
struck 400 metres gold at the Beijing Olympics ahead of favourite
Sanya Richards, was never in contention as he sought to defend her
Shanghai title.
ROWING
Great Britain's women's eight found a silver medal
lining in the cloudy and rainy conditions of a storm-rescheduled
European Championships on Saturday morning in Athens. The eight came
home just adrift of Romania but 10 seconds ahead of the rest of the
field to take second place in the final. |
