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Headlines (28 September) :
Usmanov ups Arsenal stake
Russian Alisher Usmanov has further increased his
stake in Arsenal to 23%, it was announced on Friday morning.
Bell chimes in England knock
England's top-order accelerated towards a towering 314
for four in their only warm-up match before the start of their
one-day series against Sri Lanka.
Europe's elite plough lonely furrows
Colin Montgomerie has made an appeal for Ireland's
farming community to switch their attentions from the National
Ploughing Championship to the Seve Trophy golf at the nearby Heritage
course.
Giggs contract no big deal
Ryan Giggs does not expect to encounter any problems
in talks over a new contract with Manchester United.
Joorabchian could buy an English club
Kia Joorabchian, the man at the centre of the Carlos
Tevez row, has admitted he remains interested in buying an English
club.
Hamilton leads the way
World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton set the
fastest time in practice to take the early initiative in what looks
set to be a hard-fought Japanese Grand Prix.
Sculthorpe sticks with Saints
Former Great Britain captain Paul Sculthorpe has
signed a new contract with Super League champions St Helens.
Benitez tells of Torres poser
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez insists he is far from
certain he will pick striker Fernando Torres for Saturday's Barclays
Premier League clash with Wigan despite the Spaniard's midweek
hat-trick in the Carling Cup.
Dallaglio ready for Tonga challenge
Lawrence Dallaglio is ready to play his part in
England's push for the World Cup quarter-finals tonight.
Shevchenko speaks out for togetherness
Andriy Shevchenko has urged his team-mates to show
some unity following Jose Mourinho's departure as coach. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 27
September 2007
FOOTBALL:
Blue Square Premier: York 3 Halifax 2
Eircom League First Division: Dundalk 1 Shelbourne 0
Tesco Premier League: Watford Ladies 2 Arsenal Ladies
6
Women's World Cup Semi-Final: USA Ladies 0 Brazil
Ladies 4,
GOLF
Collated results in the opening fourballs of the Seve
Trophy, Great Britain and Ireland v Continental Europe, at The
Heritage, Killenard, Ireland (Gbr and Ire names first): Great Britain
and Ireland 2 Continental Europe 3
Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren lost to Peter Hanson
and Robert Karlsson 2 and 1 Bradley Dredge and Phillip Archer bt
Miguel Angel Jimenez and Gonzalo Fernandez- Castano 2 and 1 Paul
Casey and Simon Dyson lost to Raphael Jacquelin and Gregory Havret 4
and 3 Nick Dougherty and Graeme Storm bt Thomas Bjorn and Soren
Hansen 1 hole Justin Rose and Oliver Wilson lost to Markus Brier and
Mikko Ilonen 3 and 2
TENNIS
WTA Tour Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea
2nd rd : (1) Venus Williams (USA) bt Tamarine
Tanasugarn (Tha) 6-2 6-1, Marta Domachowska (Pol) bt Severine Bremond
(Fra) 7-5 6-2, (5) Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) bt Ahsha Rolle (USA) 6-3
6-2, (2) Agnes Szavay (Hun) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Rus) 6-1 6-4, (4)
Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Meng Yuan (Chn) 6-4 6-2
ATP Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand
2nd rd : (8) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Frank Dancevic
(Can) 3-6 6-3 6-4, Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (Tpe) bt Nick Lindhal (Aus) 6-3
6-3, (6) Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-4 6-4,
Nicolas Mahut (Fra) bt (4) Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-4 6-4, (7) Ivo Karlovic
(Cro) bt Simon Stadler (Ger) 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 7-5, Benjamin Becker
(Ger) bt Danai Udomchoke (Tha) 6-2 6-3, (3) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt
Mischa Zverev (Ger) 6-1 6-4, Dominik Meffert (Ger) bt Igor Kunitsyn
(Rus) 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-0
WTA Tour Guangzhou International Women's Open,
Gunagzhou, China
2nd rd : (1) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Jelena
Kostanic Tosic (Cro) 6-2 6-2, Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Song
Shanshan (Chn) 6-1 6-2, Tzipora Obziler (Isr) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 4-6
6-4 7-6 (7-5), Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) bt Olga Govortsova (Blr)
6-2 6-1, Alicia Molik (Aus) bt Julie Ditty (USA) 6-3 6-2, Anastassia
Rodionova (Rus) bt Camille Pin (Fra) 3-6 6-3 6-4, Raluca Olaru (Rom)
bt Zi Yan (Chn) 6-1 6-4, (2) Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Tian Tian Sun
(Chn) 6-0 6-0
ATP Mumbai Open, Mumbai, India
1st rd: Ivan Navarro Pastor (Spa) bt Purav Raja (Ind)
6-4 6-1, Boris Pashanski (Ser) bt Sergio Roitman (Arg) 1-6 6-3 6-3,
(2) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Ti Chen (Tpe) 6-3 6-3
2nd rd: (4) Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt T Matsui (Jpn)
6-0 6-4, (5) Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Nicolas Devilder (Fra) 2-6 6-3
6-2, Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-3 6-3, (6) Stefan
Koubek (Aut) bt Bjorn Phau (Ger) 4-6 6-3 7-5, (8) Olivier Rochus
(Bel) bt Ivan Navarro Pastor (Spa) 3-6 6-3 6-4, (2) Lleyton Hewitt
(Aus) bt Boris Pashanski (Ser) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2, (1) Richard Gasquet
(Fra) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-0 6-1, Rainer Schuettler (Ger) bt
Viktor Troicki (Ser) 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-1)
WTA FORTIS Championships, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2nd rd: (4) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Zuzana
Ondraskova (Cze) 6-4 6-1, (5) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Sybille Bammer
(Aut) 6-2 7-5, (1) Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) bt Melien Tu (USA) 6-1 7-6
(7-2), Tatiana Golovin (Fra) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-3 6-1,
(6) Patty Schnyder (Swi) bt Klara Zakopalova (Cze) 5-7 6-1 6-2 |
