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Headlines (04 October) :
Adebayor unhappy with 'excessive' fine
Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor claims the
£25,000 fine he incurred for his controversial goal celebration
against his old club Arsenal last month was "excessive".
Megson talks up Trotters
Gary Megson believes Bolton deserve praise for the
brand of football they are now playing.
Cockerill laments ref justice
Leicester head coach Richard Cockerill criticised
referee Chris White for his handling of his side's 19-14 win over
Worcester at Welford Road.
Vettori hails all-round display
Daniel Vettori felt New Zealand's ability to execute
their game plan was one of several key elements that contributed
towards his side booking a place in the Champions Trophy final.
Fergie slams 'unfit' Wile
Sir Alex Ferguson has launched a blistering attack on
Alan Wiley, accusing the Staffordshire official of "not being
fit enough" to do his job.
Wigan ready to name Noble's successor
Wigan have already chosen a successor to Brian Noble,
who revealed his departure from the club in the immediate aftermath
of the 14-10 play-off loss to St Helens.
Coyle sees significance of success
Burnley manager Owen Coyle placed the 2-1 win over
Birmingham at Turf Moor above their victory over Manchester United in
terms of significance to their Barclays Premier League season.
Quins spirit pleases Kingston
Harlequins head coach John Kingston hailed his
players' never-say-die spirit after watching them snatch a dramatic
Guinness Premiership win - in the 13th minute of injury-time.
Al-Fahim set to sell
Portsmouth are set to be taken over again after
Sulaiman al-Fahim entered negotiations to sell his majority
shareholding in the club to a consortium led by Saudi property tycoon
Ali al-Faraj. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 03 October 2009
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Bolton 2 Tottenham 2 Burnley 2 Birmingham 1 Hull 2
Wigan 1 Man Utd 2 Sunderland 2 Wolverhampton 0 Portsmouth 1
Scottish Premier
Hamilton 0 St Johnstone 2 Hibernian 1 Dundee Utd 1
Kilmarnock 1 Aberdeen 1 Motherwell 1 Falkirk 0 St Mirren 2 Hearts 1
Coca-Cola Championship
Barnsley 2 Ipswich 1 Coventry 1 Leicester 1 Crystal
Palace 4 Blackpool 1 Derby 3 Sheff Wed 0 Newcastle 0 Bristol City 0
Peterborough 1 Nottm Forest 2 Plymouth 2 Scunthorpe 1 Preston 0 West
Brom 0 Reading 0 Middlesbrough 2 Sheff Utd 1 Doncaster 1 Swansea 2
QPR 0 Watford 0 Cardiff 4
CRICKET
ICC Champions Trophy at Johannesburg
New Zealand 234 - 5 47.5 ovs Pakistan 233 - 9 50 ovs
New Zealand won by 5 wickets.
RUGBY UNION
Guinness Premiership
Harlequins (3) 13 Bath (6) 11 Leicester (13) 19
Worcester (9) 14
The Magners League
Cardiff Blues (0) 5 Glasgow (11) 21 Leinster (13) 30
Munster (0) 0 Newport-Gwent D'gons (13) 23 Connacht (10) 10
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League Qualifying Semi
St Helens (10) 14 Wigan (6) 10
GOLF
SAA Pro-Am Invitational Collated final-round scores
(Rsa unless stated, par 72):
205 Prinavin Nelson 68 69 68 206 Desvonde Botes 71 68
67 207 Chris Swanepoel 73 66 68, Jacques Blaauw 75 64 68, Trevor
Fisher Jnr 68 69 70 208 Clinton Whitelaw 80 62 66 209 Jaco Van Zyl 74
68 67, Divan van den Heever 72 67 70 210 Ryan Cairns (Zim) 72 69 69,
Doug McGuigan 73 68 69, Louis de Jager 72 69 69, Brandon Pieters 75
65 70, Tyrone Ferreira 71 67 72
Constellation Energy Senior Championship
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA
Champions Tour Constellation, Energy Senior Players Championship,
Baltimore CC East Course, Timonium, Maryland, United States of
America(USA unless stated, par 70):
198 Tom Watson 66 68 64 202 John Cook 69 68 65, Mark
Wiebe 69 67 66, Loren Roberts 70 67 65 203 Jay Haas 66 70 67 205 Phil
Blackmar 71 70 64, Morris Hatalsky 70 69 66 206 Bernhard Langer (Ger)
72 65 69, Gene Jones 71 68 67, Craig Stadler 71 65 70, Sandy Lyle
(Sco) 67 73 66
Turning Stone Resort Championship
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour Turning Stone Resort Championship, Atunyote Golf Club, Verona,
New York, United States of America.(USA unless stated, par 72):
202 Matt Kuchar 67 68 67, Scott Piercy 70 66 66 203
Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 69 65, Leif Olson 66 69 68 204 Nicholas
Thompson 68 67 69 205 Vaughn Taylor 67 67 71, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe)
69 67 69, Tim Petrovic 66 71 68, Jonathan Byrd 69 69 67 206 John
Senden (Aus) 67 71 68, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 73 69 64
TENNIS
WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open Final:
Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt (7) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) 5-2 ret
ATP Proton Malaysian Open Semi-final:
(1) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt (3) Robin Soderling
(Swe) 1-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-2
(2) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt (4) Fernando Gonzalez
(Chi) 6-4 7-5 |
