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Headlines (27 September) :
Keane eager for derby start
Robbie Keane hopes Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez
will give him a chance to register his first goal in a red shirt in
the 208th Merseyside derby on Saturday.
Terry excited by rising stars
England captain John Terry believes the future is
bright for the national team after watching Arsenal's youngsters
destroy Sheffield United in their midweek Carling Cup tie.
Venables put off by Toon 'uncertainty'
Terry Venables has revealed the reason he turned down
the chance to become Newcastle's interim manager, insisting the club
"means too much to too many people" to agree to a
match-by-match deal.
UEFA set to confirm Euro expansion
UEFA could announce plans to expand the European
Championships by eight teams, from 16 to 24, on Friday according to
Franz Beckenbauer.
Ashton to undergo surgery
West Ham striker Dean Ashton faces a month on the
sidelines after it was confirmed he requires an ankle operation.
Rashid raises Yorkshire hopes
Adil Rashid struck his second first-class century to
boost Yorkshire's hopes of avoiding relegation from LV County
Championship Division One as the race for the title remained wide
open.
Mitchell pens new Pears deal
Worcestershire opening batsman Darryl Mitchell has
signed a new three-year contract which will keep him with the Pears
until the end of the 2011 campaign.
Best facing lengthy ban
Ireland international Neil Best could face months out
of rugby after his appearance before disciplinary chiefs next week.
Cup team-mates make positive start
Lee Westwood and Graeme McDowell did a lot better on
Thursday on their return from playing in the Ryder Cup than Darren
Clarke and Colin Montgomerie did on their return from watching it on
television.
Alonso reveals Turn 10 concerns
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso has expressed
concerns over the effects bumps at one of the turns might have at
this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 26 September 2008
GOLF
Collated first round scores in the LPGA Tour Navistar
LPGA Classic, RTJ Golf Trail, Capitol Hill's The Senator, Prattville,
Alabama, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
65 Jane Park, Jill McGill, Jeong Jang (Kor) 66 Cristie
Kerr, Janice Moodie (Sco) 67 Louise Friberg (Swe), Ji-Young Oh (Kor),
Lorena Ochoa (Mex), Katie Futcher, Sandra Gal (Ger) 68 Wendy Doolan
(Aus), Liz Janangelo, Song-Hee Kim (Kor), Shanshan Feng (Chn) 69
Taylor Leon, Michelle McGann, Sherri Turner, Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor),
Mikaela Parmlid (Swe), Kim Hall, Candie Kung (Tai) 70 Karine Icher
(Fra), Jackie Gallagher-Smith, Gloria Park (Kor), Rachel Hetherington
(Aus), Soo-Yun Kang (Kor), Sarah Jane Kenyon, Kim Welch, Karen
Stupples (Eng), Michele Redman, Sarah Lee, Charlotte Mayorkas,
Christina Kim, Mollie Fankhauser, Teresa Lu (Tai), Lisa Strom (Gbr),
Nicole Hage, Katherine Hull (Aus)
TENNIS
ATP Thailand Open Quarter-final:
(4) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Philipp Petzschner (Ger) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4
Add Quarter-final: (2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt (8)
Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 6-3 6-2
WTA Korea Open, Seoul, Korea Quarter-final:
(3) Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 6-1
6-4 Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 6-3 6-4
Add Quarter-final: (1) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt (5)
Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-3 6-2
Add Quarter-final: Jill Craybas (USA) bt (2) Shahar
Peer (Isr) 6-2 7-5 |
