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Headlines (28 September) :
Rossi regains MotoGP title
Valentino Rossi won his sixth MotoGP title after
claiming a fifth straight race victory at Motegi.
Scolari hails Blues spirit
Luiz Felipe Scolari believes team ethic is separating
Chelsea from the rest with confidence in the camp growing by the
week.
Defoe sets up Pompey win
Jermain Defoe scored a first-half penalty against
former club Tottenham before Peter Crouch added a second as
Portsmouth won 2-0 and left Juande Ramos' hapless side rooted to the
bottom of the Barclays Premier League.
Beckham happy on the England bench
David Beckham insists he is happy to play a minor role
for England in their attempts to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.
Cook reflects on proudest moment
Geoff Cook has reflected on the culmination of a
near-lifetime's work after Durham clinched their maiden County
Championship title.
Time for trial by television - Megson
Frustrated Bolton manager Gary Megson believes it is
only a matter of time before technology is used to settle contentious
issues in the game.
Portsmouth: We are not for sale
Portsmouth have insisted they are not seeking a buyer
for the club but will consider offers.
Alonso has night vision in Singapore
Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso staged a
stunning recovery to secure a historic victory at an action-packed
Singapore Grand Prix.
Gebrselassie: I can go quicker
Haile Gebrselassie raised the bar of his already
distinguished career by taking his own world marathon record under
two hours four minutes for the first time in Berlin on Sunday
morning.
Westwood holds slender lead
Defending champion Lee Westwood took a one-stroke lead
over New Zealand's Michael Campbell into the last nine holes of the
Quinn Insurance British Masters at The Belfry today. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 27 September 2008
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal 1 Hull 2 Aston Villa 2 Sunderland 1 Everton 0
Liverpool 2 Fulham 1 West Ham 2 Man Utd 2 Bolton 0 Middlesbrough 0
West Brom 1 Newcastle 1 Blackburn 2 Stoke 0 Chelsea 2
Scottish Premier
Celtic 3 Aberdeen 2 Dundee Utd 3 Hearts 0 Falkirk 4
Hamilton 1 Inverness CT 3 Kilmarnock 1 Motherwell 2 St Mirren 1
Coca-Cola Championship
Barnsley 0 Norwich 0 Blackpool 1 Coventry 1 Burnley 3
Preston 1 Cardiff 1 Birmingham 2 Charlton 1 Sheff Wed 2 Doncaster 0
Southampton 2 Ipswich 1 Crystal Palace 1 Plymouth 1 Nottm Forest 0
QPR 0 Derby 2 Reading 4 Swansea 0 Sheff Utd 2 Watford 1 Wolverhampton
2 Bristol City 0
GOLF
Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open
Collated final-round scores (Par 70):
264 Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) 66 68 64 66 265 Azuma Yano
(Jpn) 67 66 65 67 266 Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn) 67 69 64 66, Liang
Wen-Chong (Chn) 64 70 67 65 268 Mark Brown (Nzl) 66 68 67 67, Kaname
Yokoo (Jpn) 62 69 68 69 269 Bae Sang-Moon (Kor) 69 65 67 68, Shintaro
Kai (Jpn) 71 66 66 66 270 S.K. Ho (Kor) 68 67 68 67 271 Norio
Shinozaki (Jpn) 65 68 71 67 272 Taichi Teshima (Jpn) 67 70 67 68
Dutch Futures
Collated final round scores & totals in the
European Challenge Tour Dutch Futures presented by The Royal Bank of
Scotland, GC Houtrak, Netherlands(Par 72)
275 Taco Remkes (Ned) 72 68 69 66 (Taco Remkes won at
the first extra hole), Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 73 69 68 65 276 Marcus
Higley (Eng) 71 68 71 66 277 Matthew Morris (Eng) 71 69 68 69, Chris
Gane (Eng) 71 66 70 70 278 Andrew Butterfield (Eng) 74 68 69 67,
Andrew Tampion (Aus) 71 66 71 70, Ralph Miller (Ned) 68 72 69 69,
Richard Mcevoy (Eng) 75 68 66 69, Michael Hoey (NIrl) 69 69 68 72 279
Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 72 69 69 69, Robert Coles (Eng) 71 74 66 68,
Roland Steiner (Aut) 70 69 71 69, Ben Evans (Eng) 69 72 67 71, Ryan
Blaum (USA) 73 68 68 70, Stuart Davis (Eng) 70 70 68 71 280 Andrew
Mcarthur (Sco) 73 67 73 67, Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 75 65 70 70,
Sebastien Delagrange (Fra) 70 70 69 71 281 Richie Ramsay (Sco) 71 72
74 64, Christian Aronsen (Nor) 73 69 67 72, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 72
71 70 68, Chris Doak (Sco) 70 71 70 70, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 73 69
71 68, Adrien Bernadet (Fra) 72 73 67 69, Wil Besseling (Ned) 70 73
66 72 282 Branden Grace (Rsa) 73 71 69 69, Matthew Cort (Eng) 69 70
70 73, Johan Axgren (Swe) 75 71 69 67, David Carter (Eng) 70 72 67
73, Adam Gee (Eng) 72 72 67 71, Daniel Wardrop (Eng) 73 71 66 72,
Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 73 73 65 71, Joost Steenkamer (Ned) 70 69 70 73
Quinn Insurance British Masters (R4)
Latest final round scores & totals in the European
tour The Quinn Insurance British Masters, The Belfry, West Midlands,
England(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
286 Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 73 77 69 287 Rafael
Echenique (Arg) 68 77 72 70, Mark Foster 72 72 73 70 288 Simon
Wakefield 70 74 73 71 289 David Dixon 69 72 76 72 293 Francesco
Molinari (Ita) 70 76 71 76
TENNIS
WTA Hansol Korea Open Final:
(1) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus) 2-6
6-1 6-4
ATP Thailand Open Final:
(2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt (1) Novak Djokovic
(Ser) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4
MOTOR RACING
SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX
1 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1hr 57mins 16.304secs
2 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams 1:57:19.261
3 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:57:22.221
4 Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 1:57:24.459
5 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Scuderia Toro Rosso
1:57:26.572
6 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:57:27.405
7 David Coulthard (Gbr) Red Bull 1:57:32.691
8 Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams 1:57:34.793
9 Jenson Button (Gbr) Honda 1:57:36.189
10 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren 1:57:43.206
11 Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:57:44.279
12 Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso
1:57:45.736
13 Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1:57:51.474
14 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India 1:57:59.875
15 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari at 4 laps |
