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Headlines (08 October) :
Kubica lands Alonso seat
Robert Kubica is convinced he can fight for next
year's Formula One world title after agreeing to join Renault from
2010.
Pogba cleared to join United
FIFA have cleared Paul Pogba to join Manchester
United.
Edwards has debt concerns
Former Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards has
expressed concern about the debt accrued by the club under the Glazer
family.
Warner's advice should be heeded
Officials for England's 2018 World Cup bid have been
urged to listen to the frank advice of FIFA vice-president Jack
Warner.
England duo expected to be named in squad
Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott are both expected
to be named in England's Test squad for the tour of South Africa
today.
League to discuss Briatore's future
Flavio Briatore's future at QPR and other ownership
issues at Notts County and Leeds are on the agenda at a Football
League board meeting on Thursday.
Murray out of Shanghai Masters
Andy Murray has withdrawn from next week's Shanghai
Masters 1000.
James speaks of England frustration
David James has revealed his "hunger" to
return to the England side against Ukraine this weekend after the
frustration of missing the last five internationals through injury.
Al Faraj promises end to turbulence
New Portsmouth owner Ali Al Faraj has vowed to bring
stability to the Barclays Premier League club following the
appointment of Avram Grant as director of football.
Smith looks to go out on a high
Lee Smith is hoping for a touch of deja vu as he
prepares to bring down the curtain on his Leeds career in Saturday's
engage Super League Grand Final. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 07 October 2009
GOLF
Vodacom Business Origins Final
Collated first-round scores in the Sunshine Tour
Vodacom Business Origins of Golf Tour - Final, Simola Golf &
Country Estate, Kysna, Southern Cape, South Africa(Rsa unless stated,
par 72):
66 Divan van den Heever 67 Trevor Fisher Jnr 68 Jaco
Ahlers 69 Andrew Curlewis, Kevin Stone, Jaco Van Zyl, David Hewan 70
Roberto Lupini, Derick Petersen, Warren Abery, Brandon Pieters, Josh
Cunliffe, Mark Murless, Tyrone Ferreira, Alex Haindl 71 Ryan Cairns
(Zim), Jacques Blaauw, Darren Fichardt, PG van Zyl 72 Ockie Strydom,
Morne Buys, Clinton Whitelaw, Ryan Tipping, Grant Veenstra, Shaun
Norris, Des Terblanche, Prinavin Nelson, Keenan Davidse, Titch Moore
TENNIS
ATP Rakuten Japan Open 1st rd:
Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-2 6-3
Andreas Beck (Ger) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-3 4-6
7-6 (7-3)
Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt (6) Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-4 6-4
Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 5-0 ret
Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Philipp Petzschner (Ger) 6-3 6-2
(2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Mischa Zverev (Ger)
6-4 6-3
2nd rd:
(7) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt Simon Greul (Ger) 6-3 6-2
(4) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Swi) 7-6
(7-5) 6-3
ATP & WTA China Open
Men's 2nd rd:
(8) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-2
2-6 6-0
(4) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber
(Ger) 6-1 6-0
(5) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero
(Spa) 7-5 6-4
(2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Viktor Troicki (Ser) 6-3 6-0
Women's 3rd rd:
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Aleksandra Wozniak
(Can) 6-4 6-4
(6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Alona Bondarenko
(Ukr) 6-3 4-6 6-0
Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Maria Sharapova (Rus) 6-2 6-4
(4) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt (16) Na Li (Chn) 6-2 6-0
EQUESTRIAN
Nicky Boulter and Super Trooper De Ness captured the
major class on day one at the Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham.
They landed the seven and eight-year-old championship, winning a
£1,300 top prize by more than two seconds in the jump-off. |
