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Headlines (09 October) :
I'm a multi-tasker, claims Cahill
Gary Cahill believes he is not an old-fashioned
"head it and clear the ball" type of defender and has the
qualities needed to step up to international level with England.
Harmy omission was tough call - Strauss
Skipper Andrew Strauss admits it was a tough call to
leave Steve Harmison out of the England Test squad, but insists he
was never in a position to guarantee him a starting place.
Miller: England must build on Ashes win
England must grab the chance to build some momentum
with victory in South Africa this winter, according to national
selector Geoff Miller.
Pearce predicts no shocks in Capello squad
Fabio Capello is extremely unlikely to repeat
Sven-Goran Eriksson's surprise from three years ago and call upon an
uncapped player for 2010 World Cup duty, according to England
Under-21 head coach Stuart Pearce.
Tresco scoops award
Marcus Trescothick capped off a sensational year by
beating a strong field to win the NatWest PCA Player of the Year
award on Thursday night.
Gordon sees Scots strength in adversity
Craig Gordon predicts the number of call-offs for the
friendly in Japan will bring the best out of Scotland's depleted
squad.
Unknown Quiros outshines Garcia
World number eight Sergio Garcia had the spotlight
taken off by him by world number 1,076 Manuel Quiros when the Madrid
Masters began on Thursday.
League await Briatore response
Flavio Briatore's position as QPR co-owner remains in
doubt following Thursday's meeting of the Football League.
Youngsters set to bump up the numbers
Wales are planning to fly a clutch of their under-21s
to Finland on Sunday to bolster John Toshack's injury-ravaged senior
squad.
Injuries added to insult for Worcester
Worcester are counting the cost of Thursday night's
surprise Amlin Challenge Cup home defeat against Montpellier. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 08 October 2009
GOLF
Hero Honda Indian Open
Collated first round score in the Asian Tour Hero
Honda Indian Open, DLF Golf & Country Club, Delhi GC, New Delhi,
India(Par: 72)
64 Adam Blyth (Aus) 65 Lee Sung (Kor) 66 Jason King
(Aus), C. Muniyappa (Ind) 67 Keith Horne (Rsa), Daniel Chopra (Swe),
Unho Park (Aus) 68 Kwanchai Tannin (Tha), Harinder Gupta (Ind), Arjun
Singh (Ind), Digvijay Singh (Ind) 69 Arshdeep Tiwana (Ind), Raju Ali
(Ind), Darren Beck (Aus), Scott Hend (Aus), Panuwat Muenlek (Tha),
Rahul Ganapathy (Ind), Pijit Petchkasem (Tha), Marcus Both (Aus),
James Kamte (Rsa), Antonio Lascuna (Phi)
Vodacom Business Origins Final
Collated second round scores & totals 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):
138 Mark Murless 70 68, Divan Van Den Heever 66 72 139
Doug Mcguigan 73 66, Andrew Curlewis 69 70, Trevor Fisher Jnr 67 72,
Brandon Pieters 70 69 141 Tyrone Ferreira 70 71, Derick Petersen 70
71 142 Jaco Van Zyl 69 73, Pg Van Zyl 71 71, Kevin Stone 69 73 143
Des Terblanche 72 71, Darren Fichardt 71 72, Alex Haindl 70 73, Alan
Michell 75 68, Ulrich Van Den Berg 73 70, Grant Veenstra 72 71
Madrid Masters
Collated first round scores in the European Tour
Madrid Masters, Centro National de Golf, Madrid, Spain(Gbr & Irl
unless stated, par 72):
62 Manuel Quiros (Spa) 64 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 65
Oliver Fisher 66 Anthony Wall, David Drysdale, David Horsey, Danny
Willett, Ross McGowan 67 Damien McGrane, Gary Murphy, Shiv Kapur
(Ind), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Marcel Siem (Ger), Emanuele Canonica
(Ita), David Lynn
Presidents Cup
Presidents Cup day one collated results (USA v
Internationals - USA names first):
Foursomes:
Anthony Kim and Phil Mickelson bt Tim Clark and Mike
Weir 3 & 2
Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods bt Ryo Ishikawa and
Geoff Ogilvy 6 & 4
Hunter Mahan and Sean O'Hair lost to Adam Scott and
Ernie Els 2 & 1
Lucas Glover and Stewart Cink lost to Vijay Singh and
Robert Allenby 1 down
Zach Johnson and Kenny Perry bt Angel Cabrera and
Camilo Villegas 2 up
Jim Furyk and Justin Leonard halved with Retief Goosen
and Y E Yang
USA 3½, International Team 2 ½
TENNIS
ATP Rakuten Japan Open
2nd rd:
(8) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 3-6
6-3 6-1
(2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Richard Gasquet (Fra)
4-6 6-2 6-2
Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-3 4-1 ret
(5) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Andreas Beck (Ger) 6-4 6-1
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut)
4-6 6-2 6-3
Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt (3) Gilles Simon (Fra) 7-6
(7-5) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4
ATP & WTA China Open
Men's 2nd rd:
Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Lukasz Kubot (Pol) 7-6 (8-6)
4-6 6-4
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt James Blake (USA) 7-5 6-7
(4-7) 6-3
Marat Safin (Rus) bt (7) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) 6-3 6-4
(6) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Tommy Robredo (Spa) 6-3 6-3
Women's 3rd rd:
(14) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Shuai Zhang (Chn) 6-1 6-4
(12) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Maria Jose Martinez
Sanchez (Spa) 4-6 6-4 6-2
(7) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt (10) Flavia Pennetta (Ita)
6-3 5-7 7-5
(13) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt (2) Serena Williams (USA)
6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-5) |
