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Headlines (10 October) :
Walcott will be ready - Pearce
Theo Walcott is sure to grasp any opportunity that
comes his way should Fabio Capello need to call upon his services for
Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Belarus, despite sustaining a
dead leg on England Under-21 duty on Friday.
Keane backs Lawrence
Captain Robbie Keane is backing Liam Lawrence to make
his mark as the Republic of Ireland attempt to halt Italy's charge to
the World Cup finals.
Capello hails squad
There are important players, and then there are really
important players. But no-one is key to Fabio Capello's World Cup
masterplan.
Graham intends to keep his cool
Fiery St Helens forward James Graham will try to keep
his temper in check in Saturday's engage Super League Grand Final
against champions Leeds.
James set to keep number one spot
David James looks set to retain his place as England's
number one goalkeeper.
Williams coasts into last four
Former world champion Mark Williams reached the Grand
Prix semi-finals in Glasgow on Friday night with an improved
performance in his 5-2 victory over Robert Milkins at Kelvin Hall.
Monday D-Day for Donington
Donington Park boss Simon Gillett faces a
make-or-break meeting on Monday which will determine the future of
the British Grand Prix.
Cotterill out, Earnshaw doubtful
Wales have suffered another blow with the loss of
Sheffield United forward David Cotterill from their squad for
Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Finland.
Booth celebrates sinking Leinster
London Irish headed home from Dublin on Saturday
confirmed as major contenders to win this season's Heineken Cup.
IPL appeals to Trescothick
Marcus Trescothick has revealed that if his
participation in the Twenty20 Champions League in India is
successful, he may consider a stint in the lucrative IPL. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 09 October 2009
FOOTBALL
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Group One
Latvia U21 5 Romania U21 1
Group Two
Estonia U21 1 Switzerland U21 4 Rep of Ireland U21 1
Georgia U21 1
Group Four
Finland U21 0 Holland U21 1 Liechtenstein U21 0 Poland
U21 5
Group Five
Iceland U21 8 San Marino U21 0
Group Seven
Serbia U21 2 Cyprus U21 0
Group Eight
Malta U21 0 France U21 2 Ukraine U21 1 Belgium U21 1
Group Nine
England U21 6 FYR Macedonia U21 3 Greece U21 2
Portugal U21 1
GOLF
Vodacom Business Origins Final
Collated final 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):
208 Brandon Pieters 70 69 69 209 Jaco Van Zyl 69 73
67, Doug McGuigan 73 66 70 210 Tyrone Ferreira 70 71 69 211 Darren
Fichardt 71 72 68, Trevor Fisher Jnr 67 72 72, Andrew Curlewis 69 70
72, Mark Murless 70 68 73 212 Alex Haindl 70 73 69 214 Ulrich van den
Berg 73 70 71, Des Terblanche 72 71 71 215 Prinavin Nelson 72 74 69,
Ryan Cairns (Zim) 71 73 71, Titch Moore 72 72 71, Jacques Blaauw 71
73 71, Alan Michell 75 68 72
Madrid Masters
Collated second round scores & totals in the
European Tour Madrid Masters, Centro National de Golf, Madrid,
Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
131 David Drysdale 66 65, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 64 67
132 Gary Murphy 67 65, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 67 65, Ross McGowan 66
66 133 Anthony Wall 66 67, Jorge Campillo (Spa) 67 66, Danny Willett
66 67 134 Shane Lowry 71 63 135 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 69 66,
Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 68 67, Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 68, Manuel Quiros
(Spa) 62 73
Presidents Cup
Presidents Cup, USA v International Team, Harding Park
Golf Course, San Francisco, California, USA(USA names first, all
times BST):
Fourball
Phil Mickelson and Justin Leonard bt Retief Goosen and
Adam Scott 3 & 2
Kenny Perry and Sean O'Hair lost to Ryo Ishikawa and
Y.E. Yang 4 & 3
Jim Furyk and Anthony Kim lost to Ernie Els and Mike
Weir 2 down
Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods bt Geoff Ogilvy and
Angel Cabrera 5 & 3
Lucas Glover and Stewart Cink lost to Vijay Singh and
Tim Clark 1 down
Zach Johnson and Hunter Mahan bt Robert Allenby and
Camilo Villegas 2 & 1
USA 6 1/2 International Team 5 1/2
TENNIS
ATP Rakuten Japan Open Quarter-finals:
(8) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin
(Fra) 6-4 6-0
Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt (5) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 6-2
7-6 (8-6)
(2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat)
4-6 6-4 6-3
(4) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt (7) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi)
2-6 6-3 6-4
ATP & WTA China Open
Men's quarter-finals:
(8) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt (4) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus)
6-4 6-4
(2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (5) Fernando Verdasco
(Spa) 6-3 1-6 6-1
(6) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 7-6
(7-3) 6-4
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Marat Safin (Rus) 6-3 6-1
Women's quarter-finals:
(6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Anastasia
Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-3 6-3
(13) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-7 (5-7)
6-3 6-2
(12) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt (4) Elena Dementieva
(Rus) 7-5 6-3
(14) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt (7) Vera Zvonareva (Rus)
3-6 7-5 6-2
NETBALL
England shooter Rachel Dunn made netball history at
the Co-operative World Netball Series in Manchester on Friday
afternoon by becoming the first player to ever score four points with
one goal as the national side beat Samoa 36-16. |
