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Headlines (09 November) :
Tevez defies City to head home
Carlos Tevez could face more disciplinary action from
Manchester City after returning to Argentina without permission from
the club.
India claim five-wicket win
India claimed a five-wicket win in the opening Test
against West Indies, but Sachin Tendulkar's wait for a 100th
international century goes on.
Armitage told to learn lesson
RFU disciplinary chief Judge Jeff Blackett has warned
Delon Armitage that he needs to learn the lessons of his misdemeanours.
Thorpe fails again in Beijing
Ian Thorpe continued to struggle on his return as he
failed to reach the 100 metres butterfly final at the FINA World Cup
meet in Beijing.
NBA players reject new proposal
The NBA's lockout will continue after the players
rejected the league's latest financial proposal.
McShane: Ireland can progress
Paul McShane is confident Giovanni Trapattoni has made
the Republic of Ireland harder to beat since their last bout of
play-off misery.
UEFA: Major work for Euros hosts
UEFA still have significant misgivings over the
transport network in Poland and Ukraine ahead of next summer's
European Championship.
Sheepshanks hopes for 'new era'
National Football Centre chairman David Sheepshanks
believes there will be no need for England to appoint a foreign coach
after 2020.
Tsonga and Berdych claim wins
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych need just one
more win at the Paris Masters to seal places at the season-ending ATP
World Tour Finals.
Dallas see off Capitals
The Dallas Stars claimed their fourth straight NHL win
to stretch their lead in the Pacific Division after victory at
Washington Capitals. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 08 November 2011
FOOTBALL
Football League Trophy
Northern Section - Quarter Final
Oldham 3 Crewe 1 Rochdale 1 Preston 1 Preston won 4-2
on penalties Sheff Utd 1 Bradford 1 Bradford won 6-5 on penalties
Football League Trophy
Southern Section - Quarter Final
Brentford 6 Bournemouth 0 Cheltenham 0 Barnet 2 Oxford
Utd 0 Southend 1 Swindon 1 AFC Wimbledon 1 Swindon won 3-1 on
penalties
CRICKET
India v West Indies Test Series : First Test at Delhi
India 209 all out 52.5 ovs 276 - 5 80.4 ovs West Indies
304 all out 108.2 ovs 180 all out 57.3 ovs India won by 5 wickets.
TENNIS
ATP BNP Paribas Masters 1st rd:
Ivan Dodig (Cro) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 4-6 6-1 6-3
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 6-4 6-3
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 7-6
(9-7) 6-3
Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Marcel Granollers (Spa) 6-3 ret
John Isner (USA) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) 6-7 (3-7)
7-5 7-6 (7-5)
Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-4 6-2
2nd rd:
(5) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-3 7-5
(13) Andy Roddick (USA) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-4 6-4
(6) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
(Spa) 6-3 6-4
(16) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 6-4
7-6 (7-4)
AEGON Challenger, Loughborough 1st rd:
Flavio Cipolla (Ita) bt Alexander Ward (Gbr) 6-2 6-2
Simone Vagnozzi (Ita) bt Marco Crugnola (Ita) 7-5 6-3
Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) bt Daniel Cox (Gbr) 6-4 6-3
Andreas Haider-Maurer (Aut) bt Daniel Smethurst 6-4 6-2
Aljaz Bedene (Slo) bt Ivo Klec (Svk) 6-3 6-1
Oliver Golding (Gbr) bt Matteo Marrai (Ita) 6-3 6-4
Yannick Mertens (Bel) bt Joshua Milton (Gbr) 4-6 6-3 6-2
Grega Zemlja (Slo) bt Julian Reister (Ger) 6-4 6-3
Andre Begemann (Ger) bt Timo Nieminen (Fin) 6-3 5-7 6-2
Conor Niland (Irl) bt Andrea Arnaboldi (Ita) 6-3 7-5
Tobias Kamke (Ger) bt Fabrice Martin (Fra) 6-0 6-2
WEIGHTLIFTING
Zoe Smith set two personal bests at the World
Weightlifting Championships in Paris before deciding against
attempting the Olympic qualifying A standard. The 17-year-old from
Greenwich lifted 92kg in the snatch and 112kg in the clean and jerk
to record a total of 204kg - three kilograms more than she managed in
May when she claimed silver at the World Youth Championships with a
combined lift of 201kg (91kg and 110kg). |
