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Headlines (18 October) :
Consortium linked to West Ham bid
A multinational consortium is lining up a
£100million bid to buy West Ham, according to a report in
Sunday's News of the World.
Rossi closes in on title as Stoner wins
Casey Stoner claimed his third successive win at the
Australian Grand Prix on a day when Valentino Rossi moved a step
closer to retaining his FIM MotoGP World Championship title.
Blues blunders annoy Ancelotti
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti admitted his side have to
defend better at set-plays after they crashed to a second successive
away defeat to Aston Villa.
Bruce shrugs off Rafa clash
Sunderland boss Steve Bruce described his touchline
clash with Rafael Benitez as "handbags" after Darren Bent's
controversial goal delivered a fresh blow to Liverpool's title hopes.
Close shave for United
Sir Alex Ferguson admitted Manchester United got
themselves into a panic before scrambling past Bolton to go top of
the Barclays Premier League.
Walcott injury mars Gunners win
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger lamented a knee injury
to Theo Walcott which overshadowed the 3-1 Barclays Premier League
win against Birmingham.
Button suffers as Rubens claims pole
Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello claimed pole position
for his home grand prix in Brazil on Sunday with Red Bull's Mark
Webber second and Force India's Adrian Sutil starting third on the
grid.
We have ourselves to blame - Monye
England wing Ugo Monye admitted Harlequins wrecked
their own Heineken Cup campaign by gifting Toulouse top spot in Pool
Five following a 19-23 defeat.
Smith takes positives from Wales clash
England coach Tony Smith declared himself satisfied
with the quality of Saturday night's warm-up exercise against Wales
ahead of his team's Four Nations campaign.
Froch unhappy despite win
Carl Froch criticised Andre Dirrell's tactics after
the Nottingham fighter retained his WBC super-middleweight title on a
split decision in the Super Six World Boxing Classic. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 17
October 2009
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal 3 Birmingham 1 Aston Villa 2 Chelsea 1 Everton
1 Wolverhampton 1 Man Utd 2 Bolton 1 Portsmouth 1 Tottenham 2 Stoke 2
West Ham 1 Sunderland 1 Liverpool 0
Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 1 Hearts 1 Celtic 0 Motherwell 0 Dundee Utd 1
Hamilton 1 Falkirk 1 St Mirren 3 Hibernian 1 Kilmarnock 0 St
Johnstone 1 Rangers 2
Coca-Cola Championship
Blackpool 2 Plymouth 0 Bristol City 1 Peterborough 1
Cardiff 1 Crystal Palace 1 Doncaster 0 Barnsley 1 Ipswich 1 Swansea 1
Leicester 0 Derby 0 Middlesbrough 0 Watford 1 Nottm Forest 1
Newcastle 0 QPR 4 Preston 0 Scunthorpe 3 Sheff Utd 1 Sheff Wed 2
Coventry 0 West Brom 3 Reading 1
RUGBY UNION
Heineken Cup Pool 1
Munster (12) 41 Treviso (10) 10
Heineken Cup Pool 2
Biarritz (21) 42 Gloucester (3) 15
Heineken Cup Pool 3
Viadana (8) 11 Leicester (22) 46
Heineken Cup Pool 4
Edinburgh (6) 17 Ulster (10) 13
Heineken Cup Pool 5
Harlequins (14) 19 Toulouse (0) 23
Heineken Cup Pool 6
Brive (6) 13 Leinster (19) 36
London Irish (18) 25 Scarlets (18) 27
Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 1
Bucuresti (13) 19 Bourgoin (13) 21
Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 2
Olympus Madrid (5) 5 Worcester (31) 38
Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 3
Rovigo (6) 11 Castres (43) 76
Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 4
Racing Metro 92 16 Bayonne 20 Rugby Roma (0) 0 Wasps
(19) 57
TENNIS
WTA HP Open
Semi-final:
(4) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Sania Mirza (Ind) 6-2 6-1
(3) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt (1) Caroline Wozniacki
(Den) 6-0 4-6 6-4
ATP Shanghai Masters 1000
Semi-final:
(6) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt (2) Novak Djokovic
(Ser) 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-1)
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-1
3-0 ret
WTA Generali Ladies Linz
Semi-final:
Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt (2) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol)
6-3 6-2
(3) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt (1) Flavia Pennetta
(Ita) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3
ATHLETICS
World champion Bai Xue continued her brilliant form
this year with another stellar performance when defending her Beijing
Marathon title. Her victory came two months after her gold medal
success in Berlin, and she headed a Chinese clean sweep today by
finishing ahead of Zhang Xin and Zhu Xiaolin. The 20-year-old won a
testing race in a time of two hours, 34 minutes and 44 seconds with
Zhang clocking 2:34:49 and Xiaolin 2:34:55. |
