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Headlines (22 October) :
Rogers to lead Derbyshire again in 2010
Australian batsman Chris Rogers has agreed to return
to Derbyshire as captain for the 2010 season.
Shaw wants to be back
Simon Shaw hopes to make his England comeback in time
for next month's autumn finale against New Zealand at Twickenham.
Nalbandian on comeback trail in Auckland
Former world number three David Nalbandian will
compete at the Heineken Open in Auckland in January as he steps up
his comeback following hip surgery.
Hodgson keeps his options open
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson has not entirely ruled out a
return to international management despite turning down recent
approaches from Sweden and Norway.
Carmont pens new deal
Wigan centre George Carmont has ended speculation over
his future by signing a new one-year contract, with an option for
2011 dependent on him playing a minimum, unspecified number of games.
Kalou happy to get back on track
Two-goal hero Salomon Kalou believes Chelsea's 4-0
Champions League victory over Atletico Madrid was the perfect
response to the weekend's domestic defeat at the hands of Aston
Villa.
Fergie happy with away success
Sir Alex Ferguson had no complaints about the
artificial pitch at the Luzhniki Stadium after a late Antonio
Valencia goal secured victory for Manchester United against Champions
League Group B opponents CSKA Moscow.
Storrie 'astonished' at tax charge
Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie insisted he
will clear his name after being charged with tax evasion, claiming he
was on his honeymoon at the time the alleged offence took place.
Benitez retains Gillett support
Liverpool co-owner George Gillett remains fully behind
manager Rafael Benitez, claiming the Spaniard is "absolutely as
good as there is in the business".
Smith hails 'terrific talent' in squad
England coach Tony Smith has opted for a blend of
youth and experience to open his side's Gillette Four Nations
campaign. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 21
October 2009
FOOTBALL
UEFA Champions League
Group A
Bordeaux 2 Bayern Munich 1 Juventus 1 Maccabi Haifa 0
Group B
CSKA Moscow 0 Man Utd 1 Wolfsburg 0 Besiktas 0
Group C
FC Zurich 0 Marseille 1 Real Madrid 2 AC Milan 3
Group D
Chelsea 4 Atletico Madrid 0 FC Porto 2 Apoel Nicosia 1
TENNIS
Aegon Pro Series
Women's 1st rd:
Naomi Cavaday (Gbr) bt Jade Windley (Gbr) 6-0 6-1
Katarzyna Piter (Pol) bt Sarah Gronert (Ger) 6-1 3-6 6-4
Nikola Hofmanova (Cze) bt Helen Parish (Gbr) 6-4 6-2
Julia Mayr (Ita) bt Anna Floris (Ita) 6-2 6-3
Patricia Mayr (Aut) bt Amanda Elliott (Gbr) 6-2 6-1
Jade Curtis (Gbr) bt Iveta Gerlova (Cze) 7-6 (8-6) 6-2
Yulia Fedossova (Fra) bt Justine Ozga (Ger) 6-4 6-3
Selima Sfar (Tun) bt Heather Watson (Gbr) 6-2 2-6 7-6 (7-2)
Lisa Whybourn (Gbr) bt Lenka Tvaroskova (Svk) 1-6 6-4 6-2
Romina Oprandi (Ita) bt Evelyn Mayr (Ita) 6-2 5-7 6-2
Stephanie Vongsouthi (Fra) bt Sandra Soler-Sola (Spa)
7-5 6-1
Ana Vrlic (Cro) bt Klaudia Boczova (Svk) 6-4 6-4
Anna Smith (Gbr) bt Stephanie Gehrlein (Ger) 6-4 2-1 rtd
Johanna Larsson (Swe) bt Julia Cohen (USA) 6-3 6-4
Emma Laine (Fin) bt Jocelyn Rae (Gbr) 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 6-4
Melanie South (Gbr) bt Katie Ruckert (USA) 6-1 4-6 6-3
Men's 2nd rd
Yannick Mertens (Bel) bt Dominic Inglot (Gbr) 6-7
(4-7) 6-3 6-4
Richard Bloomfield (Gbr) bt Alexander Sadecky (Swi)
7-5 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 James McGee (Irl) bt Matteo Viola (Ita) 6-4 6-0
Mathieu Rodrigues (Fra) bt Marcus Willis (Gbr) 3-6 7-6
(7-4) 7-6 (7-2)
Conor Niland (Irl) bt Daniel Cox (Gbr) 5-7 6-0 6-2
Daniel Evans (Gbr) bt Barry King (Irl) 6-2 6-4
Claudio Grassi (Ita) bt Alexander Slabinsky (Gbr) 6-1 6-1
David Rice (Gbr) bt Uladzimir Ignatik (Blr) 3-6 6-4 6-2
WTA Luxembourg Open
2nd rd:
Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-2 6-2
Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) bt (3) Anabel Medina Garrigues
(Spa) 7-5 6-3
(6) Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 7-6
(7-1) 6-4
1st rd:
Lucie Hradecka (Cze) bt Catalina Castano (Col) 7-6
(7-4) 6-2
(4) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Tatjana Malek (Ger)
6-1 6-0
(5) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom)
6-3 7-6 (7-4)
ATP If Stockholm Open
2nd rd:
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Simon Greul (Ger) 6-3 7-5
Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 7-5 3-6 6-3
Joachim Johansson (Swe) bt (4) Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-4 6-4
1st rd:
(8) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat) 6-2 6-4
(2) Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 6-3 6-4
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt (3) Juan Carlos Ferrero
(Spa) 6-4 6-2
(1) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Giovanni Lapentti (Ecu)
6-3 6-0
ATP & WTA Kremlin Cup
Men's 1st rd:
Illya Marchenko (Ukr) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 1-6 6-4
4-1 ret
(5) Pablo Cuevas (Uru) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (Rus)
3-6 6-1 6-4
Evgeny Korolev (Rus) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 7-6 (8-6) 6-3
Marat Safin (Rus) bt (1) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 4-6
6-4 6-2
Men's 2nd rd:
(3) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 6-1 6-1
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt (7) Fabrice Santoro (Fra)
7-5 6-1
Women's 1st rd:
Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) bt (6) Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-1
3-6 6-2
Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt (3) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol)
6-3 6-3
Agnes Szavay (Hun) bt (4) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 4-6
3-0 ret
(8) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Nuria Llagostera
Vives (Spa) 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 6-3
Women's 2nd rd:
Olga Govortsova (Blr) bt Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
(Spa) 6-1 6-4
Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) bt (5) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 7-6
(7-3) 6-3
CYCLING
Sprint queen Victoria Pendleton once again held off
the challenge of the young pretenders to her crown with a second
victory in two days at the British National Track Championships in
Manchester. The 29-year-old Olympic champion from Stotfold,
Bedfordshire, added the sprint title to her opening day win in the
women's 500metres time-trial as she continued her preparations for
next week's Track World Cup.
SWIMMING
Eleanor Simmonds was
among six British gold medal winners as she claimed her third title
at the IPC Swimming European Championships in Reykjavik. As well as
Simmonds, Heather Frederiksen, Stephanie
Millward, Robert Welbourn, Sascha Kindred and Daniel Pepper
also topped the podium. Simmonds claimed victory in the SM6 200m
individual medley just ahead of team-mate Natalie Jones in a new
world record time of three minutes and 11.82 seconds, with her
team-mate also dipping under the old world mark in 3mins 12.09secs. |
