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Headlines (25 October) :
Shearer open to offers
Alan Shearer is keen on returning to management with
Newcastle but admits he will listen to any other offers that interest
him.
Ancelotti to return to ill father
Carlo Ancelotti watched his side thrash Blackburn 5-0
and then revealed he was returning to Italy to be with his sick
father.
Liverpool chief stands by Benitez
Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow insists
Rafael Benitez's job is safe even if the Reds do not win the Premier
League this season.
Boro lined up Strachan - Southgate
Former Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate claims
he was told after he was sacked that Gordon Strachan had been lined
up as his successor more than two weeks earlier.
Rossi lands another world title
Valentino Rossi clinched the ninth world title of his
career, by finishing third in Sunday's FIM MotoGP World Championship
race in soggy Sepang behind Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa.
Smith confirms tight rein on spending
Walter Smith has confirmed what many have suspected
for some time now - that the club's spending is being overseen by the
HBOS bank.
Lennon makes an early exit
Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon risked infuriating Harry
Redknapp by taking himself off during the Barclays Premier League
defeat to Stoke after his manager asked him to carry on.
Australia top order starts well
Captain Ricky Ponting led from the front as
Australia's top-order batsmen made a fine start to their seven-match
series, in the first one-day international against India at Vadodara.
White woe for England
Leicester prop Julian White has been ruled out of
England's autumn internationals after tearing a hamstring in the
early stages of Saturday's clash with London Irish.
Lockyer relieved to have drawn
Darren Lockyer admitted Australia had pulled off the
"great escape" in salvaging a dramatic 20-20 draw in
Saturday's Gillette Four Nations clash. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 24
October 2009
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Birmingham 2 Sunderland 1 Burnley 1 Wigan 3 Chelsea 5
Blackburn 0 Hull 0 Portsmouth 0 Tottenham 0 Stoke 1 Wolverhampton 1
Aston Villa 1
Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 0 Dundee Utd 2 Hearts 0 Falkirk 0 Kilmarnock
2 St Johnstone 1 Rangers 1 Hibernian 1 St Mirren 3 Motherwell 3
Coca-Cola Championship
Barnsley 2 Bristol City 3 Coventry 0 West Brom 0
Crystal Palace 1 Nottm Forest 1 Derby 2 QPR 4 Newcastle 2 Doncaster 1
Peterborough 3 Scunthorpe 0 Plymouth 1 Ipswich 1 Preston 2
Middlesbrough 2 Sheff Utd 3 Cardiff 4 Swansea 0 Blackpool 0
RUGBY UNION
Guinness Premiership
Bath (8) 16 Newcastle (7) 27 Gloucester (6) 6 Wasps
(13) 35 London Irish (9) 18 Leicester (3) 12 Northampton (15) 21 Sale
(3) 16 Worcester (9) 22 Harlequins (13) 26
The Magners League
Cardiff Blues (10) 20 Ospreys (0) 12 Ulster (3) 16
Leinster (7) 14
RUGBY LEAGUE
National Conference League Premier Division
Hull Dockers 14 Oulton Raiders 14 Ince Rose Bridge 20
Leigh East 28 Leigh MR 20 West Hull 12 Skirlaugh 15 Widnes St Maries
15 Wath Brow Hornets 10 Siddal 6 Wigan St Judes 34 East Hull 22 York
Acorn 22 Wigan St Patricks 4
Gillette Four Nations Group Match
Australia (6) 20 New Zealand (6) 20
European Cup Group 1
Lebanon 86 Italy 0
GOLF
Iskandar Johor Open
Collated second round scores & totals in the Asian
Tour Iskandar Johor Open, Royal Johor Country Club, Johor Bahru,
Malaysia(Par: 72)
131 Himmat Rai (Ind) 64 67 132 K.J. Choi (Kor) 68 64,
Darren Beck (Aus) 68 64 133 Chang Tse-Peng (Tpe) 65 68 134 Chapchai
Nirat (Tha) 69 65, Mars Pucay (Phi) 69 65 135 Kodai Ichihara (Jpn) 66
69 136 Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 69 67
Italian Federation Cup
Collated final round scores & totals in the
European Challenge Tour Italian Federation Cup, Olgiata GC, Rome,
Italy(Ita unless stated, par 72):
267 E Molinari 66 67 68 66 268 N Colsaerts (Bel) 68 66
66 68 272 R Davies (Wal) 66 68 67 71 273 S Manley (Wal) 70 70 67 66
274 F Andersson Hed (Swe) 69 68 64 73 275 B Hebert (Fra) 74 67 67 67,
S Thornton (Irl) 65 69 70 71 276 P Gustafsson (Swe) 70 66 70 70
Champions Tour AT&T Championship
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA
Champions Tour AT&T Championship, Oak Hill CC, San Antonio,
Texas, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
134 Andy Bean 67 67, Russ Cochran 66 68 135 Jay Haas
68 67 136 Tom Kite 67 69, Jeff Sluman 69 67 137 Mark O'Meara 67 70,
Scott Simpson 68 69, Tim Simpson 68 69 138 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 70
68, Hale Irwin 71 67 139 Phil Blackmar 72 67, John Cook 68 71, Jim
Thorpe 70 69, Tim Conley 69 70, Chip Beck 70 69, David Eger 68 71
Castello Masters (R3)
Collated third round scores & totals in the
European Tour CASTELLO MASTERS Costa Azahar, Club de Campo del
Mediterraneo, Castellon, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
197 Michael Jonzon (Swe) 64 68 65 198 Sergio Garcia
(Spa) 63 68 67, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 63 67 68 199 Sam Hutsby 65 68 66
200 Peter Hanson (Swe) 66 68 66, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 69 66 65 201
Robert Allenby (Aus) 64 66 71
TENNIS
Aegon Pro Series
Men's 15,000 Futures Singles Final:
Yannick Mertens (Bel) bt Daniel Evans (Gbr) 6-0 6-2
Women's 25,000 Event
Singles Semi-finals:
Johanna Larsson (Swe) bt Stephanie Vongsouthi (Fra)
6-4 6-2
Melanie South (Gbr) bt Katarzyna Piter (Pol) 6-4 7-5
Doubles Final:
Emma Laine (Fin) & Melanie South (Gbr) bt Evelyn
Mayr & Julia Mayr (Ita) 6-3 6-2
WTA BGL Luxembourg Open
Semi-final:
(3) Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt (5) Yanina Wickmayer
(Bel) 3-6 6-2 7-5
(6) Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt Shahar Peer (Isr) 6-3 4-6
7-6 (7-5)
ATP If Stockholm Open
Semi-final:
Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 7-6
(7-4) 4-6 6-3
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt (1) Robin Soderling (Swe) w/o
ATP & WTA Kremlin Cup
Men's Semi-final:
(6) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt Illya Marchenko (Ukr)
6-1 6-4
(3) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz)
6-2 6-1
Women's Semi-final:
(8) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Alona Bondarenko
(Ukr) 6-4 6-0
Olga Govortsova (Blr) bt Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) 6-2 6-1
MOTOR CYCLING
Valentino Rossi clinched his seventh MotoGP world
title by finishing third in Sunday's race in soggy Sepang behind
Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa. Stoner's second successive race
victory was achieved with a yawning gap of 14.666seconds back to Pedrosa.
SWIMMING
Great Britain claimed six gold medals on the final day
of the IPC European Championships in Iceland to top the table. The
British team won gold through the men's and women's 34 point relay
teams, Jonathan Fox, Sam Hynd, Louise Watkin and Nyree Lewis in
Reykjavik. There were also six silver and three bronze medals for the
British team today to take their total in the competition to 39 gold,
32 silver and 23 bronze. The women's 34 point 4x100m freestyle relay
team of Stephanie Millward, Eleanor Simmonds, Lauren Steadman and
Watkin smashed the European record by 16 seconds with a time of four
minutes 35.45 seconds.
SKIING
Finland's Tanja Poutiainen made a winning start to her
defence of the giant slalom World Cup title in Solden, Austria, on
Saturday - by one hundredth of a second. The Olympic silver medallist
edged out home favourite Kathrin Zettel after finishing the first run
in third place. |
