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Headlines (21 November) :
MLS Cup final glory for Becks
David Beckham lifted the MLS Cup on Sunday night as
Los Angeles Galaxy beat Houston Dynamo 1-0 in what could have been
his farewell to America.
No hint on future from Beckham
David Beckham remained non-committal over his future
after helping the Los Angeles Galaxy beat the Houston Dynamo in the
MLS Cup final.
AVB not fearful of Blues axe
Andre Villas-Boas is confident Roman Abramovich
remains fully behind his Chelsea revolution despite the 2-1 defeat to
Liverpool.
Wenger won't leave Arsenal job
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has urged the media to
stop speculating about his future as he intends to see out his
contract no matter what.
Redknapp to return to dugout
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has confirmed he will
be back in the dugout for Monday night's Premier League game with
Aston Villa.
Murray takes nothing for granted
Andy Murray knows there will be no margin for error
when he tackles David Ferrer in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Monday.
I was lucky to win - Nadal
An ailing Rafael Nadal admitted he was fortunate to
begin his Barclays ATP World Tour Finals campaign with a victory.
Bernie interested in floating F1
Bernie Ecclestone says he would consider floating
Formula One on either the Singapore or Hong Kong stock exchanges.
Taylor claims Grand Slam glory
Phil Taylor was at his imperious best as he claimed
the Grand Slam of Darts title in style with a 16-4 rout of Gary
Anderson in Wolverhampton.
Donald stars in Bath victory
Stephen Donald took centre-stage for Bath as they put
their European campaign back on track with a tense 16-13 victory over
Montpellier. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 20 November 2011
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2
npower Championship
Leicester 3 Crystal Palace 0 Millwall 1 Bristol City 2
RUGBY UNION
Heineken Cup Pool 3
Bath (13) 16 Montpellier (3) 13 Leinster (31) 38
Glasgow (6) 13
Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 3
Wasps (17) 38 Rovigo (7) 7
Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 5
Agen (3) 8 Brive (16) 29
GOLF
Alfred Dunhill Championship Collated final round
scores & totals in the European Tour Alfred Dunhill Championship,
Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa(Gbr & Irl unless stated,
par 72):
269 Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 69 68 64 68 271 George Murray
66 69 69 67 275 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 71 64 68 72, Peter Whiteford 73
67 64 71, Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 68 68 72 67, George Coetzee (Rsa) 66 71
69 69 276 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 69 68 67 72, Andrea Pavan (Ita) 68 70 68
70 277 Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 64 67 73 73, Steven Tiley 70 69 70 68, James
Kamte (Rsa) 72 70 69 66
Presidents Cup
Results in the Sunday Singles of the Presidents Cup,
Royal Melbourne GC, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (USA unless stated):
Webb Simpson lost to Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor) 1 down
Dustin Johnson lost to Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 2 & 1
Bubba Watson lost to Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 3 & 2
Bill Haas lost to Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 2 down
Hunter Mahan bt Jason Day (Aus) 5 & 3
Nick Watney bt K J Choi (Kor) 3 & 2
Phil Mickelson lost to Adam Scott (Aus) 2 & 1
Matt Kuchar lost to Retief Goosen (Rsa) 1 down
Jim Furyk bt Ernie Els (Rsa) 4 & 3
David Toms bt Robert Allenby (Aus) 7 & 5
Tiger Woods bt Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 4 & 3
Steve Stricker bt Y.E. Yang (Kor) 2 & 1
USA 19 International Team 15
Iskandor Johor Open Collated final round scores &
totals in the European Tour Iskandor Johor Open, Horizon Hills
G&CC, Johor, Malaysia Note: Due to weather interruptions
tournament is decided over 54 holes(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
198 Joost Luiten (Ned) 63 70 65 199 Daniel Chopra
(Swe) 64 65 70 200 Rhys Davies (Wal) 70 65 65, James Morrison (Eng)
66 65 69, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 64 67 69 201 Gregory Bourdy (Fra)
64 67 70 202 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 64 67
TENNIS
ATP World Tour Finals
Group B:
(4) Roger Federer (Swi) bt (6) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(Fra) 6-2 2-6 6-4
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (8) Mardy Fish (USA) 6-2 3-6
7-6 (7-3)
MODERN PENTATHLON
Great Britain's Jamie Cooke was crowned junior modern
pentathlon world champion in Argentina. The 20-year-old came from
behind in Buenos Aires to take the title, winning it ahead of Pavel
Iliashenko and Alexander Nobis. Cooke had started the day with a poor
display in the fencing and was 29th heading into the swim, but picked
things up after that to secure Britain's third medal of the weekend. |
