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Headlines (22 December) :
England saved by the rain
Alastair Cook's seventh Test hundred allied with more
wet weather helped England rescue the third Test in Galle as the
match finished in a draw.
Ramos: I spurred players into action
Juande Ramos believes he has won his first major
battle as Tottenham manager by alleviating the "despondency"
he found on his arrival at White Hart Lane.
Agents: Crouch comments may be racist
Chelsea midfielder Mikel John Obi's representatives
have claimed Peter Crouch's suggestion that foreigners are prone to
diving is "potentially racist".
Yeung: Communication caused collapse
The Birmingham takeover saga has taken a new twist
with prospective new owner Carson Yeung's company Grandtop
International Holdings (GIH) claiming it is they who have suspended a
buy-out of the club until there are better communication links
between the
Brooking: Capello has aura to impress
New England manager Fabio Capello has the aura to get
the current crop of internationals back on top of their game,
according to Sir Trevor Brooking.
Italian tennis stars banned
Italian duo Potito Starace and Daniele Bracciali have
been banned by the ATP for betting on matches.
Ruddock: Time to deliver
Mike Ruddock claims Worcester have "real
determination and focus" to start transforming their Guinness
Premiership campaign.
Keane tempted to tackle fans
Sunderland manager Roy Keane has admitted there have
been times when he wanted to "do a Cantona" when faced with
abuse from the crowd.
Jones eyes comeback during six nations
Ryan Jones is determined to be back in a Wales jersey
for the start of the RBS 6 Nations.
Fergie hails Rooney example
Sir Alex Ferguson is confident the future of football
is in safe hands as long as players like Wayne Rooney are around. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 21
December 2007
FOOTBALL:
Coca-Cola Football League
One: Brighton Gillingham Postponed, Northampton 4
Bournemouth 1
Two:Milton Keynes Dons 1 Brentford 1
The Setanta Shield: Cambridge Utd 0 Rushden &
D'monds 1, Exeter 2 Ebbsfleet United 3After Extra Time, Welling Grays
Athletic Postponed
Carnegie Irish Premier Division: Dungannon Swifts
Donegal Celtic Postponed
Principality Building Society: Welshpool Town 0 Newi
Cefn Druids 1
BASKETBALL:
BBL Championship: Newcastle Eagles 109 Birmingham
Panthers 86, Sheffield Sharks 121 Worcester Wolves 125
CRICKET:
Third Test Match Galle
Sri Lanka 499-8 dec (D P M D Jayawardene 213 no, W P U
J C Vaas 90, T M Dilshan 84) v England 81 (W P U J C Vaas 4-28) &
102-1 (A N Cook 53 no)
DARTS:
Ladbrokes PDC World Darts Championship, Alexandra
Palace, London, England
1st rd: Alan Warriner-Little (Eng) bt Shi Yongsheng
(Chn) 3-1, Erwin Extercatte (Ned) bt Colin Osborne (Eng) 3-1, Mensur
Suljovic (Aut) bt Andy Smith (Eng) 3-2, Steve Beaton(Eng) bt Steve
Evans (Wal) 3-0, Ronnie Baxter (Eng) bt Dan Olson (Can) 3-2, James
Wade (Eng) bt Steve MacArthur (Aus) 3-0, John Part (Can) bt Charles
Losper (Rsa) 3-1, Mark Dudbridge (Eng) bt Steve Hine (Eng) 3-1
EQUESTRIAN:
Olympia London International Horse Show, Olympia, England
Grand Prix: 1 Oki Doki (A.Zoer, Ned) 0 in 39.2 secs, 2
Lacroix (R.Whitaker, Gbr) 0 in 39.27, 3 Camiro (T.Andre Hansen, Nor)
0 in 46.64, 4 Nabab's Son( M.Kutscher, Ger) 4 in 40.66, 5 Candy
(A.Pollmann-Schweckhorst, Ger) 4 in 40.92, 6 Olaf (L.Thijssen, Ned) 4
in 41.09
Speed Stakes: 1 Casino (J.Whitaker, Gbr) 52.89 secs, 2
Rusedski (R.Whitaker, Gbr) 53.28, 3 For Fun (M.Ehning, Ger) 54.32, 4
That's Life (M.Hecart, Fra) 54.43, 5 Fraulein Smilla (C.O'Connor,
Irl) 55.88, 6 Carnaval Path (W.Whitaker, Gbr) 56.02
Accenture Young Showjumper of the Year: 1 Ungaro
(D.Neilson) 0 flts in 38.98 secs, 2 Parlinus (S.Strawson) 0 in 40.25,
3 Cermit (A.Derbyshire) 0 in 45.39, 4 Wonderboy III (G.Strutton) 4 in
39.85, 5 Tygris (C.Howell) 4 in 42.83, 6 Collooney (J.Billington) 4
in 1st rd
Christmas Cracker Stakes: 1 Godsend du Reverdy
(T.Velin, Den) 0 flts in 36.43 secs, 2 Insul Tech Mozart des Hayettes
(M.Whitaker, Gbr) 0 in 36.59, 3 HBC Dancing Queen (J.Kayser, Aut) 0
in 37.89, 4 Kalusha (R.Smith, Gbr) 0 in 38.15, 5 H&M Espri
(M.Baryard-Johnsson, Swe) 0 in 38.22, 6 Isovlas Jus des Fontaines
(D.Deusser, Ger)0 in 43.65
Accenture Christmas Puissance: 1 Insul Tech Leonardo
(W.Whitaker, Gbr), =2.Lyssegan Clover Diamond (S.Breen, Irl) &
Finbarr V (R.Whitaker, Gbr), 4.Casper (C.O'Connor, Irl), =-5.Tresor V
(S.Guerdat, Swi) & Una II (G.Williams, Gbr)
Accenture Speed Stakes: 1.VDL Groep Issis du Marais
(L.van Asten, Ned) 51.75 secs, 2.Rusedski II (R.Whitaker, Gbr) 52.88,
3.For Fun (M.Ehning, Ger) 53.012, 4.Merva des Hayettes (G.Williams,
Gbr) 53.81, 5.Hooligan de Rosyl (D.Deusser, Ger) 54.3, 6.Okometa
(A.Pollmann-Schweckhorst, Ger) 54.74
GOLF:
Collated final round scores & totals in Sunshine
Tour, 2008 Vusi Ngubeni Development Strokeplay, Observatory Golf
Club, Johannesburg, South Africa(Rsa unless stated, Par:72)
136 Prinavin Nelson 69 67 137 Teboho Sefatsa 69 68 139
Thabang Simon 67 72 141 Peter Msiza 70 71 142 Tsietsi Chabangu 69 73
144 Irvin Mosate 67 77 145 Reggie Adams 71 74
GRIDIRON:
National Football League: St Louis Rams 24 Pittsburgh
Steelers 41
ICEHOCKEY:
National Hockey League: Atlanta Thrashers 3 Ottawa
Senators 2, Boston Bruins 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Florida Panthers 5
Carolina Hurricanes 4, Minnesota Wild 6 New York Rangers 3, San Jose
Sharks 2 Phoenix Coyotes 3, St Louis Blues 3 Detroit Red Wings 2,
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Vancouver Canucks 3
Dallas Stars 2, Washington Capitals 2 Montreal Canadiens 5
LUGE:
FIL Germanpipe World Cup, Passeier, Italy
Leading final positions after the Men's Doubleseater:
1 Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara (Ita) (1st run: 58.72secs &
2nd run: 58.87secs) 1min 57.59secs, 2 Andrzej Laszczak & Damian
Waniczek (Pol) (59.65 & 1:00.20) 1:59.85, 3 Christian Schatz &
Gerhard Muhlbacher (Aut) (1:00.63 & 59.87) 2:00.50, 4 Bjorn
Kierspel & Christian Wichan (Ger) (1:00.39 & 1:00.71)
2:01.10, 5 Pawel Porschnev & Ivan Lazarev (Rus) (1:00.24 &
1:01.01) 2:01.25, 6 Martin Mayerhofer & Siegfried Truppe (Aut)
(1:01.32 & 1:00.82) 2:02.14, 7 Aleksandr Egerov & Petr Popov
(Rus) (1:01.45 & 1:00.95) 2:02.40, 8 Philipp Antholzer & Rudi
Resch (Ita) (1:01.05 & 1:01.69) 2:02.74
Leading final positions after the Women´s single seaters:
Standings after one run: 1 Ekatharina Lavrentjeva
(Rus) 56.42secs, 2 Renate Gietl (Ita) 56.62, 3 Melanie Batkowski
(Aut) 56.95, 4 Renate Kasslatter (Ita) 57.38, 5 Marisa Clara (Ita)
57.73, 6 Kinga Gawlas (Pol) 57.95, 7 julia Vetlova (Rus) 58.04, 8
Evelyn Lanthaler (Ita) 58.07
Overall Doubleseaters World Cup Standings: 1 Patrick
Pigneter & Florian Clara (Ita) 100 Pts, 2 Andrzej Laszczak &
Damian Waniczek (Pol) 85, 3 Christian Schatz & Gerhard Muhlbacher
(Aut) 70, 4 Bjorn Kierspel & Christian Wichan (Ger) 60, 5 Pawel
Porschnev & Ivan Lazarev (Rus) 55, 6 Martin Mayerhofer &
Siegfried Truppe (Aut) 50, 7 Aleksandr Egerov & Petr Popov (Rus)
46, 8 Philipp Antholzer & Rudi Resch (Ita) 42, 9 Guido Hilgartner
& jan Huber (Aut) 39, 10 Galabin Botzev & Chavdar Arsov (Bul)
36, 12 Yevhen Prysyacnyuk & Maryan Hyzner (Ukr) 34
SKIING:
FIS Skiing Freestyle World Cup, Lianhua Mountain, China
Leading final positions after the Men's Aerials: 1
Steve Omischl (Can) 247.55pts, 2 Anton Kushnir (Blr) 237.33, 3
Xiaopeng Han (Chn) 236.11, 4 Thomas Lambert (Swi) 235.72, 5 Dmitri
Dashinski (Blr) 232.73, 6 Haitao Yue (Chn) 218.80, 7 Warren Shouldice
(Can) 216.85, 8 Guangpu Qi (Chn) 209.52, 9 Andreas Isoz (Swi) 194.24,
10 Renato Ulrich (Swi) 184.64, 11 Zhongqing Liu (Chn) 184.45, 12 Yury
Zukal (Rus) 177.79, 13 Nicolas Thepaut (Fra) 96.18, 14 Vladimir
Lebedev (Rus) 94.14, 15 Ke Li (Chn) 93.52
Leading Men's Aerials Standings: 1 Steve Omischl (Can)
100pts, 2 Anton Kushnir (Blr) 80, 3 Xiaopeng Han (Chn) 60, 4 Thomas
Lambert (Swi) 50, 5 Dmitri Dashinski (Blr) 45, 6 Haitao Yue (Chn) 40,
7 Warren Shouldice (Can) 36, 8 Guangpu Qi (Chn) 32, 9 Andreas Isoz
(Swi) 29, 10 Renato Ulrich (Swi) 26
Men's Overall World Cup Standings: 1 Pierre-Alexandre
Rousseau (Can) 20.00pts, 1 Steve Omischl (Can) 20.00, 3 Tapio Luusua
(Fin) 16.00, 3 Anton Kushnir (Blr) 16.00, 5 Alexandre Bilodeau (Can)
12.00, 5 Xiaopeng Han (Chn) 12.00, 7 Guilbaut Colas (Fra) 10.00, 7
Thomas Lambert (Swi) 10.00, 9 Nathan Roberts (USA) 9.00, 9 Dmitri
Dashinski (Blr) 9.00
Leading final positions after the Women's Aerials: 1
Jacqui Cooper (Aus) 196.62pts, 2 Lydia Lassila (Aus) 190.34, 3 Xinxin
Guo (Chn) 186.70, 4 Jiao Wang (Chn) 180.75, 5 Shuang Cheng (Chn)
174.66, 6 Shuangfei Dai (Chn) 168.66, 7 Elizabeth Gardner (Aus)
168.36, 8 Alla Tsuper (Blr) 167.10, 9 Evelyne Leu (Sui) 165.04, 10
Xin Zhang (Chn) 156.68, 11 Shanshan Zhao (Chn) 153.38, 12 Nina Li
(Chn) 148.16, 13 Yu Yang (Chn) 53.55
Leading Women's Aerials Standings: 1 Jacqui Cooper
(Aus) 100pts, 2 Lydia Lassila (Aus) 80, 3 Xinxin Guo (Chn) 60, 4 Jiao
Wang (Chn) 50, 5 Shuang Cheng (Chn) 45, 6 Shuangfei Dai (Chn) 40, 7
Elizabeth Gardner (Aus) 36, 8 Alla Tsuper (Blr) 32, 9 Evelyne Leu
(Sui) 29, 10 Xin Zhang (Chn) 26
Women's Overall World Cup Standings: 1 Margarita
Marbler (Aut) 20.00pts, 1 Jacqui Cooper (Aus) 20.00, 3 Aiko Uemura
(Jpn) 16.00, 3 Lydia Lassila (Aus) 16.00, 5 Kristi Richards (Can)
12.00, 5 Xinxin Guo (Chn) 12.00, 7 Miki Ito (Jpn) 10.00, 7 Jiao Wang
(Chn) 10.00, 9 Nikola Sudova (Cze) 9.00, 9 Shuang Cheng (Chn) 9.00 |
