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Headlines (25 March) :
Foster out, Carson in for England
Scott Carson has been called up for England's Euro
2012 qualifier with Wales after Ben Foster was ruled out with a
throat infection.
Harry: Bale was fit when he left
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp insists his Welsh winger
Gareth Bale was fit to play when he was released for international
duty at the weekend.
Red Bull fastest in Melbourne
Red Bull lived up to their billing as favourites ahead
of the new F1 season by going fastest in first practice ahead of the
Australian GP.
Gunners not good enough - RVP
Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has admitted their
quest for silverware has floundered this season as they are 'not good enough'.
Richards fears four-week lay-off
Micah Richards fears he could be out for four weeks
after injuring his hamstring in England Under-21s' 4-0 win in Denmark
on Thursday night.
Players shocked by Yardy illness
Graeme Swann has admitted Michael Yardy's England
team-mates were "shocked and very sad" when he flew home
with depression on Thursday.
Levin leads the way in Florida
Debutant Spencer Levin was way out in front after a
six-under-par first round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in
Florida.
Shortland makes Falcons switch
Newcastle have announced the signing of centre Ryan
Shortland from New Zealand provincial side Otago.
Britain claim cycling medals
Great Britain claimed gold in the women's team pursuit
and silver in the team sprint at the Track Cycling World
Championships in Holland.
Radek takes step towards Federer
Radek Stepanek advanced to a second-round clash with
Roger Federer at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 24
March 2011
FOOTBALL
Under-21 International
Belgium U21 1 Scotland U21 0 Denmark U21 0 England U21
4
CRICKET
Australia v India Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium,
Ahmedabad ICC World Cup Quarter Final
India beat Australia by 5 wickets.
GOLF
SAIL Open Collated third-round scores &
totals in the Asian Tour SAIL Open, Delhi Golf Club, New Delhi, India
(Par: 72):
202 Siddikur (Ban) 68 67 67 204 Kiradech Aphibarnrat
(Tha) 68 67 69, Ajeetesh Sandhu (Ind) 69 67 68 205 Akinori Tani (Jpn)
68 67 70, Manav Jaini (Ind) 68 73 64 208 Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 67
69 72, Namchok Tantipokhakul (Tha) 72 69 67 209 Anirban Lahiri (Ind)
66 71 72 210 Shamim Khan (Ind) 72 67 71, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 70 72
68, Digvijay Singh (Ind) 72 70 68
Andalucia Open
First-round collated scores (Gbr & Irl unless
stated, par 70):
65 Jamie Elson, Robert Rock, Rikard Karlberg (Swe),
Oscar Floren (Swe), Johan Edfors (Swe) 66 Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Raul
Quiros (Spa), Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn), Paul Lawrie, Florian Fritsch
(Ger) 67 Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Nick Dougherty, David Horsey, Jorge
Campillo (Spa), Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Peter Hedblom (Swe), Jose
Manuel Lara (Spa), Anthony Wall, Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Keith Horne
(Rsa), Tano Goya (Arg), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Mark Foster, Pablo
Martin (Spa)
Arnold Palmer Invitational
Collated first round scores in the USPGA Tour Arnold
Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard, Bay Hill Club &
Lodge, Orlando, Florida, United States of America(USA unless stated,
par 72):
66 Spencer Levin 69 Hunter Mahan, Rickie Fowler 70
Brian Davis (Eng), Vaughn Taylor, Jason Dufner, Lee Janzen, Chris
Couch, Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, Daniel Chopra (Swe), Martin
Laird (Sco), Hunter Haas, Rocco Mediate 71 Billy Hurley III, Brendon
De Jonge, Steve Marino, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Robert Garrigus, John
Senden (Aus), Ian Poulter (Eng)
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Sony Ericsson Open
Women's 2nd round:
(11) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Simona Halep (Rom)
6-0 6-4
(29) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Melanie Oudin (USA)
6-1 6-3
(32) Klara Zakopalova (Cze) bt Elena Baltacha (Gbr)
7-6 (7-4) 6-3
Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt (10) Shahar Peer
(Isr) 6-2 6-2
(21) Andrea Petkovic (Ger) bt Jamie Hampton (USA) 6-2 7-5
(4) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-2 6-1
(30) Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Patty Schnyder (Swi) 6-2 6-4
(26) Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) bt Chanelle Scheepers
(Rsa) 6-3 6-2
(6) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom)
6-3 6-1
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands
(USA) 6-2 7-5
Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt (13) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-3 6-0
Shuai Peng (Chn) bt (20) Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-0 6-4
(16)Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Petra Martic (Cro) 6-3 6-2
Johanna Larsson (Swe) bt (7) Na Li (Chn) 7-5 6-7 (5-7)
7-6 (7-5)
Men's 1st round
Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) bt Pere Riba (Spa) 6-3 6-2
Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt Robin Haase (Ned) 6-4 7-6 (7-5)
Pablo Cuevas (Uru) bt Michael Berrer (Ger) 6-4 7-6 (7-2)
Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Mischa Zverev (Ger) 6-2 6-7
(9-11) 6-1
Carlos Berlocq (Arg) bt Jack Sock (USA) 7-5 7-6 (8-6)
Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-3 7-6 (7-5)
Philipp Petzschner (Ger) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 6-1 7-5
Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus) bt Daniel Brands (Ger) 6-2
7-6 (7-5)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 6-2 6-4
Frederico Gil (Por) bt Paul Capdeville (Chi) 6-1 3-6
7-6 (8-6)
Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Blaz Kavcic (Slo) 3-6 6-4 7-5
Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 6-4 7-6 (8-6)
Rainer Schuettler (Ger) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 7-5 6-2
CYCLING
Victoria Pendleton and Wendy Houvenaghel hailed Great
Britain's next generation of talent after a successful second evening
at the Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn, Holland on
Thursday night. After Britain's men won bronze in both the team
pursuit and team sprint on day one, the women bettered both
performances. Houvenaghel combined with
20-year-old Dani King and 18-year-old Laura
Trott to take gold in the three-kilometre team pursuit, while
20-year-old Jessica Varnish and Pendleton claimed silver in the
two-lap team sprint. |
