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Headlines (26 March) :
England name unchanged team
England chose an unchanged team for Saturday's World
Cup quarter-final against Sri Lanka at the Premadasa Stadium.
Terry and Fabio closer than ever
John Terry insists Fabio Capello is as hungry as ever
to bring success to England and that his relationship with his coach
has grown stronger.
Problems stack up for N Ireland
Nigel Worthington will spend the next two days
pondering the cost of Friday night's Euro 2012 qualifying defeat to Serbia.
Murray: I'll get going again
Andy Murray says he can bounce back from his terrible
recent form after crashing out of the Sony Ericsson Open at the first
hurdle on Friday.
New Zealand stun South Africa
New Zealand secured a surprise World Cup semi-final
berth with a thrilling 49-run victory over South Africa in Dhaka.
Kenny beaten as Bauge backs treble
Jason Kenny was beaten to silver in the men's sprint
at the Track Cycling World Championships as Gregory Bauge secured a
hat-trick of triumphs.
Laird leads at Bay Hill
Scotland's Martin Laird surged into the halfway lead
at the Arnold Palmer Invitational after a superb round of 65 on Friday.
Wolves set stall with win at Wigan
Warrington extended their lead at the top of the Super
League to three points with a 24-6 win over champions Wigan at the DW
Stadium on Friday.
Hodgson puts boot into Leeds
Charlie Hodgson kicked Sale to a priceless 15-12
victory as an agonising loss sent bottom side Leeds ever closer to
Premiership relegation. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 25 March
2011
FOOTBALL
International
China PR 1 New Zealand 1 Estonia 2 Uruguay 0 Lithuania
2 Poland 0 Montenegro 1 Uzbekistan 0 South Korea 4 Honduras 0
European Championship Qualifying Group A
Austria 0 Belgium 2
Group C
Serbia 2 Northern Ireland 1 Slovenia 0 Italy 1
Group D
Luxembourg 0 France 2
Group E
Hungary 0 Holland 4
Group I
Spain 2 Czech Republic 1
Under-21 International
Portugal U21 2 Rep of Ireland U21 0
CRICKET
New Zealand v South Africa Mirpur ICC World Cup
Quarter Final
New Zealand beat South Africa by 49 runs
GOLF
SAIL Open
Collated final-round scores & totals in the Asian
Tour SAIL Open, Delhi GolfClub, New Delhi, India (Par: 72):
272 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 68 67 69 68 273
Siddikur (Ban) 68 67 67 71 274 Ajeetesh Sandhu (Ind) 69 67 68 70 275
Manav Jaini (Ind) 68 73 64 70 276 Akinori Tani (Jpn) 68 67 70 71 278
Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 66 71 72 69 279 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 70 72 68 69
Kia Classic Latest second round scores & totals in
the LPGA Tour Kia Classic, Pacific Palms Resort, City of Industry,
California, United States(USA unless stated, par 73):Second-round
play was suspended at 1903 local time due to darkness and will resume
at 0730 on Saturday.
134 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 70 64 140 Chella Choi (Kor) 72 68
141 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 71 70, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 71 70 143
Michelle Wie 68 75, Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 70 73 144 Stacy Prammanasudh
72 72, Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 72 72, Amy Hung (Tai) 70 74, Moira Dunn 74
70, Katherine Hull (Aus) 73 71 145 Na Yeon
Open de Andalucia Collated second round scores &
totals in the European Tour Open Andalucia de Golf, Parador de
Malaga, Malaga, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70)
132 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 66 66, Maarten Lafeber (Ned)
67 65, Rikard Karlberg (Swe) 65 67 133 Jamie Elson 65 68, Paul Lawrie
66 67, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 66 67 134 Gabriel Canizares (Spa) 70
64, Mark Foster 67 67, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 67 67, Oscar Floren (Swe)
65 69, Florian Fritsch (Ger) 66 68
Arnold Palmer Invitational
Collated second round scores & totals 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):
135 Martin Laird (Sco) 70 65 136 Spencer Levin 66 70,
K J Choi (Kor) 72 64 138 Hunter Mahan 69 69, Steve Marino 71 67,
Vaughn Taylor 70 68, Charles Howell III 73 65 140 Jason Dufner 70 70,
Rickie Fowler 69 71 141 Tiger Woods 73 68, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 68,
David Toms 74 67, Chris Couch 70 71, Bubba Watson 70 71, William
McGirt 73 68, Ryan Moore 74 67 142 Brendon De Jonge 71 71, Brian
Davis (Eng) 70 72, Erik Compton 75 67, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 70 72,
J.B. Holmes 73 69, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 71 71, Ian Poulter (Eng) 71
71, Rocco Mediate 70 72
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Sony Ericsson Open
Men's 2nd rd
(23) Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Xavier Malisse (Bel) 6-2 6-3
(14) Mardy Fish (USA) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-4 6-3
(4) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Ivan Dodig (Cro) 3-6 6-2 6-4
Somdev Devvarman (Ind) bt (31) Milos Raonic (Can) 7-6
(7-5) 7-5
(16) Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Marsel Ilhan (Tur) 6-3 6-3
James Blake (USA) bt (27) Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 2-6
6-4 7-6 (8-6)
Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) bt (5) Andy Murray (Gbr) 6-1 7-5
Pablo Andujar (Spa) bt (9) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 3-6
7-6 (7-3) 6-4
Marcel Granollers (Spa) bt (12) Stanislas Wawrinka
(Swi) 6-0 6-7 (4-7) 6-3
Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt (24) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
(Spa) 6-3 5-7 6-4 (19)
Sam Querrey (USA) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-3 6-2
(6) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 6-2 6-1
(17) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 6-2 6-3
(2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 6-0 6-1
(30) John Isner (USA) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-4 5-7
7-6 (7-2)
Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt (29) Philipp
Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 7-5
Women's 2nd rd
(12) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
6-1 6-2
(9) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Barbora
Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) 6-1 6-0
(28) Jarmila Groth (Aus) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz)
6-4 3-1 ret
Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt (22) Alisa Kleybanova
(Rus) 7-5 6-3
(25) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Timea Bacsinszky
(Swi) 6-1 5-7 7-5
(2) Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Anastasiya Yakimova (Blr)
6-1 6-1
(24) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Sania Mirza (Ind) 5-7
6-3 6-0
Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt (14) Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-3
7-6 (7-5)
(27) Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt Anna
Tatishvili (Geo) 6-1 6-4
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spa) bt (31) Tsvetana
Pironkova (Bul) 5-7 6-3 6-4
(15) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 6-3
2-6 6-1
(17) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Agnes Szavay
(Hun) 6-1 6-2
(5) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Angelique Kerber
(Ger) 6-4 6-4
(3) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Dinara Safina (Rus) 3-6
6-3 6-2
(8) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze)
7-5 4-6 6-0
(19) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt Kimiko Date Krumm (Jpn) 6-2 6-0
CYCLING
Great Britain's Jason Kenny
was beaten to silver in the men's sprint at the Track Cycling World
Championships in Apeldoorn, Holland on Friday night as France's
Gregory Bauge secured a hat-trick of triumphs. After defeating
team-mate - and his room-mate this week - Sir Chris Hoy 2-0 in the
best-of-three semi-final, Kenny was no match for Bauge in the final.
DIVING
World champion Tom Daley and partner Pete Waterfield
were edged into third place at the Diving World Series in Beijing on
Friday. Daley and Waterfield had to settle for bronze in the 10m
synchro at the famous Water Cube in the second of the four-event
series. The British duo scored 459.87 to finish just behind Germany's
Sascha Klein and Patrick Hausding with 459.90. Cao Yuan and Zhang
Yanquan of China were clear winners of the gold medal with 502.65. |