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Headlines (12 March) :
Wenger guards against complacency
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called on his side
to keep themselves grounded when they head to relegation-battlers
Hull on Saturday looking to maintain their title challenge.
Terry confident of ending Mourinho dream
Captain John Terry is convinced Chelsea can end Jose
Mourinho's bid for Champions League glory when the former Blues boss
returns to Stamford Bridge next week.
No Pompey sales before semi
Portsmouth administrator Andrew Andronikou has
promised fans that no players will be moved on ahead of their FA Cup
semi-final.
City can press on with development
Manchester City have signed a £1billion agreement
with Manchester City Council to develop land around their Eastlands
stadium.
Sehwag signs for Steelbacks
Indian superstar batsman Virender Sehwag is set to
play for Northamptonshire in this summer's Friends Provident t20.
Benitez rues missed chances
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was left to rue
missed opportunities in the 1-0 Europa League last 16 defeat in Lille
but has backed his side to turn things around in next week's second
leg.
Cook leads by example
Alastair Cook became the fourth England captain to hit
a century in his first Test innings in the job, with a commanding 113
not out against Bangladesh.
Gill: Glazers' model benefits United
Manchester United chief executive David Gill insists
the Old Trafford outfit are benefiting from the Glazer family's
business expertise.
Force India set early pace
There may be a fly in the ointment if the first
practice session of the new Formula One season is anything to go by.
Hodgson: We have our work cut out
Fulham manager Roy Hodgson admits his side face an
uphill struggle to stay in the Europa League after Thursday night's
defeat at Juventus, but he is not ready to throw in the towel just
yet. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 11 March
2010
FOOTBALL
Europa League Fourth Round 1st Leg
Atletico Madrid 0 Sporting 0 Benfica 1 Marseille 1
Hamburg 3 Anderlecht 1 Juventus 3 Fulham 1 Lille 1 Liverpool 0
Panathinaikos 1 Standard Liege 3 Rubin Kazan 1 Wolfsburg 1 Valencia 1
Werder Bremen 1
CRICKET
Bangladesh v England Test Series at Chittagong
England 374 - 3 90 ovs Close of play
GOLF
Australian Open
Collated first round scores in the Ladies European
Tour Women's Australian Open, Commonwealth Golf Club, Melbourne,
Australia(Aus unless stated, par 73):
68 Laura Davies (Eng) 70 Alison Whitaker, Felicity
Johnson (Eng), Giulia Sergas (Ita), Jenni Kuosa (Fin), Rebecca Flood,
Soo-Jin Yang (Kor) 71 Stefanie Michl (Aut), Lindsey Wright, Alexis
Thompson (USA) 72 Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin), Melissa Reid (Eng), Hee
Kyung Seo (Kor), Sarah Oh (Kor), Karine Icher (Fra), Kristie Smith,
Vicky Hurst (USA), Christel Boeljon (Ned), Katherine Hull 73 He-yong
Choi (Kor), Kym Larratt (Eng), Rachel Bailey (Eng), Karrie Webb,
Lorie Kane (Can), Elizabeth Bennett (Eng), Marjet Van Der Graaff
(Ned), Ha-Neul Kim (Kor)
WGC-CA Championship
Collated first round scores in the WGC-CA
Championship, Doral Resort & CC, Miami, Florida, United States of
America(USA unless stated, par 72):
67 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 Vijay Singh (Fij), Robert
Allenby (Aus), Ernie Els (Rsa) 69 Dustin Johnson, Francesco Molinari
(Ita), J.B. Holmes, Soren Hansen (Den), John Senden (Aus), Paul Casey
(Eng) 70 Jerry Kelly, Jim Furyk, Luke Donald (Eng), Martin Kaymer
(Ger), Tim Clark (Rsa), Padraig Harrington (Irl) 71 Phil Mickelson,
Anthony Kim, Bill Haas, Sean O'Hair, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn), Matt Kuchar,
Henrik Stenson (Swe)
TENNIS
ATP/WTA BNP Paribas Open
Men's 1st rd:
Florent Serra (Fra) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 6-1 6-2
Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 6-1 4-1 ret
Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-4 1-6
7-5,
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Lukas Lacko (Svk) 4-6
6-4 7-5
Carlos Moya (Spa) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-5)
Philipp Petzschner (Ger) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel)
6-2 7-5
Ramon Delgado (Par) bt Andreas Beck (Ger) 6-7 (2-7)
6-2 6-4
Mario Ancic (Cro) bt Bobby Reynolds (USA) 4-6 6-3 6-4
Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Bjorn Phau (Ger) 6-3 6-3
Daniel Koellerer (Aut) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-1 6-3
Rainer Schuettler (Ger) bt Thiago Alves (Bra) 7-5 6-0
Mardy Fish (USA) bt Michael Berrer (Ger) 1-6 6-1 6-3
Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 6-3 6-4
Brian Dabul (Arg) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2
Women's 1st rd:
Julie Coin (Fra) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 6-4 6-3
Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt Shenay Perry (USA) 6-2 4-6 6-3
Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 7-5 3-6 6-3
Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) bt Nuria Llagostera Vives
(Spa) 6-2 3-6 6-1
Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) bt Michelle Larcher De Brito
(Por) 6-2 6-2
Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 7-6
(7-5) 7-6 (9-7)
Sara Errani (Ita) bt Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukr) 7-5 6-2
Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Melanie Oudin (USA) 3-6 6-3 6-0
Petra Martic (Cro) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (Cro) 7-6 (7-4) 6-1
Chan Yung-Jan (Tpe) bt Stefanie Voegele (Swi) 6-0 7-5
Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 6-3 6-4
Sybille Bammer (Aut) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 3-6
7-5 6-1
Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spa) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-4
1-6 6-2
ATHLETICS
Britain's Jenny Meadows started her campaign to win
the the World Indoor Championships 800 metres gold medal with an
impressive victory in her heat in Doha on Thursday morning. Meadows
confidently hit the front after 100 metres and went on to post a very
quick time, the fastest of the qualifying rounds, of two minutes,
0.39 seconds.
HOCKEY
England's hopes of adding the World Cup to their
European crown were dashed by a 4-1 semi-final defeat against holders
and Olympic champions Germany in New Delhi. Their first world-level
last-four appearance since losing the 1986 World Cup final to
Australia in Willesden began badly and they never recovered. |
