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Headlines (15 March) :
Tigers relieve Brown of duties
Hull have relieved manager Phil Brown of his duties
and placed him on gardening leave with immediate effect, the Barclays
Premier League club have confirmed.
France stay on track
France remain firmly on course for the Grand Slam
after cruising to a 46-20 victory in their RBS 6 Nations clash with
Italy in Paris.
Lewis: McLaren not far off the pace
Lewis Hamilton believes McLaren are just a step away
from competing for grands prix wins this season.
City have rivals in sights
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini will target
victories over Tottenham and Aston Villa in a bid to claim Champions
League football.
Capello reveals Beckham blow
England manager Fabio Capello has spoken to David
Beckham and has said "it looks like he is out of the World
Cup", in a statement released to Press Association Sport.
Grant: James should start for England
Portsmouth manager Avram Grant has backed goalkeeper
David James to start as England's first choice in this summer's World
Cup.
Greenshields out for three months
Catalans Dragons full-back Clint Greenshields is
facing a three-month lay-off after breaking a leg in his side's 20-16
home defeat by Castleford at the weekend.
D'Arcy hopes to make Scotland game
Ireland have not ruled centre Gordon D'Arcy out of
contention for the RBS 6 Nations clash against Scotland on Saturday.
Stubborn Tigers hold up England
England's hopes of a four-day finish in the first Test
against Bangladesh were dashed by a gutsy sixth-wicket stand - but
the result remained in little doubt.
Berbatov: We will win title
Dimitar Berbatov expects Manchester United to complete
an unprecedented championship four-timer this term. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 14
March 2010
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Man Utd 3 Fulham 0 Sunderland 1 Man City 1
Active Nation Scottish Cup Quarter Final
Rangers 3 Dundee Utd 3
CRICKET
Bangladesh v England Test Series at Chittagong
Bangladesh 296 all out 90.3 ovs 191 - 5 75 ovs England
599 - 6 dec 138.3 ovs 209 - 7 dec 49.3 ovs Close of play
RUGBY UNION
RBS Six Nations Championship
France (22) 46 Italy (3) 20
LV= Cup Semi Final
Cardiff Blues (10) 18 Gloucester (10) 29 Northampton
(14) 31 Saracens (12) 20
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Harlequins RL (12) 22 Salford (4) 26 Huddersfield (12)
26 Leeds (18) 20
Co-operative Championship
Dewsbury (6) 10 Featherstone (22) 40 Keighley (6) 12
Leigh (18) 34 Sheffield (14) 30 Widnes (18) 44
GOLF
Women's Australian Open
Collated final round scores from the LET/ALPGA Handa
Womens Australian Open at the Commonwealth Golf Club in Melbourne,
Australia (Aus unless stated, Par 73):
283 Yani Tseng (Tai) 74 71 72 66 286 Laura Davies
(Eng) 68 76 71 71 287 Karrie Webb 73 70 70 74 288 Giulia Sergas (Ita)
70 69 75 74, Katherine Hull 72 72 72 72 289 Lindsey Wright 71 74 74
70 290 Stacy Lewis (USA) 75 71 72 72 291 Hyun-soo Kim (Kor) 78 69 72
72 292 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 75 70 73 74
Puerto Rico Open (R2)
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular, Trump International
Golf Club, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico(USA unless stated, par 72):
134 Chad Collins 69 65, James Nitties (Aus) 68 66 135
Kris Blanks 65 70, Steve Wheatcroft 68 67, Skip Kendall 65 70, Kevin
Streelman 67 68 136 Jeff Maggert 69 67, Paul Stankowski 66 70, Jeff
Overton 66 70, Craig Barlow 71 65, Kevin Johnson 70 66, Graham Delaet
(Can) 67 69, Jhonattan Vegas 69 67 137 Brendon De Jonge 69 68, Aron
Price (Aus) 72 65, Woody Austin 69 68, Nicholas Thompson 68 69
TENNIS
ATP/WTA BNP Paribas Open
Men's 2nd rd:
Thiemo De Bakker (Ned) bt (30) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser)
3-2 ret
(9) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Marinko Matosevic
(Aus) 6-1
(27) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra)
7-6 (9-7)
(4) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-4 6-4
Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt (23) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 7-5
7-6 (7-5)
(6) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Evgeny Korolev (Kaz) 6-2 6-4
Simon Greul (Ger) bt (12) Gael Monfils (Fra) 1-6 6-2 6-3
(28) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra)
3-6 6-3 6-4
(18) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr)
3-6 6-3 7-5
(22) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt David Nalbandian (Arg) 6-4
6-1
Dudi Sela (Isr) bt (14) Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-4 1-6 6-2
Michael Russell (USA) bt (32) Igor Andreev (Rus) 4-6
6-3 6-2
James Blake (USA) bt (13) David Ferrer (Spa) 6-1 6-4
(1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-3
6-7 (5-7) 6-1
(24) Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Ricardo Mello (Bra) 3-6
6-4 6-4
(7) Andy Roddick (USA) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-4 6-4
Women's 3rd rd:
(5) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt (31) Gisela Dulko
(Arg) 6-1
Alicia Molik (Aus) bt Elena Baltacha (Gbr) 6-0 6-2
(19) Aravane Rezai (Fra) bt (15) Francesca Schiavone
(Ita) 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4
(11) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-2 6-0
(18) Jie Zheng (Chn) bt (10) Maria Sharapova (Rus) 6-3
2-6 6-3
(4) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Kirsten Flipkens (Bel)
6-4 6-2
(16) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-1 7-5
FORMULA ONE
BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
1 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1hr 39mins 20.396secs
2 Felipe Massa (Spa) Ferrari 1:39:36.495
3 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:39:43.578
4 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1:39:59.195
5 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:40:00.609
6 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:40:04.559
7 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1:40:05.676
8 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1:40:06.756
9 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) Force India 1:40:13.404
10 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams 1:40:22.885
11 Robert Kubica (Pol) Renault 1:40:29.489
12 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 1:40:43.354
13 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso
1:40:53.052
14 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Williams at 1 lap
15 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus F1 at 2 laps
16 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Scuderia Toro Rosso at 3 laps
17 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus F1 at 3 laps
ATHLETICS
Jenny Meadows may have
not won, but her performance in finishing second in the 800 metres at
the World Indoor Championships confirmed she is now an established
world-class performer. Meadows broke the British record for the
second time this year with a time of one minute 58.43 seconds, but
lost the gold medal to Russian Mariya Savinova. Savinova caught
Meadows in the final 30m to claim victory by a margin of 0.17secs.
Teddy Tamgho set a new
world indoor record on his final attempt to take triple jump goal at
the World Indoor Championships in Doha. The Frenchman, who had been
lying in third, leapt to 17.90 metres to go past the long-standing
previous mark of 17.83m shared by Aliecer Urruta and Christian Olsson.
CYCLING
Alberto Contador topped an all-Spanish podium with
victory in the Paris-Nice Race to the Sun on Sunday. The Tour de
France champion successfully defended his advantage on a final stage
won by Amael Moinard (Cofidis) of France to secure the race leader's
yellow jersey.
BADMINTON
World number one Lee Chong Wei claimed his first Yonex
All England title with victory over Japanese underdog Kenichi Tago on
Sunday afternoon. Lee prevailed 21-19 21-19 at Birmingham's National
Indoor Arena to become the first non-Chinese men's singles winner
since 2003 and only the second Malaysian champion in 44 years. |
