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Headlines (20 March) :
Mancini assures Ireland of future
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has told
Stephen Ireland he is "an important player" for the club.
Villa to hold talks with Milner
Aston Villa are to hold talks with midfielder James
Milner in the summer regarding a new contract.
Pompey crisis 'really hurts' - Storrie
Peter Storrie has defended his part in Portsmouth's
financial crisis, but amazingly revealed he was paid the same win
bonus as the players.
Ferguson hails super Nani
Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed Nani's dramatic
improvement in Manchester United's rise to the Premier League summit.
Aussies in control
Australia shone with both bat and ball as Ricky
Ponting's men installed themselves as firm favourites for victory in
the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington.
Ancelotti sets new Blues target
Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti has told his squad to
focus on becoming only the seventh club in the history of the English
game to achieve the league and FA Cup double.
Bangladesh on top in second Test
Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah provided the impetus for a
stubborn Bangladesh batting display on day one of the second Test
against England.
Wenger puts emotion aside
Arsene Wenger has every sympathy with the plight of
Gianfranco Zola, but will not be looking to do the under-pressure
West Ham manager any favours when Arsenal aim to go top of the
Barclays Premier League at Emirates Stadium.
Hodgson inspires Sharks victory
Charlie Hodgson breathed new life into Sale's fight
against relegation with a match-winning display in a 19-8 victory
over Wasps which lifted them off the foot of the Guinness
Premiership.
Gold glory for Commander
Imperial Commander signalled a changing of the guard
among the dynasty of staying chasers as he eclipsed both Kauto Star
and Denman in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 19
March 2010
FOOTBALL
Coca-Cola Division One
Tranmere 0 Hartlepool 0
HORSE RACING
Cheltenham Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup (grade 1)
1 Imperial Commander (IRE) 11-10 P J Brennan N A
Twiston-Davies 9 7/1
2 7 Denman (IRE) 11-10 A P McCoy P F Nicholls 10 4/1
3 23 Mon Mome (FR) 11-10 A Coleman Miss V Williams 10
50/1
4 s.h Carruthers 11-10 Matthew Batchelor M Bradstock 7
33/1
CRICKET
New Zealand v Australia Test Series at Wellington
New Zealand 108 - 4 47 ovs Australia 459 - 5 dec 131
ovs Close of play
Bangladesh v England Test Series at Mirpur
Bangladesh 330 - 8 94 ovs Close of play
GOLF
Transitions Championship
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour Transitions Championship, Innisbrook, A Salamander Golf &
Spa Resort, Tampa Bay, Florida, United States of America(USA unless
stated, par 71):
134 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 69 65 135 Retief Goosen
(Rsa) 67 68, Jim Furyk 67 68, Bubba Watson 70 65, Carl Pettersson
(Swe) 67 68 136 Steve Stricker 70 66, Jeff Maggert 67 69, Steve
Elkington (Aus) 68 68 137 David Toms 74 63, Jonathan Byrd 67 70 138
Ross Fisher (Eng) 68 70, Jeff Quinney 68 70, K J Choi (Kor) 69 69,
Rickie Fowler 67 71, Brandt Snedeker 69 69, Nicholas Thompson 70 68,
Alex Cejka (Ger) 69 69
TENNIS
ATP/WTA BNP Paribas Open
Women's Semi-final
(6) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt (8) Samantha Stosur (Aus)
6-2 6-4
(2) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt (5) Agnieszka
Radwanska (Pol) 6-2 6-3
Men's Quarter-final
(7) Andy Roddick (USA) bt (18) Tommy Robredo (Spa) 6-3 7-5
(6) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt (4) Andy Murray (Gbr) 6-1 |
