|
|
Headlines (24 March) :
Giants win in London
Leroy Cudjoe scored a hat-trick of tries as
Huddersfield moved into third place in the Engage Super League with a
32-18 victory over a gutsy Harlequins side at The Stoop.
Mancini focused on fourth
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini does not fear
the sack if his side fail to qualify for the Champions League this
season.
Moyes - Making Europe would be 'great achievement'
Everton boss David Moyes claims qualifying for Europe
this season would be among his greatest achievements - but feels it
is just out of reach.
No surgery needed for Peacock
England forward Jamie Peacock has become a victim of
Leeds Rhinos' early-season injury crisis, although his foot problem
is not as serious as first feared.
Carew backs Young for England call-up
Aston Villa striker John Carew believes winger Ashley
Young deserves a place in England's World Cup squad.
Hatton denies retirement plan
Ricky Hatton has again poured cold water on reports he
has decided to retire from fighting.
England closing in on win
England were closing in on victory on the final
afternoon of the second Test against Bangladesh, with captain
Alastair Cook leading the chase.
Arshavin: We need more players
Andrey Arshavin believes Arsenal's lack of strength in
depth will hamper their Barclays Premier League title challenge.
Giants snap up Brough
Huddersfield finally got their man on Wednesday after
thrashing out a deal to take Wakefield's goalkicking half-back Danny
Brough to the Galpharm Stadium.
Zola shoulders blame for Hammers predicament
Gianfranco Zola told West Ham's furious fans to blame
him and not the players after last Tuesday's 3-1 defeat to Wolves
plunged the Hammers deeper into relegation trouble. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 23
March 2010
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
West Ham 1 Wolverhampton 3
Scottish Premier
St Johnstone 1 Falkirk 1
Coca-Cola Championship
Blackpool 5 Swansea 1 Bristol City 5 Barnsley 3
Doncaster 0 Newcastle 1 Ipswich 0 Plymouth 2 Middlesbrough 2 Preston
0 Nottm Forest 2 Crystal Palace 0 QPR 1 Derby 1 Scunthorpe 4
Peterborough 0
CRICKET
Bangladesh v England Test Series at Mirpur
Bangladesh 419 all out 117.1 ovs 285 all out 102 ovs
England 496 all out 173.3 ovs 209 - 1 44 ovs England won by 9
wickets.
TENNIS
AEGON Pro-Series
Men's Challenger 1st rd:
Simon Stadler (Ger) bt Roman Valent (Swi) 6-4 7-5
Dominic Inglot (Gbr) bt Roko Karanusic (Cro) 6-3 6-4
Igor Sijsling (Ned) bt Gilles Muller (Lux) 6-4 6-4
Sergei Bubka (Ukr) bt Alexander Ward (Gbr) 4-6 6-4 7-5
Adrian Mannarino (Fra) bt Nicholas Mahut (Fra) 6-4 0-6 6-4
Conor Niland (Irl) bt Niels Desein (Bel) 6-1 6-4
Jan Minar (Cze) bt Frederik Nielsen (Den) 6-4 6-3
Ryler Deheart (USA) bt Alex Bogdanovic (Gbr) 2-6 6-3 6-2
Add 1st rd: Philip Oswald (Aut) bt Joshua Goodall
(Gbr) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-3, Daniel Smethurst (Gbr) bt Adrian
Menendez-Maceiras (Spa) 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 6-1, Tobias Kamke (Ger) bt
Daniel Evans (Gbr) 6-2 6-2, Jan Hernych (Cze) bt Martin Fischer (Aut)
6-3 4-6 6-4
ATP & WTA Sony Ericsson Open
Women's 1st rd:
Polona Hercog (Slo) bt Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova
(Cze) 6-3 6-0
Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 3-6
6-4 6-2
Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (Cro) 6-7
(1-7) 7-6 (7-3) 7-5
Petra Martic (Cro) bt Julie Coin (Fra) 5-7 7-6 (7-1) 6-3
Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (Rom) bt Michelle Larcher De
Brito (Por) 7-5 6-6 (11-9)
Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Vania King (USA) 6-4 1-6 6-3
Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 6-4 6-4
Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt Olga Govortsova (Blr) 6-4 6-1
Alicia Molik (Aus) bt Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6-1 6-1
Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) bt Ioana Raluca Olaru (Rom)
6-1 6-3
Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-7 (1-7)
6-4 6-3
Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 4-6
6-1 6-4
CYCLING
Mark Cavendish came out on top in a bunch sprint to
the line to win stage two of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya today.
The HTC-Columbia rider finished ahead of Argentina's Juan Jose Haedo
and Spain's Aitor Gonzalez to win the 182.6 kilometre stage from Salt
to Banyoles. |
