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Headlines (10 April) :
McIlroy closes in on Masters
Rory McIlroy remains on course for Masters glory after
three superb late birdies made it his day at Augusta yet again.
Harry reveals Rio bid failure
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has revealed he failed
in a bid to sign Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand last summer.
Toole in serious condition
Conditional jockey Peter Toole is in a
medically-induced coma after sustaining head injuries at Aintree on
Saturday.
Wenger won't throw in the towel
Arsene Wenger says Arsenal have never
"cheated" their fans out of ambition - and has no plans to
quit to satisfy the critics' call for change.
Clichy cools Gunners exit talk
Gael Clichy insists he does not want to leave Arsenal
after shrugging off reports linking him with moves to Liverpool and Everton.
Murray shows Henman interest
Andy Murray would welcome the chance to work with Tim
Henman - if the former British number one can prise himself away from
the golf course.
Wozniacki faces Vesnina in final
Caroline Wozniacki faces Elena Vesnina in the final of
the Family Circle Cup in Charleston after both came through their
semi-finals unscathed.
Rooney is a scapegoat - Scholes
Paul Scholes claims Manchester United team-mate Wayne
Rooney has been made a scapegoat for England's dismal failure at last
summer's World Cup.
United extend lead at summit
Manchester United extended their lead in the Premier
League with a 2-0 win over Fulham, while Tottenham and West Brom
secured 3-2 victories.
Sexton boots Tigers out of Europe
Jonathan Sexton kicked Leicester out of the Heineken
Cup at the quarter-finals stage as Leinster edged a tense 17-10 win
at the Aviva Stadium. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 09 April 2011
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Blackburn 1 Birmingham 1 Bolton 3 West Ham 0 Chelsea 1
Wigan 0 Man Utd 2 Fulham 0 Sunderland 2 West Brom 3 Tottenham 3 Stoke
2 Wolverhampton 0 Everton 3
Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 0 Hibernian 1 Celtic 1 St Mirren 0 Dundee Utd
2 St Johnstone 0 Hearts 0 Motherwell 0 Kilmarnock 1 Inverness CT 1
npower Championship
Barnsley 4 Bristol City 2 Derby 2 Coventry 2 Doncaster
1 Cardiff 3 Ipswich 2 Crystal Palace 1 Leicester 4 Burnley 0 Millwall
3 Leeds 2 Nottm Forest 3 Reading 4 Portsmouth 1 Preston 1 Scunthorpe
4 QPR 1 Sheff Utd 1 Middlesbrough 2 Swansea 3 Norwich 0 Watford 1
Hull 2
GOLF
US Masters Collated third-round scores (USA unless
stated, par 72):
204 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 65 69 70 208 Charl Schwartzel
(Rsa) 69 71 68, K J Choi (Kor) 67 70 71, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 71 70
67, Jason Day (Aus) 72 64 72 209 Adam Scott (Aus) 72 70 67, Luke
Donald (Eng) 72 68 69 210 Bo Van Pelt 73 69 68 211 Tiger Woods 71 66
74, Ross Fisher (Eng) 69 71 71, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 69 73, Bubba
Watson 73 71 67, Fred Couples 71 68 72 212 Ryan Palmer 71 72 69,
Martin Laird (Sco) 74 69 69, Matt Kuchar 68 75 69, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 67
72 73 213 Steve Stricker 72 70 71, Phil Mickelson 70 72 71, Hideki
Matsuyama (Jpn) 72 73 68, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 65 73 75, Lee Westwood
(Eng) 72 67 74, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 74 70 69
HORSE RACING
John Smith's Grand National Chase (Grade 3 Handicap)
1 BallaBriggs (IRE) 11-0 J M Maguire D McCain Jnr 10
14/1
2 2¼ Oscar Time (IRE) 10-9 Mr S Waley-Cohen M M
Lynch 10 14/1
3 12 Don't Push It (IRE) 11-10 A P McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
11 9/1
4 2 State of Play 10-6 Paul Moloney Evan Williams 11
28/1
RUGBY UNION
Amlin Challenge Cup Quarter Final
Brive (20) 37 Munster (19) 42
Heineken Cup Quarter Final
Leinster (9) 17 Leicester (3) 10 Perpignan (6) 29
Toulon (11) 25
Swalec Cup Semi Final
Llandovery (7) 12 Aberavon (15) 18 Pontypridd (28) 33
Swansea (3) 22
Aviva Premiership Rugby
Bath (13) 26 Exeter (8) 18 Newcastle (20) 29 Leeds
Carnegie (14) 30
The Championship Pool A
London Welsh (10) 20 Worcester (16) 22
The Championship Pool B
Rotherham Titans (15) 20 Doncaster (14) 42
The Championship Pool C
Plymouth Albion (7) 14 Esher (14) 27
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Hull K R (24) 38 Leeds (10) 28
Northern Rail Cup Quarter Final
Toulouse (4) 26 Halifax (30) 36
TENNIS
WTA Andalucia Tennis Experience
Semi-finals:
(1) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt (8) Sara Errani (Ita)
6-2 6-1
Irina Begu (Rom) bt (2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 3-6
7-6 (7-3) 6-4
ATP Grand Prix Hassan II
Semi-final:
Pablo Andujar (Spa) bt (1) Albert Montanes (Spa) 6-4 6-4
(5) Potito Starace (Ita) bt (8) Victor Hanescu (Rom)
6-1 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-2)
Add Quarter-final: (3) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt
Christina Mchale (USA) 6-2 6-0
Add Semi-final: Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt (11) Shuai Peng
(Chn) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3
Add Quarter-final: Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt (12) Julia
Goerges (Ger) 2-6 6-2 6-2
ATP US Men's Claycourt Championships
Semi-final:
Ryan Sweeting (USA) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3
(6) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt (7) Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 6-3 7-5
GYMNASTICS
Beth Tweddle claimed her third straight European bars
title in Berlin. The 26-year-old Briton, competing last, scored
15.100 with a brand new routine to take victory at the Artistic
Gymnastics European Championships. Victory added another title to
Tweddle's collection to go with her bars successes in Birmingham last
year and in Milan in 2009. |
