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Headlines (28 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.
Coyle angered by 'terrible' Vidic challenge
Bolton manager Owen Coyle has accused Manchester
United defender Nemanja Vidic of a "terrible challenge" on
Johan Elmander.
Button wins in Melbourne
Reigning world champion Jenson Button produced a
brilliant performance to claim his first win of the season at a
fascinating Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
Chelsea flying after seven-goal Villa rout
Assistant coach Ray Wilkins insists Chelsea will go to
Manchester United next weekend brimming with confidence after
destroying Aston Villa 7-1 at Stamford Bridge.
Wenger lashes out after St Andrew's draw
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger lost his cool during his
post-match press conference after a late goal from Birmingham striker
Kevin Phillips dented his side's Barclays Premier League title hopes.
Strauss praises Cook performance
England captain Andrew Strauss has hailed Alastair
Cook's performance as stand-in skipper and says the Essex opener has
proved he can be his successor.
Murray falls but Federer progresses
Defending champion Andy Murray is out of the Sony
Ericsson Open in Miami after losing his second-round clash with Mardy
Fish 6-4 6-4.
Pendleton retains sprint title
Victoria Pendleton won her eighth Track Cycling World
Championship title with victory in the women's sprint on Saturday.
Upbeat Redknapp sounds cautious note
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp was left to reflect
on a good week after his side remained ahead in the race for fourth
place with a 2-0 win over bottom club Portsmouth at White Hart Lane -
but he warned there will no easy ride into the Champions League.
Tigers too strong for Worcester
England fly-half Toby Flood steered Guinness
Premiership leaders Leicester to an emphatic 39-18 victory at Sixways
as Tigers piled the pressure on basement club Worcester. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 27
March 2010
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Birmingham 1 Arsenal 1 Bolton 0 Man Utd 4 Chelsea 7
Aston Villa 1 Hull 2 Fulham 0 Tottenham 2 Portsmouth 0 West Ham 0
Stoke 1 Wolverhampton 0 Everton 0
Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 2 St Mirren 1 Celtic 3 Kilmarnock 1 Dundee
Utd 3 Motherwell 0 Falkirk 1 Hibernian 3 Hamilton 1 St Johnstone 0
Hearts 1 Rangers 4
Coca-Cola Championship
Barnsley 0 Doncaster 1 Coventry 1 Sheff Wed 1 Crystal
Palace 1 Cardiff 2 Derby 1 Leicester 0 Peterborough 0 Bristol City 1
Plymouth 0 Blackpool 2 Preston 2 QPR 2 Reading 1 West Brom 1 Swansea
0 Ipswich 0 Watford 1 Middlesbrough 1
CRICKET
New Zealand v Australia Test Series : Second Test at
Hamilton
New Zealand 264 all out 63.3 ovs Australia 231 all out
74.3 ovs 35 - 0 14 ovs Close of play
RUGBY UNION
Guinness Premiership
Bath (10) 24 Harlequins (6) 13 Gloucester (9) 19 Leeds
Carnegie (0) 0 Northampton (8) 14 Wasps (6) 9 Worcester (12) 18
Leicester (13) 39
The Magners League
Leinster (8) 17 Connacht (14) 14 Newport-Gwent D'gons
(21) 28 Ospreys (10) 20
The Championship Pool A
Bedford (17) 17 Bristol (3) 16
The Championship Pool B
Doncaster (18) 25 Nottingham (10) 15 Exeter (10) 32
London Welsh (3) 6
The Championship Pool C
Coventry (13) 18 Birmingham & Solihull (19) 22
Moseley (26) 29 Rotherham Titans (10) 30
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Catalans Dragons (6) 16 Hull K R (0) 10 Salford (12) 27
Hull (16) 20
GOLF
Arnold Palmer Invitational
Collated third-round scores (USA unless stated, par 72):
206 Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 69 69 207 Ben Curtis 70 67 70
209 Chris Couch 70 70 69 210 Kevin Na 68 70 72, Edoardo Molinari
(Ita) 70 70 70 211 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 71 67 73, Jim Furyk 71 74 66,
Davis Love III 66 71 74, Boo Weekley 70 73 68, Derek Lamely 71 70 70,
Kevin Streelman 68 75 68 212 Steve Marino 70 70 72, J.P. Hayes 70 72
70, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 73 70 69, D.J. Trahan 69 68 75 213 Phil
Mickelson 71 67 75, Dustin Johnson 71 70 72, George McNeill 69 71 73,
Robert Allenby (Aus) 68 73 72, Bill Haas 72 71 70, K J Choi (Kor) 71
69 73, Tim Petrovic 74 68 71
Open de Andalucia
Collated third-round scores, Parador de Malaga,
Malaga, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):
196 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 67 63 66 197 Robert Coles
69 65 63 198 Gabriel Canizares (Spa) 69 64 65 199 Richard Finch 68 65
66 200 Sam Hutsby 67 63 70, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 68 65 67, Peter
Whiteford 69 64 67 201 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 65 67 69, Francesco
Molinari (Ita) 68 68 65, Paul Lawrie 65 68 68, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano
(Spa) 68 66 67
TENNIS
ATP/WTA Sony Ericsson Open
Men's 2nd rd:
Philipp Petzschner (Ger) bt (31) Janko Tipsarevic
(Ser) 6-4 6-0
(13) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Santiago Giraldo (Col)
6-0 6-1
(10) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 6-1 6-2
(19) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa)
6-4 7-5
Florent Serra (Fra) bt (26) Albert Montanes (Spa) 6-3
3-6 6-2
(25) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Juan Ignacio Chela
(Arg) 6-2 6-4
(29) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Michael Berrer (Ger) 7-6
(7-2) 7-5
(23) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 6-3 6-4
(5) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Peter Luczak (Aus) 7-6
(7-5) 6-0
(22) Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Marsel Ilhan (Tur) 6-2 7-5
(9) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-4 6-4
(7) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Stephane Robert (Fra) 6-3 6-1
Horacio Zeballos (Arg) bt (20) Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-2 6-3
(16) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Thiemo De Bakker (Ned) 6-3 6-4
Mardy Fish (USA) bt Andy Murray (GB) 6-4 6-4
Women's third round:
(12) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Petra Martic (Cro) 6-3 6-3
Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-0
5-7 7-5
(3) Venus Williams (USA) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-1 6-4
Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 6-2 6-2
(6) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt (25) Ana Ivanovic
(Ser) 7-5 7-5
(1) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt (27) Agnes Szavay
(Hun) 6-2 6-3
(13) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 7-6
(7-2) 6-4
FORMULA ONE
Australian GP
1 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1hr 33mins 36.531secs
2 Robert Kubica (Pol) Renault 1:33:48.565
3 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:33:51.019
4 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:33:52.835
5 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:33:53.214
6 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:34:06.520
7 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) Force India 1:34:36.378
8 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams 1:34:37.067
9 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1:34:43.850
10 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:34:45.922
11 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso
1:34:47.832
12 Pedro de la Rosa (Spa) BMW Sauber 1:34:50.615
13 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus F1 at 2 laps
14 Karun Chandhok (Ind) HRT-F1 at 5 laps
CYCLING
Victoria Pendleton made amends for British team-mate
Sir Chris Hoy's early elimination today with her eighth Track Cycling
World Championships title. Olympic champion Pendleton beat Guo Shuang
of China 2-0 in the best-of-three final of the women's sprint on the
same afternoon Hoy was ousted from the corresponding men's event in Copenhagen. |
