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Headlines (05 July) :
Donald: Fear factor hampers Harmy
Former England bowling coach Allan Donald believes
Steve Harmison's "fear" of the Test arena may prevent him
from returning to the biggest stage.
Rhinos wait on Sinfield prognosis
Leeds are desperately hoping the misery of their
latest engage Super League defeat is not compounded by the loss of
inspirational captain Kevin Sinfield for their Wembley bid.
Nadal provides test for Federer
Roger Federer has admitted he faces one of the
greatest challenges of his career to extend what he calls his
"perfect" Wimbledon campaign for one more match and claim
his record-breaking sixth title in a row.
Torres reveals Anfield inspirations
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres believes pressure
from Rafael Benitez and inspiration from Steven Gerrard have helped
him to become a global superstar and European champion.
Williams senior on to a winner
The Williams sisters will contest their third
Wimbledon final on Saturday afternoon without the reassuring presence
of father Richard in the stands.
Martins tempted by Gunners switch
Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins has admitted he
would find it hard to turn down Arsenal if they attempted to sign
him.
Ankle op to rule out Ronaldo
Manchester United may yet kick off next season without
Cristiano Ronaldo - but the club insist it will not be because he is
being sold to Real Madrid.
Marshals' courage impresses Alonso
Renault's Fernando Alonso has revealed his new-found
respect for trackside marshals after finding himself with a
grandstand seat for Felipe Massa's huge accident in Friday's practice
session ahead of the British Grand Prix.
Garcia moves into contention
Sergio Garcia burst into contention for the European
Open on Friday with a second round 64, his lowest round of the year.
Dunne deal for City
Manchester City captain Richard Dunne ended
speculation about his future by signing a new four-year contract with
the club. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 04
July 2008
FOOTBALL:
Eircom League Premier Division: Bray Bohemians
Postponed, Cork 3 Galway Utd 2, Drogheda Utd 2 UCD 1, Shamrock 0 Cobh
Ramblers 0
Eircom League First Division: Limerick 37 4 Kildare
County 0, Sporting Fingal 4 Monaghan Utd 0, Waterford Utd 1
Shelbourne 1
RUGBY
engage Super League: Wigan 23 Leeds 22
CRICKET:
Second XI Trophy, at Coventry & North Warwicks
Warwickshire 77 all out (22 overs) (A Sutton 5-28)
Somerset 81 for 3 (14.3 overs) Somerset won by seven wickets
Asia Cup - Phase Two
Karachi Bangladesh 115 v Pakistan 116-0 (Salman Butt
56 no, Nasir Jamshed 52 no) Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 10 wkts
Fourth One Day International
St Kitts Australia 282-8 Innings Complete (A Symonds
87, D J Hussey 50) v West Indies 281-6 Innings Complete (C H Gayle
92, R R Sarwan 63, S Chanderpaul 53) Australia beat West Indies by 1 runs
Friends Provident Trophy - Semi Final
Riverside Kent 301-4 Innings Complete (M van Jaarsveld
122 no, J L Denly 102, S J Harmison 4-47) v Durham 218 (D M
Benkenstein 80 no, W R Smith 56) Kent beat Durham by 83 runs
Tour Match
Uxbridge South Africa 339-4 (H M Amla 161, A G Prince
104 no) v Middlesex
Varsity Match
The Parks Cambridge University 386 (A S Ansari 193, N
M H Whittington 83, E J Morse 6-102) & 255-4 dec (A S Ansari 80
no, R T Timms 55) v Oxford University 264 (O J Sadler 77, A S Ansari
4-50) & 353-7 (N Kruger 172) Oxford University drew with
Cambridge University
EQUESTRIAN:
Aachen Samsung Super League FEI Nations Cup
1 Germany, 16 flts. (C.Ahlmann on Coster,0 & 4.
M.Kutscher on Montender, 8 & 8. L.Beerbaum on all Inclusive, 1
& 2), 2 Holland 20 (A.Hoorn on Blauwendraad's O'Brien, 4 & 4
V.Voorn on Audi's Alpapillon-Armanie, 4 & 4. A.Zoer on Oki Doki,
4 & 0. G.Schroder on Eurocommerce Monaco, 4 & 6), 3 Great
Britain & USA, 21 GB: (N.Skelton on Arko III, 9 & 0.
P.Charles on Murka's Rupert R, 12 & 8. T.Stockdale on Fresh
Direct Corlato, 1 & 1 J.Whitaker on Peppermill, 5 & 5) &
USA: (M.Ward on Sapphire, 0 & 8 A.Kursinski, 1 & 9 L.Kraut on
Cedric, 5 & 8. B.Madden on Authentic, 4 & 0), 5.Sweden, 27, 6
Ireland, 29. 7.Switzerland, 49. 8.Belgium, Ret
GOLF:
Collated second round scores & totals in the
European Tour European Open, London Golf Club, Ash, Kent, England(Gbr
& Irl unless stated, par 72):
131 Ross Fisher 63 68 132 Graeme McDowell 65 67 135
Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71 64 136 Soren Hansen (Den) 69 67 137 Colin
Montgomerie 70 67, Ian Poulter 70 67, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 69 68,
David Frost (Rsa) 65 72, Paul McGinley 69 68 138 Rory McIlroy 67 71,
Stephen Gallacher 70 68, James Kingston (Rsa) 69 69 139 Peter Hanson
(Swe) 68 71, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 71 68, Robert Rock 68 71, Rafael
Echenique (Arg) 70 69
TENNIS
All England Lawn Tennis Championships, Wimbledon,
London, England
Men's Singles Semi-finals: (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt
Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-1 7-6 (7-3) 6-4, (1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt
Marat Safin (Rus) 6-3 7-6 (7-3) 6-4
Men's Doubles Semi-final: (2) Daniel Nestor (Can) &
Nenad Zimonjic (Ser) bt (9) Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) & Leander Paes
(Ind) 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-1 4-6 8-6
Women's Doubles Semi-finals: (16) Lisa Raymond (USA)
& Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt (1) Cara Black (Zim) & Liezel
Huber (USA) 6-3 6-3, (11) Serena Williams (USA) & Venus Williams
(USA) bt Nathalie Dechy (Fra) & Casey Dellacqua (Aus) 6-3 6-3
Mixed Doubles Semi-finals: (1) Mike Bryan (USA) &
Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) & Maria Kirilenko
(Rus) 6-4 6-2, Bob Bryan (USA) & Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Jamie
Murray (Gbr) & Liezel Huber (USA) 2-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-4
Men's Over 45 Doubles Group B: Peter McNamara (Aus)
& Paul McNamee (Aus) bt Peter Fleming (USA) & Guillermo Vilas
(Arg) 6-1 6-3
Men's Over 35 Doubles Group A: Jacco Eltingh (Ned)
& Paul Haarhuis (Ned) bt Mark Petchey (Gbr) & Chris Wilkinson
(Gbr) 4-6 6-3 10-4, T-J Middleton (USA) & David Wheaton (USA) bt
Pat Cash (Aus) & Wayne Ferreira (Rsa) 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 13-11
Women's Over 35 Doubles Group A: Jana Novotna (Cze)
& Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (USA) bt Carling Basset-Seguso (Can) &
Manon Bollegraf (Ned) w/o
Women's Over 35 Doubles Group B: Martina Navratilova
(USA) & Helena Sukova (Cze) bt Ilana Kloss (Rsa) & Rosalyn
Nideffer (USA) 6-4 4-6 10-4
Boy's Singles Semi-final: (9) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt
Filip Krajinovic (Ser) 6-3 6-3, Henri Kontinen (Fin) bt (1) Bernard
Tomic (Aus) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4
Boy's Doubles Round 2: Erik Crepaldi (Ita) &
Hiroyasu Ehara (Jpn) bt (4) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) & Henri
Kontinen (Fin) w/o
Boy's Doubles Quarter-finals: Mirza Basic (Bih) &
Di Wu (Chn) bt (2) Ryan Harrison (USA) & Bradley Klahn (USA) 6-1
7-5, (5) Alexandre Folie (Bel) & David Goffin (Bel) bt Alex
Sanders (Aus) & Mark Verryth (Aus) 6-2 7-5, Cheng-Peng Hsieh
(Tpe) & Tsung-Hua Yang (Tpe) bt Erik Crepaldi (Ita) &
Hiroyasu Ehara (Jpn) 4-6 6-3 6-2, (3) Matt Reid (Aus) & Bernard
Tomic (Aus) bt Lewis Barnes (Gbr) & James Marsalek (Gbr) 6-3 6-2
Girl's Singles Semi-final: Laura Robson (Gbr) bt
Romana Tabakova (Svk) 6-2 7-5, (3) Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (Tha) bt
Tamaryn Hendler (Bel) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3
Girl's Doubles Round 2: Polona Hercog (Slo) &
Jessica Moore (Aus) bt Zuzana Linhova (Cze) & Zuzana Luknarova
(Svk) 6-3 6-0
Girl's Doubles Quarter-final: Misaki Doi (Jpn) &
Kurumi Nara (Jpn) bt (8) Timea Babos (Hun) & Reka-Luca Jani (Hun)
1-6 6-2 6-1, Isabella Holland (Aus) & Sally Peers (Aus) bt Tara
Moore (Gbr) & Heather Watson (Gbr) 6-3 6-3, Jade Curtis (Gbr)
& Jocelyn Rae (Gbr) bt Lesley Kerkhove (Ned) & Arantxa Rus
(Ned) 6-4 7-6 (7-2), Polona Hercog (Slo) & Jessica Moore (Aus) bt
(1) Elena Bogdan (Rom) & Bojana Jovanovski (Srb) 6-1 6-3
GOLF:
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour AT&T National, Congressional G & CC, Bethesda, Maryland,
United States of America(USA unless stated, par 70):
131 Jeff Overton 66 65, Tom Pernice Jnr. 68 63 134
Anthony Kim 67 67, Cliff Kresge 69 65 135 Steve Stricker 71 64, Steve
Marino 65 70, Jeff Maggert 70 65, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 66 69, John
Merrick 71 64, Billy Mayfair 67 68, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 70 65 136
Patrick Sheehan 69 67, Tommy Armour III 67 69 137 Robert Allenby
(Aus) 68 69, Jose Coceres (Arg) 69 68, Todd Hamilton 70 67, Parker
McLachlin 71 66 138 Pat Perez 71 67, Robert Garrigus 68 70, Tim
Herron 68 70, Michael Allen 70 68, Alex Cejka (Ger) 67 71, John
Rollins 68 70, Jim Furyk 70 68, Johnson Wagner 70 68 |
