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Headlines (15 April) :
Turkey: Blues can't have Guus
Turkey will look dimly upon any attempt by Chelsea
owner Roman Abramovich to lure their manager Guus Hiddink back to
Stamford Bridge.
Portuguese trio in Europa semis
Porto completed a 10-3 aggregate win at Spartak Moscow
in the Europa League quarter-finals and join Braga, Benfica and
Villarreal in the semis.
Gleeson agrees Hull deal
Hull have completed the signing of former Wigan centre
Martin Gleeson.
Gers face second UEFA charge
Rangers are facing a second UEFA disciplinary charge
for alleged sectarian singing, the club's chief executive Martin Bain
has confirmed.
Texas pain score massacre for Na
Kevin Na set an unwanted record in the first round of
the Valero Texas Open, where Stewart Cink and JJ Henry share the lead
on five under.
Murray sinks struggling Simon
Andy Murray moved into the last eight of the Rolex
Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday with a 6-3 6-3 victory over injury-stricken
Gilles Simon.
Champions make impressive start
Defending champions Nottinghamshire made a strong
start to their County Championship opener against Hampshire at Trent Bridge.
Power surges on, Wade wins
Phil Taylor crushed Terry Jenkins 8-2 for a ninth
Premier League victory in a row at the Motorpoint Sheffield Arena on
Thursday night.
Hoddle: No sense in culling Carlo
Glenn Hoddle has thrown his support behind Carlo
Ancelotti and insists the Italian boss "definitely deserves
another season" at Chelsea. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 14 April 2011
FOOTBALL
Europa League Quarter Final 2nd Leg
Braga 0 Dynamo Kiev 0 Agg: 1-1, Braga won on away goals
FC Twente 1 Villarreal 3 Villarreal won 8-2 on aggregate PSV 2
Benfica 2 Benfica won 6-3 on aggregate Spartak Moscow 2 FC Porto 5 FC
Porto won 10-3 on aggregate
Blue Square Premier
Mansfield 2 Bath City 0
CRICKET
Nottinghamshire v Hampshire LV County Championship :
Division One at Trent Bridge
Nottinghamshire 6 - 0 2 ovs Hampshire 218 all out 67.3
ovs Close of play
Somerset v Warwickshire LV County Championship :
Division One at Taunton
Warwickshire 416 - 6 96 ovs Close of play
Yorkshire v Durham LV County Championship : Division
One at Headingley Carnegie
Durham 326 - 9 96 ovs Close of play
Derbyshire v Leicestershire LV County Championship :
Division Two at Derby
Derbyshire 101 - 4 34 ovs Leicestershire 230 all out
61.2 ovs Close of play
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire LV County Championship :
Division Two at The SWALEC Stadium
Glamorgan 202 all out 47.5 ovs Gloucestershire 76 - 5
37.2 ovs Close of play
Middlesex v Essex LV County Championship : Division
Two at Lord's
Middlesex 277 all out 78.4 ovs Essex 0 - 0 1.5 ovs
Close of play
Northamptonshire v Kent Desktop ScorecardLV County
Championship : Division Two at Northampton
Northamptonshire 86 - 3 40 ovs Kent 202 all out 55.1
ovs Close of play
RUGBY UNION
Principality Building Society Premiership
Llanelli (13) 25 Pontypridd (15) 30
GOLF
Valero Texas Open Collated first-round scores (USA
unless stated, par 72):
67 J J Henry, Stewart Cink 68 Charley Hoffman, Adam
Scott (Aus), Vaughn Taylor, Kevin Chappell, Jhonattan Vegas 69
Brendan Steele, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Brandt Snedeker, Jim Herman, Troy
Matteson, Kevin Streelman 70 Chris Kirk, Tag Ridings, Bobby Gates,
Martin Piller, J.B. Holmes, Kevin Stadler, Dean Wilson, Joseph
Bramlett, Aron Price (Aus), Frank Lickliter II 71 Scott Stallings,
Bill Lunde, Ryan Palmer, Brian Gay, David Hearn (Can), Kevin
Sutherland, Charles Howell III, Blake Adams, Chad Campbell, Bob
Estes, Billy Horschel, Briny Baird, Peter Tomasulo, Pat Perez,
Michael Sim (Aus), Kris Blanks, Steve Flesch, John Senden (Aus),
Michael Putnam, Angel Cabrera (Arg), Carl Paulson, Jeff Maggert,
Arjun Atwal (Ind), Paul Goydos, Rich Beem, Johnson Wagner, Cameron Tringale
Fresh Express Classic Collated first-round scores (Par 70):
64 Andrew Buckle 65 Marco Dawson, Russell Knox,
Patrick Sheehan 66 Ken Duke, Doug LaBelle II, Won Joon Lee, Geoffrey
Sisk, Kyle Thompson 67 Craig Barlow, Camilo Benedetti, Paul Claxton,
Erik Compton, Mathew Goggin, Bob Heintz, J.J. Killeen, Luke List,
Garrett Sapp, Cody Slover, Tim Wilkinson 68 Daniel Chopra, Matt
Davidson, Matthew Giles, Troy Kelly, Rob Oppenheim, Scott Piercy,
Jeff Quinney, Scott Sterling, Scott Weatherly
Maybank Malaysian Open Collated first-round scores,
Kuala Lumpur G & CC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Gbr & Irl unless
stated, par 72): Note: Play suspended at 19.07 local time due to
dangerous situation. Four groups still to finish.
64 Alexander Noren (Swe) 66 Matteo Manassero (Ita) 67
Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Stephen Gallacher, Darren Beck (Aus) 68
Jamie Donaldson, Siddikur Rahman (Ban) 69 Kwanchai Tannin (Hkg),
Daniel Gaunt (Aus), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Chawalit Plaphol (Tha),
Chris Rodgers, James Morrison, Brett Rumford (Aus), David Drysdale,
Rory McIlroy, Scott Barr (Aus), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Marcus
Fraser (Aus)
European Nations Cup Collated first round scores in
the Ladies European Tour Comunitat Valenciana European Nations Cup,
La Sella Golf Resort, Alicante, Spain(Par: 72)
65 Katherine Hull & Karen Lunn (Aus) 66 Maria
Hernandez & Azahara Munoz Guijarro (Spa) 67 Giulia Sergas &
Veronica Zorzi (Ita), Laura Davies & Melissa Reid (Eng) 68 Becky
Brewerton & Lydia Hall (Wal), Karine Icher & Virginie
Lagoutte-Clement (Fra), Sophie Gustafson & Anna Nordqvist (Swe)
69 Cecilie Lundgreen & Caroline Martens (Nor), Vikki Laing &
Catriona Matthew (Sco)
TENNIS
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
3rd rd:
(4) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Milos Raonic (Can) 6-1 6-3
Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt (5) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 6-4 6-2
(11) Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Tommy Robredo (Spa) 3-6
2-1 ret
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (13) Richard Gasquet (Fra)
6-2 6-4
(2) Roger Federer (Swi) bt (15) Marin Cilic (Cro) 6-4 6-3
Frederico Gil (Por) bt (8) Gael Monfils (Fra) 7-6
(8-6) 6-2
(3) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (16) Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-3 6-3
(7) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt (9) Nicolas Almagro (Spa)
6-1 6-4
DARTS
Phil Taylor crushed Terry Jenkins 8-2 for a ninth
Premier League victory in a row at the Motorpoint Sheffield Arena on
Thursday night. The 15-time world champion raced into a 6-0 lead,
allowing this opponent only a solitary dart at a double in the
process, as he eyed the first whitewash of the season.
MODERN PENTATHLON
Mhairi Spence overcame problems with her laser pistol
to join British team-mates Katy Livingston and Freyja Prentice in the
final of the Modern Pentathlon World Cup event in Italy. The
pentathletes are still getting used to shooting with laser pistols
after they replaced air pistols at the start of the year and Scot
Spence had to switch to an unfamiliar gun after experiencing
difficulties in the warm-up. |
