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Headlines (03 April) :
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.
Maguire revels in atmosphere of derby win
Wigan coach Michael Maguire relished his first Good
Friday derby as he watched his side hold their nerve to claim an 18-10
victory over St Helens, their first at Knowsley Road for seven
years.
Jones praises England duo
Sale director of rugby Kingsley Jones praised the
performance of England duo Mark Cueto and Mathew Tait after his side
claimed a vital Guinness Premiership victory in their relegation
scrap against Worcester at Edgeley Park.
Webber on pole
Mark Webber has secured pole position for the
Malaysian Grand Prix but Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton will have
their work cut out to salvage something from the race after becoming
victims of the weather in a qualifying session that was seriously
affect
Agar: Defence key in derby victory
Hull coach Richard Agar pointed to his side's
defensive effort as the main factor behind their 18-14 win at the
home of bitter rivals Hull KR.
Haye promises fireworks
David Haye is expecting fireworks when he defends his
WBA world heavyweight title against John Ruiz at the MEN on Saturday
night.
McArthur set for Latics trial
James McArthur has accepted an offer to spend a week
on trial at Wigan later this month.
Gardner hails class act O'Neill
Craig Gardner has revealed the frustration he felt as
a bit-part player at Aston Villa - but the Birmingham midfielder
believes it is crucial that Martin O'Neill remains at the helm.
Fulham weigh response to West Ham claims
Fulham will decide this weekend how to respond to West
Ham's claims that they broke Premier League rules by resting five key
players for last week's defeat at Hull.
Jordan aims to stop Tevez
Stephen Jordan intends to make it hard going for
Carlos Tevez - after giving the Manchester City striker his vote in
the PFA team of the year. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 02 April 2010
FOOTBALL
Coca-Cola Championship
Scunthorpe 2 Blackpool 4 West Brom 3 Leicester 0
Coca-Cola Division One
Carlisle 3 Bristol Rovers 1 Exeter 2 Colchester 0
Millwall 1 Brentford 1 Tranmere 3 Norwich 1
Coca-Cola Division Two
Grimsby 1 Northampton 2 Morecambe 4 Crewe 3
GOLF
In-form European number one Lee Westwood put some
second-round indiscipline at the Shell Houston Open down to
over-confidence but insisted it was good to get the wake-up call
ahead of the opening major of the year. With the Masters less than a
week away at Augusta National, world number four Westwood is in
flying form in Texas after shooting a second round in the 60s at
Redstone Golf Club to leave him tied for fourth place and just two
strokes off the lead held by American Bryce Molder heading into
Saturday's third round.
Shell Houston Open Collated first-round scores in the
Shell Houston Humble (USA unless stated, par 72):
67 Kevin Stadler, Cameron Percy (Aus) 68 Anthony Kim,
Vaughn Taylor, Kevin Sutherland, James Driscoll 69 Bryce Molder, Adam
Scott (Aus), Omar Uresti, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Justin
Leonard, Padraig Harrington (Irl), Nicholas Thompson, Lee Westwood
(Eng) 70 Brian Stuard, Joe Ogilvie, Woody Austin, Alex Prugh, Shaun
Micheel, Jeff Maggert, Steve Marino, Chad Campbell, Justin Rose
(Eng), Ernie Els (Rsa), Roland Thatcher, Martin Laird (Sco), Stuart
Appleby (Aus), Jason Bohn
Kraft Nabisco Championship
Collated first-round scores in the LPGA Tour Kraft
Nabisco Championship, Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore
Tournament Course, Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California,
United States of America (USA unless stated, par 72):|
67 Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 68 Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 69
Vicky Hurst, Yani Tseng (Tai), Karen Stupples (Eng), Na On Min (Jpn),
Karrie Webb (Aus), Song-Hee Kim (Kor), Becky Brewerton (Wal) 70
Sakura Yokomine (Jpn), Brittany Lincicome, Sophie Gustafson (Swe),
Karine Icher (Fra) 71 Morgan Pressel, Hee-Won Han (Kor), Cristie
Kerr, Sarah Lee, Pat Hurst, Jennifer Song, Grace Park (Kor), Michelle
Wie, Stacy Lewis
TENNIS
ATP/WTA Sony Ericsson Open
Men's semi-finals:
(6) Andy Roddick (USA) bt (4) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 4-6
6-3 6-3
(16) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt (5) Robin Soderling (Swe)
6-2 6-2
SWIMMING
Rebecca Adlington served
notice to the rest of the world she has returned to the sort of form
that guided her to two Olympic titles as she rounded off her British
Gas Swimming Championships with victory in the 400metres freestyle to
secure a hat-trick of titles. The 21-year-old completely dominated
over eight lengths and touched in four minutes 05.50 seconds to equal
the world's fastest time this year. Jazmin Carlin was second almost
four seconds adrift with Adlington's Nova Centurion team-mate Sasha
Matthews in third. |
