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Headlines (18 April) :
Bale and Wilshere win PFA prizes
Tottenham's Gareth Bale was named PFA Player of the
Year on Sunday night, while Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere took the
Young Player award.
Top five dominate PFA Team
The PFA Premier League Team of the Year features only
players from the top five, with award winners Gareth Bale and Jack
Wilshere included.
Mancini ready to remove banner
Roberto Mancini has urged his Manchester City side to
force Manchester United fans to tear down the banner they use to
taunt their neighbours.
O'Sullivan set for Crucible bow
Ronnie O'Sullivan begins his Betfred.com World
Championship campaign on Monday - 11 days after ruling himself out of
the tournament.
Williams: This could be my year
Mark Williams believes this could be the year he lands
his third World Championship title but fears there may be no stopping
Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Back issues rallying cry
Leeds director of rugby Neil Back has called on
"the whole of Yorkshire" to come to their home match with
Harlequins next weekend.
Pennant joyous after victory
Jermaine Pennant was in dreamland after helping Stoke
crush Bolton to reach the FA Cup final less than eight months after
joining the club.
Dalglish: Reds showed spirit
Kenny Dalglish praised the spirit of his Liverpool
side after they scored a 101st-minute penalty to earn a 1-1 draw at title-chasing
Arsenal.
Nerves of Steele win it in Texas
Brendan Steele led from start to finish on the final
day of the Valero Texas Open to claim his maiden PGA Tour title.
Oxx considers Wind for beaten Kirinda
John Oxx remains hopeful for the future with Kirinda
after she was beaten as the hot favourite in Sunday's Salsabil Stakes
at Navan. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 17 April 2011
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1
FA Challenge Cup Semi Final
Bolton 0 Stoke 5
Scottish Premier
Hibernian 1 Hamilton 2
The Scottish Cup Semi Final
Aberdeen 0 Celtic 4
RUGBY UNION
Aviva Premiership Rugby
Wasps (16) 51 Leeds Carnegie (6) 18
RUGBY LEAGUE
Co-operative Championship
Batley (10) 32 Widnes (12) 12 Dewsbury (4) 12
Sheffield (12) 36 Halifax (10) 22 Leigh (10) 32 Hunslet (12) 28
Toulouse (6) 6
FORMULA ONE
CHINESE GRAND PRIX
1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1hr 36mins 58.226secs
2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1:37:03.424
3 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1:37:05.781
4 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1:37:08.226
5 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:37:11.674
6 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:37:14.066
7 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:37:28.84
8 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:37:29.252
9 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 1:37:55.630
10 Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) Sauber-Ferrari 1:38:01.499
11 Paul di Resta (Gbr) Force India 1:38:06.983
12 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Renault 1:38:10.965
13 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams 1:38:28.415
14 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:38:28.897
15 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India at 1 lap
16 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus F1 at 1 lap
17 Sergio Perez Mex Sauber-Ferrari at 1 lap
18 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Williams at 1 lap
19 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus F1 at 1 lap
20 Jerome d'Ambrosio (Bel) Virgin Racing at 2 laps
21 Timo Glock (Ger) Virgin Racing at 2 laps
22 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) HRT-F1 at 2 laps
23 Narain Karthikeyan (Ind) HRT-F1 at 2 laps
Not Classified:
Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso retired
GOLF
European Nations Cup
Collated final round scores & totals in the Ladies
European Tour Comunitat Valenciana European Nations Cup, La Sella
Golf Resort, Alicante, Spain(Par: 72)
267 Sophie Gustafson & Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 68 63
68 68 270 Anja Monke & Caroline Masson (Ger) 71 64 70 65, Laura
Davies & Melissa Reid (Eng) 67 70 67 66 271 Becky Brewerton &
Lydia Hall (Wal) 68 66 69 68 272 Karen Lunn & Katherine Hull
(Aus) 65 71 70 66 275 Karine Icher & Virginie Lagoutte-Clement
(Fra) 68 68 69 70
Token Homemate Cup
Collated final round scores & totals in the Japan
Tour Token Homemate Cup, Token Tado Country Club Nagoya, Mie,
Japan(Jpn unless stated, par 71):
276 Tadahiro Takayama 70 68 68 70 278 Shingo Katayama
65 68 75 70 279 Ryo Ishikawa 70 68 69 72 280 Brendan Jones (Aus) 72
69 71 68, Nobuhiro Masuda 70 72 70 68 281 Sung-Yoon Kim (Kor) 69 70
72 70, Hyung-Tae Kim (Kor) 68 73 68 72
Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA
Champions Tour Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am - TPC Tampa Bay, Lutz,
Florida, United States(USA unless stated, par 71):
204 John Cook 66 65 73 (won at the first play-off
hole), Jay Don Blake 66 68 70 206 Russ Cochran 64 68 74, Joe Ozaki
(Jpn) 69 69 68 208 Michael Allen 71 68 69, Tom Pernice Jnr. 68 68 72
209 Olin Browne 70 69 70, Nick Price (Zim) 71 68 70 210 Joey Sindelar
68 68 74, Mark Calcavecchia 69 69 72, Hale Irwin 70 68 72, Peter
Senior (Aus) 69 68 73, Larry Mize 70 68 72
Maybank Malaysian Open
Collated final round scores and totals, Kuala Lumpur G
& CC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par
72):
272 Matteo Manassero (Ita) 66 71 67 68 273 Gregory
Bourdy (Fra) 71 69 66 67 274 Rory McIlroy 69 64 72 69 275 Alexander
Noren (Swe) 64 69 71 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 69 70 69 67 276
Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 70 70 66 70 278 Simon Dyson 70 64 76 68 279
Siddikur Rahman (Ban) 68 71 71 69
Fresh Express Classic
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA
Nationwide Tour Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae, TPC
Stonebrae, Hayward, California, United States(Par: 70)NB: The final
round was cancelled due to fog. Third-round results will be used
198 Daniel Chopra 68 69 61 199 Russell Knox 65 68 66,
Luke List 67 68 64 202 Erik Compton 67 71 64, Marco Dawson 65 70 67,
Mathew Goggin 67 66 69, Doug LaBelle II 66 69 67 203 Jason Enloe 70
69 64 204 Matt Davidson 68 68 68, Jeff Gove 70 68 66, Cliff Kresge 69
68 67, Garrett Sapp 67 66 71, Brian Smock 69 67 68
Valero Texas Open
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour Valero Texas Open, TPC San Antonio (AT&T Oaks Course), San
Antonio, Texas, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
280 Brendan Steele 69 72 68 71 281 Charley Hoffman 68
73 72 68, Kevin Chappell 68 73 70 70 282 Brandt Snedeker 69 72 70 71
283 Pat Perez 71 74 67 71, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 72 75 67 69,
Cameron Tringale 71 71 68 73 284 Charles Howell III 71 73 68 72 285
Keegan Bradley 73 73 71 68, Martin Laird (Sco) 72 74 69 70
TENNIS
Fed Cup World Group Semi-finals:
Russia v Italy, Moscow
Rubber 3: Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita)
6-4 6-2
Rubber 4: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Sara
Errani (Ita) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4)
Rubber 5: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) &
Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) & Maria Elena
Camerin (Ita) 7-6 (7-3) 6-1
Russia win 5-0
Belgium v Czech Republic, Charleroi
Rubber 3: Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Yanina Wickmayer
(Bel) 5-7 6-4 6-2
Rubber 4: Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) bt Barbora
Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) 6-2 6-3
Rubber 5: Iveta Benesova (Cze) & Barbora
Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) bt Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) & Yanina
Wickmayer (Bel) 6-4 6-4
Czech Republic win 3-2
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Final:
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (4) David Ferrer (Spa) 6-4 7-5
ATHLETICS
Kenya's Mary Keitany enjoyed a commanding victory,
breaking away after 15 miles and clocking a time of 2:19:19 - almost
10 minutes quicker than her debut in New York last year. Defending
champion Liliya Shobukhova of Russia was second (2:20.15), with
Kenya's Edna Kiplagat third (2:20.46).In the men's race, Emmanuel
Mutai made it a Kenyan double with victory in a new course record of
2:04.40, beating the previous best by 30 seconds with the fifth
fastest time in history.
Britain's David Weir
celebrated 500 days to go until the start of the 2012 Paralympics
with an unprecedented fifth Virgin London Marathon wheelchair title
on Sunday.
MOTOR CYCLING
Carlos Checa increased his lead in the Superbike World
Championship as the Althea Ducati rider took his fourth win of the
season from six races. Checa now leads on 132 points to the 89 of
Alitalia Aprilia's Max Biaggi, the reigning champion, after taking
the second race win at Assen in Holland.
ICE HOCKEY
Great Britain began their World Championship campaign
with a stunning 5-3 victory over pre-tournament favourites and hosts
Ukraine in Kiev.
EQUESTRIAN
New Zealander Andrew Nicholson completed his
preparations for the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials later
this week with success at the Burnham Market International in Norfolk. |
