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Headlines (07 April) :
Woods in second-last group for Masters
The sporting world will have to wait until 1.42pm on
Thursday - 6.42pm British Summer Time - to see the first shot that
Tiger Woods has hit in competition for 144 days.
Crown Jewels TV list faces revision
The UK's revised list of free-to-air TV sporting
events is set to go back to the drawing board after the Department of
Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) admitted the legislation would not be
implemented before the general election.
Messi's character impresses Guardiola
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola chose to praise the
human side of Lionel Messi after the Argentinian winger destroyed
Arsenal with a remarkable four-goal performance at the Nou Camp.
Ferguson dismisses chances of Roma repeat
Sir Alex Ferguson will not be dredging up the memory
of Manchester United's seven-goal destruction of Roma three years ago
to inspire his team to victory against Bayern Munich on Wednesday
night.
Messi the difference for Wenger
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger acknowledged Barcelona's
four-goal hero Lionel Messi was the difference on the night as his
side crashed out of the Champions League following a 4-1 defeat at
the Nou Camp.
Symonds signs for Surrey for T20
Surrey have signed Australia all-rounder Andrew
Symonds as their second overseas player for the 2010 Friends
Provident t20.
Summer sales 'killed us' - Torres
Fernando Torres has offered a frank assessment of
Liverpool's failings this season, admitting a spate of summer
departures "messed everything up".
Robben: United as strong as ever
Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben believes Manchester
United's current team is just as strong as the one he played against
with Chelsea three years ago.
Short-term lay-off for Long
Hull captain Sean Long does not expect a lengthy
lay-off with an ankle injury. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 06 April 2010
FOOTBALL
UEFA Champions League Quarter Final 2nd Leg
Barcelona 4 Arsenal 1 Barcelona won 6-3 on aggregate
CSKA Moscow 0 Inter Milan 1 Inter Milan won 2-0 on aggregate
Coca-Cola Division One
Huddersfield 2 Oldham 0
Scottish Division One
Morton 0 Inverness CT 2 Ross County 1 Queen of South 1
RUGBY UNION
Principality Building Society Premiership
Newport (15) 23 Glamorgan Wanderers (5) 17 Pontypool
(20) 27 Llanelli (0) 26
TENNIS
WTA MPS Group Championships
1st rd:
Ayumi Morita (Jpn) bt Sesil Karatantcheva (Kaz) 6-3
2-6 6-2
Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Vania King (USA) 6-2 6-3
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Anastasia Rodionova
(Rus) 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 7-5
Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Kai Chen Chang (Tpe) 6-4 6-2
Olga Govortsova (Blr) bt (2) Alona Bondarenko (Ukr)
6-3 4-6 6-0
Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova
(Cze) 7-5 5-7 6-4
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Patty Schnyder (Swi)
6-0 6-4
Anna Tatishvili (Geo) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk)
6-3 3-6 7-5
(8) Melanie Oudin (USA) bt Rossana De Los Rios (Par)
7-5 6-2
(4) Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Sophie Ferguson (Aus) 6-2 6-3
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Mariana Duque Marino (Col)
6-1 7-6 (7-2)
ATP US Men's Claycourt Championships
1st rd:
(7) Eduardo Schwank (Arg) bt Marcos Daniel (Bra) 6-3 6-2
Nicolas Massu (Chi) bt Mischa Zverev (Ger) 6-4 6-2
Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-2 3-0 ret
(6) Horacio Zeballos (Arg) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 6-3 ret
Ryan Sweeting (USA) bt (5) Evgeny Korolev (Kaz) 6-3
4-6 6-2
Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Donald Young (USA) 7-5 6-3
Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) bt Michael Yani (USA) 6-1 7-5
Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Nick Lindhal (Aus) 6-3 7-5
Somdev Devvarman (Ind) bt Conor Niland (Irland) 6-4 6-2
EQUESTRIAN
Ben Maher dominated the British Showjumping awards in
Birmingham by completing a notable double. British number one Maher
took the riders' rider of the year award, beating fellow nominees
Michael Whitaker and Peter Charles. And Maher, together with the
consistently successful Robin Hood W, landed international
horse/rider combination honours. They were the top British performers
at last year's European Championships in Windsor. |
