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Headlines (24 April) :
Torres relieved at ending drought
Fernando Torres claimed the pressure had been lifted
from his shoulders after he scored his first goal for Chelsea in the
win over West Ham.
Westwood wins Indonesian Masters
Lee Westwood laid down the gauntlet to Luke Donald by
completing victory in the Asian Tour's Indonesian Masters on Sunday.
Reds' unity delights Dalglish
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish praised the teamwork
and togetherness of his side after they demolished Birmingham 5-0 at Anfield.
Cats rout brings Bruce relief
Steve Bruce was a relieved man after Sunderland beat
Wigan 4-2 to finally end their winless run at the 10th attempt and
climb away from danger.
Harry sure Spurs can go fourth
Harry Redknapp is still confident Tottenham will be
playing Champions League football next year despite the damaging 2-2
draw with West Brom.
Selby makes Hendry suffer
Stephen Hendry faces an uphill task to reach the World
Championship quarter-finals after being made to suffer by Mark Selby
on Saturday night.
Donald overcomes tough start
Luke Donald shook off a poor start to the day to come
through and finish with a one-shot advantage going into the final
round of The Heritage.
McCarthy upbeat over survival
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy remains convinced his side
will beat the drop despite seeing them denied victory over Fulham on Saturday.
Colsaerts claims China Open title
Nicolas Colsaerts finally claimed his first European
Tour title with an impressive five-shot victory at the Volvo China
Open on Sunday.
Pakistan cruise to victory
A third-wicket stand of 134 earned Pakistan an
eight-wicket victory over West Indies in the opening ODI at Gros
Islet, St Lucia on Saturday. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 23 April 2011
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa 1 Stoke 1 Blackpool 1 Newcastle 1 Chelsea
3 West Ham 0 Liverpool 5 Birmingham 0 Man Utd 1 Everton 0 Sunderland
4 Wigan 2 Tottenham 2 West Brom 2 Wolverhampton 1 Fulham 1
Scottish Premier
Dundee Utd 4 Kilmarnock 2 Hearts 3 Motherwell 3
npower Championship
Cardiff 2 QPR 2 Derby 2 Burnley 4 Hull 2 Middlesbrough
4 Millwall 4 Preston 0 Portsmouth 0 Swansea 0 Sheff Utd 3 Bristol
City 2 Watford 1 Barnsley 0
RUGBY UNION
Aviva Premiership Rugby
London Irish (6) 20 Northampton (13) 26 Wasps (3) 10
Bath (29) 43
The Magners League
Aironi Rugby (3) 8 Leinster (20) 20 Ospreys (3) 20
Munster (10) 22
British and Irish Cup Semi Final
Bedford (26) 43 Worcester (17) 27 Pontypridd (13) 25
Bristol (17) 36
WORLD SNOOKER
Second round:
Judd Trump (Eng) bt Martin Gould (Eng) 13-6
Graeme Dott (Scot) bt Ali Carter (Eng) 13-11
Mark Allen (NIrl) bt Barry Hawkins (Eng) 13-12
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) leads Shaun Murphy (Eng) 6-2
Mark Selby (Eng) leads Stephen Hendry (Sco) 7-1
GOLF
Indonesian Masters (R3) Collated third round scores
& totals in the Asian Tour Indonesian Masters, Royale Jakarta
Golf Club, Jakarta, Indonesia (Par: 72)
200 Lee Westwood (Eng) 68 66 66 205 Thitiphun
Chuayprakong (Tha) 68 68 69, Park Hyun-Bin (Kor) 67 68 70 206 Prayad
Marksaeng (Tha) 67 70 69 207 Siddikur (Ban) 66 72 69, Prom Meesawat
(Tha) 70 68 69, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 67 70 70, Antonio Lascuna
(Phi) 67 70 70 208 Lin Wen-Tang (Tpe) 71 67 70, Kiradech Aphibarnrat
(Tha) 69 68 71
Volvo China Open
Collated third round scores & totals in the
European Tour Volvo China Open, Luxehills International Country Club,
Chengdu, China(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
198 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 65 67 66 199 Chang-won Han
(Kor) 64 70 65 200 Peter Lawrie 68 64 68, Gregory Havret (Fra) 66 66
68 201 Jamie Donaldson 70 61 70 202 Aaron Townsend (Aus) 68 66 68,
Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 65 71 66, Keith Horne (Rsa) 63 69 70
The Heritage
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour The Heritage, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South
Carolina, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
202 Luke Donald (Eng) 67 65 70 203 Jim Furyk 68 66 69
204 Brendon De Jonge 67 71 66, Scott Verplank 67 70 67 205 Ricky
Barnes 71 67 67, Jason Day (Aus) 69 65 71, Tommy Gainey 71 67 67 206
Ben Crane 69 66 71, Pat Perez 71 67 68, Jason Dufner 67 71 68, Chris
Couch 68 68 70 207 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 70 68 69, Chad Campbell 65 69
73, Tim Herron 65 71 71, Garrett Willis 64 69 74, Mark Wilson 66 70 71
TENNIS
WTA Porsche Grand Prix
Semi-finals:
Julia Goerges (Ger) bt (5) Samantha Stosur (Aus) 6-4
3-6 7-5
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Agnieszka Radwanska
(Pol) 7-5 6-3
ATP Barcelona Open
Semi-final:
(4) David Ferrer (Spa) bt (8) Nicolas Almagro (Spa)
6-3 6-4
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Ivan Dodig (Cro) 6-3 6-2
DIVING
Tom Daley achieved his highest ever score at an
international event to claim silver in the Men's 10m Platform at the
final World Series meeting of the season in Guanajuato, Mexico. The
reigning world champion drew a 10 from the judges for his new
four-and-a-half somersault dive, which gave him the biggest score of
the final with over 105 points and an overall total of 562.80.
ICE HOCKEY
Great Britain secured a World Championship medal with
a 3-2 win over Poland - with dreams of a gold and promotion to the
elite group still alive. Ben O'Connor, whose father Mike was part of
the GB team which last secured a place in the top division in 1993,
netted the game-winning goal with just six minutes left. |
