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Headlines (01 May) :
Second straight win for Westwood
Lee Westwood claimed his second victory in succession
on Sunday to maintain his position as world number one in style.
Harry: Technology is a must
Harry Redknapp called for video technology to be
introduced after two controversial goals helped Chelsea beat
Tottenham at Stamford Bridge.
Higgins keeps focus to reach final
John Higgins kept his focus after being heckled by a
Crucible spectator to set up a final showdown with Judd Trump at the
World Championship.
Gunners are very close - Wenger
Arsene Wenger is in no doubt his young Arsenal side
are way ahead of their time, if yet to take that testing final step
to become champions.
Anderson beats Taylor again
Gary Anderson completed a UK Open double over Phil
Taylor, claiming a 6-2 win when the pair met in the qualifier seven
final at Wigan.
Blues will need to spend - Phillips
Veteran striker Kevin Phillips believes Birmingham
need to embark on a spending spree this summer to bolster their squad.
Barker reclaims Euro belt
Darren Barker reclaimed the European middleweight
title with a points victory over Domenico Spada at London's Olympia
on Saturday night.
Romandie stage win for Zabriskie
Garmin-Cervelo's David Zabriskie edged out Richie
Porte (Saxo Bank) to win stage four of the Tour de Romandie on Saturday.
Thompson in hunt for historic win
Sixteen-year-old American Alexis Thompson shared the
lead going into the final day of the Avnet LPGA Classic in Mobile, Alabama.
Indians make it five in a row
American League Central Division leaders the Cleveland
Indians claimed a fifth straight win in a 13-inning epic against the
Detroit Tigers. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 30
April 2011
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Blackburn 1 Bolton 0 Blackpool 0 Stoke 0 Chelsea 2
Tottenham 1 Sunderland 0 Fulham 3 West Brom 2 Aston Villa 1 Wigan 1
Everton 1
Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 1 Inverness CT 0 Hibernian 1 St Johnstone 2
Kilmarnock 2 Hearts 2 Motherwell 0 Rangers 5
npower Championship
Coventry 0 Reading 0 Doncaster 1 Leicester 1 Hull 1
Crystal Palace 1 Ipswich 2 Preston 1 Leeds 1 Burnley 0 Millwall 0
Swansea 2 Nottm Forest 5 Scunthorpe 1 Sheff Utd 2 Barnsley 2 Watford
0 QPR 2
HORSE RACING
Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes (The 203rd Running) (Group 1)
1 1 Frankel 9-0 T P Queally H R A Cecil 3 1/2 f
2 5 6 Dubawi Gold 9-0 R Hughes R Hannon 3 33/1
3 11 ½ Native Khan (FR) 9-0 O Peslier E A L Dunlop
3 16/1
4 6 11 Slim Shadey 9-0 Luke Morris J S Moore 3 200/1
RUGBY UNION
Amlin Challenge Cup Semi Final
Munster (7) 12 Harlequins (14) 20
Heineken Cup Semi Final
Leinster (16) 32 Toulouse (13) 23
Aviva Premiership Rugby
Newcastle (6) 11 Bath (8) 14
WORLD SNOOKER
Semi-finals:
John Higgins (Sco) bt Mark Williams (Wal) 17-14 Judd
Trump (Eng) bt Ding Junhui (Chn) 17-15
GOLF
South Georgia Classic (R2)
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA
Nationwide Tour South Georgia Classic presented by First State Bank
and Trust Company, Kinderlou Forest Golf Club, Valdosta, Georgia,
United States(Par: 72)
135 Jon Mills 69 66 138 Michael Letzig 70 68, John
Kimbell 73 65 139 Mathew Goggin 66 73, James Nitties 74 65, Troy
Kelly 70 69, Gary Christian 69 70, Brent Long 71 68, Ted Potter, Jr.
70 69 140 Brett Wetterich 72 68, Cliff Kresge 70 70, Mark Anderson 70
70, Miguel Angel Carballo 69 71, Jonas Blixt 71 69, Patrick Sheehan
69 71, Rob Oppenheim 69 71, Charles Warren 71 69, Brian Smock 70 70
The Crowns
Collated third-round scores & totals in the Japan
Tour The Crowns, Nagoya GolfClub Wago Course, Aichi, Japan (Jpn
unless stated, par 70):
201 Brendan Jones (Aus) 67 66 68 203 I J Jang (Kor) 71
70 62, Sung-Yoon Kim (Kor) 68 67 68 204 Shunsuke Sonoda 66 70 68 205
Toshinori Muto 71 68 66, Sung-Joon Park (Kor) 65 71 69, Katsunori
Kuwabara 68 67 70, Hiroshi Iwata 67 64 74, Yuta Ikeda 68 65 72 206
Shingo Katayama 69 70 67, Koichiro Kawano 67 70 69 207 Kurt Barnes
(Aus) 69 73 65, Ryo Ishikawa 68 72 67
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour Zurich Classic of New Orleans, TPC of Louisiana, Avondale,
Louisiana, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
204 Bubba Watson 66 68 70, Webb Simpson 68 69 67 205
John Rollins 67 69 69 206 Steve Stricker 70 68 68, George McNeill 71
70 65, K J Choi (Kor) 68 71 67 Matthew Jones (Aus) 66 71 69, Tommy
Gainey 67 71 68, Charles Howell III 68 72 66 207 Joe Durant 67 72 68
208 Dean Wilson 73 64 71, John Senden (Aus) 70 67 71, David Toms 70
71 67, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 72 69 67, Fabian Gomez (Arg) 71 71 66
TENNIS
WTA Barcelona Open Final:
(6) Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 4-6
6-2 6-2
ATP BMW Open
Semi-final:
(5) Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Philipp Petzschner (Ger)
6-3 6-4
(7) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Radek Stepanek (Cze)
6-3 4-0 ret
ATP Serbia Open
Semi-final:
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita) 7-6
(7-3) 6-2
(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (7) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) w/o
ATP & WTA Estoril Open
Men's Quarter-final:
(2) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt (7) Kevin Anderson
(Rsa) 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 6-3
(5) Milos Raonic (Can) bt (4) Gilles Simon (Fra) 7-6
(7-4) 4-6 6-3
Women's Final:
Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Kristina Barrois
(Ger) 6-1 6-2 |
