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Headlines (02 May) :
Haye leads tributes to Cooper
World champion David Haye has led the tributes to
boxing great Sir Henry Cooper, who died on Sunday at the age of 76.
Trump takes charge in final
Judd Trump had John Higgins running scared on Sunday
night and secured a 10-7 lead over John Higgins in the World
Championship final.
Terry: I always believed in Blues
John Terry insists he never stopped believing Chelsea
could catch Manchester United in the race for the Premier League title.
Ferguson to ring the changes
Sir Alex Ferguson will ring the changes as Manchester
United look to seal a Champions League final spot ahead of their
clash with Chelsea.
Kenny: Carroll factor added spice
Kenny Dalglish was pleased Liverpool overcame the
"Andy Carroll factor" in dispatching the striker's former
club Newcastle 3-0 at Anfield.
Champion tribute for Lowe
Ted Lowe was afforded the level of ovation normally
reserved for world champions as the Crucible remembered the great commentator.
Toulon hint at Cipriani interest
Toulon team manager Tom Whitford has hinted that the
Top 14 club could be interested in signing Danny Cipriani from
Melbourne Rebels.
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.
Frankel team mull Ascot option
Royal Ascot looks the most likely next port of call
for Frankel after his incredible display in Saturday's Qipco 2000
Guineas at Newmarket.
Bunting wins 1,000 Guineas
Blue Bunting slipped virtually unnoticed up the stands
rail to collect the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket for Godolphin. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 01 May 2011
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal 1 Man Utd 0 Birmingham 1 Wolverhampton 1
Liverpool 3 Newcastle 0 Man City 2 West Ham 1
Scottish Premier
Celtic 4 Dundee Utd 1
RUGBY UNION
Heineken Cup Semi Final
Northampton (20) 23 Perpignan (7) 7
The Championship Semi Final
Cornish Pirates (3) 18 London Welsh (10) 10 Worcester
(13) 23 Bedford (19) 22
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Bradford (0) 14 Warrington (32) 58 Crusaders (0) 16
Wigan (30) 48 Wakefield (8) 26 Hull K R (6) 24
WORLD SNOOKER
Final
Judd Trump (Eng) leads John Higgins (Sco) 10-7
GOLF
The Crowns Collated final round scores & totals in
the Japan Tour The Crowns, Nagoya Golf Club Wago Course, Aichi,
Japan(Jpn unless stated, par 70):
271 Brendan Jones (Aus) 67 66 68 70 (Brendan Jones won
at first play-off hole), I J Jang (Kor) 71 70 62 68 272 Shingo
Katayama 69 70 67 66, Koichiro Kawano 67 70 69 66, Sung-Joon Park
(Kor) 65 71 69 67 273 Yuta Ikeda 68 65 72 68 274 Kurt Barnes (Aus) 69
73 65 67, Shunsuke Sonoda 66 70 68 70 276 Hiroo Kawai 71 68 70 67,
Tadahiro Takayama 67 70 71 68, Toshinori Muto 71 68 66 71
Ballantine's Championship Collated final scores and
totals, Blackstone Golf Club, Icheon, Seoul, South Korea(Gbr &
Irl unless stated, par 72):
276 Lee Westwood 72 68
69 67 277 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 67 69 71 278 Sang-hyun Park
(Kor) 67 72 70 69 279 Dustin Johnson (USA) 70 69 71 69 280 Alexander
Noren (Swe) 70 69 67 74, Soon-sang Hong (Kor) 69 72 70 69 281 Brett
Rumford (Aus) 71 63 73 74, Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 73 70 69 69, James
Morrison 69 69 72 71
Avnet LPGA Classic Collated final round scores &
totals in the LPGA Tour the Avnet LPGA Classic, RTJ Golf Trail,
Magnolia Grove, The Crossings, Mobile, Alabama, United States of
America(USA unless stated, par 72):
278 Maria Hjorth (Swe) 70 74 67 67 280 Song-Hee Kim
(Kor) 67 72 70 71 281 Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 69 72 71 69, Suzann
Pettersen (Nor) 72 68 71 70 282 Stacy Lewis 68 71 74 69 283 Amy Yang
(Kor) 70 68 72 73, Hee Kyung Seo (Kor) 73 74 65 71, Katherine Hull
(Aus) 72 71 71 69
Zurich Classic of New Orleans Collated final 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):
273 Bubba Watson 66 68 70 69 (Watson won at second
play-off hole), Webb Simpson 68 69 67 69 275 Jason Dufner 68 69 72
66, K J Choi (Kor) 68 71 67 69, Tommy Gainey 67 71 68 69 276 George
McNeill 71 70 65 70, Matthew Jones (Aus) 66 71 69 70 278 Andres
Romero (Arg) 72 71 67 68, Billy Mayfair 69 70 72 67, Greg Chalmers
(Aus) 72 69 67 70, David Mathis 70 68 72 68, Luke Donald (Eng) 68 71
70 69
TENNIS
ATP BMW Open Final:
(7) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt (5) Florian Mayer (Ger)
6-3 3-6 6-1
ATP Serbia Open Final:
(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 7-6
(7-4) 6-2
ATP Estoril Open
Men's final:
(8) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt (2) Fernando
Verdasco (Spa) 6-2 6-2
EQUESTRIAN
Mary King ended her 11-year wait for a major four-star
title by winning the Rolex Kentucky competition in Lexington. The
49-year-old followed up a third-placed finish with Imperial Cavalier
at Badminton six days ago by dominating America's annual eventing
showpiece. King held a commanding overnight position, going into the
showjumping finale in first and second places with Kings Temptress
and Fernhill Urco, respectively.
MOTOR CYCLING
Dani Pedrosa finally ended Jorge Lorenzo's 100 per
cent record at Estoril with a victory which closed the gap at the top
of the MotoGP standings. Reigning champion Lorenzo had won all three
of his previous MotoGP visits to the Portuguese circuit from pole
position and looked set to again take his factory Yamaha to victory
for most of the race.
Tommy Hill bettered the Oulton Park lap record to put
his Swan Yamaha onto pole start for the Bank Holiday Monday second
round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Oulton
Park. He clocked a best time of 1m 35.175secs around the Cheshire
circuit to be some 0.281secs ahead of his team-mate Michael Laverty
as he bids to extend his four-point lead in the title stakes. |
