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Headlines (03 May) :
Flower renews England contract
Andy Flower has renewed his contract and will remain
in the role of England team director, the England and Wales Cricket
Board have confirmed.
Cipriani in discipline breach
Danny Cipriani will miss Melbourne's clash with
Queensland after a breach of club discipline.
Guardiola hits back at criticism
Pep Guardiola has leapt to the defence of Barcelona
ahead of the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against
Real Madrid.
Lambert on 'miracle' promotion
Paul Lambert led Norwich back to the Premier League on
Monday night and then branded the achievement a "miracle".
Radcliffe ruled out of return
Paula Radcliffe has been forced to pull out of her
comeback race following an 18-month absence in Manchester later this
month due to illness.
Higgins basks in 'best' victory
John Higgins savoured "far and away the biggest
and best" victory of his career after he overcame Judd Trump to
win the World Championship.
Taarabt: FA could 'destroy' us
QPR playmaker Adel Taarabt believes it would
"destroy" the club's players if the Football Association
hit the Hoops with a points deduction.
David Chapman passes away
Former trainer David Chapman has died, aged 77, after
suffering a blackout on Monday night.
Tillakaratne set to speak up
Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne will give
evidence to the ICC "in the days to come" over alleged match-fixing.
Roddick ousted in Madrid
Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish were among the leading
casualties in the Madrid Open after the seeded pair both lost epic
first round matches. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 02 May 2011
FOOTBALL
Scottish Premier
St Mirren 0 Hamilton 1
npower Championship
Cardiff 0 Middlesbrough 3 Portsmouth 0 Norwich 1
npower Division One
Plymouth 1 Southampton 3
WORLD SNOOKER
Final
John Higgins (Sco) beat Judd Trump (Eng) 18-15
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Mutua Madrid Open
Men's 1st rd:
Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 6-2 6-3
Pere Riba (Spa) bt Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 6-2 6-4
Adrian Mannarino (Fra) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 4-6
6-4 6-4 (9)
Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 6-3 7-6 (8-6)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Albert Montanes (Spa) 7-6
(8-6) 3-6 7-6 (7-5)
Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 3-6 6-4 7-5
John Isner (USA) bt (11) Mardy Fish (USA) 7-6 (7-5)
4-6 7-6 (7-3)
Thiemo De Bakker (Ned) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa)
2-6 7-5 6-4
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 6-3
3-6 7-6 (7-5)
Flavio Cipolla (Ita) bt (12) Andy Roddick (USA) 6-4
6-7 (7-9) 6-3
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) bt Richard Gasquet (Fra)
3-6 6-4 6-3
Women's 1st rd:
Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova
(Cze) 6-3 6-2
Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Olga Govortsova (Blr) 6-4 6-0
Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) bt (9) Shahar Peer (Isr) 6-3 6-2
(6) Na Li (Chn) bt Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa)
6-4 7-6 (8-6)
Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa)
6-2 2-6 7-6 (7-3)
Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spa)
5-7 6-4 6-3
Women's 2nd rd:
(8) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Ekaterina Makarova (Rus)
6-3 3-6 6-1
Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) bt (13) Andrea Petkovic
(Ger) 6-2 7-6 (7-5)
(4) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Swe)
6-1 6-1
(2) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 0-6
6-3 6-3
TAEKWONDO
Britain's Sarah Stevenson
won an emotional gold medal at the Taekwondo World Championships in
Korea on Tuesday. The Doncaster fighter, whose parents are both
battling serious illness, overcame home favourite Hwang Kyung-seon,
the Olympic and world champion, in their 67kg semi-final, producing
an 8-5 win to guarantee herself at least silver. She was then quickly
back in action against China's Yunfei Guo and narrowly took the win
on a referee's decision after a close-fought 3-3 final to take the
gold medal. |
