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Headlines (19 April) :
Torres out for six weeks
Fernando Torres will miss the rest of Liverpool's
season, and possibly the World Cup, after having surgery on his knee
Wenger blasts Gunners
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger slates his side for a lack
of discipline and focus after watching their faint title hopes vanish
at Wigan
Hendry survives Crucible scare
Stephen Hendry squeezes into the second round of the
World Championship after winning the last three frames to edge a 10-9
victory over Zhang Anda
Villa stay in hunt for fourth
Aston Villa leapfrog Liverpool to go sixth in the
Premier League after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Portsmouth
Ancelotti: Terry lost it
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti admits that John Terry
'lost control' after being sent off in their weekend defeat at Tottenham
Gers on verge of retaining title
Kenny Miller grabs his 20th goal of the season as
Rangers move within touching distance of retaining the SPL title with
a 2-0 win over 10-man Hearts
IPL players 'pressured to play'
The players' union is to investigate claims that
non-Indian players were pressured into taking part in an IPL match
following a bomb blast
Davis penalty hands Furyk title
Jim Furyk hails the sportsmanship of Brian Davis for
making a penalty call that cost him the Verizon Heritage |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 18
April 2010
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Portsmouth 1 Aston Villa 2 Wigan 3 Arsenal 2
Scottish Premier
Motherwell 2 Dundee Utd 3 Rangers 2 Hearts 0
Coca-Cola Championship
Sheff Wed 1 Sheff Utd 1
RUGBY UNION
Guinness Premiership
London Irish (13) 13 Leeds Carnegie (16) 23 Newcastle
(0) 7 Leicester (28) 31
The Magners League
Connacht (7) 12 Munster (11) 18 Newport-Gwent D'gons
(20) 49 Edinburgh (14) 28
The Championship Pool A
Bristol (24) 41 Bedford (3) 32
The Championship Pool B
Nottingham (7) 14 Doncaster (7) 25
The Championship Pool C
Birmingham & Solihull (28) 35 Coventry (17) 38
GOLF
Volvo China Open
Collated final round scores & totals in the
European Tour Volvo China Open, Suzhou Jinji Lake Golf Club, Suzhou,
China(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
273 Y.E. Yang (Kor) 68 66 68 71 275 Stephen Dodd 69 71
66 69, Rhys Davies 73 70 65 67 276 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 68 67 68 73,
Jamie Donaldson 66 68 69 73, Johan Edfors (Swe) 68 71 68 69 277
Oliver Fisher 73 65 70 69 278 Do-hoon Kim (Pkr) 64 69 73 72, Graeme
McDowell 70 70 70 68, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 69 72 68 69, Pablo
Larrazabal (Spa) 66 69 70 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 64 70 75 69,
Alexander Noren (Swe) 71 67 70 70, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 73 68 69,
Ross McGowan 71 68 69 70
Verizon Heritage
Collated final-round scores (USA unless stated, par 71):
271 Jim Furyk 67 68 67 69 (Jim won at first Playoff
hole), Brian Davis (Eng) 68 69 66 68 274 Bo Van Pelt 67 72 66 69,
Luke Donald (Eng) 69 68 67 70 275 Ricky Barnes 69 69 66 71, Kris
Blanks 70 68 69 68, Camilo Villegas (Col) 70 68 67 70 276 Heath
Slocum 70 67 67 72, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 69 72 64 71, Rickie Fowler 68
72 69 67, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 67 73 67 277 Boo Weekley 68 68 68
73, Briny Baird 71 67 66 73 278 Spencer Levin 72 66 70 70, Rory
Sabbatini (Rsa) 74 68 69 67, J.P. Hayes 69 68 72 69, Stewart Cink 71
69 67 71, Matt Kuchar 71 67 72 68, Webb Simpson 70 68 68 72, J J
Henry 68 68 71 71, Stephen Ames (Can) 74 65 65 74
TENNIS
WTA Tour Family Circle Cup Final:
(4) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt (7) Vera Zvonareva (Rus)
6-0 6-3
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Final:
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (6) Fernando Verdasco (Spa)
6-0 6-1
FORMULA ONE
CHINESE GRAND PRIX
1 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1 hour 46 mins
42.163secs
2 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:46:43.693
3 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:46:51.647
4 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:46:54.032
5 Robert Kubica (Pol) Renault 1:47:04.376
6 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1:47:15.473
7 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 1:47:29.763
8 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 01:47:34.335
9 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:47:39.959
10 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:47:43.912
11 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 1:47:45.037
12 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams 1:47:45.828
13 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso
1:47:53.579
14 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus F1 at 1 lap
15 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Williams at 1 lap
16 Bruno Senna (Bra) HRT-F1 at 2 laps
17 Karun Chandhok Ind HRT-F1 at 4 laps
MOTOR CYCLING
Tommy Hill extended his lead in the chase for MCE
Insurance British Superbike crown with a hard-earned victory and then
a strong second place to Aussie Josh Brookes in the second round at
Thruxton. Riding the Worx Suzuki, Hill had bounced back from a heavy
tumble in free practice to claim pole at record pace, and then fought
all of the way in a four-way power struggle in the opener.
ICE HOCKEY
Great Britain maintained their 100% start to their
World Championship campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over
Korea. It keeps Britain, who followed a 26-hour bus ride due to
flying restrictions because of the cloud of volcanic ash with a 4-1
success over Croatia in their Division One Group B opener, on course
for another medal having claimed bronze in Poland last year. |
