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Headlines (04 May) :
Barca pair buoyant, Alonso bitter
Barcelona duo Pedro and Andres Iniesta were delighted
to overcome arch-rivals Real Madrid to reach the Champions League
final on Tuesday.
Ref didn't let us win - Ronaldo
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo claims Barcelona
get "outside help" to reach the Champions League final and
has blasted Javier Mascherano.
Beckham reiterates Olympic hope
Former England captain David Beckham has reiterated
his desire to be involved with the Great Britain Olympic side in London.
Cipriani regrets night out
Danny Cipriani has admitted he "deeply
regrets" the late night out which has seen him stood down by his
Super 15 club the Melbourne Rebels.
Bernie: Owners don't want to sell
Bernie Ecclestone has again reiterated that F1's
current owners are in no mood to sell after further rumours regarding
a potential takeover.
Pep expects 'different' United
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola expects to face a very
different Manchester United side in the Champions League final,
should they qualify.
Juventus baulk on Aquilani fee
Juventus have warned Liverpool that they must lower
their asking price for midfielder Alberto Aquilani.
England to blossom under Flower
England Cricket managing director Hugh Morris is
confident the national side will continue their upward trend under
Andy Flower's leadership.
Laffranchi agrees Saints switch
St Helens have followed up the signing of New Zealand
star Lance Hohaia with the capture of former Australia Test forward
Anthony Laffranchi.
Doubles defeat for Murray bros
Andy and Jamie Murray suffered a first-round exit from
the men's doubles at the Madrid Open. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 03 May 2011
FOOTBALL
UEFA Champions League
Semi Final 2nd Leg
Barcelona 1 Real Madrid 1
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Mutua Madrid Open
Men's 1st rd:
Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-2 6-4
Florian Mayer (Ger) bt (16) Viktor Troicki (Ser) 4-6
7-5 6-4
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 7-5 7-6 (8-6)
Marcel Granollers (Spa) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 7-5 6-2
Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt Pablo Andujar (Spa) 6-4 6-2
Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt (13) Mikhail Youzhny
(Rus) 6-1 3-6 6-3
Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) bt (15) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 7-6
(9-7) 7-5,
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Milos Raonic (Can) 4-6 7-6
(7-2) 6-4
2nd rd:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Pere Riba (Spa) 6-4 6-2
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt John Isner (USA) 7-5 4-6
7-6 (7-3)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Thiemo De Bakker (Ned)
6-2 6-3
(6) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 7-5
0-6 6-0
Juan Monaco (Arg) bt (9) Gael Monfils (Fra) 6-2 3-0 ret
Women's 2nd rd:
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Vania King (USA) 6-0 6-2
(16) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Chanelle Scheepers (Rsa)
6-3 6-3
(5) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk)
7-6 (7-1) 7-5
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Bojana Jovanovski
(Ser) 6-4 6-4
Jarmila Gajdosova (Aus) bt (10) Agnieszka Radwanska
(Pol) 3-6 6-3 6-3
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt (11) Marion Bartoli
(Fra) 7-5 6-1
(3) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 6-0
2-6 6-3
TAEKWONDO
British teenager Jade Jones claimed silver at the
Taekwondo World Championships in South Korea, while Liverpool's
Martin Stamper collected bronze. Jones, the 18-year-old London 2012
hopeful, beat Marlene Harnois in her semi-final to set up a shot at
gold in the under-57kgs, but lost to China's reigning world champion
Hou Yuzhuo on sudden death score. Stamper had also progressed to the
medal fights in the men's under-68kgs, but could not get past Servet
Tazegu from Turkey, losing 15-2 against the eventual champion. |
