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Headlines (08 July) :
Villa on brink of Sidwell swoop
Aston Villa are confident Chelsea midfielder Steve
Sidwell will become their first summer signing - possibly within the
next 48 hours - according to sources close to the midlands club.
ECB to meet over Twenty20 limbo
The England and Wales Cricket Board's disciplinary
commission are set to meet on Thursday after Yorkshire and Durham
were left in Twenty20 Cup limbo after the Tykes were alleged to have
fielded an ineligible player earlier in the competition.
Llambias blasts Newcastle sale reports
New Newcastle managing director Derek Llambias insists
speculation owner Mike Ashley is looking to sell the club is
"utter nonsense".
Crouch nears Pompey switch
Portsmouth are preparing to hold talks with Peter
Crouch after Liverpool agreed to sell the England striker to the FA
Cup winners.
Hleb hits out
Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb has hit out at
manager Arsene Wenger and team-mate Cesc Fabregas as he attempts to
engineer a move to Barcelona.
Calderon: We are the real deal
Real Madrid are maintaining their pursuit of Cristiano
Ronaldo despite the news the Manchester United winger will miss the
start of the new season after undergoing surgery on his ankle.
Hull expected to accept fine
Hull are expected to draw a line under their Challenge
Cup fiasco on Tuesday after being handed a record fine.
Napier stars as Essex reach showpiece
Graham Napier continued his remarkable run of form by
again playing a starring role in Essex's demolition of
Northamptonshire to book his side's place in the Twenty20 Cup finals
day at the Rose Bowl this month.
Peel set for Sale debut
Wales scrum-half Dwayne Peel expects to be fit to make
his Sale debut next month.
Boat set to leave Boro
Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng has been given
permission to talk to other clubs about a possible move away from the
Riverside. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 07 July 2008
FOOTBALL:
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Group A: Italy
Ladies U19 1 Norway Ladies U19 0
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Group B: Germany
Ladies U19 2 England Ladies U19 0, Sweden Ladies U19 2 Scotland
Ladies U19 1
CYCLING:
Tour de France, Nantes, France
Leading positions after Stage 3 (Saint-Malo - Nantes,
208km): 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone
5hrs 5mins 27secs, 2 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle
p/b H30 at same time, 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel at same time, 4
Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld at 0.14, 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus)
Silence - Lotto at 2.03, 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram at same time,
7 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank at same time, 8 Thor Hushovd
(Nor) Credit Agricole at same time, 9 Robert Forster (Ger)
Gerolsteiner at same time, 10 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Team Columbia at
same time, 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at same time, 12 Robert
Hunter (Rsa) Barloworld at same time, 13 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues
Telecom at same time, 14 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
at same time, 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Credit par
Telephone at same time, 16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas at same
time, 17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at same
time, 18 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale at same time, 19
Julian Dean (Nzl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at same time, 20
Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step at same time
Selected Others: 25 David Millar (Gbr) Team
Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at 2.03, 150 Christopher Froome (Gbr)
Barloworld at same time
General classification after stage 3: 1 Romain Feillu
(Fra) Agritubel 13hrs 27mins 05secs, 2 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita)
Barloworld at 0.35, 3 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle
p/b H30 at 1.42, 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
at 1.45, 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at 1.46, 6 Oscar Freire
Gomez (Spa) Rabobank at same time, 7 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues
Telecom at same time, 8 David Millar (Gbr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b
H30 at same time, 9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto at same time,
10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas at same time, 11 Frank Schleck
(Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at same time, 12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa)
Caisse d'Epargne at same time, 13 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step at
same time, 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole at 1.52, 15 Erik
Zabel (Ger) Team Milram at same time, 16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La
Mondiale at same time, 17 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel -
Euskadi at same time, 18 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel -
Euskadi at same time, 19 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia at same
time, 20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at same time
Selected Others: 85 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Team Columbia
at 3.45, 168 Christopher Froome (Gbr) Barloworld at 11.11
TENNIS:
WTA Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary
1st rd: (5) Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Kyra Nagy (Hun)
6-2 6-2, Tzipora Obziler (Isr) bt Raluca Olaru (Rom) 6-3 6-2, (3)
Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Teodora Mircic (Ser) 6-3 6-1, Anna-Lena
Groenefeld (Ger) bt Palma Kiraly (Hun) 6-0 6-4
ATP Catella Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden
1st rd: Bjorn Rehnquist (Swe) bt Michal Przysiezny
(Pol) 7-5 6-2, Boris Pashanski (Ser) bt Nicolas Massu (Chi) 6-2 6-3
ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland
1st rd: Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Josselin Ouanna (Fra) 6-3
6-4, Florent Serra (Fra) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) 7-6 (7-2) 7-6
(7-5), (8) Guillermo Canas (Arg) bt Ivo Minar (Cze) 7-6 (11-9) 6-3,
(7) Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Marcos Daniel (Bra) 6-4 7-5, Kristof
Vliegen (Bel) bt Martin Vassalo Arguello (Arg) 6-3 6-4, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
(Spa) bt Michael Lammer (Swi) 5-7 6-3 6-2
ATP Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany
1st rd: Andreas Beck (Ger) bt Daniel Brands (Ger) 3-6
6-3 6-4, Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Evgeny Korolev (Rus) 6-3 7-5,
Oscar Hernandez (Spa) bt Santiago Ventura (Spa) 6-1 6-4, Albert
Montanes (Spa) bt (7) Jose Acasuso (Arg) 6-3 7-6 (7-5), Michael
Berrer (Ger) bt Eric Prodon (Fra) 6-3 6-4, Pablo Cuevas (Uru) bt
Santiago Giraldo (Col) 4-6 6-4 7-6 (13-11)
ATP Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships,
Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America
1st rd: Rohan Bopanna (Ind) bt Kevin Kim (USA) 6-3
6-4, Mikhail Ledovskikh (Rus) bt Kristian Pless (Den) 4-6 7-5 6-4,
Vincent Spadea (USA) bt Simon Stadler (Ger) 6-2 3-6 6-4, Brendan
Evans (USA) bt Paul Capdeville (Chi) 6-4 3-6 6-1, Donald Young (USA)
bt Woong-Sun Jun (Kor) 6-3 2-6 6-4, Alexander Peya (Aut) bt Philipp
Petzschner (Ger) 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 7-5 |
