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Headlines (13 May) :
Harmon fears for Tiger's career
Tiger Woods' former coach Butch Harmon believes the
14-time major winner's career now has a huge question mark over it.
Adams returns to Vale hot-seat
Micky Adams has been re-appointed as Port Vale manager
just over four months after he left the club for Sheffield United.
Cats say no to Muntari deal
Sunderland have decided not to take up an option to
buy on-loan Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari on a permanent deal.
Murray ready for Mayer test
Andy Murray is preparing himself for a "strange
and tricky" encounter with Germany's Florian Mayer in the
quarter-finals of the Rome Masters.
Rome wins for Djokovic & Nadal
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic rolled into the
quarter-finals of the Rome Masters with the minimum of fuss on Thursday.
Vieira uncertain over future
Patrick Vieira has no idea whether he will still be at
Manchester City next season - but is "really proud of what we
have achieved".
Lawwell: Lennon is not alone
Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell is optimistic an
unprecedented unity around the club will persuade Neil Lennon to
continue as manager.
RFL target for probe conclusion
The Rugby Football League expect to conclude their
investigation into the latest betting scandal to rock the sport by
the end of the month.
Muralitharan joins Wellington
Wellington have signed Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah
Muralitharan for next season's HRV Cup Twenty20 competition.
Cech: Recovery took too long
Petr Cech accepts Chelsea's well-oiled
"machine" took just too long to recover in their bid to
snatch the title away from Manchester United. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 12 May 2011
FOOTBALL
npower Championship Play-off Semi-Final 1st Leg
Nottm Forest 0 Swansea 0
CRICKET
West Indies v Pakistan Test Series : First Test at
Guyana
West Indies 209 - 9 90 ovs Close of play
Durham v Somerset LV County Championship : Division
One at Emirates Durham ICG
Durham 237 all out 64.4 ovs 227 - 3 79 ovs Somerset 610
- 6 dec 140 ovs Close of play
Sussex v Nottinghamshire LV County Championship :
Division One at Hove
Sussex 304 all out 93.4 ovs 187 - 1 39.5 ovs
Nottinghamshire 145 all out 52.3 ovs 342 - 9 92.3 ovs Sussex won by 9
wickets.
Warwickshire v Worcestershire LV County Championship :
Division One at Edgbaston
Warwickshire 382 all out 109.4 ovs Worcestershire 228 -
9 70.3 ovs Close of play
Yorkshire v Hampshire LV County Championship :
Division One at Headingley Carnegie
Yorkshire 355 all out 124.4 ovs Hampshire 189 - 6 63
ovs Close of play
Derbyshire v Essex LV County Championship : Division
Two at Derby
Derbyshire 288 all out 86.4 ovs Essex 179 all out 75.1
ovs 282 - 6 97.5 ovs Close of play
Glamorgan v Kent LV County Championship : Division Two
at The SWALEC Stadium
Glamorgan 434 all out 117.3 ovs Kent 242 all out 66.1
ovs 184 all out 42.3 ovs Glamorgan won by an innings and 8 runs.
Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire LV County
Championship : Division Two at Bristol
Gloucestershire 172 - 7 49 ovs Northamptonshire 557 - 9
dec 140.4 ovs Close of play
Cambridge UCCE v Surrey MCC University Match : Uni
Match at Fenner's
Cambridge UCCE 455 all out 110.4 ovs Surrey 234 - 9 dec
71.3 ovs 51 - 2 16 ovs Close of play
GOLF
The Players Championship
Collated first round scores in the USPGA Tour THE
PLAYERS Championship, TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida,
United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
64 Nick Watney 65 Lucas Glover 66 Mark O'Meara, David
Toms 67 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Graeme McDowell (NIrl), Fredrik
Jacobson (Swe), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 68 J.B.
Holmes, Ben Crane, Davis Love III 69 Steve Stricker, Brian Davis
(Eng), Kris Blanks, Jeff Overton, Jason Dufner, Matt Kuchar, Jason
Day (Aus), Paul Goydos, Robert Allenby (Aus), Luke Donald (Eng), Troy
Merritt, Y.E. Yang (Kor)
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Rome
Men's 3rd rd:
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-4 6-2
Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 7-5 6-4
Marin Cilic (Cro) bt (11) Mardy Fish (USA) 7-6 (8-6)
6-3
(7) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 6-2
6-7 (4-7) 6-2
(4) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 6-2 6-3
(16) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt (3) Roger Federer (Swi)
4-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-4)
(5) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt (9) Nicolas Almagro (Spa)
6-3 3-6 6-4
Women's 3rd rd:
(4) Na Li (Chn) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (Aus) 6-2 6-1
(6) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 6-3 6-4
Greta Arn (Hun) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 3-6 7-6 (7-3)
7-6 (7-3)
(5) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues
(Spa) 6-4 2-6 6-2
(2) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Daniela Hantuchova
(Svk) 3-6 6-2 7-5
(7) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt (10) Shahar Peer (Isr)
6-2 6-2
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Yanina Wickmayer (Bel)
6-1 7-6 (7-4)
Add Men's 3rd rd: (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (14)
Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) 6-4 6-1
CYCLING
Francisco Ventoso timed his sprint perfectly to hold
off Alessandro Petacchi as he won a stage at the Giro d'Italia for
the first time in his career while overnight race leader Pieter
Weening retained the pink jersey. The Movistar rider edged out the
Lampre veteran and points leader on the uphill finish in Fiuggi at
the end of the sixth stage to claim his fifth victory of the season
with Roberto Ferrari third.
HOCKEY
A slow start cost Great Britain's men as they lost 2-1
to Australia in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia on Thursday.
However, despite their second loss of the tournament they will
qualify for Sunday's final providing they better Pakistan's result
against the hosts when they play South Korea on Friday. |
