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Headlines (16 May) :
McClaren leads Hammers betting
Former England manager Steve McClaren has emerged as
the odds-on favourite to succeed Avram Grant as West Ham boss.
Europa League fillip for Fulham
Fulham are on course for a return to the Europa League
after England was granted an additional place in next season's competition.
Mancini unsure on Tevez future
Roberto Mancini admits Carlos Tevez's Manchester City
future remains shrouded in uncertainty as the dust settles on
Saturday's FA Cup triumph.
Walter urges Whyte to invest
Outgoing Rangers manager Walter Smith has called on
new owner Craig Whyte to invest in the team to continue the club's success.
SAF reflects on United success
Sir Alex Ferguson has no doubt where the Premier
League title began to turn in Manchester United's direction - April's
4-2 victory at West Ham.
Donald up to second in rankings
England have the top two golfers in the world after
Luke Donald's fourth-place finish at the Players Championship in Florida.
RC hopefuls wait on venue call
Five countries will discover on Tuesday which of them
is to stage the 2018 Ryder Cup.
Farah tribute to tragic Wanjiru
Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru has died
after a fall from a balcony, according to reports in his native
Kenya.
Wood could lose fitness race
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder says Tom
Wood could lose his race to be fit for Saturday's Heineken Cup final
against Leinster.
Leinster wait on O'Driscoll
Heineken Cup finalists Leinster are facing an anxious
wait for the prognosis on injured stars Brian O'Driscoll and Richardt
Strauss. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 15 May 2011
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal 1 Aston Villa 2 Birmingham 0 Fulham 2 Chelsea
2 Newcastle 2 Liverpool 0 Tottenham 2 Wigan 3 West Ham 2
Scottish Premier
Celtic 4 Motherwell 0 Dundee Utd 2 Hearts 1 Kilmarnock
1 Rangers 5
npower Division One Play-off Semi-Final 1st Leg
Milton Keynes Dons 3 Peterborough 2
npower Division Two Play-off Semi-Final 1st Leg
Stevenage 2 Accrington Stanley 0
RUGBY UNION
Aviva Premiership Rugby Semi Final
Saracens (6) 12 Gloucester (3) 10
GOLF
The Players Championship (R4)
Collated final-round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour THE PLAYERS Championship, TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach,
Florida, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
275 K J Choi (Kor) 70 68 67 70 (K J Choi won at the
first play-off hole), David Toms 66 68 71 70 277 Paul Goydos 69 70 69
69 278 Nick Watney 64 71 72 71, Luke Donald (Eng) 69 67 71 71 279
Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 70 67 70 72, Hunter Mahan 70 67 73 69, J.B.
Holmes 68 69 73 69, Jason Dufner 69 70 68 72, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 67
73 68 71, Jason Day (Aus) 69 70 72 68
Iberdrola Open
Collated final round scores & totals in the
European Tour Iberdrola Open, Pula GC, Son Servera, Mallorca,
Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):
274 Darren Clarke 65 70 70 69 277 Chris Wood 67 65 69
76, David Lynn 68 68 71 70 278 Alastair Forsyth 68 72 68 70 279
Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 71 69 66 73, Shane Lowry 72 70 63 74, Paul
Lawrie 68 69 72 70, Graeme Storm 71 71 67 70 280 Thomas Aiken (Rsa)
70 72 66 72, Damien McGrane 68 74 68 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 63 77
67 73
ICTSI Philippine Open
Collated final round scores & totals in the Asian
Tour ICTSI Philippine Open, Wack Wack Golf & Country Club,
Manila, Philippines(Par: 72)
283 Berry Henson (USA) 69 70 71 73 284 Jay Bayron
(Phi) 69 69 74 72 285 Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 71 68 73 73 286 Digvijay Singh
(Ind) 70 72 73 71 288 Kwanchai Tannin (Tha) 73 70 72 73, Mars Pucay
(Phi) 69 73 72 74, Pariya Junhasavasdikul (Tha) 71 72 71 74, 289
Daisuke Kataoka (Jpn) 70 69 79 71, Rufino Bayron (Phi) 76 69 72 72,
Lin Wen-Hong (Tpe) 71 75 71 72, Brad Smith (Aus) 72 76 68 73, Prom
Meesawat (Tha) 70 72 72 75
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Rome Men's Final:
(2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 6-4 6-4
Women's Final:
(7) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt (6) Samantha Stosur (Aus)
6-2 6-4
EQUESTRIAN
Emily Baldwin ensured British World Cup success when
she won the feature class of the Chatsworth International Horse
Trials in Derbyshire today. Kent rider Baldwin triumphed in the
three-star World Cup qualifier event on Drivetime, a combination that
were reserves for Great Britain's World Equestrian Games eventing
squad in Kentucky last October.
MOTOR CYCLING
Casey Stoner produced a dominant display to claim his
second victory of the season in an incident-packed French MotoGP on
Sunday afternoon. Australian Stoner stayed clear of the action behind
him to storm home to victory by more than 14 seconds and move up to
second place in the riders' standings. The news was not so good for
Stoner's Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa who suffered a suspected
broken collarbone after crashing out following a coming together with
Marco Simoncelli.
ATHLETICS
Haile Gebrselassie saw off the challenge of Chris
Thompson to claim his fourth Bupa Great Manchester Run title - and
then predicted great things for the Briton. The Ethiopian great only
managed to pull away from Thompson in the final two kilometres of the
10km race, winning in 28 minutes 10 seconds as windy conditions put
paid to fast times.
HOCKEY
Great Britain cruised to an impressive 4-2 win over
New Zealand to take the bronze medal at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
The Commonwealth Games bronze-medallists led against the run of play
after 20 minutes through Stephen Jenness but Britain took control
thereafter and levelled just before half-time when the recalled
Richard Mantell scored from a penalty corner. |
