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Headlines (02 May) :
Higgins match-fixing storm
Deposed world champion John Higgins is caught on
camera allegedly discussing throwing frames for money
Dott sets up Robertson clash
Graeme Dott overcomes Mark Selby 17-14 to ensure a
World Snooker Championship final meeting with Neil Robertson, who
beat Ali Carter
Nadal sets up Rome date with Ferrer
Rafael Nadal survives a gruelling battle with Ernests
Gulbis to remain on course for a fifth Rome Masters title
Shock Guineas win for Makfi
French raider Makfi springs a 33/1 surprise as he
edges out Dick Turpin and Canford Cliffs in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket
India too strong for Afghanistan
India beat Afghanistan by seven wickets to get their
World Twenty20 campaign off to a winning start at the Beausejour
Stadium in St Lucia
Wolves devour Reds to go top
Lee Briers scores his 100th career try as Warrington
thrash Salford 68-16 to move top of the Super League
McIlroy moves into contention
Rory McIlroy cards a sparkling six-under 66 in a third
round featuring nine birdies to propel himself into the top 10 at the
Quail Hollow Championship
Skrela puts Toulouse in final
Fly-half David Skrela scores 21 points as Toulouse
booked a place in the Heineken Cup final with a 26-6 win over Leinster |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 01 Mayl
2010
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Birmingham 2 Burnley 1 Man City 3 Aston Villa 1
Portsmouth 3 Wolverhampton 1 Stoke 0 Everton 0 Tottenham 1 Bolton 0
Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 1 Hamilton 3 Celtic 4 Motherwell 0 Dundee Utd
1 Rangers 2 Falkirk 1 St Mirren 1 Hibernian 1 Hearts 2 Kilmarnock 1
St Johnstone 2
Coca-Cola Division One
Bristol Rovers 0 Norwich 3 Carlisle 1 Walsall 1
Charlton 1 Leeds 0 Gillingham 2 Southampton 1 Hartlepool 1 Exeter 1
Huddersfield 2 Colchester 1 Leyton Orient 2 Wycombe 0 Milton Keynes
Dons 0 Brighton 0 Southend 2 Stockport 1 Swindon 3 Brentford 2
Tranmere 2 Millwall 0 Yeovil 3 Oldham 0
RUGBY UNION
Amlin Challenge Cup Semi Final
Wasps (9) 15 Cardiff Blues (8) 18
Heineken Cup Semi Final
Toulouse (9) 26 Leinster (6) 16
The Championship Pool A
Bedford (13) 35 Plymouth Albion (19) 19 Cornish
Pirates (10) 15 Bristol (34) 60
The Championship Pool B
Doncaster (0) 14 London Welsh (20) 31 Exeter (27) 53
Nottingham (3) 10
The Championship Pool C
Coventry (5) 12 Rotherham Titans (17) 38 Moseley (17)
34 Birmingham & Solihull (28) 38
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Bradford (0) 0 Crusaders RL (13) 19 Hull (0) 8
Harlequins RL (15) 25 Leeds (16) 34 Wakefield (28) 30 Salford (12) 16
Warrington (38) 68
National Conference League Premier Division
Skirlaugh 20 York Acorn 6 Wath Brow Hornets 12 Leigh
MR 26
WORLD SNOOKER
Semi-finals (best of 33 frames):
Neil Robertson (Aus) bt Allister Carter (Eng) 17-12
Frame scores (Robertson first, breaks in brackets):
60-7, 124-8 (124), 70-60, 92-11 (91), 124-0 (76), 49-64, 85-27 (52),
0-107 (69), 140-0 (140), 74-67, 32-55, 27-100 (76), 12-82, 0-81 (81),
84-8 (59), 104-2 (104), 34-56, 92-0, 117-8 (116), 79-5 (78), 98-1
(51), 21-65, 1-72 (55), 62-51 (50), 44-88 (64), 4-109 (71), 62-51,
37-69, 75-4
Graeme Dott (Sco) bt Mark Selby (Eng) 17-14
Frame scores (Dott first, breaks in brackets): 105-27
(79) 53-68 (Dott, 53), 71-19 (71), 77-6, 26-55, 68-10, 105-4 (93),
0-142 (142), 73-54 (Selby 54), 66-68 (66, 67), 0-84 (51), 84-9 (84),
146-0 (146), 6-58, 66-52 (66, 51), 92-6 (86) 44-82 65-66 (66) 68-8
(57) 19-72 0-72 (67) 73-39 64-45 (51), 37-67, 30-80 (79), 0-83 (83),
67-0, 6-99, 87-45, 75-26
TENNIS
AEGON Pro-Series
Men's final:
Eric Prodon (Fra) bt Mikhail Vasiliev (Rus) 7-6 (7-3) 6-1
Women's semi finals:
Lisa Whybourn (Gbr) bt Francesca Stephenson (Gbr) 6-1 7-5
Romana Tabakova (Svk) bt Audrey Bergot (Fra) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4
WTA Fes Grand Prix Final:
(7) Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Simona Halep (Rom) 6-4 6-2
WTA Porsche Grand Prix Semi-final:
Justine Henin (Bel) bt Shahar Peer (Isr) 6-3 6-2
(7) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Anna Lapushchenkova (Rus)
7-5 6-3
ATP Internationaionali BNL d'Italia
Semi-final:
(13) David Ferrer (Spa) bt (6) Fernando Verdasco (Spa)
7-5 6-3
(3) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat) 6-4 3-6 6-4
ATHLETICS
Usain Bolt posted the world's fourth fastest ever 200
metres time with a dazzling victory at the Jamaica International
Invitational meeting in Kingston. Bolt clocked 19.56 seconds for the
distance which only himself, with his world records of 19.19sec and
19.30secs, and his predecessor Michael Johnson who ran 19.32sec, have achieved.
GYMNASTICS
World champion Beth Tweddle
led Great Britain's women to a team silver medal at the European
Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham. Tweddle delivered
serene performances on the uneven bars and floor to help Becky
Downie, Nicole Hibbert, Niamh Rippin and Jocelyn Hunt to a total of
168.275 points at the National Indoor Arena. Russia took gold with
169.700 with defending champions Romania third as Britain's women
emulated the men's team with a first major championships podium place
to rapturous acclaim from the partisan crowd. |
