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Headlines (29 May) :
Bin Hammam quits FIFA election
Mohamed bin Hammam has vowed to clear his name at
Sunday's FIFA ethics committee hearing after withdrawing from he
presidential election.
Humble Messi plays down praise
Lionel Messi played down his magical Champions League
final performance after helping Barcelona beat Manchester United at Wembley.
Rio upbeat despite final defeat
Rio Ferdinand insists Manchester United can look back
on a good season despite another crushing Champions League final disappointment.
Pep insists he's going nowhere
Pep Guardiola says he will be staying at Barcelona for
one more season at least, despite speculation linking him with the
vacant Chelsea job.
Murray's tournament in doubt
Andy Murray said his participation in the French Open
is in doubt after suffering an ankle injury during his victory over
Michael Berrer.
Hamilton down after strategy error
Lewis Hamilton criticised a strategy blunder after a
frustrating qualifying session for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.
In-form Trott feeds off Cook
Jonathan Trott put his understanding with Alastair
Cook down to their similar outlooks after another run-laden day
together against Sri Lanka.
McCall: Saracens future bright
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall hopes
Saturday's Aviva Premiership triumph marks the beginning of a new
dynasty of success.
Boro celebrate L2 play-off glory
Stevenage celebrated promotion to League One after
beating Torquay 1-0 in the League Two play-off final at Old Trafford
on Saturday afternoon.
Palmer out in front in Texas
Ryan Palmer suffered least in the difficult windy
conditions to lead the PGA Tour's Byron Nelson Championship going
into the final round. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 28
May 2011
FOOTBALL
UEFA Champions League Final
Barcelona 3 Man Utd 1
npower Division Two Play-off Final
Stevenage 1 Torquay 0
CRICKET
England v Sri Lanka Test Series : First Test at Cardiff
England 287 - 2 90 ovs Sri Lanka 400 all out 118.4 ovs
Match Delayed
RUGBY UNION
International Match
England 0 Barbarians 0
Aviva Premiership Rugby Final
Leicester (9) 18 Saracens (16) 22
The Magners League Final
Munster (7) 19 Leinster (3) 9
RUGBY LEAGUE
Co-operative Championship
Toulouse (6) 18 Batley (12) 28
GOLF
BMW PGA Championship
Collated third round scores & totals in the
European Tour BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth GC, Wentworth,
England(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
208 Matteo Manassero (Ita) 66 70 72, Luke Donald 64 72
72 210 Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 70 69, Lee Westwood 72 69 69 211
Simon Dyson 71 68 72, Bradley Dredge 68 74 69, Raphael Jacquelin
(Fra) 72 70 69 212 Peter Hanson (Swe) 70 73 69, David Horsey 70 68
74, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 67 76, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 68 70 74,
Johan Edfors (Swe) 66 75 71
HP Byron Nelson Championship
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour HP Byron Nelson Championship, TPC Four Seasons Resort Las
Colinas, Irving, Texas, United States of America(USA unless stated,
par 70):
205 Ryan Palmer 65 67 73 206 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 66 66
74 207 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 68 72 67, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 69 68 70 208 Joe
Ogilvie 66 70 72, Gary Woodland 69 71 68, Matt Kuchar 69 71 68 209
Nick Watney 68 68 73, Keegan Bradley 66 71 72, John Rollins 68 70 71,
Rodney Pampling (Aus) 70 68 71, Jeff Overton 64 74 71, Tim Petrovic
69 66 74, Scott Piercy 66 69 74, Jordan Spieth 69 68 72
TENNIS
FRENCH OPEN
Men's Singles - Round 3
Rafael Nadal (1) 6 6 6 - - Antonio Veic 1 3 0 - -
Ivan Ljubicic 6 7 (8) 6 - - Fernando Verdasco (16) 3 6
(6) 4 - -
Mardy Fish (10) 3 4 2 - - Gilles Simon (18) 6 6 6 - -
Leonardo Mayer 1 4 3 - - Robin Soderling (5) 6 6 6 - -
Andy Murray (4) 6 6 6 - - Michael Berrer 2 3 2 - -
Alexandr Dolgopolov (21) 4 6 3 4 - Viktor Troicki (15)
6 3 6 6 -
Lukasz Kubot 7 (7) 4 5 4 - Alejandro Falla 6 (4) 6 7 6
-
Juan Ignacio Chela 6 6 3 7 (7) - Lukas Rosol 2 4 6 6
(5) -
Juan Martin Del Potro (25) 3 6 3 2 - Novak Djokovic (2)
6 3 6 6 -
Women's Singles - Round 3
Na Li (6) 6 6 - - - Sorana Cirstea 2 2 - - -
Vania King 4 2 - - - Petra Kvitova (9) 6 6 - - -
Kaia Kanepi (16) 4 5 - - - Ekaterina Makarova 6 7 - - -
Roberta Vinci (30) 3 2 - - - Victoria Azarenka (4) 6 6
- - -
Maria Sharapova (7) 6 6 - - - Yung-Jan Chan 2 3 - - -
Yanina Wickmayer (21) 4 4 - - - Agnieszka Radwanska
(12) 6 6 - - -
Andrea Petkovic (15) 6 4 6 - - Jarmila Gajdosova (24) 2
6 3 - -
Maria Kirilenko (25) 6 6 - - - Arantxa Rus 1 1 - - -
CYCLING
Bradley Wiggins won the individual time trial on the
fourth stage of Bayern-Rundfahrt in devastating fashion on Saturday,
finishing more than 30 seconds clear of Fabian Cancellara (Leopard
Trek) in second. And on a perfect day for Team Sky Geraint Thomas
came home in fifth position to take the overall lead in the race
heading into Sunday's final stage, while Edvald Boasson Hagen
finished in third.
MODERN PENTATHLON
Olympic silver-medallist Heather Fell won her first
Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of the year by taking silver in
Chengdu, China on Saturday. Fell, 28 from Plymouth, went into the the
final discipline, the run/shoot, in third place, but surged into the
first place only to lose ground on Russia's Ekaterina Khuraskina in
the closing stages. |
