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Headlines (10 June) :
Sneijder staying at Inter
Wesley Sneijder has pledged his future to Inter Milan
despite reports linking him with a move away from the San Siro this
summer.
Gyan 'flattered' by Spurs talk
Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan says he is flattered
to be linked with Tottenham - but insists he knows nothing of their
reported interest.
Iniesta: We'd be Fab with Cesc
Barcelona star Andres Iniesta has expressed his belief
that he, Xavi and Cesc Fabregas can operate as a successful midfield trio.
Tomasz resigned to United exit
Out-of-favour goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak, a reported
West Brom target, has resigned himself to leaving Manchester United
this summer.
Five Mexico players test positive
The Mexican Football Federation has revealed that five
players in their CONCACAF Gold Cup squad have failed drugs tests.
Webber waits on Red Bull offer
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has admitted
he will wait until "later in the summer" before discussing
a new deal with Mark Webber.
Khan blasts 'chicken' Bradley
WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has accused
Timothy Bradley of chickening out of a unification showdown.
Audi pair secure Le Mans pole
Audi pair Benoit Treluyer and Romain Dumas secured the
top two places in qualifying for the Le Mans 24 hours.
Kim shoots career-best round
Mindy Kim shot a career-best 64 to take a two-shot
lead after the first round of the State Farm Classic in Illinois.
Dirk dazzles in Dallas victory
Dirk Nowitzki was again the star as Dallas Mavericks
took a 3-2 lead in the NBA play-off finals courtesy of a 112-103 home
win over Miami Heat. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 09 June 2011
FOOTBALL
International
Poland 0 France 1
GOLF
St Jude Classic Collated first-round scores in the
USPGA Tour FedEx St. Jude Classic, TPCSouthwind, Memphis, Tennessee,
United States of America (USA unless stated, par 70):
65 David Mathis 66 Robert Karlsson (Swe), Kris Blanks,
John Merrick, Colt Knost, Kevin Kisner 67 Keegan Bradley, Fabian
Gomez (Arg) 68 Kent Jones, Marco Dawson, Retief Goosen (Rsa), Tag
Ridings, Jeff Quinney, Martin Piller, Heath Slocum, Shaun Micheel,
Len Mattiace, Scott Gutschewski, Boo Weekley
BMW Italian Open Collated first round scores in the
European Tour BMW Italian Open, Royal Park I Roveri, Turin, Italy(Gbr
& Irl unless stated, par 72):
64 Chris Wood, Robert Rock 65 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den),
Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Scott Jamieson 66 Francesco Molinari
(Ita), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Joost Luiten (Ned), Matteo Manassero
(Ita), Rhys Davies, Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Alexandre Kaleka (Fra) 67
Anthony Wall, Richie Ramsay, Stephen Dodd, Thomas Bjorn (Den), Tim
Sluiter (Ned), Emanuele Canonica (Ita), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa)
Vodacom Business Origins of Golf (R2)
Collated second round scores & totals in the
Sunshine Tour Vodacom Business Origins of Golf Tour, Arabella Golf
Club, Western Cape, South Africa(Rsa unless states, par 72):
137 Chris Swanepoel 72 65 139 Warren Abery 71 68,
Christiaan Basson 70 69 140 Vaughn Groenewald 71 69 141 Justin
Walters 69 72, Ulrich van den Berg 70 71 142 Andrew Curlewis 73 69,
Justin Harding 70 72, Merrick Bremner 71 71, Adilson da Silva (Bra)
74 68, Divan van den Heever 70 72, Josh Cunliffe 73 69
TENNIS
ATP AEGON Championships
2nd rd:
Adrian Mannarino (Fra) bt (6) Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-7
(4-7) 6-4 3-0 ret
3rd rd:
(3) Andy Roddick (USA) bt (15) Kevin Anderson (Rsa)
6-4 6-4
(7) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt (9) David Nalbandian
(Arg) 7-5 6-1
(5) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt (10) Michael Llodra
(Fra) 4-3 ret
(2) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (14) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser)
6-4 7-6 (7-3)
Adrian Mannarino (Fra) bt (12) Juan Martin Del Potro
(Arg) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (9-7)
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-3 5-7 6-1
(8) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt (11) Thomaz Bellucci (Bra)
7-6 (7-3) 0-6 6-3
ATP Gerry Weber Open
2nd rd:
(3) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Ivan Dodig (Cro) 6-2 6-3
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt (7) Alexandr Dolgopolov
(Ukr) 6-3 7-6 (7-5)
(6) Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 7-6 (7-4)
3-6 6-4
Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-4 6-4
WTA e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open 2nd rd:
Shuai Zhang (Chn) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Kaz) 6-3 2-6 6-3
(4) Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Michaella Krajicek (Ned)
6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-2
(3) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Johanna Larsson
(Swe) 6-7 (1-7) 6-0 7-6 (7-5)
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Angelique Kerber (Ger)
7-6 (7-4) 6-3
AEGON Nottingham Challenge
Men's 2nd rd:
Grega Zemlja (Slo) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 7-5 6-3
Izak Van Der Mer (Rsa) bt Marc Gicquel (Fra) 6-2 2-6 6-3
Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt Tatsuma Ito (Jpn) 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 7-5
Rik De Voest (Rsa) bt Frederik Nielsen (Den) 6-2 6-4
Women's 2nd rd:
Elena Baltacha (Gbr) bt Anne Kremer (Lux) 6-3 6-1
Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) bt Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) 6-2
7-6 (7-2)
Lucie Hradecka (Cze) bt Valeria Savinykh (Rus) 7-6
(7-3) 4-6 6-3
Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Eva Birnerova (Cze) 7-6
(8-6) 6-1
Mathilde Johansson (Fra) bt Renata Voracova (Cze) 6-4 6-2
Stephanie Dubois (Can) bt Anne Keothavong (Gbr) 6-3 6-4
Petra Cetkovska (Cze) bt Yvonne Meusberger (Aut) 6-4 6-1
Monica Niculescu (Rom) bt Madison Brengle (USA) 6-1 6-2
Women's 1st rd:
Madison Brengle (USA) bt Sally Peers (Aus) 4-6 6-1 6-2
ATHLETICS
Olympic champion Usain Bolt claimed a convincing win
on his 200metres return at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo on
Thursday night. The Jamaican world record holder clocked a time of
19.86 seconds in the rain to finish a comfortable 0.57secs ahead of
nearest challenger Jaysuma Saidy Ndure.
CYCLING
John Degenkolb pipped Edvald Boasson Hagen to the line
in a thrilling sprint finish to stage four of the Critérium du
Dauphiné. The HTC-Highroad man came from behind to surge past
Team Sky's Norwegian speedster to take the victory - his second in
three days - with Saxo Bank-Sungard's Juan Jose Haedo rounding off
the podium. Britain's Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) finished safely in
the bunch to maintain his one minute, 11 second lead over Cadel Evans
(BMC) in the overall standings. |
