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Headlines (11 June) :
Cecil & Ashes heroes honoured
Henry Cecil, Andrew Strauss, Andy Flower, Alastair
Cook, Lee Westwood, John Amaechi and Jessica Ennis have been honoured
by the Queen.
Luke drawn with Lee at US Open
Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer have been
put in the same three-ball for the US Open at Congressional.
Woodward call condemned Steele
John Steele's actions over Sir Clive Woodward's RFU
interview effectively cost him his job as chief executive .
RVP: 'Colleagues lack focus'
Robin van Persie says some "English
colleagues" are not focused on football - and feels Arsenal
'shouldn't talk about winning the league'.
Vettel shrugs off 'mild' crash
Sebastian Vettel brushed off his shunt into the 'Wall
of Champions' and set his sights on strengthening his bid for
back-to-back world titles.
Ward joy, Tsonga beats Nadal
British number two James Ward succeeded where Rafael
Nadal failed as he reached the semi-finals of the AEGON Championships
at Queen's Club.
Last-gasp Exiles beat England
England got the serious work-out craved by Steve
McNamara as they succumbed 12-16 to the Exiles in the inaugural
Origin match at Headingley.
Karlsson has the halfway lead
Robert Karlsson carded a five-under round of 65 to
claim a three-shot lead at the halfway stage of the FedEx St Jude
Classic.
Magpies secure Cabaye capture
Newcastle have completed the signing of France
international midfielder Yohan Cabaye from Lille on a five-year
contract for an undisclosed fee.
Hants win again, Tykes delight
Defending champions Hampshire maintained their perfect
start to the Friends Life t20 with a nine-run win over Gloucestershire. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 10 June 2011
CRICKET
Essex v Sri Lanka Tour Match : Three Day Match at
Chelmsford
Sri Lanka 325 - 4 78.4 ovs In Progress
GOLF
Vodacom Business Origins of Golf
Collated final 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):
205 Chris Swanepoel 72 65 68 208 Christiaan Basson 70
69 69 209 Andrew Curlewis 73 69 67 210 Divan van den Heever 70 72 68,
Justin Harding 70 72 68, Vaughn Groenewald 71 69 70 212 Trevor Fisher
Jnr 73 70 69, Warren Abery 71 68 73
Greater Hickory Classic
Collated first-round scores in the USPGA Champions
Tour Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, Rock Barn G&S,
Conover, North Carolina, United States(USA unless stated, par 72):
63 Bob Tway 64 Mark Wiebe, Joe Ozaki (Jpn), Mike
Goodes, Tommy Armour III 65 Mark O'Meara, Mark Calcavecchia, David
Eger 66 Kenny Perry, David Peoples, Jeff Sluman, Vicente Fernandez
(Arg), Larry Nelson, Keith Clearwater, Jerry Pate 67 D A Weibring,
Steve Lowery, Hal Sutton, Steve Pate, Chip Beck, Loren Roberts, James
Mason, Chien-Soon Lu (Tpe), Nick Price (Zim)
State Farm Classic
Collated second round scores from the LPGA Tour's LPGA
State Farm Classic at Panther Creek Country Club in Springfield,
Illinois (USA unless stated, par 72):
131 Mindy Kim (Kor) 64 67 133 Yani Tseng (Tai) 67 66,
Shanshan Feng (Chn) 68 65 134 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 66 68 135 Amanda
Blumenherst 68 67 136 Paula Creamer 68 68, Brittany Lincicome 67 69,
Jennifer Johnson 69 67 137 Karen Stupples (Eng) 69 68, Catriona
Matthew (Sco) 68 69, Morgan Pressel 68 69, Juli Inkster 67 70, Se Ri
Pak (Kor) 69 68, Cristie Kerr 70 67, Wendy Ward 68 69, Suzann
Pettersen (Nor) 70 67
BMW Italian Open
Collated second round scores & totals in the
European Tour BMW Italian Open, Royal Park I Roveri, Turin, Italy(Gbr
& Irl unless stated, par 72):
132 Robert Rock 64 68 133 Chris Wood 64 69, Joost
Luiten (Ned) 66 67 134 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 66 68, Gary Boyd 69
65, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 66 68, Rhys Davies 66 68, Gregory Bourdy
(Fra) 66 68, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 68 66 135 Anthony Wall 67 68, Brett
Rumford (Aus) 69 66, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 69 66, Floris De Vries
(Ned) 71 64, Peter Whiteford 68 67, Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 69 66, Victor
Dubuisson (Fra) 73 62, Andreas Harto (Den) 69 66
FedEx St Jude Classic
Collated second round scores from the US PGA Tour's
FedEx St Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee (USA
unless stated, par 70):
131 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 66 65 134 Keegan Bradley 67
67, Colt Knost 66 68 135 John Merrick 66 69 136 Fredrik Jacobson
(Swe) 71 65, Harrison Frazar 71 65 137 Kris Blanks 66 71, Scott
Stallings 69 68, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 71 66, Fabian Gomez (Arg) 67 70,
George McNeill 70 67, David Mathis 65 72, Brandt Snedeker 71 66, Troy
Matteson 70 67, Stephen Ames (Can) 69 68
TENNIS
AEGON Nottingham Challenge
Men's Quarter-finals:
Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Andreas Beck (Ger) 6-2 6-4
Dudi Sela (Isr) bt Rik De Voest (Rsa) 6-4 6-4
Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra)
6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-3
Izak Van Der Mer (Rsa) bt Grega Zemlja (Slo) 6-2 4-6 6-4
Women's Quarter-finals:
Petra Cetkovska (Cze) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-4 6-4
Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Mathilde Johansson (Fra)
7-6 (7-5) 6-2
Stephanie Dubois (Can) bt Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) 6-2
6-7 (3-7) 6-3
Elena Baltacha (Gbr) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 6-1 6-3
WTA e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open
Quarter-final:
Petra Martic (Cro) bt Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-4 3-6 6-3
(4) Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Shuai Zhang (Chn) 4-6 6-0
7-6 (7-5)
Mona Barthel (Ger) bt (3) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
1-6 6-3 6-4
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt (8) Alberta Brianti
(Ita) 6-0 6-1
WTA AEGON Classic
Quarter-final:
(4) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Alison Riske (USA) 6-2 6-4
(2) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt Mirjana Lucic (Cro) 6-3 6-4
(3) Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Marina Erakovic (Nzl) 6-4 4-6 6-3
Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt (14) Magdalena Rybarikova
(Svk) 7-6 (7-1) 6-4
ATP Gerry Weber Open
Quarter-final:
Philipp Petzschner (Ger) bt (8) Milos Raonic (Can) 6-3
6-7 (6-8) 6-3
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Lleyton Hewitt (Aus)
7-6 (7-4) 6-3
(2) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt (5) Viktor Troicki (Ser)
7-6 (7-3) 6-1
(3) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt (6) Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-4 6-4
ATP AEGON Championships
3rd rd:
James Ward (Gbr) bt (13) Sam Querrey (USA) 3-6 6-3 6-4
Quarter-finals:
(3) Andy Roddick (USA) bt (7) Fernando Verdasco (Spa)
6-2 6-2
(2) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (8) Marin Cilic (Cro) w/o
(5) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa)
6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-1
James Ward (Gbr) bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 6-2 6-7
(14-16) 6-4
CYCLING
Britain's Bradley Wiggins retained the leader's yellow
jersey in the Dauphine Libere, the week-long traditional Tour de
France tune-up. The Team Sky rider, 31, finished just behind French
stage winner Christophe Kern of Team Europcar who took the line in a
summit finish at Les Gets.
MOTOR CYCLING
Isle of Man great John McGuiness claimed his 17th
title at the festival on Friday with victory in the Pokerstars Senior
TT. The English veteran added to his success in this year's Superbike
event by holding off the challenges of Guy Martin and Bruce Anstey on
his Honda. |
