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Headlines (11 July) :
Pollitt signs new Latics deal
Wigan back-up goalkeeper Mike Pollitt has agreed a new
one-year deal with the club.
Three changes for Springboks
South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has made three
changes to his starting line-up for the second Tri-Nations Test
against New Zealand in Dunedin on Saturday.
Emnes excited by Alves
Middlesbrough new signing Marvin Emnes admits he
cannot wait to line up alongside record signing Afonso Alves as he
attempts to make his way in English football.
O'Neill excited by Sidwell capture
Martin O'Neill believes Steve Sidwell has "the
right quality to take Aston Villa forward" after agreeing a deal
in the region of £5 million for the Chelsea midfielder.
Blatter wades into Ronaldo row
FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes Cristiano Ronaldo
should be allowed to leave Manchester United for Real Madrid if he so
desires, criticising a trend towards "modern slavery" in football.
Kenyon warns Scolari to be battle wary
Chelsea's new coach Luiz Felipe Scolari can expect a
testing time in the middle of next season, according to the club's
chief executive Peter Kenyon.
Stretford to appeal against verdict
Wayne Rooney's agent Paul Stretford has called his
£300,000 fine and 18-month ban "a travesty" after he
was punished for breaking regulations when he signed up the England striker.
Unchanged England set record
England have made Test history by becoming the first
side ever to name an unchanged line-up for the sixth successive match.
Cavendish triumphs after sprint
Mark Cavendish became the first Briton to win a stage
of the Tour de France for five years with a brilliant sprint
shoot-out on the fifth stage from Cholet to Chateauroux.
Hammers let Fulham talk to two
West Ham have given Fulham permission to speak to
striker Bobby Zamora and defender John Pantsil after the pair were
deemed surplus to requirements at Upton Park. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 10
July 2008
GOLF
Collated first round scores in the USPGA Tour John
Deere Classic, The TPC at Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois, United States
of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
64 Charlie Wi (Kor), Ken Duke 65 Will MacKenzie, Kenny
Perry, Eric Axley, Garrett Willis 66 Brad Adamonis, Michael Bradley,
Patrick Sheehan, Chris Riley, Jeff Gove, Woody Austin, Cameron
Beckman, Ryan Armour 67 Jerry Kelly, Kent Jones, Brian Davis (Eng),
Pat Perez, Jeff Overton, J.P. Hayes, Tom Lehman, Chez Reavie, Philip
Francis, Chad Campbell, Scott Sterling, Jonathan Byrd, Nicholas
Thompson, Frank Lickliter II
Barclays Scottish Open
First-round scores (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
64 Alexander Noren (Swe), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 65
Angel Cabrera (Arg) 66 Garry Houston, Niclas Fasth (Swe), John
Bickerton 67 Patrik Sjoland (Swe), Graeme McDowell, Martin Erlandsson
(Swe), Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Johan Edfors (Swe), Sven Struver (Ger),
Thomas Bjorn (Den), Richard Green (Aus), Pablo Martin (Spa), Lee
Westwood,Thomas Levet (Fra), Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 Damien McGrane,
Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Ross Fisher, Robert Dinwiddie, Pelle Edberg
(Swe), Oliver Fisher, John Gallacher, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Andres
Romero (Arg), David Drysdale, Paul Lawrie, Miguel Angel Jimenez
(Spa), David Dixon, Gary Murphy, Tom Whitehouse, Ariel Canete (Arg),
Mark Foster
Collated first round scores in the LPGA tour Jamie
Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger, Highland Meadows Golf
Club, Sylvania, O.H, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
60 Paula Creamer 65 Gloria Park (Kor), Eun Hee Ji
(Kor) 66 Young Kim (Kor), Eva Dahllof (Swe) 67 Moira Dunn, Diana
D'Alessio, Hye Jung Choi (Kor) 68 Rachel Hetherington (Aus), Catriona
Matthew (Sco), Momoko Ueda (Jpn), Se Ri Pak (Kor), Mikaela Parmlid
(Swe), Na Ri Kim (Kor), Wendy Ward, Carolina Llano (Col) 69 Wendy
Doolan (Aus), Stacy Prammanasudh, Sun Young Yoo (Kor), Meena Lee
(Kor), Katie Futcher, Lorie Kane (Can), Virada Nirapathpongporn
(Tha), Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor), Soo-Yun Kang (Kor), Eunjung Yi (Kor),
Angela Stanford, Alena Sharp, Tracy Hanson, Katherine Hull (Aus),
Janice Moodie (Sco), Shanshan Feng (Chn)
ATHLETICS
Yelena Isinbayeva was ecstatic after setting her 22nd world
pole vault record in Friday night's IAAF Golden League
meeting in Rome.Isinbayeva soared over the bar at 5.03metres, two
centimetres above the height she achieved to win the 2005 World
Championship gold medal in Helsinki.
TENNIS
- ATP Mercedes Cup 2nd rd:
(1) Jan Hernych (Cze) bt Brian Dabul (Arg) 7-6 (7-5)
0-6 7-6 (7-5) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt (5) Simone Bolelli (Ita)
6-3 3-6 6-3 (4) Phillip Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Yuri Schukin (Rus) 6-3
6-3 (8) Eduardo Schwank (Arg) bt Andreas Beck (Ger) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2
ATP Campbell's Hall of Fame 2nd rd:
(2) Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureschi
(Pak) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 Ivan Navarro Pastor (Spa) bt (8) Kevin Anderson
(Rsa) 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-4 Vincent Spadea (USA) bt (3) Nicolas Mahut
(Fra) 6-2 6-3 Alexander Peya (Aut) bt Donald Young (USA) 7-6 (7-4)
6-3
Quarter-final:
Prakash Amritraj (Ind) bt Rohan Bopanna (Ind) 6-4 6-3
(7) Frank Dancevic (Can) bt (4) Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 7-5 6-3 |
