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Headlines (17 July) :
Wenger cool over Hleb exit
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger described himself as
"comfortable" with the decision to sell Alexander Hleb to
Barcelona.
BOA face protracted Chambers fight
British Olympic chiefs may have to grit their teeth
for a new legal battle even if they defeat Dwain Chambers in the High
Court today.
Calzaghe to continue after Jones?
Joe Calzaghe has revealed he has no intention of
relinquishing his WBO super-middleweight belt and is eyeing a
possible showdown with world middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik next
year.
Harrington starts Open defence
Ireland's Padraig Harrington today began the defence
of his Open title at Royal Birkdale despite a wrist injury which
threatened his participation.
Dunne promises Euro adventure
Manchester City skipper Richard Dunne has vowed his
side will deliver a good European run in the coming season.
GB stars charged with assault
Great Britain stars Leon Pryce and Stuart Reardon have
been charged with assault and using violence to gain entry to a
property, police said on Wednesday.
Milan prepare to unveil Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho will be formally unveiled as an AC Milan
player on Thursday evening, the club have confirmed.
Reid set for Thailand post
Former Manchester City manager Peter Reid is set to
take over as boss of the Thailand national team.
Freddie ready to reach his peak
Andrew Flintoff believes his best years of
international cricket are ahead of him as he stands on the threshold
of an England return.
Mourinho still chasing Lamps
Jose Mourinho is preparing to step up his bid to be
reunited with Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard at Inter Milan next
season. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 16 July 2008
BOWLS
Crown Greens Park Homes Waterloo World Championships,
Waterloo Hotel, Blackpool, Lancashire, England
2nd rd: B Thompson (Liverpool) bt J Durrands
(Warrington) 21-20, D Carter (Derby) bt R Pierce (St Asaph) 21-05, J
Urmson (Blackpool) bt M Ledwidge (Staffs) 21-16, S Gall (Grt Harwood)
bt D Smith (Derby) 21-18, M Gratton (Derby) bt R Horton (Newton)
21-08, D I Sanderson (St Annes) bt D Kirkham (Chorlton) 21-08, W
Ditchfield (Eccleston) bt S Lea (Warrington) 21-18, S Hulm (Halsall)
bt P Chamberlain (Derby) 21-16
3rd rd: D Carter (Derby) bt B Thompson (Liverpool)
21-19, S Gall (Grt Harwood) bt J Urmson (Blackpool) 21-12, M Gratton
(Derby) bt D I Sanderson (St Annes) 21-17, W Ditchfield (Eccleston)
bt S Hulm (Halsall) 21-16
CRICKET
Second XI Championship
Kent v MCC Young Cricketers at Kings School,
Canterbury MCC Young Cricketers 147 Kent 126-4 CR Hemphrey 65
Second XI Trophy
Hampshire v Sussex at West End Hampshire 207-9 (CC
Benham 114no, RJ Kirtley 4-34) Sussex 164 all out (RJ Hamilton-Brown
53, CJW Morgan 4-33, MC Kleinbeldt 2-30) Hampshire won by 43 runs
LV County Championship - Division One
Taunton Somerset 427 (Z de Bruyn 81, P D Trego 65, M E
Trescothick 58, I D Blackwell 55, J L Langer 50) v Kent 13-3
Guildford Surrey 220 (S A Newman 113, B W Harmison
4-27) v Durham 44-3
Arundel Sussex 316-5 (M W Goodwin 115 no, C D
Hopkinson 106, R S C Martin-Jenkins 59 no) v Hampshire
LV County Championship - Division Two
Uxbridge Warwickshire 271-5 (T Frost 84, J O Troughton
83 no) v Middlesex
Northampton Derbyshire 352-6 (G G Wagg 81 no, W W
Hinds 76, J L Clare 58 no, P M Borrington 57, G M Smith 50) v Northamptonshire
CYCLING
Tour de France, Foix, France
Leading positions after Stage 11 (Lannemezan - Foix,
167.5km): 1 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3hrs 58mins
13secs, 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale at same time, 3
Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre at same time, 4 Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
Rabobank at 0.02, 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole at
0.11, 6 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom at 0.14, 7 Filippo
Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas at same time, 8 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra)
Francaise des Jeux at same time, 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
at same time, 10 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram at same time, 11
Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole at same time, 12 Amael Moinard
(Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone at 0.29, 13 Thor Hushovd
(Nor) Credit Agricole at 14.51, 14 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram at
same time, 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone
at same time, 16 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank at same time, 17
Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at same time, 18 Xavier Florencio
Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom at same time, 19 Christian Vande Velde
(USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at same time, 20 Juan Antonio
Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank at same time
Selected Others: 37 David Millar (Gbr) Team
Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4hrs 13mins 04Secs, 130 Mark Cavendish (Gbr)
Team Columbia 04:20:27
General Classification after stage 11: 1 Cadel Evans
(Aus) Silence - Lotto 46hrs 42mins 13secs, 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team
CSC - Saxo Bank at 0.01, 3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team
Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at 0.38, 4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
at 0.46, 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank at 0.57, 6 Carlos Sastre
Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 1.28, 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team
Columbia at 1.56, 8 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott
at 2.10, 9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott at 2.29, 10
Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale at 2.32, 11 Mikel Astarloza
Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 3.51, 12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
Liquigas at 4.18, 13 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel -
Euskadi at 4.26, 14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse
d'Epargne at 4.41, 15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale at 5.23,
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre at 5.37, 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa)
Caisse d'Epargne at 6.01, 18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit
Agricole at 6.07, 19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner at 6.11, 20
Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone at 6.47
Selected Others: 50 David Millar (Gbr) Team
Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 35mins 22secs, 156 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Team
Columbia at 01:52:04
TENNIS
ATP Dutch Open Tennis, Amersfoort, Netherlands
2nd rd: Teimuraz Gabashvili (Rus) bt (7) Martin
Vassalo Arguello (Arg) 6-4 6-0, (1) Marc Gicquel (Fra) bt Thiemo De
Bakker (Ned) 7-6 (8-6) 6-3, (3) Steve Darcis (Bel) bt Alberto Martin
(Spa) 6-1 7-6 (7-5), Christophe Rochus (Bel) bt Philipp Petzschner
(Ger) 6-3 6-4
WTA Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria
1st rd: ((1) Agnes Szavay (Hun) bt Viktoria Kutuzova
(Ukr) 6-4 6-2 , Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) bt Julia Vakulenko (Ukr)
6-1 6-1 , Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) bt Stephanie Cohen Aloro (Fra) 7-5
6-2 , Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt (8) Vera Dushevina (Rus) 6-3 6-4 ,
Tereza Hladikova (Cze) bt Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spa) 3-6 7-6 (8-6)
7-5 , Mariya Koryttseva (Ukr) bt Tzipora Obziler (Isr) 6-2 6-1 , (3)
Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) 6-1 6-1 , (5) Timea
Bacsinszky (Swi) bt Liana Ungur (Rom) 6-3 3-6 6-3 , Lucie Hradecka
(Cze) bt Shuai Zhang (Chn) 6-3 6-0 , Patricia Mayr (Aut) bt Martina
Muller (Ger) 6-3 6-3 , Rossana De Los Rios (Par) bt (2) Alize Cornet
(Fra) 2-6 6-2 3-2 ret,
ATP Austrian Open, Kitzbuhel, Austria
2nd rd: Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
(Spa) 6-2 6-1, (4) Potito Starace (Ita) bt Daniel Koellerer (Aut) 6-4
6-3, Brian Dabul (Arg) bt Ivo Minar (Cze) 6-4 6-3, (5) Eduardo
Schwank (Arg) bt Daniel Brands (Ger) 6-1 6-4
ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Crotia
2nd rd: (1) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Mathieu
Montcourt (Fra) 7-6 (7-5) 6-1, Mischa Zverev (Ger) bt (8) Marcos
Daniel (Bra) 6-4 6-2, (3) Carlos Moya (Spa) bt Viktor Troicki (Ser)
3-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-5, (7) Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita)
6-4 6-4
ATP Tour RCA Championships, Indianapolis, Indiana,
United States of America
2nd rd: Paul Capdeville (Chi) bt Joseph Sirianni (Aus)
6-3 6-4, (2) Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 7-5 3-6 6-0,
(5) Tommy Haas (Ger) bt John Isner (USA) 6-3 6-4, (3) Dmitry Tursunov
(Rus) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) w/o
WTA Tour Bank of the West Classic, Stanford,
California, United States of America
2nd rd: Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Kateryna
Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-2 6-3, (2) Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) bt Shahar Peer
(Isr) 6-3 6-4, Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt (4) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 6-3 6-1 |
