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Headlines (23 July) :
Fergie shrugs off Chelsea threat
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has begun the
mind games with Chelsea counterpart Luiz Felipe Scolari before the
season has even started.
McCartney commits to Hammers
George McCartney has signed a new five-year contract
with West Ham.
Miller asks Vaughan to explain
National selector Geoff Miller has sought an
explanation from captain Michael Vaughan following his comments about
team selection for the second Test against South Africa.
Calzaghe distraught at injury
Joe Calzaghe has been left "distraught"
after a sprained wrist forced him to postpone September's
eagerly-anticipated bout with Roy Jones Jr at Madison Square Garden.
Keane on verge of signings
Sunderland manager Roy Keane is hoping to make a major
transfer breakthrough by the weekend.
Botham leads criticism of selectors
The fall-out over England's selection of Darren
Pattinson continued on Wednesday with three former captains demanding
explanations.
Moores keeps door open
England coach Peter Moores insists the door is not
closed on Ashes-winning duo Matthew Hoggard and Steve Harmison
despite their latest selection snub.
Burgess blow for England
England's World Cup hopes received a setback on
Wednesday when Bradford's outstanding forward Sam Burgess was told he
must undergo shoulder surgery which will force him to miss the
tournament.
Essien hails 'tough guy' Scolari
Michael Essien believes Luiz Felipe Scolari's "big
character" will inspire success at Stamford Bridge this season.
Durham delight as finals day beckons
Durham captain Dale Benkenstein felt his side handled
the pressure superbly after belatedly securing their place in the
Twenty20 Cup finals day. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 22 July 2008
FOOTBALL
UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round, Second
Leg: FBK Kaunas 3 Santa Coloma 1 (Agg 7-2), FC Sheriff 4 Aktobe 0
(Agg 4-1), FK Ventspils 4 Llanelli 0 (Agg 4-1), NSI Runavik 1 Dinamo
Tbilisi 0 (Agg 1-3), Rabotnicki Kometal 1 Inter 1 (Agg 1-1)Inter
qualify on away goals,
Friendly Match: AFC Emley 0 Huddersfield 8, Billingham
Syn Darlington Late, Boreham Wood 1 Watford 3, Bournemouth Portsmouth
Postponed, Burton Albion 2 Nottm Forest 1, Chester 1 Carlisle 3,
Chesterfield 0 Hull 3, Clyde 0 Rangers 1, Crawley Town 6 Tottenham XI
1, Dumbarton 2 St Mirren 2, Dunfermline 2 Dundee Utd 3, Eintracht
Frankfurt 2 Wigan 0, FC Copenhagen 3 Bristol Rovers 2, FC Nurnberg 1
Stoke 0, Falkenbergs FF 0 Norwich 3, Feyenoord 0 Mallorca 2,
Gainsborough 0 Grimsby 2, Greuther Furth 1 Plymouth 1, Harlow 1
Barnet 4, Havant and W 2 Brighton 4, Hemel Hempstead Grays Athletic
Late, Hereford 2 Bristol City 2, Hertha Berlin 0 Liverpool 0, Luton 1
Leicester 1, Middlesbrough 1 Celtic 1, Milton Keynes Dons 1 Sheff Wed
4, Orlando Pirates 0 Man Utd 1, Preston 0 Everton 1, Retford Utd 2
Lincoln City 3, Rotherham 2 Scunthorpe 1, Shrewsbury 2 West Brom 2,
Southport 1 Tranmere 4, Stocksbridge 0 Sheff Utd XI 2, Szombathelyi
Haladas 1 Arsenal 1, Walsall 2 Aston Villa 3, Woking 1 Colchester 6,
Wrexham 0 Crewe 0, York 2 Barnsley 2, Altrincham FC United of
Manchester Late, Buxton 3 Macclesfield 3, The New Saints FC 0
Welshpool Town 1, Hampton & Richmond 1 Swindon 2, Rochdale 0
Stockport 0,
CRICKET
Minor County Championships
Corsham: Wiltshire 333-8 and 287 (W J Durston 120)
Dorset 271 and 350-7 (N G Park 69, C L Park 78, T C Hicks 78 not out)
Dorset won by three wickets
Whitchurch: Oxfordshire 180 and 333 (J D Shantry 5-88)
Shropshire 182 and 214 (R Kaufman 6-39) Oxfordshire won by 117 runs
Finchampstead: Berkshire 406-9 and 234-3 dec
Herefordshire 224 and 150 (C D Crowe 6-52) Berkshire won by 266 runs
Falmouth: Cornwall 361 and 282-6 dec (M L Robins 62
not out) Wales 298-8 and 185 Cornwall won by 160 runs
Exmouth: Cheshire 341-6 and 266-6 dec Devon 291-8 and
150-3 Match drawn
Bedford Modern School: Bedfordshire 202 and 269 (J
Knott 57, M H Steed 52, D S Bendon 63) Cambridgeshire 337-7 and 155-6
Cambridgeshire won by four wickets
Jesmond: Suffolk 275 and 379 Northumberland 234 and
408-7 (P B Muchall 130, A Worthy 121) Match drawn
Cleethorpes: Hertfordshire 138 and 273 Lincolnshire
375 and 40-0 Lincolnshire won by 10 wickets
Slough: Staffordshire 329-7 and 235-8 dec (P S J
Goodwin 70) Buckinghamshire 226-6 and 211 ( M A Jones 51)
Staffordshire won by 127 runs
Manor Park: Norfolk 143 and 217 Cumberland 324 (A
Roberts 91, J G Pratt 50 and 30-4)
LV County Championship - Division One
Old Trafford Lancashire 261-5 (P J Horton 66, L
Vincent 58, S G Law 51, Imran Tahir 4-80) v Hampshire
Trent Bridge Nottinghamshire 213 (M J Wood 58) v
Yorkshire 72-5
LV County Championship - Division Two
Chelmsford Gloucestershire 275 (M J North 98, G R
Napier 4-50) v Essex 66-0
Lord's Middlesex 300 (S D Udal 91, Kabir Ali 5-58) v
Worcestershire 9-0
Northampton Northamptonshire 274-4 (D J G Sales 113
no, S D Peters 65) v Leicestershire
Twenty20 Cup - Quarter Final
Riverside Durham 163-8 Innings Complete (W R Smith 51)
v Glamorgan 119 Durham beat Glamorgan by 44 runs
Tour Match
Derby Derbyshire 298-6 dec (C J L Rogers 101, J L
Sadler 50) & 122-7 (G M Smith 52) v Bangladesh A 190 (Mushfiqur
Rahim 50, K J Dean 6-46)
DARTS
World Matchplay, Blackpool, Lancashire, England(Gbr
unless stated):
1st rd: Ronnie Baxter bt Andy Smith 10-4, Alan Tabern
bt Vincent van der Voort 10-8, Michael van Gerwen bt Andy Hamilton
14-12, Peter Manley bt Denis Ovens 10-4, James Wade bt Wayne Jones
10-4 2nd rd: Phil Taylor bt Colin Osborne 13-5, Kevin McDine bt Mark
Walsh 13-9
ATHLETICS
IAAF DN Galan, Stockholm, Sweden
Men's
100m
Race 1: 1 Asafa Powell (Jam) 9.88secs, 2 Usain Bolt
(Jam) 9.89, 3 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Nor) 10.06, 4 Richard Thompson
(Tri) 10.06, 5 Derrick Atkins (Bah) 10.2, 6 Francis Obikwelu (Por)
10.2, 7 Churandy Martina (Aho) 10.25, 8 Travis Padgett (USA) 10.29
Race 2: 1 Nesta Carter (Jam) 9.98secs, 2 Michael
Frater (Jam) 10.04, 3 Michael Rodgers (USA) 10.06, 4 Rodney Martin
(USA) 10.23, 5 Leroy Dixon (USA) 10.27, 6 Shawn Crawford (USA) 10.33,
7 Marcus Brunson (USA) 10.4 DQ: Kim Collins (SKN)
Race 3: 1 Jose Carlos Moreira (Bra) 10.29secs, 2
Ainsley Waugh (Jam) 10.32, 3 Mario Forsythe (Jam) 10.38, 4 Marcin
Jedrusinski (Pol) 10.41, 5 Vicente de Lima (Bra) 10.45, 6 Kamil
Masztak (Pol) 10.57, 7 Benjamin Olsson (Swe) 10.77 DNS: Dariusz Kuc (Pol)
Race 4: 1 Lukasz Chyla (Pol) 10.32secs, 2 Amr Ibrahim
Mostafa Seoud (Egy) 10.33, 3 Marcin Nowak (Pol) 10.45, 4 Stefan
Tarnhuvud (Swe) 10.5, 5 Per Strandquist (Swe) 10.56, 6 Nsiah Yeboah
(Swe) 10.63, 7 Christofer Sandin (Swe) 10.68, 8 Oskar Ahberg (Swe) 10.81
400m
Race 1: 1 Jeremy Wariner (USA) 44.29secs, 2 Chris
Brown (Bah) 44.53, 3 Ricardo Chambers (Jam) 44.84, 4 David Neville
(USA) 45.39, 5 Tyler Christopher (Can) 45.41, 6 Kerron Clement (USA)
45.47, 7 Joel Milburn (Aus) 45.49, 8 Reggie Witherspoon (USA) 46.40
Race 2: 1 Sean Wroe (Aus) 45.20secs, 2 Calvin Smith
(USA) 45.52, 3 Renny Quow (Tri) 45.73, 4 Andretti Bain (Bah) 46.12, 5
Thomas Nikitin (Swe) 46.84, 6 John Steffensen (Aus) 47.15, 7 Andreas
Mokdasi (Swe) 47.58, 8 Fredrik Johansson (Swe) 47.63
1000m: 1 Abubaker Kaki (Sud) 2mins 13.93secs, 2 Yusuf
Saad Kamel (Brn) 2:14.72, 3 Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Rus) 2:15.50, 4
Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono (Ken) 2:15.97, 5 Jackson Mumbwa Kivuna (Ken)
2:17.47, 6 Richard Kiplagat (Ken) 2:18.14, 7 Christopher Lukezic
(USA) 2:18.34, 8 Jeffrey Riseley (Aus) 2:18.75 DNF: Abdalla
Abdelgadir (Sud), Justus Koech (Ken)
3000m: 1 Craig Mottram (Aus) 7mins 37.73secs, 2 Isaac
Kiprono Songok (Ken) 7:38.97, 3 Daham Najim Bashir (Qat) 7:39.45, 4
Matthew Tegenkamp (USA) 7:40.75, 5 Jonas Cheruiyot (Ken) 7:40.79, 6
Juan van Deventer (Rsa) 7:41.06, 7 Kevin Sullivan (Can) 7:41.61, 8
Boniface Kiprotich Songok (Ken) 7:42.53, 9 Joseph Ebuya (Ken)
7:44.07, 10 Abraham Chebii (Ken) 7:46.32, 11 Shadrack Kosgei (Ken)
7:46.53, 12 Samir Khadar (Alg) 7:47.11, 13 Ed Moran (USA) 7:47.86, 14
Titus Kipjumba Mbishei (Ken) 7:50.23, 15 Sahle Warga (Eth) 7:51.49
DNF: Benson Marrianyi Esho (Ken), Vickson Naran Polonet (Ken)
3000m Steeplechase: 1 Michael Kipyego (Ken) 8mins
14.35secs, 2 Wesley Kiprotich (Ken) 8:14.52, 3 Mustafa Mohamed (Swe)
8:14.77, 4 Hamid Ezzine (Mar) 8:21.08, 5 Collins Kosgei (Ken)
8:23.73, 6 Anthony Famiglietti (USA) 8:25.16, 7 Patrick Kipkirui
Langat (Ken) 8:25.62, 8 Abubaker Ali Kamal (Qat) 8:27.34, 9 Zakrya
Ali Kamil (Qat) 8:29.02, 10 Jukka Keskisalo (Fin) 8:31.06, 11 Silas
Kosgei Kitum (Ken) 8:32.53, 12 Yoshitaka Iwamizu (Jpn) 8:34.05, 13
Bjornar Ustad Kristensen (Nor) 8:34.80, 14 Per Jacobsen (Swe) 8:39.45
DNF: David Lagat (Ken)
110m Hurdles: 1 Dayron Robles (Cub) 12.91secs, 2 David
Oliver (USA) 13.04, 3 Aries Merritt (USA) 13.33, 4 Terrence Trammell
(USA) 13.35, 5 Antwon Hicks (USA) 13.41, 6 Stanislavs Olijars (Lat)
13.63, 7 Robert Kronberg (Swe) 13.76
4x100m Relay: 1 United States Blue (USA) 37.99secs, 2
United States Red (USA) 38.21, 3 Poland (Pol) 38.61, 4 Brazil (Bra) 39.03
High Jump: 1 Stefan Holm (Swe) 2.30m, 2 Linus
Thornblad (Swe) 2.27, 3 Kabelo Kgosiemang (Bot) 2.24, 3 Jesse
Williams (USA) 2.24, 5 Tom Parsons (Gbr) 2.24, 6 Bohdan Bondarenko
(Ukr) 2.20, 6 Jamie Nieto (USA) 2.20, 8 Donald Thomas (Bah) 2.20, 9
Dusty Jonas (USA) 2.20
Triple Jump: 1 Marian Oprea (Rom) 17.25m, 2 Dmitrij
Valukevic (Svk) 17.01, 3 Christian Olsson (Swe) 17.00, 4 Jadel
Gregorio (Bra) 16.97, 5 Randy Lewis (Grn) 16.85, 6 Leevan Sands (Bah) 16.78
Shot Put: 1 Adam Nelson (USA) 20.75m, 2 Dorian Scott
(Jam) 20.37, 3 Christian Cantwell (USA) 20.35, 4 Dylan Armstrong
(Can) 20.18, 5 Peter Sack (Ger) 20.02, 6 Daniel Taylor (USA) 20.01, 7
Scott Martin (Aus) 19.93, 8 Magnus Lohse (Swe) 16.25
Javelin Throw: 1 Andreas Thorkildsen (Nor) 87.36m, 2
Eriks Rags (Lat) 82.79, 3 Mihkel Kukk (Est) 81.77, 4 Jarrod Bannister
(Aus) 80.94, 5 Magnus Arvidsson (Swe) 78.26, 6 Jonas Lohse (Swe)
75.66, 7 Peter Esenwein (Ger) 74.53, 8 Gabriel Wallin (Swe) 73.88
Women's
100m
Race 1: 1 Lauryn Williams (USA) 11.10secs, 2 Marshevet
Hooker (USA) 11.13, 3 Chandra Sturrup (Bah) 11.14, 4 Muna Lee (USA)
11.18, 5 Shelly-Ann Fraser (Jam) 11.20, 6 Torri Edwards (USA) 11.21,
7 Sherone Simpson (Jam) 11.25, 8 Carmelita Jeter (USA) 11.27
Race 2: 1 Bianca Knight (USA) 11.15secs, 2 Debbie
Ferguson-Mckenzie (Bah) 11.15, 3 Sheri-Ann Brooks (Jam) 11.19, 4
Shalonda Solomon (USA) 11.19, 5 Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Tri) 11.20, 6
Me'Lisa Barber (USA) 11.25, 7 LaShauntea Moore (USA) 11.28, 8
Mechelle Lewis (USA) 11.33
Race 3: 1 Angela Williams (USA) 11.20secs, 2 Ene
Franca Idoko (Ngr) 11.41, 3 Daria Korczynska (Pol) 11.45, 4 Brianna
Glenn (USA) 11.55, 5 Ewelina Klocek (Pol) 11.59, 6 Lena Berntsson
(Swe) 11.68 DNS: Yuliya Chermoshanskaya (Rus)
400m
Race 1: 1 Sanya Richards (USA) 50.38secs, 2 Novlene
Williams (Jam) 50.85, 3 Allyson Felix (USA) 50.88, 4 Shericka
Williams (Jam) 51.17, 5 Amantle Montsho (Bot) 51.46, 6 Natasha
Hastings (USA) 51.92, 7 Folasade Abugan (Ngr) 52.04, 8 Rosemarie
Whyte (Jam) 52.09
Race 2: 1 Monique Henderson (USA) 51.80secs, 2 Kaliese
Spencer (Jam) 51.95, 3 Monica Hargrove (USA) 52.27, 4 Nawal El Jack
(Sud) 52.61, 5 Maris Magi (Est) 52.91 DNS: Helene Nordquist (Swe)
5000m: 1 Meseret Defar (Eth) 14mins 12.88secs, 2 Zakia
Mrisho Mohamed (Tan) 14:58.36, 3 Joanne Pavey (Gbr) 14:58.62, 4
Kimberley Smith (Nzl) 15:02.07, 5 Jane Kiptoo (Ken) 15:03.90, 6 Grace
Kwamboka Momanyi (Ken) 15:14.01, 7 Ines Monteiro (Por) 15:28.48, 8
Amy Rudolph (USA) 15:34.23, 9 Molly Huddle (USA) 15:51.59 DNF: Olga
Komyagina (Rus), Sara Slattery (USA)
100m Hurdles
Race 1: 1 LoLo Jones (USA) 12.64secs, 2 Delloreen
Ennis-London (Jam) 12.7, 3 Sally McLellan (Aus) 12.73, 4 Vonette
Dixon (Jam) 12.76, 5 Anay Tejeda (Cub) 12.79, 6 Joanna Hayes (USA)
12.82, 7 Danielle Carruthers (USA) 13.01, 8 Brigitte Foster-Hylton
(Jam) 13.07
Race 2: 1 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Can) 12.61secs, 2
Nichole Denby (USA) 12.75, 3 Candice Davis (USA) 12.82, 4 Virginia
Powell (USA) 12.88, 5 Nevin Yanit (Tur) 12.90, 6 Hyleas Fountain
(USA) 12.99, 7 Olena Krasovska (Ukr) 13.01, 8 Christina Vukicevic
(Nor) 13.07
4x100m Relay: 1 Combination (Und) 42.29secs, 2 United
States Red (USA) 42.4, 3 United States Blue (USA) 42.58, 4 Poland
(Pol) 43.24
High Jump: 1 Blanka Vlasic (Cro) 2.02m, 2 Elena
Slesarenko (Rus) 2.00, 3 Chaunte Howard (USA) 1.98, 4 Amy Acuff (USA)
1.95, 5 Svetlana Radzivil (Uzb) 1.91, 6 Viktoriya Slivka-Klugina
(Rus) 1.91, 7 Emma Green (Swe) 1.91, 8 Nicole Forrester (Can) 1.87, 9
Tatyana Kivimyagi (Rus) 1.87, 10 Erika Wiklund (Swe) 1.82
Pole Vault: 1 Yelena Isinbaeva (Rus) 4.85m, 2 Monika
Pyrek (Pol) 4.70, 3 Anna Rogowska (Pol) 4.60, 4 Anastasiya Shvedova
(Rus) 4.50, 5 Fabiana Murer (Bra) 4.40, 6 Alana Boyd (Aus) 4.20, 6
Cathrine Larsasen (Nor) 4.20, 6 Jillian Schwartz (USA) 4.20 NM: Silke
Spiegelburg (Ger)
Long Jump
Final 1: 1 Naide Gomes (Por) 7.04m, 2 Brittney Reese
(USA) 6.80, 3 Carolina Kluft (Swe) 6.71, 4 Karin Mey Melis (Tur)
6.62, 5 Tatyana Kotova (Rus) 6.46, 6 Grace Upshaw (USA) 6.42, 7 Funmi
Jimoh (USA) 6.21
Final 2: 1 Yelena Sokolova (Rus) 6.69m, 2 Ruky Abdulai
(Can) 6.50, 3 Anna Nazarova (Rus) 6.42, 4 Rose Richmond (USA) 6.36, 5
Keila Costa (Bra) 6.29, 6 Erica Jarder (Swe) 6.04, 7 Sofia Lund (Swe)
5.71, 8 Sofie Lindesten (Swe) 5.39, 9 Nolle Graham (Jam) 4.28
Shot Put: 1 Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Blr) 20.33m, 2
Cleopatra Borel-Brown (Tri) 18.87, 3 Nadine Kleinert (Ger) 18.68, 4
Anca Heltne (Rom) 17.86, 5 Helena Engman (Swe) 17.28
TENNIS
ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters, Toronto, Canada
1st rd: Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Carlos Moya (Spa) 6-3 6-2,
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-1 6-3, Marin Cilic (Cro)
bt Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) 6-3 4-6 6-3, Jesse Levine (USA) bt Peter
Polansky (Can) 6-2 6-4, (16) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Jarkko Nieminen
(Fin) 6-3 6-1, Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Guillermo Canas (Arg) 7-5
6-1, Thomas Johansson (Swe) bt Andrey Golubev (Kaz) 7-6 (7-4) 6-1,
Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-3 3-6 6-0, Igor
Andreev (Rus) bt Gael Monfils (Fra) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3), (13)
Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 1-6 6-3 6-2,
Alexandre Kudryavtsev (Rus) bt Phillip Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-2 7-6 (9-7),
Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) 6-3 6-4
2nd rd: (6) Andy Roddick (USA) bt Nicolas Mahut (Fra)
6-1 6-7 (6-8) 6-3, (3) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Frank Dancevic (Can)
6-4 6-4
WTA East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife, Los
Angeles, California, United States
1st rd: Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Julie Ditty (USA) 6-4 6-2,
(9) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt (Q) Alina Jidkova (Rus) 6-0 6-4, (15)
Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-4 6-3, Regina
Kulikova (Rus) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-4 4-6 6-2, (10) Flavia
Pennetta (Ita) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) 6-1 6-0, Alla Kudryavtseva
(Rus) bt Anastassia Rodionova (Rus) 7-5 3-6 6-3, Akgul Amanmuradova
(Uzb) bt Jamea Jackson (USA) 6-2 6-2, Vania King (USA) bt Angela
Haynes (USA) 6-3 6-3, Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Sabine Lisicki (Ger) 6-4
6-4, (11) Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) bt Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3
6-1, Meng Yuan (Chn) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4,
Stephanie Dubois (Can) bt Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6-2 6-3
WTA Banka Koper Solvenia Open, Portoroz, Slovenia
1st rd: (8) Sara Errani (Ita) bt Maria Elena Camerin
(Ita) 6-7(4-7) 6-2 6-1, Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt Evgeniya Rodina (Rus)
4-6 6-3 6-3, Camille Pin (Fra) bt (6) Marina Erakovic (Nzl) 7-5 5-7
6-3, (2) Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt Sanda Mamic (Cro) 6-2 6-2, Elena
Bovina (Rus) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) 6-3 6-4, Mara Santangelo
(Ita) bt Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4, Roberta Vinci
(Ita) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 6-1 6-3, Julia Goerges (Ger) bt
Ekaterina Bychkova (Rus) 6-4 6-3, (1) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Nika
Ozegovic (Cro) 6-1 6-1 |
