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Headlines (25 July) :
Villa make late bid for Kaboul
Sunderland boss Roy Keane faces an anxious wait over
his pursuit of defender Younes Kaboul after Aston Villa made a late
bid to hijack the deal.
Muntari close to Inter deal
Sulley Muntari is close to joining Inter Milan from
Portsmouth, admitting the opportunity is too good to turn down.
Neville pens new Toffees deal
Everton captain Phil Neville has revealed he wants to
finish his career at Goodison Park after signing a new four-year deal
with the Merseyside club.
Gill: Glazers want to keep Ronaldo
Manchester United chief executive David Gill has
revealed the decision to keep Cristiano Ronaldo on board was taken
with the full blessing of the Glazer family.
Barca boss tight-lipped over London duo
Josep Guardiola has refused to be drawn on speculation
linking Barcelona with Barclays Premier League stars Didier Drogba
and Emmanuel Adebayor.
Deco happy to be mature student
Despite being the newest member of Chelsea's over 30
club, Deco insists he still has plenty to offer to help the Blues
dethrone Barclays Premier League champions Manchester United this
season.
Murray through after thriller
Andy Murray came through a topsy-turvy clash against
Stanislas Wawrinka at the Rogers Cup in Toronto to set up a
quarter-final meeting with Novak Djokovic.
'Black day' says Iraq Olympic Committee
The Iraq Olympic Committee has described the decision
by the International Olympic Committee to suspend the participation
of their athletes in the Beijing Games as a "black day in the
history of sports in Iraq".
Boycott threat to Champions Trophy
Title-holders Australia could join New Zealand and
possibly England in pulling out of September's ICC Champions Trophy
in Pakistan.
Stewart: Mosley should stand down
Max Mosley may have emerged victorious from his day in
court, but that has not prevented renewed calls for him to resign as
president of motorsport's world governing body, the FIA. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 24 July 2008
BILLIARDS
World Professional Championship, Northern Snooker
Centre, Leeds
Group A: Mike Russell (Eng) bt Gary Rogers (Eng)
980-207, Devendra Joshi (Ind) bt Michael Kreuziger (Aut) 809-241,
Kreuziger bt Gary Rogers (Eng) 370-301, Mike Russell (Eng) bt Joshi 741-501
Group B: David Causier (Eng) bt Dhruv Sitwala (Ind)
858-533, Dhruv Sitwala (Ind) bt Paul Bennett (Eng) 534-483, Sourav
Kothari (Ind) bt Bennett 541-488
Group C: Geet Sethi (Ind) bt Alok Kumar (Ind) 887-506,
Peter Gilchrist (Eng) bt Rupseh Shah (Ind) 615-433, Shah bt Alok
Kumar (Ind) 744-533, Gilchrist bt Geet Sethi (Ind) 749-628
Group D: Pankaj Advani (Ind) bt Mark Hirst (Eng)
806-472, Chris Shutt (Eng) bt Mark Hirst (Eng) 833-392
CRICKET
First Test Match
Colombo Sri Lanka 422-4 (D P M D Jayawardene 136, B S
M Warnapura 115, T T Samaraweera 111 no) v India
LV County Championship - Division One
Old Trafford Lancashire 357 (P J Horton 66, L Vincent
58, F du Plessis 57, S G Law 51, Imran Tahir 5-123) & 121-7
(Imran Tahir 4-48) v Hampshire 288 (C C Benham 89, M J Brown 76)
Trent Bridge Nottinghamshire 213 (M J Wood 58) &
350 (B M Shafayat 62, S R Patel 60, M A Wagh 60, G P Swann 57, A U
Rashid 4-96) v Yorkshire 161 (C E Shreck 5-58) & 107-4
LV County Championship - Division Two
Lord's Middlesex 300 (S D Udal 91, Kabir Ali 5-58)
& 164 (B J M Scott 58, D J Malan 52, G J Batty 5-33) v
Worcestershire 361 (B F Smith 93) & 105-0 (S C Moore 55 no)
Worcestershire (21pts) beat Middlesex (6pts) by 10 wkts
Northampton Northamptonshire 373 (D J G Sales 151, L
Klusener 65, S D Peters 65) & 29-2 v Leicestershire 173 (D S
Lucas 4-54) & 226 (P A Nixon 73) Northamptonshire (21pts) beat
Leicestershire (3pts) by 8 wkts
Chelmsford Gloucestershire 275 (M J North 98, G R
Napier 4-50) & 184 (S D Snell 53, Danish Kaneria 5-53) v Essex
279 (J S Foster 57, S P Kirby 5-60) & 150-2 (R S Bopara 83 no, N
J Dexter 60 no)
NatWest Pro40 - Division Two
The SWALEC Stadium Glamorgan Dragons 216-7 Innings
Complete (M A Wallace 85, T L Maynard 65) v Surrey Brown Caps 138
Glamorgan beat Surrey by 78 runs
DARTS
Stan James World Matchplay, Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Quarter-finals: Dennis Priestley bt Alan Tabern 16-14,
James Wade bt Matt Clark 16-12, Wayne Mardle bt Raymond van Barneveld
18-16, Phil Taylor bt Kevin McDine 16-6
EQUESTRIAN
Longines Bunn Leisure International Trophy Royal
International Horse Show at Hickstead, Sussex, England
1 Skip Two Ramiro (G. Williams, Gbr) 0 0 in 43.51secs,
2 Casadora (L. Hough, USA) 0 0 in 45.18, 3 Sherlock (P. Spits, Bel) 0
0 in 45.8, 4 Echo de Lessay (D. McPherson, Gbr) 0 0 in 50.09, 5
Riviera (P. Devos, Bel) 0 4 in 43.92, 6 Rancorrado (C. O'Connor, Irl)
0 4 in 44.01
Ford Ranger Eventing Grand Prix: 1 Peter Street (G.
Parsonage, Gbr) 205.2secs, 2 Kellymoss (E. Chandler, Gbr) 207.47, 3
Caunton Welldone (M. Wright, Gbr) 212.43, 4 Royal Concorde (S. Breen,
Irl) 203.72, 5 Drunken Disorderly (M. Kyle, Irl) 220.45, 6 Song For
Gull (G. Spence, Gbr) 222.44
CYCLING
Tour de France, Saint etienne, France
Leading final positions after Stage 18 (Bourg d'Oisans
- Saint etienne, 196.5km): 1 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia
4hrs 30mins 21secs, 2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step at
same time, 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel at 3.33, 4 Christophe Le
Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole at same time, 5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
(Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 3.35, 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis -
Le Credit par Telephone at 6.39, 7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La
Mondiale at same time, 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas at same time,
9 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto at same time, 10 Andy Schleck
(Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at same time, 11 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa)
Rabobank at 6.50, 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram at same time, 13
Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole at same time, 14 Leonardo Duque
(Col) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone at same time, 15 Filippo
Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas at same time, 16 Robert Hunter (RSA)
Barloworld at same time, 17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step at same
time, 18 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre at same time, 19 Christophe
Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale at same time, 20 Sven Krauss (Ger)
Gerolsteiner at same time
Selected Others: 48 David Millar (Gbr) Team
Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4hrs 37mins 11secs
General classification after stage 18: 1 Carlos Sastre
Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 79hrs 16mins 14secs, 2 Frank
Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 1.24, 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut)
Gerolsteiner at 1.33, 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto at 1.34, 5
Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank at 2.39, 6 Christian Vande Velde (USA)
Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at 4.41, 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
(Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 5.35, 8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa)
Euskaltel - Euskadi at 5.52, 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale
at 8.10, 10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale at 8.24, 11 Kim
Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at 8.35, 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC -
Saxo Bank at 10.04, 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas at 12.02, 14
Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux at 17.08, 15 Mikel Astarloza
Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 20.07, 16 Alexandre Botcharov
(Rus) Credit Agricole at 22.59, 17 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le
Credit par Telephone at 23.01, 18 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team
Columbia at 24.29, 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas at 25.39, 20
Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre at 25.48
Selected Others: 71 David Millar (Gbr) Team
Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 81hrs 16mins 30mins
GOLF
Latest first round scores in the USPGA Tour RBC
Canadian Open, Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada(USA
unless stated, par 71):
65 Anthony Kim, Mike Weir (Can), Eric Axley 67 Richard
Johnson (Wal), Jason Allred, Ryan Armour, J.P. Hayes, Nicholas
Thompson 68 Dudley Hart, Michael Letzig, Steve Flesch, Ted Purdy,
Steve Allan (Aus), Kevin Streelman, Jeff Maggert, Bob Estes, Bill
Haas, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 69 Brian Davis (Eng), Andrew Buckle
(Aus), Todd Hamilton, Bubba Watson, Kenneth Ferrie (Eng), Parker
McLachlin, Cliff Kresge, Fred Couples, Kevin Na, Charlie Wi (Kor),
Jimmy Walker, Olin Browne, Briny Baird 70 Will MacKenzie, Michael
Allen, Adam Bland (Aus), Len Mattiace 71 Chris Riley, Pat Perez, Brad
Elder, Mark Wilson, David Morland IV (Can), Richard S Johnson (Swe),
Joe Durant, Nathan Green (Aus), Corey Pavin, Camilo Villegas (Col),
Glen Day, Tommy Gainey, Jason Gore
Collated first round scores in the LPGA Tour, Evian
Masters, Evian Masteres Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France(USA &
Kor unless stated, par 72):
65 Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 66 Sun Ju Ahn, Angela Park,
Candie Kung (Tai) 67 Juli Inkster, Meena Lee, Angela Stanford, Laura
Diaz, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 68 Young Kim, In Kyung Kim, Amy Yang 69
Linda Wessberg (Swe), Natalie Gulbis, Shi Hyun Ahn, Morgan Pressel,
In-Bee Park, Song-Hee Kim, Hwa seon Lee 70 Cristie Kerr, Paula
Creamer, Ji-Young Oh, Ya-Ni Tseng, Se Ri Pak, Momoko Ueda (Jpn),
Meaghan Francella, Catrin Nilsmark (Swe), Trish Johnson, Hee Young
Park 71 Laura Davies (Eng), Giulia Sergas (Ita), Annika Sorenstam
(Swe), Eun Hee Ji, Jin Joo Hong, Sarah Lee, Teresa Lu (Tai), Jimin
Kang, Mi-Hyun Kim, Na Yeon Choi, Sophie Giquel (Fra)
GYMNASTICS
Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup, Astana, Kazakhstan
Women's Finals
Rope: 1 Vera Sesina (Rus) 18.725pts, 2 Evgenia Kanaeva
(Rus) 18.550, 3 Aliya Yussupova (Kaz) 17.375, 4 Irina Risenzon (Isr)
17.275, 5 Liubou Charkashyna (Blr) 17.175, 6 Joanna Mitrosz (Pol)
16.950, 7 Neta Zehava Rivkin (Isr) 16.325, 8 Ulyana Trofimova (Uzb) 16.150
Hoop: 1 Evgenia Kanaeva (Rus) 18.575pts, 2 Olga
Kapranova (Rus) 18.425, 3 Aliya Yussupova (Kaz) 18.375, 4 Irina
Risenzon (Isr) 17.600, 5 Liubou Charkashyna (Blr) 17.425, 6 Joanna
Mitrosz (Pol) 17.075, 7 Daria Kushnerova (Ukr) 16.275, 8 Soon Ji Shin
(Kor) 16.025
Clubs: 1 Evgenia Kanaeva (Rus) 18.900pts, 2 Olga
Kapranova (Rus) 18.250, 3 Aliya Yussupova (Kaz) 18.200, 4 Irina
Risenzon (Isr) 17.775, 5 Joanna Mitrosz (Pol) 17.300, 6 Liubou
Charkashyna (Blr) 16.550, 7 Daria Kushnerova (Ukr) 16.450, 8 Mai
Hidaka (Jpn) 15.850
Ribbon: 1 Vera Sesina (Rus) 18.650pts, 2 Evgenia
Kanaeva (Rus) 18.475, 3 Aliya Yussupova (Kaz) 17.875, 4 Irina
Risenzon (Isr) 17.625, 5 Joanna Mitrosz (Pol) 16.775, 6 Soo Ji Shin
(Kor) 16.650, 7 Liuboy Charkashyna (Blr) 16.025, 8 Neta Zehava Rivkin
(Isr) 15.600
TENNIS
ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters, Toronto, Canada
3rd rd: (3) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Robin Soderling
(Swe) 6-4 6-4, Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) 6-3 6-4,
Marin Cilic (Cro) bt (6) Andy Roddick (USA) 6-4 4-6 6-4, (8) Andy
Murray (Gbr) bt (9) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) 6-2 0-6 6-4, Nicolas
Kiefer (Ger) bt (4) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 4-6 6-4 6-4, (2) Rafael
Nadal (Spa) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-2 7-6 (7-1)
WTA East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife, Los
Angeles, California, United States
3rd rd: (8) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Samantha Stosur
(Aus) 6-4 7-6 (7-4), Meng Yuan (Chn) bt Melanie South (Gbr) 6-2 6-3,
(14) Sybille Bammer (Aut) bt (3) Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 6-4 5-7 6-2,
(10) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3, (9)
Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt (5) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6-4 7-5, Bethanie
Mattek (USA) bt Olga Govortsova (Blr) 7-5 6-2, (1) Jelena Jankovic
(Ser) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 6-3 6-2
WTA Banka Koper Solvenia Open, Portoroz, Slovenia
2nd rd: (8) Sara Errani (Ita) bt Mara Santangelo (Ita)
6-2 6-4, Julia Goerges (Ger) bt (2) Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 6-4 6-2,
Elena Bovina (Rus) bt Camille Pin (Fra) 6-3 5-7 7-6 (8-6), (1) Maria
Kirilenko (Rus) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-1 6-2 |
