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Headlines (28 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.
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.
Atherton blasts Harmison return
Former England captain Michael Atherton has hit out at
the England selectors for their decision to recall fast bowler Steve
Harmison.
Nadal march goes on in Toronto
Rafael Nadal insisted he is capable of winning on any
surface after he closed in on the world number one spot by adding a
hardcourt title to his impressive 2008 triumphs in Toronto on Sunday.
Redknapp hopeful of Kanu deal
Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is hopeful Nigerian
striker Kanu will sign a new one-year contract.
Harmison shares Test hunger - Colly
England one-day captain Paul Collingwood believes
Durham team-mate Steve Harmison shares his hunger to get back onto
the Test scene.
Ferguson: Blatter views 'unfortunate'
Sir Alex Ferguson has branded Sepp Blatter's reference
to slavery during his intervention in the Cristiano Ronaldo affair
"unfortunate".
Scolari confident of success
Chelsea will challenge on all four domestic and
European fronts next season, according to new coach Luiz Felipe
Scolari.
Reo-Coker: Villa in safe hands
Nigel Reo-Coker insists Aston Villa manager Martin
O'Neill will have "many leaders to choose from" if he has
to find a replacement for midfielder Gareth Barry as skipper.
Laursen still in shock at Bouma injury
Aston Villa defender Martin Laursen will not forget
Wilfred Bouma's screams of pain in a hurry. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 27 July 2008
FOOTBALL
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Third Round 2nd Leg
FK Riga 0 IF Elfsborg 0 IF Elfsborg won 1-0 on
aggregate
Rosenborg 2 NAC 0 Rosenborg won 2-1 on aggregate
VfB Stuttgart 1 Saturn Moscow 0 Agg: 1-1, Saturn
Moscow won on away goals
CRICKET
Kent v Middlesex The Rose Bowl Twenty20 Cup Final
Middlesex beat Kent by 3 runs.
RUGBY LEAGUE
Carnegie Challenge Cup Semi Final
Wakefield (20) 24 Hull (24) 32
Tries: Leo-Latu, Atkins, Blanch 2, Petersen Washbrook,
Tickle 2, G Horne, Cusack Goals: Brough 2 Tickle 6
National League 1
Batley (12) 30 Celtic Crusaders (18) 22 Whitehaven
(12) 28 Halifax (12) 12 Widnes (28) 40 Dewsbury (0) 0
GOLF
RBC Canadian Open Collated final-round scores (USA
unless stated, par 71):
267 Chez Reavie 65 64 68 70 270 Billy Mayfair 68 66 68
68 271 Steve Marino 67 67 67 70, Sean O'Hair 65 71 67 68 272 Scott
McCarron 66 72 63 71, Mike Weir (Can) 65 70 68 69, Nicholas Thompson
67 66 70 69 273 Kevin Na 69 66 70 68, Anthony Kim 65 69 64 75, Glen
Day 71 70 64 68 274 Ken Duke 68 67 69 70, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 68 70
67 69, Briny Baird 69 65 71 69 275 Brian Davis (Eng) 69 64 70 72,
Charlie Wi (Kor) 69 69 67 70, Bob Estes 68 73 65 69, Mark
Calcavecchia 70 66 67 72, Jim Furyk 70 68 67 70, Carlos Franco (Par)
67 68 69 71 276 Eric Axley 65 67 73 71, Fred Couples 69 69 70 68
Evian Masters Collated final round scores & totals
in the LPGA Tour, Evian Masters, Evian Masteres Golf Club,
Evian-les-Bains, France(USA & Kor unless stated, par 72):
273 Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 72 63 71 67 (Alfredsson won
after three-hole sudden death play-off), Na Yeon Choi 71 67 69 66,
Angela Park (Bra) 66 68 68 71 275 Jin Joo Hong 71 69 68 67 276 Lorena
Ochoa (Mex) 65 73 70 68 277 Shi Hyun Ahn 69 69 69 70, Cristie Kerr 70
66 72 69, Hee Young Park 70 69 70 68 278 Paula Creamer 70 69 69 70,
Juli Inkster 67 69 69 73 279 Sun Young Yoo 74 68 69 68, Eun Hee Ji 71
71 67 70, In Kyung Kim 68 68 75 68, Candie Kung (Tai) 66 70 67 76 280
Ji-Yai Shin 72 73 68 67, Meena Lee 67 69 73 71 281 Giulia Sergas
(Ita) 71 74 70 66, Natalie Gulbis 69 71 72 69, Annika Sorenstam (Swe)
71 69 73 68
SWALEC Wales Challenge Collated final round scores
& totals in the European Challenge Tour the SWALEC Wales
Challenge, Vale Hotel Golf and Spa Resort, Cardiff, Vale of
Glamorgan, Wales(Par 72)
284 Michael Mcgeady (Irl) 71 74 71 68 (Mcgeady won
play-off at the 2nd extra hole), Joel Sjoholm (Swe) 70 71 71 72 285
Bjorn Pettersson (Swe) 69 73 73 70, Gareth Maybin (NIrl) 74 71 71 69
286 James Morrison (Eng) 74 71 74 67, Ian Garbutt (Eng) 71 71 71 73,
Greig Hutcheon (Sco) 71 70 74 71 287 Olivier David (Fra) 78 69 73 67,
John Mellor (Eng) 70 70 72 75, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 71 73 73 70 288
Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 74 70 71 73, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 75 72 72 69,
Johan Axgren (Swe) 76 69 72 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 71 74 72
71, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 71 73 75 69, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 71 75
72 70, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 75 72 71 70
TENNIS
ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters, Toronto, Canada
Final: (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Nicolas Kiefer (Ger)
6-3 6-2
WTA Banka Koper Solvenia Open, Portoroz, Slovenia
Final: (8) Sara Errani (Ita) bt (4) Anabel Medina
Garrigues (Spa) 6-3 6-3
CYCLING
TOUR DE FRANCE STANDINGS Final Overall Classification:
1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
87hrs 52mins 52secs 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto at 0.58 3
Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner at 1.13 4 Denis Menchov (Rus)
Rabobank at 2.10 5 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle
p/b H30 at 3.05 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 4.28 7
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 6.25 8 Kim
Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at 6.55 9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
(Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 7.12 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La
Mondiale at 9.05 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale at 9.55
12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 11.32 13 Roman
Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas at 12.59 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des
Jeux at 19.23 15 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par
Telephone at 23.31 16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel -
Euskadi at 23.40 17 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia at 24.55
18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole at 27.11 19 Dmitriy
Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole at 28.31 20 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
Liquigas at 28.33
Selected Others: 68 David Millar (Gbr) Team
Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at 1.59.39 |
