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Headlines (03 September) :
Murray battles back for victory
Andy Murray came back from two sets to love down for
the second time in his career to beat Robin Haase in the second round
of the US Open.
Nadal progresses past Mahut
Rafael Nadal moved past the injured Nicolas Mahut in
the US Open second round and will now face David Nalbandian after he
beat Ivan Ljubicic.
Terry savours impressive win
Captain John Terry savoured a fine night for England
as he led the team to a 3-0 win away to Bulgaria in their Euro 2012
Group G qualifier.
Germany qualify, Holland score 11
Germany reached Euro 2012 with a 6-2 win over Austria,
while Holland moved to the brink of qualification with an 11-0
hammering of San Marino.
Cesc bags brace, Hernandez nets
Cesc Fabregas scored twice as Spain recovered to beat
Chile 3-2 in a friendly, while Javier Hernandez netted as Mexico drew
1-1 with Poland.
Britain fall as medals missed
Britain dropped from fourth to sixth in the medal
table after failing to add any more medals on day seven of the World Championships.
Leeds boss blasts officials
Brian McDermott expressed his frustration at the
standard of officiating in Super League after Leeds' 64-20 win over
Wakefield at Headingley.
McGeechan wary of Falcons
Sir Ian McGeechan has warned his Bath side they cannot
afford to take Newcastle lightly in their Premiership opener on
Saturday evening.
McIlroy shares Swiss lead
Rory McIlroy shares the lead at the halfway stage of
the European Masters in Switzerland, the first qualifying event for
next year's Ryder Cup.
Blackett report to be published
Judge Jeff Blackett's damning report into the handling
of Sir John Steele's departure from the RFU will be published, it has
been announced. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 02 September 2011
FOOTBALL
International
Poland 1 Mexico 1 Spain 3 Chile 2 Ukraine 2 Uruguay 3
Venezuela 0 Argentina 1
European Championship Qualifying
Group I
Lithuania 0 Liechtenstein 0
Group H
Cyprus 0 Portugal 4 Norway 1 Iceland 0
Group G
Bulgaria 0 England 3 Wales 2 Montenegro 1
Group F
Georgia 0 Latvia 1 Israel 0 Greece 1 Malta 1 Croatia 3
Group E
Finland 4 Moldova 1 Holland 11 San Marino 0 Hungary 2
Sweden 1
Group D
Albania 1 France 2 Belarus 0 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2
Luxembourg 0 Romania 2
Group C
Faroe Islands 0 Italy 1 Northern Ireland 0 Serbia 1
Slovenia 1 Estonia 2
Group B
Andorra 0 Armenia 3 Rep of Ireland 0 Slovakia 0 Russia
1 FYR Macedonia 0
Group A
Azerbaijan 1 Belgium 1 Germany 6 Austria 2 Turkey 2
Kazakhstan 1
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Group One
Belarus U21 1 Bosnia-Herzegovina U21 1 Cyprus U21 0
Greece U21 2
Group Three
Serbia U21 1 N Ireland U21 0
Group Five
Albania U21 0 Poland U21 3
Group Six
Liechtenstein U21 0 Turkey U21 3
Group Eight
Kazakhstan U21 1 Romania U21 1 Latvia U21 0 France U21 3
Blue Square Premier
Stockport 1 Luton 1
CRICKET
Sri Lanka v Australia Test Series : First Test at Galle
Sri Lanka 105 all out 50 ovs 253 all out 95.5 ovs
Australia 273 all out 86.4 ovs 210 all out 59.2 ovs Australia won by
125 runs.
Zimbabwe v Pakistan Test Series : First Test at Bulawayo
Zimbabwe 412 all out 150.4 ovs Pakistan 196 - 2 58.3
ovs Lunch
TENNIS
US OPEN
Men's Singles - Round 2
Rogerio Dutra Da Silva 4 3 5 - - Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6
6 7 - -
Robby Ginepri 4 3 4 - - John Isner (28) 6 6 6 - -
Juan Martin Del Potro (18) 6 6 7 - - Diego Junqueira 2
1 5 - -
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 4 7 (7) 5 3 - Gilles Simon (12)
6 6 (4) 7 6 -
Stanislas Wawrinka (14) 6 (7) 6 6 3 6 (1) Donald Young
7 (9) 3 2 6 7 (7)
Steve Darcis 2 4 4 - - Juan Ignacio Chela (24) 6 6 6 - -
Feliciano Lopez (25) 5 6 7 (7) 7 (7) - Vasek Pospisil
7 4 6 (3) 6 (5) -
Robin Haase 7 (7) 6 2 0 4 Andy Murray (4) 6 (5) 2 6 6 6
David Ferrer (5) 6 6 6 - - James Blake 4 3 4 - -
Jean-Rene Lisnard 2 5 2 - - Florian Mayer (26) 6 7 6 - -
Andy Roddick (21) 6 6 6 - - Jack Sock 3 3 4 - -
Denis Istomin 4 4 4 - - Julien Benneteau 6 6 6 - -
Ernests Gulbis 6 6 (4) 4 6 (5) - Gilles Muller 3 7 (7)
6 7 (7) -
Igor Kunitsyn 3 6 1 6 7 (7) Jurgen Melzer (17) 6 3 6 2
6 (5)
Ivan Ljubicic (30) 4 6 3 2 - David Nalbandian 6 1 6 6 -
Nicolas Mahut 2 2 - - - Rafael Nadal (2) 6 6 - - -
Match won by retirement
Women's Singles - Round 3
Monica Niculescu 6 6 - - - Lucie Safarova (27) 0 1 - -
-
Alla Kudryavtseva 3 1 - - - Angelique Kerber 6 6 - - -
Shuai Peng (13) 6 7 (7) - - - Julia Goerges (19) 4 6
(1) - - -
Flavia Pennetta (26) 6 3 6 - - Maria Sharapova (3) 3 6
4 - -
Christina Mchale 2 3 - - - Maria Kirilenko (25) 6 6 - -
-
Nadia Petrova (24) 6 (5) 7 (7) 5 - - Samantha Stosur
(9) 7 (7) 6 (5) 7 - -
Irina Falconi 0 1 - - - Sabine Lisicki (22) 6 6 - - -
Anabel Medina Garrigues (30) 4 5 - - - Vera Zvonareva
(2) 6 7 - -
ATHLETICS
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEN
4 x 400m Relay Final: 1 United States (Greg Nixon,
Bershawn Jackson, Angelo Taylor, LaShawn Merritt) 2mins 59.31secs, 2
South Africa (Shane Victor, Ofentse Mogawane, Willem de Beer, L.J.
van Zyl) 2:59.87, 3 Jamaica (Allodin Fothergill, Jermaine Gonzales,
Riker Hylton, Leford Green) 3:00.10, 4 Russia (Maksim Dyldin,
Konstantin Svechkar, Pavel Trenikhin, Denis Alekseyev) 3:00.22, 5
Belgium (Jonathan Borlee, Antoine Gillet, Nils Duerinck, Kevin
Borlee) 3:00.41, 6 Kenya (Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei, Vincent Mumo
Kiilu, Anderson Mureta Mutegi, Mark Kiprotich Mutai) 3:01.15, 7 Great
Britain & N.I. (Richard Strachan, Nigel Levine, Christopher
Clarke, Martyn Rooney) 3:01.16, 8 Germany (Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba,
Miguel Rigau, Thomas Schneider) 3:01.37
Long Jump Final:
1 Dwight Phillips (USA) 8.45m, 2 Mitchell Watt (Aus)
8.33, 3 Ngonidzashe Makusha (Zim) 8.29, 4 Yahya Berrabah (Mar) 8.23,
5 Luvo Manyonga (Rsa) 8.21, 6 Aleksandr Menkov (Rus) 8.19, 7
Christian Reif (Ger) 8.19, 8 Sebastian Bayer (Ger) 8.17, 9 Will Claye
(USA) 8.1, 10 Marcos Chuva (Por) 8.05, 11 Christopher Tomlinson (Gbr) 7.87
Shot Put Final:
1 David Storl (Ger) 21.78m, 2 Dylan Armstrong (Can)
21.64, 3 Andrei Mikhnevich (Blr) 21.4, 4 Christian Cantwell (USA)
21.36, 5 Reese Hoffa (USA) 20.99, 6 Marco Fortes (Por) 20.83, 7 Ryan
Whiting (USA) 20.75, 8 Adam Nelson (USA) 20.29, 9 Tomasz Majewski
(Pol) 20.18, 10 Ralf Bartels (Ger) 20.14, 11 Asmir Kolasinac (Ser)
19.84, 12 Carlos Veliz (Cub) 19.7
WOMEN
200m Final:
1 Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jam) 22.22secs, 2 Carmelita
Jeter (USA) 22.37, 3 Allyson Felix (USA) 22.42, 4 Shalonda Solomon
(USA) 22.61, 5 Kerron Stewart (Jam) 22.7, 6 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie
(Bah) 22.96, 7 Hrystyna Stuy (Ukr) 23.02, 8 Sherone Simpson (Jam) 23.17
5000m Final:
1 Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (Ken) 14mins 55.36secs, 2
Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (Ken) 14:56.21, 3 Meseret Defar (Eth) 14:56.94,
4 Sentayehu Ejigu (Eth) 14:59.99, 5 Mercy Cherono (Ken) 15:00.23, 6
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (Ken) 15:01.01, 7 Lauren Fleshman (USA)
15:09.25, 8 Genzebe Dibaba (Eth) 15:09.35, 9 Tejitu Daba (Brn)
15:14.62, 10 Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Rus) 15:15.48, 11 Zakia Mrisho
(Tan) 15:18.81, 12 Helen Clitheroe (Gbr) 15:21.22, 13 Hitomi Niiya
(Jpn) 15:41.67, 14 Elizaveta Grechishnikova (Rus) 15:45.61, 15 Amy
Hastings (USA) 15:56.06
Javelin Throw Final:
1 Maria Abakumova (Rus) 71.99m, 2 Barbora Spotakova
(Cze) 71.58, 3 Sunette Viljoen (Rsa) 68.38, 4 Christina Obergfoll
(Ger) 65.24, 5 Kathrina Molitor (Ger) 64.32, 6 Kimberley Mickle (Aus)
61.96, 7 Martina Ratej (Slo) 61.65, 8 Jarmila Klimesova (Cze) 59.27,
9 Yuki Ebihara (Jpn) 59.08, 10 Goldie Sayers (Gbr) 58.18, 11 Madara
Palameika (Lat) 58.08 DNS: Linda Stahl (Ger)
GOLF
Omega European Masters Collated second round scores
& totals in the European Tour Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre,
Crans Montana, Switzerland(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
134 Rory McIlroy 65 69, Gary Boyd 65 69, Jamie
Donaldson 68 66, Simon Dyson 66 68 135 Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 69 66,
Nick Dougherty 63 72, Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 67 68, Martin Kaymer (Ger)
65 70, Danny Willett 71 64 136 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 69 67, Matteo
Manassero (Ita) 70 66, David Lynn 68 68, Peter Lawrie 70 66, Damian
Ulrich (Swi) 69 67, Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 67, Stephen Gallacher 70
66, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 68 68, Lee Westwood 67 69
Deutsche Bank Championship Collated first round scores
in the USPGA Tour Deutsche Bank Championship, TPC Boston, Norton,
Massachusetts, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
65 Troy Matteson 66 Jerry Kelly, Charl Schwartzel
(Rsa), Luke Donald (Eng), Y.E. Yang (Kor) 67 Nick Watney, Rory
Sabbatini (Rsa), Steve Marino, George McNeill, Jonathan Byrd, Jason
Day (Aus), Chez Reavie 68 Brendon De Jonge, Zach Johnson, Bill Lunde,
Jason Dufner, Kyle Stanley, Bubba Watson, Scott Piercy, Hunter Mahan,
Keegan Bradley, Dustin Johnson, John Rollins, Rickie Fowler, Cameron
Tringale, Ryan Moore
CYCLING
Michael Albasini sprinted to victory on stage 13 of
the Vuelta a Espana after a breakaway was allowed to contest the
stage win. The Swiss HTC-Highroad rider kicked early on the finishing
straight and held off the attentions of Eros Capecchi (Liquigas) and
Daniel Moreno (Katusha) to take an impressive victory in Ponferrada.
BASKETBALL
Great Britain put up a better fight on day three of
the European Championships in Lithuania but could not deliver an
upset against defending champions Spain. Needing to show some fight
after a rough 90-61 loss to Turkey on Thursday, Britain recovered
from a 9-2 Spanish start to stay close through the first two periods,
trailing by just 38-32 at half-time.
ROWING
Great Britain's women's eight picked up a bronze medal
at the Rowing World Championships in Bled, Slovenia on Friday as they
secured a London 2012 berth. Tom Aggar
picked up the gold in the AS single scull as the current Paralympic
champion easily retained the gold medal he won in Slovenia last year. |
