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Headlines (08 August) :
Drogba ruled out of season opener
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has admitted
Didier Drogba is unlikely to feature for his side until the very end
of August.
Murray claims maiden Masters title
Andy Murray is celebrating his first Masters Series
title after victory over Novak Djokovic in Cincinnati on Sunday night.
Botham: Role could be good for KP
Sir Ian Botham believes Kevin Pietersen can move on to
a "higher plane" as a cricketer if he is handed the England captaincy.
Eastmond inspires Saints win
Kyle Eastmond claimed a brilliant individual try as St
Helens marched two points clear at the engage Super League summit
after destroying Wakefield 42-10 to record their 17th successive victory.
Brown on the attack
Hull manager Phil Brown admits his side lack a cutting
edge ahead of their Barclays Premier League debut after falling to a
1-0 friendly defeat to Hearts on Sunday.
Hammers land Lastuvka
West Ham have signed Czech goalkeeper Jan Lastuvka on
a season-long loan from Shakhtar Donetsk, according to the Ukrainian club.
Collins optimistic about Radcliffe
British Athletics Performance Director Dave Collins
believes Paula Radcliffe's decision to fly out to the Team GB
training camp in Macau is an indication the 34-year-old is on course
to compete in the Olympics.
Wenger hails Walcott improvement
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expects big things from
Theo Walcott next season.
New deal for Welham
Hull KR have extended the contract of centre Kris
Welham until the end of the 2009 season.
Ferrari determined to bounce back
Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has promised "grit
and determination" from his team as they look to eradicate the
issues blighting their season. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 07 August 2008
CRICKET
England Under 19 v New Zealand Under 19 Second Under
19 Test Match at New Road
England Under 19 402 all out 112.1 ovs New Zealand
Under 19 372 all out 107.2 ovs 186 - 4 47.3 ovs Close of play. New
Zealand Under 19 are leading by 156 runs.
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Castleford (14) 14 Huddersfield (14) 40 Harlequins RL
(22) 36 Bradford (0) 24 Hull K R P Catalans Dragons P Wakefield (0)
10 St Helens (30) 42 Warrington P Leeds P
National League 1
Dewsbury (4) 18 Whitehaven (10) 16 Featherstone (24)
24 Batley (16) 31 Halifax P Salford P Leigh (14) 33 Widnes (16) 24
GOLF
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Collated final round scores & totals in the WGC -
Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio, United States of
America(USA unless stated, par 70):
270 Vijay Singh (Fij) 67 66 69 68 271 Lee Westwood
(Eng) 70 65 67 69, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 70 66 67 68 272 Phil
Mickelson 68 66 68 70, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 66 71 68 67 273 Darren
Clarke (NIrl) 70 71 65 67, Peter Lonard (Aus) 69 66 72 66 274 Paul
Casey (Eng) 70 71 68 65, D.J. Trahan 69 67 70 68 275 Hunter Mahan 71
66 70 68, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 66 70 69 276 Sean O'Hair 68
67 73 68, Chris DiMarco 68 70 68 70 277 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 67 74 66
70, Chad Campbell 68 71 68 70 278 Zach Johnson 67 68 72 71, KJ Choi
(Kor) 73 67 70 68, Ian Poulter (Eng) 70 68 69 71, Henrik Stenson
(Swe) 73 70 68 67
RICOH Women's British Open
Collated final round scores & totals in the LPGA
Tour RICOH Women's British Open, Sunningdale GC, Berkshire,
England(USA unless stated, par 72):
270 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 66 68 70 66 273 Ya-Ni Tseng
(Kor) 70 69 68 66 274 Yuri Fudoh (Jpn) 66 68 69 71, Eun Hee Ji (Kor)
68 70 69 67 275 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 68 69 68 70 276 Cristie Kerr 71 65
70 70 277 Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 66 72 70 69, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 69 68 71
69 278 Paula Creamer 72 69 70 67, Natalie Gulbis 69 68 70 71, Karrie
Webb (Aus) 72 69 69 68, In Kyung Kim (Kor) 71 68 72 67, Hee-Won Han
(Kor) 71 69 71 67
US Senior Open Championship
Collated final round scores & totals in the U.S.
Senior Open Championship, The Broadmoore Resort, Broadmoor Golf Club,
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America(USA unless
stated, par 70):
274 Eduardo Romero (Arg) 67 69 65 73 278 Fred Funk 65
69 69 75 279 Mark McNulty (Irl) 68 70 73 68 280 Greg Norman (Aus) 70
72 68 70 281 John Cook 66 72 66 77 282 David Edwards 72 70 73 67,
Bernhard Langer (Ger) 72 70 74 66, Joey Sindelar 73 72 68 69 283 Jeff
Klein 73 73 64 73, Scott Hoch 76 70 68 69, Jay Haas 72 70 70 71 284
Tom Kite 67 71 71 75, Loren Roberts 74 72 71 67 285 Andy Bean 69 71
73 72, Gary Hallberg 69 76 70 70, Brad Bryant 70 71 73 71, Keith
Fergus 73 71 66 75
TENNIS
ATP W&S Financial Group Masters Final:
(8) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (3)
Novak Djokovic (Ser) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5)
WTA Rogers Cup Final:
(7) Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Dominika Cibulkova (Svk)
6-2 6-1
WTA Nordea Nordic Light Open
Semi-finals:
Vera Dushevina (Rus) bt (3) Katarina Srebotnik (Slo)
6-1 6-2 (4) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt (1) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol)
6-4 6-1
Final:
(4) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus)
6-0 6-2
MOTOR RACING
HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX
1 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren 1hr 37mins 27.067secs
2 Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 1:37:38.067 3 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari
1:37:43.867 4 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1:37:48.667 5 Lewis
Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:37:50.067 6 Nelson Piquet Jr. (Bra) Renault
1:37:59.267 7 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:38:03.467 8 Robert Kubica
(Pol) BMW Sauber 1:38:15.367 9 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1:38:25.867
10 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:38:34.767 11 David Coulthard
(Gbr) Red Bull 1:38:37.467 12 Jenson Button (Gbr) Honda at 1 Lap 13
Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams at 1 Lap 14 Nico Rosberg (Ger)
Williams at 1 Lap 15 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India at 1 Lap
16 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Honda at 2 laps 17 Sebastien Bourdais
(Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso at 3 Laps
Drivers' Standings
1 Lewis Hamilton 62 2 Kimi Raikkonen 57 3 Felipe Massa
54 4 Robert Kubica 49 5 Nick Heidfeld 41 6 Heikki Kovalainen 38 7
Jarno Trulli 22 8 Mark Webber 18 9 Fernando Alonso 18 10 Nelson
Piquet Jr 13 11 Timo Glock 13 12 Rubens Barrichello 11 13 Kazuki
Nakajima 8 14 Nico Rosberg 8 15 David Coulthard 6 16 Sebastian Vettel
6 17 Jenson Button 3 18 Sebastien Bourdais 2
Constructors' Standings
1 Ferrari 111 2 McLaren 100 3 BMW Sauber 90 4 Toyota
35 5 Renault 31 6 Red Bull 24 7 Williams 16 8 Honda 14 9 STR-Ferrari
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