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Headlines (11 September) :
Ireland forced to dig deep
Ireland were made to work hard before they clinched a
22-10 win over a dogged USA in their World Cup Pool C match in New
Plymouth on Sunday.
Nadal ends Murray's dream again
Andy Murray lost to Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals of
a third successive grand slam as he sealed a 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2 win at
the US Open.
England bowl first in 4th ODI
England won another important toss on Sunday morning,
and unsurprisingly chose to bowl first in the fourth NatWest Series
match at Lord's.
Wallabies bag bonus-point win
Australia beat Italy 32-6 to get their World Cup Pool
C campaign off and running with a bonus-point win over Italy at North
Harbour Stadium.
Reebok rocked by red-hot Rooney
Wayne Rooney netted back-to-back hat-tricks, while
Javier Hernandez added a brace as Manchester United won 5-0 at Bolton
to return to the top.
City stay 100%, Liverpool lose
Sergio Aguero's treble maintained Man City's 100%
start with a 3-0 win over Wigan, Chelsea won 2-1 at Sunderland and
Stoke sunk Liverpool 1-0.
Djokovic edges Fed in thriller
Novak Djokovic saved two match points to beat Roger
Federer in the semi-finals of the US Open for the second year in a
row at Flushing Meadows.
Vettel on pole for Italian GP
Sebastian Vettel is on pole position for Sunday's
Italian Grand Priz at Monza, with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in
second and third.
Klitschko outmuscles Adamek
Vitali Klitschko kept hold of his WBC heavyweight
title with a 10th round stoppage of Tomasz Adamek in Wroclaw, Poland.
Gers edge win, four-star Bhoys
Kyle Lafferty's goal earned Rangers a 1-0 SPL victory
over 10-man Dundee United at Tannadice, while Celtic hammered
Motherwell 4-0 at Parkhead. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 10 September 2011
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal 1 Swansea 0 Bolton 0 Man Utd 5 Everton 2 Aston
Villa 2 Man City 3 Wigan 0 Stoke 1 Liverpool 0 Sunderland 1 Chelsea 2
Wolverhampton 0 Tottenham 2
Scottish Premier
Celtic 4 Motherwell 0 Dundee Utd 0 Rangers 1 Inverness
CT 1 Hearts 1 Kilmarnock 3 Dunfermline 2 St Mirren 0 St Johnstone 0
npower Championship
Barnsley 1 Leicester 1 Blackpool 2 Ipswich 0 Bristol
City 0 Brighton 1 Burnley 0 Middlesbrough 2 Cardiff 2 Doncaster 0
Coventry 2 Derby 0 Leeds 3 Crystal Palace 2 Peterborough 0 Hull 1
Reading 0 Watford 2 Southampton 3 Nottm Forest 2 West Ham 4
Portsmouth 3
CRICKET
Sri Lanka v Australia Test Series : Second Test at
Pallekele
Sri Lanka 174 all out 64.1 ovs 183 - 2 69 ovs Australia
411 - 7 dec 132 ovs In Progress
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup Pool C
Australia (6) 32 Italy (6) 6 Ireland (10) 22 USA (0) 10
World Cup Pool A
France (25) 47 Japan (11) 21
World Cup Pool B
Argentina (6) 9 England (3) 13 Scotland (18) 34
Romania (11) 24
World Cup Pool D
Fiji (32) 49 Namibia (15) 25
GOLF
KLM Open (R3) Collated third round scores & totals
in the European Tour KLM Open, Hilversumsche GC, Hilversum,
Netherlands(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):
200 Gary Orr 68 66 66, James Kingston (Rsa) 66 68 66
201 David Lynn 67 66 68 202 Niclas Fasth (Swe) 70 67 65, Paul
McGinley 70 68 64, Alexandre Kaleka (Fra) 70 68 64, Simon Dyson 65 66
71 203 Rory McIlroy 70 65 68 204 Richie Ramsay 70 65 69, Robert Rock
70 66 68, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 67 64, David Horsey 69 69 66 205
Steve Webster 70 67 68, Marcel Siem (Ger) 65 67 73, Rhys Davies 67 69
69, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 70 67 68,
The Walker Cup
Results on the opening day of the Walker Cup Royal
Aberdeen Golf Club, Aberdeen, Scotland(Gbr names first):
Foursomes
Tom Lewis & Michael Stewart bt Peter Uihlein &
Harris English 2 & 1
Jack Senior & Andy Sullivan bt Russell Henley &
Kelly Kraft 2 & 1
Paul Cutler & Alan Dunbar bt Nathan Smith &
Blayne Barber 5 & 4
Steven Brown & Stiggy Hodgson lost to Patrick
Cantlay & Chris Williams 5 & 3
Singles
Tom Lewis lost to Peter Uihlein 2 & 1
Jack Senior lost to Jordan Spieth 3 & 2
Andy Sullivan lost to Harris English 2 & 1
Rhys Pugh bt Patrick Rodgers 2 & 1
Steven Brown bt Russell Henley 1 Hole
James Byrne bt Nathan Smith 2 & 1
Paul Cutler bt Kelly Kraft 2 & 1
Michael Stewart lost to Patrick Cantlay 2 & 1
Great Britain 7 United States 5
TRIATHLON
Great Britain's Helen Jenkins secured her second ITU
World Championship title after finishing second in the grand final in
Beijing to claim victory in the overall series. Heading into the
grand final, Jenkins only needed to make the podium to clinch her
second title and her second-placed finish behind New Zealand's Andrea
Hewitt was enough as she finished the season with a total of 4032 points.
Great Britain's Alistair Brownlee was confirmed as the
2011 Dextro Energy ITU World Champion on Saturday morning, with his
brother Jonathan joining him on the podium in second place. |
