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Headlines (13 August) :
Woods finds his form
Watson and Molinari lead but Tiger Woods shows
glimpses of his best at the US PGA Championship
Murray survives Toronto wobble
Andy Murray overcomes a second-set wobble against Gael
Monfils to book his place in the quarter-finals of the Toronto Masters
Santos threaten Chelsea
Santos president Luis Alvaro Ribeiro says his club
could report Chelsea to FIFA over an apparent illegal approach to
in-demand striker Neymar
Schwarzer keen on swift exit
Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer admits he is
desperate to make the move across London to Arsenal before the close
of the transfer window on August 31
Bopara: Cook will come good
Ravi Bopara insists his Essex and England team-mate
Alastair Cook will come good for the national side after a run of
below-par displays
Ecclestone courts Patrick F1 switch
Bernie Ecclestone insists it doesn't take a 'huge
effort' to succeed in American racing but he would still like Danica
Patrick to switch to F1
Federer sets up Berdych showdown
Roger Federer defeated Michael Llodra 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 to
set up a rematch with Czech Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals of
the Toronto Masters
Welbeck loan switch wrapped up
Sunderland have completed the signing of Manchester
United striker Danny Welbeck on a season-long loan |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 12 August 2010
FOOTBALL
International
Bolivia 1 Colombia 1 Panama 3 Venezuela 1 Paraguay 2
Costa Rica 0
GOLF
USPGA Championship
Latest first round scores in the US PGA Championship,
Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin, United States of America(USA
unless stated, par 72): First round suspended due to earlier fog
delay, 78 players are still to complete.
68 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Bubba Watson 69 Charles
Howell III, Ryan Moore, Jason Day (Aus) 70 Michael Sim (Aus), Jim
Furyk, John Merrick, Martin Laird (Sco), Gregory Bourdy (Fra),
Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor) 71 Brian Davis (Eng),
Tiger Woods, Rhys Davies (Wal), Steve Elkington (Aus), Stephen
Gallacher (Sco), Ryan Palmer, Marc Leishman (Aus), Camilo Villegas
(Col), Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 72 Brian Gay, David Horsey (Eng),
Martin Kaymer (Ger), Matt Bettencourt, J.B. Holmes, Ian Poulter
(Eng), Paul Casey (Eng), Luke Donald (Eng), Troy Matteson, Y.E. Yang
(Kor), D.J. Trahan, Stuart Appleby (Aus)
TENNIS
WTA Western & Southern Open 3rd rd:
Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-0 6-3
(11) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt (6) Vera Zvonareva (Rus)
6-4 6-3
(12) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt (8) Na Li (Chn) 2-6 6-2
7-6 (7-4)
(16) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt (2) Caroline Wozniacki
(Den) 6-4 6-1
Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) bt (1) Jelena Jankovic (Ser)
7-6 (7-3) 6-4
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt (13) Shahar Peer
(Isr) 5-7 6-4 6-4
(10) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt (7) Agnieszka Radwanska
(Pol) 6-2 6-3
(4) Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Christina Mchale (USA) 6-1 6-1
ATP Rogers Cup 3rd rd:
(7) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr)
6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-4
David Nalbandian (Arg) bt (5) Robin Soderling (Swe)
4-6 6-4 6-1
Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt (6) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 6-3 6-2
(3) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 7-6
(7-2) 6-3
(4) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (15) Gael Monfils (Fra) 6-2
0-6 6-3
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-7
(5-7) 7-5 6-0
(2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-3 6-4
SWIMMING
Gemma Spofforth and Lizzie Simmonds
claimed their second one-two of the week in the 100 metres
backstroke, albeit with the order reversed, Liam Tancock was second
in the 50m backstroke, Hannah Miley added the 200m individual medley
bronze medal to her 400m title with the women's 4x200m freestyle
relay team third in the final event of the session. However,
Adlington finished a distant seventh in the 800m freestyle,Fran
Halsall claimed Great Britain's third gold medal of the
European Championships when she won the 100metres freestyle in Budapest.
BASKETBALL
Great Britain took another huge step towards
qualifying for next year's European Championships by gutting out a
tough 84-80 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina in Sarajevo on
Wednesday. Britain have won three out of three in their qualifying
campaign so far, but they are yet to make it easy, and tonight was no exception. |
