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Headlines (16 September) :
Moody returns for England
Lewis Moody has been declared fit to captain a
new-look England team for Sunday's Rugby World Cup match against
Georgia.
United floatation a step closer
Manchester United have been cleared to launch a
floatation on the Singapore Stock Market.
Gunners eye long-term Yossi deal
Arsene Wenger has not ruled out moving for Yossi
Benayoun on a permanent basis after insisting the Israeli can fit
right in with Arsenal.
Title delight for Lancashire
Lancashire pipped Warwickshire to the LV= County
Championship title with victory over Somerset at Taunton on a
dramatic final day of action.
Hantuchova battles through
Top seed Daniela Hantuchova reached the quarter-finals
of the Bell Challenge in Quebec after a hard-fought win over Melinda
Czink on Thursday.
Renault issue Kubica deadline
Robert Kubica has until the end of October at the very
latest to show Renault whether or not he has the ability to return to
F1 next season.
Friedel is No 1 - Redknapp
Harry Redknapp will have no hesitation in dropping
Carlo Cudicini for Sunday's game against Liverpool after insisting
Brad Friedel is his No 1.
Murray set to lay down the law
Andy Murray will go from playing Rafa Nadal to taking
on a law student without a ranking in Great Britain's Davis Cup clash
against Hungary.
Dalglish hails squad character
Kenny Dalglish has hailed the character in Liverpool's
squad and is confident they will not be affected by their first
defeat of the season.
Big Bash tempting Warne
Shane Warne has said he is ready to return from
retirement to take part in Australia's Twenty20 competition the Big
Bash. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 15 September 2011
FOOTBALL
International
Argentina 0 Brazil 0
Europa League
Group A
PAOK Salonika 0 Tottenham 0 Shamrock Rovers 0 Rubin
Kazan 3
Group B
FC Copenhagen 1 Vorskla 0 Hannover 96 0 Standard Liege
0
Group C
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 0 Rapid Bucuresti 1 PSV 1 Legia Warsaw
0
Group D
FC Zurich 0 Sporting 2 Lazio 2 FC Vaslui 2
Group E
Besiktas 5 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1 Dynamo Kiev 1 Stoke 1
Group F
PSG 3 SV Red Bull Salzburg 1 Slovan Bratislava 1
Athletic Bilbao 2
Group G
AZ 4 Malmo FF 1 FK Austria Vienna 1 FC Metalist
Kharkiv 2
Group H
Birmingham 1 Braga 3 Club Brugge 2 Maribor 0
Group I
Atletico Madrid 2 Celtic 0 Udinese 2 Rennes 1
Group J
Maccabi Haifa 1 AEK 0 Steaua Bucuresti 0 Schalke 04 0
Group K
Fulham 1 FC Twente 1 Wisla Krakow 1 Odense BK 3
Group L
Anderlecht 4 AEK Athens 1 SK Sturm Graz 1 Lokomotiv
Moscow 2
CRICKET
Sri Lanka v Australia Test Series : Third Test at
Colombo (SSC)
Australia 114 - 3 41.3 ovs In Progress
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup Pool C
Russia (3) 6 USA (10) 13
GOLF
BMW Championship Collated first round scores in the
USPGA Tour BMW Championship, Cog Hill G & CC, Lemont, Illinois,
United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
63 Justin Rose (Eng) 65 Mark Wilson, Webb Simpson 67 K
J Choi (Kor) 68 Jim Furyk, John Senden (Aus), Camilo Villegas (Col)
69 Zach Johnson, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Chez
Reavie, Robert Karlsson (Swe), Hunter Mahan, Chad Campbell, Robert
Allenby (Aus), Jimmy Walker, Rickie Fowler 70 Bill Haas, Sean O'Hair,
Lucas Glover, Gary Woodland, Carl Pettersson (Swe), Jonathan Byrd,
Y.E. Yang (Kor)
Vivendi Trophy Collated four-ball scores,
Saint-Nom-La-Breteche, Paris, France(Continental Europe names first):
Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) & Miguel Angel Jimenez
(Spa) lost to Simon Dyson & Jamie Donaldson 2 & 1
Peter Hanson (Swe) & Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) lost
to Ross Fisher & Scott Jamieson 6 & 4
Anders Hansen (Den) & Francesco Molinari (Ita) bt
Lee Westwood & Mark Foster 1 hole
Matteo Manassero (Ita) & Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel)
lost to Darren Clarke & David Horsey 1 hole
Thomas Bjorn (Den) & Alexander Noren (Swe) lost to
Ian Poulter & Robert Rock 5 & 3
Continental Europe 1 Great Britain & Ireland 4
Navistar LPGA Classic Collated first-round scores (USA
unless stated, par 72):
65 Jennifer Johnson 66 Lexi Thompson 67 Becky Morgan
(Wal), Alison Walshe 68 Yani Tseng (Tpe), Tiffany Joh, Paige
Mackenzie, Stacy Lewis, Suzann Pettersen (Nor), Pat Hurst, Amanda
Blumenherst 69 Mariajo Uribe (Col), Chella Choi (Kor), Morgan
Pressel, Samantha Richdale, Haru Nomura (Jpn), Amy Yang (Kor) 70
Jenny Shin, Jessica Shepley (Can), Jin young Pak (Kor), Lorie Kane
(Can), Reilley Rankin, Birdie Kim (Kor), Katherine Hull (Aus)
TENNIS
WTA Tashkent Open
Quarter-final:
(1) Ksenia Pervak (Rus) bt Victoria Larriere (Fra) 6-1 6-2
Eva Birnerova (Cze) bt Valeria Savinykh (Rus) 6-4 4-6 6-3
Urszula Radwanska (Pol) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-3
4-6 6-4
(6) Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt Sorana Cirstea (Rom)
7-6 (7-5) 6-4
WTA Bell Challenge
2nd rd:
Marina Erakovic (Nzl) bt (7) Irina Falconi (USA) 6-3
2-6 6-2
Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) bt (2) Lucie Safarova (Cze)
7-6 (7-1) 7-5
(1) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Melinda Czink (Hun)
6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-3
(6) Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) bt Mirjana Lucic
(Cro) 2-6 6-1 6-3
CYCLING
Mark Renshaw sprinted to victory on stage five at the
Tour of Britain to lead home a 1-2 for HTC-Highroad in Exmouth. The
Australian edged out Mark Cavendish at the finish as the loyal
lead-out man was handed his chance to take victory, answering back at
the selectors who left him out of a trip to the World Championships. |
