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Headlines (22 August) :
Broad smiles for excellent England
Stuart Broad put England on course for Ashes glory
with a devastating afternoon spell on the second day of the npower
series decider.
Zola backs Spurs credentials
Gianfranco Zola is backing Tottenham to challenge the
Barclays Premier League top four this season.
Bulls sign Whitehead
Bradford Bulls have given promising second rower
Elliott Whitehead an improved contract which will keep him at Odsal
at least until the end of the 2011 season.
Saints fight back for victory
Super League leaders St Helens came from 10-0 down to
snatch a face-saving 12-10 victory over a virtual reserve
Huddersfield side and stay top of the table.
Ancelotti: Sheva happy to stay a blue
Carlo Ancelotti insists Andriy Shevchenko has a future
at Stamford Bridge despite playing just one game in the last 15
months for the Blues.
Wenger blasts 'selfish' Walcott pick
Arsene Wenger has blasted the decision to press Theo
Walcott into action for the both the senior and under-21 England
teams this summer as "selfish".
Kyrgiakos eyes late-career glory
Liverpool's new Greek defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos
plans to capitalise on his unexpected chance to be successful at the
very highest level.
Brennan resigns from RFU
Former Harlequins physiotherapist Steph Brennan has
resigned from his role with the Rugby Football Union.
Defoe the real deal - Redknapp
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has hailed Jermain Defoe
as the complete striker now he has beefed up his physique.
Battling Murray wears down Benneteau
Defending champion Andy Murray battled from a set and
a break down to see off Julien Benneteau and advance to the
semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 21 August 2009
FOOTBALL
Coca-Cola Division One
Southend 0 Millwall 0
CRICKET
Fifth npower Test Match at The Brit Oval
England 332 all out 90.5 ovs 118 - 3 47 ovs Australia
160 all out 52.5 ovs England are leading by 290 runs.
First One Day International at Aberdeen
Scotland Ireland 94 - 2 22 ovs
First Test Match at Galle
Sri Lanka 452 all out 117.4 ovs 259 - 4 dec 49 ovs New
Zealand 299 all out 116 ovs 210 all out 71.5 ovs Sri Lanka beat New
Zealand by 202 runs
LV County Championship - Division One at Trent Bridge
Nottinghamshire 407 all out 114.1 ovs Hampshire 654 -
8 dec 161 ovs
LV County Championship - Division One at Taunton
Somerset 222 - 3 81.2 ovs Sussex 742 - 5 dec 164 ovs
LV County Championship - Division One at Headingley Carnegie
Yorkshire 429 all out 141.2 ovs Lancashire 276 all out
122.2 ovs 22 - 0 9.3 ovs Lancashire are 131 runs behind.
LV County Championship - Division Two at Swansea
Glamorgan 224 all out 86.5 ovs 62 - 2 14.1 ovs
Middlesex 170 all out 82.4 ovs Glamorgan are leading by 116 runs.
LV County Championship - Division Two at Colchester
Essex 545 - 9 dec 152.4 ovs Surrey 428 all out 128 ovs
83 - 2 31.1 ovs Surrey are 34 runs behind.
LV County Championship - Division Two at Grace Road
Leicestershire 368 all out 103.4 ovs 133 all out 55.3
ovs Gloucestershire 138 all out 50.1 ovs 189 - 6 81.1 ovs
Gloucestershire need 175 more runs to win.
ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men's
400 Metres Final:
1 LaShawn Merritt (USA) 44.06secs (WL), 2 Jeremy
Wariner (USA) 44.60 (SB), 3 Renny Quow (Tri) 45.02, 4 Tabarie Henry
(Isv) 45.42, 5 Chris Brown (Bah) 45.47, 6 David Gillick (Irl) 45.53,
7 Michael Bingham (Gbr) 45.56, 8 Leslie Djhone (Fra) 45.90
50 Kilometres Race Walk Final: 1 Sergey Kirdyapkin
(Rus) 3hrs 38mins 35secs (WL), 2 Trond Nymark (Nor) 3:41:16 (NR), 3
Jesus Angel Garcia (Spa) 3:41:37 (SB), 4 Grzegorz Sudol (Pol) 3:42:34
(PB), 5 Andre Hohne (Ger) 3:43:19 (PB), 6 Luke Adams (Aus) 3:43:39
(PB), 7 Jared Tallent (Aus) 3:44:50 (SB), 8 Marco De Luca (Ita)
3:46:31 (PB), 9 Jarkko Kinnunen (Fin) 3:47:36 (PB), 10 Matej Toth
(Svk) 3:48:35
High Jump Final: 1 Yaroslav Rybakov (Rus) 2.35meters,
2 Kriakos Ioannou (Cyp) 2.32 SB, 3 Sylwester Bednarek (Pol) 2.32 PB,
3 Raul Spank (Ger) 2.32 PB, 5 Mickael Hanany (Fra) 2.23, 5 Martijn
Nuyens (Hol) 2.23, 5 Jaroslav Baba (Cze) 2.23, 5 Linus Thornblad
(Swe) 2.23, 9 Andra Manson (USA) 2.23, 10 Ivan Ukhov(Rus) 2.23, 11
Giuolio Ciotti (Ita) 2.23, 11 Keith Moffatt (USA) 2.23, 13 Kabelo
Kgosiemang (BOT) 2.18
ATHLETICS
Usain Bolt created yet
another piece of athletics history with a sensational victory in the
200 metres at the World Championships in Berlin. After winning the
100m with a new world record of 9.58 seconds on Sunday, Bolt
completed the sprint double by smashing his own world record in the
200m for good measure. Bolt stormed to victory in the Olympic Stadium
in 19.19secs, slashing 0.11 off the time set in Beijing last year,
with Panama's Alonso Edward claiming silver in 19.81 and American
Wallace Spearmon the bronze in 19.85.
GOLF
KLM Open Collated second round scores & totals in
the the European Tour The KLM Open, Kennemer G & CC, Zandvoort, Netherlands(Gbr
& Irl unless stated, par 70):
132 Peter Hedblom (Swe) 66 66, Darren Clarke 65 67 133
Wade Ormsby (Aus) 66 67, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 67 66, Peter Lawrie
65 68, Kenneth Ferrie 66 67, Bradley Dredge 66 67 134 Carlos Del
Moral (Spa) 67 67, Damien McGrane 67 67, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 69
65, Simon Dyson 67 67, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 70 64, Marcus Higley
71 63, Paul Lawrie 66 68, Shane Lowry 66 68, Jamie Donaldson 66 68,
Paul McGinley 64 70
TENNIS
WTA Rogers Cup
Quarter-finals:
Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) bt (5) Jelena Jankovic (Ser)
6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (9-7) 6-2
Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt (14) Agnieszka Radwanska
(Pol) 6-2 7-6 (7-5)
(4) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus)
6-7 (3-7) 6-1 6-3
(2) Serena Williams (USA) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-3 6-2
ATP W&S Financial Group Masters
Quarter-final:
(3) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (6) Julien Benneteau (Fra)
4-6 6-3 6-1
(1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 6-3 6-4
(4) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (9) Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-4 7-5
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Tomas Berdych (Cze) 6-4 7-5
BASKETBALL
Great Britain clinched their first win of the summer
campaign on Friday night, claiming a 63-56 victory against EuroBasket
group opponents Slovenia. Coach Chris Finch rested big men Joel
Freeland and Rob Archibald but still saw his men triumph thanks to 13
points and six rebounds from Kieron Achara, 13 points from Nate
Reinking and 11 points and six rebounds from Andy Betts. |
