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Headlines (19 September) :
Ginger McCain dies, aged 80
Aintree legend Ginger McCain, trainer of the great Red
Rum, died aged 80 in his sleep after a short illness on Monday morning.
Cole tackle shocks Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson accused Ashley Cole of a reckless
tackle on Javier Hernandez during Manchester United's 3-1 win over
Chelsea at Old Trafford.
Dalglish calm despite dismissals
Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish refused to criticise
referee Mike Jones' decision to send off two of his players in the
4-0 defeat at Tottenham.
Rose reigns supreme in Illinois
England's Justin Rose claimed his first win on the PGA
Tour in 2011 by hanging on for victory at the BMW Championship in Illinois.
Mancini points finger at forwards
Roberto Mancini had two major criticisms for his
star-studded Manchester City attack after they could only draw 2-2 at
Fulham on Sunday.
Injury concern for Welsh duo
Wales could be without two key players for the
remainder of their World Cup pool schedule.
D-Day on Sheridan replacement
England are set to make a final decision on who to
call up as a replacement for the injured prop Andrew Sheridan.
Twitter rant could cost Samoan
Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu could face disciplinary action
for his foul-mouthed Twitter rant following Samoa's 17-10 defeat to Wales.
Cav sprints to London victory
Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory on the streets of
London as the Tour of Britain came to a close on Sunday.
Murphy storms to Brazil win
Shaun Murphy won the inaugural Brazil Masters by
thrashing Graeme Dott 5-0 in the final on Sunday evening. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 18 September 2011
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Fulham 2 Man City 2 Man Utd 3 Chelsea 1 Sunderland 4
Stoke 0 Tottenham 4 Liverpool 0
Scottish Premier
Rangers 4 Celtic 2
npower Championship
Southampton 4 Birmingham 1
CRICKET
Sri Lanka v Australia Test Series : Third Test at
Colombo (SSC)
Sri Lanka 473 all out 174 ovs Australia 316 all out
104.3 ovs 143 - 2 38 ovs In Progress
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup Pool A
France (19) 46 Canada (10) 19
World Cup Pool B
England (17) 41 Georgia (10) 10
World Cup Pool D
Wales (6) 17 Samoa (10) 10
GOLF
BMW Championship Collated final round scores &
totals in the USPGA Tour BMW Championship, Cog Hill G & CC,
Lemont, Illinois, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
271 Justin Rose (Eng) 63 68 69 71 273 John Senden
(Aus) 68 66 70 69 274 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 68 68 69 276 Luke Donald
(Eng) 75 66 67 68 277 Webb Simpson 65 68 73 71 278 Jason Dufner 71 68
71 68, Camilo Villegas (Col) 68 73 71 66 279 Chez Reavie 69 70 70 70
280 Brandt Jobe 75 64 69 72
Vivendi Trophy Collated Results of the singles at the
Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros, Continental Europe v Great
Britain and Ireland, St-Nom la Breteche, Paris, France(Continental
Europe names first):
Thomas Bjorn (Den) bt Lee Westwood 2 & 1
Anders Hansen (Den) bt Simon Dyson 1 hole
Francesco Molinari (Ita) bt Jamie Donaldson 4 & 3
Alexander Noren (Swe) bt Robert Rock 4 & 3
Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) bt Darren Clarke 4 & 2
Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) v David Horsey match halved
Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) lost to Scott Jamieson 1 hole
Matteo Manassero (Ita) lost to Ian Poulter 1 hole
Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) lost to Mark Foster 1 hole
Peter Hanson (Swe) v Ross Fisher match halved
Continental Europe 12 1/2 Great Britain & Ireland
15 1/2
Navistar LPGA Classic Collated final round scores &
totals in the LPGA Tour Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by Monaco
RV, RTJ Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, The Senator, Alabama, United
States(USA unless stated, par 72):
271 Lexi Thompson 66 68 67 70 276 Tiffany Joh 68 75 65
68 277 Angela Stanford 73 69 69 66 278 Karen Stupples (Eng) 72 68 68
70, Brittany Lang 71 68 72 67 279 Meena Lee (Kor) 73 64 69 73, Stacy
Lewis 68 68 73 70 280 Jenny Shin 70 70 72 68, Morgan Pressel 69 71 73
67, Jennifer Johnson 65 73 71 71 281 Paula Creamer 73 68 70 70,
Giulia Sergas (Ita) 72 66 71 72, Becky Morgan (Wal) 67 69 72 73 282
Juli Inkster 72 69 69 72, Se Ri Pak (Kor) 72 68 72 70, Haeji Kang
(Kor) 73 72 68 69, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 73 66 72 71 283 Na Yeon Choi
(Kor) 73 70 72 68, Brittany Lincicome 72 70 69 72, Hee Kyung Seo
(Kor) 71 67 73 72, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 74 69 70 70, Wendy Ward 74 69 72
68 284 Chella Choi (Kor) 69 73 71 71, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 72 71 69 72
285 Yani Tseng (Tai) 68 73 75 69, Paige Mackenzie 68 74 70 73,
Pornanong Phatlum (Tha) 78 68 67 72, Jin young Pak (Kor) 70 69 75 71,
Amy Yang (Kor) 69 71 73 72, Inbee Park (Kor) 71 69 72 73, Song-Hee
Kim (Kor) 74 68 72 71, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 68 72 72 73, Heather
Bowie Young 73 69 69 74 286 Grace Park (Kor) 73 72 73 68, Eun Hee Ji
(Kor) 75 71 70 70, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 72 71 72 71, Pat Hurst 68
73 68 77, Katherine Hull (Aus) 70 70 74 72
Russian Challenge Cup Collated final round scores &
totals in the European Challenge Tour Russian Challenge Cup,
Tseleevo Golf & Polo Club, Moscow, Russia(Par: 72)
277 S Little (Eng) 74 69 66 68 278 A Johnston (Eng) 72
72 66 68 281 S Walker (Eng) 68 74 69 70, P Edberg (Swe) 74 67 68 72,
A Marshall (Eng) 74 68 69 70 283 C Macaulay (Sco) 69 73 71 70, A
Maestroni (Ita) 72 69 73 69, J Van Der Vaart (Ned) 71 73 75 64 284 C
Doak (Sco) 75 69 68 72, M Erlandsson (Swe) 68 74 70 72
Casa Serena Open Collated final round scores &
totals in The European Senior Tour, Casa Serena Open, Casa Serena
Golf, Prague, Czech Republic(Par: 71)
198 B Lane (Eng) 67 62 69 200 P Fowler (Aus) 69 64 67
202 R Chapman (Eng) 64 68 70, C Mason (Eng) 69 66 67 204 S Torrance
(Sco) 67 71 66, M Farry (Fra) 68 68 68 206 A Murray (Eng) 69 68 69, M
James (Eng) 77 63 66, G Wolstenholme (Eng) 68 67 71, M Harwood (Aus)
67 68 71
TENNIS
World Group semi-finals:
Spain v France, Cordoba
Rubber 4: Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(Fra) 6-0 6-2 6-4
Rubber 5: Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Richard Gasquet
(Fra) 6-2 6-1
Spain win 4-1
Serbia v Argentina, Belgrade
Rubber 4: Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Novak
Djokovic (Srb) 7-6 (7/5) 3-0 ret
Rubber 5: Janko Tipsarevic (Srb) bt Juan Monaco (Arg)
6-2 0-0 ret
Argentina win 3-2
Europe/Africa Group II 3rd rd:
Great Britain v Hungary, Braehead Arena, Glasgow
Rubber 4: Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Gyorgy Balazs (Hun) 7-6
(7-3) 6-3
Rubber 5: Colin Fleming (Gbr) bt Sebo Kiss (Hun) 6-4 6-3
Great Britain win 5-0
WTA Bell Challenge Final:
(6) Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) bt Marina
Erakovic (Nzl) 4-6 6-1 6-0
EQUESTRIAN
Nick Skelton won an individual bronze medal for Great
Britain on the final day of the FEI Showjumping European
Championships in Madrid. Skelton's efforts on Sunday follow on from
the bronze he helped GB win in the team event on Friday, along with
Ben Maher, John Whitaker and Guy Williams
CYCLING
Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory on the streets of
London as the Tour of Britain came to a close. The Manxman led home
HTC-Highroad team-mate Mark Renshaw in the third one-two finish for
the duo and the second win for Cavendish during the race.
ROWING
Britain's Kathryn Twyman and Andrea Dennis maintained
their recent form to take silver in the lightweight women's double
scull at the European Championships in Bulgaria. The pair won gold in
the lightweight women's quadruple scull at the recent World
Championships in Slovenia and followed that up with a creditable
silver in Plovdiv on Sunday
MOTOR CYCLING
Casey Stoner took another significant step towards his
second MotoGP world title after easing to a crushing victory at the
Aragon Grand Prix in Spain. The Repsol Honda rider was the class of
the field in practice and qualifying and backed up that pace today as
he finished over eight seconds clear of team-mate Dani Pedrosa to
register his eighth win in 14 races this season.
ATHLETICS
Martin Mathathi set a new course record in the men's
race and fellow Kenyan Lucy Kabuu dominated the women's event as
near-perfect conditions led to fast times across the elite events at
the Great North Run. Mathathi took nine seconds off Zersenay Tadese's
2005 record of 59 minutes 5 seconds with a storming run as the Kenyan
pulled away in the second half of the event. |
