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Headlines (14 August) :
Jeffries has medal in his sights
Sunderland light-heavyweight Tony Jeffries moved to
within one more win of an Olympic medal after squeezing past
Colombia's Eleider Alvarez on countback at the Workers' Gymnasium.
Creditable show from teenage Keatings
British gymnast Dan Keatings finished a creditable
20th in the men's individual all-around final at the National Indoor
Stadium in Beijing.
Halsall books final spot
Fran Halsall put the misery of Britain's surprise
failure to qualify for the final of the 4 x 200metres freestyle relay
behind her to progress to Friday's final of the 100m freestyle.
Sculthorpe to leave Saints
Paul Sculthorpe is to leave St Helens at the end of
the season, with Super League new boys Salford his likely
destination.
Bulls target Moimoi
Bradford Bulls are hoping to sign New Zealand
international forward Fuifui Moimoi from Parramatta.
Wenger wary of complacency
Arsene Wenger maintains Arsenal will be on their toes
for the second leg of their Champions League qualifier against Steve
McClaren's FC Twente, despite already having one foot in the
lucrative group stages.
Mourinho - Arsenal may miss out
Jose Mourinho has backed Chelsea, Manchester United
and Liverpool to challenge for the Barclays Premier League title this
season but has discounted Arsenal as title contenders.
Blues duo face wait after Lamps deal
Didier Drogba and Joe Cole could face a similar wait
to Frank Lampard before their own contract talks resume with Chelsea
chief executive Peter Kenyon.
Rafa disappointed by 'lucky' Reds
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez admitted that his side
were fortunate to have escaped from their Champions League ordeal
against Standard Liege with their interest in the competition still
intact.
Rovers reject City bid for Santa Cruz
Blackburn have confirmed they have turned down a bid
from Barclays Premier League rivals Manchester City for striker Roque
Santa Cruz. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 13 August 2008
OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING
Artistic Gymnastics
Women's Team Final:
1 China 188.900 pts, 2 United States 186.525 pts, 3
Romania 181.525 pts, 4 Russian Feder 180.625 pts, 5 Japan 176.700
pts, 6 Australia 176.525 pts, 7 France 175.275 pts, 8 Brazil 174.875 pts
Diving
Men's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final:
1 China 469.08 pts, 2 Russian Feder 421.98 pts, 3
Ukraine 415.05 pts, 4 United States 410.73 pts, 5 Canada 409.29 pts,
6 Germany 402.84 pts, 7 Gr Britain 402.36 pts, 8 Australia 393.60 pts
Shooting
Women's 25m Pistol Final:
1 Chen Ying (Chn) 585 pts, 2 Gundegmaa Otryad (Mgl)
590 pts, 3 Munkhbayar Dorjsuren (Ger) 587 pts, 4 Fei Fengji (Chn) 582
pts, 5 Maria Grozdeva (Bul) 583 pts, 6 Yong Suk Jo (Prk) 584 pts, 7
Tanyaporn Prucksakorn (Tha) 582 pts, 8 Luisa Maida (Esa) 582 pts, 9
Sonia Franquet (Spa) 582 pts, 10 Michiko Fukushima (Jpn) 581 pts, 11
Soo Kyeong Ahn (Kor) 581 pts, 12 Munkzul Tsogbadrah (Mgl) 581 pts, 13
Viktoria Chaika (Blr) 581 pts, 14 Lalita Yauhleuskaya (Aus) 581 pts,
15 Brigitte Roy (Fra) 580 pts, 16 Nino Salukvadze (Geo) 580 pts, 17
Ho Lim Lee (Kor) 580 pts, 18 Yuliya Alipava (Rus) 579 pts, 19 Natalia
Paderina (Rus) 579 pts, 20 Lenka Maruskova (Cze) 578 pts,
Swimming
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final: 1
United States 6:58.56, WR 2 Russian Feder 7:03.70, 3
Australia 7:04.98, 4 Italy 7:05.35, 5 Canada 7:05.77, 6 Gr Britain
7:05.92, 7 Japan 7:10.31, 8 S Africa 7:13.02
200m Butterfly Final: 1 Michael
Phelps (USA) WR 1:52.03, 2 Laszlo Cseh (Hun) 1:52.70, 3
Takeshi Matsuda (Jpn) 1:52.97, 4 Wu Peng (Chn) 1:54.35, 4 Moss
Burmester (Nzl) 1:54.35, 6 Pawel Korzeniowski (Pol) 1:54.60, 7 Kaio
Almeida (Bra) 1:54.71, 8 Nikolay Skvortsov (Rus) 1:55.14
200m Individual Medley Final: 1 Stephanie Rice (Aus)
2:08.45, 2 Kirsty Coventry (Zim) 2:08.59, 3 Natalie Coughlin (USA)
2:10.34, 4 Katie Hoff (USA) 2:10.68, 5 Alicia Coutts (Aus) 2:11.43, 6
Asami Kitagawa (Jpn) 2:11.56, 7 Julia Wilkinson (Can) 2:12.43, 8
Katarzyna Baranowska (Pol) 2:13.36
Women's 200m Freestyle Final:
1 Federica Pellegrini (Ita) 1:54.82 (WR), 2 Sara
Isakovic (Slo) 1:54.97, 3 Pang Jiaying (Chn) 1:55.05, 4 Katie Hoff
(USA) 1:55.78, 5 Camelia Alina Potec (Rom) 1:56.87, 6 Caitlin
Mcclatchey (Gbr) 1:57.65, 7 Bronte Barratt (Aus) 1:57.83, 7
Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne (Fra) 1:57.83
Cycling - Road
Men's Individual Time Trial:
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) time-1h02:11.43, 2 Gustav
Larsson (Swe) time-1h02:44.79, 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
time-1h03:21.11, 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) time-1h03:29.51, 5 Cadel
Evans (Aus) time-1h03:34.97, 6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) time-1h04:37.24,
7 Svein Tuft (Can) time-1h04:39.44, 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) time-1h04:46.85,
9 Stef Clement (Ned) time-1h04:59.42, 10 Robert Gesink (Ned)
time-1h05:02.88, 11 Stephen Cummings (Gbr) time-1h05:07.91, 12 David
Zabriskie (USA) time-1h05:17.82, 13 Stefan Schumacher (Ger)
time-1h05:25.38, 14 Bert Grabsch (Ger) time-1h05:26.20, 15 Vincenzo
Nibali (Ita) time-1h05:36.01, 16 Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
time-1h05:42.33, 17 Rein Taaramae (Est) time-1h05:47.33, 18 Vladimir
Karpets (Rus) time-1h05:52.38, 19 Chris Anker Soerensen (Den) time-1h05:55.42,
20 Denis Menshov (Rus) time-1h06:10.54,
Women's Individual Time Trial:
1 Kristin Armstrong (USA) time-34:51.72, 2
Emma Pooley (Gbr) time-35:16.01, 3 Karin Thurig (Swi)
time-35:50.99, 4 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Fra) time-35:52.62, 5
Christine Thorburn (USA) time-35:54.16, 6 Judith Arndt (Ger)
time-35:59.77, 7 Christiane Soeder (Aut) time-36:20.75, 8 Priska
Doppmann (Swi) time-36:27.79, 9 Zulfiya Zabirova (Kaz) time-36:29.47,
10 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) time-36:33.50, 11 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger)
time-36:35.05, 12 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) time-36:37.97, 13 Linda
Melanie Villumsen Serup (Den) time-36:50.62, 14 Marianne Vos (Ned)
time-36:58.67, 15 Nicole Cooke (Gbr) time-37:14.25, 16 Natalia
Boyarskaya (Rus) time-37:14.65, 17 Gao Min (Chn) time-37:15.23, 18
Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel (Ned) time-37:51.59, 19 Marta Vilajosana
(Spa) time-37:54.99, 20 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) time-38:09.72,
Judo
Men's 90 kg Gold Medal Contest:
Match 1: Irakli Tsirekidze (Geo) bt Amar Benikhlef
(Alg) Time Expired
90 kg Bronze Medal Contest A:
Match 2: Hesham Mesbah (Egy) bt Yves-Matthieu
Dafreville (Fra) Ippon (01:29)
Fencing
Men's Individual Foil Gold Medal
Match 1: Benjamin Kleibrink (Ger) bt Yuki Ota (Jpn) 15
pts-9 pts
Individual Foil Bronze Medal
Match 2: Salvatore Sanzo (Ita) bt Zhu Jun (Chn) 15
pts-14 pts
Individual Epee Gold Medal
Match 1: Britta Heidemann (Ger) bt Ana Maria Branza
(Rom) 15 pts-11 pts
Individual Epee Bronze Medal
Match 2: Ildiko Mincza-Nebald (Hun) bt Li Na (Chn) 15
pts-11 pts
FOOTBALL
European Champion Clubs Cup Third Qualifying Round 1st
Leg
AaB 2 FBK Kaunas 0 Anorthosis Famagusta 3 Olympiacos 0
Barcelona 4 Wisla Krakow 0 FC Twente 0 Arsenal 2 Galatasaray 2 Steaua
Bucuresti 2 Guimaraes 0 Basle 0 Juventus 4 Artmedia Petrzalka 0
Levski Sofia 0 BATE 1 Partizan Belgrade 2 Fenerbahce 2 SK Brann 0
Marseille 1 Schalke 04 1 Atletico Madrid 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Dinamo
Zagreb 0 Sparta Prague 1 Panathinaikos 2 Spartak Moscow 1 Dynamo Kiev
4 Standard Liege 0 Liverpool 0
Carling Cup First Round
Coventry 3 Aldershot 1 Nottm Forest 4 Morecambe 0
Sheff Utd 3 Port Vale 1 Wycombe 0 Birmingham 4
TENNIS
ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic 2nd rd:
Alejandro Falla (Col) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 7-6 (7-2)
7-6 (13-11) John Isner (USA) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-4 7-6 (7-4)(2)
Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 6-0 5-7 6-2
WTA W&S Financial Group Open 2nd rd:
Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt Camille Pin (Fra) 6-3 6-4 (3)
Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Stephanie Dubois (Can) 1-6 6-2 7-5 Lilia
Osterloh (USA) bt Petra Cetkovska (Cze) 6-4 6-1 (2) Nadia Petrova
(Rus) bt Julie Ditty (USA) 6-1 6-1 Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt (4)
Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 7-5 2-6 7-6 (7-1) |
