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Headlines (25 August)
Phelps closes in on Spitz record
Michael Phelps moved to within a single victory of
equalling Mark Spitz's hallowed Olympic gold medal-winning record as
he destroyed the opposition once again to win the 200 metres
individual medley at Beijing's Water Cube.
Ten Brit crews reach finals
Great Britain will have a remarkable 10 crews in the
Olympic rowing finals this weekend after the lightweight men's double
scull and lightweight men's four both qualified on Friday.
Brits through in record time
Britain set up a great chance of winning the first
gold medal awarded at the Laoshan Velodrome by qualifying for the
first round of the team sprint in unofficial record time.
Coloccini joins Newcastle
Newcastle have announced the signing of Argentina
defender Fabricio Coloccini from Deportivo La Coruna for an
undisclosed fee.
Ainslie closes in on gold
Ben Ainslie put a frustratingly long weather delay
behind him to further stamp his authority on the Finn class at the
Olympic sailing regatta on Friday, finishing second in race eight to
sew up at least a silver medal.
Personal best aids Kelly's cause
Gold medal hopeful Kelly Sotherton lies fifth in the
heptathlon in Beijing after two events.
Hughes could return for Santa Cruz
Manchester City may make an increased bid for striker
Roque Santa Cruz as their fragility in that department was all too
apparent in a disappointing 1-0 defeat in their UEFA Cup qualifier at
home to FC Midtjylland.
Gibbs impressed by Steyn return
Herschelle Gibbs is confident Dale Steyn can continue
South Africa's fine heritage of fast bowling after witnessing his
impressive return to action against England Lions.
Keane tips Chelsea
Roy Keane has backed Chelsea to prevent Manchester
United from claiming the Premier League title this season.
Potters boss seeking new talent
Manager Tony Pulis has told Stoke fans they can expect
more new arrivals before the end of the transfer window - with the
possibility of transfer news before they make the Premier League bow
at Bolton on Saturday. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 14 August 2008
OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING
Archery
Women's Individual Gold Medal
Match 1: Zhang Juan Juan (Chn) bt Sung-Hyun Park (Kor)
110 pts-109 pts
Individual Bronze Medal
Match 2: Ok-Hee Yun (Kor) bt Un Sil Kwon (Prk) 109
pts-106 pts
Judo
100 kg Gold Medal Contest:
Match 1: Tuvshinbayar Naidan (Mgl) bt Askhat Zhitkeyev
(Kaz) Waza-ari
100 kg Bronze Medal Contest A:
Match 2: Movlud Miraliyev (Aze) bt Przemyslaw
Matyjaszek (Pol) Waza-ari
Fencing
Women's Team Sabre Gold Medal
Match 1: Ukraine bt China 45 pts-44 pts
Team Sabre Bronze Medal
Match 2: United States bt France 45 pts-38 pts
Swimming
Men's 200m Breaststroke Final:
1 Kosuke Kitajima (Jpn) 2:07.64, 2 Brenton Rickard
(Aus) 2:08.88, 3 Hugues Duboscq (Fra) 2:08.94, 4 Mike Andrew Brown
(Can) 2:09.03, 5 Daniel Gyurta (Hun) 2:09.22, 6 Scott Spann (USA)
2:09.76, 7 Loris Facci (Ita) 2:10.57, 8 Paolo Bossini (Ita) 2:11.48
100m Freestyle Final: 1 Alain Bernard (Fra) 47.21, 2
Eamon Sullivan (Aus) 47.32, 3 Cesar Cielo Filho (Bra) 47.67, 3 Jason
Lezak (USA) 47.67, 5 Pieter van den Hoogenband (Ned) 47.75, 6 Lyndon
Ferns (Rsa) 48.04, 7 Matt Targett (Aus) 48.20, 8 Stefan Nystrand
(Swe) 48.33
200m Butterfly Final:
1 Liu Zige (Chn) 2:04.18, 2 Jiao Liuyang (Chn)
2:04.72, 3 Jessicah Schipper (Aus) 2:06.26, 4 Otylia Jedrzejczak
(Pol) 2:07.02, 5 Yuko Nakanishi (Jpn) 2:07.32, 6 Aurore Mongel (Fra)
2:07.36, 7 Elaine Breeden (USA) 2:07.57, 8 Kathleen Hersey (USA) 2:08.23
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final: 1 Australia 7:44.31, 2
China 7:45.93, 3 United States 7:46.33, 4 Italy 7:49.76, 5 France
7:50.66, 6 Hungary 7:55.53, 7 Japan 7:57.56, 8 Sweden 7:59.83
Wrestling
Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg Gold Medal:
Match 1: Mijain Lopez (Cub) bt Khasan Baroev (Rus)
Decision by points, loser with technical points (6-1)
Greco-Roman 120 kg Bronze:
Match 2: Mindau (Ger) 2-0 (21-16 22-20
FOOTBALL
UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round 1st Leg
AA Gent 2 Kalmar FF 1 AEK Athens 0 Omonia Nicosia 1
Apoel Nicosia 2 Crvena Zvezda 2 Aris Salonika 1 NK Slaven Koprivnica
0 Borac Cacak 1 Lokomotiv Sofia 0 Braga 1 Zrinjski Mostar 0 Deportivo
La Coruna 0 Hajduk Split 0 Djurgardens IF 2 Rosenborg 1 Dnipro 3
Bellinzona 2 FC Copenhagen 3 Lillestrom 1 FC Haka 0 Brondby 4 FC
Honka 0 Viking FK 0 FC Zurich 1 SK Sturm Graz 1 FH Hafnarfjordur 1
Aston Villa 4 FK Suduva 1 SV Red Bull Salzburg 4 IF Elfsborg 2 St
Patricks 2 Interblock 0 Hertha Berlin 2 Lech Poznan 6 Grasshoppers 0
Legia Warsaw 1 FC Moscow 2 Liberec 1 MSK Zilina 2 Litex Lovech 0
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 0 Maccabi Netanya 1 Cherno More 1 Man City 0 FC
Midtjylland 1 Queen of South 1 FC Nordsjaelland 2 SK Liepajas
Metalurgs 0 FC Vaslui 2 Siroki Brijeg 1 Besiktas 2 Stabaek 2 Rennes 1
VfB Stuttgart 2 Gyor 1 Vllaznia Shkoder 0 Napoli 3 Vojvodina 0 Hapoel
Tel-Aviv 0
Blue Square Premier
York 1 Wrexham 0
TENNIS
ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic 2nd rd:
(1) Andy Roddick (USA) bt Eduardo Schwank (Arg) 4-6
6-4 7-6 (7-2) Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Bobby Reynolds (USA) 6-4 1-6
6-4 Somdev Dev Varman (Ind) bt Robert Kendrick (USA) 6-2 6-7 (5-7)
7-5 Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) bt Fabic Fognini (Ita) 2-6 6-2 7-6 (8-6)
WTA W&S Financial Group Open 2nd rd
(6) Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) bt Julia Vakulenko (Ukr)
6-2 6-3 (5) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 6-3 6-1 |
