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Headlines (16 August) :
Phelps equals Spitz record
Michael Phelps equalled Mark Spitz's record haul of
seven gold medals at an Olympic Games with victory in the most
dramatic fashion over Milorad Cavic in the 100m butterfly.
Bronze double for rowers
Britain's rowers produced a splash of Olympic bronze
at the Shunyi rowing lake.
Newton secures bronze
Chris Newton won bronze in the points race at the
Beijing Olympics on Saturday.
Keegan: No Milner sale
Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan on Friday made Fabricio
Coloccini the most expensive defender but insisted James Milner would
not be leaving the club to balance the books.
Adlington golden double
Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington destroyed the rest
of the field in the 800m freestyle to claim her second gold of the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Men's four strike gold
Britain's coxless four rowers emulated Olympic greats
Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent when they struck gold in the
coxless four in Beijing.
Fergie intends to get best from Rooney
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson intends to
"play fair" with Wayne Rooney this season.
Carew targets Champions League
Aston Villa striker John Carew is setting his sights
high as he prepares to spearhead the attack in their opening Barclays
Premier League game of the season against Manchester City on Sunday.
Clinical Rhinos impress McClennan
Leeds coach Brian McClennan paid tribute to his team's
discipline as they handed out a 10-try thrashing to Castleford to
clinch a top-two finish in the engage Super League.
Scolari backs Terry for England role
Luiz Felipe Scolari has called on Fabio Capello to
name John Terry as England captain. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 15 August 2008
OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING
Archery
Men's Individual Gold Medal
Match 1: Viktor Ruban (Ukr) bt Kyung-Mo Park (Kor) 113
pts-112 pts
Individual Bronze Medal Match 2: Bair Badenov (Rus) bt
Juan Rene Serrano (Mex) 115 pts-110 pts
Canoe/Kayak
Men's Canoe Double (C2) Final:
1 Slovakia 190.82, 1 Slovakia 190.82, 2 Czech Republic
192.89, 2 Czech Republic 192.89, 3 Russian Feder 197.37, 3 Russian
Feder 197.37, 4 France 198.19, 4 France 198.19, 5 Italy 204.12, 5
Italy 204.12, 6 Germany 204.43, 6 Germany 204.43, 7 Australia, 7
Australia, 8 Poland, 8 Poland, 9 Japan, 9 Japan, 10 China, 10 China,
11 United States, 11 United States, 12 S Africa, 12 S Africa
Women's Kayak (K1) Final:
1 Elena Kaliska (Svk) 192.64, 2 Jacqueline Lawrence
(Aus) 206.94, 3 Violetta Oblinger Peters (Aut) 214.77, 4 Yuriko
Takeshita (Jpn) 219.30, 5 Agnieszka Stanuch (Pol) 221.08, 6 Ariane
Herde (Ned) 231.99, 7 Emilie Fer (Fra) 251.96, 8 Heather Corrie (USA)
270.88, 9 Stepanka Hilgertova (Cze) 344.41, 10 Maria Cristina Giai
Pron (Ita) 355.78, 11 Maria Ferekidi (Gre), 12 Yekaterina Lukicheva
(Kaz), 13 Li Jingjing (Chn), 14 Poliana De Paula (Bra), 15 Jennifer
Bongardt (Ger), 16 Maialen Chourraut (Spa), 17 Fiona Pennie (Gbr), 18
Aleksandra Perova (Rus), 19 Sarah Boudens (Can), 20 Montserrat Garcia
Riberaygua (And), 21 Luuka Jones (Nzl)
Fencing
Men's Team Epee Gold Medal
Match 1: France bt Poland 45 pts-29 pts Team Epee
Bronze Medal Match 2: Italy bt China 45 pts-35 pts
Judo
Over 100 kg Gold Medal Contest:
Match 1: Satoshi Ishii (Jpn) bt Abdullo Tangriev (Uzb)
Time Expired
Over 100 kg Bronze Medal Co51, 7 Aisea Tntest A:
Match 2: Oscar Brayson (Cub) bt Mohammad Reza Rodaki
(Irn) Waza-ari awasete Ippon (01:39)
Swimming
200m Backstroke Final:
1 Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:53.94, 2 Aaron Peirsol (USA)
1:54.33, 3 Arkady Vyatchanin (Rus) 1:54.93, 4 Markus Rogan (Aut)
1:55.49, 5 Ryosuke Irie (Jpn) 1:55.72, 6 Hayden Stoeckel (Aus)
1:56.39, 7 Razvan Ionut Florea (Rom) 1:56.52, 8 Gregor Tait (Gbr) 1:57.00
200m Individual Medley Final: 1
Michael Phelps (USA) 1:54.23 (WR), 2 Laszlo Cseh (Hun)
1:56.52, 3 Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:56.53, 4 Thiago Pereira (Bra) 1:58.14,
5 Ken Takakuwa (Jpn) 1:58.22, 6 James Goddard (Gbr) 1:59.24, 7 Keith
Beavers (Can) 1:59.43, 8 Liam Tancock (Gbr) 2:00.76100m Freestyle
Final: 1 Britta Steffen (Ger) 53.12, 2 Lisbeth Trickett (Aus) 53.16,
3 Natalie Coughlin (USA) 53.39, 4 Hanna-Maria Seppala (Fin) 53.97, 5
Jeanette Ottesen (Den) 54.06, 6 Zhu Yingwen (Chn) 54.21, 6 Marleen
Veldhuis (Ned) 54.21, 8 Francesca Halsall (Gbr) 54.29
200m Breaststroke Final:
1 Rebecca Soni (USA) 2:20.22, 2 Leisel Jones (Aus)
2:22.05, 3 Sara Nordenstam (Nor) 2:23.02, 4 Mirna Jukic (Aut)
2:23.24, 5 Yuliya Efimova (Rus) 2:23.76, 6 Annamay Pierse (Can)
2:23.77, 7 Rie Kaneto (Jpn) 2:25.14, 8 Megumi Taneda (Jpn) 2:25.23
GOLF
USPGA Wyndham Championship
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro,
United States of America(USA unless stated, par 70):
125 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 64 61 128 Garrett Willis 64
64 129 Scott McCarron 65 64 130 Kevin Streelman 66 64 131 Jerry Kelly
66 65, Bob Sowards 65 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 64 67 132 Robert Garrigus
66 66, John Senden (Aus) 66 66, Mark Hensby (Aus) 66 66, John Riegger
67 65 133 Michael Letzig 67 66, David Lutterus (Rsa) 69 64, Charles
Warren 67 66, Steve Marino 65 68, Lee Janzen 67 66, Bo Van Pelt 67 66
SAS Masters
Collated second round scores & totals in the
European Tour SAS Masters, Arlandastad GC, Stockholm, Sweden(Gbr &
Irl unless stated, par 70):
132 Peter Hanson (Swe) 66 66, Nick Dougherty 66 66 134
Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 68 66, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 69 65 135 Gary Orr
67 68, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 71 64, Peter Baker 67 68, Paul Broadhurst
67 68 136 Jamie Donaldson 68 68, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 69 67, Graeme
Storm 70 66 137 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 71 66, Craig Lee 72 65, Chris
Wood 70 67, Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 70 67, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71
66, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 71 66, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 68 69
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)Add
Quarter-final: (4) Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 7-5 6-1 |
