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Headlines (24 September) :
Rampant England rout Romania
Mark Cueto and Chris Ashton both scored hat-tricks as
England marched to a 10-try, 67-3 World Cup rout of Romania at the
Otago Stadium.
Wilshere has to go under knife
Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere needs surgery on his
injured right ankle and is expected to be out for "a period of months".
Hargreaves could play in derby
Roberto Mancini has raised the spectre of fit-again
midfielder Owen Hargreaves facing old club Manchester United at Old
Trafford next month.
Villas-Boas bites back at Hansen
Andre Villas-Boas has launched a stinging attack on
Alan Hansen, accusing the pundit of taking "pleasure" in
criticising his Chelsea side.
Tevez drops down pecking order
Manchester City star Carlos Tevez could find himself
relegated to fourth-choice striker at the Etihad Stadium this season.
Scott leads the way in Atlanta
Adam Scott produced a blistering finish to take a
one-shot lead after round two of the Tour Championship at East Lake.
Win leaves Swann in dreamland
Graeme Swann revelled in a "dream start" as
captain as England hammered the West Indies by 10 wickets in the
first Twenty20 clash at The Oval.
Seagulls hold Leeds in thriller
Brighton recovered from 2-0 down before letting the
lead slip in a dramatic 3-3 draw against Leeds in a Championship
thriller at Amex Stadium.
Leeds march on as Giants fall
Zak Hardaker grabbed a hat-trick as Leeds held off a
Huddersfield fightback to win 34-28 and move within 80 minutes of the
Grand Final.
Federer pulls out of Shanghai
World number three Roger Federer has pulled out of the
Shanghai Masters to "rest and recuperate". |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 23 September 2011
FOOTBALL
npower Championship
Brighton 3 Leeds 3
RUGBY UNION
World Cup Pool C
Australia (22) 67 USA (5) 5
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League Final Eliminator
Huddersfield (6) 28 Leeds (16) 34
GOLF
Tour Championship Collated second round scores &
totals in the USPGA Tour THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola,
East Lake GC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America(USA unless
stated, par 70):
132 Adam Scott (Aus) 67 65 133 K J Choi (Kor) 68 65
134 Luke Donald (Eng) 66 68, Jason Day (Aus) 67 67 135 Keegan Bradley
64 71, Hunter Mahan 67 68, Bill Haas 68 67, Bubba Watson 71 64 136
Jason Dufner 66 70 137 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 68 69, Fredrik Jacobson
(Swe) 70 67, Matt Kuchar 67 70, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 68, Brandt
Snedeker 68 69
Solheim Cup(USA unless stated):
Foursomes
Michelle Wie & Cristie Kerr bt Anna Nordqvist
(Swe) & Maria Hjorth (Swe) 2 & 1
Brittany Lincicome & Paula Creamer bt Karen
Stupples (Eng) & Melissa Reid (Eng) 1 up
Angela Stanford & Stacy Lewis lost to Catriona
Matthew (Sco) & Azahara Munoz (Spa) 3 & 2
Brittany Lang & Juli Inkster lost to Sophie
Gustafson (Swe) & Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 1 down
USA 2 Europe 2
Fourballs
Sophie Gustafson (Swe) & Caroline Hedwall (Swe) bt
Vicky Hurst & Brittany Lincicome 5 & 4
Laura Davies (Eng) & Mel Reid (Eng) lost to Morgan
Pressel & Paula Creamer 1 down
Catriona Matthew (Sco) & Sandra Gal (Ger) level
with Christina Kim & Ryann O'Toole
Suzann Pettersen (Nor) & Anna Nordqvist (Swe) bt
Cristie Kerr & Michelle Wie 2 up
USA 3 1/2 Europe 4 1/2
Soboba Golf Classic Collated second-round scores (Par 71):
133 Miguel Carballo 65 68, Peter Lonard 65 68 134
Bradley Iles 65 69, Rob Oppenheim 68 66, Tim Wilkinson 69 65 136 Rich
Barcelo 68 68, Jonas Blixt 68 68, Craig Bowden 66 70, Roberto Castro
67 69, Jason Kokrak 69 67, Doug LaBelle II 65 71, Luke List 68 68,
Troy Merritt 69 67, Cameron Percy 63 73
TENNIS
ATP Moselle Open Quarter-final:
(4) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Igor Sijsling (Ned) 6-4 6-3
(8) Gilles Muller (Lux) bt (2) Richard Gasquet (Fra)
6-3 6-4
(1) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Nicolas Mahut (Fra)
4-6 6-3 7-5
(3) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt (6) Xavier Malisse
(Bel) 6-3 1-0 ret
ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy Quarter-finals:
(2) Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Albert Ramos (Spa) 6-1 6-2
Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt Joao Souza (Bra) 6-2 6-0
(4) Pablo Andujar (Spa) bt Alessandro Giannessi (Ita)
6-3 6-4
(1) Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt (7) Andreas Seppi
(Ita) 7-5 6-3
CYCLING
Briton Lucy Garner
sprinted to a superb victory in Copenhagen to claim the junior title
at cycling's Road World Championships. The 17-year-old moved to the
head of the pack before unleashing a powerful kick in the final
metres to take an emphatic victory and claim the first gold medal of
the championships for Great Britain. |
