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Headlines (28 August) :
O'Neill hurt by Euro exit
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill could not conceal
his disappointment after seeing his side miss out on qualification
for the group stage of the Europa League.
Chimbonda decision for Allardyce
Blackburn are plotting exactly where to deploy new
signing Pascal Chimbonda after the 30-year-old French defender's
arrival from Tottenham.
Warnock eyes top four
Stephen Warnock is relishing the challenge of trying
to break into the Barclays Premier League top four with Aston Villa
after making the move from Blackburn.
Hughes: More to come from Tevez
Manchester City boss Mark Hughes backed Carlos Tevez
to stay on the goal trail after the striker got off the mark in the
2-0 Carling Cup win at Crystal Palace.
UEFA pondering Eduardo action
Arsenal striker Eduardo could be charged with diving
by UEFA following the incident in which he won a penalty against
Celtic.
Button looking for Spa relief
Jenson Button is hoping one of his favourite circuits
will see an end to the tough times that have dented his Formula One
world title hopes.
Lawrie back in the swing of things
Scotland's Paul Lawrie, whose 10-year European Tour
exemption for winning The Open ends this season, leads the Johnnie
Walker Championship at Gleneagles after the opening day.
Murray to face Gulbis
British number one Andy Murray will renew hostilities
with Latvian Ernests Gulbis in the first round of the US Open next
week.
Denly grabs England chance
Stand-in England captain Paul Collingwood paid tribute
to Joe Denly's mature debut effort which helped set up the dramatic
three-run win over Ireland in Belfast.
Qualifying success for British duo
Laura Robson and Elena Baltacha are both one win away
from reaching the US Open main draw after coming through their latest
qualifying matches at Flushing Meadows. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 27 August 2009
FOOTBALL
Europa League Qualifying Play-off 2nd Leg
AEK Athens 3 FC Vaslui 0 AEK Athens won 4-2 on
aggregate
Aktobe 0 Werder Bremen 2 Werder Bremen won 8-3 on
aggregate
Amkar Perm 1 Fulham 0 Fulham won 3-2 on aggregate
Aston Villa 2 Rapid Vienna 1 Agg: 2-2, Rapid Vienna
won on away goals
Basle 5 FK Baku 1 Basle won 8-2 on aggregate
CFR Cluj-Napoca 2 FK Sarajevo 1 CFR Cluj-Napoca won
3-2 on aggregate
Club Brugge 1 Lech Poznan 0
Crvena Zvezda 2 Slavia Prague 1 Slavia Prague won 4-2
on aggregate
Dinamo Moscow 1 CSKA Sofia 2 CSKA Sofia won 2-1 on
aggregate
FC Metalist Kharkiv 0 SK Sturm Graz 1 SK Sturm Graz
won 2-1 on aggregate
FK Austria Vienna 2 Metallurg Donetsk 2 FK Austria
Vienna won 5-4 on aggregate
FK Qarabag 0 FC Twente 0 FC Twente won 3-1 on aggregate
Fenerbahce 2 FC Sion 2 Fenerbahce won 4-2 on aggregate
Hamburg 3 Guingamp 1 Hamburg won 8-2 on aggregate
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 1 Teplice 1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv won 3-2 on
aggregate
Hearts 2 Dinamo Zagreb 0 Dinamo Zagreb won 4-2 on
aggregate
Heerenveen 0 PAOK Salonika 0 Agg: 1-1, Heerenveen won
on away goals
Hertha Berlin 3 Brondby 1 Hertha Berlin won 4-3 on
aggregate
IF Elfsborg 1 Lazio 0 Lazio won 3-1 on aggregate
Levadia Tallinn 1 Galatasaray 1 Galatasaray won 6-1 on
aggregate
Liberec 0 Dinamo Bucuresti 3
Lille 4 Genk 2 Lille won 6-3 on aggregate
MSK Zilina 0 Partizan Belgrade 2 Partizan Belgrade won
3-1 on aggregate
Odense BK 1 Genoa 1 Genoa won 4-2 on aggregate
PSV 1 Bnei Yehuda 0 PSV won 2-0 on aggregate
Roma 7 MFK Kosice 1 Roma won 10-4 on aggregate
Sigma Olomouc 1 Everton 1 Everton won 5-1 on aggregate
Slovan Bratislava 1 Ajax 2 Ajax won 7-1 on aggregate
Sparta Prague 1 Maribor 0 Sparta Prague won 3-0 on
aggregate
St Patricks 1 Steaua Bucuresti 2 Steaua Bucuresti won
5-1 on aggregate
Toulouse 0 Trabzonspor 1 Toulouse won 3-2 on aggregate
Tromso 1 Athletic Bilbao 1 Athletic Bilbao won 4-3 on
aggregate
Valencia 4 Stabaek 1 Valencia won 7-1 on aggregate
Villarreal 6 NAC 1 Villarreal won 9-2 on aggregate
Vorskla 2 Benfica 1 Benfica won 5-2 on aggregate Zenit
St Petersburg 1 Nacional 1 Nacional won 5-4 on
aggregate
Carling Cup Second Round
Crystal Palace 0 Man City 2
CRICKET
Second Test Match at Colombo
Sri Lanka 416 all out 130.3 ovs 89 - 2 29 ovs New
Zealand 234 all out 77.4 ovs Sri Lanka are leading by 271 runs.
LV County Championship - Division One at The Rose Bowl
Hampshire 286 - 4 96 ovs Somerset Close of play.
LV County Championship - Division One at Scarborough
Yorkshire 100 - 7 36 ovs Warwickshire 320 all out 81.4
ovs Close of play.
LV County Championship - Division One at New Road
Worcestershire 334 all out 105.5 ovs 176 - 5 43.2 ovs
Nottinghamshire 219 all out 54.5 ovs Close of play. Worcestershire
are leading by 291 runs.
LV County Championship - Division Two at Lord's
Middlesex 307 - 6 96 ovs Gloucestershire Close of play.
LV County Championship - Division Two at Chelmsford
Essex 517 - 9 dec 151.1 ovs Leicestershire 93 - 2 39
ovs Close of play.
LV County Championship - Division Two at Northampton
Northamptonshire 350 all out 88.2 ovs Glamorgan 149 - 3
57 ovs Close of play.
GOLF
Johnnie Walker Championships
Collated first round scores in the European tour
Johnnie Walker Championships at Gleneagles, The Gleneagles Hotel,
Perthshire, Scotland(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72)
67 Paul Lawrie 68 Ake Nilsson (Rsa), Wade Ormsby
(Aus), Steven O'Hara, Gregory Havret (Fra) 69 Christian Cevaer (Fra),
Shiv Kapur (Ind), Soren Hansen (Den), Alan McLean, Gareth Maybin,
Danny Willett, Graeme Storm, Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Anthony Wall,
Alexander Noren (Swe), Matthew Millar (Aus), Jamie Donaldson
The Barclays
Collated first-round scores in the USPGA Tour The
Barclays, Liberty National, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of
America (USA unless stated, par 71):
65 Steve Marino, Paul Goydos, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 66
Charley Hoffman, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Heath Slocum, Webb Simpson
67 Ian Poulter (Eng), David Toms, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 68 Nick
Watney, Rodney Pampling (Aus), John Merrick, Lee Janzen, Matt Kuchar,
Kevin Streelman, Justin Leonard, Richard S Johnson (Swe), Robert
Allenby (Aus), Ryan Moore 69 Michael Letzig, Steve Stricker, Jim
Furyk, Mark Calcavecchia, Tim Petrovic, Kevin Sutherland
EQUESTRIAN
Laura Bechtolsheimer admitted to an element of
surprise after winning bronze for Great Britain at the Alltech FEI
European Jumping and Dressage Championships. The 24-year-old
Gloucestershire rider finished third in a breathtaking individual
grand prix when the world record fell twice.
YACHTING
Olympic champion Paul Goodison has added a
long-awaited first World Championship title to his collection with an
emphatic victory at the Laser competition in Canada. Two days of the
six-day event were cancelled because of weather conditions but the
31-year-old kept his cool to add to his Olympic and European crowns. |
