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Headlines (21 August) :
Percy and Simpson strike gold
Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson continued Britain's
impressive sailing campaign when they struck gold in the Star class.
Barwick: England will be Fab
Brian Barwick is confident Fabio Capello will lead
England to success over the next few years.
Silver medal for Davies
Britain's David Davies took silver in the 10-kilometre
open water marathon behind Dutchman Maarten van der Weijden after the
23-year-old dominated for most of the race on Wednesday morning.
Blonska to learn fate
Kelly Sotherton's desire to see the back of Lyudmila
Blonska looks set to come one step closer on Thursday when the
Ukrainian will learn if her positive drugs test is confirmed.
Johnson: Bolt one of the greats
Michael Johnson has congratulated Usain Bolt on
breaking his 200metres world record and believes the Jamaican has
taken his place among sprinting's greats.
Vagana to retire
Bradford Bulls prop forward Joe Vagana has decided to
retire at the end of the season.
Miller: Partnership no passing Fad
Kenny Miller is confident his partnership with James
McFadden can get Scotland's World Cup qualification campaign off to a
good start next month.
Capello looks on bright side
Fabio Capello attempted to put England's last-gasp
draw against the Czech Republic into a positive light but admitted
the performance left him with doubts ahead of next month's World Cup
qualifying campaign.
Silvestre experience tempted Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has pointed to Mikael
Silvestre's experience and versatility as two main factors behind his
decision to sign the defender from Manchester United for an
undisclosed fee.
Sheva poised for Milan return
Andriy Shevchenko's unhappy spell in England could be
over on Thursday with the striker reported to be on the verge of
rejoining AC Milan from Chelsea. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 20 August 2008
OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING
Athletics
200m Final: 1 Usain Bolt (Jam)
19.30 WR, 2 Shawn Crawford (USA) 19.96, 3 Walter Dix (USA)
19.98, 4 Brian Dzingai (Zim) 20.22, 5 Christian Malcolm (Gbr) 20.40,
6 Kim Collins (SKN) 20.59
400m Hurdles Final:
1 Melaine Walker (Jam) 52.64, 2 Sheena Tosta (USA)
53.70, 3 Tasha Danvers (Gbr) 53.84, 4
Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (Ukr) 53.96, 5 Anna Jesien (Pol) 54.29, 6
Ekaterina Bikert (Rus) 54.96, 7 Zuzana Hejnova (Cze) 54.97, 8 Tiffany
Ross-Williams (USA) 57.55
Hammer Throw Final: 1 Aksana Miankova (Blr) 76.34m, 2
Yipsi Moreno (Cub) 75.20m, 3 Zhang Wenxiu (Chn) 74.32m, 4 Darya
Pchelnik (Blr) 73.65m, 5 Manuela Montebrun (Fra) 72.54m, 6 Anita
Wlodarczyk (Pol) 71.56m, 7 Clarissa Claretti (Ita) 71.33m, 8 Martina
Hrasnova (Svk) 71.00m, 9 Betty Heidler (Ger) 70.06m, 10 Elena Priyma
(Rus) 69.72m, 11 Stiliani Papadopoulou (Gre) 64.97m
Sailing
Windsurfer Final:
1 Yin Jian (Chn) 39.0 pts, 2 Alessandra Sensini (Ita)
40.0 pts, 3 Bryony Shaw (Gbr) 45.0 pts,
4 Marina Alabau (Spa) 54.0 pts, 5 Jessica Crisp (Aus) 66.0 pts, 6
Barbara Kendall (Nzl) 75.0 pts, 7 Zofia Klepacka (Pol) 82.0 pts, 8
Olha Maslivets (Ukr) 83.0 pts, 9 Wai Kei Chan (Hkg) 93.0 pts,
Swimming
Women's Marathon 10km:
1 Larisa Ilchenko (Rus) time-1h59:27.7, 2
Keri-Anne Payne (Gbr) time-1h59:29.2, 3 Cassandra Patten (Gbr) time-1h59:31.0,
4 Angela Maurer (Ger) time-1h59:31.9, 5 Ana Cunha (Bra)
time-1h59:36.8, 6 Swann Oberson (Swi) time-1h59:36.9, 7 Poliana
Okimoto (Bra) time-1h59:37.4, 8 Jana Pechanova (Cze) time-1h59:39.7,
9 Andreina del Valle Pinto Perez (Ven) time-1h59:40.0, 10 Martina
Grimaldi (Ita) time-1h59:40.7,
Sycnchronized-Swimming
Duet Free Routine Final:
1 Russian Feder 99.251 pts, 2 Spain 98.334 pts, 3
Japan 97.167 pts, 4 China 96.334 pts, 5 United States 95.500 pts, 6
Canada 95.084 pts, 7 Italy 93.751 pts, 8 Ukraine 92.668 pts, 9
Netherlands 91.667 pts, 10 Greece 91.501 pts, 11 France 90.333 pts,
12 Switzerland 89.250 pts
FOOTBALL
International
Albania 2 Liechtenstein 0 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1
Bulgaria 2 England 2 Czech Republic 2 Estonia 2 Malta 1 Finland 2
Israel 0 Hungary 3 Montenegro 3 Iceland 1 Azerbaijan 1 Italy 2
Austria 2 Japan 1 Uruguay 3 Lithuania 3 Moldova 0 Norway 1 Rep of
Ireland 1 Portugal 5 Faroe Islands 0 Romania 1 Latvia 0 Russia 1
Holland 1 Saudi Arabia 1 Paraguay 1 Slovakia 0 Greece 2 Slovenia 2
Croatia 3 Sweden 2 France 3 Switzerland 4 Cyprus 1 Tunisia 1 Angola 1
Turkey 1 Chile 0 Ukraine 1 Poland 0 Wales 1 Georgia 2
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Group One
Albania U21 1 Greece U21 1
Group Two
Armenia U21 2 Turkey U21 1
Group Four
Russia U21 1 Spain U21 2
Group Five
Estonia U21 1 FYR Macedonia U21 0 Switzerland U21 2
Norway U21 0
Group Six
Lithuania U21 0 Scotland U21 3
Group Ten
Wales U21 0 Romania U21 1 |
