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Headlines (22 August) :
Brabants feeling fantastic
New Olympic champion Tim Brabants admitted his
1,000metre kayak single final could not have gone any better as he
raced to gold with an impressive display at the Shunyi Olympic
Rowing-Canoeing Park.
Ramos set for Berbatov meeting
Tottenham head coach Juande Ramos will meet Dimitar
Berbatov later on Friday and assess whether the striker will feature
against Sunderland this weekend.
Tiago not interested in Everton switch
Juventus midfielder Tiago has rejected the chance to
join Everton, the Serie A club's sporting director Alessio Secco has
confirmed.
Barry interests Wenger
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed his interest
in Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry.
Reade medal hopes crash
Shanaze Reade's bid for Olympic glory ended in
dramatic style as she fell on the final corner of the BMX final.
Maloney clinches Celtic return
Shaun Maloney has rejoined Celtic on a four-year
contract from Aston Villa.
Scholes: No England U-turn
Paul Scholes has insisted there is no chance of him
making an England retirement U-turn as the clamour for the Manchester
United star to wear the Three Lions on his shirt once more has grown.
Degale warning after making final
James Degale sailed into the Olympic middleweight
final in Beijing on Friday then warned amateur boxing chiefs the
nation's top stars could quit over the political in-fighting in the
sport.
IOC: No proof of underage gymnasts
Olympic chiefs on Friday claimed that there was still
no proof that anyone cheated over the ages of several members of
China's women gymnasts.
England return to Bagshot base
England have announced a return to their pre-2003
World Cup training base in Bagshot, Surrey. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 21 August 2008
OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING
Athletics
Men's 50km Walk:
1 Alex Schwazer (Ita) 3h37:09, 2 Jared Tallent (Aus)
3h39:27, 3 Denis Nizhegorodov (Rus) 3h40:14, 4 Jesus Angel Garcia
(Spa) 3h44:08, 5 Erik Tysse (Nor) 3h45:08, 6 Horacio Nava (Mex)
3h45:21, 7 Yuki Yamazaki (Jpn) 3h45:47, 8 Rafal Fedaczynski (Pol)
3h46:51, 9 Grzegorz Sudol (Pol) 3h47:18,
110m Hurdles Final: 1 Dayron Robles (Cub) 12.93, 2
David Payne (USA) 13.17, 3 David Oliver (USA) 13.18, 4 Ladji Doucoure
(Fra) 13.24, 5 Artur Noga (Pol) 13.36, 6 Maurice Wignall (Jam) 13.46,
7 Richard Phillips (Jam) 13.60, 8 Jackson Quinonez (Spa) 13.69
400m Final: 1 LaShawn Merritt (USA) 43.75, 2 Jeremy
Wariner (USA) 44.74, 3 David Neville (USA) 44.80, 4 Christopher Brown
(Bah) 44.84, 5 Leslie Djhone (Fra) 45.11, 6 Martyn Rooney (Gbr)
45.12, 7 Renny Quow (Tri) 45.22, 8 Johan Wissman (Swe) 45.39
Triple Jump Final: 1 Nelson Evora (Por) 17.67 (Wind
speed: +1.1)m, 2 Phillips Idowu (Gbr) 17.62
(Wind speed: +0.9)m, 3 Leevan Sands (Bah) 17.59 (Wind
speed: +0.9)m, 4 Arnie David Girat (Cub) 17.52 (Wind speed: +0.2)m, 5
Marian Oprea (Rom) 17.22 (Wind speed: -0.2)m, 6 Jadel Gregorio (Bra)
17.20 (Wind speed: +0.2)m, 7 Onochie Achike (Gbr) 17.17 (Wind speed:
-0.2)m, 8 Viktor Kuznyetsov (Ukr) 16.87
Women's 200m Final:1 Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jam)
21.74, 2 Allyson Felix (USA) 21.93, 3 Kerron Stewart (Jam) 22.00, 4
Muna Lee (USA) 22.01, 5 Marshevet Hooker (USA) 22.34, 6 Sherone
Simpson (Jam) 22.36, 7 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (Bah) 22.61, 8
Cydonie Mothersill (Cay) 22.68
Javelin Throw Final: 1 Barbora Spotakova (Cze) 71.42m,
2 Maria Abakumova (Rus) 70.78m, 3 Christina Obergfoll (Ger) 66.13m, 4
Goldie Sayers (Gbr) 65.75m, 5 Steffi Nerius (Ger) 65.29m, 6 Osleidys
Menendez (Cub) 63.35m, 7 Barbara Madejczyk (Pol) 62.02m, 8 Katharina
Molitor (Ger) 59.64m, 9 Mercedes Chilla (Spa) 58.13m, 10 Zhang Li
(Chn) 56.14m, 11 Sinta Ozolina (Lat) 53.38m, 12 Felicea
Moldovan-tilea (Rom) 53.04m
Sailing
Men's Star Keelboat Final:
1 Gr Britain, 2
Brazil, 3 Sweden, 4 Poland 59.0 pts, 5 Switzerland 59.0 pts, 6 France
69.0 pts, 7 Germany 70.0 pts, 8 Portugal 72.0 pts, 9 New Zealand 80.0
pts, 10 Italy 92.0 pts, 11 United States 86.0 pts, 12 Austria 87.0
pts, 13 Ireland 91.0 pts, 14 Australia 96.0 pts, 15 Croatia 98.0 pts,
16 China 140.0 pts
Tornado Multihull Final:
1 Spain, 2 Australia, 3 Argentina, 4 Canada 61.0 pts,
5 Netherlands 64.0 pts, 6 Gr Britain 68.0 pts, 7 Italy 74.0 pts, 8
Germany 74.0 pts, 9 Austria 82.0 pts, 10 Greece 82.0 pts, 11 France
69.0 pts, 12 Belgium 72.0 pts, 13 Ukraine 99.0 pts, 14 China 102.0
pts, 15 United States 114.0 pts
Swimming
Men's Marathon 10km:
1 Maarten van der Weijden (Ned) time-1h51:51.6, 2
David Davies (Gbr) time-1h51:53.1, 3 Thomas Lurz (Ger)
time-1h51:53.6, 4 Valerio Cleri (Ita) time-1h52:07.5, 5 Evgeny
Drattsev (Rus) time-1h52:08.9, 6 Petar Stoychev (Bul) time-1h52:09.1,
7 Brian Ryckeman (Bel) time-1h52:10.7, 8 Mark Warkentin (USA)
time-1h52:13.0, 9 Chad Ho (Rsa) time-1h52:13.1
FOOTBALL
International
Bolivia 1 Panama 0 Colombia 0 Ecuador 1 Venezuela 4
Syria 1
Blue Square Premier
Wrexham 2 Oxford Utd 0
GOLF
USPGA Tour The Barclays
Collated first round scores in the USPGA Tour The
Barclays, Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey, United States
of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
62 Hunter Mahan 66 Paul Casey (Eng) 67 Dudley Hart,
Charley Hoffman, Mathew Goggin (Aus), Bo Van Pelt, Kevin Streelman 68
Steve Stricker, George McNeill, Adam Scott (Aus), Rich Beem, Bubba
Watson, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 69 Patrick Sheehan, Brian Davis (Eng),
John Merrick, Tim Herron, Angel Cabrera (Arg), Kenny Perry, Aaron
Baddeley (Aus), Robert Allenby (Aus), Ryan Palmer, Corey Pavin, Briny Baird
TENNIS
WTA Forest Hills Women's Tennis Classic, Forest Hills,
New York, United States of America
Quarter-final:
Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 6-4 7-5
ATP & WTA Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven,
Connecticut, United States of America
Men's Quarter-final:
(1) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Mischa Zverev (Ger) 6-2
7-6 (7-4) (6) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt (4) Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-3 6-2
Women's Quarter-final:
Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt (4) Agnes Szavay (Hun) 6-4 7-5 |
