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Headlines (23 August) :
Freddie display vows Pietersen
Kevin Pietersen hailed the return of
"superstar" Andrew Flintoff following his first significant
innings of the summer, which helped England beat South Africa in the
Natwest Series opener at Headingley.
Di Maria strike gives Argentina gold
Argentina achieved revenge over Nigeria for their 1996
defeat with a 1-0 victory in the Olympic final in the blazing heat of
the Bird's Nest stadium.
Barton set for spell on sidelines
Joey Barton is unlikely to play again for Newcastle
until after he faces Football Association disciplinary chiefs.
Thaksin in quit offer
Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra has offered
to resign from the board at Eastlands, executive chairman Garry Cook
has revealed.
Murray hopes high for US Open
Andy Murray has rocketed to sixth in the world, won
his first Masters Series tournament and reached the quarter-finals of
his last grand slam.
Stevenson awarded victory
Sarah Stevenson has been awarded victory in her +67kg
taekwando quarter-final after a successful protest by the Great
Britain team.
O'Neill bemused by Wenger comments
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has described
Arsene Wenger's comments about Gareth Barry as "bizarre".
Brabants adds bronze to gold
Great Britain's Tim Brabants has won bronze in the
Olympic 500m single kayak final.
Daley through to diving final
Britain's 14-year-old diving sensation Tom Daley
booked a place in his first individual Olympic final as he qualified
for the last 12 in the 10metre platform at the Water Cube.
McClennan: Rhinos charge well timed
Leeds coach Brian McClennan feels his side are running
back into form at the right time as they kept the pressure on engage
Super League leaders St Helens with their biggest ever win at Wigan
on Friday night. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 22 August 2008
OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING
Athletics
Women's 5000m Final:
1 Tirunesh Dibaba (Eth), 2 Elvan Abeylegesse (Tur), 3
Meseret Defar (Eth), 4 Sylvia Kibet (Ken) 15:44.96, 5 Vivian
Cheruiyot (Ken) 15:46.32, 6 Lilia Shobukhova (Rus) 15:46.62, 7
Alemitu Bekele (Tur) 15:48.48, 8 Meselech Melkamu (Eth) 15:49.03, 9
Kara Goucher (USA) 15:49.39, 10 Shalane Flanagan (USA) 15:50.80, 11
Priscah Jepleting Cherono (Ken) 15:51.78, 12 Gulnara Galkina-Samitova
(Rus) 15:56.97, 13 Xue Fei (Chn) 16:09.84, 14 Jennifer Rhines (USA)
16:34.63, 15 Megan Metcalfe (Can) 17:06.82
Long Jump Final: 1 Maurren Higa Maggi (Bra) 7.04 (Wind
speed: +0.2)m, 2 Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus) 7.03 (Wind speed: +0.4)m, 3
Blessing Okagbare (Ngr) 6.91 (Wind speed: +0.1)m, 4 Chelsea Hammond
(Jam) 6.79 (Wind speed: +0.2)m, 5 Brittney Reese (USA) 6.76 (Wind
speed: +0.4)m, 6 Oksana Udmurtova (Rus) 6.70 (Wind speed: +0.6)m, 7
Jade Johnson (Gbr) 6.64 (Wind speed: +0.7)m, 8 Grace Upshaw (USA)
6.58 (Wind speed: +0.4)m, 9 Carolina Kluft (Swe) 6.49 (Wind speed:
+0.2)m, 10 Tabia Charles (Can) 6.47 (Wind speed: +0.5)m, 11 Keila
Costa (Bra) 6.43 (Wind speed: +0.3)m, 12 Funmilayo Jimoh (USA) 6.29
(Wind speed: +0.2)m
4 x 100m Relay Final: 1 Russian Feder, 2 Belgium, 3
Nigeria, 4 Brazil 43.14, 5 Germany 43.28 Gr Britain DNF, Jamaica DNF,
Poland DQ
Cycling - BMX
Men's Final Run:
1 Maris Strombergs (Lat) 36.190, 2 Mike Day (USA)
36.606, 3 Donny Robinson (USA) 36.972, 4 Andres Jimenez (Col) 39.137,
5 Rob van den Wildenberg (Ned) 39.772, 6 Jared Graves (Aus) 2:19.233
Women's Final Run:
1 Anne-Caroline Chausson (Fra) 35.976, 2 Laetitia le
Corguille (Fra) 38.042, 3 Jill Kintner (USA) 38.674, 4 Sarah Walker
(Nzl) 38.805, 5 Gabriela Diaz (Arg) 39.747, 6 Nicole Callisto (Aus)
1:19.609 7 Sammy Cools (Can) DNF, 8 Shanaze Reade (Gbr) REL
Canoe/Kayak
Men's Canoe Single (C1) 1000m Final:
1 Attila Sandor Vajda (Hun) 3:50.467, 2 David Cal
(Spa) 3:52.751, 3 Thomas Hall (Can) 3:53.653, 4 Vadim Menkov (Uzb)
3:54.237, 5 Aliaksandr Zhukovski (Blr) 3:55.645, 6 Florin Georgian
Mironcic (Rom) 3:57.876, 7 Mathieu Goubel (Fra) 3:57.889, 8 Andreas
Dittmer (Ger) 3:57.894, 9 Aldo Pruna (Cub) 3:59.087
Canoe Double (C2) 1000m Final:
1 Belarus, 2 Germany, 3 Hungary, 4 Romania 3:40.342, 5
China 3:40.593, 6 Canada 3:41.165, 7 Poland 3:42.845, 8 Russian Feder
3:44.669, 9 Cuba 3:48.877
Kayak Single (K1) 1000m Final:
1 Tim Brabants (Gbr) 3:26.323,
2 Eirik Veraas Larsen (Nor) 3:27.342, 3 Ken Wallace (Aus) 3:27.485,
4 Ben Fouhy (Nzl) 3:29.193, 5 Max Hoff (Ger) 3:29.391, 6 Markus
Oscarsson (Swe) 3:30.198, 7 Stjepan Janic (Cro) 3:30.495, 8 Adam van
Koeverden (Can) 3:31.793, 9 Zoltan Benko (Hun) 3:32.120
Kayak Double (K2) 1000m Final:
1 Germany, 2 Denmark 3:13.580, 3 Italy 3:14.750, 4
Poland 3:14.828, 5 Hungary 3:15.049, 6 New Zealand 3:15.329, 7 France
3:16.532, 8 Latvia 3:19.387, 9 China 3:22.058
Kayak Four (K4) 1000m Final:
1 Belarus, 2 Slovakia, 3 Germany, 4 Italy 2:57.626, 5
Hungary 2:59.009, 6 Poland 2:59.505, 7 China 3:00.078, 8 Russian
Feder 3:00.654, 9 Canada 3:01.630
Women's Kayak Four (K4) 500m Final:
1 Germany, 2 Hungary, 3 Australia, 4 Poland 1:34.752,
5 Spain 1:35.366, 6 Japan 1:36.465, 7 S Africa 1:36.724, 8 Italy
1:36.770,
Modern - Pentathlon
Women's Individual competition Final: 1 Lena
Schoneborn (Ger), 2 Heather Fell (Gbr),
3 Victoria Tereshuk (Ukr), 4 Anastasia Samusevich (Blr) 5640 pts, 5
Chen Qian (Chn) 5612 pts, 6 Paulina Boenisz (Pol) 5564 pts, 7 Katy
Livingston (Gbr) 5548 pts, 8 Aya Medany (Egy) 5544 pts, 9 Amelie Caze
(Fra) 5536 pts,
Taekwondo
Men's 80kg Gold Medal Contest:
Match 3: Hadi Saei (Irn) bt Mauro Sarmiento (Ita) by
Pts (6-4)
80kg Bronze Medal: Match 1: Steven Lopez (USA) bt
Rashad Ahmadov (Aze) by Pts (3-2) Match 2: Zhu Guo (Chn) bt Aaron
Cook (Gbr) by Pts (4-1)
Women's 67kg Gold Medal Contest:
Match 3: Kyungseon Hwang (Kor) bt Karine Sergerie
(Can) by Pts (2-1) 67kg Bronze Medal: Match 1: Gwladys Patience
Epangue (Fra) bt Tina Morgan (Aus) by Pts (4-1) Match 2: Sandra Saric
(Cro) bt Asuncion Ocasio Rodriguez (Pue) by Pts (5-1)
FOOTBALL
Coca-Cola Division One
Southend 0 Brighton 2
GOLF
USPGA Tour The Barclays Collated second round scores
& totals in the USPGA Tour The Barclays, Ridgewood Country Club,
Paramus, New Jersey, United States of America (USA unless stated, par 71):
132 Steve Stricker 68 64 135 Hunter Mahan 62 73 136
Kenny Perry 69 67, Dudley Hart 67 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 69 67 137
Paul Casey (Eng) 66 71, Anthony Kim 70 67, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 70 67,
Kevin Streelman 67 70 138 Charley Hoffman 67 71, George McNeill 68
70, Ryan Palmer 69 69, Bubba Watson 68 70 |
