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Headlines (02 October) :
England rally to stun Scotland
England booked a Rugby World Cup quarter-final clash
with France after Chris Ashton's try sealed a late 16-12 win over
Scotland at Eden Park.
Wallabies reach last eight
Australia secured their passage to the quarter-finals
of the World Cup with a 68-22 win over Russia.
France stunned by Tonga
Tonga defeated France 19-14 in one of the World Cup's
biggest upsets, but Vincent Clerc's late try ensured Les Bleus' place
in the last eight.
Wenger took a look at Luka
Arsene Wenger has revealed Arsenal looked at Luka
Modric before Tottenham signed him and admits the Croatian's success
comes as no surprise.
Murray eyes third spot
Andy Murray hopes his good run in the Thailand Open
will help him climb into the top three in the world before the end of
the year.
O'Connell wary of Italy threat
Ireland second row Paul O'Connell is not getting
carried away despite his country having won their last 15 matches
against Italy.
Injury woe for Carter and McCaw
New Zealand suffered a second injury blow ahead of
their final World Cup Pool A clash with Canada after Dan Carter was
forced to withdraw.
Farrell ready for revenge
Liam Farrell says Wigan are in the mood to turn the
tables on St Helens in Saturday's second qualifying semi-final at the
Stobart Stadium.
Walsh retains Commonwealth crown
Liam Walsh retained his Commonwealth
Super-Featherweight title after a thrilling win over Scotland's Paul
Appleby at York Hall on Friday night. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 01 October 2011
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa 2 Wigan 0 Blackburn 0 Man City 4 Everton 0
Liverpool 2 Man Utd 2 Norwich 0 Sunderland 2 West Brom 2
Wolverhampton 1 Newcastle 2
Scottish Premier
Dundee Utd 1 Motherwell 3 Inverness CT 2 St Mirren 1
Kilmarnock 1 St Johnstone 2 Rangers 1 Hibernian 0
npower Championship
Barnsley 2 Coventry 0 Blackpool 5 Bristol City 0
Crystal Palace 2 West Ham 2 Hull 2 Cardiff 1 Ipswich 3 Brighton 1
Leeds 1 Portsmouth 0 Leicester 4 Derby 0 Millwall 0 Burnley 1
Peterborough 1 Doncaster 2 Reading 0 Middlesbrough 0 Southampton 4
Watford 0
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup Pool A
France (6) 14 Tonga (13) 19
World Cup Pool B
England (3) 16 Scotland (9) 12
World Cup Pool C
Australia (47) 68 Russia (5) 22
GOLF
Alfred Dunhill Links Collated third round scores &
totals in the European Tour Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Old
Course St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland(Gbr
& Irl unless stated, par 72):
St Andrews Old Course
201 Graeme McDowell 67 67 67 202 Louis Oosthuizen
(Rsa) 66 67 69 203 Rory McIlroy 70 67 66, Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 67 67
69, Luke Donald 69 71 63, Simon Dyson 69 71 63, Padraig Harrington 68
71 64 204 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 69 69 66 205 Lee Westwood 68 69 68
Carnoustie Course
198 Michael Hoey 66 66 66 203 Tommy Fleetwood 69 63 71
205 Joost Luiten (Ned) 72 68 65, Markus Brier (Aut) 66 68 71 207
Steve Webster 68 68 71 208 Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 74 67 67, Romain
Wattel (Fra) 68 68 72, Paul Lawrie 71 68 69, Mathias Gronberg (Swe)
71 65 72, Tano Goya (Arg) 69 67 72, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 68 68
72
TENNIS
ATP Malaysian Open
Semi-final:
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt (2) Viktor Troicki (Ser) 6-3 6-1
(3) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt (8) Kei Nishikori (Jpn)
6-4 6-3
ATP PTT Thailand Open
Semi-final:
Donald Young (USA) bt (2) Gael Monfils (Fra) 4-6 7-6
(7-5) 7-6 (7-5)
(1) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (3) Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-2
3-6 6-2 |
