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29 August
Pompey in for Motta
Portsmouth have made a bid to sign Brazil's former
Barcelona midfielder Thiago Motta.
Zabaleta set for City move
Espanyol have given Pablo Zabaleta permission to
travel to Manchester City for a medical after the Barclays Premier
League club offered to pay the Argentina international's eight
million euro buy-out clause.
Fiszman: Gunners have cash to spend
Arsenal would be willing to spend up to £30million
before the end of the transfer window if manager Arsene Wenger found
the right player, according to director Danny Fiszman.
New delay for Liverpool stadium
Liverpool have announced that the plans for their new
stadium in Stanley Park have been delayed yet again.
Kallis confirmed as skipper
Jacques Kallis has been confirmed as South Africa
captain in the absence of the injured Graeme Smith for Friday's
NatWest Series match against England at The Oval.
Ivanovic crashes out of US Open
Top seed Ana Ivanovic crashed out of the US Open on
Thursday following a 6-3 4-6 6-3 defeat against second-round opponent
Julie Coin.
Battle of Britain looms after draw
Holders Manchester United will face Celtic in the
Champions League group stages along with Spanish side Villarreal and
Danish club Aalborg in Group E.
Nadal advances at US Open
World number one Rafael Nadal overcame American Ryler
De Heart 6-1 6-2 6-4 in the second round of the US Open on Thursday
night.
Murray happy with battling win
British number one Andy Murray insisted he was
delighted with his performance against second-round opponent Michael
Llodra at the US Open.
Mourinho reveals Chelsea regret
Jose Mourinho has revealed he turned down an
opportunity to leave Chelsea after their FA Cup final victory over
Manchester United last year and admits he regrets deciding not to
accept the offer after his relationship with the London club broke
down just
28 August 2008
FOOTBALL
UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round 2nd Leg
Aston Villa 1 FH Hafnarfjordur 1 Aston Villa won 5-2
on aggregate Bellinzona 2 Dnipro 1 Agg: 4-4, Dnipro won on away goals
Besiktas 4 Siroki Brijeg 0 Besiktas won 6-1 on aggregate Brondby 2 FC
Haka 0 Brondby won 6-0 on aggregate Deportivo La Coruna 2 Deportivo
La Coruna won 2-0 on aggregate Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 1 Litex Lovech 2
Litex Lovech won 2-1 on aggregate
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 3 Vojvodina 0 Hapoel Tel-Aviv won 3-0
on aggregate Hertha Berlin 1 Interblock 0 Hertha Berlin won 3-0 on aggregate
Kalmar FF 4 AA Gent 0 Kalmar FF won 5-2 on aggregate
Lillestrom 2 FC Copenhagen 4 FC Copenhagen won 7-3 on aggregate
MSK Zilina 2 Liberec 1 MSK Zilina won 4-2 on aggregate
NK Slaven Koprivnica 2 Aris Salonika 0 NK Slaven Koprivnica won 2-1
on aggregate
Napoli 5 Vllaznia Shkoder 0 Napoli won 8-0 on
aggregate Omonia Nicosia 2 AEK Athens 2 Omonia Nicosia won 3-2 on aggregate
Rennes 2 Stabaek 0 Rennes won 3-2 on aggregate
Rosenborg 5 Djurgardens IF 0 Rosenborg won 6-2 on aggregate SK Sturm
Graz 1 FC Zurich 1 Agg: 2-2, FC Zurich won on away goals SV Red Bull
Salzburg 0 FK Suduva 1 SV Red Bull Salzburg won 4-2 on aggregate St
Patricks 2 IF Elfsborg 1 St Patricks won 4-3 on aggregate Viking FK 1
FC Honka 2 FC Honka won 2-1 on aggregate Zrinjski Mostar 0 Braga 2
Braga won 3-0 on aggregate
Blue Square Premier
Torquay 1 York 1
GOLF
Johnnie Walker Championship Collated first round
scores in the European Tour Johnnie Walker Championship at
Gleneagles, Gleneagles GC, Perthshire, Scotland(Gbr & Irl unless
stated, par 73):
68 Gregory Havret (Fra) 70 Christian Cevaer (Fra),
Robert Rock, Gary Orr, Paul Broadhurst 71 Martin Wiegele (Aut),
Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Anthony Wall, Soren Hansen (Den), Benoit
Teilleria (Fra), Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Bradley Dredge 72 Juan Abbate
(Arg), Patrik Sjoland (Swe), Ross Fisher, Darren Clarke, Gareth
Paddison (Nzl), Lee S James, Jonathan Lomas, Emanuele Canonica (Ita),
Lee Westwood 73 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Michael Campbell (Nzl),
Peter Whiteford, Paul Waring, Nick Dougherty, Pelle Edberg (Swe),
Simon Dyson, David Lynn, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Raphael Jacquelin
(Fra), Johan Edfors (Swe), Justin Rose, Marc Warren, Ariel Canete
(Arg), Mark Foster
ECCO Tour Championship Collated first round scores
from the European Challenge Tour's ECCO Tour Championship at Kokkedal
GK in Copenhagen, Denmark (Par 72)
66 Fredrik Henge (Swe) 67 Roope Kakko (Fin), Antti
Ahokas (Fin) 68 Jaakko Makitalo (Fin), Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor),
John Mellor (Eng) 69 Alexandre Rocha (Bra), Ricardo Santos (Por),
Raphal De Sousa (Swi), Richard Mcevoy (Eng), Gustav Adell (Swe),
Roland Steiner (Aut)
TENNIS
US OPEN
Men's Singles 2nd rd:
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Ryler De Heart (USA) 6-1 6-2
6-4 Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt (25) Phillip Kohlschreiber (Ger) 2-6 6-3
6-4 3-0 ret Sam Querrey (USA) bt Nicolas Devilder (Fra) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4
4-6 6-3 (14) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
6-2 (9) James Blake (USA) bt Steve Darcis (Bel) 4-6 6-3 1-0 ret Mardy
Fish (USA) bt (24) Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-4 (32) Gael
Monfils (Fra) bt Evgeny Korolev (Rus) 6-2 6-3 3-6 6-4 (7) David
Nalbandian (Arg) bt Andrey Golubev (Kaz) 6-2 6-4 6-2 (4) David Ferrer
(Spa) bt Andreas Beck (Ger) 4-6 7-5 6-3 7-6 (7-5) Kei Nishikori (Jpn)
bt Roko Karanusic (Cro) 6-1 7-5 ret (17) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg)
bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 4-6 6-1 7-5 6-3 (16) Gilles Simon (Fra) bt
Jose Acasuso (Arg) 6-4 6-1 6-4 (10) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt Wayne
Odesnik (USA) 6-4 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 (21) Flavio Cipolla (Ita) bt Yen-Hsun
Lu (Tpe) 6-1 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Jiri Vanek
(Cze) 6-0 6-2 6-2 (6) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-4
1-6 7-5 7-6 (9-7)
Women's Singles 2nd rd:
Julie Coin (Fra) bt (1) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) 6-3 4-6 6-3
(32) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 2-6 6-4 6-0 (19)
Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) 6-4 6-2 (16) Flavia
Pennetta (Ita) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-2 6-7 (8-10) 6-1 Anna-Lena
Groenefeld (Ger) bt Jessica Moore (Aus) 6-1 6-3 (17) Alize Cornet
(Fra) bt Bethanie Mattek (USA) 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 Timea Bacsinszky (Swi)
bt Yung-Jan Chan (Tpe) 6-3 6-2 (6) Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Roberta
Vinci (Ita) 6-4 6-3 (4) Serena Williams (USA) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus)
6-1 6-1 (30) Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Olga Govortsova (Blr) 4-6 7-6 (7-4)
6-1 Severine Bremond (Fra) bt (20) Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 7-5 6-3
Tathiana Garbin (Ita) bt (13) Agnes Szavay (Hun) 5-7 6-2 6-3 (9)
Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Mariana Duque Marino (Col) 6-0 7-6 (7-3)
(18) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Raluca Olaru (Rom) 6-2 6-2 (27)
Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Sabine Lisicki (Ger) 6-4 1-6 6-4 (7) Venus
Williams (USA) bt Rossana De los Rios (Par) 6-0 6-3
Men's Doubles 1st rd:
(1) Daniel Nestor (Can) & Nenad Zimonjic (Ser) bt
Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) & Jim Thomas (USA) 6-2 7-6 (7-4) Robert
Lindstedt (Swe) & Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Jesse Levine (USA)
& Donald Young (USA) 5-7 6-2 6-4 (16) Julien Benneteau (Fra) &
Nicolas Mahut (Fra) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) & Nicolas Lapentti
(Ecu) 6-2 3-6 6-2 (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind) & Mark Knowles (Bah)
bt Johan Brunstrom (Swe) & Thomas Johansson (Swe) 6-3 6-4 (6)
Simon Aspelin (Swe) & Julian Knowle (Aut) bt Michael Kohlmann
(Ger) & Alexander Peya (Aut) 7-5 6-1 Marc Gicquel (Fra) &
Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) bt Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Aisam-Ul-Haq
Qureschi (Pak) 7-5 6-3 Feliciano Lopez (Spa) & Fernando Verdasco
(Spa) bt (10) Arnaud Clement (Fra) & Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-3 2-1
ret Tommy Robredo (Spa) & Sergio Roitman (Arg) bt Chase Buchanan
(USA) & Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-2 6-2 (3) Jonathan Erlich (Isr)
& Andy Ram (Isr) bt Robert Kendrick (USA) & Ryan Sweeting
(USA) 6-4 6-3 Michael Mertinak (Svk) & Lovro Zovko (Cro) bt (14)
Max Mirnyi (Blr) & Jamie Murray (Gbr) 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (10-8) (2)
Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA) bt Nicolas Almagro (Spa) &
Pablo Andujar (Spa) 6-3 6-2
Women's Doubles 1st rd:
Lucie Hradecka (Cze) & Renata Voracova (Cze) bt
Christina Fusano (USA) & Shenay Perry (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 (11)
Janette Husarova (Svk) & Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Sofia Arvidsson
(Swe) & Selima Sfar (Tun) 6-4 6-1 Lucie Safarova (Cze) & Mara
Santangelo (Ita) bt Anne Keothavong (Gbr) & Anastasia
Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-3 6-4 (8) Zi Yan (Chn) & Jie Zheng (Chn)
bt Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) & Urszula Radwanska (Pol) 3-6 6-3
6-2 Tracy Lin (USA) & Riza Zalameda (USA) bt Arantxa Parra
Santonja (Spa) & Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spa) 6-3 6-4 Marta
Domachowska (Pol) & Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Sybille Bammer
(Aut) & Martina Muller (Ger) 6-1 6-4 (5) Anabel Medina Garrigues
(Spa) & Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) bt Rika Fujiwara (Jpn) &
Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 Nadia Petrova (Rus) & Francesca
Schiavone (Ita) bt (6) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) & Shahar Peer
(Isr) 7-5 3-6 6-2 Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) & Patty Schnyder
(Swi) bt Vania King (USA) & Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) 7-5 6-3 (12)
Iveta Benesova (Cze) & Galina Voskoboeva (Rus) bt Petra Kvitova
(Cze) & Gabriela Navratilova (Cze) 5-7 6-2 6-2 Lindsay Davenport
(USA) & Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Mariya Koryttseva (Ukr) &
Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) 6-2 7-6 (7-1) Sabine Lisicki (Ger) &
Aravane Rezai (Fra) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) & Ipek Senoglu
(Tur) 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 (4) Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) & Ai
Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Sara Errani (Ita) & Karin Knapp (Ita) 6-2 6-3
Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) & Kkaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Nathalie
Grandin (Rsa) & Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) 6-1 6-2 (10) Lisa
Raymond (USA) & Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Emilie Loit (Fra) &
Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-4 6-1 Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) &
Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt Jamie Hampton (USA) & Coco Vandeweghe (USA)
6-3 6-2
Mixed Doubles 1st rd:
Caroline Wozniacki (Den) & Marcin Matkowski (Pol)
bt Shahar Peer (Isr) & Paul Hanley (Aus) 6-0 6-4 Casey Dellacqua
(Aus) & Jordan Kerr (Aus) bt (4) Yung-Jan Chan (Tpe) & Julian
Knowle (Aut) 6-3 6-1, Samantha Stosur (Aus) & Mahesh Bhupathi
(Ind) bt Alexa Glatch (USA) & Scott Lipsky (USA) 6-3 6-3 (6)
Kveta Peschke (Cze) & Pavel Vizner (Cze) bt Dominika Cibulkova
(Svk) & Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 6-4 2-6 10-6 Virginie Razzano (Fra)
& Rogier Wassen (Ned) bt Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) & Christopher
Kas (Ger) 6-2 3-6 10-5
BASKETBALL
Great Britain were defeated 82-58 by Turkey on the
first day of the prestigious Efes Pilsen World Cup tournament in
Konya - just six days before their first EuroBasket qualifying tie in Israel. |
