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Headlines 07 September
Ponting retires from Twenty20 cricket
Australia captain Ricky Ponting today announced his
retirement from international Twenty20 cricket.
Tum deal for Nadal
Third seed Rafael Nadal refused to talk about the
extent of his stomach muscle problems after advancing to the fourth
round of the US Open. Clijsters enjoys mental strength
Former US Open champion Kim Clijsters credited her
mental strength as she continued her comeback from retirement with a
three-set victory over third seed Venus Williams.
Strauss demands more from England
Captain Andrew Strauss urged his batsmen to wise up
after another failure to knock off a modest target put England 2-0
down to Australia in the NatWest Series.
No worry for Murray
Andy Murray eased into the last 16 of the US Open at
Flushing Meadows with a dominant straight-sets win over American wild
card Taylor Dent.
Gerrard - Capello could be key
Steven Gerrard believes the Fabio Capello factor can
help England finally achieve their goal of World Cup glory.
Martinez still keen on McDonald
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez has not ruled out
making another move for Celtic striker Scott McDonald in the January
transfer window. Rae call-up
Scotland have called up Gavin Rae for their World Cup
qualifier with Holland.
Beckham example motivates Defoe
Jermain Defoe has taken inspiration from David Beckham
as he looks to make up for the disappointment of being overlooked for
the 2006 World Cup by helping England reach next year's finals.
Arthur tempted by England job
South Africa coach Mickey Arthur admits he will be
tempted if the chance ever arises to take charge of England.
International Results Roundup
06 September 2009
CRICKET
England fell further behind in the NatWest Series
after failing to overhaul a moderate Australia total for the second
time in three days. Andrew Strauss' team lost by 39 runs to go 2-0
down in the seven-match campaign, having lost their way badly in
pursuit of 250 at Lord's, following the last-ball decider on Friday evening.
TENNIS
US OPEN
Men's Singles - Third Round
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7) 7 (7) 6 6 - - Julien Benneteau
6 (4) 2 4 - -
Marin Cilic (16) 6 6 6 - - Denis Istomin 1 4 3 - -
Juan Carlos Ferrero (24) 1 6 7 (7) 1 - Gilles Simon (9)
6 4 6 (5) 0 - Match won by retirement
Juan Martin Del Potro (6) 6 3 6 6 - Daniel Koellerer 1
6 3 3 -
Tomas Berdych (17) 5 4 4 - - Fernando Gonzalez (11) 7 6
6 - -
Taylor Dent 3 2 2 - - Andy Murray (2) 6 6 6 - -
Nicolas Almagro (32) 5 4 4 - - Rafael Nadal (3) 7 6 6 -
-
Gael Monfils (13) 6 6 1 - - Jose Acasuso 3 4 0 - -
Match won by retirement
Women's Singles - Fourth Round
Vera Zvonareva (7) 6 6 (6) 0 - - Flavia Pennetta (10) 3
7 (8) 6 - -
Daniela Hantuchova (22) 2 0 - - - Serena Williams (2) 6
6 - - -
Francesca Schiavone (26) 2 3 - - - Na Li (18) 6 6 - - -
Kim Clijsters 6 0 6 - - Venus Williams (3) 0 6 4 - -
RUGBY UNION
Guinness Premiership
Gloucester (10) 24 Bath (0) 5 Leeds Carnegie (3) 9
Newcastle (3) 9 Northampton (7) 20 Worcester (17) 17
The Magners League
Newport-Gwent D'gons (8) 23 Ulster (3) 6
The Championship
Bristol (14) 28 London Welsh (9) 23 Nottingham (10) 13
Cornish Pirates (9) 24
GOLF
Fred Olsen Challenge de Espana
Collated final round scores & totals in the
European Challenge Tour Fred Olsen Challenge de Espana, Tecina Golf,
La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain (Par: 71)
267 R Davies (Wal) 65 70 65 67 268 S Jeppesen (Swe) 65
63 72 68 269 P Oriol (Spa) 69 68 66 66, L Claverie (Spa) 69 67 65 68
270 J Arruti (Spa) 65 65 71 69, S Davis (Eng) 67 70 69 64, C Russo
(Fra) 67 67 70 66 271 S Tiley (Eng) 69 69 67 66, J Campillo (Spa) 68
70 66 67, M Wiegele (Aut) 67 70 66 68
Mexico Open
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA
Nationwide Tour Mexico Open Presented by Corona Light, El Bosque Golf
Club, Valencia, Mexico(Par: 72)
204 Troy Merritt 69 68 67, Garth Mulroy 68 67 69 206
Andrew Buckle 73 68 65 207 Camilo Benedetti 71 68 68 208 Matt Every
74 69 65, Matthew Richardson 69 69 70 209 Steve Allan 72 69 68, Adam
Bland 69 70 70, Kevin Chappell 71 65 73 210 Matt Hendrix 75 69 66,
Derek Lamely 72 71 67
Omega European Masters
Collated final round scores & totals in the
European Tour Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans,
Switzerland(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par: 71)
264 Alexander Noren (Swe) 65 70 63 66 266 Bradley
Dredge 68 65 68 65 267 Ross McGowan 67 67 68 65 269 Miguel Angel
Jimenez (Spa) 65 68 69 67 270 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 65 71 67 67 271
Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 67 68 65 71 272 Rory McIlroy 67 71 70 64,
David Howell 68 69 68 67, Angelo Que (Phi) 69 65 68 70, Simon Dyson
63 71 73 65
Deutsche Bank Championship
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour Deutsche Bank Championship, The TPC of Boston, Norton,
Massachusetts, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
200 Steve Stricker 63 72 65, Sean O'Hair 66 64 70,
Retief Goosen (Rsa) 65 67 68 201 Kevin Na 69 66 66, Scott Verplank 65
68 68, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 67 67 67 202 Jerry Kelly 66 69 67,
Kevin Sutherland 68 65 69 203 Dustin Johnson 68 65 70, Jim Furyk 63
67 73, Jason Dufner 66 69 68, John Senden (Aus) 69 64 70 204 Marc
Leishman (Aus) 70 62 72, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 66 68 70, Angel Cabrera
(Arg) 65 69 70, Matt Kuchar 65 71 68 205 Justin Leonard 65 68 72,
Jeff Overton 69 66 70, Mike Weir (Can) 68 65 72, Mark Wilson 70 69 66
Wal-Mart First Tee Open
Collated final round scores from the Champions Tour's
Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links & Del Monte
Golf Course on the Monterey Peninsula, California (USA unless stated,
par 72):
206 Jeff Sluman 65 73 68 208 Gene Jones 68 70 70 209
Mark O'Meara 67 67 75, Tom Lehman 71 65 73 210 Loren Roberts 66 66
78, Olin Browne 66 73 71, David Eger 68 73 69 211 Tom Jenkins 72 66
73, Tom Watson 70 69 72, Mark McNulty (Irl) 68 70 73, Fred Funk 69 71
71 212 Gary Hallberg 69 72 71, John Cook 68 71 73
CN Canadian Women's Open
Collated final round scores & totals in the LPGA
Tour CN Canadian Women's Open, Priddis Greens Golf & Country
Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada(USA unless stated, par 71):
269 Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 65 68 66 70 274 Ai Miyazato
(Jpn) 69 69 69 67, Karrie Webb (Aus) 69 68 68 69, Morgan Pressel 71
71 66 66, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 67 72 70 65, Angela Stanford 70 65 69 70
275 In-Kyung Kim (Kor) 69 68 69 69 276 Vicky Hurst 71 71 67 67, Anna
Nordqvist (Swe) 68 71 70 67 277 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 72 65 77 63, Juli
Inkster 69 72 68 68, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 66 68 72 71, Kristy McPherson
71 67 69 70, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 69 68 70 70, Song-Hee Kim (Kor)
71 62 77 67
ATHLETICS
Kenya's David Lekuta Rudisha ran the fastest 800
metres in the world this year - and a national record - in Rieti on
Sunday. The African completed the two laps in one minute, 42.01
seconds at the Italian venue, finishing ahead of fellow Kenyan and
2007 world champion Alfred Kirwa Yego (1:42.67) and South Africa's
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1:42.86). Asafa Powell won the 100m in 9.99sec
with Jamaican countryman Nesta Carter second in 10.08sec and
Britain's Simeon Williamson third in 10.18sec.
EQUESTRIAN
Oliver Townend completed British eventing's most
prestigious double - and landed himself another bumper pay-day in the
process. Townend and Carousel Quest captured the Land Rover Burghley
Horse Trials title just four months after winning Badminton on his
other star horse, Flint Curtis. The Yorkshireman became only the
third rider since 1988 to scoop both top prizes in one year,
emulating Ginny Leng and latterly Pippa Funnell, who achieved it six
years ago.
MOTOR CYCLING
Valentino Rossi led home a Fiat Yamaha one-two as he
stretched his lead in the FIM MotoGP World Championship to 30 points
over team-mate Jorge Lorenzo with victory at the San Marino Grand
Prix. Rossi and Lorenzo were well clear of the Repsol Honda of Dani
Pedrosa at the chequered flag at Misano as the Spaniard's team-mate
Andrea Dovizioso came in fourth. |
