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Headlines (08 September) :
Rennes report City over Helan signing
Manchester City are the latest Premier League club to
come under scrutiny over the acquisition of young players with Rennes
confirming they have referred the signing of Jeremy Helan to FIFA.
Youngster Oudin continues hot streak
American teenager Melanie Oudin continued her
giant-killing run at the US Open when she knocked out a third Russian
seed in succession at Flushing Meadows.
Federer plays mind game
Roger Federer explained how he took Tommy Robredo
apart set by set to score an impressive victory that sent him through
to the US Open quarter-finals.
Robson charged after head-butt
Harlequins lock George Robson has been charged for the
head-butt that resulted in his dismissal during the 26-15 defeat by
Wasps.
United warn Le Havre over Pogba
Manchester United are ready with a robust defence
should Le Havre ignore the warnings and continue to pursue a case
against the Red Devils over their signing of Paul Pogba.
Lafferty reveals quick recovery
Northern Ireland striker Kyle Lafferty has indicated
he may be fit to face Slovakia at Windsor Park.
Mistakes are costing us - Colly
Paul Collingwood believes England should be 2-0 up
rather than trailing by two in the NatWest Series against Australia.
Appeal verdict shocks pair
Former Bath co-captains Michael Lipman and Alex
Crockett on Monday night voiced their surprise after losing the
appeal against their nine-month suspensions.
Blackwell: Blades considering Kenny options
Sheffield United manager Kevin Blackwell has hinted
the club will assess their legal options after goalkeeper Paddy Kenny
was handed a nine-month ban from all football for failing a drugs
test.
Lampard happy with striker options
Frank Lampard believes England coach Fabio Capello has
"two great options" at his disposal when deciding whether
to select Jermain Defoe or Emile Heskey for Wednesday's World Cup
qualifier with Croatia at Wembley. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 07 September 2009
FOOTBALL
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Group Four
Liechtenstein U21 0 Spain U21 4
TENNIS
US OPEN
Men's Singles - Fourth Round
Roger Federer (1) 7 6 6 - - Tommy Robredo (14) 5 2 2 -
-
Novak Djokovic (4) 6 6 6 - - Radek Stepanek (15) 1 3 3
- -
Robin Soderling (12) 7 3 6 - - Nikolay Davydenko (8) 5
6 2 - - Match won by retirement
Fernando Verdasco (10) 4 6 6 6 - John Isner 6 4 4 4 -
Women's Singles - Fourth Round
Melanie Oudin 1 7 (7) 6 - - Nadia Petrova (13) 6 6 (2)
3 - -
Kateryna Bondarenko 6 6 - - - Gisela Dulko 0 0 - - -
Petra Kvitova 6 4 5 - - Yanina Wickmayer 4 6 7 - -
Caroline Wozniacki (9) 2 7 (7) 7 (7) - - Svetlana
Kuznetsova (6) 6 6 (5) 6 (3) - -
Men's Doubles - Third Round
Yen-Hsun Lu / Dudi Sela 4 4 - - - Mahesh Bhupathi /
Mark Knowles (3) 6 6 - - -
Robert Kendrick / Janko Tipsarevic 2 7 4 - - Daniel
Nestor / Nenad Zimonjic (2) 6 5 6 - -
Leos Friedl / Jaroslav Levinsky 2 1 - - - Carsten Ball
/ Chris Guccione 6 6 - - -
Lukas Dlouhy / Leander Paes (4) 7 6 - - - Julian
Knowle / Jurgen Melzer 5 4 - - -
Women's Doubles - Third Round
Vania King / Monica Niculescu (12) 3 6 2 - - Nuria
Llagostera Vives / Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (6) 6 4 6 - -
Daniela Hantuchova / Ai Sugiyama (5) 6 4 4 - - Zi Yan
/ Jie Zheng (11) 4 6 6 - -
Mixed Doubles - Quarter Finals
Lisa Raymond / Marcin Matkowski (3) 2 5 - - - Carly
Gullickson / Travis Parrott 6 7 - - -
Rennae Stubbs / Robert Lindstedt (7) 5 6 6 - - Cara
Black / Leander Paes (2) 7 3 10 - -
Liezel Huber / Mahesh Bhupathi (1) 6 6 - - - Bethanie
Mattek-Sands / Nenad Zimonjic (8) 4 3 - - -
Su-Wei Hsieh / Kevin Ullyett (5) 7 (7) 7 (7) - - - Zi
Yan / Mariusz Fyrstenberg 6 (3) 6 (4) - - -
GOLF
Deutsche Bank Championship
Collated final round scores scores & totals in the
USPGA Tour Deutsche Bank Championship, The TPC of Boston, Norton,
Massachusetts, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
267 Steve Stricker 63 72 65 67 268 Jason Dufner 66 69
68 65, Scott Verplank 65 68 68 67 269 Dustin Johnson 68 65 70 66,
Angel Cabrera (Arg) 65 69 70 65, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 67 67 67 68
270 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 66 68 70 66 271 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 65 67 68
71, Sean O'Hair 66 64 70 71, Jim Furyk 63 67 73 68 272 Kevin Na 69 66
66 71, Jerry Kelly 66 69 67 70, Tiger Woods 70 67 72 63, John Senden
(Aus) 69 64 70 69
CYCLING
Mark Cavendish claimed the 50th win of his stunning
career on Monday at the Tour of Missouri in St Louis. It was revealed
earlier in the day that the 24-year-old from the Isle of Man will be
staying with his Team Columbia-HTC squad in 2010, and the Briton
celebrated in style with a 22nd win of the season. Six of those
victories came in July's Tour de France - taking his tally in
cycling's showpiece event to 10 stage wins in two seasons - and the
Briton also won the Milan-San Remo Classic in March in just his third
season as a professional.
BASKETBALL
Great Britain pushed Slovenia hard but came up short
in the opening clash of their European Championship campaign in
Warsaw. Making their debut at this level, GB overcame an explosive
start from Slovenia to stay in touch for most of the game, but they
could not keep up with their opponents' outstanding shooting and went
down 72-59.
WATER POLO
Great Britain defeated LEN European B Championships
hosts Switzerland 19-10 in Lugano on Monday night. Britain edged the
first quarter 4-3 before two 6-2 periods established a nine-goal lead
heading into the final period, which was drawn 3-3. It was Britain's
second victory from three games after Saturday's 8-7 defeat of
Holland was followed by a 10-9 loss to Georgia. |
