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Headlines (31 August) :
Keegan: Barton did nothing wrong
Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan launched a stern
defence of Joey Barton after the controversial midfielder endured a
hot reception on his return to action in Saturday's 3-0 Barclays
Premier League defeat at Arsenal.
Heavy rain delays start at Lord's
England's prospects of another NatWest Series victory
over South Africa hit an early snag at Lord's on Sunday morning when
heavy rain prevented a prompt start.
Murray the comeback king again
Andy Murray completed another grand slam escape act as
he came from two sets down to beat Austria's Jurgen Melzer and
advance to the US Open fourth round on Saturday.
Redknapp hails England hopefuls
Harry Redknapp hailed his England quartet after they
combined to defeat Everton 3-0 and lift Portsmouth off the bottom of
the Barclays Premier League.
Curbishley makes Bellamy plea
West Ham manager Alan Curbishley implored striker
Craig Bellamy not to play for Wales next week after a 20-minute cameo
which clinched a flattering 4-1 victory over Blackburn at Upton Park.
Brown takes the positives
Hull boss Phil Brown remained upbeat despite admitting
watching his side get beaten 5-0 by Wigan was "a tough one to
swallow."
Mowbray hails battling Baggies
West Brom manager Tony Mowbray praised his team after
they withstood a "bombardment" from Bolton to record their
first point back in the Barclays Premier League with a 0-0 draw at
the Reebok Stadium.
Williams sisters ease through
Venus Williams easily moved into the fourth round at
the US Open on Saturday with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Alona Bondarenko
of Ukraine.
Nadal though while Ferrer falls
Rafael Nadal moved into the fourth round at the US
Open after a push in the second set opened up a closely contested
match, lifting him to a 6-4 6-3 6-0 victory over Viktor Troicki of
Serbia.
Mixed feelings for Southgate
Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate have made their
best start in nine seasons after a home win against Stoke - but
manager Gareth Southgate admitted he was slightly disappointed by
their record so far. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 30 August 2008
FOOTBALL
International Saudi Arabia 2 Qatar 1
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0 Bolton 0 West Brom 0 Everton 0
Portsmouth 3 Hull 0 Wigan 5 Middlesbrough 2 Stoke 1 West Ham 4
Blackburn 1
Scottish Premier
Dundee Utd 0 Kilmarnock 2 Falkirk 1 Inverness CT 2
Hamilton 1 Hearts 2 Hibernian 0 Motherwell 1 St Mirren 0 Aberdeen 1
Coca-Cola Championship
Barnsley 2 Derby 0 Bristol City 1 QPR 1 Burnley 0
Plymouth 0 Doncaster 1 Coventry 0 Norwich 1 Birmingham 1 Preston 2
Charlton 1 Reading 4 Crystal Palace 2 Sheff Utd 0 Cardiff 0
Southampton 0 Blackpool 1 Swansea 1 Sheff Wed 1 Watford 2 Ipswich 1
Wolverhampton 5 Nottm Forest 1
RUGBY LEAGUE
Carnegie Challenge Cup Final
Hull (0) 16 St Helens (10) 28
GOLF
Johnnie Walker Championship Collated third round
scores & totals in the European Tour Johnnie Walker Championship
at Gleneagles, Gleneagles GC, Perthshire, Scotland(Gbr & Irl
unless stated, par 73):
208 Gregory Havret (Fra) 68 71 69 209 Anthony Wall 71
73 65 210 Soren Hansen (Den) 71 71 68, David Howell 75 67 68, Marcel
Siem (Ger) 74 70 66, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 76 67 67, Lee Westwood 72
72 66 211 Justin Rose 73 71 67, Bradley Dredge 71 70 70, Graeme Storm
74 69 68 212 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 73 70 69, Peter Hanson (Swe) 74
72 66, Stephen Gallacher 75 72 65 213 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 73 69
71, Paul Waring 73 71 69
ECCO Tour Championship Collated third round scores
& totals in the European Challenge Tour ECCO Tour Championship,
Kokkedal GK, Copenhagen, Denmark(Par 72)
201 Antti Ahokas (Fin) 67 69 65 203 Roope Kakko (Fin)
67 71 65, Richard Mcevoy (Eng) 69 68 66 204 Wil Besseling (Ned) 72 67
65 205 Jaakko Makitalo (Fin) 68 72 65, Liam Bond (Wal) 70 68 67,
Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 69 72 64 206 Gustav Adell (Swe) 69 70 67,
Fredrik Henge (Swe) 66 70 70, Taco Remkes (Ned) 72 68 66
European Ladies Individual Championship Leading final
round scores in the European Ladies Individual Championship at
Schloss Schonborn, Austria
289 C Ciganda (Spa) 70 73 71 75, M Hernandez (Spa) 70
73 70 76 (Ciganda won at the third play-off hole) 290 C Boeljon (Ned)
69 73 73 75 292 C Kring (Den) 70 75 74 73 294 R Jennings (Eng) 72 76
74 72 295 N Edwards (Eng) 76 76 72 71, G Molinaro (Ita) 70 73 78 74,
M Nivard (Ned) 73 74 73 75 296 V Hansen (Den) 79 72 70 75
TENNIS
US OPEN
Men's Singles 3rd rd:
Sam Querrey (USA) bt (14) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 7-6 (7-5)
7-6 (7-5) 6-2 (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Viktor Troicki (Ser) 6-4 6-3
6-0 (10) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt (21) Flavio Cipolla (Ita) 5-7
6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-0 6-4 (6) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut)
6-7 (5-7) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 6-3 (32) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt (7) David
Nalbandian (Arg) 6-3 6-4 6-2 (17) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt (16)
Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 3-6 6-3 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt
(4) David Ferrer (Spa) 6-4 6-4 3-6 2-6 7-5 Mardy Fish (USA) bt (9)
James Blake (USA) 6-3 6-3 7-6 (7-4)
Women's Singles 3rd rd:
(9) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt (18) Dominika
Cibulkova (Svk) 6-0 6-3 (7) Venus Williams (USA) bt (27) Alona
Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-2 6-1 (32) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Julie Coin
(Fra) 6-4 6-4 (4) Serena Williams (USA) bt (30) Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) 6-2
6-1 (16) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt (19) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 4-6 6-4 6-3
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) bt (17) Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-4 7-5 (6)
Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) 3-6 7-5 6-2 Severine
Bremond (Fra) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 7-5 3-6 6-4
Men's Doubles 2nd rd:
Tommy Robredo (Spa) & Sergio Roitman (Arg) bt (3)
Jonathan Erlich (Isr) & Andy Ram (Isr) 6-2 7-5 Marc Gicquel (Fra)
& Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) & Mischa
Zverev (Ger) 5-7 6-1 6-3 Bruno Soares (Bra) & Dusan Vemic (Ser)
bt Rajeev Ram (USA) & Bobby Reynolds (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 Robert
Lindstedt (Swe) & Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt (16) Julien Benneteau
(Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 6-2 7-6 (8-6) Igor Kunitsyn (Rus)
& Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt (6) Simon Aspelin (Swe) & Julian
Knowle (Aut) 6-2 1-6 6-4 Michael Mertinak (Svk) & Lovro Zovko
(Cro) bt Agustin Calleri (Arg) & Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) w/o
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) & Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Lucas Arnold
(Arg) & Guillermo Canas (Arg) 2-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) (2) Bob Bryan
(USA) & Mike Bryan (USA) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) & David
Skoch (Cze) 7-6 (7-2) 6-1
Women's Doubles
2nd rd: (8) Zi Yan (Chn) & Jie Zheng (Chn) bt
Lucie Safarova (Cze) & Mara Santangelo (Ita) 6-2 6-4 (10) Lisa
Raymond (USA) & Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus)
& Ekaterina Dzehalevich (Blr) 6-4 6-4 (5) Anabel Medina Garrigues
(Spa) & Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol)
& Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 6-2 6-3 Lindsay Davenport (USA) &
Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt (13) Elena Vesnina (Rus) & Vera
Zvonareva (Rus) 7-5 6-1 (7) Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) & Kateryna
Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) & Ekaterina Makarova
(Rus) 3-6 6-2 6-2 (4) Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) & Ai Sugiyama
(Jpn) bt Sabine Lisicki (Ger) & Aravane Rezai (Fra) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4
Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) & Abigail Spears (USA) bt Elena
Likhovtseva (Rus) & Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) w/o Anna-Lena
Groenefeld (Ger) & Patty Schnyder (Swi) bt Nadia Petrova (Rus)
& Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 7-6 (7-5)
Mixed Doubles 2nd rd:
Jill Craybas (USA) & Eric Butorac (USA) bt Lisa
Raymond (USA) & Marcelo Melo (Bra) 7-5 7-5 Rennae Stubbs (Aus)
& Robert Lindstedt (Swe) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus) & Mahesh
Bhupathi (Ind) 2-6 6-3 (12-10) Liezel Huber (USA) & Jamie Murray
(Gbr) bt (6) Kveta Peschke (Cze) & Pavel Vizner (Cze) 7-5 6-3
Vladimira Uhlirova (Cze) & Martin Damm (Cze) bt Sloane Stephens
(USA) & Robert Kendrick (USA) 7-5 7-5 Flavia Pennetta (Ita) &
Dusan Vemic (Ser) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) & Mariusz Fyrstenberg
(Pol) 6-4 7-5
BASKETBALL
Great Britain continued their winning ways in Turkey
with victory over Portugal in the Efes Pilsen Cup - a result which
almost certainly guarantees them second place in the tournament. |
