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Headlines (09 October) :
Vettel crowned champion in Japan
Sebastian Vettel became the youngest back-to-back and
double world champion in F1 history on Sunday but Jenson Button won
the Japanese GP.
Wallabies reach RWC semis
Australia crept into the World Cup semi-finals after
James O'Connor landed a late penalty to beat holders South Africa
11-9 in Wellington.
Tokyo glory for Murray
Andy Murray's dream run of form continued as he ended
his Rafael Nadal hoodoo to win the Japan Open Tennis Championship in Tokyo.
Terry makes Rooney appeal
England skipper John Terry has pleaded for Wayne
Rooney not to be made public enemy number one over his sending-off in Montenegro.
McDermott hails 'special' win
Brian McDermott saluted the "humility" of
his players after Leeds recorded a fifth Super League title with a
32-16 win over St Helens.
Levein relishing Spain clash
Craig Levein insists Scotland have "nothing to
fear" against Spain in Tuesday night's do-or-die Euro 2012 Group
I qualifier in Alicante.
Neville blasts England hopes
Gary Neville does not believe the current England side
is good enough to win Euro 2012 and believes the players have
"very little invention".
Els replaces Casey as leader
England's Paul Casey dropped to second as Ernie Els
took the lead of the Frys.com Open midway through the third round in California.
O'Shea proud of triumphant Quins
Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea was left a
proud man after his side made it six wins from six in the Aviva
Premiership.
Dolan to face Taylor in final
Brendan Dolan wrote his name into the record books
while progressing through to the World Grand Prix final, where he
will face Phil Taylor. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 08 October 2011
FOOTBALL
International
Costa Rica 0 Brazil 1
European Championship Qualifying
Group I
Liechtenstein 0 Scotland 1
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Group Two
Wales U21 1 Montenegro U21 0
Group Six
Turkey U21 2 Hungary U21 1
npower Division One
Bournemouth 1 Rochdale 1 Bury 2 Exeter 0 Carlisle 2
Brentford 2 Charlton 1 Tranmere 1 Colchester 2 Yeovil 2 Huddersfield
2 Stevenage 1 Scunthorpe 2 Leyton Orient 3 Sheff Wed 3 Chesterfield 1
Wycombe 1 Walsall 1
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup Quarter Final
England (0) 12 France (16) 19 Ireland (3) 10 Wales
(10) 22
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League Grand Final
St Helens (2) 16 Leeds (8) 32
GOLF
Frys.com Open R3 Collated third-round scores &
totals in the USPGA Tour Frys.com Open, CordeValle Golf Club, San
Martin, California, United States of America (USA unless stated, par 71):
200 Briny Baird 67 69 64 202 Paul Casey (Eng) 70 64
68, Ernie Els (Rsa) 69 66 67 203 Bud Cauley 69 66 68, Bryce Molder 71
67 65, Charlie Wi (Kor) 72 67 64, Adam Hadwin (Can) 71 68 64 204 John
Rollins 69 70 65 205 Will MacKenzie 73 70 62, Chris Stroud 71 66 68,
Jim Renner 75 68 62, Josh Teater 71 68 66
Madrid Masters Third-round collated totals and scores,
El Encin Golf Hotel, Alcala de Henares, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless
stated, par 72):
202 Lee Slattery 67 66 69 204 Brett Rumford (Aus) 65
71 68, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 65 70 69 205 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 67
67 71, Oscar Floren (Swe) 69 69 67, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 68 70 67
206 Eduardo De La Riva (Spa) 67 67 72 207 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 71 69
67, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 67 72 68 208 Luke Donald 68 70 70, Gonzalo
Fdez-Castano (Spa) 65 75 68, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 69 72 67 209
Richard McEvoy 69 71 69, Tano Goya (Arg) 67 7
TENNIS
ATP Rakuten Japan Open Semi-final:
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (4) Mardy Fish (USA) 7-5 6-1
(2) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (3) David Ferrer (Spa) 6-2 6-3
ATP Tour China Open
Men's Semi-finals:
(3) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt (1) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(Fra) 6-4 4-6 6-1
Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 6-4 6-3
Women's Semi-final:
(9) Andrea Petkovic (Ger) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom)
6-2 6-0
(11) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Flavia Pennetta
(Ita) 6-2 6-4
WTA Tour China Open
Semi-finals:
(9) Andrea Petkovic (Ger) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom)
6-2 6-0
(11) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Flavia Pennetta
(Ita) 6-2 6-4
CYCLING
Acqua & Sapone rider Carlos Betancur battled to a
narrow victory at the Giro dell'Emilia in Bologna on Saturday. The
Colombian jumped clear on the fifth and final climb of San Luca,
eventually crossing the line 24 seconds clear of Bauke Mollema
(Rabobank) who edged Rigoberto Urán (Team Sky) for third.
MOTORCYCLING
Michael Laverty kept his faint hopes of taking the MCE
Insurance British Superbike Championship title alive with victory in
the first race at Brands Hatch. The Swan Yamaha rider held off the
challenge of Josh Brookes to take his third win of the campaign ahead
of the final day of the season on Sunday. |
