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Headlines (13 September) :
FA to take 'close look' at Adebayor
Chief executive Ian Watmore has confirmed the Football
Association will take a "good close look" at two incidents
involving Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor during the 4-2
win over Arsenal at Eastlands.
Gallas set for Gunners extension
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will discuss a new
contract with defender William Gallas before the end of the year.
Mallinder unhappy over disallowed try
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder insisted
the TMO had robbed Saints of victory in the 19-16 defeat by Saracens
at Wembley.
Head calls for 'firm' punishment
Williams co-owner Patrick Head has called on the FIA
to deal with Renault "pretty firmly" should they be found
guilty in the 'crash-gate' scandal.
Morgan promises response from Rovers
Hull KR coach Justin Morgan is confident his side can
bounce back in the engage Super League play-offs after ending the
regular season with a 24-12 defeat at Wakefield.
Cockerill expects more from Tigers
Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill welcomed
the Tigers' first Guinness Premiership win of the season - but
insisted there is much more to come.
Clijsters through as Williams blows up
Kim Clijsters moved into the US Open women's singles
final in controversial circumstances as defending champion Serena
Williams picked up a point penalty for a second code violation on
match point against her.
Batting concerns remain for Strauss
England captain Andrew Strauss is concerned his side's
one-day batting struggles will become cancerous following
confirmation of NatWest Series defeat to Australia.
Burley hits out
Scotland manager George Burley has described the wait
he faces to discover if he will keep his job as
"ridiculous".
Ferguson slams Scholes dismissal
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson accused
referee Andre Marriner of dismissing Paul Scholes purely on
reputation during the 3-1 win over Tottenham at White Hart Lane. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 12 September 2009
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Blackburn 3 Wolverhampton 1 Liverpool 4 Burnley 0 Man
City 4 Arsenal 2 Portsmouth 2 Bolton 3 Stoke 1 Chelsea 2 Sunderland 4
Hull 1 Tottenham 1 Man Utd 3 Wigan 1 West Ham 0
Scottish Premier
Celtic 1 Dundee Utd 1 Motherwell 0 Rangers 0 St Mirren
1 St Johnstone 1
Coca-Cola Championship
Coventry 1 Bristol City 1 Crystal Palace 0 Scunthorpe
4 Derby 0 Sheff Utd 1 Leicester 2 Blackpool 1 Middlesbrough 3 Ipswich
1 Preston 2 Swansea 0 QPR 1 Peterborough 1 Reading 0 Doncaster 0
Sheff Wed 1 Nottm Forest 1 Watford 1 Barnsley 0 West Brom 3 Plymouth
1
Coca-Cola Division One
Bristol Rovers 1 Oldham 0 Carlisle 0 Brighton 2
Charlton 1 Southampton 1 Gillingham 2 Millwall 0 Hartlepool 1 Wycombe
1 Huddersfield 0 Brentford 0 Leyton Orient 1 Exeter 1 Swindon 1
Colchester 1 Tranmere 2 Walsall 3 Yeovil 2 Stockport 2
CRICKET
LV County Championship - Division Two at The SWALEC
Stadium
Glamorgan 311 all out 93.3 ovs 296 all out 94 ovs Essex
288 all out 103.4 ovs 18 - 2 11.4 ovs Essex need 302 more runs to
win.
England v Australia Lord's The NatWest Series
Australia beat England by 7 wkts.
TENNIS
US OPEN
Men's Singles - Quarter Finals
Fernando Gonzalez (11) 6 (4) 6 (2) 0 - - Rafael Nadal
(3) 7 (7) 7 (7) 6 - -
Women's Singles - Semi Finals
Kim Clijsters 6 7 - - - Serena Williams (2) 4 5 - - -
Yanina Wickmayer 3 3 - - - Caroline Wozniacki (9) 6 6 -
RUGBY UNION
Tri-Nations Series
New Zealand (12) 29 South Africa (22) 32
Guinness Premiership
Bath (10) 15 Wasps (17) 17 Harlequins (3) 9 Leicester
(3) 15 Saracens (9) 19 Northampton (3) 16
The Magners League
Leinster (9) 23 Newport-Gwent D'gons (6) 14 Ospreys
(13) 16 Ulster (15) 20
The Championship
Bedford (13) 42 Coventry (6) 6 Birmingham &
Solihull (16) 36 Bristol (23) 40 Exeter (19) 32 Doncaster (10) 20
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Wakefield (12) 24 Hull K R (6) 10
National Conference League Premier Division
East Hull 16 Leigh MR 37 Leigh East 30 Wath Brow
Hornets 0 Siddal 58 Wigan St Judes 10 West Hull 24 Oulton Raiders 16
Widnes St Maries 18 Ince Rose Bridge 22 Wigan St Patricks 32 Hull
Dockers 6 York Acorn 22 Skirlaugh 30
GOLF
UNIQA Ladies Golf Open R3
Collated third round scores & totals in the Ladies
European Tour UNIQA Ladies Golf Open presented by Raiffeisen,
Golfclub Fohrenwald-Wiener Neustadt, Austria(Par 72):
208 Hazel Kavanagh (Irl) 68 73 67, Linda Wessberg
(Swe) 70 68 70, Marjet van der Graaff (Ned) 69 67 72 209 Jade
Schaeffer (Fra) 68 70 71, Bettina Hauert (Ger) 68 68 73 210 Veronica
Zorzi (Ita) 69 70 71, Laura Davies (Eng) 67 69 74 211 Melissa Reid
(Eng) 67 74 70, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 70 70 71, Johanna Westerberg
(Swe) 70 68 73 212 Frances Bondad (Aus) 74 69 69, Smriti Mehra (Ind)
70 71 71, Maria Boden (Swe) 70 71 71
Dutch Futures
Collated third-round scores (Par 72):
202 N Colsaerts (Bel) 69 66 67 203 E Molinari (Ita) 68
69 66 205 C Suneson (Spa) 67 69 69, A McArthur (Sco) 71 68 66, A
Butterfield (Eng) 68 67 70 206 B Wiesberger (Aut) 68 71 67, J Quesne
(Fra) 69 68 69 207 G Boyd (Eng) 70 67 70, C Moriarty (Irl) 70 71 66,
S Tiley (Eng) 69 71 67, G Murray (Sco) 70 69 68, C Brazillier (Fra)
67 69 71, S Bebb (Wal) 70 70 67 208 L Bond (Wal) 72 68 68, K Sullivan
(Wal) 69 72 67 209 J Lima (Por) 69 70 70
P & G Beauty NW Arkansas
Collated second-round scores & totals in the LPGA
tour P & G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship Presented by John Q.
Hammons, Pinnacle CC, United States of America (USA unless stated,
par 71):
133 Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 65 68 135 Angela Stanford 66 69
136 Yani Tseng (Tai) 68 68, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 69 67, Na Yeon Choi
(Kor) 71 65 137 Jane Park 67 70, Na Ri Kim (Kor) 70 67, M.J. Hur
(Kor) 69 68, Pat Hurst 66 71, Hye Jung Choi (Kor) 68 69 138 Stacy
Prammanasudh 68 70, Wendy Ward 69 69, Brittany Lang 66 72, Helen
Alfredsson (Swe) 69 69
Mercedes-Benz Championship
Collated third round scores (Gbr & Irl unless
stated, par 72):
205 Peter Hanson (Swe) 70 68 67 206 James Kingston
(Rsa) 67 69 70, Soren Hansen (Den) 65 71 70, Simon Dyson 68 70 68 207
Anthony Wall 69 70 68, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 70 68 69 208 Francesco
Molinari (Ita) 68 71 69, Chris Wood 66 69 73, Anders Hansen (Den) 70
68 70, Paul Lawrie 68 71 69 209 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 69 69 71, Niclas
Fasth (Swe) 70 67 72, Scott Strange (Aus) 67 68 74 210 Daniel Vancsik
(Arg) 69 72 69, David Drysdale 67 70 73, Darren Clarke 70 70 70, Alex
Cejka (Ger) 70 72 68
BMW Championship
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA
tour BMW Championship, Cog Hill G & CC, Lemont, Illinois, United
States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
197 Tiger Woods 68 67 62 204 Marc Leishman (Aus) 67 69
68, Brandt Snedeker 69 69 66 205 Matt Kuchar 71 68 66, Padraig
Harrington (Irl) 68 68 69 206 John Senden (Aus) 70 70 66, Mark Wilson
69 66 71 207 Jim Furyk 70 70 67, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71 68 68, Bubba
Watson 69 68 70, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 69 68 208 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa)
66 70 72, Zach Johnson 73 65 70, Sean O'Hair 70 68 70, Bo Van Pelt 67
69 72, David Toms 68 71 69, Ian Poulter (Eng) 69 71 68
TRIATHLON
Great Britain's Helen Jenkins took bronze in the
senior women's grand final but finished fifth in the overall
championship standings of the ITU Triathlon World Championships on
Australia's Gold Coast. Jenkins saw off the challenge of American
Sarah Haskins to claim third place in Sunday's final, which was won
by overall championship winner Emma Moffatt of Australia. Moffatt
finished 27 seconds ahead of Jenkins and six ahead of Swedish silver
medallist Lisa Norden.
ATHLETICS
Tyson Gay snatched victory ahead of Asafa Powell in a
thrilling 100 metres at the World Athletics Final in Thessalonika on
Saturday night. Powell, chasing a sixth success at the lucrative
meeting, seemed to have another win assured a few strides from the
line. But American Gay, with an astonishing spurt, threw himself
across the line to win by two hundredths of a second.
Hannah England outshone all of last month's World
Championships 1500 metres medallists, including fellow British
athlete Lisa Dobriskey, with a thrilling second place in Saturday
night's World Athletics Final in Thessalonika. Despite the
disappointment of not making the British team for Berlin, England has
always maintained she has the self confidence and the talent to prove
her consistency at the highest level.
CYCLING
Australian Chris Sutton won the opening stage of the
Tour of Britain in York on Saturday, taking the line in a bunch
sprint thanks to sterling efforts from Garmin team-mate and Tour de
France hero Bradley Wiggins. |
