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Headlines (05 September) :
Prior poised for dual role
Matt Prior is favourite to reclaim the wicketkeeping
position in England's Test side following his impressive displays
during the NatWest Series rout of South Africa.
Murray enjoying centre stage
Andy Murray is relishing his return to Arthur Ashe
Stadium for Saturday's US Open semi-final showdown with world number
one Rafael Nadal.
Warren eager to see 'untouchable' Khan
Frank Warren is looking forward to seeing the new,
improved Amir Khan when he defends his WBO Intercontinental
lightweight title against Breidis Prescott at Manchester's MEN Arena
on Saturday night.
Bentley keen to repay supporters
David Bentley believes England players owe their fans
after failing to qualify for Euro 2008 - and he wants to start paying
them back with performances against Andorra and Croatia.
Scolari shrugs off Robinho loss
Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has insisted he is
happy with his squad despite seeing the club miss out on Robinho as
the transfer window closed.
Taylor calls for leniency for Barton
Professional Footballers' Association chief executive
Gordon Taylor has urged the Football Association to be lenient with
Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton when he appears before a
disciplinary panel on Friday.
Bilic plays down Hammers link
Slaven Bilic appears to have ruled himself out of the
running for the West Ham vacancy after committing his future to
Croatia until 2010 at least.
Magpies rocked by Keegan resignation
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is going back to the
drawing board with his dream for the club in tatters in the wake of
Kevin Keegan's resignation.
Federer battles into last four
Roger Federer kept his bid for a first Grand Slam
title of the year alive with a straight-sets quarter-final victory
over qualifier Gilles Muller at the US Open on Thursday.
Tigers pounce to sign Hudson
Castleford have signed their former captain Ryan
Hudson from Huddersfield on a four-year deal. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 04
September 2008
FOOTBALL
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Group Six
Scotland U21 3 Slovenia U21 1
Blue Square Premier
Kidderminster 1 Torquay 0
GOLF
Telkom PGA Pro-Am
Collated second round scores & totals in the
Sunshine Tour Telkom PGA Pro-Am, Centurion Country Club, Centurion,
South Africa(Rsa unless stated, Par 72):
131 Michiel Bothma 66 65 133 Tyrone Ferreira 67 66,
Merrick Bremner 63 70 135 Jaco Van Zyl 66 69, Dean Lambert 66 69,
Garth Mulroy 63 72 136 Charl Coetzee 68 68 137 Alex Haindl 69 68, Des
Terblanche 66 71, Grant Muller 67 70 138 Theunis Spangenberg 72 66,
Trevor Fisher Jnr 67 71, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 70 68, Keith Horne 68 70
139 Kevin Stone 70 69, Jbe'Kruger 72 67, George Coetzee 71 68, Chris
Williams 67 72
Canadian Tour Championship
Collated first round scores in the Canadian Tour
Championship Presented by The Dominion, Barrie, Ontario, Canada(USA
& Can unless stated, Par 72):
64 Daniel Im 65 John Ellis, James Hahn 66 Tom
Stankowski, Graham DeLaet 67 Dustin Risdon, Michael Wilson, Scott
Gibson, Hoyt McGarity 68 Lee Williamson, Wes Heffernan, George
Bradford, Barrett Jarosch, Dale Vallely, Mike Grob, Andrew Johnson
(Aus), Doug Batty (Nzl), Ryan Cairns (Zim) 69 Jim Lemon, Garrett
Frank, Tim Wood (Aus), Liam Kendregan 70 Richard Gilkey, Stuart
Anderson, Marc Lawless, Adam Speirs, Richard Scott, Justin Smith
(Aus), Nick Manfre, Justin Madison, Kris Wasylowich, Eugene Smith,
Wil Collins, Clayton Rask, Warren Pineo, Ben Bunny (Aus)
TENNIS
US OPEN
Men's Singles Quarter-final:
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 3-6 6-1 6-4
6-2 (6) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (17) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 7-6
(7-2) 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 7-5
Women's Singles Quarter-final:
(6) Dinara Safina (Rus) bt (16) Flavia Pennetta (Ita)
6-2 6-3 (4) Serena Williams (USA) bt (7) Venus Williams (USA) 7-6
(8-6) 7-6 (9-7)
Men's Doubles Semi-final:
(7) Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) & Leander Paes (Ind) bt
Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-2 6-0 (2) Bob Bryan
(USA) & Mike Bryan (USA) bt Tommy Robredo (Spa) & Sergio
Roitman (Arg) 6-2 6-1
Women's Doubles Quarter-final:
(1) Cara Black (Zim) & Liezel Huber (USA) bt (8)
Zi Yan (Chn) & Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-4 6-3 (5) Anabel Medina
Garrigues (Spa) & Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) bt Raquel
Kops-Jones (USA) & Abigail Spears (USA) 2-6 6-3 7-6 (7-2)
Boy's Singles 2nd rd:
Peerakit Siributwong (Tha) (15) bt Dan Smethurst (Gbr)
6-3 6-2 (6) Guillaume Rufin (Fra) bt Marcus Willis (Gbr) 3-6 7-5 6-4
Boy's Doubles 2nd rd:
Daniel Cox (Gbr) & Dane Propoggia (Aus) bt Takanyi
Garanganga (Zim) & Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (Egy) 6-3 6-3
Guido Pella (Arg) & Cesar Ramirez (Mex) bt (8) Dan
Smethurst (Gbr) & Marcus Willis (Gbr) 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 10-4
EQUESTRIANISM
Oliver Townend topped the leaderboard ahead of William
Fox-Pitt at the end of the first day of the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials. |
