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Headlines (07 September) :
Burley buoyed by display
Scotland manager George Burley branded his players
"outstanding" against Macedonia - despite crashing to
defeat in their first World Cup qualifying game.
Khan rues gamble that backfired
Amir Khan admitted facing unbeaten Colombian Breidis
Prescott had been "a massive gamble" after a stunning
54-second knockout defeat left his world title dreams in tatters.
Robson: Wise role undermined Keegan
Sir Bobby Robson believes "no manager worth his
salt" will be interested in succeeding Kevin Keegan at Newcastle
unless there is fundamental change at St James' Park.
Richardson lands first British gold
Simon Richardson won Great Britain's first gold medal
of the Paralympic Games in Beijing on Sunday with a stunning
performance in the men's LC3/4 one-kilometre time-trial.
Capello could bench Cole again
England coach Fabio Capello has still to decide
whether to give two-goal hero Joe Cole a starting place for
Wednesday's World Cup qualifier with Croatia - after a row with the
Chelsea midfielder.
Toshack relieved after win
Wales boss John Toshack revealed he was "pleased
and relieved" by his side's 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over
Azerbaijan in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
Weather holds up Murray
Andy Murray's electrifying start to his first grand
slam semi-final was halted by rain in New York on Saturday with the
British number one leading US Open top seed Rafael Nadal two sets to
love.
Hamilton secures pole
Lewis Hamilton cruised to the 11th pole position of
his 30-race Formula One career ahead of Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.
Trapattoni sets sights high after win
Giovanni Trapattoni set his sights on South Africa
2010 after his side launched their World Cup qualifying campaign with
a victory over Georgia.
Worthington angry at Slovakia defeat
Nigel Worthington was left angry and frustrated as
Northern Ireland slumped to defeat in their opening World Cup
qualifier. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 06 September 2008
FOOTBALL
FIFA World Cup European Qualifying
Group One
Albania 0 Sweden 0 Hungary 0 Denmark 0 Malta 0
Portugal 4
Group Two
Israel 2 Switzerland 2 Luxembourg 0 Greece 3 Moldova 1
Latvia 2
Group Three
Poland 1 Slovenia 1 Slovakia 2 Northern Ireland 1
Group Four
Liechtenstein 0 Germany 6 Wales 1 Azerbaijan 0
Group Five
Armenia 0 Turkey 2 Belgium 3 Estonia 2 Spain 1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0
Group Six
Andorra 0 England 2 Croatia 3 Kazakhstan 0 Ukraine 1
Belarus 0
Group Seven
Austria 3 France 1 Romania 0 Lithuania 3 Serbia 2
Faroe Islands 0
Group Eight
Cyprus 1 Italy 2 Georgia 1 Rep of Ireland 2 Montenegro
2 Bulgaria 2
Group Nine
FYR Macedonia 1 Scotland 0 Norway 2 Iceland 2
International
Holland 1 Australia 2
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Group One
Azerbaijan U21 2 Faroe Islands U21 2
Group Two
Turkey U21 2 Czech Rep U21 0
Group Ten
Bosnia-Herzegovina U21 1 Romania U21 1
RUGBY UNION
The Magners League
Cardiff Blues (10) 16 Leinster (3) 16
Guinness Premiership
Bristol P Bath P Gloucester P Leicester P London Irish
(13) 26 Wasps (0) 14 Saracens (6) 21 Harlequins (8) 24
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Castleford (10) 16 Bradford (10) 18 Warrington (6) 20
Huddersfield (24) 38
GOLF
USPGA BMW Championship Latest third round scores &
totals in the USPGA Tour BMW Championship, Bellerive CC, St Louis,
Missouri, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 70):
198 Jim Furyk 70 62 66 202 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 71 64
67, KJ Choi (Kor) 70 68 64, D.J. Trahan 71 63 68 203 Stephen Ames
(Can) 68 69 66 204 Hunter Mahan 69 67 68, Justin Leonard 69 67 68,
Angel Cabrera (Arg) 69 69 66, Tommy Armour III 71 64 69 205 Rory
Sabbatini (Rsa) 72 66 67, Lucas Glover 68 68 69, Sergio Garcia (Spa)
68 68 69 206 Dean Wilson 69 71 66, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 69 67 70,
Bart Bryant 69 68 69
Omega European Masters
Collated third round scores & totals in the
European Tour Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre GC,
Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
200 Rory McIlroy 63 71 66 204 Juan Abbate (Arg) 68 67
69, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 68 71 65, Robert Dinwiddie 76 64 64,
Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 67 68 69, Julien Clement (Swi) 69 68 67,
Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 68 67 69 205 Gary Orr 67 71 67, Miguel
Angel Jimenez (Spa) 68 69 68, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 69 70 66,
Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 67 70 68, Julio Zapata (Arg) 66 72 67 206
Mark Foster 72 66 68, Ross McGowan 67 73 66, Barry Lane 71 70 65
Canadian Tour Championship
Collated third round scores & totals in the
Canadian Tour Championship Presented by The Dominion, Barrie,
Ontario, Canada(USA & Can unless stated, Par 72):
203 Tom Stankowski 66 70 67, Wes Heffernan 68 68 67
204 Daniel Im 64 68 72 205 John Ellis 65 73 67, Graham DeLaet 66 68
71 208 Mike Grob 68 71 69, Dustin Risdon 67 71 70 209 Steve Friesen
74 70 65, Dale Vallely 68 71 70 210 Michael Wilson 67 76 67, Tim Wood
(Aus) 69 74 67, DJ Fiese 71 72 67, Barrett Jarosch 68 73 69 211 Adam
Bland (Aus) 72 69 70, Scott Gibson 67 69 75 212 Alex Coe 73 71 68,
Lee Williamson 68 75 69, JC Deacon 71 71 70, Michael Walton 74 66 72,
Jim Lemon 69 71 72, Marc Lawless 70 63 79
TENNIS
US OPEN D Women's Singles Semi-final:
(2) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt (5) Elena Dementieva
(Rus) 6-4 6-4 (4) Serena Willilams (USA) bt (6) Dinara Safina (Rus)
6-3 6-2
Men's Doubles Final:
(2) Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA) bt (7)
Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) & Leander Paes (Ind) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (12-10)
Women's Doubles Semi-final:
(1) Cara Black (Zim) & Liezel Huber (USA) bt (5)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) & Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) 6-1
6-4
BASKETBALL
Great Britain bounced back from Wednesday's overtime
loss in Israel to beat Group D leaders the Czech Republic 87-68 in an
occasionally scrappy EuroBasket qualifier at London's O2 Arena.
EQUESTRIANISM
William Fox-Pitt and his 2004 Badminton champion
Tamarillo put up a brilliant display of accurate cross-country
jumping in appalling weather conditions at the Land Rover Burghley
Horse Trials. They take a commanding lead of just over two fences
into Sunday's final showjumping phase |
