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Headlines (16 September) :
Terry still sore after brief knockout
Chelsea captain John Terry was knocked unconscious
during the Blues' 1-0 Champions League victory over Porto at Stamford
Bridge.
Wright to miss rest of series
All-rounder Luke Wright has been ruled out for the
remaining two matches of England's one-day series against Australia
with a toe injury.
Ferguson unconcerned by Rooney reaction
Sir Alex Ferguson shrugged off Wayne Rooney's
bad-tempered reaction to being substituted in Istanbul on Tuesday.
Wenger hits out at Hughes
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has criticised his
Manchester City counterpart Mark Hughes for his response to Emmanuel
Adebayor's stamp on Robin van Persie.
Pressley quits Scotland job
Steven Pressley has quit George Burley's backroom
staff, less than 24 hours after it was announced the Scotland boss
was keeping his job.
Renault chiefs quit
Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds have sensationally
quit Renault.
Brady and Sullivan set to leave City
Birmingham chief executive Karren Brady and PLC
chairman David Sullivan will leave the club if Hong Kong businessman
Carson Yeung completes his takeover of the club.
Johnson takes injuries in his stride
Martin Johnson reacted to the loss of key men Riki
Flutey and Delon Armitage in his typically matter-of-fact manner -
and immediately laid down the challenge to the next in line.
Murray fit for Davis Cup tie
Andy Murray has declared himself fit for this
weekend's crucial Davis Cup relegation play-off against Poland in
Liverpool.
Strauss seeks Flintoff answers
England captain Andrew Strauss warns Andrew Flintoff
needs to provide an explanation for rejecting a central contract,
before a decision can be made about the all-rounder's international
future. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 15 September 2009
FOOTBALL
UEFA Champions League
Group A
Juventus 1 Bordeaux 1 Maccabi Haifa 0 Bayern Munich 3
Group B
Besiktas 0 Man Utd 1 Wolfsburg 3 CSKA Moscow 1
Group C
FC Zurich 2 Real Madrid 5 Marseille 1 AC Milan 2
Group D
Atletico Madrid 0 Apoel Nicosia 0 Chelsea 1 FC Porto 0
Scottish Premier
Hearts 1 Kilmarnock 0
Coca-Cola Championship
Coventry 3 Sheff Utd 2 Derby 2 Barnsley 3 Ipswich 1
Nottm Forest 1 Leicester 1 Peterborough 1 Plymouth 0 Watford 1
Scunthorpe 3 Preston 1 Sheff Wed 1 Middlesbrough 3 Swansea 0 Bristol
City 0 West Brom 3 Doncaster 1
CRICKET
England v Australia Trent Bridge The NatWest Series
Australia beat England by 4 wkts.
TENNIS
WTA Guangzhou International Open
1st rd:
Yung-Jan Chan (Tpe) bt Mathilde Johansson (Fra) 6-1 6-1
Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) bt Jingjing Lu (Chn) 6-4 6-2
(8) Alberta Brianti (Ita) bt Sophie Ferguson (Aus) 7-6 6-4
Abigail Spears (USA) bt Kai Chen Chang (Tpe) 6-3 7-6 (7-3)
(7) Ayumi Morita (Jpn) bt Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) 6-3 6-3
(1) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Kimiko Date Krumm
(Jpn) 6-1 4-6 6-4
Lenka Wienerova (Svk) bt Ling Zhang (Hkg) 7-6 (7-5)
4-6 6-4
(9) Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) bt Yanchong Chen (Chn)
6-2 6-2
(3) Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Angela Haynes (USA) 6-2 7-5
Add 1st rd: Chanelle Scheepers (Rsa) bt Arantxa Parra
Santonja (Spa) 7-6 (14-12) 5-7 6-3
Add 1st rd: (5) Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Kathrin Woerle
(Ger) 6-1 6-4
Add 1st rd: Olga Savchuk (Ukr) bt (4) Katarina
Srebotnik (Slo) 3-6 7-5 6-2
Add 1st rd: Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) bt Zi Yan (Chn) 6-3 7-5
WTA Tour Bell Challenge
1st rd:
(8) Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) 6-3 7-5
Madison Brengle (USA) bt Mallory Cecil (USA) 7-5 6-3
(3) Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) bt Corinna Dentoni (Ita)
6-2 6-0
(1) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Carly Gullickson (USA) 6-2 6-0
Amra Sadikovic (Swi) bt Olga Puchkova (Rus) 6-4 6-3
TABLE TENNIS
Paul Drinkhall, 19, won eight of his 11 matches as a
young England team beat Italy 3-1 at the European Championships in
Stuttgart to book a place in next year's Championship Division. Danny
Reed, 18, also produced an outstanding performance beating highly
ranked Stefano Tomasi, one of four wins from his six matches. The
teenagers helped clinch England's return to Europe's top division for
the first time in 10 years.
ATHLETICS
Kate Dennison raised her British pole vault record to
4.60 metres at the Pedros Cup meeting in Szczecin. Dennison added two
centimetres to the performance she achieved at the British Grand Prix
in July, and clinched a third-place finish at the Polish venue. |
