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Headlines (08 September) :
Bilic unimpressed by England
Croatia boss Slaven Bilic has dismissed England as
"predictable" and insisted he "expects" his side
to win their World Cup qualifying group.
England wait on Rio fitness
England are awaiting a verdict on Rio Ferdinand's
fitness ahead of the World Cup qualifier with Croatia in Zagreb.
Rooney: England must do better
Wayne Rooney believes England have to find their best
form if they are to get a result against Croatia on Wednesday.
Williams: Title reward for hard work
Serena Williams felt her hard work had paid off after
claiming her ninth grand slam title in Sunday's US Open final.
Murray: Past successes meaningless
Andy Murray goes into the US Open final against Roger
Federer knowing his winning record against the four-time defending
champion will be meaningless in his first grand slam final.
Hibbard agrees new Ospreys deal
Hooker Richard Hibbard has signed a four-year contract
with the Ospreys.
Bilic: I'll turn down Hammers
Slaven Bilic has insisted he will not leave his post
with Croatia to take over as manager at West Ham.
McLaren to appeal Hamilton decision
McLaren are to launch an appeal against the decision
to strip Lewis Hamilton of his victory in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix
at Spa-Francorchamps.
Simmonds secures gold
Great Britain's youngest Paralympian Eleanor Simmonds
claimed a gold medal at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Monday.
Zola tops Hammers wish list
Michael Laudrup will be interviewed by West Ham
officials on Monday but Gianfranco Zola has moved into pole position
in the race to be the club's next manager. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 07
September 2008
FOOTBALL
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Group Eight Serbia U21 8 Hungary U21 0
Blue Square Premier
Grays Athletic 3 Kidderminster 2 Torquay 2 Northwich 1
RUGBY UNION
Gloucester 8 Leicester 20 N'hampton 21 Worcester 13
Newcastle 9 Sale 14 Bristol 20 Bath 33
RUGBY LEAGUE
Harlequins 34 Catalans 24 Hull KR 36 Hull 8
GOLF
BMW Championship (R4)
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA
Tour BMW Championship, Bellerive CC, St Louis, Missouri, United
States of America(USA unless stated, par 70):
265 Camilo Villegas (Col) 65 66 66 68 267 Dudley Hart
67 69 66 65 268 Anthony Kim 68 67 66 67, Jim Furyk 70 62 66 70 269 KJ
Choi (Kor) 70 68 64 67, D.J. Trahan 71 63 68 67, Stephen Ames (Can)
68 69 66 66 270 Hunter Mahan 69 67 68 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 67 68 66 69
271 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 71 64 67 69, Steve Stricker 66 71 68 66,
Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 67 67 72 65 273 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 69 67 70
67, Brian Gay 67 67 67 72, Lucas Glover 68 68 69 68, Ben Curtis 70 70
68 65
Omega European Masters
Collated final round scores & totals in the
European Tour Omega European, Masters Crans-sur-Sierre GC,
Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
271 Rory McIlroy 63 71 66 71, Jean-Francois Lucquin
(Fra) 68 67 69 67(Lucquin won play-off at second extra hole) 272
Christian Cevaer (Fra) 68 71 65 68, Gary Orr 67 71 67 67, Miguel
Angel Jimenez (Spa) 68 69 68 67, Julien Clement (Swi) 69 68 67 68 273
Juan Abbate (Arg) 68 67 69 69, Robert Dinwiddie 76 64 64 69, Rafael
Echenique (Arg) 69 70 66 68, Ross McGowan 67 73 66 67 274 Francesco
Molinari (Ita) 69 70 69 66, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 67 68 69 70,
Julio Zapata (Arg) 66 72 67 69
Canadian Tour Championship
Collated final round scores & totals in the
Canadian Tour Championship Presented by The Dominion, Barrie,
Ontario, Canada(USA & Can unless stated, Par 72):
272 Tom Stankowski 66 70 67 69 274 Graham DeLaet 66 68
71 69, Wes Heffernan 68 68 67 71 277 Steve Friesen 74 70 65 68, John
Ellis 65 73 67 72 279 Barrett Jarosch 68 73 69 69, Dale Vallely 68 71
70 70 281 Dustin Risdon 67 71 70 73, Daniel Im 64 68 72 77 283 Wil
Collins 70 71 72 70, JC Deacon 71 71 70 71, DJ Fiese 71 72 67 73 284
Michael Walton 74 66 72 72, Scott Gibson 67 69 75 73
TENNIS
US OPEN
Men's Singles semi-finals:
(2) Roger Federer (Swi) bt (3) Novak Djokovic (Ser)
6-3 5-7 7-5 6-2
(6) Andy Murray (Gbr) leads (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 6-2
7-6 (7-5) 2-3 (play suspended)
FORMULA ONE
BELGIAN GRAND PRIX Late Rain Showers
Pos Driver Team Time
1 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:22:59.394
2 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:23:13.773
3 * Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:22:44.933
4 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1:23:13.872
5 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Scuderia Toro Rosso
1:23:13.970
6 Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:23:14.371
7 Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso
1:23:16.033
8 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1:23:42.133
8 ** Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 1:23:41.433
10 David Coulthard (Gbr) Red Bull at 1 Lap
11 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams at 1 Lap
12 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India at 1 Lap
13 Kazugi Nakajima (Jpn) Williams at 1 Lap
14 Jenson Button (Gbr) Honda at 1 Lap
15 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota at 1 Lap
16 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India at 2 Laps
* demoted to third after 25-second penalty ** demoted
to ninth after 25-second penalty
PARALYMPICS
David Roberts rode the wave created by a stunning
victory by Eleanor Simmonds to claim
Great Britain's third Paralympic Games swimming gold medal in Beijing
today. Simmonds, the youngest British Paralympian at aged 13, timed
her finish to perfection to win the women's S6 100 metres freestyle -
Britain's second title in the National Aquatics Center after Sascha
Kindred's triumph on day one
Great Britain stormed to joint first place in the
medal table at the end of day one of the Paralympic Games in Beijing
after winning four gold medals.
Simon Richardson won
the first of three cycling gold medals as Britain extended their
dominance of the Laoshan Velodrome track.
Aileen McGlynn - with
pilot rider Ellen Hunter - and Darren Kenny
successfully defended their titles and swimmer Sascha
Kindred took inspiration from the cyclists' performances
to win gold - his fifth Paralympic title - at the Water Cube.
EQUESTRIANISM
Olympic team bronze medallist William Fox-Pitt brought
the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials to a tumultuous close as he
captured his fifth Burghley title.
MOTOR CYCLING
Troy Bayliss closed in on his third World Superbike
title after breaking his Donington duck on a chaotic day of racing.
The 39-year-old is retiring at the end of the season and capped his
last competitive visit to Britain by finally winning at the
Leicestershire circuit in difficult conditions |
