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Headlines (19 September) :
Ferguson takes City seriously
Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed Manchester City's flying
start to the season has earned them the accolade of title contenders.
Redknapp not worried about Bridge blues
Harry Redknapp insists Tottenham's new mentality will
ensure his players will not be daunted this weekend by the club's
woeful record at Stamford Bridge.
Blackwell delighted with derby win
Sheffield United manager Kevin Blackwell hailed "a
massive win" after clinching his first Steel City derby at
Bramall Lane as his side held on for a 3-2 triumph in a classic
Coca-Cola Championship encounter.
Anderson determined to thwart Aussies
England's James Anderson claims the relentless
international schedule this year had started to leave him jaded but
now he is "re-energised" and ready to stave off a seventh
successive one-day defeat.
Meehan thrilled with success at Sale
Bath head coach Steve Meehan could not hide his
delight after his side ground out a 25-12 victory at Sale to haul
themselves off the bottom of the Guinness Premiership.
All Blacks end campaign with win
New Zealand ended their Tri-Nations campaign with a
flourish in Wellington with a comprehensive 33-6 win against
Australia.
Walker injury woe mars Leeds win
A sickening injury to Hull KR's former Great Britain
centre Chev Walker overshadowed Leeds' 44-8 victory in the Super
League qualifying play-off tie at Headingley.
Murray: Davis Cup criticism 'pathetic'
Andy Murray has hinted criticism he received for
missing previous Davis Cup ties played a part in his decision to risk
his injured left wrist and represent Great Britain in this weekend's
relegation play-off against Poland.
Blood donations saved me - Davenport
West Ham's Calum Davenport believes blood transfusions
probably saved his life.
Toure hits back in derby war of words
Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has hit back at
Sir Alex Ferguson's criticism of his club, claiming the Manchester
United manager is "worried" by the revolution under way at
Eastlands. |
International Results Roundup
Dateline 18
September 2009
FOOTBALL
Coca-Cola Championship
Sheff Utd 3 Sheff Wed 2
CRICKET
LV County Championship - Division One at Taunton
Somerset 280 all out 78.3 ovs 239 - 4 63.4 ovs
Worcestershire 571 all out 141.2 ovs Somerset are 52 runs behind.
LV County Championship - Division One at Hove
Sussex 448 all out 119.5 ovs Yorkshire 403 all out 136
ovs 166 - 3 54.3 ovs Yorkshire are leading by 121 runs.
LV County Championship - Division Two at The SWALEC
Stadium
Glamorgan 410 all out 109.4 ovs 171 - 8 dec 62.3 ovs
Gloucestershire 286 all out 95.2 ovs 17 - 1 6.5 ovs Gloucestershire
need 279 more runs to win.
GOLF
Open de France Dames
Collated second round scores & totals in the
Ladies European Tour Vediorbis & Randstad Open de France Dames,
Golf d'Arras, Nord-Pas de Calais, France(Par: 72)
137 Becky Brewerton (Wal) 70 67 138 Ana Larraneta
(Spa) 70 68, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 71 67, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 71 67
139 Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 68 71, Anja Monke (Ger) 70 69, Carin Koch
(Swe) 71 68, Tara Delaney (Irl) 70 69 140 Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 72
68, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 72 68, Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 72 68, Karen Lunn
(Aus) 71 69 141 Hazel Kavanagh (Irl) 70 71, Stefania Croce (Ita) 70 71
Albertsons Boise Open
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA
Nationwide Tour Albertsons Boise Open Presented by Kraft, Hillcrest
Country Club, Boise, Idaho, United States(Par: 71)
128 Blake Adams 63 65 132 Leif Olson 69 63, Josh
Teater 67 65 133 Jonas Blixt 69 64, Fran Quinn 68 65, Daniel
Summerhays 67 66 134 Justin Bolli 66 68 135 Chris Baryla 67 68, Craig
Bowden 70 65, Fabian Gomez 67 68, Scott Gutschewski 68 67, Bradley
Iles 68 67, Jonathan Kaye 64 71, Skip Kendall 66 69, B.J. Staten 68
67, Tjaart Van der Walt 68 67, Steve Wheatcroft 68 67
Greater Hickory Classic
Collated first round scores in the USPGA Champions
Tour Greater Hickory Classic, Rock Barn Golf & Spa Club, Conover,
North Carolina, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
62 Jay Haas 65 Gil Morgan 66 Tom Jenkins, Nick Price
(Zim), Jerry Pate 67 Andy Bean, Russ Cochran, Jeff Sluman, Hal
Sutton, Steve Thomas, Mark Wiebe, Dan Forsman, Mark McNulty (Irl),
Bobby Wadkins 68 Fulton Allem (Rsa), Gene Jones, David Frost (Rsa),
Ronnie Black, Chris Starkjohann, Bruce Vaughan, Jim Thorpe, Lonnie
Nielsen, Larry Mize
Samsung World Championship
Collated second round scores & totals in the LPGA
Tour Samsung World Championship, San Diego, California, United
States(USA unless stated, par 72):
135 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 66 69 136 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 68
68, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 67 69 137 Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 67 70 138
Paula Creamer 69 69, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 71 67, Cristie Kerr 72 66,
Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 66 72 140 Brittany Lincicome 70 70 141 Yani Tseng
(Tai) 75 66 142 Juli Inkster 68 74, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 74 68
Austrian Open
Collated second round scores from the European Tour's
Austrian Golf Open at Fontana GC in Vienna, Austria (Gbr & Irl
unless stated, par 71):
129 Benn Barham 63 66 131 Richard Green (Aus) 65 66
132 Scott Drummond 64 68 133 Chris Gaunt (Aus) 66 67, Pelle Edberg
(Swe) 68 65, Mark Foster 65 68 134 Joost Luiten (Ned) 67 67, Soren
Hansen (Den) 67 67, David Horsey 67 67, Pablo Martin (Spa) 66 68 135
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 65 70, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 66 69,
Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 67 68, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 67 68, David
Lynn 67 68, Brett Rumford (Aus) 64 71, Wil Besseling (Ned) 68 67,
Gary Murphy 68 67, Iain Pyman 70 65, David Dixon 68 67, Markus Brier
(Aut) 68 67
TENNIS
WTA Guangzhou International Open
Quarter-final:
(5) Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Yung-Jan Chan (Tpe) 6-3 6-1
(3) Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Alexandra Panova (Rus) 6-2 6-3
(8) Alberta Brianti (Ita) bt Anastasija Sevastova
(Lat) 6-4 6-2
(7) Ayumi Morita (Jpn) bt Olga Savchuk (Ukr) 6-3 6-4
WTA Bell Challenge
Quarter-finals:
(8) Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Lilia Osterloh (USA) 6-2 6-4
(4) Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands
(USA) 6-3 6-4
(3) Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) bt Alla Kudryavtseva
(Rus) 6-1 6-1
(5) Melinda Czink (Hun) bt (1) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 7-6
(7-4) ret
Davis Cup
World Group semi-finals
Spain v Israel
1st Rubber: David Ferrer (Spa) bt Harel Levy (Isr) 6-1
6-4 6-3 2nd Rubber: Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 6-4
6-2 6-0 Spain lead Israel 2-0
Czech Republic v Croatia
1st Rubber: Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro)
6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (2-7) 16-14 2nd Rubber: Tomas
Berdych (Cze) bt Marin Cilic (Cro) 6-3 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-3 Czech Republic
lead Croatia 2-0
World Group play-offs
Belgium v Ukraine
1st Rubber: Christophe Rochus (Bel) bt Illya Marchenko
6-3 6-4 3-6 6-2 2nd Rubber: Steve Darcis (Bel) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky
6-2 6-3 6-4 Belgium lead Ukraine 2-0
Netherlands v France
1st Rubber: Thiemo De Bakker (Ned) bt Gael Monfils
(Fra) 6-3 5-7 6-3 6-4 2nd Rubber: Jo-Wilfried Tsong (Fra) bt Jesse
Hutta Galung (Ned) 6-7 2-6 6-7 Netherlands and France are level at 1-1
India v South Africa
1st Rubber: Somdev Devvarman (Ind) bt Izak Van Der
Merwe (RSA) 7-6 6-3 6-4 2nd Rubber: Rohan Bopana (Ind) bt Rik De
Voest (RSA) 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-4 India lead South Africa 2-0
Serbia v Uzbekistan
1st Rubber: Janko Tipsarevic (Srb) bt Denis Istomin
(Uzb) 6-2 5-7 6-1 6-4 2nd Rubber: Viktor Troicki (Srb) bt Farrukh
Dustov (Uzb) 6-4 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-2 Serbia lead Uzbekistan 2-0
Italy v Switzerland
1st Rubber: Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Andreas Seppi
(Ita) 6-4 6-1 6-2 2nd Rubber: Roger Federer (Sui) bt Simone Bolelli
(Ita) 6-3 6-4 6-1 Switzerland lead Italy 2-0
Sweden v Romania
1st Rubber: Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt Andreas
Vinciguerra (Swe) 7-6 (7/5) 7-6(1/0) ret. 2nd Rubber: Robin Soderling
(Swe) bt Victor Crivoi (Rom) 6-2 6-1 7-5 Sweden level with Romania at 1-1
Chile v Austria
1st Rubber: Nicolas Massu (Chi) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut)
4-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 2nd Rubber: Paul Capdeville (Chi) bt Stefan Koubek
(Aut) 6-4 6-4 3-6 1-6 6-4 Chile lead Austria 2-0
Brazil v Ecuador
1st Rubber: Marcos Daniel (Bra) bt Giovanni Lapentti
(Ecu) 7-6 (7/3) 3-6 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 2nd Rubber: Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu)
bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 7-6 (7/2) 6-4 7-5 Brazil level with Ecuador
at 1-1
Euro-Africa Zone I relegation play-off
Great Britain v Poland
1st Rubber: Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Michal Przysiezny
(Pol) 6-4 6-2 6-4 2nd Rubber: Jerzy Janowicz (Pol) bt Daniel Evans
(Gbr) 6-3 6-3 7-6 (7-5) Great Britain level with Poland at 1-1
CYCLING
Juan Jose Cobo stormed to victory in the 19th stage of
the Vuelta a Espana ahead of Alejandro Valverde, who remains on
course to triumph overall with just two stages left. Fuji-Servetto
crossed the line in four hours, 37 minutes, 35 seconds to finish two
seconds clear of fellow Spaniard Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
following the 174-kilometres trek from Avila to La Granja which
included three top-category mountain climbs.
SAILING
Britain's Paralympic sailors were celebrating medal
wins and a World Cup title after competing for the first time on the
London 2012 waters on Friday. Tricky winds kept the 2.4-metre, the
Skud-18 and the Sonar classes shore-bound for two days out of five
this week at the Skandia Sail for Gold event, hosted by the Weymouth
and Portland National Sailing Academy, Dorset. The American team of
Rick Doerr, Hugh Freund and Maureen Mckinnon Tucker dominated the
Sonar Fleet and finished in first place after a total of seven races
among the nine teams competing. Mckinnon Tucker became the first
female to win gold in sailing at the Paralympic Games in Beijing with
Nick Scandone. She switched classes after 42-year-old Scandone died
in January of ALS, known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, a debilitating
neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain
and spinal cord. This week has been only the second time the US team
have raced together. Their British rivals John Robertson, Hannah
Stodel and Steve Thomas took silver but ended the regatta as winners
of the ISAF World Cup in their class. |
