Soccer

WORLD CUP

GROUP B

Spain 3 (Raul, Juan Carlos Valeron, Fernando Hierro) Slovenia 1 (Sebastjan Cimirotic). HT: 1-0. Paraguay 2 (Roque Santa Cruz, Francisco Arce) South Africa 2 (Estanislao Struway, Quinton Fortune). HT: 1-0.

GROUP F

Argentina 1 (Gabriel Batistuta) Nigeria 0. HT: 0-0.England 1 (Sol Campbell) Sweden 1 (Niclas Alexandersson). HT: 1-0.

NORTHERN LEAGUE

First division: Birkenhead United 0 Mt Albert Ponsonby 5.

Third division: Otahuhu United 1 Bay Olympic Reserves 4, Fencibles Reserves 5 Hibiscus Coast 0, Three Kings Reserves 2 Manurewa 1, Metro Reserves 0 Albany 1, Navy 0 Ellerslie Reserves 4, Huntly Thistle 1 FC Whangarei 3, Forrest Hill Milford, bye.