KEY POINTS:
BOWLS
WORLD CUP INDOORS
(Warilla)
Finals:
Men: Safuan Said (Malaysia bt ALI FORSYTH (NZ) 9-5 11-1.
Women: Alison Merrien (Guernsey) bt VAL SMITH (NZ) 17-3 1-10 4-0.
NATIONAL MIXED PAIRS
(Rotorua)
Round one: Bill Clements/Linley O'Callaghan (Alexandra) bt Paul/Jean Huxtable (Kaitaia Combined) 16 - 14, Gary (Stoke)/Marie
Watson (United) bt Ian/Cathy Andrews (Paritutu) 18-17, Noel Sutton/Val Mathews (Putaruru) bt Peter /Desiree Lambert Northern), 16-10.
Round two: Sutton/Mathews bt Clements/O'Callaghan 11-6, Watson/Watson bt Lambert/Lambert 12-10, Huxtable/Huxtable drew with Andrews/Andrews, 9-9.
Round three: Sutton/Mathews bt Huxtable/Huxtable 15-3, Watson/Watson bt Clements/O'Callghan 11-3, Andrews/Andrews bt Lambert/Lambert 14 - 8.
Round four: Watson/Watson bt Sutton/Mathews 13-6, Huxtable /Huxtable bt Lambert/Lambert 11-10, Clements/O'Callaghan bt Andrews/Andrews, 11-3.
Round five: Watson/Watson bt Huxtable/Huxtable 13-5, Clements/O'Callaghan bt Lambert/Lambert 16-8, Sutton/Mathews bt Andrews/Andrews 9-5.
Final Results (two points per win): Watson/Watson 10 points, differential 26 1, Sutton/Mathews 8 and 21, Clements/O'Callaghan 6 and 5, Huxtable/Huxtable 3 and 21, Lambert/Lambert 0 and 23.
CRICKET
ENGLISH COUNTY
County Championship (second day of four):
First Division
At The Rose Bowl:
Sussex 332 (M Goodwin 121, M Prior 62; S. BOND 7-66) v Hampshire 304-6 (M. Lumb 77no, J. Adams 50)
At Canterbury:
Kent 162 (R. Key 79; D. Pattinson 5-22, C. Shreck 4-65) and 14-0 v Nottinghamshire 434-9 dec (M. Ealham 130 no, S. Patel 54, P. Franks 52, M. Wagh 52; D. Stevens 4-70)
At The Oval:
Surrey 537-5 dec (U. Afzaal 134 no, M. Butcher 120, M. Ramprakash 118, A. Brown 74 no) v Lancashire 63-1
Second Division
At Chelmsford:
Northamptonshire 280 (L. Klusener 72no, R. White 60) v Essex 323-2 (J. Gallian 146no, R. Bopara 137no)
At Bristol:
Derbyshire 124 (S. Kirby 4-59) and 235-4 (C. Rogers 114, D. Telo 65) v Gloucestershire 314 (M. North 87, C. Taylor 68; R. Clarke 4-87)
At Grace Road:
Middlesex 312 (O. Shah 116, E. Smith 56) v Leicestershire 246-1 (T. New 104no, M. Boyce 69, H.D. Ackerman 63no)
At Edgbaston:
Worcestershire 249 (S Moore 109no) and 150-2 (V. Solanki 75no, S. Moore 66) v Warwickshire 215 (I. Trott 80, N. Poonia 50)
GOLF
MIDWEEK 18 HOLE MATCHPLAY
(Waiuku)
The Grange 63 Maungakiekie 43, Pakuranga 72 Howick 36, Auckland 65 Whitford Park 42, Chamberlain Park 51 Remuera 49.
Points: Auckland 245, Remuera 209, Whitford Park 206, Maungakiekie 193, Howick 190, Pakuranga 187, The Grange 168, Waiuku 165, Chamberlain Park 155.
AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPs
(Adelaide)
Men after 4 rounds, Royal Adelaide, par 73:
285 _ Daniel Willett (ENG) 73 71 71 70
286 _ Josh Younger (VIC) 68 73 70 75, Grant Scott (NSW) 73 72 72 69
288 _ Brendan Smith (NSW) 76 70 71 71
289 _ Matt Jager (WA) 73 72 73 72
New Zealanders:
294 _ Peter Spearman-Burn 72 74 78 70, Danny Lee 75 71 76 72, Nick Gillespie 74 71 77 72.
296 _ Kevin Smith 74 72 75 75
296 _ Jared Pender 76 76 69 77, Ben Wallace 75 76 72 75
305 _ Leighton James 76 74 75 80
HERITAGE CLASSIC
66 _ Justin Leonard, Davis Love III, Lucas Glover
67 _ Anthony Kim, John Rollins, Stewart Cink, Tim Herron, Camilo Villegas (Colombia), Jay Williamson, Brian Davis (Britain), Mathias Groenberg (Sweden), Nick Dougherty (Britain), Charles Howell III
68 _ Ken Duke, DJ Trahan, Briny Baird, Jim Furyk, Scott Verplank, Michael Allen, Peter Lonard (Australia), TIM WILKINSON (New Zealand), Michael Letzig
69 _ Niclas Fasth (Sweden), Cliff Kresge, Lee Janzen, Patrick Sheehan, Jeff Quinney, Dean Wilson, Ben Curtis, Daniel Chopra (Sweden), Billy Andrade, Bo Van Pelt, Richard Sterne (South Africa), Woody Austin, Jonathan Byrd, Boo Weekley, Mark Wilson, Aaron Baddeley (Australia), Ben Crane, Parker McLachlin, Marc Turnesa, Tommy Gainey
70 _ Tom Pernice Jr, Mathew Goggin (Australia), Robert Allenby (Australia), Eric Axley, Bart Bryant, Tim Clark (South Africa), Curt Sanders, John Mallinger, Robert Garrigus, Brandt Snedeker, Jason Bohn, Steve Flesch, Billy Mayfair, Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden), Jonathan Moore, Rickie Fowler
CHINA OPEN
(Beijing)
67 _ Michael Lorenzo-Vera (France)
68 _ Li Chao (China), Richard Finch (Britain), Simon Griffiths (Britain), Jason Knutzon (US), Joost Luiten (Netherlands), Damien McGrane (Ireland), Zane Scotland (Britain)
69 _ Gaganjeet Bhullar (India), Rafael Echenique (Argentina), Jose-Filipe Lima (Portugal), Airil Rizman (Malaysia)
70 _ John Bickerton (Britain), Robert-Jan Derksen (Netherlands), Wu Kangchun (China), Miles Tunnicliff (Britain), Julio Zapata (Argentina)
71 _ Markus Brier (Austria), MARK BROWN (New Zealand), Rhys Davies (Britain) 71, Marcus Fraser (Australia), Paul Lawrie (Britain), Prom Meesawat (Thailand), Noh Seung-yul (South Korea), Todd Vernon (US), Sam Walker (Britain), Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay) 71
New Zealanders:
74 _ Richard Lee
76 _ Stephen Scahill
GINN OPEN
(Orlando)
67 _ Carin Koch (Sweden), Teresa Lu (Taiwan)
68 _ Allison Fouch (US), Mhairi McKay (Britain), Suzann Pettersen (Norway), Yani Tseng (Taiwan), Karrie Webb (Australia), Lorena Ochoa (Mexico), Charlotte Mayorkas (US)
69 _ Kyeong Bae, Sun Young Yoo, Kristy McPherson (US), Danielle Downey (US), Brittany Lang (US), Juli Inkster (US), Lindsey Wright (Australia), Young Kim, Jill McGill, Minea Blomqvist (Finland), Il Mi Chung, Katie Futcher (US).
ICE HOCKEY
NHL PLAYOFFS
Boston 5 Montreal 1, (Montreal lead best-of-seven series 3-2), Philadelphia 4 Washington 3 (Philadelphia lead best-of-seven series 3-1), San Jose 4 Calgary 3 (San Jose lead best-of-seven series 3-2), Colorado 3 Minnesota 2 (Colorado lead best-of-seven series 3-2), Dallas 3 Anaheim 1 (Dallas lead best-of-seven series 3-1).
MOTOR RACING
V8 SUPERCARS
(Hamilton)
Leading times:
Jamie Whincup (Ford) 1:24.584, 1; Garth Tander (Holden) 1:24.622, 2; Shane van Gisbergen (Ford) 1:24.829, 3; Russell Ingall (Holden) 1:24.855, 4; Michael Caruso (Holden) 1:24.891, 5; Steven Richards (Ford) 1:24.933, 6; Greg Murphy (Holden) 1:24.958, 7; Paul Dumbrell (Holden) 1:25.021, 8; Craig Lowndes (Ford) 1:25.054, 9; Fabian Coulthard (Ford) 1:25.092, 10.
Leading qualifying positions for the New Zealand V8s Hamilton 400 trophy race:
John McIntyre (Nelson, Ford Falcon BA) 1min 32.1845sec, Angus Fogg (Auckland, Ford Falcon BA) 1:32.9975 2, David Besnard (Gold Coast, Ford Falcon BA) 1:33.0340 3, Paul Radisich (Melbourne, Ford Falcon BA) 1:33.1295 4, Andy Booth (Auckland, Holden Commodore VZ) 1:33.4017 5, Paul Manuell (Auckland, Holden Commodore VZ) 1:33.4371 6, Clark Proctor (Auckland, Ford Falcon BA) 1:33.6174 7, Luke Youlden (Melbourne, Ford Falcon BA) 1:33.6189 8.
Toyota Racing Series Trophy
Qualifying 1: Earl Bamber (Int. Motorsport TradeZone A1 Team.NZL Junior Development Team) 1.24.3348, 1; Nathan Antunes 1.24.8776, 2; Mitch Cunningham (Int. Motorsport TradeZone A1 Team.NZL Junior Development Team) 1.25.1102, 3; Michael Burdett 1.25.1794,4; Nic Jordan 1.25.3433, 5; Andy Knight 1.26.0210, 6; Daynom Templeman 1.26.1899, 7; Christina Orr 1.26.3844, 8; Sam MacNeill 1.26.4636, 9; Andrew Waite 1.26.5799, 10.
Qualifying 2: Bamber 1.24.2408, 1; Knight 1.24.4782, 2; Antunes 1.24.8634, 3; Cunningham 1.24.9178, 4; Jordan 1.25.1263, 5; Burdett 1.25.2723, 6; MacNeill 1.25.2768, 7; Waite 1. 25.4299, 8; Templeman 1.25.4334, 9; Orr 1.26.1134, 10.
SOCCER
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 0 Chelsea 1
Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Manchester United 34 25 5 4 72 18 80
2 Chelsea 35 23 9 3 60 24 78
3 Arsenal 34 20 11 3 64 29 71
4 Liverpool 34 18 12 4 60 26 66
5 Everton 35 18 7 10 50 29 61
6 Portsmouth 34 16 9 9 47 33 57
7 Aston Villa 34 15 10 9 62 44 55
8 Manchester City 34 14 10 10 39 40 52
9 Blackburn Rovers 34 13 12 9 44 42 51
10 West Ham United 34 12 8 14 35 41 44
11 T. Hotspur 3410 11 13 63 57 41
12 Newcastle United 34 10 9 15 40 58 39
13 Middlesbrough 34 8 1214 31 48 36
14 Sunderland 34 10 6 18 33 52 36
15 Wigan Athletic 34 9 8 17 31 48 35
16 Reading 34 9 5 20 37 63 32
17 Birmingham City 34 7 10 17 39 5231
18 Bolton Wanderers 34 7 8 19 31 52 29
19 Fulham 34 5 12 17 32 56 27 TOP SCORERS
28: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
22: Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
20: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)
15: Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn Rovers)
14: Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur), Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspur)
13: Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Everton), Benjamin Mwaruwari (Manchester City)
12: Jermain Defoe (Portsmouth), Carlos Tevez (Manchester United)
11: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
10: John Carew (Aston Villa), Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
9: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Dave Kitson (Reading)
8: Obafemi Martins (Newcastle United), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Michael Owen (Newcastle United), Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Benni McCarthy (Blackburn Rovers)
TENNIS
US CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIP
(Houston)
Second round: Wayne Odesnik (US) bt 6-Dudi Sela (Israel) 6-3 7-5, 7-Marcel Granollers-Pujol (Spain) bt Peter Luczak (Australia) 6-3 6-2, Marcos Daniel (Brazil) bt Nicolas Massu (Chile) 7-6 6-2, Sergio Roitman (Argentina) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) 6-3 7-6, 5-Agustin Calleri (Argentina) bt Paul Capdeville (Chile) 6-2 6-1, 1-James Blake (US) bt Ryan Harrison (US) 6-3 6-2.
FAMILY CIRCLE CUP
(Charleston)
Third round: Agnes Szavay (Hungary) bt 8-Dinara Safina (Russia) 6-2 7-5, Vera Zvonareva (Russia) bt 6-Marion Bartoli (France) 6-4 4-6 6-1, Alize Cornet (France) bt Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 6-1 7-5, 1-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Russia) 6-0 6-2, 5-Serena Williams (US) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 4-6 6-4 6-3, 4-Elena Dementieva (Russia) bt Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 6-4 7-5, 2-Maria Sharapova (Russia) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukraine) 7-5 6-2, 7-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-3 6-2.
VALENCIA OPEN
Robin Haase (Netherlands) bt Marat Safin (Russia) 2-6 7-6 6-4, 2-Juan Monaco (Argentina) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-4 6-4, 5-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) bt Eduardo Schwank (Argentina) 6-3 6-4, 1-David Ferrer (Spain) bt Pablo Andujar (Spain) 6-3 6-4, 7-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) bt Mischa Zverev (Germany) 6-4 6-2.
ESTORIL OPEN
Second round:
1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) bt Victor Hanescu (Romania) 6-3 6-2, Denis Gremelmayr (Germany) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) 7-6 6-1, Jiri Vanek (Czech Republic) beat 8-Michael Berrer (Germany) 6-3 3-6 7-5.