KEY POINTS:
BASKETBALL
NBL
At Nelson: Wellington 90 (Nick Horvath 23, Marquis Webb 21, Luke Martin 16) Nelson 89 (Phill Jones 23, Michael Harrison 23, Chris Daniel 16). HT: 37-45.
At Albany: North Harbour 93 (Oscar Forman 20, Hayden Allen 16, Mika Vukona 12, Tim Behrendorff 10) Hawke's Bay
66 (Kareem Johnson 13, Callum Baynes 12, Kevin Smith 12, Paora Winitana 12). HT: 51-32.
In Palmerston North: Auckland 93 (Casey Frank 27, Adrian Majstrovich 14, Dillon Boucher 10, Tyrone Davey 10) Manawatu 73 (Kantrail Horton 28, Keith Davis 13). HT: 48-32.
US NBA
Washington 101 Cleveland 99, Sacramento 96 Portland 85
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BOWLS
NZCT REGION ONE PAIRS FINALS
Men: North Harbour 6 points, +30 net total shots, 41 shots against, 1; Northland 4 points, -2 net total shots, 54 shots against, 2; Auckland 2 points, -19 net total shots, 55 shots against, 3; Far North 0 points, -11 net total shots, 59 shots against, 4.
Women: Far North 4 points, +16 net total shots, 41 shots against, 1; Auckland 4 points, +15 net total shots, 44 shots against, 2; Northland 4 points, -2 net total shots, 56 shots against, 3; North Harbour 0 points, -29 net total shots, 67 shots against, 4.
SINGLES FINALS
Men: Northland 6 points, +13 net total shots, 50 shots against, 1: Auckland 4 points, +14 net total shots, 48 shots against, 2: Far North 2 points, +7 net total shots, 52 shots against, 3; North Harbour 0 points, -34 net total shots, 63 shots against, 4.
Women: Auckland 4 points, +12 net total shots, 41 shots against, 1; North Harbour 4 points, +12 net total shots, 42 shots against, 2; Northland 4 points, +10 net total shots, 47 shots against, 3; Far North 0 points, -34 net total shots, 63 shots against, 4.
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CRICKET
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
ND v AUCKLAND
(Gisborne)
Day one. -
AUCKLAND
First innings
T. McIntosh c McGlashan b Arnel 9M. Guptill c Wilson b Arnel 5R. Jones b Arnel 6R. Nicol c McGlashan b Aldridge 3C. de Grandhomme c McGlashan b Arnel 10G. Hopkins c McGlashan b Southee 99A. de Boorder c Watling b Southee 10G. Morgan c Marshall b Southee 0R. Hira st McGlashan b Martin 37A. Abbas c Watling b Southee 1A. McKay not out 0Extras (4lb, 1w, 1nb) 6 - - Total (80.1 overs) 186Fall: 1/15, 2/18, 3/23, 4/33, 5/37, 6/64, 7/70, 8/163, 9/169, 10/186.
Bowling: T Southee 17.1-4-34-4 (1w), B Arnel 19-6-38-4, G Aldridge 16-2-49-1, M Orchard 17-5-38-0, B Martin 11-5-23-1 (1nb).
NORTHERN DISTRICTS
First innings
BJ Watling c Hopkins b Abbas 6B. Wilson c de Grandhomme b McKay 5B. Martin not out 0C. Merchant not out 4Extras 0 - - Total (for 2 wkts, 11 overs) 15Fall: 1/11, 2/11.
Bowling: A Abbas 6-3-8-1, A McKay 5-2-7-1.
CANTERBURY v CD
(Christchurch)
CENTRAL DISTRICTS
First innings
G. Worker b Davidson 1T. Lythe b Burson 52P. Ingram lbw b Hiini 83T. Weston b Hiini 0B. Griggs c Papps b Burtt 55M. Taiaroa c Myburgh b Davidson 1J. de Terte lbw b Davidson 1B. Diamanti b Davidson 0R. Schaw c Hiini b Robertson 16M. Mason c Astle b Robertson 0G. Hegglun not out 10Extras (4lb, 1w, 2nb) 7 - - Total (85.1 overs) 226Fall: 1/3, 2/114, 3/114, 4/148, 5/149, 6/151, 7/151, 8/198, 9/202, 10/226.
Bowling: L Burtt 18.1-2-61-1 (1w, 1nb), M Davidson 23-11-55-4, B Hiini 21-7-53-2, R Burson 18-6-46-1 (1nb), T Astle 1-0-5-0, I Robertson 4-3-2-2.
CANTERBURY
First innings
T. Astle not out 18M. Papps c Griggs b Mason 4J. Myburgh not out 21Extras (5lb) 5 - - Total (for 1 wkt, 12 overs) 48Fall: 1/11.
Bowling: M Mason 6-0-17-1, B Diamanti 4-0-21-0, G Hegglun 2-1-5-0.
OTAGO v WELLINGTON
(Dunedin)
WELLINGTON
First innings
M. Parlane c de Boorder b Scott 7L. Woodcock c McCullum b McMillan 17N. Parlane c de Boorder b McMillan 4G. Elliott c Redmond b Wells 6S. Gellatly c McCullum b McMillan 0B. Crook c de Boorder b Smith 6C. Nevin c de Boorder b Wells 4D. Bowden b Smith 4F. Quarterman c McCullum b Scott 8C. Shreck c Broom b McMillan 8M. Burns not out 2Extras (9lb, 1nb) 10 - - Total (31.1 overs) 76Fall: 1/29, 2/33, 3/33, 4/33, 5/45, 6/49, 7/50, 8/54, 9/62, 10/76.
Bowling: J McMillan 11-4-29-4, C Smith 8-4-17-2, B Scott 8.1-4-14-2, S Wells 4-2-7-2 (1nb).
OTAGO
First innings
C. Cumming c Burns b Shreck 93A. Redmond not out 50G. Todd not out 40Extras (8lb, 6w, 4nb) 18 - - Total (for 1 wkt, 68 overs) 201Fall: 1/134.
Bowling: C Shreck 20-8-48-1, D Bowden 14-3-46-0 (4nb), F Quarterman 10-2-38-0 (6w), G Elliot 14-5-33-0, M Burns 6-0-26-0, L Woodcock 4-2-2-0.
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CYCLING
TIRRENO-ADRIATICO
Stage two, 203km from Civitavecchia to Gubbio: Raffaele Illiano (Italy / Diquigiovanni) 5 hrs 01 mins 10 secs 1, Enrico Gasparotto (Italy / Barloworld) same time 2, Nicklas Axelsson (Sweden / Diquigiovanni) +3 sec 3, Linus Gerdemann (Germany / High Road) +9sec 4, Riccardo Ricco (Italy / Saunier Duval) +17sec 5.
Also: Julian Dean (NZ/Slipstream) at 8min 23 132.
General classification: Enrico Gasparotto (Italy / Barloworld) 9 hrs 11 mins 05 secs 1, Nicklas Axelsson (Sweden / Diquigiovanni) +2sec 2, Linus Gerdemann (Germany / High Road) +6sec 3, Riccardo Ricco (Italy / Saunier Duval) +23sec 4, Eros Capecchi (Italy / Saunier Duval) st 5.
Also: Dean at 14min 20sec 144.
PARIS-NICE
Stage four: Cadel Evans (Australia / Silence - Lotto) 4 hrs 32 mins 56secs 1, Robert Gesink (Netherlands / Rabobank) same time 2, Rinaldo Nocentini (Italy / AG2R) +33sec 3, Davide Rebellin (Italy / Gerolsteiner) st 4, Fraenk Schleck (Luxembourg / Team CSC)+34 sec 5.
General classification: Robert Gesink (Netherlands / Rabobank) 17 hrs 10 mins 12sec 1, Davide Rebellin (Italy/Gerolsteiner) +32sec 2, Rinaldo Nocentini (Italy / AG2R) +35sec 3, Yaroslav Popovych (Ukraine / Silence - Lotto) +42sec 4, Juan Manuel Garate (Spain / Quick-Step) +1:06sec 5.
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EQUESTRIAN
PUHUNUI THREE DAY EVENT
Interim scores after dressage
Manukau City CIC***: Emily Butcher (Christchurch) Southern Ben 46.5 1; Mark Todd (Canterbury) NZB Gandalf 48.9 2; Jonathan Paget (Auckland) Clifton Promise 51.7 3.
NZ Horse & Pony CCI**: Anne-Marie Styles (Auckland) As You Like It 56.3 1; Gillian Meacham (Auckland) Hynds Rural Zumalek 57.30 2; and Sarah Parton (Auckland) on BMW Advokaat 57.3 2 eq.
Chevalier Novice CCN*: Angela Lloyd (Auckland) Airtight 30.7 1; Megan Finlayson (Kerikeri) Cheleken Arwen 33.6 2; Rowan Dixon (Auckland) Il Impresario 34.5 3.
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GOLF
ARNOLD PALMER INVITATION
(Florida)
First round (US unless stated). -
65: Fred Couples, JJ Henry.
66: Tom Lehman, Lee Westwood (Britain), Vijay Singh (Fiji), Lucas Glover.
67: Ken Duke, Jim Furyk, Cliff Kresge, Bubba Watson, Alex Cejka (Germany).
68: Tim Clark (South Africa), Steve Lowery, Hunter Mahan, Andres Romero (Argentina), Vaughn Taylor, Dustin Johnson, Nicholas Thompson, Chad Campbell, Carl Pettersson (Sweden), Bart Bryant, Rocco Mediate, D. A. Points.
BALLANTINE'S CHAMPIONSHIP
(Seoul)
First round. -
67: Tony Carolan (Australia), Mikko Ilonen (Finland).
68: Simon Griffiths (Britain), Scott Hend (Australia), Hwang Inn-choon (South Korea), Shingo Katayama (Japan), Anthony Kim (US), Prayad Marksaeng (Thailand), Graeme McDowell (Britain), Paul McGinley (Ireland), Jyoti Randhawa (India), Jeev Milkha Singh (India).
69: Adam Blyth (Australia), Johan Edfors (Sweden), David Frost (South Africa) 69, David Griffiths (Britain), Garry Houston (Britain), Kim Hyung-tae (South Korea), Raphael Jacquelin (France), Jun Tae-hyun (South Korea), Francesco Molinari (Italy), Carlos Rodiles (Spain), Thaworn Wiratchant (Thailand).
70: Scott Barr (Australia), Thomas Bjorn (Denmark), Paul Broadhurst (Britain), Ariel Canete (Argentina), Chris DiMarco (US), Oliver Fisher (Britain), Stephen Gallacher (Britain), David Gleeson (Australia), Anthony Kang (US), Juvic Pagunsan (Philippines), Kim Sang-ki (South Korea), Gary Simpson (Australia), Bae Sung-chul (South Korea), Daniel Vancsik (Argentina), Tom Whitehouse (Britain), Oliver Wilson (Britain).
Also:
74: Eddie Lee (NZ).
75: Richard Lee (NZ).
76: Gareth Paddison (NZ).
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ICE HOCKEY
US NHL
Atlanta 6 Calgary 4, Tampa Bay 3 Boston 1, Detroit 5 Dallas 3, Ottawa 3 Montreal 0, Los Angeles 4 Nashville 1, New Jersey 4 Minnesota 3 (SO)
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MOTOR RACING
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
(Melbourne)
First free practice: Kimi Raikkonen (Finland/Ferrari) 1min 26.461sec 1, Lewis Hamilton (Britain/McLaren) 1:26.948 2, Felipe Massa (Brazil/Ferrari) 1:26.958 3, Heikki Kovalainen (Finland/McLaren) 1:27.114 4, Mark Webber (Australia/RedBull-Renault) 1:28.263 5, Fernando Alonso (Spain/Renault) 1:28.360 6, Robert Kubica (Poland/BMW Sauber) 1:28.579 7, Timo Glock (Germany/Toyota) 1:28.913 8, Sebastian Vettel (Germany/Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:28.957 9, Jarno Trulli (Italy/Toyota) 1:29.014 10.
V8 SUPERCARS
(Melbourne)
Top 10 shootout qualifying: Garth Tander (Holden) 1min 58.2337sec 1, Craig Lowndes (Ford) at 0.2616sec 2, Steven Richards (Ford) 0.4991 3, Will Davison (Ford) 0.7643 4, Rick Kelly (Holden) 0.8139 5, Jason Richards (Holden) 0.9527 6, Mark Winterbottom (Ford) 1.2153 7, Mark Skaife (Holden) 1.5488 8, Cameron McConville (Holden) 1.7229 9, Steven Johnson (Ford) 2.0622 10.
Race one (13 laps): Tander 27min 54.4393sec 1, 2. Davison 27:57.0331 2, Kelly 27:57.3854 3, Skaife 27:57.7889 4, Winterbottom 27:58.1396 5, Jamie Whincup (Ford) 28:00.8340 6, Johnson 28:01.4039 7, McConville 28:01.8368 8, Richards 28:02.2311 9, Greg Murphy (Holden) 28:02.4976 10.
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MOUNTAINBIKING
OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Nelson)
Hillclimb
Open men: Gavin McCarthy (Upper Hutt) 5min 50sec 1, Ben Mather (Australia) 5:54 2, Tony Hogg (Dunedin) 6:02 3.
Open women: Brenda Clapp (Nelson) 7:43 1, Cathy Hamer (Hokitika) 8:00 2, Erin Greene (Dunedin) 8:21 3.
Junior men: Logan Horn (Christchurch) 6:57 1, Nick Bygate (Nelson) 7:13 2.
Junior women: Sasha Smith (Auckland) 8:24 1, Rachel Richards (Timaru) 8:35 2, Adrianne Hooper (Waitakere) 8:45 3.
Masters men: Trevor Woodward (Wellington) 6:30 1, Ricky Pincott (Wellington) 6:53 2.
Dual Slalom
Elite Women: Caroline Buchanan (Australia) 1, Tracy Moseley (Britain) 2, Harriot Harper (Blenheim) 3.
Elite men: Edward Masters (New Plymouth) 1, Tim Eaton (Australia) 2, Wyn Masters (New Plymouth) 3.
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SOCCER
UEFA CUP
At Lisbon: Sporting Lisbon 1 Bolton Wanderers 0. (Sporting Lisbon win 2-1 on aggregate).
At Bremen: Werder Bremen 1 Rangers 0. (Rangers win 2-1 on aggregate).
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SURF LIFESAVING
NZCT MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Ohope Beach)
Open Men.
Board Rescue: Red Beach (Alistair Maney/Chris Moors) 1, Mairangi Bay (Kevin Morrison/Michael Buck) 2, Midway (Matthew Sutton/Michael Janes) 3.
Beach Flags: Paul Cracroft-Wilson (Fitzroy) 1, Morgan Foster (Sth Brighton) 2, Daniel Harris (Waikanae) 3.
Open Women
Board Rescue: Mt Maunganui (Rebecca Lockwood/Chelsea Maples) 1, Westshore (Chantelle Cowlrick/Nikki Cox) 2, Red Beach (Lauren Johnson/Jane Moors) 3.
Beach Flags: Katie Watts (Fitzroy) 1, Chanel Hickman (New Plymouth Old Boys) 2, Rebecca Wright (Midway) 3.
Long Course Canoe: Wainui (Christine Andrew/Jane Goodman/Moira Lee/Rachael Williams) 1, Mairangi Bay (Rachael Dodwell/Katie Pocock/Stephanie Parker/Tracy Wilson) 2, Fitzroy (Emma Crofsky/Pamela Kane/Leigh Laurence/Lauren Roberts) 3.
U19 Men.
Board Rescue: Red Beach (Sam Cosgrove/Alistair Maney) 1. Titahi Bay (Danny and Will McDowell) 2, Mairangi Bay (Bjorn Battaerd/Michael Lee) 3.
Beach Flags: James Longden (Wales) 1, Duncan Pearce (Midway) 2, Ashlee Kelly (Fitzroy) 3, Ashton Tucker (Ocean Beach Kiwi) 4.
Long Course Canoe: Waikanae (David Creswell/Darryl Fitzgerald/Thomas Garrett/Thomas Yule) 1, Lyall Bay (Sam Argue/Aaron Boslem/Peter Gubb/Alex Mulcahy) 2, Waimairi (Thomas Claude/Joshua Edmonds/Roberts George/Perrin Richardson) 3.
U19 Women
Board Rescue: Red Beach (Catlin Ryan/Keziah George) 1, Westshore (Larissa Cowlrick/Lydia Diver) 2, Orewa (Georgia Butt/Laura Leeson) 3.
Beach Flags: Chelsea Maples (Mt Maunganui) 1, Simone Baarspul (Pacific) 2, Lucy Potter (Whakatane) 3.
Long Course Canoe: Lyall Bay (Katie Robertson/Michelle Arnopp/Juliette Dowland/Kirsty Turner) 1, Wainui (Sophie Peters/Danica Robinson, Lucy Suttor/Elaine Van Den Worm) 2, Waimairi (Tara Smith/Brooke Hand/Rebecca Hamblin/Michelle Hendrie) 3.
U16 Men.
Board Rescue: Red Beach (Dylan French/Jared Pouwhare) 1, Westshore (Benjamin Gillies/Samuel Riddell) 2, Midway (Kamen Geiseler/Cory Taylor) 3.
Beach Flags: James Banhidi (Papamoa) 1, Hayden Clavis (Papamoa) 2, Jordan Hills (Papamoa) 3.
U16 Women
Board Rescue: Midway (Lucy Gavin/Demi Moleta) 1, Westshore (Megan Beattie/Katie Moodie) 2, Red Beach (Georgia Lloyd/Catlin Ryan) 3.
Beach Flags: Pania Watson (Waikuku) 1, Madison Brown (Whakatane) 2, Rosa Antunovic (East End) 3.
Points: Red Beach 22 1, Fitzroy 13 2, Westshore 12 3, Midway 11 4, Mt Maunganui and Lyall Bay 8 each 5 equal, Mairangi 7 7, Papamoa and Waikanae 6 each 8 equal, Wainui 4 9.
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TENNIS
PACIFIC LIFE OPEN
(Indian Wells)
Men
First round: Andreas Seppi (Italy) bt Paul Capdeville (Chile) 4-6 7-6 6-2, Dudi Sela (Israel) bt Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) 6-4 6-7 6-3, Lee Hyung-Taik (South Korea) bt Michael Llodra (France) 6-2 6-3, Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) bt Filippo Volandri (Italy) 6-3 7-6, Robin Soederling (Sweden) bt Sebastien Grosjean (France) 6-3 6-3.
Women
First round: Angelique Kerber (Germany) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (Russia) 6-16-2, Raluca Olaru (Romania) bt Yuan Meng (China) 6-4 6-4, Aravane Rezai (France) beat Camille Pin (France) 7-5 6-2, Julia Schruff (Germany) bt Catalina Castano (Colombia) 7-6 6-3.