KEY POINTS:
BASKETBALL
NBL
(Albury)
Brisbane Bullets 132 (E. Ere 28 S. Mackinnon 21 S. Black 21) bt West Sydney Razorbacks 112 (J. Bailey 22 G. Dann 22 l. Rush 19)
NBA
Miami 104 Indiana 101, Dallas 114 LA Lakers 95.
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL
NEW
ZEALAND OPEN
(Auckland, day one)
E. Ratlege & D. Fisher (USA) def E. O'Dea & S. O'Dea (NZ) 21-19, 21-14; K. Kais & R. Vesik (Estonia) def D. Haenga & C. Leota (NZ) 21-11, 21-9; K. Pitman & J. Lochhead (NZ) def A. Hall & M. Hynds (NZ) 21-11,21-9; D. Wenger & P. Gabathuler (Sui) def T.Cleaver & G. Taylor (NZ) 21-9, 21-13; T. Lindquist & A. Ivy (USA) def H. Croad & R. Morgan (NZ) 21-9, 21-9; H. Rohkamper & N. Frostick (Aus) def. T. King & A. Williamson (NZ) 21-8,21-18; D.Pascua & H. Ilustre (Phi) def H. Stovold & J. Stovold (NZ) 21-13, 21-10; S. Blundell & A. Scarlett (NZ) def D. Hill & M. Ruru (NZ) 21-18, 19-21, 15-9; D. Haenga & C. Leota (NZ) def M. Peters & M. Satiu (NZ) 16-21, 21-15, 17-15, C. Seuseu & B. Heath (NZ) def T. Cleaver & G. Taylor (NZ) 21-5, 21-13; H. Rohkamper & N. Frostick (Aus) def E. Preston & M. Parnell (NZ) 21-14, 21-18; E. Ratlege & D. Fisher (USA) def R. Watson & G. Lindsay-Brown (NZ) 21-14, 21-12; D. Pascua & H. Ilustre (Phi) def M. Grant & L. Todd (NZ) 21-17, 21-16.
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BOWLS
ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Christchurch)
Men
Singles, section two, round five:- Fiji bt Singapore 21-9, New Zealand bt Japan 21-2, Papua New Guinea bt United States 21-5, Malaysia bt China 21-11. Round six:- China bt Fiji 21-17, Malaysia bt Singapore 21-8, New Zealand bt PNG 21-14, US bt Japan 21-19. Final standings:- Malaysia 12 points (+81), New Zealand 12 (+66), Fiji 10, China 8, PNG 6, US 4, Singapore 4, Japan 0. Quarterfinal draw:- Australia v China, New Zealand v Brunei, Canada v Fiji, Malaysia v Thailand.
Fours, section two, round five:- US bt China 20-12, New Zealand bt Cook Islands 23-11, Canada bt Norfolk Island 24-17, Hong Kong China bt PNG 32-12. Round six:- Canada bt PNG 27-8, New Zealand bt China 26-8, Cook Islands bt US 22-8, Hong Kong China bt Norfolk Island 18-15. Round seven:-China bt Cook Islands 18-16, PNG bt Norfolk Island 24-13, Canada bt Hong Kong China 26-11, New Zealand bt US 17-12. Final standings:- New Zealand 14 points, Canada 12, Hong Kong China 8, Norfolk Island 6, Cook Islands 4, US 4, China 4, PNG 4.
Quarterfinal draw:- Australia v Norfolk Island, Canada v Thailand, New Zealand v Fiji, Malaysia v Hong Kong China.
Women
Pairs, section one, round five:- Hong Kong China bt PNG 10-6 (abandoned), Australia bt Canada 34-3, Malaysia bt Cook Islands 20-17, New Zealand bt Fiji 29-4. Round six:- Hong Kong China bt Fiji 21-12, Australia bt Cook Islands 17-10, Canada bt Malaysia 23-15, New Zealand bt PNG by default. Round seven:- Canada bt Cook Islands 23-16, New Zealand bt Hong Kong China 23-10, Australia bt Malaysia 21-13, Fiji bt PNG by default.
Final standings:- Australia 14 points, New Zealand 12, Fiji 8, Malaysia 6 (+0), Hong Kong China 6 (-12), Canada 6 (-20), Cook Islands 4, Papua New Guinea 0. Quarterfinal draw:- Australia v Thailand, Norfolk Island v Fiji, Samoa v Malaysia, New Zealand v Philippines. Triples, section one, round five:- Australia bt Hong Kong China 25-8, Singapore bt US 19-13, Fiji bt Brunei 21-17, Philippines drew with PNG 13-13. Round six:- Hong Kong China bt Brunei 21-18, Australia bt Fiji 26-11, Philippines bt Singapore 30-14, US bt PNG 19-18. Round seven:- Australia bt Brunei 18-15, Singapore bt PNG 24-19, Philippines bt US 19-17, Fiji bt Hong Kong China 20-10. Final standings:- Australia 14 points, Fiji 10, Brunei 8 (+10), Hong Kong China 8 (-11), Philippines 7, US 4, Singapore 4, PNG 1. Triples, section two, round five:- Malaysia bt Samoa 17-12, China bt Canada 18-16, Norfolk Island bt Thailand 18-15, New Zealand bt Cook Islands 20-8. Round six:- Malaysia bt Cook Islands 21-11, New Zealand bt Samoa 24-11, Norfolk Island bt China 18-16, Canada bt Thailand 25-6. Round seven:- Samoa bt Cook Islands 21-14, China bt Thailand 25-11, Canada bt Norfolk Island 20-15, Malaysia bt New Zealand 28-15. Final standings:- Malaysia 14 points, New Zealand 12, Cook Islands 8, Canada 6 (+21), Norfolk Island 6 (-12), China 6 (-39), Samoa 4, Thailand 0.
Quarterfinal draw:- Australia v Canada, New Zealand v Brunei, Malaysia v Hong Kong China, Fiji v Cook Islands.
WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Norfolk)
Singles, round 2:- [13] Jonathan Ross (IRE) bt [Q] Richard Broad (USA) 10-3, 7-5, [7] Alex Marshall (SCO) bt [Q] Heron Lau (HKG) 12-2, 12-0, [2] Greg Harlow (ENG) bt [Q] Chris Young (ENG) 6-5, 9-7, [15] Billy Jackson (ENG) bt [Q] Ricky Lindbeck (AUS) 11-2, 4-7, 2-0
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CRICKET
STATE SHIELD
CANTERBURY V AUCKLAND
(QEII Park, Christchurch)
AUCKLAND
P. Hitchcock c Harris b Burtt 7
L. Vincent lbw b Hiini 129
R. Jones c Harris b Robertson 69
D. Houpapa c and b Robertson 0
R. Nicol c Harris b Robertson 22
K. Mills c Robertson b Bennett 52
R. Young not out 13
M. Pasupati not out 1
Extras (3lb, 7w) 10
Total (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 303
Fall: 1/58, 2/164, 3/170, 4/226, 5/254, 6/302.
Bowling: Burtt 7-0-42-1 (2w), Bennett 8-0-42-1 (3w), Harris 9-0-53-0, Hiini 10-0-59-1 (1w), Findlay 3-0-28-0, Frauenstein 3-0-18-0, Robertson 10-0-58-3 (1w).
CANTERBURY
S. Stewart lbw b Pasupati 38
M. Papps run out 8
I. Robertson lbw b Martin 5
A. Ellis b Hira 35
C. Frauenstein c Guptill b Hitchcock 0
C. Harris b Hitchcock 71
K. van Wyk not out 63
B. Findlay c Jones b Hitchcock 11
B. Hiini not out 20
Extras (2lb, 7w, 5nb) 14
Total (for 7 wkts, 50 overs) 265
Fall: 1/17, 2/38, 3/68, 4/69, 5/132, 6/189, 7/231.
Bowling: Mills 9-0-55-0 (2w, 2nb), Martin 9-0-49-1 (2w, 1nb), Hitchcock 10-0-56-3 (2w, 1nb), Pasupati 6-0-26-1 (1w), Nicol 10-0-42-0 (1nb), Hira 6-1-35-1.
Result: Auckland won by 38 runs.
STATE TWENTY/20
Northern Districts 150-8 (A. Evans 45, J. Marshall 27; I. O'Brien 3-21, D. Bowden 2-13) lost to Wellington 152-4 in 18 overs (J. Ryder 60, N. Parlane 39; B. Arnel 1-16, B. Martin 1-23) by six wickets.
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CYCLING
TOUR DOWN UNDER
(Adelaide, 128km third stage from Stirling to Victor Harbour)
B. Cooke (UniBet, Australia) 2hr 37min 55sec, 1; C. Jongewaard (UniSA, Australia) at 5sec, 2; M. Goss (CSC, Australia) at 19, 3; J. Jufre (Predictor-Lotto, Spain), 4; S. Dumoulin (Ag2r, France), 5; G. Cheula (Barloworld, Italy), 6; (all same time) M. Breschel (CSC, Denmark) 41, 7; D. Champion (Bouygues Telecom, France) 42, 8; W. Vansevenant (Predictor Lotto, Belgium) at 1min 28sec, 9; J. Hunt (UniBet, Britain) 2.52, 10; Also: S. Lyttle (NZ) 3.25, 18; TI. Gudsell (NZ) 14.10, 51; J. Dean (NZ) 14.10, 52; P. Latham (NZ), 86; C. Avery (NZ), 87; G. McCauley (NZ) same time 93.
Standings:- K. Menzies (UniSA, Australia) 10:36.38, 1; M. Elmiger (Ag2r, Switzerland) at 1sec, 2; Lars Bak (CSC, Denmark) 7, 3; M. Lloyd (Predictor-Lotto, Australia) 9, 4; G. Larsson (Unibet, Sweden) 17, 5, L. Roberts (CSC, Australia) 46, 6; G. Bates (SouthAustralia.com-AIS, Australia) 46, 7; Y. Talabardon (Credit Agricole, France) 51, 8; P. Longo (Barloworld, Italy) 51, 9; S. Clarke (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) 1min sec, 10. Also: McCauley (NZ) 3.20, 18; Lyttle (NZ) 15.35, 51; Dean (NZ) 16.18, 56; Logan Hutchings (NZ) 16.34, 57; Avery (NZ) 24.41, 58; Latham (NZ) 26.21, 83; Gudsell (NZ) same time 21, 93.
BMC - LAKE CRITERIUM SERIES
(Auckland)
A Grade:- T. David, 1; B. Aldrich, 2; A. Wheeler, 3; D. Strahan, 4; M. Northey, 5.
B Grade:- C. Macauley, 1; L. O'Brien, 2; T. Gunman, 3.
Women:- A. King, 1; A. Fowler; 2, A. Ross, 3.
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GOLF
EUROPEAN PGA TOUR
ABU DHABI CHAMPIONSHIP
(Abu Dhabi, round one, par-72)
63: P. Archer (Britain)
66: N.Dougherty (Britain), R. Goosen (South Africa), H. Stenson (Sweden)
67: G. Emerson (Britain), R. Green (Australia), P. Lawrie (Britain)
68: A. Canete (Argentina), O. Fisher (Britain), S. Garcia (Spain), J. Guerrier (France), P. Harrington (Ireland), J. Hepworth (Britain), T. Jaidee (Thailand), N. O'Hern (Australia), G. Storm (Britain), A. Wall (Britain)
69:C. DiMarco (US), S. Dodd (Britain), I. Garbutt (Britain), F. Molinari (Italy), C. Montgomerie (Britain), P. Price (Britain), R. Rock (Britain)
NORTH ISLAND UNDER-19 CHAMPS
(Dannevirke, final round)
201: S. Shin (Gulf Harbour) 70 63 68
202: B. Taylor (Western Bay) 66 67 69
207: M. Hawker (Christchurch) 72 68 67
208: P. Chae (Waitikiri) 72 68 68, B. Truesdale (Dannevirke) 72 69 67
209: J. Park (Waitikiri) 68 72 69210: N. Gillespie (Hastings) 67 75 68, P. Hayman (Manor Park) 70 73 67, P. Sin (Hamilton) 72 71 67, S. Ma (Christchurch) 72 71 67
210: N. Gillespie (Hastings) 67 75 68, P. Hayman (Manor Park) 70 73 67, P. Sin (Hamilton) 72 71 67, S. Ma (Christchurch) 72 71 67
211: D. Pearce (Ashburton) 72 68 71, J. Munn (Palmerston North) 72 71 68
212: B. Kim (Coringa) 67 72 73
213: D. Kang (Hamilton) 70 71 72, M. Bruce (Highfield) 71 72 70, P. Spearman-Burn (Miramar) 74 68 71, S. Ha (Akarana) 72 72 69, S. Heyes (New Plymouth) 72 72 69
214: L. Edwards (Rotorua) 71 69 74, C. Chung (Shandon) 69 72 73, B. Campbell (Masterton) 72 72 70
215: P. Tuoro ( Masterton) 73 69 73, R. Cording (Marton) 74 70 71
216: W. Hyun Baek (Peninsula) 73 72 71, B. Kendall (Maungakiekie) 70 73 73
217': S. Riordan (Takaka) 70 75 72
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ICE HOCKEY
NHL
NY Islanders 4 Philadelphia 2, Washington 5 Carolina 2, Montreal 4 Atlanta 1, Boston 5 Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 3 New Jersey 2, Toronto 3 Florida 2, Vancouver 2 Ottawa 1, Nashville 4 Columbus 0, Edmonton 4 Anaheim 1, St Louis 3 Los Angeles 1, San Jose 5 Phoenix 2.
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MOTORSPORT
A1 GP
(Taupo)
Practice times, rookie session 1:- L. Duval (France) 1 minute 16.214 seconds, 1; J. Hinchcliffe (Canada) 1:16.849, 2; N. Karthikeyan (India) 1:16.991, 3; M. Fassler (Switzerland) 1:17.203, 4; Wade Cunningham (New Zealand) 1:17.493.
Rookie session 2:- Duval 1:15.601, 1; Karthikeyan 1:16.188, 2; R. van der Zande (Netherlands) 1:16.344, 3; Fassler 1:16.412, 4; F. Fauzy (Malaysia), 1:16.490, 5. Also: Cunningham 1:16.840, 8.
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RALLYING
DAKAR RALLY
(Stage 12, 484km section from Ayoun in Mauritania to Kayes in Mali.)
Cars:- C. Sainz (Spain) Volkswagen, 2:58.56, 1; C. Sousa (Portugal) Volkswagen, 3:02:49, 2; L. Alphand (France) Mitsubishi, 3:03:48, 3; N. Al-Attiyah (Qatar) BMW, 3:05:06, 4; N. Roma (Spain) Mitsubishi, 3:05:28, 5; S. Peterhansel (France) Mitsubishi, 3:07:15, 6; K. Holowczyc (Poland) Nissan, 3:08:54, 7; M. Miller (US) Volkswagen, 3:09:03, 8; S. Shmakov (Russia) Buggy, 3:10:15, 9; J.L. Schlesser (France) Schlesser-Ford, 3:10:27, 10.
Standings:- Peterhansel, 40:42:34, 1; Alphand, 40:49:03, 2; Schlesser, 42:16:36, 3; Al-Attiyah 42:40:38, 4; Miller 42:58:29, 5; H. Masuoka (Japan) Mitsubishi, 43:09:44, 6; Sousa, 45:58:55, 7; R. Gordon (US) Hummer, 47:45:31, 8; Sainz 48:20:14, 9; S. Henrard (Belgium) Volkswagen, 48:34:13, 10
Motorcycles:- I. Esteve (Spain) KTM, 3:34:46, 1; P. Goncalves (Portugal) Honda, 3:37:49, 2; J. Czachor (Poland) KTM, 3:38:50, 3; T. Classen (Australia) KTM, 3:41:59, 4; F. Planet (France) KTM 3:42:48, 5; P. Ullevalseter (Norway) KTM 3:44:50, 6; J. de Azevedo (Brazil) KTM, 3:46:54, 7; D. Casteu (France) KTM 3:47:07, 8; J. Vinters (Latvia) KTM 3:48:24, 9; M. Marchini (France) Yamaha 3:48:56, 10.
Standings:- M. Coma (Spain) KTM 44:47:16, 1; C. Despres (France) KTM 45:40:04, 2; Casteu (France) KTM 45:57:29, 3; C. Blais (US) KTM 46:28:49, 4; Ullevalseter 46:52:20, 5; Esteve 47:22:20, 6; H. Rodrigues (Portugal) Yamaha, 47:44:10, 7; Vinters 48:16:16, 8; M. Marchini (France) Yamaha, 48:23:51, 9; T. Bethys (France) Honda 48:40:40, 10.
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SOCCER
OCEANIA UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIPS
New Zealand 1 (S. Jenkins) Solomon Islands 1 (J. Molea). Halftime: 1-1, Fiji 7 (R. Krishna 3, E. Underwood 2, M. Senibuli, A. Singh) Samoa 0. Halftime: 4-0, New Caledonia 2 (J. Sablan, C. Lolohea) Tahiti 1 (A. Tereiitau). Halftime 2-0.
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SQUASH
BULER CHALLENGE CUP
(Hong Kong)
Campbell Grayson bt Duncan Walsh (Eng) 11-3 11-8 11-3, Louise Crome (NZ) bt Rachel Smith (Aus) 9-2 4-9 9-6 9-5.
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TENNIS
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
(Melbourne)
Men, third round:- 14-N. Djokovic (Serbia) bt D. Udomchoke (Thailand) 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-1, M. Fish (US) bt W. Arthurs (Australia) 3-0 retired, 1-R. Federer (Switzerland) bt 25-M. Youzhny (Russia) 6-3 6-3 7-6.
Women, third round:- S. Williams (US) bt 5-N. Petrova (Russia) 1-6 7-5 6-3, 3-S. Kuznetsova (Russia) bt 26-M. Kirilenko (Russia) 6-1 6-4, 2-A. Mauresmo (France) bt E. Birnerova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-1, L. Safarova (Czech Republic) bt A. Yakimova (Belarus) 6-3 retired, 11-J. Jankovic (Serbia) bt V. Azarenka (Belarus) 6-3 6-4, 7-E. Dementieva (Russia) bt M.E.Camerin (Italy) 6-1 6-3.