Friday's results

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE

Detroit Tigers 2 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6, Washington Nationals 3 Milwaukee Brewers 2, Philadelphia Phillies 7 St. Louis Cardinals 4, Minnesota Twins 4 Toronto Blue Jays 0, Kansas City Royals 7 Baltimore Orioles 4, Colorado Rockies 3 San Francisco Giants 1, Houston Astros 1 Arizona Diamondbacks 6.

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CYCLING

GIRO D'ITALIA

General classification: I. Basso (Italy/Team CSC) 49h 05m 20s, 1, P. Savoldelli (Italy/Discovery Channel) at 18s, 2, D. Di Luca (Italy/Liquigas) 1m 04, 3, G. Simoni (Italy/Lampre-Caffita) 2m 27s, 4, S. Gontchar (Ukraine/Domina Vacanze) 3m 45s, 5, M. Bruseghin (Italy/Fassa Bortolo) 4m 34s, 6, D. Cioni (Italy/Liquigas) 5m 25s, 7, E. Sella (Italy/Panaria) 5m 58s, 8.

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GOLF

THE COLONIAL

Leading first-round scores (US unless stated). -

62: P. Sheehan.

64: B. Bateman, D. J. Trahan.

65: K. Perry, B. Jobe, K. Na (South Korea).

66: S. Leaney (Australia), T. Purdy, K. Triplett, H. Frazar, R. Pampling (Australia).

67: B. Mayfair, J. Byrd, J. Leonard, R. Sabbatini (South Africa), S. Kendall, B. Tway.

68: A. Cejka (Germany), B. Langer (Germany), J. Rose (Britain), J. Sluman, H. Slocum, J. Williamson, A. Oberholser, L. Roberts, S. Appleby (Australia), F. Jacobson (Sweden), S. Stricker, S. Hend (Australia).

69: T. Armour, S. Garcia (Spain), B. Crane, A. Baddeley (Australia), J. Parnevik (Sweden), H. Sutton, S. Jones, S. Maruyama (Japan), K. J. Choi (South Korea), D. Toms, P. Lonard (Australia), J. Furyk, B. Baird, J. Allred, M. Groenberg (Sweden).

70: F. Lickliter, C. Pavin, B. Van Pelt, J. Senden (Australia), A. Magee, A. Atwal (India), K. Sutherland, B. Bryant, R. Palmer, C. Campbell.

Also:

73: C. Perks (NZ).

IRISH OPEN

(Maynooth)

Leading first-round scores (par 72, Great Britain and Ireland unless stated, *denotes amateur). -

68: K. Eriksson (Sweden), N. Dougherty.

69: M. Eliasson (Sweden), S. Dodd, P. O'Malley (Australia), C. Moriarty.

70: D. Mooney, D. Clarke, S. Khan, R. Muntz (Netherlands), D. Howell, L. Westwood.

71: J. Kingston (South Africa), S. Wakefield, M. A. Jimenez (Spain), C. Montgomerie, G. Storm, J-F Lima (Portugal), M. Foster, M. Cayeux (Zimbabwe), S. Dyson, A. Cabrera (Argentina), *R. McIlroy, S. Drummond, W. Ormsby (Australia), J-F Remesy (France), R. Finch.

Also:

72: S. Scahill (NZ).

74: M. Campbell (NZ).

FOUR NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP

New Zealand 4 1/2 Canada 4 1/2: Foursomes, D. Holloway/M. Purser lost to G. Delaet/K. Simard 1 down, J. Geary/K. Chun halved with M. Mezei/B. Jarosh, B. Iles/M. Holten lost to C. Doell/J. Allenby 1 down.

Singles: Holloway lost to Simard 1 down, Chun lost to Jarosch 3 and 2, Geary bt Allenby 1 up, Purser bt Mezei 4 and 3, Holten bt Delaet 2 and 1, Iles bt Doell 7 and 6.

Points after two rounds: Australia 13, Japan 11, Canada 6 1/2, New Zealand 5 1/2.

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HOCKEY

NATIONAL UNDER-21 (Oamaru)

Men: Auckland 10 Midlands 0, Capital 5 Central 2, Canterbury 5 Southern 0.

Final: Northern v Canterbury, 3.30pm today.

Women: Northern 2 Midlands 2, Canterbury 3 Central 1, Auckland 7 Capital 2.

Final: Auckland v Canterbury, 2pm today.

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LEAGUE

UNIVERSITIES WORLD CUP

New Zealand team for tournament in Brisbane from July 1-17: P. Atkins (AUT), S. Hurrell (Canterbury), A. Bauer (Auckland), T. Carwill (Auckland), S. Jacobson (Otago), D. McGregor (Auckland), J. McDonald (Victoria), A. Donaldson (Waikato), A. Auimatagi (Canterbury), R. Wigg (AUT), C. Tupou (Auckland), J. Koloamatagi (Auckland), C. Wade (Victoria), M. Craig (Victoria), M. Nathan (Victoria), T. Paleasina (AUT), A. Massina (Auckland), M. October (Canterbury), S. Taunga (Otago), G. Taunga (Otago), H. Heke (Victoria).

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TENNIS

WORLD TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP

Red group: France 2 Czech Republic 1. Singles, S. Grosjean (France) bt J. Novak (Czech Republic) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3, T. Berdych (Czech Republic) bt M. Llodra (France) 6-2 6-1. Doubles, Clement/Llodra bt Berdych/Novak 6-1 6-1

Argentina 3 Chile 0. Singles, G. Gaudio (Argentina) bt F. Gonzalez (Chile) 6-4 6-2, G. Canas (Argentina) bt N. Massu (Chile) 6-2 1-6 6-3. Doubles, J. Chela/G. Coria (Argentina) bt H. Gamonal/Garcia (Chile) 6-4 6-3.

ISTANBUL CUP

Quarter-finals (prefix denotes seeding): 1-V. Williams (United States) bt 7-A. Chakvetadze (Russia) 6-2 6-1, T. Pironkova (Bulgaria) bt S. Peer (Israel) 6-3 7-6 (7-4), 3-A. Smashnova (Israel) bt 8-M. Washington (US) 6-3 6-1, 2-N. Vaidisova (Czech Republic) bt 5-A-L Groenefeld (Germany) 7-5

7-6 (8-6).

STRASBOURG INTERNATIONAL

Quarter-finals: 1-N. Dechy (France) bt S. Cohen-Aloro (France) 6-2 3-6 6-3, A. Medina Garrigues (Spain) bt V. Douchevina (Russia) 6-7 7-5 6-1, D. Randriantefy (Madagascar) bt 6-K. Sprem (Croatia) 6-4 4-6 6-4, M. Domachowska (Poland) bt S. Peng (China) 4-6 7-5 6-2.