KEY POINTS:
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
NFL
Pittsburgh 41 ST Louis 24.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
AFC EAST
W L T PF PA PC
1. New England 14 0 0 523 232 1.000
2. Buffalo 7 7 0 222 299 .500
3. NY Jets 3 11 0 249 335 .214
4. Miami
1 13 0 235 371 .071
AFC NORTH
W L T PF PA PCT
1. Pittsburgh 10 5 0 372 242 .667
2. Cleveland 9 5 0 368 356 .643
3. Cincinnati 5 9 0 323 346 .357
4. Baltimore 4 10 0 242 336 .286
AFC SOUTH
W L T PF PA PCT
1. Indianapolis 12 2 0 402 231 .857
2. Jacksonville 10 4 0 334 251 .714
3. Tennessee 8 6 0 275 281 .571
4. Houston 7 7 0 322 318 .500
AFC WEST
W L T PF PA PCT
1. San Diego 9 5 0 359 264 .643
2. Denver 6 8 0 295 367 .429
3. Oakland 4 10 0 255 319 .286
4. Kansas City 4 10 0 196 297 .286
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
NFC EAST
W L T PF PA PCT
1. Dallas 12 2 0 429 285 .857
2. NY Giants 9 5 0 300 292 .643
3. Washington 7 7 0 275 283 .500
4. Philadelphia 6 8 0 281 268 .429
NFC NORTH
W L T PF PA PCT
1. Green Bay 12 2 0 394 243 .857
2. Minnesota 8 6 0 325 257 .571
3. Detroit 6 8 0 308 390 .429
4. Chicago 5 9 0 266 316 .357
NFC SOUTH
W L T PF PA PCT
1. Tampa Bay 9 5 0 292 218 .643
2. New Orleans 7 7 0 331 317 .500
3. Carolina 6 8 0 223 304 .429
4. Atlanta 3 11 0 188 343 .214
NFC WEST
W L T PF PA PCT
1. Seattle 9 5 0 325 241 .643
2. Arizona 6 8 0 326 353 .429
3. San Francisco 4 10 0 191 325 .286
4. St. Louis 3 12 0 244 390 .200
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BASKETBALL
ANBL
New Zealand Breakers 105 (Kirk Penney 27, Phill Jones 25, Tony Ronaldson 22) Wollongong Hawks 103 (Kavossy Franklin 30, Cameron Tragarth 18, Mat Campbell 14). HT: 59-46.
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CRICKET
ONE DAY MATCH
AUCKLAND v BANGLADESH
(Eden Park Outer Oval)
BANGLADESH
T. Iqbal c Young b Hira 104
Z. Siddique c Jones b Tuffey 1
A. Ahmed c Guptill b Hitchcock 29
M. Ashraful c Guptill b Morgan 27
S. Hasan b Hira 18
M. Hossain c Young b McKay 14
M. Rahim lbw b Morgan 7
F. Reza c Young b McKay 8
M. Mortaza c Young b Morgan 9
A. Razzak c Todd b Hitchcock 3
N. Hossain not out 4
Extras (4b, 3lb, 10w, 1nb) 18-Total (all out, 48.5 overs) 242Fall: 1/6, 2/92, 3/147, 4/184, 5/194, 6/206, 7/218, 8/218, 9/230, 10242.
Bowling: D. Tuffey 9-0-33-1 (5w), A. McKay 9-1-41-2 (5w), P. Hitchcock 9.5-0-48-2, G. Morgan 8-0-33-3 (1nb), R. Hira 10-1-53-2, R. Nicol 3-0-27-0.
AUCKLAND
P. Hitchcock c Reza b Hossain 35
M. Guptill c Hossain b Mortaza 59
R. Jones not out 85
R. Nicol b Reza 21
C. de Grandhomme not out 34
Extras (4b, 1lb, 4w) 9-Total (for 3 wkts, 46 overs) 243Fall: 1/81, 2/100, 3/145.
Bowling: Mortaza 9-1-48-1, N. Hossain 7-0-37-1 (1w), S. Islam 5-0-47-0, A. Razzak 8-0-21-0 (1w), S. Hasan 10-0-44-0 (1w), F. Reza 6-0-36-1 (1w), M Ashraful 1-0-5-0.
Result: Auckland won by 7 wickets
Bangladesh played with 12 men, also using Islam to bowl.
VICTORIA v INDIA
(Melbourne)
Stumps, second day. -
INDIA
First innings (110-3 overnight)
W. Jaffer c Finch b Wise 0
R. Dravid not out 38
V. Laxman c Wade b Wise 1
S. Tendulkar b Wise 19
S. Ganguly c Blizzard b Wise 59
Y. Singh not out 6
Extras (1lb, 9nb) 10-Total (for 4 wkts, 48 overs) 133Fall: 1/3, 2/10, 3/38, 4/121.
Bowling: P Siddle 15-1-43-0 (6nb), A Wise 15-4-37-4 (3nb), A McDonald 6-1-11-0, J Hastings 6-2-17-0, B McGain 6-2-24-0.
THIRD TEST
SRI LANKA V ENGLAND
(Galle)
Stumps, third day. -
SRI LANKA
First innings
M. Vandort lbw Sidebottom 18
U. Tharanga lbw Harmison 16
K. Sangakkara c Panesar b Harmison 46
M. Jayawardene not out 213
C. Silva c Bell b Harmison 1
T. Dilshan run out 84
P. Jayawardene c Prior b Bopara 0
C. Vaas c Vaughan b Hoggard 90
L. Malinga b Collingwood 5
Extras (1b, 14lb, 8w, 3nb) 26 - - Total (for 8 wkts, 148.5 overs) 499Fall: 1/34, 2/44, 132, 138, 287, 287, 470, 499.
Bowling: Sidebottom 34-8-95-1 (1w), Hoggard 32-4-121-1 (1w), Harmison 34-4-104-3 (5w, 3nb), Panesar 26-3-76-0, Bopara 10-1-39-1, Collingwood 9.5-2-38-1 (1w), Pietersen 3-0-11-0.
ENGLAND
First innings
A. Cook c PJayawardene b Vaas 13
M. Vaughan lbw Vaas 1
I. Bell run out 1
K. Pietersen c P Jayawardene b Malinga 1
P. Collingwood b Welegedera 29
R. Bopara c Welegedera b Vaas 0
M. Prior b Vaas 4
R. Sidebottom c Dilshan b Muralitharan 11
S. Harmison not out 9
M. Hoggard c MJayawardene b Welegedera 0
M. Panesar run out 0
Extras (4b, 8nb) 12 - - Total (all out, 30.5 overs) 81Fall: 1/5, 2/9, 3/22, 4/22, 5/25, 6/33, 7/70, 8/72, 9/72, 10/81.
Bowling: Vaas 9.5-2-28-4 (4nb), Malinga 9-2-26-1 (2nb), Welegedera 8-1-17-2 (2-nb), Muralitharan 4-2-6-1.
Second innings
A. Cook not out 1M. Vaughan not out 1Extras 0 - - Total (no wickets, 1 over) 2Bowling: Muralitharan 1-0-2-0.
AUCKLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLGIRLS
Elite XI: Stephanie Carr (Manukau), Jessie Latima (Central), Lucille Mathews (Central), Vickey Paget (North Harbour), Madeline Green (Eastern), Melissa Kerr (North Harbour), Charlotte Evans (Western), Imogen Temm (Central), Rosie Cox (Central), Lily Mulivai (Western), Rosalind McNeil (North Harbour), Nadia du Plessis (Western).
Development XI: Georgina Temm (Central), Madeline Cooke (Central), Sarah Carnachan (Central), Siobhan Richards (Eastern), Shannen Elliot (Western), Nikita Parshotham (Western), Briar Miller (Central), Gemma Lord (Manukau), Kim Wihongi (Western), Rebecca Miller (North Harbour), Georgia Guy (Central), Lauren Heaps (Central).
Non-travelling reserves: Alex Hurley (Eastern), Kimberely Ter Braak (North Harbour), Kirsty Tuala (Western), Rebecca Yee (Central), Tori Higgs (Western).
UNDER 15A
(Devonport Domain)
North Harbour Burgundy 42 &85 (J. Anthony 3/29, R Anstiss 3/7) lost to Central 145 outright.
North Harbour Black 272/9 decl bt Manakau 181/8 decl (T. Dassanayke 60, D. Jones 36, D. Patel 36, M. Norman 3/43) & 98/7 (J. Falloon 36, J. Sussex 3/17, L. Nash 3/20) on first innings.
Eastern 170 & 58/4 (M. Haddleton 34) bt Western 15 (D. Taylor 69, M. Ansell 3/19) on first innings.
Auckland under-15 squad: Tim Duncraft (North Harbour Burgundy), Charles Elton (North Harbour Burgundy), Sam Flett (Eastern), Faasiu Fuatai(Eastern), Lewis Goodwin (North Harbour Burgundy), Simon Hickey (Manakau), Aniket Joshi(Western), Matthew Lewis(North Harbour Burgundy), Mark Norman (North Harbour Black), Vampshi Puppala (Western),Jordan Sussex (North Harbour Black), Troy Wood (North Harbour Black). Non-travelling reserves: Simon Bish (Central), James Falloon (Manakau), Harry Hanham (Western).
Auckland under-15 development squad: Reve Anstis (Central), Sam Dodd (Eastern), James Falloon (Manakau), Cameron Fletcher (Western), Michael Haddleton (Eastern), Wesley Jarman (North Harbour Black), JJ Mills (Eastern B), Max O'Dowd (North Harbour Black), Jordan Ranson (North Harbour Black), Blair Smith (North Harbour Burgundy), Ish Sodhi (Manakau) Sachin Variath (Western).
UNDER 17A
(Te Atatu Park)
Manukau 201 bt North Harbour Black 96 & (following on) 18-3 on the first innings.
Western 157 lost to Eastern 184-4 (G Malhatra 102, J Bowden 64, D ter Braak 4-34) on the first innings.
North Harbour Burgundy 311-9 & 40-3 declared bt Central 38-3 declared & 226 outright by 87 runs.
Final points: Manukau & Eastern 14, North Harbour Burgundy 12, North Harbour Black & Central 10, Western 2.
WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT TOURNAMENT
(Christchurch)
Wellington 159 (Sarah Bradbury 28, Sarah Sims 30, Melinda Hodgson 28; Erin Bermingham 4-18) lost to Canterbury 160-3 (Leigh Martin 78no) by 7 wickets.
Otago 146 (Lisa Grant 42no) lost to Northern Districts 147-4 (Natalie Dodd 47no, Rhiana Vincent 28no) by 6 wickets.
Auckland 292-7 (Jussara Bierman 117, Kelly Sutherland 57, Wendy Horneman 37; Courtney Woodward 4-40) bt Central Districts 170-8 (Kelly Rangi 52no, Esther Lanser 31, Regina Lili'i 3-13, Lucille Matthews 2-9) by 118 runs.
Standings: Auckland 25pts, Canterbury 20, Northern Districts 14, Wellington 8, Central Districts 5, Otago 0.
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GLIDING
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Omarama)
Steve Jones (Great Britain) 20 pts 1, Ben Flewett (NZ) 18 2, Sebastien Kawa (Poland) 16 3, Mario Kiessling (Germany) 15 4, Uli Schwenk (Germany 15 5, Petr Krejcirik (Czech Republic) 13 6, Michael Sommer (Germany) 9 7, Giorgio Galetto (Italy) 8 8.
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GOLF
PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA
Qualifying school
Round 3. -
201: Bronson La'Cassie (AUS) Qld 67 67 67.
206: Euan Walters (AUS) Vic 68 69 69.
209: Grant Moorhead (NZ) 71 71 67, David Gleeson (AUS) 69 71 69, Nigel Stivala (AUS) 71 69 69, Kevin Chun (NZ) 66 73 70, Mark Purser (NZ) 70 68 71, Andrew Dodt (AUS) 72 65 72.
210: Pat Giles (AUS) 74 68 68, Richie Gallichan (AUS) 71 69 70, Rowan Beste (AUS) 73 64 73.
211: Nathan Main (AUS) 73 69 69. Sung Lee (KOR) 69 72 70, Adam Wilcox (AUS) 69 69 73, Ryan Haywood (AUS) 69 69 73.
212: Ryan Hammond (AUS) 71 71 70, Michael Lambert (Am) (AUS) 70 71 71.
213: Luke Hickmott (AUS) 70 71 72, Andrew McKenzie (AUS) 72 68 73.
214: Clint Rice (AUS) 77 71 66, Justin Maker (AUS) 71 71 72, Peter Cooke (AUS) 72 69 73
215: Todd Nicholson (NZ) 71 72 72.
216: Nathan Uebergang (AUS) 75 73 68, Hamish Robertson (NZ) 74 69 73, Jarrad Roxby (Am) (AUS) 67 72 77.
217: Alistair Presnell (AUS) 73 75 69, Stephen Dartnell (AUS) 68 76 73, Ben Bunny (AUS) 71 71 75, Vernon Sexton-Finck (AUS) 70 71 76.
218: Alexander Munro (Am) (AUS) 75 71 72, Ben Hallam (Am) (AUS) 72 74 72, Peter Nolan (AUS) 77 69 72, Aaron Pike (AUS) 72 73 73, Wayne Berry (AUS) 72 73 73, Michael Hendry (NZ) 69 74 75, Brenden Stuart (NZL) 75 68 75.
219: Mark Boe (Am) (AUS) 73 72 74, Robin Hodgetts (AUS) 74 71 74.
220: Ben Burge (AUS) 71 75 74, Craig Spence (AUS) 75 72 73, Michael McGrath (AUS) 77 75 68.
221: Rudi Bezuidenhout (Am) (AUS) 74 72 75, Tony McNaughton (AUS) 72 75 74, Rika Batibasaga (Am) (AUS) 71 74 76, Sam Hunt (NZ) 75 74 72, Neil Sarkies (AUS) 73 76 72
222: Nick Dastey (AUS) 78 68 76, Michael Moore (Am) (AUS) 75 68 79, Tigh Van Leeuwen (AUS) 80 71 71, Gavin Hills (AUS) 76 76 70.
223: Yun-Seok Gang (KOR) 75 71 77, Paul Skinner (Am) (AUS) 75 70 78, Simon Nash (AUS) 71 74 78, Brendan Chant (AUS) 73 70 80, Jon Abbott (AUS) 77 77 69.
224: Jamie Arnold (AUS) 70 76 78, Mitchell Tasker (AUS) 74 70 80, Ernie Rose (AUS) 76 75 73, Kurt Carlson (AUS) 78 74 72.
225: Shaun Harmer (AUS) 77 73 75, Tom Davis (AUS) 78 73 74, Jason Ashcroft (AUS) 74 78 73.
226: Paul Spargo (AUS) 73 76 77, David Stein (AUS) 78 76 72.
227: Frank Power (AUS) 73 78 76, Steven Han (Am) (NZL) 75 77 75.
228: James Douris (AUS) 69 77 82, Eric Priestley (AUS) 77 71 80, Benjamin Manderson (AUS) 73 76 79, Troy Kennedy (AUS) 75 76 77.
229: Andrew Searle (Am) (NZL) 78 73 78, Kevin Lee (KOR) 75 77 77.
230: Nick Howell (ENG) 74 76 80, Jeremy Loomes (Am) (AUS) 79 80 71.
232: Duane Smith (AUS) 77 76 79.
233: Simon Houston (AUS) 76 74 83.
234: Ben Fletcher (Am) (AUS) 77 76 81, Richard Kent (AUS) 79 75 80, Joshua Main (AUS) 77 79 78, Grant Lewis (Am) (AUS) 77 82 75, Nathan Buzimkic (Am) (AUS) 76 84 74, Todd Brown (Am) (AUS) 83 78 73.
235: Charles Gardiner (AUS) 76 77 82.
237: Daniel Morrison (AUS) 81 78 78.
243: Shawn Morley (AUS) 83 82 78.
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ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Montreal 5 Washington 2, Atlanta 3 Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 5 Boston 4, Tampa Bay 2 Toronto 1, Florida 5 Carolina 4, Minnesota 6 NY Rangers 3, St Louis 3 Detroit 2.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
W L OTL GF GA PTS 1. New Jersey181338484392. NY Rangers171437981373. Pittsburgh1715297102364. Philadelphia161339993355. NY Islanders15152728932N'EAST DIVISION W L OTL GF GA PTS 1. Ottawa228311486472. Boston181249186403. Montreal1712510095394. Buffalo1714110189355. Toronto1414710510935S'EAST DIVISION W L OTL GF GA PTS 1. Carolina18153114116392. Florida171629195363. Atlanta1617195116334. Tampa Bay15173105114335. Washington131939010729WEST CONF CENTRAL DIVISION W L OTL GF GA PTS 1. Detroit257312481532. St. Louis171228281363. Chicago161529894344. Columbus141368283345. Nashville14162879730N'WEST DIVISION W L OTL GF GA PTS 1. Minnesota201228986422. Vancouver191249483423. Colorado1913210297404. Calgary17135104104395. Edmonton161639310535PACIFIC DIVISION W L OTL GF GA PTS 1. Dallas1912410289422. San Jose181158678413. Anaheim1715590102394. Phoenix171608589345. Los Angeles122129511926 SOCCER
UEFA CUP
Group A
AZ Alkmaar 2 Everton 3, Larissa 1 Nuremberg 3.
1. Everton 4 4 0 0 9 3 12 * 2. Nuremberg 4 2 1 1 7 6 7 * 3. Zenit St P 4 1 2 1 6 6 5 * 4. AZ Alkmaar41125645. Larissa40044100 * qualified for first knockout round
Group B
Aberdeen 4 FC Copenhagen 0, Atletico Madrid 2 Panathinaikos 1.
1. A Madrid 4 3 1 0 9 4 10 * 2. Panath 4 3 0 1 7 2 9 * 3. Aberdeen 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 * 4. FC C'hagen41031735. L Moscow4022472 * qualified for first knockout round
Group C
AEK Athens 1 Villarreal 2, Fiorentina 2 Mlada Boleslav 1.
1. Villarreal 4 3 1 0 7 3 10 * 2. Fiorentina 4 2 2 0 10 4 8 * 3. AEK Athens 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 * 4. M Boleslav41035635. E Boras40133121 * qualified for first knockout round
Group D
Hamburg SV 1 Basel 1, Stade Rennes 1 Dynamo Zagreb 1.
1. Hamburg SV 4 3 1 0 7 1 10 * 2. Basel 4 2 2 0 3 1 8 * 3. Brann Bergen 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 * 4. D Zagreb40222525. Stade Rennes4022262 * qualified for first knockout round.
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TENNIS
NZ RESIDENTIALS
(Albany)
Men's open singles
Quarter-finals: Adam Thompson bt Andrew Batie 6-3 7-5, Timothy Meredith bt Marcus Daniell 6-2 6-3, Matthew Prentice bt Steven Downs 6-3 6-1, GD Jones bt Andrew Allan 6-1 2-6 6-3.
Women's open singles
Quarter-finals: Sacha Jones bt Abigail Guthrie 6-1 6-1, Tracey O'Connor bt Stacey Housley 6-1 2-6 6-2, Kairangi Vano bt Lucy Barlow 6-3 6-2, Amelia Harris bt Shona Lee 6-4 7-5.
