AMERICAN FOOTBALL
NFL
St Louis 28 New Orleans 17, Miami 20 Kansas City 30, Minnesota 23 Green Bay 20, Philadelphia 20 San Diego 17, Washington 52 San Francisco 17, Houston 20 Indianapolis 38, Cincinnati 13 Pittsburgh 27, Cleveland 10 Detroit 13, Seattle 13 Dallas 10, Oakland 38 Buffalo 17, Arizona
20 Tennessee 10, NY Giants 24 Denver 23, Chicago 10 Baltimore 6.
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BASEBALL
WORLD SERIES
(Chicago)
Chicago White Sox 7 Houston Astros 6
(Chicago lead best of seven series 2-0)
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BASKETBALL
ANBL
Hunter 119 (M. Helms 42, A. Trahair 27, B. Davidson 9, B. Davidson 9) bt Townsville 93 (L. Abney 22, B. Newley 22, C. Calvary 15) at The Swamp. Perth 100 (S. Redhage 26, D. Bailey 16, C. Tovey 16) bt Melbourne 93 (D. Thomas 19, D. McDonald 16, C. Anstey 15) at Challenge Stadium. Melbourne 94 (D. Thomas 25, C. Anstey 22, R. Tucker 16) bt Brisbane 85 (S. Black 21, S. Mackinnon 19, L. Copeland 14) at State Netball and Hockey Centre. Sydney 99 (J. Smith 27, CJ Bruton 22, M. Worthington 12) bt Wollongong 96 (A. Ballinger 39, M. Campbell 19, C. Groves 16) at The Sandpit. Perth 113 (T. Ronaldson 27, D. Bailey 20, S. Redhage 19) bt West Sydney 92 (J. Blackburn 22, C. Reed 17, J. Harvey 10, M. Pearce 10) at Challenge Stadium. Sydney 106 (CJ Bruton 20, M. Worthington 16, L. Kendall 14) bt NZ Breakers 88 (A. Olson 30, B. Bailey 16) at Sydney Entertainment Centre. Hunter 101 (M. Helms 27, B. Melmeth 21, A. Traihair 19) bt Cairns 85 (G. Boodnikoff 21, M. Cattalini 17, A. Stewart 13) at Cairns. Adelaide 90 (W. Farley 21, B. Maher 20, D. Rychart 20) bt Brisbane 89 (S. Black 30, B. Brannen 16, M. Hill 15) at Distinctive Homes Dome.
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BOWLS
NORTH EAST VALLEY 1000
(Dunedin)
Semifinals:- D. Wilson 25 R. Brassey 23, R. Meyer 25 T. Morris 9.
Final:- Meyer 25 Wilson 23.
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CRICKET
SOUTH AFRICA V NEW ZEALAND
(Springbok Park, Bloemfontein)
First one-day international
NEW ZEALAND
S. Fleming c Gibbs b Nel 45
N. Astle c Boucher b Pollock 1
L. Vincent c Boucher b Ntini 8
H. Marshall lbw b Kallis 16
C. McMillan c Prince b Kallis 66
J. Oram run out (Smith) 35
B. McCullum c Dippenaar b Nel 28
D. Vettori c Prince b Nel 1
A. Adams not out 30
K. Mills not out 1
Extras (b1, lb11, nb2, w4) 18--Total (8 wkts, 50 overs) 249
Fall: 1/7, 2/18, 3/70, 4/97, 5/172, 6/200, 7/204, 8/241
Bowling: Pollock 10-2-43-1, Ntini 4-0-19-1 (2nb), Langeveldt 10-1-48-0 (1w), Nel 9-0-42-3, Kallis 9-1-45-2 (2w), Boje 6-0-32-0 (1w), Kemp 2-0-8-0.
SOUTH AFRICA
G. Smith b Adams 19
H. Dippenaar lbw b Bond 10
J. Kallis b Mills 0
H. Gibbs c Marshall b Bond 25
A. Prince b Astle 31
M. Boucher b Vettori 33
J. Kemp c Vincent b Patel 73
S. Pollock c Adams b Patel 37
N. Boje not out 3
C. Langeveldt not out 0
Extras (b1, lb4, nb1, w13) 19--Total (8 wkts, 49.3 overs) 250
Fall: 1/29, 2/34, 4/41, 5/85, 6/117, 7/182, 8/247, 9/247.
Bowling: Bond 9.3-1-50-2 (10w), Mills 10-2-38-1, Adams 6-0-28-1, Vettori 10-0-35-1 (1nb), Astle 6-0-46-1 (1w), Patel 8-0-48-2 (2w).
Result: South Africa won by two wickets.
Substitutions: South Africa: N Boje for M Ntini. New Zealand: J Patel for J Oram.
AUCKLAND
CRICKET EXPRESS CUP
Parnell 229/4 (T. McIntosh 83no, D. Winger 83no) bt Takapuna 106 (W. Smart 3-37).
East Coast Bays 219 (M. Badland 60; P. Hitchcock 4-32) lost to North Shore 221/6 (G. Andrews 53, P. Hitchcock 46, H. Smith 46).
Grafton 220/9 (D. Crook 57, M. Horne 34; V. Soma 5-33) lost to Papatoetoe 221/8 (M. Khawaja 104, S. Singe 74; Crook 3-50).
Howick Pakuranga 190 (D. de Boorder 45, M. Craig 36, T. Madondo 32; A. Dale 3-24) bt Cornwall 122 (C. Knight 40; N. Strom 3-28).
Points (after three rounds):- Parnell 7.5; Papatoetoe 6; Grafton, North Shore, Howick Pakuranga 4.5; Cornwall, East Coast Bays, Takapuna 3.
CRICKET EXPRESS ROSEBOWL:-
Waitakere City 102 (C. Todd 41; M. Ewart 5-17) lost to Birkenhead City 103/7 (G. Lynskey 49no; C. Patel 5-14).
University 98 (I. Billcliff 32; S. Dykes 3-22) bt Parnell 46 (T. Dineen 6-9).
Eden Roskill 86 (T. Hewitt 4-24, J. Martin 3-22) lost to Cornwall 87/5.
Suburbs New Lynn 236 (M. Guptill 37, J. Raval 80; Dean Bartlett 8-32) bt Ellerslie 164 (W. Hart 53; S. Lavery 4-24, T. Lythe 3-43).
Points (after three rounds): Suburbs New Lynn, University 7.5; Waitakere City, Birkenhead City 6; Ellerslie, Cornwall 3; Parnell, Eden Roskill 1.5.
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EQUESTRIAN
WAIRARAPA GRAND PRIX
(Masterton)
Horse grand prix:- J. Beatson (Dannevirke) Aberdeen Rd 1, M. Beatson (Dannevirke) Primo Ventura 2, M. Stacy (Te Puke) Shimmerman 3, E. Clark (Opotiki) He Knows 4, A. Stephen (Wairarapa) Just A Boy 5, L. Akers (Palmerston North) Chickeremba 6.
Pony grand prix:- C. Meyers (Hawera) Glenwood Spring Fair 1, M. Duncan (Marton) Cheblinkers 2, G. Harvey (Kimbolton) Mighty Maximus 3, M. Duncan (Marton) Mr Skywalker 4, S. Hayes (Levin) What a Dude 5, K. Winks (New Plymouth) Reias Super Blonde 6.
Junior rider:- C. Akers (Palmerston North) Dolly 1, L. Rose (Dannevirke) Scare 'D Cat 2, J. Booth (Masterton) Bon Jour Paris 3, F. Thompson (Masterton) Preferido Heights 4, A. Crothers (Feilding) Lady of Dance 5.
Young rider:- K. McVean (Matangi) Dunstan Hairy McClairy 1, J. Beatson (Dannevirke) Aberdeen Road 2, B. Hamilton (Gisborne) I'm Holly 3, L. Akers (Palmerston North) Chickeremba 5, S. Hamilton (Gisborne) Daddy Longlegs 6.
New Zealand 7-year-old series:- T. Willimas (Gisborne) Double O Eight 1, J. Couper (Rotorua) Sirocco Hercules 2, L. Akers (Palmerston North) Tinapai 3, E. Clarke (Opotiki) Windale Gracious 4.
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GOLF
FUNAI CLASSIC
(Lake Buena Vista, Florida)
Final round:- (US unless noted):
265: L. Glover 68 66 66 65
266: T. Pernice 67 62 68 69
267: R. Beem 65 69 63 70, H. Frazar 67 66 66 68, G. Ogilvy (Australia) 64 66 68 69, R. Palmer 67 70 66 64, Ju. Rose (Britain) 67 68 64 68
268: M. Calcavecchia 64 69 65 70, Brandt Jobe 69 62 70 67
269: T. Clark (South Africa) 66 65 66 72, T. Lehman 65 70 69 65, M.Wilson 67 68 63 71
MAJORCA CLASSIC
(Majorca, Spain)
Final round:- par-70 course.
270: J. M. Olazabal (Spain) 69 65 70 66
275: P. Broadhurst (Britain) 67 66 72 70, S. Garcia (Spain) 69 69 71 66, J. M. Lara (Spain) 68 69 70 68
276: B. Dredge (Britain) 72 67 67 70, M. Tunnicliff (Britain) 69 68 70 69, S. Wakefield (Britain) 69 71 67 69
277: M. Eliasson (Sweden) 68 68 70 71, M. A. Jimenez (Spain) 67 71 72 67, J. Van de Velde (France) 70 71 66 70
278: F. A. Hed (Sweden) 70 71 69 68, J. Bickerton (Britain) 67 71 70 70, A. Coltart (Britain) 71 73 71 63, R.-J. Derksen (Netherlands) 70 68 71 69, D. Park (Britain) 68 70 72 68, G. Storm (Britain) 70 71 69 68
279: R. Coles (Britain) 70 70 74 65, C. Hanell (Sweden) 73 69 69 68, S. Hansen (Denmark) 70 69 66 74, W. Ormsby (Australia) 70 66 70 73
280: M. Brier (Austria) 71 73 68 68, M. Fraser (Australia) 71 70 71 68, S. Khan (Britain) 67 69 72 72, P. Lawrie (Britain) 70 71 71 68, S. Little (Britain) 67 73 68 72, S. Scahill (New Zealand) 70 69 69 72
NORTH HARBOUR STROKEPLAY
(Huapai)
Twenty-year-old Travis O'Connell, recent winner of the Bream Bay and Wellsford
Classics, won the North Harbour strokeplay title by five shots at Huapai yesterday.
O' Connell, from The Grange Club in Auckland, had an eight-under-par total of 264 for the 72 holes on the par-68 interim layout, which includes six par-threes. The key to his victory was his play on those short holes, which he completed in six-under for his four rounds.
Bay of Plenty representative Jae An, who birdied the last for a 65 to O'Connell's 68, was second, four clear of Joon-Sang Chung from Redwood Park.Men:-
264: T. O'Connell (The Grange) 68 63 65 68.
269: J. An (Springfield) 69 68 67 65.
273: J-S Chung (Redwood Park) 70 67 67 69.
274: L. James (The Grange) 71 68 64 71.
278: K. Chun (Titirangi) 68 73 69 68.
281: S. Shin (Gulf Harbour) 70 67 73 71.
283: B. Jujnovich (Redwood Park) 72 69 77 65.
284: K. Budden (Waitemata) 73 72 69 70.
285: S. Johnson (North Shore) 71 70 74 70, T. Tamahaga (Aviation) 73 73 70 69, R. Woollerton (North Shore) 69 73 71 72.
Women:
280: M. Kim (Pupuke) 70 72 69 69.
301: J. Lee (Akarana) 75 73 80 73, Y. Kim (Pakuranga) 79 72 76 74.
EUROPEAN ORDER OF MERIT
1. (1) C. Montgomerie (Britain) 2,587,556.14
2. (2) M. Campbell (New Zealand) 2,434,069.44
3. (3) R. Goosen (South Africa) 2,261,211.06
4. (4) A. Cabrera (Argentina) 1,834,027.30
5. (5) D. Howell (Britain) 1,769,207.50
6. (6) P. McGinley (Ireland) 1,629,762.77
7. (7) T. Bjorn (Denmark) 1,561,189.62
8. (8) H. Stenson (Sweden) 1,535,749.73
9. (10) S. Garcia (Spain) 1,384,104.74
10. (9) K. Ferrie (Britain) 1,338,536.86
11. (14) J. M. Olazabal (Spain) 1,282,349.59
12. (11) N. Fasth (Sweden) 1,213,394.84
13. (12) L. Donald (Britain) 1,190,718.33
14. (13) M. A. Jimenez (Spain) 1,078,975.83
15. (15) E. Els (South Africa) 1,012,682.63
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HOCKEY
NATIONAL MAORI TOURNAMENT
(Napier)
Women's Final:- Takitimu 4 Waiariki 2 (on strokes, 0-all after regulation time and golden goal period.)
For third:- Tamaki Makaurau 2 Taitokerau 1.
Men's final: Tamaki Makaurau beat Waikato by a golden goal after the score was 4-all at the end of regulation time.
For third: Waiariki 4 Tai Tokerau 2.
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ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Anaheim 5 Phoenix 3, Chicago 4 Minnesota 2, Los Angeles 2 Calgary 3.
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ORIENTEERING
AUCKLAND SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP
(Botanic Gardens, Manukau)
Elite men:- K. Dravitski 12m 10s 1, M. Peat 12m 32s 2, D. Ashmore 12 41s 3, B. Edwards 12m 42s 4, R. Jessop 12m 43s 5, J. Bradshaw 12m 48s 6.
Elite women:- T. Robinson 14m 16s 1, L. Prince 17m 12s 2, S. Wallen 17m 30s 3, C. Paterson 18m 21s 4, A. Morrison 21m 05s 5.
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RALLYING
RALLY OF FRANCE
(Paris)
Race result:- S. Loeb (France) Citroen 3:35:46.700 1, T. Gardemeister (Finland) Ford +01:51.700 2, P. Solberg (Norway) Subaru 02:42.000 3, S. Sarrazin (France) Subaru 03:34.200 4, R. Kresta (Czech Republic) Ford 05:21.500 5, A. Bengue (France) Skoda 05:27.800 6, X. Pons (Spain) Citroen 05:41.800 7, N. Bernardi (France) Peugeot 06:32.100 8, G. Galli (Italy) Mitsubishi 06:37.800 9, H. Rovanpera (Finland) Mitsubishi 09:22.500 10.
Overall driver standings:- Loeb (France) 117 1, M. Groenholm (Finland) 71 2, Solberg (Norway) 71 3, Gardemeister (Finland) 58 4, M. Maertin (Estonia) 53 5, Rovanpera (Finland) 31 6, F. Duval (Belgium) 29 7, Kresta (Czech Republic) 22 8, M. Stohl (Austria) 16 9, C. Sainz (Spain) 11 10, G. Galli (Italy) 10 11, P. Solberg (Norway) 9 12, C. Atkinson (Australia) 8 13, M. Hirvonen (Finland) 8 14, G. Panizzi (France) 7 15, Sarrazin (France) 6 16, D. Carlsson (Sweden) 5 17, A. Warmbold (Germany) 4 18, Bengue (France) 3 19, Pons (Spain) 2 20.
Constructors' points:- Citroen 160 1, Peugeot 130 2, Ford 93 3, Subaru 89 4, Mitsubishi 59 5, Skoda 15 6.
TARGA NZ RALLY
Stage one (Maioro-Waiuku 17.18km):-
E. Gilmour (Otago) Mitsubishi Evo 6 9min 40.80s 1, T. Quinn (Queensland) Porsche 996T at 5.34s 2, J. McAndrew (Wellington) Nissan Skyline GTR 8.36s 3, B. Early (Canterbury) Mazda RX7 10.95s 4, H. Dodson (Auckland) Nissan Skyline 11.27s 5.
Stage two (Pukekohe Park Raceway 13.96km):-
M. Morton (Auckland) Porsche Boxster 6min 37.16s 1, K. Wilson (New Plymouth) Reliant Scimitar 8.95s 2, W. Simpson (Auckland) Ford Escort 18.27s 3. Dodson 23.18s 4, Quinn (Queensland) Porsche 996T 31.79s 5.
Overall:- Dodson 16min 52.41s 1, Quinn at 2.68s 2, Gilmour at 12.05s 3, McAndrew at 19.07s 4, J. Richards (Australia) at 20,78s 5.
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RUGBY
CURRIE CUP FINAL
(Pretoria)
Free State Cheetahs 29 (B. Fortuin, M. Bosman tries; W. de Waal 5 pen, 2 con) Blue Bulls 25 (A. Ndungane try; M. Steyn 4 pen, con, D. Hougaard pen, J. Roets dropped goal). Halftime: Bulls 12-9.
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SOCCER
A-LEAGUE
Sydney FC 2 (S. Petrovski, D. Carney) NZ Knights 0. HT: 2-0. Queensland Roar 1 (R. Brownlie) Adelaide United 2 (F. Rech, L. Pantelis). HT: 0-0. Newcastle Jets 1 (R. Parisi) Central Coast Mariners 0. HT: 1-0. Perth Glory 2 (B. Deane, N. Sekulovski) Melbourne Victory 1 (A. Thompson). HT: 1-1.
WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE
Round four:- United Soccer 1 0 Soccersouth 0, Central Soccer 2 Capital 2. Soccer2 3 (M. Keinzley, M. Bowler, D. Humby) Mainland 0. HT: 2-0. Force 3 1 (T. Ranui) NZ under-19 2 (R. Percival, H. Collins). HT: 0-1.
*Games involving NZ under-19 are not included in table.
ENGLISH SECOND DIVISION
Leicester City 2 Coventry City 1
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SOFTBALL
DOREEN DALTON TOURNAMENT
(Lower Hutt)
Day one:- Hutt City United 5 Hutt Valley Dodgers 0, Ramblers 5 Hutt Valley Cardinals 3, Poneke Kilbirnie 5 Johnsonville 1, Ramblers 2 Johnsonville 0, Hutt City United 1 Northcote 0, Stoke 5 Hutt Valley Dodgers 1, Hutt Valley Cardinals 4 Porirua 2, Hutt City United 5 Giants 3, Miramar 2 Northcote 1, Porirua 3 Poneke Kilbirnie 1, Miramar 5 Stoke 0.
Day two:- Poneke Kilbirnie 7 Hutt Valley Cardinals 0, Northcote 7 Stoke 5, Miramar 10 Giants 0, Hutt City United 3 Stoke 1, Northcote 4 Giants 1, Miramar 4 Hutt City United 1, Hutt Valley Cardinals 10 Johnsonville 1, Giants 2 Hutt Valley Dodgers 1, Ramblers 6 Porirua 0, Northcote 6 Hutt Valley Dodgers 4, Giants 11 Stoke 2, Ramblers 2 Poneke Kilbirnie 0, Porirua 5 Johnsonville 2, Hutt Valley Dodgers 6 Miramar 2.
Tournament top batter: M. Namana (Hutt Valley Cardinals). Tournament top pitcher: D. Gollan (Miramar).
The title will be shared between the four semifinalists -- Ramblers, Miramar, Poneke Kilbirnie and Hutt City United after the final day was washed out.
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TENNIS
ZURICH OPEN
(Zurich, Switzerland)
1-L. Davenport (U.S) bt 6-P. Schnyder (Switzerland) 7-6 6-3
MADRID MASTERS
(Madrid, Spain)
Final:- 1-R. Nadal (Spain) bt 8-I. Ljubicic (Croatia) 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 7-6.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
NFL
St Louis 28 New Orleans 17, Miami 20 Kansas City 30, Minnesota 23 Green Bay 20, Philadelphia 20 San Diego 17, Washington 52 San Francisco 17, Houston 20 Indianapolis 38, Cincinnati 13 Pittsburgh 27, Cleveland 10 Detroit 13, Seattle 13 Dallas 10, Oakland 38 Buffalo 17, Arizona
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