KEY POINTS:
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
NY Yankees 2 Tampa Bay 0, Toronto 7 Boston 4, Pittsburgh 9 Florida 2, Cincinnati 8 Philadelphia 2, Baltimore 3 Seattle 2, Atlanta 3 NY Mets 1, Milwaukee 7 San Francisco 0, Kansas City 3 Minnesota 1, St Louis 3 Washington 0, Chicago Cubs
3 Houston 2, Arizona 5 Colorado 2, Texas 10 LA Angels 4, LA Dodgers 3 San Diego 2, Cleveland 2 Oakland 1, Chicaco White Sox 13 Detroit 2.
BASKETBALL
NBA
New Orleans 108 Golden State 96, Dallas 105 Phoenix 98.
NEW ZEALAND
NZ Women's team for Olympics warm-up tournament in China from April 19: Suzie Bates (Christchurch Sirens), Clare Bodensteiner, Micaela Cocks (University of Oregon, US), Toni Edmondson (Christchurch Sirens), Jillian Harmon (Stanford University, US), Aneka Kerr (Christchurch Sirens), Karlene Kingi (Christchurch Sirens), Angela Marino (Adelaide Lightning), Jessica McCormack, Natalie Purcell (Christchurch Sirens), Lisa Wallbutton (Christchurch Sirens), Noni Wharemat (Christchurch Sirens).
BOWLS
Auckland Champion of Champion Fours
Mens Division
Hillsboro (G. Goodwin (s), C. Lowe, J. Harding, M. Dixon) bt Mangere (D. Faifua (s), B. Wi, L. Fakaalofa, P. Pepper) 19-6, Henderson (S. Cox (s), B. Denton, T. Garelja, W. Cozens) bt. Mt Richmond (T. Tumua (s), J. Whitelaw, F. Vaavega, J. Hedge) 13-9.
Hillsboro bt Henderson 14-11.
Womens Division
Glendowie (H. Carter (s), V. Blundell, D. Ley, E. Spence) bt Te Atatu (V. Smith (s), E. Page, C. Ashwell, F. Cowley) 11-10, Glen Eden (F. Yates (s), J. Tough, K. Broad, J. Fenton) bt Mt Wellington (M. Ducey (s), I. Manning, S. Collins, L, Goyne) 18-12.
Glen Eden bt Glendowie 24-5.
Auckland Friday Interclub
Section 1: Ellerslie Broncos 24pts, Remuera Blue 22pts, Mangere 21pts, Bucklands Beach 15pts, Mission Bay White 6pts, Onehunga Maroon 2pts.
Section 2: Hillsboro Pinches 22pts, Henderson 19pts, Mad Butcher Glen Eden Red 16pts, Oratia 14pts, Rawhiti 12pts, Blockhouse Bay Red 7pts.
Section 3: St Heliers 23pts, Remuera Gold 20pts, Okahu Bay (Men) 18pts, Mission Bay Womens 14pts, Mission Bay Blue 11pts, Bridge Park 4pts.
Section 4: Mission Bay Red 24pts, Carlton Cornwall 16pts, Pt Chevalier Pirates 14pts, Okahu Bay (Womens) 14pts, Mad Butcher Glen Eden White 12pts, Balmoral Alert Taxis 10pts.
Quarterfinals will be; Ellerslie Broncos vs. Carlton Cornwall. Hillsboro Pinches vs. Remuera Gold. St Heliers vs. Henderson. Mission Bay Red vs. Remuera Blue. Venues and times TBC ASAP.
NORTH HARBOUR CHAMP SINGLES
(Silverdale Bowling Club)
Men
Semifinals: Warkworth bt Helensville, Browns Bay bt Mahurangi East.
Final: Browns Bay (Eric Simmonds) bt Warkworth (Dick Wilson).
5 Years & Under
Semifinals: Northcote bt Mahurangi East, Birkenhead bt Takapuna.
Final: Northcote (Mike Haggart) bt Birkenhead (Nigel Drew).
Women
Semifinals: Glenfield bt Helensville, Hobsonville bt Mahurangi East.
Final: Glenfield (Ruth Lynch) bt Hobsonville (Judy Wong).
5 years & Under
Semifinals: Takapuna bt Mahirangi East, Northcote/Birkenhead bt Browns Bay.
Final: Northcote/ Birkenhead (Julie Armstrong) bt Takapuna (Connie Mathieson).
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CRICKET
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
WELLINGTON v CANTERBURY
(Basin Reserve)
Stumps, first day.-
CANTERBURY
First innings
T. Astle c N Parlane b O'Brien 25M. Papps lbw b Patel 46J. Myburgh c M Parlane b O'Brien 2P. Fulton c Nevin b Elliott 11S. Stewart lbw b Patel 25I. Robertson c Bowden b O'Brien 20K. van Wyk not out 7B. Hiini not out 11Extras (5b, 5lb, 4w, 4nb) 18--Total (for 6 wkts, 55.3 overs) 165Fall: 1/47, 2/50, 3/76, 4/107, 5/146, 6/146
Bowling: M Gillespie 16-3-38-0, I O'Brien 16-3-52-3 (3w, 1nb), D Bowden 7-1-21-0 (3nb), G Elliott 8-2-14-1 (1w), J Patel 8.3-1-30-2.
SECOND TEST
WEST INDIES v SRI LANKA
(Port of Spain)
Fourth and final day. -
SRI LANKA
First innings 278
Second innings 268
WEST INDIES
First innings 294
Second innings
C. Gayle c Dilshan b Thushara 10S. Chattergoon lbw b Vaas 11R. Sarwan not out 102M. Samuels c Warnapura b Vaas 11S. Chanderpaul not out 86D. Smith not out 14Extras (11b, 2lb, 2w, 5nb) 20 - - Total (for 4wkts, 68.3 overs) 254Fall: 1/23, 2/24, 3/73, 4/230.
Bowling: C Vaas 17-2-52-2, T Thushara 12-3-49-1 (2w, 1nb), I Amerasinghe 13-0-43-0, M Muralitharan 24.3-4-92-1 (nb-4), C Silva 2-0-5-0.
West Indies win by six wickets
Series: Draw 1-1.
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CUE SPORTS
ABSA A-GRADE BILLIARDS
Semifinals: W Carey bt G Fletcher R Milicich bt B Good.
Final: W Carey bt R Milicich 475/338.
Highest break: W Carey 74.
GISBORNE MASTERS SNOOKER
Roy Clark (Auckland) 1, Frank Adams (Waikanae) 2.
Flight: Rob Elvin (Taupo) 1, John Warren (Gisborne) 2.
Plate: Bill Shaw (Gisborne) 1, Mike Potter (Hastings) 2.
Consolation plate: Jim Steedman (Napier) 1, Dennis Lowe (Napier) 2.
GOLF
PGA HOUSTON OPEN
Final round. -
272: Johnson Wagner 63-69-69-71.
274: Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 67-73-66-68, Chad Campbell 73-64-65-72.
275: Billy Mayfair 72-68-69-66, Fred Couples 73-69-67-66.
276: Bob Estes 71-69-64-72, Charley Hoffman 65-70-69-72.
278: Jason Day (Australia) 73-71-69-65, Pat Perez 69-73-72-64, Kevin Sutherland 70-70-71-67.
279: K J Choi (Korea) 74-66-69-70, Bart Bryant 69-74-66-70, Steve Stricker 66-76-66-71.
280: Kevin Streelman 72-69-70-69, Jeff Quinney 72-68-70-70, Steve Elkington (Australia) 67-74-69-70, Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 72-72-65-71, Lucas Glover 69-69-70-72, Ryan Armour 73-69-67-71.
Also: Tim Wilkinson (NZ) 73-69-71-74.
LPGA KRAFT NABISCO
(California)
Final round. -
277: Lorena Ochoa (Mexico) 68-71-71-67.
282: Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) 71-70-73-68, Suzann Pettersen (Norway) 74-75-65-68.
283: Maria Hjorth (Sweden) 70-70-72-71.
284: Seon Hwa Lee 73-71-68-72.
285: Na Yeon Choi 74-72-69-70, Mi Hyun Kim 70-70-76-69, Hee-Won Han 72-69-70-74.
286: In-Bee Park 73-70-70-73.
287: Heather Young (US) 69-70-74-74, Se Ri Pak 72-70-73-72.
288: Karen Stupples (Britain) 67-75-74-72.
289: Natalie Gulbis (US) 69-74-73-73, Karrie Webb (Australia) 76-70-69-74.
290: Meg Mallon (US) 73-73-72-72, Angela Stanford 75-73-71-71, Diana D'Alessio (US) 74-69-72-75, Liselotte Neumann (Sweden) 70-72-71-77.
291: Janice Moodie (Britain) 73-73-74-71, Sakura Yokomine (Japan) 76-73-72-70.
ESTORIL OPEN
(Portugal)
Final round. -
266: Gregory Bourdy (France) 63 65 68 70 (Bourdy won play-off at third extra hole), David Howell 67 68 67 64, Alastair Forsyth 65 69 66 66.
267: Miles Tunnicliff 69 69 63 66.
268: Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 64 66 72 66.
269: Damien McGrane 67 69 67 66.
271: Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 65 70 66 70, Paul McGinley 69 68 67 67.
272: Steve Webster 67 66 70 69, Peter Baker 67 69 69 67, Jose Manuel Lara (Spain) 64 70 70 68, Simon Khan 65 67 72 68, Johan Edfors (Sweden) 68 68 69 67, Andrew McLardy (South Africa) 66 68 72 66.
273: Rory McIlroy 69 67 66 71, David Drysdale 71 67 66 69, Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 69 65 68 71, Pablo Martin (Spain) 63 71 69 70, Oliver Fisher 68 65 74 66.
274: Felipe Aguilar (Chile) 68 68 71 67, Lee Slattery 66 68 68 72, Ulrich Van Den Berg (South Africa) 69 71 69 65, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Denmark) 69 71 67 67.
275: Gareth Paddison (NZ) 68 68 68 71, Jan Are Larsen (Norway) 68 72 66 69, Martin Erlandsson (Sweden) 69 66 71 69, David Dixon 68 68 70 69, Darren Clarke 68 70 69 68, Thomas Levet (France) 67 64 72 72.
276 Brian Davis 71 68 69 68, Mikko Ilonen (Finland) 68 70 66 72, Stephen Gallacher 71 63 74 68, Jean-Francois Remesy (France) 70 63 74 69, Pelle Edberg (Sweden) 69 68 72 67, Sam Little 69 68 68 71, James Kamte (South Africa) 65 72 69 70.
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ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Detroit 4 Chicago 1, St Louis 4 Columbus 1, Colorado 4 Minnesota 3, Dallas 4 San Jose 2, New Jersey 3 NY Rangers 2, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 0, Anaheim 3 Phoenix 2.
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INDOOR BOWLS
WAIKATO INDOOR
Friday night singles: Bill Blissett 1, Mary-Anne Tanfield 2, John Whitehead 3, Gordon Gibson 4.
Final over 5 weeks: Gheorghe Sirbu (61 pts) 1, Bill Blissett & John Whitehead (59 pts) 2 equal, Mark Greenwood (56 pts) 4.
Hamilton Sub Centre Pairs: Warren Madac & Greg Williams 1, Mark Greenwood & Dianne Mills 2, Ray and Linda Mc Curdy, Gavin Stringer and Yvonne Longman 3 equal.
Leads and Twos Pairs: Steven Coulam & Caroline Tuck 1, Jim Masters & Dianne Mills 2, Mark Graham & Merilee Burt, Lesley Monk & Carol Baker 3 equal.
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LEAGUE
ENGLISH SUPER LEAGUE
Castleford 30 St Helens 24, Wakefield 16 Warrington 2.
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MOTOR RACING
BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX
Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1hr 31mins 06.970 secs 1, Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari +00:03.339 secs 2, Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 00:04.998 3, Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 00:08.409 4, Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 00:26.789 5.
Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 19 points1, Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 16 2, Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 14 3, Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 14 4, Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 14 5.
Constructors: BMW Sauber 30 points 1, Ferrari 29 2, McLaren - Mercedes 28 3, Williams - Toyota 10 4, Toyota 8 5.
ST PETERSBURG INDYCAR
Graham Rahal ( Hole in the Wall Camps) 1, Helio Castroneves (Team Penske) 2, Tony Kanaan ( Team 7-Eleven) 3, Ernesto Viso ( PDVSA HVM Racing) 4, Enrique Bernoldi ( Opes Prime/Sangari) 5, Hideki Mutoh (Formula Dream) 6, Oriol Servia ( KV Racing Technology) 7, Will Power ( Aussie Vineyard-Team Australia) 8, Justin Wilson ( McDonald's Racing Team) 9, Danica Patrick ( Motorola) 10.
Also: Scott Dixon (NZ, Target Chip Ganassi Racing) 22.
Standings after two rounds: Castroneves 72 points 1, Dixon 62 2, Kanaan 59 3, Marco Andretti 53 4, Dan Wheldon 53 5, Rahal 50 6, Patrick 48 7, Viso 13 32 45 8, Servia 44 9, Ed Carpenter 42 10.
NETHERLANDS MX1 GRAND PRIX
Race 1: Ken de Dycker, (Belgium, Suzuki) 1, Maximilian Nagl (Germany, KTM) 2, Steve Ramon, (Belgium, Suzuki) 3, David Philippaerts (Italy, Yamaha) 4, Manuel Priem (Belgium, Kawasaki) 5, Josh Coppins (NZ, Yamaha) 6, Kevin Strijbos (Belgium, Kawasaki) 7, Marc de Reuver (Netherlands, Honda) 8, Kornel Nemeth (Hungary, KTM) 9, Billy Mackenzie (Britain, Honda) 10.
Race 2: de Dycker 1, Mackenzie 2, Jonathan Barragan (Spain, KTM) 3, Ramon 4, Nagl 5, Philippaerts 6, Coppins 7, Manuel Priem (Belgium, Kawasaki) 8, Nemeth 9, Aigar Leok (Estonia, Yamaha) 10.
MX1 world championship standings: de Dycker 50 points 1, Nagl 38 2, Ramon 38 3, Mackenzie 33 4, Philippaerts 33 5, Coppins 29 6, Priem 29 7, Nemeth 24 8, Strijbos 21 9, Barragan 20 10.
WORLD SUPERBIKE
(Valencia)
Race One : Lorenzo Lanzi (Italy, Ducati) 37min 1.894sec 1, Troy Bayliss (Australia, Ducati) at 2.987sec 2, Troy Corser (Australia, Yamaha, 7.287sec 3, Fonsi Nieto (Spain, Suzuki) 11.992sec 4, Carlos Checa (Spain, Honda) 12.824sec 5.
Race Two : Noriyuki Haga (Japan, Yamaha) 37 minutes, 3.759 seconds 1, Bayliss at 1.551sec 2, Checa at 2.903sec 3, Ryuichi Kiyonari (Japan, Honda) at 7.277sec 4, Corser at 8.051sec 5.
Standings : Bayliss 128 points 1, Nieto 80 2, Corser 72 3, Checa 72 4, Ruben Xaus (Spain, Ducati) 68 5.
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NETBALL
ANZ CHAMPIONSHIP
(Rotorua)
Waikato BoP Magic 46 Adelaide Thunderbirds 42. HT: 22-23.
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RUGBY
EUROPEAN CUP
Quarter-finals: Saracens (England) 19 Ospreys (Wales) 10, Toulouse (France) 41 Cardiff (Wales) 17, Gloucester (England) 3 Munster (Ireland) 16, London Irish (England) 20 Perpignan (France) 9.
Semifinal draw: Saturday - London Irish v Toulouse; Sunday - Saracens v Munster.
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TENNIS
SONY ERICSSON OPEN
(Miami)
Men's singles final: 4-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) bt 2-Rafael Nadal (Spain) 6-4 6-2.
FUTURES F3 TOURNAMENT
(Japan)
Final: Daniel King-Turner (NZ) lt Yaoki Ishii (Japan) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4.