KEY POINTS:
BASKETBALL
NBA
Cleveland 95 Chicago 86, LA Lakers 108 Dallas 104, Boston 98 Atlanta 88, San Antonio 93 New Jersey 83, Washington 101 New Orleans 84, Charlotte 110 Toronto 98, Indiana 128 Milwaukee 106, Seattle 111 Minnesota 108, Houston 103 Denver 89, Golden State 110 Portland 104,
Sacramento 120 Miami 109.
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BOWLS
Teams for Lion Foundation northern zone representative contests this weekend (with the winner of each event to proceed to the national finals in Palmerston North)
Mens Open
(Browns Bay)
Auckland: Singles: J. Hill; pairs: C. Lowe, M Dixon. Triples: M. Kernaghan, D. Delany, C. Le Lievre.
Far North: Singles: P. Huxtable; pairs: D. Dickison, D. Hood; triples: M. King, P. Doreen, H. Wikiara.
North Harbour: Singles: T. Grantham; pairs: R. Haresnape, S. Curran; triples: D. OConnor, B. Robertson, C. Rogan.
Northland: Singles: A. Rakich. Pairs: J. Dunn, G. Bond; triples: S. Nelson, M. Butler, D. Hood.
Mens Development
(Browns Bay)
Auckland: Singles: G. Ruaporo; Pairs: P. Greatbatch, J. King; triples: D. Timms, B. Tippett, A. Wishnoski.
Far North: Singles: R. Sheffield; pairs: N. Ansley, C. Price; triples: D. Wishnosky, I. Holey, V. Skarupsy.
North Harbour: Singles: T. Forward; pairs: N. Drew, S. Cottrell; triples: B. Howitt, B. McCrystal, M. Cartwright.
Northland: Singles: C. Gore; pairs: H. Smith, A. Stebben; triples: P. Yovich, A. Booth, A. van Haaften.
Womens Open
(Mairangi Bay)
Auckland: Singles: M. Broadbent; pairs: J. Babich, B. Crowe; triples: R. Stratford, J. Fenton, R. Hammond.
Far North: Singles: E. Albury; pairs: B. Barron, J. Allan; triples: J. Huxtable, J. Werner, M. Clarke.
North Harbour: Singles: C. Sexton; pairs: L. East, G. Bagnall; triples: P. Mytton, J. Seager, G. Dick.
Northland: Singles: C. Downes; pairs: A. Bateman, M. Timoti; triples: M. Parker, A. Muir, N. Jujnovich.
Womens Development
(Mairangi Bay)
Auckland: Singles: R. Strickland. Pairs: K. de Jongh, G. Melrose; triples: L-A. Watson, J. Fraser, D. Samuel.
Far North: Singles: C. Holdren; pairs: A. Somervell, F. May; triples: J. Phillips, G. Ansley, E. Thompson.
North Harbour: Singles: V. OConnor; pairs: M. Sakey, K. Blackburn; triples: M. Jones, J. Liu, K. Holland.
Northland: Singles: P. Murray; pairs: A. Halls, N. Nichols; triples: G. Norris-Palmer, D. Martin, A. Burgess.
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CRICKET
TRI-SERIES
(Sydney)
AUSTRALIA
A. Gilchrist c Yuvraj Singh b Kumar 7M. Hayden c Chawla b Harbhajan Singh 82R. Ponting b Kumar 1M. Clarke c Dhoni b I. Sharma 4A. Symonds c Kumar b Harbhajan Singh 31M. Hussey run out (Dhoni/Pathan) 45J. Hopes c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 15B. Hogg not out 23B. Lee c Rohit Sharma b Pathan 16M. Johnson not out 6Extras (7w,1lb,1b) 9-Total: (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 239Fall: 1/16, 2/19, 3/24, 4/124, 5/135, 6/173, 7/212, 8/231.
Bowling: Praveen Kumar 10-1-49-2 (1w), Ishant Sharma 8-0-32-1 (1w), Irfan Pathan 7-0-63-1 (1w), Harbhajan Singh 10-0-38-2 (2w), Piyush Chawla 10-0-33-0 (2w), Yuvraj Singh 4-0-18-1, Rohit Sharma 1-0-5-0.
INDIA
R. Uthappa c Hussey b Hopes 17S. Tendulkar not out 117G. Gambhir run out (Johnson/Hopes) 3Y. Singh b Hogg 10R. Sharma b Hopes 66M. Singh Donhi not out 15Extras (4b,2lb,6w,2nb) 14-Total: (for 4 wkts, 45.4 overs) 242
Fall: 1/50, 2/56, 3/87, 4/210.
Bowling: Brett Lee 9-0-33-0 (2nb,3w), Nathan Bracken 8-0-42-0, Mitchell Johnson 10-0-70-0 (2w), James Hopes 8.5-0-42-2, Brad Hogg 7-0-38-1 (1w), Michael Clarke 3-0-11-0.
Result: India won by six wickets.
Series: India leads best-of-three finals series 1-0.
SECOND TEST
(Chittagong)
Fourth day.-
SOUTH AFRICA
First innings (583-7 dec)
BANGLADESH
First innings 259
Second innings
T. Iqbal c Steyn b Peterson 9Z. Siddique c Boucher b Steyn 0S. Nafees c Kallis b Peterson 31M. Ashraful c Boucher b Steyn 4S. Al Hasan c McKenzie b Steyn 2M. Rahim c Kallis b Peterson 4A. Razzak not out 33M. Rafique c & b Peterson 0S Hossain c Prince b Peterson 24M. Mortaza c McKenzie b Morkel 4A. Ahmed hurt - Extras (6b, 2nb) 8-Total (all out 39.5 overs) 119Fall of wickets: 1-0 2-44 3-45 4-49 5-54 6-58 7-58 8-114 9-119.
Bowling: Ntini 5-3-10-0, Steyn 11-2-35-3, Morkel 4.5-1-22-0 (2nb), Kallis 6-3-13-0, Peterson 13-2-33-5.
South Africa win by innings and 205 runs.
South Africa lead series 1-0.
WOMEN'S ODI
(Christchurch)
NEW ZEALAND
K. Martin c Marsh b Brunt 6A. Mason b Shaw 67R. Kember c Taylor b Guha 16I. Cronin-Knight lbw b Guha 0S. McGlashan b Edwards 48S. Tsukigawa b Marsh 36N. Browne lbw b Shaw 7L. Doolan not out 42S. Devine st Taylor b Edwards 2S. Burke run out 0R. Candy not out 0Extras (1b, 8lb, 8w) 17-Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 241Fall: 1/7, 2/60, 3/61, 4/149, 5/152, 6/168, 7/227, 8/230, 9/234.
Bowling: K Brunt 10-2-39-1 (1w), N Shaw 10-3-34-2, J Gunn 6-0-45-0 (3w), I Guha 8-0-24-2 (1w), L Marsh 9-0-52-1 (1w), C Edwards 7-0-38-2 (2w).
ENGLAND
S. Taylor c Kember b Mason 40C. Atkins b Devine 28S. Taylor c Devine b Mason 34C. Edwards not out 83L. Greenway c Martin b Mason 17J. Gunn not out 12Extras (1lb, 25w, 2nb) 28-Total (for 4 wkts, 47.4 overs) 242Fall: 1/76, 2/117, 3/139, 4/186.
Bowling: R Candy 5-2-14-0 (2w), S Burke 8-0-51-0 (3w 2nb), N Browne 2-0-15-0 (9w), S Devine 8-1-34-1 (1w), S Tsukigawa 8.4-0-47-0 (4w), L Doolan 6-0-38-0 (3w), A Mason 10-0-42-3 (1w).
Result: England won by 6 wickets.
England win five-match series 3-1.
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CROQUET
AUCKLAND
Open Championship Singles
(Epsom/Remuera)
Winner: Malcolm Cawley (Franklin/Manukau).
Runner-up: Vincent Commarieu (Epsom/Remuera).
Senior Championship Singles (0-3)
(Epsom/Remuera)
Winner: Frank Robinson (Franklin/Manukau).
Runner-up: David Tompkins (Epsom/Remuera).
Championship Singles (4 to 9)
(Orewa)
Winner: Carol Pugh (Orewa).
Runner-up: Olga Puckett (Pt Chevalier).
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GOLF
JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC
(New Delhi)
Final round.-
270: Mark Brown (NZ) 71 68 64 67.
273: Greg Chalmers (Australia) 68 69 68 68, Taichiro Kiyota (Japan) 68 67 67 71, Scott Strange (Australia) 71 67 68 67.
274: Johan Edfors (Sweden) 71 69 69 65, Shiv Kapur (India) 69 65 72 68,Graeme Storm (Britain) 70 66 69 69.
275: Jyoti Randhawa (India) 70 65 68 72.
276: Prayad Marksaeng (Thailand) 74 65 70 67, Daniel Vancsik (Argentina) 67 71 68 70.
277: Scott Barr (Australia) 71 70 67 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spain) 69 67 73 68, Jeev Milkha Singh (India) 68 70 70 69.
278: Marcus Fraser (Australia) 71 68 71 68, Soren Hansen (Denmark) 69 69 71 69, Lin Wen-tang (Taiwan) 70 67 72 69.
279: Phillip Archer (Britain) 72 64 69 74, Arjun Atwal (India) 69 72 67 71, Tony Carolan (Australia) 71 69 68 71, Mark Foster (Britain) 68 74 67 70, Scott Laycock (Australia) 72 68 68 71, Vijay Singh (Fiji) 70 68 69 72, Kane Webber (Australia) 73 69 66 71, Thaworn Wiratchant (Thailand) 71 70 68 70.
280: Adam Bland (Australia) 69 68 71 72, Gregory Havret (France) 72 68 70 70, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 75 67 72 66, Unho Park (Australia) 68 66 75 71, Chris Rodgers (Britain) 72 67 70 71.
281: Rahil Giangjee (India) 68 71 70 72, Lee Won Joon (Australia) 70 69 74 68, Adam Scott (Australia) 68 68 74 71, Paul Sheehan (Australia) 68 70 70 73.
282: Simon Dyson (Britain) 73 69 71 69, Raphael Jacquelin (France) 72 68 67 75, James Kamte (South Africa) 68 71 69 74, Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 71 70 73 68.
283: Robert-Jan Derksen (Netherlnds) 68 72 72 71, Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 72 68 70 73, Liang Wen-chong (China) 69 71 71 72, Joost Luiten (Netherlands) 73 67 71 72, Anthony Summers (Australia) 69 71 70 73, Simon Yates (Britain) 71 71 68 73.
284: Martin Erlandsson (Sweden) 70 72 72 70, David Frost (South Africa) 72 69 71 72, Anton Haig (South Africa) 71 71 69 73, Mukesh Kumar (India) 73 69 67 75.
286: Adam Blyth (Australia) 69 72 73 72, Richard Finch (Britain) 72 65 73 76, Iain Steel (Malaysia) 70 72 71 73, Marc Warren (Britain) 73 69 72 72, Oliver Wilson (Britain) 72 68 71 75.
287: Gavin Flint (Australia) 73 68 68 78, Peter Hedblom (Sweden) 72 70 73 72, Michael Long (NZ) 70 69 73 75, Terry Pilkadaris (Australia) 74 68 73 72, Arjun Singh (India) 69 70 73 75.
US PGA TOUR HONDA CLASSIC
(Palm Beach Gardens, Fla)
Final round (US unless stated).-
274: Ernie Els (South Africa) 67 70 70 67.
275: Luke Donald (Britain) 64 74 66 71.
276: Nathan Green (Australia) 71 70 68 67.
277: Robert Allenby (Australia) 69 68 70 70, Matt Jones (Australia) 66 67 71 73, Mark Calcavecchia 70 67 67 73.
278: Mathew Goggin (Australia) 71 70 68 69, John Mallinger 68 67 73 70, Alex Cejka (Germany) 69 71 68 70, Michael Letzig 70 69 68 71, Brian Davis (Britain) 65 67 73 73.
279: Brett Quigley 67 70 70 72, Ben Crane 69 66 71 73, Jose Coceres (Argentina) 68 69 68 74.
280: Justin Rose (Britain) 72 70 71 67, Shane Bertsch 70 69 71 70, John Merrick 72 69 68 71, Dudley Hart 68 66 72 74, Cliff Kresge 70 71 66 73.
281: Jerry Kelly 68 71 72 70, Joe Durant 68 69 73 71, Chad Campbell 70 73 67 71, Kenny Perry 73 67 69 72.
282: Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 72 69 72 69, Steve Marino 69 71 72 70, Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 68 75 69 70, Bart Bryant 69 72 70 71, Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 72 66 70 74, Roland Thatcher 68 73 67 74.
283: Paul Goydos 68 74 70 71, J J Henry 69 73 70 71, Woody Austin 70 73 69 71, Davis Love III 70 73 69 71, Peter Lonard (Australia) 71 71 69 72, Zach Johnson 74 69 68 72, Justin Leonard 69 71 69 74, Tim Wilkinson (NZ) 67 74 67 75.
284: Nicholas Thompson 71 72 72 69, Robert Gamez 71 68 73 72, Kevin Sutherland 67 74 71 72, Jimmy Walker 67 75 70 72, Marc Turnesa 70 71 69 74.
285: Heath Slocum 73 71 69 72, John Senden (Australia) 77 67 69 72, Sergio Garcia (Spain) 73 69 70 73, Matt Kuchar 73 67 69 76, Arron Oberholser 69 75 65 76, Kenneth Ferrie (Britain) 69 72 67 77.
BUSINESS WOMEN 18 HOLE MATCH PLAY
(Howick)
Section A: Pukekohe 59, Manukau 48, The Grange 59, Clarks Beach 49, Remuera 58, Pakuranga 49, Howick bye.
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LEAGUE
SUPER LEAGUE
Castleford 16 Harlequins 22, Huddersfield 28 Hull 8, St Helens 34 Wakefield 30, Warrington 38 Catalans Dragons 18, Wigan 28 Bradford 14.
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RALLYING
MEXICO RALLY
Third and final day: Sebastien Loeb (France) Citroen 3hrs 33mins 29.9secs 1, Chris Atkinson (Australia) Subaru +01:06.1 2, Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland) Ford 01:39.7 3, Mikko Hirvonen (Finland) Ford 03:38.7 4, Henning Solberg (Norway) Ford 04:57.9 5, Matthew Wilson (Britain) Ford 06:28.9 6, Federico Villagra (Argentina) Ford 19:03.0 7, Ricardo Trivino (Mexico) Peugeot 21:17.3 8, Sebastien Ogier (France) Citroen 25:24.9 9, Jaan Moelder (Estonia) Suzuki 26:56.8 10.
Drivers Points: Mikko Hirvonen (Finland) 21 1, Sebastien Loeb (France) 20 2, Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland) 16 3, Chris Atkinson (Australia) 14 4, Gianluigi Galli (Italy) 9 5, Petter Solberg (Norway) 9 6, Francois Duval (Belgium) 5 7, Henning Solberg (Norway) 4 8, Andreas Mikkelsen (Norway) 4 9, Matthew Wilson (Britain) 3 10.
Constructors Points: BP-Ford Abu-Dhabi WRT 37 1, Citroen Total WRT 25 2, Subaru WRT 25 3, Stobart VK M-Sport Ford WRT 19 4, Munchi's Ford WRT 6 5, Suzuki WRT 5 6.
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RUGBY
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
Bristol 9 Bath 19, Harlequins 30 Gloucester 25, Leicester 34 Leeds Carnegie 21, London Irish 27 Saracens 24, Sale 15 Worcester 22.
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TENNIS
HAMILTON FUTURES
Men's final round qualifying: David To (Australia) bt Michael Pigou 6-0 6-2, Joel Lindner (Australia) bt Matthew Johnson 6-1 6-1, Hyun-Soo Lim (Korea) Shotaro Suzuki (Japan) 7-5 6-0, Nick Trkulja (Australia) bt Adam Branks 6-1 6-1, Jared Easton (Australia) bt Shinnosuke Otsuka (Japan) 7-5 6-2, Sun-Yong Kim (Korea) bt Clifford Marsland (Australia) 6-3 6-2, Young-Jun Kim (Korea) bt Marvin Barker (Australia) 6-4 6-4, Nick Coutts (Canada) bt Andrew Gregory (Australia) 6-3 3-6 6-0.
Women's final round qualifying: Olivia Rogowska (Australia) bt Katarania Hunia 6-0 6-1, Shaozhuo Liu (China) bt Luci Barlow 7-5 6-2, Emma Hiles (Australia) bt Hae-Sung Kim (Korea) 6-1 5-7 6-4, Saori Karikomi (Japan) bt Heidi Stewart 6-3 6-1, Julia Moriaty (Australia) bt Eto Noako(Japan) 6-0 6-3, Olivia Rich (Australia) bt Janelle Cuthbertson (Australia) 7-6 6-3, Anna Wishink (Australia) bt Danie laScivetti (Australia) 6-0 6-2, Jung-Yoon Shin (Korea) bt Maki Arai (Japan) 7-6 6-1.
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YACHTING
AUCKLAND REGATTA WEEK
Division winners
Division A: Carrera, John Meadowcroft.
Division B: Whatever, Lindsay Graves.
Division C: Stratocaster, Brent Linnell.
Division D: Cool Change, Gary Kirkland-Smith.
Division Farr1020: Hard Labour, Cameron Thorpe.
Division L: BMW Yachtsport, Mark Browne.
Division M - Multihulls: Dirty Deeds, Greer Houston.
Division Y88: Panama Jack, Steffan Goldwater.
IRC division overall winners: Pussy Galore (Div A) skipper Anatole Masfen; Namu (Div C) skipper Garry Lock and Moody Blue 111 (Div L) skipper Hamish Milne.