KEY POINTS:
ATHLETICS
WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Valencia)
Men.- 400m: Tyler Christopher (Canada) 45.67sec 1, Johan Wissman (Sweden) 46.04 2, Christopher Brown (Bahamas) 46.26 3.
800m: Abubaker Kaki (Sudan) 1min 44.81sec 1, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 1:44.91 2, Youssef Saad Kamel (Bahrain) 1:45.26 3.
3000m: Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 7:48.23 1, Paul
Kipsiele Koech (Kenya) 7:49.05 2, Abreham Cherkos Feleke (Ethiopia) 7:49.96 3.
4x400m relay: United States 3:06.79 1, Jamaica 3:07.69 2, Czech Republic 3.
Triple jump: Phillips Idowu (Britain) 17.75m 1, David Giralt (Cuba) 17.47 2, Nelson Evora (Portugal) 17.27 3.
Pole vault: Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 5.90m 1, Brad Walker (US) 5.85 2, Steven Hooker (Australia) 5.80 3.
Women.- 400m: Olesya Zykina (Russia) 51.09 1, Natalya Nazarova (Russia) 51.10 2, Shareese Woods (US) 51.41 3.
800m: Tamsyn Lewis (Australia) 2:02.57 1, Tetyana Petlyuk (Ukraine) 2:02.66 2, Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2:02.97 3.
1500m: Yelena Soboleva (Russia) 3:57.71 world record 1, Yuliya Fomenko-Chizhenko (Russia) 3:59.41 2, Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 3:59.75 3.
4x400m relay: Russia 3:28.17 1, Belarus 3:28.90 2, United States 3:29.30 3.
Long jump: Naide Gomes (Portugal) 7.00m 1, Maurren Higa Maggi (Brzail) 6.89 2, Irina Simagina (Russia) 6.88 3.
High jump: Blanka Vlasic (Croatia) 2.03m 1, Yelena Sivushenko (Russia) 2.01 2, Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 2.01 3.
Shot put: Valerie Vili (NZ) 20.19m 1, Nadezhda Ostapchuk (Belarus) 19.74 2, Li Meiju (China) 19.09 3.
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BADMINTON
ALL ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Birmingham)
Men's singles: 4-Chen Jin (China) bt 1-Lin Dan (China) 22-20 25-23.
Women's singles: Tine Rasmussen (Denmark) bt 3-Lu Lan (China) 21-11 18-21 22-20.
Mixed doubles: 1-Zheng Bo/Gao Ling (China) bt 2-Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia) 18-21 21-14 21-9.
Women's doubles: 4-Lee Hyo-jung/Lee Kyung-won (South Korea) bt 3-Du Jing/Yu Yang (China) 12-21 21-18 21-14.
Men's doubles: 6-Jung Jae-sung/Lee Yong-dae (South Korea) bt Hwang Ji-man/Lee Jae-jin (South Korea) 20-22 21-19 21-18.
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BOWLS
AUCKLAND FRIDAY INTERCLUB
Section 1: Ellerslie Broncos 10pts, Mangere 9pts, Remuera Blue 8pts, Mission Bay White 6pts, Onehunga Maroon 2pts, Bucklands Beach 1pts.
Section 2: Hillsboro Pinches 11pts, Mad Butcher Glen Eden Red 8pts, Rawhiti 6pts, Henderson 5pts, Oratia 4pts, Blockhouse Bay Red 2pts.
Section 3: Remuera Gold 8pts, Mission Bay Blue 8pts, St Heliers 6pts, Okahu Bay (Men) 6pts, Mission Bay Womens 4pts, Bridge Park 4pts.
Section 4: Carlton Cornwall 8pts, Pt Chevalier Pirates 8pts, Mission Bay Red 8pts, Mad Butcher Glen Eden White 4pts, Balmoral Alert Taxis 4pts, Okahu Bay (Womens) 4pts.
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CUE SPORTS
ABSA OPEN BILLIARDS
Quarter-finals: W Carey bt C Allport, J Ifa bt D Taylor, B Good bt P Wilson, D Gibb bt G Wake.
Semifinals: Carey bt Ifa, Gibb bt Good.
Final: Gibb bt Carey
Highest Break D Taylor 102. CYCLING
PARIS-NICE PROLOGUE
(Amilly)
Leading results from 4.6km race prologue. -
1. Thor Hushovd (Norway/Credit Agricole) 5min 28sec 1, Markel Irizar (Spain/Euskaltel) at 4s 2, Stefan Schumacher (Germany/Gerolsteiner) at 5s 3, Bradley McGee (Australia/Team CSC) same time 4, William Bonnet (France/Credit Agricole) at 6s 5, Danny Pate (US/Slipstream) st 6, Leonardo Bertagnolli (Italy/Liquigas) at 7s 7, Andriy Grivko (Ukraine/Milram) at 8s 8, Karsten Kroon (Netherlands/Team CSC) st 9, Trent Lowe (Australia/Slipstream) at 9s 10.
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GOLF
MALAYSIAN OPEN
(Kuala Lumpur)
270 - Arjun Atwal (India) 70 68 68 64, Peter Hedblom (Sweden) 66 68 65 71. Atwal won playoff at second extra hole.
271 - Simon Dyson (Britain) 64 71 67 69, Kane Webber (Australia) 67 71 68 65
272 - Francesco Molinari (Italy) 67 69 71 65
273 - David Lynn (Britain) 70 68 70 65, Jyoti Randhawa (India) 67 65 70 71, Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 71 66 67 69, Daniel Vancsik (Argentina) 65 72 64 72
274 - Darren Clarke (Britain) 69 68 67 70, Johan Edfors (Sweden) 72 68 69 65
275 - Scott Barr (Australia) 68 68 68 71, Marcus Fraser (Australia) 64 72 72 67, Keith Horne (South Africa) 65 72 72 66, Carlos Rodiles (Spain) 66 69 71 69, Graeme Storm (Britain) 69 68 70 68
276 - Raphael Jacquelin (France) 68 69 69 70, Graeme McDowell (Britain) 66 68 71 71, Gary Murphy (Ireland) 70 67 73 66, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Thailand) 67 70 70 69
Also
278 - Mark Brown (NZ) 66 73 70 69
279 - Richard Lee (NZ) 70 70 70 69
TAMPA BAY CHAMPIONSHIP
(Miami)
280 - Sean O'Hair 69 71 71 69
282 - John Senden (Australia) 67 74 74 67, Ryuji Imada (Japan) 72 70 72 68, George McNeill 70 72 71 69, Troy Matteson 70 72 71 69, Billy Mayfair 68 71 71 72, Stewart Cink 66 73 69 74
283 - Rod Pampling (Australia) 70 71 73 69, Brandt Snedeker 69 68 73 73
284 - Lee Janzen 65 74 75 70, Stuart Appleby (Australia) 66 73 74 71, Tom Pernice 67 73 71 73, Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 69 72 69 74
285 - Robert Allenby (Australia) 70 73 73 69, Justin Rose (Britain) 70 74 71 70, Steve Marino 70 74 71 70, Mathew Goggin (Australia) 72 72 71 70, Corey Pavin 75 70 69 71, Kevin Sutherland 74 68 70 73, Bart Bryant 65 74 73 73, Mark Calcavecchia 69 70 73 73, Steve Stricker 70 74 75 66
286 - Jeff Maggert 66 72 77 71, Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 67 75 74 70, Charlie Wi (South Korea) 69 73 74 70, Hunter Mahan 72 70 73 71, Ryan Armour 69 73 72 72, Rich Beem 69 74 71 72, Nick Watney 68 74 77 67
287 - Michael Letzig 69 71 75 72, Jerry Kelly 67 75 74 71, Nathan Green (Australia) 67 77 71 72, Kenny Perry 66 75 75 71, Bill Haas 70 73 72 72, Heath Slocum 69 71 76 71
288 - Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 70 72 74 72, Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 69 71 74 74, Tim Petrovic 72 68 74 74, Shane Bertsch 71 74 73 70, Jonathan Byrd 67 76 70 75, Chez Reavie 70 73 76 69
289 - Fred Couples 69 74 73 73, Paul Casey (Britain) 67 72 75 75, Ben Crane 71 73 73 72, Steve Flesch 72 73 72 72, Robert Garrigus 70 74 75 70
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HOCKEY
OLYMPIC QUALIFYING
(Santiago)
Final: Britain 2 India 0. Britain qualify for Olympics.
For third: Russia 6 Austria 3.
For fifth: Chile 9 Mexico 3.
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ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Pittsburgh 4 Washington 2, NY Rangers 1 Boston 0, Detroit 4 Nashville 3, Columbus 5 Tampa Bay 3, Edmonton 6 Chicago 5 (OT), San Jose 3 Minnesota 2, Anaheim 3 Montreal 1, Dallas 3 Colorado 0.
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LEAGUE
SUPER LEAGUE
Wakefield 22 Hull KR 20.
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MOTOR RACING
QATAR GRAND PRIX
MotoGP (22 laps): Casey Stoner (Australia) Ducati 42min 36.587sec 1, Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha at 5.323s 2, Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 10.600 3, Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Honda 13.288 4, Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 13.305 5, James Toseland (Britain) Yamaha 14.040 6, Colin Edwards (US) Yamaha 15.150 7, Loris Capirossi (Italy) Suzuki 32.505 8, Randy De Puniet (France) Honda 33.003 9, Nicky Hayden (US) Honda 38.354 10.
250cc (20 laps): Mattia Pasini (Italy) Aprilia 40:16.202 1, Hector Barbera (Spain) Aprilia 0.557 2, Mika Kallio (Finland) K" 1.029 3, Alex Debon (Spain) Aprilia 1.418 4, Yuki Takahashi (Japan) Honda 12.944 5.
125cc (18 laps): Sergio Gadea (Spain) Aprilia 38:09.444 1. Joan Olive (Spain) Derbi 0.932 2, Stefan Bradl (Germany) Aprilia 1.660 3, Mike Di Meglio (France) Derbi 1.771 4, Scott Redding (Britain) Aprilia 1.819 5.
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RUGBY
SIX NATIONS
(Paris)
France 25 (Yannick Jauzion, Aurelien Rougerie, Anthony Floch tries; Dimitri Yachvili 2 pen, 2 con) Italy 13 (Martin Castrogiovanni try; Andrea Marcato 2 pen, con). Halftime: 13-6.
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
Leeds 13 Bristol 30, Saracens 24 Sale 20, Wasps 29 Harlequins 25.
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SKIING
WORLD CUP
(Slovenia)
Men's slalom. -
Manfred Moelgg (Italy) 1min 42.29sec combined time 1, Ivica Kostelic (Croatia) 1:42.70 2, Marcel Hirscher (Austria) 1:42.78 3, Jean-Baptiste Grange (France) 1:42.84 4, Reinfried Herbst (Austria) 1:42.93 5, Felix Neureuther (Germany) 1:43.15 6, Ted Ligety (US) 1:43.52 7, Cristian Deville (Italy) 1:43.56 8, Julien Lizeroux (France) 1:43.67 9, Giorgio Rocca (Italy) 1:43.87 10.
Overall standings: Bode Miller (US) 1387 points 1, Didier Cuche (Switzerland) 1218 2, Benjamin Raich (Austria) 1123 3, Manfred Moelgg (Italy) 855 4, Ted Ligety (US) 798 5, Ivica Kostelic (Croatia) 781 6, Jean-Baptiste Grange (France) 743 7, Daniel Albrecht (Switzerland) 691 8, Mario Matt (Austria) 594 9, Didier Defago (Switzerland) 539 10.
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TENNIS
ATP LAS VEGAS
Final: Sam Querrey (US) bt Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 4-6 6-3 6-4.