KEY POINTS:
ATHLETICS
IAAF GRAND PRIX MEETING
(Sheffield)
Men
100m: T. Gay (US) 10.13 seconds 1, M. Devonish (Britain) 10.23 2, F. Obikwelu (Portugal) 10.24 3.
200m: W. Spearmon (US) 20.08 1, U. Bolt (Jamaica) 20.08 2, R. Martin (US) 20.39 3.
400m: A. Taylor (US) 45.25 1, J. Steffensen
(Australia) 45.64 2, D. Williamson (US) 45.74 3.
1500m: A. Baddeley (Britain) 3:34.74 1, R. Silva (Portugal) 3:35.92 2, B. Lagat (US) 3:36.24 3.
3000m: K. Bekele (Ethiopia) 7:26.69 1, C. Mottram (Australia) 7:35.00 2, C. Solinsky (US) 7:36.90 3.
110m hurdles: Liu Xiang (China) 13.23 1, R. Wilson (US) 13.27 2, A. Moore (US) 13.35 3.
Long jump: B. Johnson (US) 7.99 metres 1, N. Morgan (Britain) 7.92 2, C. Tomlinson (Britain) 7.90 3.
Pole vault: S. Hooker (Australia) 5.65 1, T.Mack (US) 5.55 2, T. Stevenson (US) 5.55 2.
Triple Jump: A. Wilson (US) 17.19 1, L. Sands (Bahamas) 16.75 2, D. Valukevic (Slovakia) 16.69 3.
Javelin: M. Arvidsson (Sweden) 84.74 1, A. Thorkildsen (Norway) 83.55 2, J. Koski-Vaehaelae (Finland) 79.55 3.
Women
200m: A. Felix (US) 22.35 1, S. Richards (US) 22.44 2, V. Campbell (Jamaica) 22.60 3.
400m: N. Sanders (Britain) 51.01 1, M. Hennagan (US) 51.19 2, J. Cuddihy (Ireland) 51.56 3.
800m: A. Schmidt (US) 1:59.99 1, B. Langerholc (Slovenia) 2:00.54 2, T. Clement (US) 2:00.96 3.
3000m: V. Cheruiyot (Kenya) 8:43.85 1, J. Pavey (Britain) 8:47.39 2, M. Cullen (Ireland) 8:48.17 3.
100m hurdles: 1 M. Perry (US) 12.79 1, L. Jones (US) 12.89 2, D. Ennis-London (Jamaica) 13.04 3.
400m hurdles: J. Rawlison (Australia) 54.59 1, N. Danvers-Smith (Britain) 55.31 2, S. Glover (US) 55.54 3.
3000m steeplechase: K. Hinds (Jamaica) 9:34.83 1, M. Hyman (Jamaica) 9:37.70 2, H. Dean (Britain) 9:38.56 3.
High jump: K. Bergqvist (Sweden) 1.95 metres 1, A. Acuff (US) 1.89 2, B. Lalakova (Czech Republic) 1.85 3, V. Styopina (Ukraine) 1.85 3.
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BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Atlanta 5 Pittsburgh 1, Florida 5 Washington 3, Cleveland 5 Kansas City 3, NY Mets 5 Cincinnati 2, Baltimore 5 Chicago White Sox 3, NY Yankees 7 Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 2 Boston 1, Milwaukee 4 Colorado 3, Minnesota 4 Oakland 3, Chicago Cubs 7 Houston 6, Texas 5 LA Angels 4 (11 innings), Detroit 11 Seattle 7, LA Dodgers 5 San Francisco 3, San Diego 4 Arizona 0, St Louis 10 Philadelphia 2.
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BASKETBALL
WILLIAM JONES CUP
(Taiwan)
Taiwan Blue 82 New Zealand 69 (A. Marino 22, L. Wallbutton 15). Halftime 39-37.
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BOWLS
AUCKLAND WINTER INTERCLUB
Quarter-finals: Howick Two bt Balmoral Alert Taxis Maroon, 4 points, 46 shots for, 52 shots against, Howick One bt Mangere, 4 points, 49 shots for, 42 shots against, Pt Chevalier A bt Glendowie Red, 4 points, 50 shots for, 48 shots against, Pt Chevalier B bt Balmoral Alert Taxis, 6 points, 57 shots for, 47 shots against.
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CRICKET
CONTRACTS
Major association contracts for the 2007-08 season
Canterbury: Todd Astle, Hamish Bennett, Leighton Burtt, Andrew Ellis, Chris Harris, Brandon Hiini, Johann Myburgh, Ben Rae, Iain Robertson, Amandeep Singh, Shanan Stewart, Kruger Van Wyk.
Central Districts: Geoff Barnett, Brendon Diamanti, Bevan Griggs, Greg Hay, Brent Hefford, Greg Hegglun, Peter Ingram, Tim Lythe, Dominic Rayner, Robbie Schaw, Ewen Thompson, Tim Weston.
Northern Districts: Graeme Aldridge, Brent Arnel, Daniel Flynn, Nick Horsley, James Marshall, Bruce Martin, Peter McGlashan, Mark Orchard, Tim Southee, BJ Watling, Brad Wilson, Joseph Yovich.
Otago: Craig Cumming, Derek de Boorder, Neil Broom, Shaun Haig, Mathew Harvie, Nathan McCullum, James McMillan, Warren McSkimming, Aaron Redmond, Bradley Scott, Greg Todd, Nic Turner.
Wellington: Matthew Bell, Dewayne Bowden, Michael Burns, Jeremy Dean, Grant Elliott, Kevin Forde, Chris Nevin, Iain O'Brien, Michael Parlane, Neal Parlane, Jesse Ryder, Luke Woodcock.
ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
(Third day of four)
First Division
At Horsham: Durham 209 (Mushtaq Ahmed 5-91) and 206 (O. Gibson 68, D Benkenstein 50; Mushtaq Ahmed 4-77) v Sussex 517 (C. Adams 193, A. Hodd 72, C. Nash 63; P. Wiseman 4-124, L. Plunkett 4-123). Sussex (22pts) bt Durham (4pts) by an innings and 102 runs.
At Edgbaston: No play Sunday due to rain. Yorkshire 313-6 (A. McGrath 142no, J. Rudolph 82) v Warwickshire.
Second Division
At Trent Bridge: No play Sunday due to rain. Nottinghamshire 271-4 (D. Hussey 114no, M. Wagh 74) v Gloucestershire.
At Taunton: Northamptonshire 221 (S. Crook 60) and 77-3 v Somerset 459 (M. Trescothick 146, N. Edwards 96, J. Langer 83, J. Hildreth 51; J. van der Wath 4-91).
Pro-40
(one-day)
First Division
At Old Trafford: Lancashire v Essex. Match abandoned, rain, no result.
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CURLING
AUCKLAND PREMIER LEAGUE
(Paradice)
Round 7: Kohi Diamonds 8 New Jacks -7, Kougars 13 Curlers with Altitude 6, Long Bay Old Boys 14 BC Casanovas 0, Highlanders 6 Metro Jets 4, Auckland City Granite 8 Da-Moose 7, Waikato Rockers 12 Sliders 4, North Shore Thistles 7 Young Ones 6, Akadeemeeze 7 Jackson Four 4.
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CYCLING
TOUR DE FRANCE
Eighth stage, 165km, from Le Grand-Bornand to Tignes in France: M. Rasmussen (Denmark / Rabobank) four hours 49 minutes 40 seconds 1, I. Mayo (Spain / Saunier Duval) +2:47" 2, A. Valverde (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne) +3:12" 3, C. Moreau (France / AG2R) +3:13" 4, F. Schleck (Luxembourg / Team CSC) same time 5, C. Evans (Australia / Predictor - Lotto) same time 6, A. Kashechkin (Kazakhstan / Astana) same time 7, A. Contador (Spain / Discovery Channel) +3:31" 8, D. Menchov (Russia / Rabobank) +3:35" 9, C. Sastre (Spain / Team CSC) same time 10.
Standings: M. Rasmussen (Denmark / Rabobank) 39 hrs 37 mins 42sec 1, L. Gerdemann (Germany / T-Mobile) +43sec 2, I. Mayo (Spain / Saunier Duval) +2:39 3, A. Valverde (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne) +2:51 4, A. Kashechkin (Kazakhstan / Astana) +2:52" 5, C. Evans (Australia / Predictor - Lotto) +2:53" 6, C. Moreau (France / AG2R) +3:06" 7, A. Contador (Spain / Discovery Channel) +3:10" 8, F. Schleck (Luxembourg / Team CSC) +3:14" 9, D. Menchov (Russia / Rabobank) +3:19" 10.
Sprinters standings: T. Boonen (Belgium / Quick-Step) 147 points 1, E. Zabel (Germany / Milram) 134 2, R. Hunter (South Africa / Barloworld) 103 3.
King of the mountains standings: M. Rasmussen (Denmark / Rabobank) 82 points 1, S. Chavanel (France / Cofidis) 42 2, L. Gerdemann (Germany / T-Mobile) 30 3.
Team standings: Rabobank 119hrs 02min 30sec 1, Caisse d'Epargne +1:18 2, Astana +2:37 3 Discovery Channel +4:21 4, Euskaltel +5:08 5.
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GOLF
QUEENSLAND CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP
New Zealand scores, final round. -
135: B. Shilton 70 65 (1).
138: J. Carmichael 68 70 (3).
140: D. Holloway 66 74 (6).
JOHN DEERE CLASSIC
(Silvis, Illinois)
Final round (US unless stated). -
266: J. Byrd 67 68 65 66.
267: T. Clark (South Africa) 68 65 66 68.
269: N. Green (Australia) 67 63 68 71, T. Matteson 69 67 67 66.
270: C. Pettersson (Sweden) 67 64 71 68.
271: J. Dufner 65 66 72 68, J. Gove 69 68 66 68, N. Lancaster 64 68 70 69, H. Slocum 70 69 67 65, K. Sutherland 66 67 70 68.
272: L. Glover 71 69 65 67, B. Mayfair 69 66 67 70, K. Perry 65 68 68 71, M. Sim 69 67 68 68.
Also
280: P. Gow (Australia) 69 68 72 71, P. Tataurangi (NZ) 68 71 73 68.
288: G. Waite (NZ) 71 69 75 73.
SCOTTISH OPEN
(Loch Lomond)
Final round, par-71. -
270: G. Havret (France) 68-64-70-68, P. Mickelson (US) 65-68-68-69 (Havret wins at first play-off hole).
271: E. Els (South Africa) 69-66-71-65.
273: R. Sterne 72-69-68-64, L. Donald (England) 70-69-70-64, I. Garbutt (England) 71-69-69-69, P. Edberg (Sweden) 67-68-72-66, L. Oosthuizen (South Africa) 70-71-64-68.
274: I. Poulter (England) 69-67-71-67, M. Ilonen (Finland) 66-70-70-68, S. Webster 68-67-69-70.
275: S. Kjeldsen (Denmark) 67-74-69-65, G. McDowell (Northern Ireland) 70-71-67-67.
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LEAGUE
NRL
(Melbourne)
Melbourne 44 (B. Slater 2, A. Quinn 2, S. Turner 2, R. Hoffman, M. King, C. Newton tries; C. Smith 3, S. Turner goals) bt Newcastle 0.
SUPER LEAGUE
Warrington 42 Salford 6, Wakefield 23 Huddersfield 24, Catalans Dragons 20 Hull KR 22, Bradford 10 St Helens 4, Hull 20 Harlequins RL 8.
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MOTORSPORT
FIRESTONE INDY 200
(Tennessee)
S. Dixon (NZ) 200 laps, 1hr 35min 6.2615sec 1, D. Franchitti, Scotland, +2.2400sec 2, D. Patrick, US, +3.1884se 3, S.Hornish Jr, US +3.2914sec 4, M. Andretti, US +4.1409 5.
Championship standings: Franchitti, 434 points 1, Dixon 400 2, D. Wheldon, England, 337 3, T. Kanaan, Brazil, 331 4, Hornish 329 5.
GERMAN GRAND PRIX
(Sachsenring, Germany)
MotoGP (30 laps): D. Pedrosa (Spain/Honda) 41min 53.196sec 1, L. Capirossi (Italy/Ducati) at 13.166sec 2, N. Hayden (US/Honda) 16.771 3, C. Edwards (US/Yamaha) 18.299 4, C. Stoner (Australia/Ducati) 31.426 5.
Overall standings: C. Stoner 196 pts 1, V. Rossi (Italy/Yamaha) 164 2, D. Pedrosa 144 3, J. Hopkins (US/Suzuki) 103 4, M. Melandri (Italy/Honda) 97 5.
cc (29 laps): H. Aoyama (Japan/KTM) 41min 16.191sec 1, M. Kallio (Finland/KTM) at 0.119sec 2, A. De Angelis (SMR/Aprilia) 0.274 3, J. Lorenzo (Spain/Aprilia) 0.579 4, A. Dovizioso (Italy/Honda) 1.296 5.
Overall standings: J. Lorenzo (Spain/Aprilia) 191pts 1, A. De Angelis (SMR/Aprilia) 171 2, A. Dovizioso (Italy/Honda) 166 3, A. Bautista (Spain/Aprilia) 116 4, H. Barbera (Spain/Aprilia) 90 5.
cc (27 laps): G. Talmacsi (Hungary/Aprilia) 39min 30.802sec 1, T. Koyama (Japan/KTM) at 3.532sec 2, H. Faubel (Spain/Aprilia) 3.610 3, S. Corsi (Italy/Aprilia) 4.444 4, R. Krummenacher (Switzerland/KTM) 11.851 5.
Overall standings: G. Talmacsi (Hungary/Aprilia) 156pts 1, H. Faubel (Spain/Aprilia) 154 2, T. Koyama (Japan/KTM) 118 3, L. Pesek (Czech Republic/Derbi) 113 4, S. Corsi (Italy/Aprilia) 110 5.
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NETBALL
AUCKLAND SENIOR A
Section 1: MAGS-Jakals 72 Carlton 3 38, Eastern 2 52 Wakaaranga 51, Sierra Cafe 58 Prestco 53.
Section 2: Southern Cavaliers 2 48 Te Tirahou 45, College Rifles 3 33 College Rifles 2 33, Eastern 3 46 Carlton Cavaliers 44.
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RUGBY
WORLD CUP
Fiji squad
Forwards: Graham Dewes, Alefoso Yalayalatabua, Sunia Koto, Vereniki Sauturaga, Jone Railomo, Henry Qiodravu, Bill Gadolo, Iferemi Rawaqa, Kele Leawere, Isoa Domolailai, Wame Lewaravu, Jone Qovu, Netani Talei, Semisi Naevo, Sisa Koyamaibole, Aca Ratuva, Akapusi Qera.
Backs: Jone Dunivucu, Mosese Rauluni, Nicky Little, Waisea Luveniyali, Seremaia Bai, Seru Rabeni, Kameli Ratuvou, Maleli Kunavore, Vilimone Delasau, Isoa Neivua, Filimone Bolavucu, Gabiriele Lovobalavu, Norman Ligairi.
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SOCCER
ASIAN CUP
(Jakarta)
Group C
At Kuala Lumpur: China 2 Iran 2. Halftime: 2-1.
Group D
At Jakarta: South Korea 1 Bahrain 2. Halftime 1-1.
COPA AMERICA
(Maracaibo, Venezuela)
Final: Brazil 3 Argentina 0. Halftime: 2-0.
UNDER-20 WORLD CUP
(Toronto)
Quarter-finals: Austria 2 United States 1 (after extra-time), Czech Rpublic 1 Spain 1 (Czech Republic win 4-3 on penalties), Chile 4 Nigeria 0 (after extra-time), Argentina 1 Mexico 0.
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SWIMMING
JANET EVANS INVITATIONAL
(California)
New Zealand placings
100m freestyle: L. Coster 57.68s, 18; C. Swanepoel 51.07, 6.
200m backstroke: M. Ingram 2:12.00, 1 (meet record).
400m freestyle: H. Norfolk 4:13.35, 3.
200m freestyle: Norfolk 2:02.48, 7; Ingram 2:02.85, 10.
50m freestyle: Coster 26.69, 20; Swanepoel 23.28, 6.
400m individual medley: Norfolk 4:44.57, 1.
100m butterfly: Swanepoel 53.69, 2.
100m breaststroke: Snyders 1:03.22, 1.
200m individual medley: Norfolk 2:15.04, 1 (NZ Record)
100m backstroke: Coster 1:02.30, 1.
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TENNIS
FED CUP WORLD GROUP SEMIFINAL
(Stowe, Vermont)
United States v Russia (US names first): V. Williams bt A. Chakvetadze 6-1 6-4, V. King lost to A. Chakvetadze bt 1-6 3-6, V. Williams bt Nadia P. 7-6(6) 0-6 6-4. US lead 2-1.
HALL OF FAME CHAMPIONSHIP
(Newport, Rhode Island)
Men's final: 4-F. Santoro (France) bt 5-N. Mahut (France) 6-4
6-4.
SWEDISH OPEN
(Stockholm)
Men's final: 2-D. Ferrer (Spain) bt N. Almagro (Spain) 6-1 6-2.
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YACHTING
ISAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(Canada)
NZ standings
Laser: J. Junior 4 (38 boats).
Laser radial: C. Hume-Merry 18, (34 boats).
Boys RS:X: J. Nixon 9 (21 boards).
Girls RS:X: J. Sellers 7 (15 boards).
Boys 29er: P. Snow-Hansen & B. Tuke 2 (23 boats).
Girls 29er: S. Berry & E. Berry 10 (18 boats).
Hobie: T. Coltman & B. Goodwin 5 (15 boats).