KEY POINTS:
ATHLETICS
WORLD CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Edinburgh)
Women:
Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 25min 10sec 1, Mestawet Tufa (Ethiopia) 25:15 2, Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (Kenya) 25:18 3.
Teams:
Ethiopia 18pts 1, Kenya 22 2, Australia 84 3.
Men:
Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 34:38 1, Leonard Patrick Komon (Kenya) 34:41 2, Zersenay Tadesse
(Eritrea) 34:43 3, Joseph Ebuya (Kenya) 34:47 4, Moses Masai (Kenya) 35:02 5.
Also:
Rees Buck (NZ) 40:34 157.
Teams:
Kenya 39 1, Ethiopia 105 2, Qatar 144 3.
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CRICKET
STATE SHIELD
CD v ND
(Napier)
CENTRAL DISTRICTS
First innings (overnight 357-4)
J How c Flynn b Orchard 53P Ingram c and b Martin 112M Sinclair c McGlashan b Arnel 90R Taylor c McGlashan b Southee 69G Hay b Arnel 12B Griggs c Marshall b Arnel 6T Lythe b Arnel 4M Mason b Arnel 3R Sherlock c Orchard b Aldridge 13G Hegglun b Arnel 0B Hefford not out 1Extras (9b, 10lb, 6w, 2nb) 27 - - Total (109.5 overs) 390Fall: 1/115, 2/236, 3/342, 4/354, 5/364, 6/373, 7/375, 8/378, 9/378, 10/390.
Bowling: T Southee 23-3-68-1, B Arnel 27-9-82-6 (2w), G Aldridge 16.5-2-65-1, M Orchard 19-3-83-1 (4w), B Martin 24-6-73-1 (2nb).
NORTHERN DISTRICTS
First innings
B Wilson c Griggs b Sherlock 5B Watling c Griggs b Sherlock 57C Merchant b Lythe 67J Marshall not out 28D Flynn not out 14Extras (7b, 1lb, 2w, 1nb) 11 - - Total (for 3 wkts, 56.4 overs) 182Fall: 1/11, 2/120, 3/154.
Bowling: M Mason 16.4-5-49-0, R Sherlock 12-4-37-2 (1w), B Hefford 5-0-22-0 (1w, 1nb), T Lythe 12-1-37-1, G Hegglun 11-2-29-0.
OTAGO V CANTERBURY
(Dunedin)
CANTERBURY
First innings 247OTAGO
First innings (overnight 26-1)
C Cumming b Davidson 61A Redmond c Fulton b Burtt 2G Todd lbw b Davidson 13N Broom lbw b Bennett 17J Sheed lbw b Hiini 9N McCullum c van Wyk b Burtt 14D de Boorder c Myburgh b Bennett 42W McSkimming c Robertson b Hiini 71B Scott not out 32C Smith not out 4Extras (16lb, 2w, 4nb) 22 - - Total (for 8 wkts, 83 overs) 287Fall: 1/4, 2/33, 3/75, 4/94, 5/120, 6/134, 7/223, 8/264.
Bowling: L Burtt 24-6-80-2 (2nb), M Davidson 22-6-67-2 (1w), B Hiini 16-2-62-2, H Bennett 18-5-53-2 (1w, 2nb), S Stewart 3-1-9-0.
INDIA V SOUTH AFRICA
(Chennai)
FIRST TEST
SOUTH AFRICA
First innings 540Second innings (overnight 131-1)
N McKenzie not out 155G Smith lbw b Harbhajan 35H Amla c Dravid b Kumble 81J Kallis c Rudra Pratap b Harbhajan 19A Prince c Jaffer b Harbhajan 5A B de Villiers c Ganguly b Sehwag 11M Boucher not out 11Extras (8b, 5lb, 1nb) 14 - - Total (for 5 wkts, 109 overs) 331Fall: 1/53, 2/210, 3/264, 4/272, 5/306.
Bowling: K Sreesanth 12-0-42-0 (1nb), Rudra Pratap 9-1-43-0, H Singh 34-1-101-3, S Ganguly 2-1-1-0, A Kumble 20-2-57-1, V Sehwag 22-2-55-1, VVS Laxman 10-2-19-0.
INDIA
First innings 627Result: Match drawn.
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CUE SPORTS
9-BALL QUALIFIER
Quarter-finals: G Coutts bt R Berridge 5/2 J Grimley bt G Dong 5/2, S Stevenson bt M Padrigo 5/3 T Van Wijk bt J Henry 5/4.
Semifinal: G Coutts bt J Grimley 5/3 T Van Wijk bt S Stevenson 5/3.
Final: G Coutts bt T Van Wijk 6/3.
ABSA VETERANS SNOOKER
Semifinals:G Crighton bt C Keach 2/1 B Steward bt C Lagor 2/1.
Final: B Steward bt G Crichton 2/0.
Highest Break R O'Connor 36.
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CYCLING
TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Manchester)
Men's 1km time-trial:
Teun Mulder, Netherlands, 1min 1.332sec 1, Michael D'Almeida, France, 1:01.514 2, Francois Pervis, France, 1:01.579 3. Also:10. Edward Dawkins, NZ, 1:02.893.
Omnium:
Hayden Godfrey, NZ, 19 pts 1, Leigh Howard, Australia, 28 2, Aliaksandr Lisouski, Belarus, 35 3.
Women's scratch:
Eleanora Van Dijk, Netherlands 1, Yumari Gonzalez, Cuba 2, Belinda Goss, Australia 3. Also: Catherine Cheatley, NZ 10.
Keirin:
Jennie Reed, United States 1, Victoria Pendleton, Britain 2, Christin Muche, Germany 3.
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GOLF
NEW ORLEANS CLASSIC
275: Andres Romero (Argentina) 73 69 65 68
276: Peter Lonard (Australia) 67 70 70 69
277: Tim Wilkinson (NZ) 71 68 71 67
278: Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 71 70 68 69, Woody Austin 69 71 67 71, Nicholas Thompson 69 71 67 71
279: Tim Petrovic 74 68 66 71, John Merrick 72 67 67 73, Tommy Armour III 70 68 75 66
280: Steve Elkington (Australia) 68 71 72 69, Marco Dawson 71 68 70 71
281: Liang Wen-Chong (China) 71 72 69 69, Jonathan Byrd 72 71 67 71, John Senden (Australia) 74 69 66 72, James Driscoll 75 67 73 66, Dudley Hart 73 69 68 71, Pat Perez 71 70 71 69, Parker McLachlin 72 67 71 71, Briny Baird 67 69 71 74
282: Jason Bohn 74 68 72 68, Jon Mills (Canada) 71 70 69 72, Roland Thatcher 70 70 70 72
283: Charles Warren 70 74 68 71, Jose Coceres (Argentina) 75 68 68 72, Craig Barlow 72 71 68 72, Kenny Perry 71 71 69 72, Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 71 70 71 71, Steve Flesch 69 72 71 71, Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 71 70 72 70, Nathan Green (Australia) 71 69 71 72, Jeff Maggert 70 70 71 72, Cameron Beckman 68 71 75 69
284: Jeff Quinney 71 73 70 70, Bob Estes 72 72 68 72, Chip Sullivan 76 68 72 68, Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 71 73 66 74, Tom Pernice Jr. 73 71 71 69, Mark Calcavecchia 71 71 73 69, Todd Hamilton 70 70 69 75, Brian Davis (Britain) 71 68 73 72, Jay Williamson 68 69 72 75
SAFEWAY INTERNATIONAL
(Arizona)
266: Lorena Ochoa (Mexico) 65 67 68 66
273: Jee Young Lee 67 67 67 72
274: Minea Blomqvist (Finland) 70 68 69 67
275: Eun Hee Ji 70 72 68 65, Angela Stanford (US) 62 69 70 74
276: Maria Hjorth (Sweden) 70 71 67 68, Christina Kim (US) 69 68 68 71, Brittany Lang (US) 71 70 68 67
277: Laura Davies (Britain) 71 71 68 67, In Bee Park 73 66 65 73, Hee Young Park 71 69 67 70, Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) 69 67 71 70, Lindsey Wright (Britain) 71 67 66 73
278: Ya Ni Tseng (Taiwan) 67 73 69 69
279: Katie Futcher (US) 69 70 70 70, Sophie Gustafson (Sweden) 68 72 69 70, Juli Inkster (US) 74 70 70 65, Sarah Kemp (Australia) 70 69 68 72, Karen Stupples (Britain) 67 70 71 7
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ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Pittsburgh 3 NY Rangers 1, Detroit 1 Nashville 0, Buffalo 2 Boston 1, Minnesota 3 Colorado 2, Chicago 5 Columbus 4, Anaheim 3 Dallas 2, San Jose 3 Phoenix 1, Vancouver 6 Calgary 2.
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LEAGUE
ENGLISH SUPER LEAGUE
Bradford 50 Castleford 4, Hull K R 24 Huddersfield 24, Warrington 6 Harlequins RL 8, Catalans Dragons 28 Hull 28, St Helens 10 Leeds 14, Wigan 8 Wakefield 4.
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MOTORCYCLING
SPANISH GRAND PRIX
(Madrid)
MotoGP:
Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 45min 35.121sec 1, Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 45:38.004 2, Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 45:39.460 3.
Standings:
Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 41pts 1, Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 36 2, Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 31 3.
250cc:
Mika Kallio (Finland) KTM 45:27.908 1, Mattia Pasini (Italy) Aprilia 45:32.185 2, Yuki Takahashi (Japan) Honda 45:32.195 3.
Standings:
Mattia Pasini (Italy) Aprilia 45 1, Mika Kallio (Finland) KTM 41 2, Hector Barbera (Spain) Aprilia 31 3.
125cc:
Simone Corsi (Italy) Aprilia 41:46.100 1, Nicolas Terol (Spain) Aprilia 41:49.306 2, Bradley Smith (Britain) Aprilia 41:51.086 3.
Standings:
Simone Corsi (Italy) Aprilia 34 1, Stefan Bradl (Germany) Aprilia 29 2, Nicolas Terol (Spain) Aprilia 26 3.
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RUGBY
IRB SEVENS
(Hong Kong)
Cup final: New Zealand 26 South Africa 12.
Cup semifinals: New Zealand 34 Fiji 0, South Africa 12 Samoa 10.
Cup quarter-finals: New Zealand 26 Wales 7, Fiji 10 Kenya 0, South Africa 19 Australia 14, Samoa 17 England 12.
Plate final: France 17 Argentina 14.
Plate semi-finals: Argentina 19 Tonga 12, France 36 Canada 5.
Plate quarter-finals: Argentina 7 Scotland 5, Tonga 26 Portugal 17, France 12 Tunisia 7, Canada 24 USA 21.
Bowl final: Russia 19 Zimbabwe 14.
Bowl semifinals: Zimbabwe 35 Hong Kong 7, Russia 19 Korea 5.
Bowl quarter-finals: Zimbabwe 26 Taiwan 7, Hong Kong 19 Japan 14, Korea 12 China 5, Russia 35 Sri Lanka 10.
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
Saracens 66 Leeds 7, Harlequins 15 Newcastle 9, Leicester 19 Wasps 24, Worcester 17 Gloucester 14, Sale 22 Bath 6.
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TENNIS
SONY ERICSSON OPEN
Men, third round:
10-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) bt 22-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 6-1 6-3, 9-James Blake (US) bt Fabrice Santoro (France) 6-3 6-7 6-4, 27-Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) bt Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 6-3 7-6, 16-Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) bt 20-Carlos Moya (Spain) 7-6 7-5.
Women, third round:
Zheng Jie (China) bt 24-Amelie Mauresmo (France) 5-7 6-4 6-4, 16-Shahar Peer (Israel) bt Michelle Larcher de Brito (Portugal) 6-0 6-2, 32-Lindsay Davenport (US) bt 2-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 6-4 6-2, Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) bt 22-Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 2-6 6-3 6-1, Dinara Safina (Russia) bt 18-Sybille Bammer (Austria) 4-6 6-1 6-0, Elena Vesnina (Russia) bt Ashley Harkleroad (US) 6-4 5-7 6-4, 6-Venus Williams (US) bt Marina Erakovic (NZ) 6-2 6-1, 3-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) bt 25-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 1-6 7-5 6-0, 1-Justine Henin (Belgium) bt Sara Errani (Italy) 6-2 6-1.