Monday's results

BADMINTON

VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL

(Melbourne)

Selected finals. -

Mixed pairs: R. Flavell/D. Shirley (NZ) bt S. Dobson/Gl. Warfe (Australia) 21-17 21-14.

Women's singles: C-C. Huang (Australia) bt R. Hindley (NZ) 21-11 21-9.

Women's doubles: D. Cranston/R. Flavell (NZ) bt K. Lucas/K. Wilson-Smith (Australia) 27-25 7-21 24-22.

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BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE

Cleveland 3 Seattle 7, NY Yankees 4 Tampa Bay 2, Atlanta 6 NY Mets 10, Philadelphia 11 Florida 5 (game 1), Philadelphia 9 Florida 2 (game 2), Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco 1 (10 innings), Baltimore 8 Chicago White Sox 7, Milwaukee 4 Cincinnati 3, Houston 6 Arizona 7, Minnesota 6 Detroit 4, Chicago Cubs 6 St Louis 3, Colorado 3 San Diego 1, Oakland 6 Toronto 5, LA Dodgers 4 Washington 3, Boston 4 LA Angels 10, Texas 15 Kansas City 2.

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BASKETBALL

SUPER FOUR TOURNAMENT

(Santa Fe, Argentina)

Brazil 83 (A. Varejao 20) New Zealand 79 (K. Penney 20, C. Bradshaw 16, C. Frank 10). Halftime: Brazil 37-32.

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BOWLS

NORTH HARBOUR WINTER CUP

Final standings

Burgundy section: Warkworth 18 points (+61), Mairangi Bay 18 (+53), Takapuna 16 (+78), Orewa 16 (+38), Silverdale 16 (+35), Birkenhead 10, Milford 8, Northcote 8, Manly 6, Mahurangi East 6, Silverdale RSA 6, Helensville 4.

Black Section: Mairangi Bay 18 points, Warkworth 16 (+96), Orewa 16 (+47), Silverdale 15, Milford 13 (+23), Birkenhead 13 (+20), Takapuna 13 (+18), Silverdale RSA 8, Manly 8, Belmont Park 6, Browns Bay 4, Devonport 4.

The top four in each section qualify for the play-offs.

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CRICKET

SECOND ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL

(Harare)

BANGLADESH

J. Omar c Utseya b Mupariwa 10
S. Nafees c Chibhabha b Rainsford 7
A. Ahmed c Masakadza b Mahwire 40
M. Ashraful c Taylor b Mahwire 4
H. Bashar c Matsikenyeri b Rinke 5
F. Reza b Rainsford 50
K. Mashud not out 48
M. Rafique c Sibanda b Mahwire 32
M. Mortaza c Sibanda b Mupariwa 15
A. Razzak not out 8
Extras (1b 4lb 14w) 19
--Total (for 8 wickets, 50 overs) 238
Fall: 1/17, 2/34, 3/68, 4/73, 5/76, 6/147, 7/195, 8/213.

Bowling: Rainsford 10-0-51-2 (2w), Mupariwa 9-1-44-2 (3w), Mahwire 8-1-29-3 (5w), Rinke 6-2-32-1 (1w), Utseya 10-1-40-0, Masakadza 3-0-13-0 (1w), Matsikenyeri 4-0-24-0 (2w).

ZIMBABWE

V. Sibanda c Mashud b Razzak 33
C. Chibhabha c Mashud b S Hossain 4
P. Rinke c Mashud b Mortaza 10
H. Masakadza run out 4
B. Taylor b S Hossain 14
S. Matsikenyeri c Mashud b Razzak 46
E. Chigumbura lbw b Rafique 15
P. Utseya run out 6
T. Mupariwa c Reza b Rafique 1
B. Mahwire c Razzak b S Hossain 13
E. Rainsford not out 9
Extras (9lb 12w) 21
--Total (all out, 44 overs) 176
Fall: 1/6, 2/27, 3/52, 4/71, 5/83, 6/134, 7/146, 8/150, 9/160, 176.

Bowling: Mortaza 9-0-31-1 (1w), Hossain 74-0-41-3 (4w), Reza 10-0-43-0 (1w), Razzak 8-1-28-2 (6w), Rafique 10-1-24-2.

Result: Bangladesh won by 62 runs

FIRST TEST

SRI LANKA v SOUTH AFRICA

(Colombo)

Lunch, fifth day.-

SOUTH AFRICA

1st innings 169

2nd innings

J. Rudolph c Kapugedera b Fernando 90
A. Hall lbw b Muralitharan 64
H. Amla lbw b Fernando 2
A. Prince c M Jayawardene b Muralitharan 61
AB de Villiers lbw b Muralitharan 24
M. Boucher not out 80
H. Gibbs c and b Muralitharan 18
N. Boje not out 18
Extras (10b, 3lb, 2w, 20nb) 35
--Total (for 6 wkts, 135 overs) 392
Fall: 1/165, 2/171, 3/185, 4/234, 5/312, 6/350.

Bowling: Malinga 14-0-77-0, Maharoof 15-3-48-0, Fernando 24-6-69-2, Muralitharan 55-8-121-4, Dilshan 4-1-10-0, Jayasuriya 23-4-54-0.

SRI LANKA

1st innings 756-5 dec.

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CYCLING

AUCKLAND 1000

A Grade: K. Murray 3h 55.33 1, B. Tivers (Stratford) 2, M. Torckler (New Plymouth) 3, M. Langlands (Hamilton) 4, M. Gilbert 5, W. Alexander 6, G. Burndred (Hamilton) 7, E. Crowther 8, L. Watkins 9, S. Jennings 10.

Under 19 Men: S. Eadie 1,12th overall, G. Gates 2, 20th overall.

B Grade: A. Cull 3h 11.31 1, S. Williams 2, J. Dean (Stratford) 3, S. O'Neill (Stratford) 4, N. Bunn (Te Awamutu) 5, C. Faithfull 6, R. Trass 7, L. Reilly 8, T. Reynolds 9, A. Larkin 10.

Under 19 Men: A. Cull 1, 1st overall, S. O'Neill (Stratford) 2, N. Bunn (Te Awamutu) 3.

Women: D. Cheatley (Wanganui) 1, M. Duvnjak 2, K. A. Torckler (New Plymouth) 3.

C Grade: T. Fitzgerald 1h 22.05 1, C. Dalton 2, C. McMurray 3, W. Hudson 4, N. Futter (Paparoa) 5, D. Ludlam 6, G. Ulmer 7, D. Priscott 8, K. Futter (Paparoa) 9, B. Thomas 10.

Under 19 Women: N. Macic 1, E. Crum 2, A. Stone (Hamilton) 3.

Under 17 Men: M. Simpson 1.25.50 1, T. David 2, S. Honour (Rotorua) 3, L. Croft 4, A. Hough (Rotorua) 5, C. Russell (Te Awamutu) 6, A. McNabb 7, S. Lindsay 8, R. Duytshoff (Tauranga) 9, P. Hudson (Tauranga) 10.

Under 17 Girls: S. Gilkison 1, E. Fowler 2, L. Haycock 3, A. Tisdall 4, A. Ross 5, L. Gretton (Te Awamutu) 6, J. Loe (Taupo) 7, R. Rankin 8.

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EQUESTRIAN

THOREB CUP

(Sweded)

Auckland teenager Jeffrey Schofield and three-time Olympian, Bruce Goodin, tied at the top of the Thoreb Cup six bar class at the Merlo Horse Show in Sweden after both jumped an impressive 2.05 metres.

Schofield, 17, is being trained by Goodin at his Swedish base.

The last of the other 18 competitors dropped out at 1.8m leaving the New Zealanders to battle it out first at 2m then at 2.05m when it was declared a tie.

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GOLF

WICHITA OPEN

Final round (US unless stated).-

266: K. Johnson 65 68 67 66.

267: M. Kuchar 66 64 69 68.

269: S. Gardiner (Australia) 69 67 66 67, C. Lile (South Africa) 68 68 66 67.

270: E. Compton 67 67 69 67, D. Hearn (Canada) 66 67 69 68.

Also

276: S. Alker (NZ) 67 68 68 73.

279: T. Wilkinson (NZ) 64 73 69 73.

281: M.Long (NZ) 68 69 71 73.

EUROPEAN PGA PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

(Gut Kaden, Germany)

Final round, par 72.-

263: R. Karlsson (Sweden) 64 66 66 67.

267: C. Schwartzel (South Africa) 68 64 68 67, L. Westwood (Britain) 63 68 67 69.

268: E. Canonica (Italy) 67 68 66 67, R. Goosen (South Africa) 64 68 69 67, G. McDowell (Britain) 68 70 65 65, A. Romero (Argentina) 70 65 67 66.

269: G. Orr (Britain) 67 64 70 68.

270: S. Garcia (Spain) 69 66 67 68, S. Hansen (Denmark) 70 67 66 67.

272: N. Fasth (Sweden) 68 66 70 68, C. Nilsson (Sweden) 67 66 73 66, I. Woosnam (Britain) 65 66 69 72.

273: T. Clark (South Africa) 68 69 68 68.

274: A. Cabrera (Argentina) 66 71 69 68, L. Donald (Britain) 67 66 71 70, M. Ilonen (Finland) 68 69 66 71.

275: P. McGinley (Ireland) 70 66 69 70, J. Sandelin (Sweden) 71 68 71 65, D. Vancsik (Argentina) 69 66 67 73, A. Wall (Britain) 72 66 69 68.

276: G. Houston (Britain) 66 68 69 73, S. Kapur (India) 72 66 71 67, M. Millar (Australia) 67 69 68 72, I. Poulter (Britain) 68 67 70 71, J. Randhawa (India) 68 69 73 66, H. Stenson (Sweden) 70 70 66 70.

277: M. Brier (Austria) 74 65 67 71, T. Hamilton (US) 71 69 68 69, P. Harrington (Ireland) 68 65 72 72, S. Khan (Britain) 67 70 73 67, D. McGrane (Ireland) 69 66 70 72, S. Struever (Germany) 68 70 70 69.

278: M. Foster (Britain) 70 70 72 66, S. Gallacher (Britain) 66 72 70 70, L. Oosthuizen (South Africa) 69 67 72 70.

279: M. Eliasson (Sweden) 69 69 72 69, G. Emerson (Britain) 68 69 70 72, D. Fichardt (South Africa) 71 68 69 71, T. Jaidee (Thailand) 67 71 69 72, S. Kjeldsen (Denmark) 68 67 69 75, J-F. Remesy (France) 65 70 73 71, G. Storm (Britain) 67 69 75 68, L. Westerberg (Sweden) 70 69 70 70.

280: C. Cevaer (France) 67 71 69 73, J. Edfors (Sweden) 68 67 69 76, A. Hansen (Denmark) 69 66 71 74, M. Lundberg (Sweden) 69 68 71 72, R. McEvoy (Britain) 71 69 68 72, S. O'Hara (Britain) 71 69 69 71.

281: P. Price (Britain) 70 70 70 71, A. Tadini (Italy) 70 70 70 71, T. Whitehouse (Britain) 74 65 72 70.

282 N. Colsaerts (Belgium) 70 70 70 72, A. Forsyth (Britain) 68 72 72 70, G. Havret (France) 65 70 70 77, J-F. Lucquin (France) 67 72 68 75, A. McLardy (South Africa) 68 69 73 72.

283: P. Archer (Britain) 68 71 70 74, J. Baeckstroem (Sweden) 71 68 69 75, M. Campbell (NZ) 70 69 71 73, P. Gustafsson (Sweden) 68 71 71 73, B. Langer (Germany) 71 69 74 69, J. Spence (Britain) 72 68 70 73, F. Widmark (Sweden) 70 70 74 69.

284: J. M. Lara (Spain) 70 70 71 73, T. Schuster (Germany) 71 69 70 74.

285: F. Delamontagne (France) 72 68 74 71, R. Rock (Britain) 68 68 71 78.

286: J. Lomas (Britain) 68 72 72 74.

289: A. Canizares (Spain) 69 70 71 79.

MILWAUKEE CHAMPIONSHIP

(Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Final round, par 70.-

260: C. Pavin (US) 61 64 68 67.

262: J. Kelly (US) 64 67 64 67.

263: J. Sluman (US) 66 65 68 64.

265: D J Trahan (US) 66 65 65 69, F. Lickliter II (US) 66 66 64 69.

266: W. Austin (US) 70 68 63 65, J. Sindelar (US) 67 65 67 67, B. Andrade (US) 65 67 66 68.

267: D. Pride (US) 68 67 69 63, D. Wilson (US) 66 70 68 63, K J Choi (South Korea) 67 67 69 64, N. Green (Australia) 67 64 67 69.

268: J. Day (Australia) 68 64 70 66, S. Micheel (US) 68 65 65 70.

269: K. Perry (US) 70 68 66 65, B. May (US) 66 68 67 68, F. Funk (US) 67 68 67 67.

270: J. Gove (US) 74 63 68 65, K. Jones (US) 68 66 71 65, I. Leggatt (Canada) 71 65 68 66, C. Riley (US) 67 65 70 68, T. Armour III (US) 66 68 68 68, C. Couch (US) 70 65 65 70.

271: A. Cejka (Germany) 67 70 68 66, S. Cink (US) 68 68 69 66, J. Walker (US) 70 67 67 67, B. Wetterich (US) 69 69 66 67, C. Beckman (US) 65 72 66 68, N. O'Hern (Australia) 71 65 67 68, J. Bohn (US) 65 64 71 71.

SENIOR BRITISH OPEN

(Turnberry, Scotland)

Final round, par 70 (US unless stated).-

274: L. Roberts 65 65 69 75, E. Romero (Argentina) 67 63 73 71. Roberts won at first playoff hole.

275: R. Mast 71 67 70 67.

278: C. Stadler 65 66 77 70.

279: T. Simpson 66 67 72 74.

281: DA Weibring 72 70 71 68, J. Haas 72 68 73 68.

283: G. Morgan 68 65 75 75, D. Edwards 67 65 76 75.

284: G. J. Brand (England) 67 73 75 69, T. Kite 69 69 74 72, J. Harris 73 68 72 71.

285: H. Irwin 73 71 71 70, D. Pooley 76 63 72 74.

Also

292: S. Owen (NZ) 71 68 75 78.

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HOCKEY

CHAMPIONS TROPHY

(Terrassa, Spain)

Final: Netherlands 2 Germany 1.

Playoff for third: Spain 2 Australia 2. Spain won 5-4 on penalty strokes.

Playoff for fifth: Pakistan 3 Argentina 1.

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INDOOR BOWLS

AUCKLAND CATHOLIC CHAMPION of CHAMPIONS

Men's singles: B. Fahey (St Annes) 11 D. Fremlin (Greenhithe) 8, M. Ellis (Owairaka) bye. Final: Ellis 11 Fahey 2.

Women's singles: J. Boyd (St Dominics) 9 C. Patten (St Annes) 3, C. Smyth 2 lives bye. Final: Smyth 6 Boyd 4.

Junior singles championship: J. Sobey (Greenhithe) 9 M. Brayshaw (St Therese) 3.

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MOTORSPORT

GERMAN GRAND PRIX

(Hockenheim)

M. Schumacher (Germany) Ferrari 1h 27m 51.693s 1, F. Massa (Brazil) Ferrari +00:00.720 2, K. Raikkonen (Finland) McLaren 00:13.206 3, J. Button (Britain) Honda 00:18.898 4, F. Alonso (Spain) Renault 00:23.707 5, G. Fisichella (Italy) Renault 00:24.814 6, J. Trulli (Italy) Toyota 00:26.544 7, C. Klien (Austria) RedBull - Ferrari 00:48.131 8, R. Schumacher (Germany) Toyota 01:00.351 9, V. Liuzzi (Italy) Toro Rosso - Cosworth 1 lap 10.

Drivers points: F. Alonso (Spain) Renault 100 1, M. Schumacher (Germany) Ferrari 89 2, F. Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 50 3, G. Fisichella (Italy) Renault 49 4, K. Raikkonen (Finland) McLaren 49 5, J. P. Montoya (Colombia) 26 6, J. Button (Britain) Honda 21 7, R. Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 16 8, R. Schumacher (Germany) Toyota 13 9, N. Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 13 10.

Constructors points: Renault 149 1, Ferrari 139 2, McLaren - Mercedes 77 3, Honda 37 4, Toyota 23 5, BMW Sauber 20 6, RedBull - Ferrari 12 7, Williams - Cosworth 10 8, Toro Rosso - Cosworth 1 9, MF1 - Toyota 0 10, Super Aguri - Honda 0 11.

FIRESTONE INDY 400

(Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn)

(Start position in brackets): H. Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 200 laps, 312.16km/h, running 1 (1), V. Meira, Dallara-Honda, 200, running 2 (6), D. Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 200, running 3 (9), T. Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 200, running 4 (3), T. Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 200, running 5 (8), S. Sharp, Dallara-Honda, 200, running 6 (13), E. Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 199, running 7 (4), M. Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 199, running 8 (19), K. Matsuura, Dallara-Honda, 199, running 9 (14), J. Simmons, Dallara-Honda, 199, running 10 (16), B. Herta, Dallara-Honda, 199, running 11 (12), D. Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 199, running 2 (7), B. Rice, Dallara-Honda, 199, running 13 (10), J. Bucknum, Dallara-Honda, 198, running 14 (18), B. Lazier, Dallara-Honda, 198, running 15 (15), S. Dixon, DAllara-Honda, 198, running 16 (5), D. Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 197, mechanical 17 (11), M. Roth, Dallara-Honda, 192, running 18 (17), S. Hornish Jr., Dallara-Honda, 61, mechanical 19 (2).

Point standings: H. Castroneves 376 1, S. Hornish 368 2, D. Wheldon 359 3, S. Dixon 345 4, V. Meira 320 5, T. Kanaan 309 6, M. Andretti 250 7, D. Franchitti 249 8, T. Scheckter 239 9, D. Patrick 236 10.

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SOCCER

ASIAN CUP

(Adelaide)

Final: China 2 Australia 2. China won 4-2 on penalties.

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SQUASH

MALAYSIAN OPEN

(Kuala Lumpur)

Men's final: 3-A. Grant (Eng) bt 6-C. Pilley (Aus) 7-11 11-3 11-6 11-3 (60m).

Women's final: 2-N. David (Mas) bt 8-T. Bailey (Eng) 9-4 9-6 2-9 5-9 9-3 (85m).

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TENNIS

LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL

Final: 6-T. Haas (Germany) bt 8-D. Tursunov (Russia) 4-6 7-5 6-3.

STANFORD CLASSIC

(Stanford, California)

Final: 1-K. Clijsters (Belgium) bt 2-P. Schnyder (Switzerland) 6-4 6-2.

CROATIAN INTERNATIONAL

(Umag, Croatia)

Final: S. Wawrinka (Switzerland) bt 4-N. Djokovic (Serbia and Montenegro) 6-6 retired.

WTA TOUR RANKINGS

A. Mauresmo (France) 3692 1, K. Clijsters (Belgium) 3377 2, J. Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) 3093 3, M. Sharapova (Russia) 2400 4, N. Petrova (Russia) 2134 5, E. Dementieva (Russia) 2040 6, S. Kuznetsova (Russia) 1995 7,P . Schnyder (Switzerland) 1733 8, M. Pierce (France) 1636 9, L. Davenport (US) 1587 10, A. Myskina (Russia) 1575 11, N. Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 1522 12, M. Hingis (Switzerland) 1396 13, F. Schiavone (Italy) 1336 14, D. Safina (Russia) 1303 15, A-L. Groenefeld (Germany) 1252 16, D. Hantuchova (Slovakia) 1036 17, F. Pennetta (Italy) 932 18, A. Sugiyama (Japan) 874 19, A. Ivanovic (Serbia and Montenegro) 825 20.

ATP TOUR RANKINGS

R. Federer (Switzerland) 7260 1, R. Nadal (Spain) 4930 2, D. Nalbandian (Argentina) 3185 3, I. Ljubicic (Croatia) 3125 4, J. Blake (US) 2340 5, N. Davydenko (Russia) 2175 6, T. Robredo (Spain) 2050 7, M. Ancic (Croatia) 1985 8, R. Stepanek (Czech Republic) 1925 9, A. Roddick (US) 1885 10, M. Baghdatis (Cyprus) 1852 11, L. Hewitt (Australia) 1700 12, D. Ferrer (Spain) 1685 13, T. Berdych (Czech Republic) 1665 14, J. Nieminen (Finland) 1600 15, F. Gonzalez (Chile) 1480 16, T. Haas (Germany) 1420 17, N. Kiefer (Germany) 1385 18, R. Ginepri (US) 1370 19, G. Gaudio (Argentina) 1300 20.