Monday's results

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

NFL

Yesterday's results: Seattle 21 Atlanta 18, Indianapolis 10 Jacksonville 3, Cincinnati 37 Minnesota 8, Tennessee 25 Baltimore 10, Philadelphia 42 San Francisco 3, Tampa Bay 19 Buffalo 3, Carolina 27 New England 17, Houston 7 Pittsburgh 27, Chicago 38 Detroit 6, Arizona 12 St Louis 17, New York Jets 17 Miami 7, Denver 20 San Diego 17, Green Bay 24 Cleveland 26.

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BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE

Florida 14 Philadelphia 6, Cleveland 11 Kansas City 0, Toronto 6 New York Yankees 5, New York Mets 4 Atlanta 1, Baltimore 5 Tampa Bay 6, Pittsburgh 9 Cincinnati 7, Boston 3 Oakland 12, Texas 8 Seattle 6, Houston 6 Milwaukee 1, Minnesota 1 Chicago White Sox 2, Chicago Cubs 7 St Louis 4, Los Angeles Angels 5 Detroit 3, San Diego 2 Washington 1, San Francisco 5 Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Arizona 1 Colorado 7.

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BASKETBALL

ANBL

Brisbane 108 (M. Hill 20, D. Rucker 18, S. Mackinnon 18) New Zealand Breakers 97 (A. Olson 23, M. Vukona 15, B. Bailey 14) in Brisbane.

Hunter 98 (M. Helms 28, B. Melmeth 17, R. Hinder 17) Sydney 86 (D. Barlow 17, R. Roberts 14, B. Knight 12) in Newcastle.

Perth 104 (D. Bailey 22, S. Redhage 21, M. Shanahan 13) West Sydney 78 (J. Harvey 24, A. Darragh 19, J. Blackburn 7, C. Rigby 7) in Sydney.

Townsville 108 (K. Robertson 22, C. Calvary 19, R. Rose 15) Adelaide 100 (B. Maher 25, D. Rychart 20, J. Holmes 18) in Townsville.

Sydney 112 (CJ Bruton 28, B. Knight 23, M. Worthington 19) Brisbane 101 (D. Rucker 27, M. Hill 27, M. Bradtke 13) in Sydney.

West Sydney 105 (J. Harvey 26, S. McGregor 18, J. Blackburn 15) Wollongong 101 (G. Saville 26, C. Groves 25, A. Ballinger 18) at Wollongong.

New Zealand Breakers 112 (B. Bailey 32, A. Olson 22, L. Tait 13) Hunter 94 (M. Helms 18, O. Bradley 17, B. Davidson 15) in Auckland.

Townsville 124 (B. Newley 33, J. Rillie, 28 L. Abney 18) Perth 108 (T. Ronaldson 22, D. Bailey 16, S. Redhage 15) in Perth.

Melbourne 85 (C. Anstey 23, R. Tucker 17, D. Thomas 12) Brisbane 83 (M. Bradtke 22, L. Copeland 19, S. Mackinnon 14) in Brisbane.

Adelaide 92 Cairns 90 in Cairns.

Standings: Win percentage, Melbourne 100, Townsville 75, Sydney 67, Adelaide 67, Cairns 67, Hunter 50, West Sydney 50, Brisbane 33, Perth 25, Wollongong 25, NZ Breakers 20.

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Slovenia 68 France 58, Spain 77 Israel 85, Italy 99 Ukraine 62, Lithuania 92 Bulgaria 79, Greece 67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50, Latvia 67 Serbia and Montenegro 82, Croatia 80 Turkey 67, Russia 50 Germany 51.

Qualifiers so far for quarter-finals: Slovenia, Lithuania, Russia, Spain.

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CRICKET

ENGLISH COUNTY

Division one, at Sophia Gardens: Hampshire 350 (J. Adams 71, A. Mascarenhas 67, J. McLean 52, S. Katich 50; R Croft 5-103) and 218-7 dec (S. Ervine 75; R. Croft 5-57) bt Glamorgan 249 (D. Hemp 51; S. Warne 4-50) and 244 (R. Croft 90; S. Ervine 5-60) by 75 runs. Hampshire 21 points, Glamorgan 4.

Division two, at Derby (third day): Derbyshire 216 (S. Stubbings 63; I. Harvey 5-40) and 366-7 (A. Botha 98no, S. Stubbings 91) v Yorkshire 520 (A McGrath 158, I Harvey 103, M Wood 76; A Botha 4-90).

ENGLISH NATIONAL LEAGUE

Division one, at Chelmsford: Worcestershire 240-9 (V. Solanki 79) lost to Essex 243-6 (G. Flower 81, A. Cook 62) by four wickets.

At Old Trafford: Middlesex 263-4 (E. Smith 71, O. Shah 67, J. Dalrymple 63no) bt Lancashire 219 (G. Chapple 71) by 44 runs.

Division two, at Riverside: Somerset 140 lost to Durham 141-5 by five wickets.

At Canterbury: Sussex 230-9 (R. Montgomerie 72) bt Kent 169 (M. Carberry 51) by 61 runs.

At the Grange: Scotland 220-5 (D. Watts 88, I. Stanger 65) lost to Warwickshire 221-5 (N. Knight 104no, I. Trott 54) by five wickets.

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GOLF

WORLD MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

(Wentworth, England)

Final (prefix number denotes seeding): 4-M. Campbell (NZ) bt 11-P. McGinley (Ireland) 2 and 1.

EUROPEAN ORDER OF MERIT

M. Campbell (NZ) €2,398,201 ($4,236,356), 1, R. Goosen (South Africa) €2,261,211, 2, A. Cabrera (Argentina) €1,770,169, 3, C. Montgomerie (Britain) €1,609,370, 4, D. Howell (Britain) €1,586,682, 5, P. McGinley (Ireland) €1,562,307, 6, T. Bjorn (Denmark) €1,534,858, 7, N. Fasth (Sweden) €1,148,427, 8, L. Donald (Britain) €1,095,346, 9, H. Stenson (Sweden) €1,053,657, 10.

E. Els (South Africa) €1,012,682, 11, M. A. Jimenez (Spain) €986,653, 12, J. M. Olazabal (Spain) €983,933, 13, S. Garcia (Spain) €978,947, 14, V. Singh (Fiji) €973,096, 15, N. Dougherty (Britain) €945,780, 16, S. Dodd (Britain) €897,984, 17, K. Ferrie (Britain) €861,061, 18, N. O'Hern (Australia) €849,738, 19, I. Poulter (Britain) €830,259, 20.

LUMBER CLASSIC

Leading final-round scores (US unless stated). -

274: J. Gore 65 72 67 70.

275: C. Franco (Paraguay) 69 69 68 69.

277: B. Crane 67 70 73 67.

278: T. Herron 70 68 70 70.

279: J. Huston 70 73 67 69, J. Byrd 69 68 72 70, C. Beckman 69 65 73 72, C. DiMarco 70 70 67 72.

280: S. Appleby (Australia) 67 66 75 72, J. Leonard 73 64 70 73, R. Pampling (Australia) 70 67 69 74, T. Ridings 68 71 67 74.

281: V. Singh (Fiji) 72 68 73 68, S. Flesch 72 70 68 71, P. Price (Britain) 73 71 66 71, C. Barlow 70 66 70 75.

PGA TOUR MONEY LIST

All amounts American: T. Woods (US) $8,613,024, 1, V. Singh (Fiji) $7,546,003, 2, P. Mickelson (US) $5,639,605, 3, D. Toms (US) $3,656,213, 4, J. Furyk (US) $3,577,435, 5, K. Perry (US) $3,426,655, 6, C. DiMarco (US) $3,397,798, 7, R. Goosen (South Africa) $3,185,275, 8, S. Garcia (Spain) $2,642,458, 9, F. Funk (US) $2,608,874, 10.

J. Leonard (US) $2,507,241, 11, P. Harrington (Ireland) $2,357,406, 12, A. Scott (Australia) $2,288,242, 13, L. Donald (Britain) $2,221,695, 14, B. Crane (US) $2,132,382, 15, D. Love III (US) $2,096,796, 16, S. O'Hair (US) $2,096,387, 17, S. Verplank (US) $2,012,863, 18, B. Mayfair (US) $1,941,965, 19, T. Clark (South Africa) $1,848,237, 20.

LPGA JOHN Q HAMMONS CLASSIC

Leading final-round scores (US unless stated):

208: A. Sorenstam (Sweden) 68 67 73.

209: P. Creamer 69 71 69.

211: D. D'Alessio 68 74 69, M. H. Hjorth (Sweden) 64 72 75.

212: K. Icher (France) 67 70 75.

213: M. Nagl (Germany) 74 71 68, Jeong Jang (Korea) 70 72 71, S. Pettersen (Norway) 73 68 72, L. Lindley 70 70 73.

214: Mi Hyun Kim (Korea) 69 74 71, M. Redman 72 71 71, Shi Hyun Ahn (Korea) 71 71 72.

215: C. Koch (Sweden) 74 73 68, M. Dunn 73 71 71, M. Estill 74 69 72, R. Hetherington (Australia) 68 73 74, M. Ellis (Australia) 67 69 79.

216: C. Matthew (Britain) 73 71 72, M. Lee (Korea) 73 70 73, S. Louden 72 73 71.

217: Aree Song (Korea) 75 73 69, K. Stupples (Britain) 72 72 73, S. Cavalleri (Italy) 75 72 70.

218: J. Rosales (Philipines) 73 75 70, Young Jo (Korea) 79 69 70, N. Taylor (Australia) 75 73 70.

219: Ji Yeon Lee (Korea) 73 75 71, P. Meunier Lebouc (France) 72 75 72, W. Doolan (Australia) 72 72 75, C. Troche (Paraguay) 75 69 75, L. Davies (Britain) 70 70 79.

QUADRANGULAR TOURNAMENT

Titirangi on Saturday and Sunday.-

Auckland: L. James, J. Mann, F. Wilkin, A. Kim, M. Pirihi, B. Fabish, T. Marshall, M. Laird, J. Williamson, B. Wallace.

Waikato: J. Gill, R. Wright, J. Cusdin, M. Burger, D. Kang, D. Millington, S. McCollam, B. Seidel, C. Mapley, S. Burningham.

Taranaki: Troy Ropiha, M. Martin, J. Choi, B. Martelletti, A. Langton, A. Mathieson, H. Ring, C. Heyes, Topiha Ropiha, T. Hill.

Northland: J. Hay, B. Bonnington, S. Wightman, G. Hill, I. Power, M. Foster, R. Poole, J. Brennan, R. Pelsky, C. Palmer.

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LEAGUE

KANGAROOS SQUAD

Melbourne winger Matt King and Brisbane's Darren Lockyer, Petero Civoniceva, Brent Tate and Justin Hodges were yesterday added to the training squad for the Tri-Nations series.

The five were included after their club teams were eliminated from the NRL finals last weekend, raising the number in the squad to 21.

They joined Craig Fitzgibbon, Anthony Minichiello, Craig Wing, Willie Mason, Mark O'Meley, Andrew Ryan, Steve Price, Joel Clinton, Craig Gower, Luke Lewis, Luke Rooney, Trent Waterhouse, Danny Buderus, Andrew Johns, Steve Simpson and Ben Kennedy.

ENGLISH SUPER LEAGUE

Huddersfield 22 Wigan 36, London 68 Widnes 10.

Playoffs: St Helens, Leeds bye, Bradford v London, Warrington v Hull.

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RALLYING

GREAT BRITAIN

Leading placegetters: P. Solberg (Norway) Subaru, 2h 45m 57.800s, 1, F. Duval (Belgium) Citroen, plus 1m 17.4s, 2, S. Loeb (France) Citroen, 1m 17.9s, 3, H. Rovanpera (Finland) Mitsubishi, 1m 29.4s, 4, M. Stohl (Austria) Citroen, 2m 35s, 5, R. Kresta (Czech Republic) Ford, 3m 17.3s, 6, C. McRae (Britain) Skoda, 3m 30.4s, 7, M. Higgins (Britain) Ford, 3m 40.9s, 8, K. Meeke (Britain) Subaru, 3m 42.1s, 9, H. Solberg (Norway) Ford, 4m 20.5s, 10.

Drivers' standings: Loeb 99 points, 1, P. Solberg 65, 2, M. Groenholm (Finland) 61, 3, M. Maertin (Estonia) 53, 4, T. Gardemeister (Finland) 47, 5, Rovanpera 27, 6, Duval 24, 7, Stohl 16, 8, Kresta 16, 9, C. Sainz (Spain) 11, 10.

Constructors: Citroen 137 points, 1, Peugeot 117, 2, Ford 76, 3, Subaru 72, 4, Mitsubishi 53, 5, Skoda 13, 6.

NEXT YEAR'S DRAFT SCHEDULE

January 20-22: Monte Carlo. February 3-5: Sweden. March 3-5: Mexico. April 7-9: France. April 21-23: Argentina. May 5-7: Italy. May 19-21: Greece. August 11-13: Germany. August 18-20: Finland. September 1-3: Japan. September 22-24: Cyprus. October 6-8: Turkey. October 27-29: Australia. November 10-12: New Zealand. November 24-26: Great Britain

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SQUASH

ST LOUIS OPEN

(Missouri)

First round (prefix denotes seeding): 1-T. Lincou (France) bt J. White (Scotland) 11-6 11-9 11-10 (2-0), 8-J. Willstrop (England) bt M. Giuffre (Canada) 11-6 11-7 11-9, 3-D. Palmer (Australia) bt S. Boswell (Australia) 11-10 (2-0) 11-6 11-3, 7-A. Shabana (Egypt) bt G. Ryding (Canada) 11-1 11-9 11-9, 5-P. Nicol (England) bt R. Nanda (Australia) 11-1 11-9 11-9, 4-J. Power (Canada) bt J. Kneipp (Australia) 11-4 11-4 11-4, 6-A. Ricketts (Australia) bt M. Puertas (US) 11-5 11-1 11-4, L. J. Anjema (Netherlands) bt 2-L. Beachill (England) 11-9 11-6 11-7.

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TENNIS

WTA TOUR RANKING

M. Sharapova (Russia) 4802 points, 1, L. Davenport (US) 4619, 2, K. Clijsters (Belgium) 4201, 3, A. Mauresmo (France) 3927, 4, J. Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) 2935, 5, M. Pierce (France) 2908, 6, V. Williams (US) 2826, 7, E. Dementieva (Russia) 2779, 8, S. Williams (US) 2705, 9, N. Petrova (Russia) 2481, 10.

P. Schnyder (Switzerland) 2445, 11, A. Myskina (Russia) 2135, 12, S. Kuznetsova (Russia) 1961, 13, A. Molik (Australia) 1786, 14, N. Dechy (France) 1609, 15, E. Likhovtseva (Russia) 1481, 16, J. Jankovic (Serbia and Montenegro) 1459, 17, A. Ivanovic (Serbia and Montenegro) 1443, 18, D. Hantuchova (Slovakia) 1260, 19, V. Zvonareva (Russia) 1253, 20.

FED CUP

(Paris)

1-Russia 3 bt 2-France 2. -

Sunday: E. Dementieva (Russia) bt M. Pierce (France) 7-6 (7-1) 2-6 6-1, A. Mauresmo (France) bt A. Myskina (Russia) 6-4 6-2.

Yesterday: Dementieva bt Mauresmo 6-4 4-6 6-2, Pierce bt Myskina (Russia) 4-6 6-4 6-2. Doubles, Dementieva/D. Safina (Russia) bt Mauresmo/Pierce 6-4 1-6 6-3.