KEY POINTS:
BADMINTON
ALL ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Birmingham)
Singles
Mens' final: 1-L. Dan (China) bt 6-Chen Yu (China) 21-13, 21-12.
Doubles
Men's final: 8-Koo Kien Keat/ Tan Boon Heong (Malaysia) bt 1-Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (China) 21-15, 21-18.
Women's final: 3-Wei Lili/ Zhang Yawen (China) bt 2-Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen
(China) 21-16, 8-21, 24-22.
Mixed
Final: Zheng Bo/ Gao Ling (China) bt 6-A. Clark/ D. Kellogg (England) 16-21, 21-18, 21-14.
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BASKETBALL
NBA
Toronto 120 Seattle 119, Detroit 98 LA Clippers 80, Chicago 94 Boston 78, Houston 103 Orlando 92, Denver 113 Sacramento 101, Miami 106 Washington 104, Cleveland 99 Indiana 88, Dallas 108 LA Lakers 72, Portland 106 Golden State 87.
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BOWLS
AUCKLAND FRIDAY INTERCLUB
Section 1
Hillsboro Black 26, Glen Eden Red 20, St Heliers 14, Henderson Red 12, Mt Eden Gold 10, Blockhouse Bay Blue 8.
Section 2
Otahuhu Railway 22, Mission Bay Red 22, Howick 14, Bucklands Beach 14, Pakuranga Blue 12, Oneroa 6.
Section 3
Blockhouse Bay Red 22, Onehunga 20, Balmoral Alert Taxis Gold 16, Pakuranga Gold 12, Hillsboro Red 12, Waimauku A 6.
Section 4
Remuera Red 21.5, Oratia 20, Henderson White 15, Mangere Gold 15, Glen Eden Blue 3.75.
Section 5
Ellerslie Broncos 22, Mission Bay White 20, Okahu Bay 17, Blockhouse Bay White 11, Remuera Blue 11, Pakuranga White 9.
Section 6
Henderson Blue 24, Carlton 21, Mission Bay Green 19, Rawhiti 15, Bridge Park 7, Balmoral Alert Taxis Maroon 4.
Post section qualifiers
Section 1: Hillsboro Black; Section 2: Otahuhu Railway; Section 3: Blockhouse Bay Red; Section 4: Remuera Red; Section 5: Ellerslie Broncos; Section 6: Henderson Blue.
1st highest placed team Mission Bay Red, 2nd highest placed team Carlton.
NIGHTINGALE MIXED FOURS CLASSIC
(Mairangi Bay)
Leading skips, R. Bancroft (Browns Bay), 18, plus 35, 1; B. McCrystal (Milford), 18, plus 24, 2; R. Finlay (Mairangi), 18, plus 24, 3 (on countback) ; C. Kater (Mairangi), 18, plus 23,4; R. Rennie (MaIrangi), 15, plus 25, 5; R. Haresnape (Birkenhead), 12, plus 20, 6; J. Chapman (Silverdale), 12, plus 19, 7; T. Patterson (Hawera), 12, plus 12, 8; P. Wightman (Mangawhai), 12, plus 6, 9.
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CRICKET
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
OTAGO v AUCKLAND
(University Oval, Dunedin)
First day of four. -
AUCKLAND
First innings
T. McIntosh c Scott b McMillan 15
R. Jones c Redmond b Scott 21
M. Guptill lbw b Scott 0
R. Nicol c Hopkins b McMillan 27
C. De Grandhomme lbw b McMillan 30
C. Cachopa lbw b Lobb 17
R. Young c Hopkins b Scott 8
M. Pasupati not out 76
L. Shaw c Hopkins b McMillan 3
P. Erasmus run out 15
C. Martin c McCullum b Scott 8
Extras (1b, 3lb, 2w) 6
- - Total (50.3 overs) 226
Fall: 1/28, 2/28, 3/49, 4/72, 5/113, 6/122, 7/122, 8/129, 9/211, 10/226.
Bowling: McMillan 16-4-73-4, Scott 16.3-4-42-4 (1w), Harvie 8-0-53-0, Lobb 7-1-37-1 (1w), Redmond 3-0-17-0.
OTAGO
First innings
C. Cumming not out 6
S. Haig not out 4
Extras 0
- - Total (for 0 wkts, 4 overs) 10
Bowling: Martin 2-0-5-0, Erasmus 2-1-5-0.
CD v CANTERBURY
(McLean Park, Napier)
First day of four. -
CENTRAL DISTRICTS
First innings
J. How b Anderson 34
P. Ingram c van Wyk b Astle 159
M. Sinclair c Papps b Hiini 78
G. Hay c Harris b Hiini 35
B. Griggs lbw b Harris 1
T. Weston not out 34
B. Patton lbw b Bennett 0
R. Schaw not out 12
Extras (11lb, 8w, 3nb) 22
- - Total (for 6 wkts, 101 overs) 375
Fall: 1/79, 2/254, 3/293, 4/294, 5/352, 6/353.
Bowling: Bennett 19-2-89-1 (2w, 1nb), Hiini 20-5-76-2 (1nb), Anderson 10-0-48-1 (2w), Ellis 11-1-33-0 (4w, 1nb), Harris 22-6-49-1, Robertson 3-0-21-0, Stewart 4-0-11-0, Astle 12-0-37-1.
WELLINGTON v ND
(Basin Reserve)
First day of four. -
WELLINGTON
First innings
S. Fairley b Aldridge 4
L. Woodcock c Horsley b Davis 13
M. Parlane c Wilson b Southee 33
J. Ryder c Davis b Aldridge 13
N. Parlane c McGlashan b Davis 97
G. Elliott lbw b Martin 7
S. Mills not out 54
C. Nevin b Aldridge 59
D. Bowden c Martin b Davis 0
S. Rasmussen not out 2
Extras (4b, 5lb, 2w, 8nb) 19
- - Total (for 8 wkts, 100.4 overs) 301
Fall: 1/4, 2/21, 3/34, 4/112, 5/169, 6/177, 7/286, 8/291.
Bowling: Aldridge 22-6-56-3, Southee 22.4-8-42-1, Davis 23-5-97-3 (1w, 4nb), H. Marshall 15-1-36-0 (1w), Martin 18-1-61-1 (4nb).
HAWKE CUP
At Galloway Park, Hamilton: Taranaki 370 & 23/0 bt Hamilton 290 (G. Irwin 66, M. Dodunski 64no) on the first innings.
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CROQUET
FRANKLIN-MANUKAU ASSOCIATION
Golf Croquet Interclub: Papakura CC 41 wins 1, Howick CC 30 2, Manurewa CC 28 3, Pukekohe CC 21 4.
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CUE SPORTS
ACBS OPEN BILLIARDS
(ACBS Clubrooms, Royal Oak)
Final: D. Gibb bt J. Ifa 351/271.
Semifinals: Ifa bt W. Carey 564/310, D. Gibb bt D. Taylor 460/426.
Highest break: Carey (133).
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EQUESTRIAN
IDEAL GARAGES EVENTING LEADERBOARD
Standings after 12 events: L. Jackson, Red Stag Mystery Creek, 41 pts 1; E. Butcher, Southern Ben, 39 pts 2; A. Lloyd, Gandalf, 24 pts 3, B. Newman, Bates Our Questionnaire, 24 pts 4, A. Montgomery, NRM Gordon, 17 pts, Mitty Forsyth, Phantom Ghost, 17 pts 5.
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GOLF
PODS CHAMPIONSHIP
(Palm Harbour, Florida)
Final round (US unless noted). -
274: M. Calcavecchia 75 67 62 70.
275: J. Senden (Australia) 69 71 69 66, H. Slocum 68 69 67 71.
276: L. Glover 72 68 67 69, B. Gay 69 72 66 69.
277: C. Howell 70 74 68 65, KJ Choi (South Korea) 69 69 67 72.
278: J. Byrd 69 69 72 68, JB Holmes 72 68 69 69, S. Leaney (Australia) 69 67 72 70, R. Moore 69 71 68 70.
279: N. Green (Australia) 70 72 70 67, B. Bryant 71 69 69 70.
280: J. Bohn 69 70 70 71, A. Kim 67 73 68 72, B. Andrade 69 70 69 72, P. Perez 68 70 69 73, Z. Johnson 71 71 66 72.
281: K. Perry 73 69 72 67, V. Singh (Fiji) 70 70 72 69, J. Rollins 74 68 70 69, E. Axley 71 72 69 69, B. Watson 71 71 69 70, F. Lickliter 70 73 68 70, D. Wilson 72 70 68 71, C. DiMarco 69 69 69 74.
282: B. Van Pelt 71 72 73 66, P. Lonard (Australia) 71 72 71 68, W. MacKenzie 71 72 70 69, D. Chopra (Sweden) 67 71 73 71, J. Gove 70 70 71 71, P. Goydos 71 69 69 73, C. Hoffman 72 69 67 74.
283: R. Palmer 72 70 73 68, A. Oberholser 67 72 75 69, C. Kresge 65 74 71 73, R. Beem 73 69 67 74.
284: K. Duke 71 72 71 70, D. LaBelle 67 71 74 72, T. Herron 73 71 68 72, J. Quinney 69 71 71 73, M. Wilson 69 71 70 74.
SINGAPORE MASTERS
(Laguna National GC)
Final round. -
277: Liang Wen-Chong (China) 64 72 68 73, I. Steel (Malaysia) 70 65 71 71. (Liang Wen-Chong wins play-off at the first extra hole)
278: S. Dyson (Britain) 71 69 67 71.
279: J. Van de Velde (France) 68 71 71 69, A. Wall (Britain) 68 72 72 67, D. Lynn (Britain) 72 68 70 69, N. Dougherty (Britain) 70 72 66 71.
280: C. Smith (Britain) 72 70 71 67, Lin Keng-Chi (Taiwan) 73 68 69 70, S. Barr (Australia) 70 69 71 70, T. Pilkadaris (Australia) 69 72 67 72, J. Randhawa (India) 65 68 72 75, P. Lawrie (Ireland) 66 70 70 74.
281: P. O'Malley (Australia) 71 70 69 71, P. Senior (Australia) 70 70 73 68, T. Jaidee (Thailand) 69 69 69 74, C. Phadungsil (Thailand) 69 71 71 70, F. Molinari (Italy) 69 70 70 72, S. Strange (Australia) 69 73 70 69.
Also:
289: M. Brown (NZ) 66 73 76 74.
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ICE HOCKEY
NHL
San Jose 3 Edmonton 0, Anaheim 4 Vancouver 2, NY Rangers 2 Carolina 1, Boston 6 Detroit 3, Minnesota 3 Colorado 2, Dallas 4 Los Angeles 3.
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LEAGUE
SUPER LEAGUE
Bradford 56 Salford 18, Huddersfield 12 Hull 16, Wakefield 40 Catalans Dragons 20, Hull KR 22 Leeds 20, Warrington 12 St Helens 48, Wigan 16 Harlequins RL 12.
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JETSPRINTING
CHAMPIONSHIP
(Wanganui)
Beaurepaires Superboats: P. Caughey/K. Marshall 1, D. Hutton /J. Schick 2, B. Smith/B. Jellyman 3, G. Mincham/M. Bilton 4.
Jetpro Group A (top 8): R. Burt/R. Maunder 1, S. Campbell/L. Akers 2, R. Ferguson/N. Ferguson 3, S. Wood/L. MacGibbon 4, R. Stubbs/T. Thompson 5, G. Smith/M. Shirtliff 6, P. Dillon/S. Edmonds 7, B. Muir/K. Barker 8.
NZ Lites Development Category (top 8): B. Kelly/M. Kelly 1, D. Stone/S. Greaves 2, J. Bull/S. Wainhouse 3, S. Callaghan/G. Callaghan 4, D. Wood/G. Lloyd 5th, C. Brown/P. Mulvay 6, G. Adam/C. Hogan 7, G. Jones/S. Jones 8.
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MOTORSPORT
NZV8s leading standings
J. McIntyre (Auckland, Ford) 939 points 1, K. Scott (Hamilton, Holden) 896 2, D. Besnard (Australia, Ford) 859 3, A. Fogg (Auckland, Ford) 834 4, C. Proctor (Auckland, Ford) 639 5, A. Booth (Auckland, Holden) 571 6, L. Youlden (Australia, Ford) 567 7, D. Perkins (Pukekohe, Ford) 553 8, P. Manuell (Pukekohe, Holden) 538 9, M. Pedersen (Auckland, Ford) 477 10, H. Mackenzie (Auckland, Ford) 429 11, P. Pedersen (Rotorua, Ford) 428 12, C. McLean (Australia, Ford) 414 13, P. Roberts (Taupo, Ford) 410 14, N. Ross (Cambridge, Holden) 407 15.
RALLY OF MEXICO
(Mexico City)
S. Loeb (France) Citroen 3 hours 48 min 13.3 secs 1, M. Groenholm (Finland) Ford at 55.8 secs 2, M. Hirvonen (Finland) Ford 1 minute 27.7 secs 3, D. Sordo (Spain) Citroen 1:43.7 4, C. Atkinson (Australia) Subaru 2:24.1 5, M. Stohl (Austria) Citroen 3:45.5 6, J-M. Latvala (Finland) Ford 4:10.8 7, M. Wilson (Britain) Ford 1 12:22.6 8, H. Solberg (Norway) Ford 14:15.7 9, M. Higgins (Britain) Mitsubishi 20:31.2 10.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Drivers: M. Groenholm (Finland) 32 1, S. Loeb (France) 28 2, M. Hirvonen (Finland) 26 3, D. Sordo (Spain) 13 4, H. Solberg (Norway) 11 5, C. Atkinson (Australia) 10 6, P. Solberg (Norway) 8 7, J-M. Latvala (Finland) 6 8, D. Carlsson (Sweden) 6 9, M. Stohl (Austria) 5 10.
Constructors: Ford BP 58 1, Citroen Total 43 2, Stobart M-Sport Ford 19 3, Subaru WRT 19 4, OMV Kronos Citroen 17 5.
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RUGBY
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
Gloucester 28 Leicester 24, Bath 22 Northampton 17, Bristol 7 London Irish 12, Harlequins 16 Wasps 23, Newcastle 20 Saracens 14, Sale 12 Worcester 18.
SIX NATIONS
At London: England 26 (T. Flood, M. Tindall tries; Flood, S. Geraghty con; Flood (3), Geraghty pen) France 18 (D. Skrela 3, D. Yachvili 3 pen).
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TENNIS
PACIFIC LIFE OPEN
(Indian Wells, California)
Men
Second round: G. Garcia-Lopez (Spain) bt 17-M. Baghdatis (Cyprus) 7-5 7-5, G. Canas (Argentina) bt 1-R. Federer (Switzerland) 7-5 6-2, G. Simon (France) bt 7-T. Robredo (Spain) 6-7(0) 6-3 6-0, N. Mahut (France) bt 23-M. Safin (Russia) 6-3 4-6 6-0, 5-F. Gonzalez (Chile) bt F. Dancevic (Canada) 7-6(6) 1-6 7-5, 10-D. Nalbandian (Argentina) bt P. Kohlschreiber (Germany) 1-6 7-5 7-6(1), E. Korolev (Russia) bt 20-D. Tursunov (Russia) 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3, 13-A. Murray (Britain) bt W. Moodie (South Africa) 6-3 6-3, 14-D. Ferrer (Spain) bt L. Horna (Peru) 6-3 6-1.
P-H. Mathieu (France) bt 21-Mardy Fish (US) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5), 30-J. I. Chela (Argentina) bt J. Bjorkman (Sweden) 6-3 3-6 6-4, C. Moya (Spain) bt 25-R. Stepanek (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-4, 8-I. Ljubicic (Croatia) bt A. Falla (Colombia) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4, M. Russell (US) bt 11-T. Berdych (Czech Rep) 7-6(2) 6-4, 26-R. Soederling (Sweden) bt D. Bracciali (Italy) 6-3 6-4, T. Gabashvili (Russia) bt 24-D. Hrbaty (Slovakia) 7-5 6-3, T. Johansson (Sweden) bt 31-N. Almagro (Spain) 7-6(4) 7-5, J. Benneteau (France) bt J. Melzer (Austria) 6-4 6-4, J. Tipsarevic (Serbia) bt 19-L. Hewitt (Australia) 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2, T. Haas (Germany) bt M. Llodra (France) 6-4 6-1, 12-N. Djokovic (Serbia) bt R. Ginepri (US) 6-4, 6-4, 4-N. Davydenko (Russia) bt S. Querrey (US) 2-6, 7-6(6) 6-2, J. Hernych (Czech Republic) bt 28-A. Calleri (Agentina) 6-3 6-3, 6-J. Blake (US) bt F. Serra (France) 6-3, 7-6(2).
Women
Third round: 15-V. Zvonareva (Russia) bt V. Azarenka (Belarus) 6-3 6-3, 1-M. Sharapova (Russia) bt N. Dechy (France) 7-5 6-2, 11-S. Peer (Israel) bt 19-L. Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-3 1-6 6-4, 12-Li Na (China) bt 23-A. Bondarenko (Ukraine) 5-7 6-3 6-2, 14-D. Hantuchova (Slovakia) bt 18-F. Schiavone (Italy) 6-2 7-6(3), 7-J. Jankovic (Serbia) bt 28-M. Muller (Germany) 6-2 6-4, 8-A. Chakvetadze (Russia) bt 25-M. Kirilenko (Russia) 6-4 6-1, 3-M. Hingis (Switzerland) bt Y. Meusburger (Austria) 6-2 6-4.
OUTBACK CHAMPIONS SERIES
(Naples, Florida)
Oliver Group Champions Cup
Championship: W. Ferreira (South Africa) bt A. Krickstein (US) 6-3, 6-3.
Third place: J. McEnroe (US) bt P. Cash (Australia) 7-5, 6-4.
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WATERPOLO
SOUTHERN CROSS INTERNATIONAL CUP
(West Wave Aquatic Centre)
Men: Italy 15 Russia 12, Italy 17 New Zealand 5, Serbia 13 Canada 8, Russia 19 Great Britain 9, US 11 Italy 9.
Women: Germany 17 GB 10, Netherlands 16 NZ 9.