ARCHERY
AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Melbourne)
Men's compound matchplay
Individual:
Gold medal match: C. Freeman (Aust) bt J. Dudley (US) 117-114.
Bronze medal match: S. Clifton (NZ) bt D. Carson (Aust) 119-113; 9th place: E. Gaffney (NZ).
Teams
Gold medal match: World Selection (Freeman/Dudley/Alan Weston) bt New Zealand (Clifton/Gaffney/Shaun Teasdale) 230-219.
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ATHLETICS
Team for world junior track and field championships, Beijing, August.
R. Croft (Canterbury) 3000m steeplechase; K. Fowler (Canterbury) decathlon; N. Kalivati (Wellington) 400m hurdles; H. McLaren (Canterbury) 1500m; M. Murrihy (Waikato/Bay of Plenty) 3000m steeplechase; J. Penney (Wellington) long jump; S. Salad (Waikato Bay of Plenty) 3000m steeplechase; V. Torr (North) 100m hurdles; A. Underwood (Wellington) 400m; J. Vandermade (Auckland) decathlon.
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BADMINTON
UBER CUP
(Japan)
Singapore 3 bt New Zealand 0 (Singapore names first: Li Li bt R. Hindley 21-16 21-14, Aiying Xing bt R. Flavell 21-8 21-11, Yanmei Jiang bt M. Chan 21-11 21-19).
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BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Detroit 6 Minnesota 0, NY Yankees 4 Toronto 1, Atlanta 8 NY Mets 5, Florida 1 Colorado 3, Cincinnati 2 Houston 3, Tampa Bay 5 Boston 4, Baltimore 3 Seattle 4, Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 5, Kansas City 6 Oakland 13, St Louis 9 Washington 2, Chicago Cubs 0 Milwaukee 9, LA Angels 5 Chicago White Sox 6, San Diego 6 LA Dodgers 5 (10 innings), San Francisco 2 Arizona 8, Cleveland 4 Texas 8.
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BASKETBALL
NBA PLAY-OFFS
First round: Washington 106 Cleveland 96 (best-of-seven series is level at 2-2), Chicago 93 Miami 87 (best-of-seven series is level at 2-2), LA Lakers 99 Phoenix 98 (LA Lakers lead best-of-seven series 3-1), Sacramento 102 San Antonio 84. (Series level 2-2).
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BOWLS
NORTH HARBOUR CHAMP OF CHAMP FOURS
(Browns Bay)
Men
Quarter-finals: Wellsford bt Browns Bay 16-7, Warkworth bt Milford 10-6, Silverdale bt Takapuna 14-9, Birkenhead bt Mairangi Bay 16-5.
Semifinals: Wellsford (F. Pool, W. Earley, I. Tomms, J. Malcolm) 16 bt Warkworth (J. Morgan, S. Macdonald, J. Knowles, R. Finlayson) 16; Silverdale (B. Turner, B. Young, B. Tatnell, D. Stephens) 17 bt Birkenhead (D. Trott, R. Mahon. R. Parker, R. Murdoch) 11.
Final: Silverdale bt Wellsford 16-14, on an extra end.
Women
Quarter-finals: Sunnybrae bt Birkenhead 12-9, Mahurangi East bt Mairangi Bay 14-5, Silverdale RSA bt Hobsonville 17-10, Browns Bay bt Helensville 11-10.
Semifinals: Sunnybrae (C. Fredrick, R. Lynch, K. Guy, V. O.Connor) 14 bt Mahurangi East (R. Seears, R. Greenwood, B. Baggarley, D. Norris) 3; Silverdale RSA (J. Maddox, J. Bright, W. Firkin, D. Bloxham) 10 bt Browns Bay (M. Holland, J. Seager, T. Bennett, G. Bagnall) 7.
Final: Silverdale RSA bt Sunnybrae 16-14.
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BOXING
UNDERCARD NZ WELTERWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT
(ABA Stadium)
Amateurs: M. Ali 51.8kg (Kia Kaha) bt A. Afuie 55.3kg (Mangere Bridge) on points; J. Pula 66.1kg (Aiga Gym) bt B. Kilgour 70kg (Counties BC) on points; C. Dalziel 84.6kg (Te Rapa) bt N. Hitila 88.5kg (Whytes) rsc rd 3; S. Fili 72.3kg (Boxing Central) bt D. Miles 72kg (Counties BC) on points; V. Akai 80.4kg (Manurewa) bt W. Orbell 83.3kg (Focusfit) on points; I. Brimblecombe 73.1kg (Kaipara) bt I. Peach 73kg (Waitakere) on points.
Novice professionals: A. Brown 90kg (Mangere) bt M. Siu 108kg (Manukau) tko rd1.
Professional (for vacant NZ welterweight title): G. Mosquere 66.3kg (Western Springs) technical draw rd 3 (accidental head clash) with D. Wiremu 65.8kg (Mangere Bridge).
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CRICKET
SECOND ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL
(St John's, Antigua)
WEST INDIES
C. Gayle c Taylor b Mahwire 49
R. Morton c Taylor b Mupariwa 16
R. Sarwan c Coventry b Mupariwa 55
D. Ramdin lbw b Utseya 4
S. Chanderpaul c Taylor b Chibhabha 46
B. Lara c Mahwire b Mupariwa 5
D. Bravo b Rainsford 9
D. Smith b Chibhabha 30
I. Bradshaw not out 6
J. Taylor b Mahwire 6
F. Edwards not out 2
Extras (1b, 8nb, 5w) 14
Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 242
Fall: 1/70, 2/80, 3/85, 4/154, 5/162, 6/183, 7/218, 8/230, 9/238.
Bowling: Rainsford 10-1-32-1, Mahwire 10-0-58-2 (3nb, 3w), Mupariwa 10-1-46-3 (1nb, 1w), Chibhabha 7-0-39-2 (4nb), Utseya 10-0-51-1 (1w), Strydom 3-0-15-0.
ZIMBABWE
P. Rinke c Bravo b Taylor 6
T. Duffin b Taylor 1
C. Chibhabha c Ramdin b Bradshaw 67
B. Taylor b Taylor 0
E. Chigumbura c Gayle b Edwards 13
G. Strydom run out 5
C. Coventry c Morton b Bravo 0
B. Mahwire c Ramdin b Gayle 6
P. Utseya c Gayle b Taylor 0
T. Mupariwa c Edwards b Gayle 16
E. Rainsford not out 9
Extras (2b, 7lb, 2nb, 10w) 21
Total (all out, 46.2 overs) 144
Fall: 1/7, 2/11, 3/11, 4/67, 5/91, 6/95, 7/114, 8/116, 9/116, 144.
Bowling: Edwards 8-0-39-1 (2nb, 2w), Taylor 10-3-24-4 (2w), Bradshaw 10-0-27-1 (2w), Bravo 5-1-13-1 (3w), Gayle 9.2-2-21-2, Smith 4-0-11-0 (1w).
Result: West Indies won by 98 runs. Leads seven match series 2-0.
ENGLISH COUNTY
Cheltenham/Gloucester Trophy
North Conference
At Edgbaston: Warwickshire 2-352 (N. Carter 135, N. Knight 128 no, I. Trott 52no) v Scotland 238 (C. Richards 56, I. Stanger 51). Warwickshire bt Scotland by 114 runs.
South Conference
At Bristol: Ireland 9-193 (J. Averis 4-17) v Gloucestershire 146. Ireland bt Gloucestershire by 47 runs.
At The Oval: Surrey 9-272 (M. Butcher 57, J. Batty 53) v Sussex 5-274 (M. Yardy 98no, M. Goodwin 89). Sussex bt Surrey by 5 wkts.
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CYCLING
PROTOUR TOUR DE ROMANDIE
Stage 5, (Lausanne-Lausanne, 20 km): C. Evans (Australia / Davitamon - Lotto) 26m 19s 1, L.Hoste (Belgium / Discovery Channel) +22s 2, B. Julich (US / Team CSC) +38s 3, A. Kashechkin (Kazakhstan / Liberty Seguros) +44s 4, S. Gontchar (Ukraine / T-Mobile) +49s 5, J. Jaksche (Germany / Liberty Seguros) +50s 6, A. Contador (Spain / Liberty Seguros) +51s 7, C. Moreau (France / AG2R) 8, J. Van den Broeck (Belgium / Discovery Channel) +53s 9, D. Cioni (Italy / Liquigas) 10.
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GOLF
ZURICH CLASSIC
(New Orleans)
Final round (US unless noted).-
269: C. Couch 70 70 64 65.
270: F. Funk 70 69 69 62, C. Howell 70 69 66 65.
273: S. Appleby (Australia) 65 72 72 64, J. Durant 68 64 73 68, B. Wetterich 69 65 73 66.
274: D. Ellis 71 69 69 65, L. Glover 66 73 72 63, T. Herron 67 71 69 67, I. Poulter (Britain) 67 68 72 67.
275: T. Armour 66 73 69 67, A. Baddeley (Australia) 69 67 75 64, B. Bateman 70 67 71 67, P. Harrington (Ireland) 70 68 71 66.
276: D. Branshaw 67 71 71 67, C. Franco (Paraguay) 69 70 68 69, B. Haas 71 67 72 66, J.L. Lewis 70 69 69 68, S. McCarron 70 69 71 66, G. McDowell (Northern Ireland) 64 73 72 67, P. Mickelson 68 71 68 69, J. Senden (Australia) 71 66 74 65, N. Watney 66 72 70 68, D. Wilson 68 72 66 70.
Also:
295: C. Perks (NZ) 73 66 80 76.
SPANISH OPEN
(San Roque)
Final round, par 72 (GBR and IRL unless stated).-
270: N. Fasth (Sweden) 67 68 66 69, J. Bickerton 68 65 74 63 (Fasth won at 4th play-off hole).
271: P. Archer 67 69 68 67, M. Eliasson (Sweden) 68 68 68 67, G. Orr 72 64 68 67, J. M. Lara (Spain) 68 66 69 68, T. Bjorn (Denmark) 70 74 68 69, D. Griffiths 68 65 66 72.
272: C. Suneson (Spain) 69 64 70 69.
273: R. Karlsson (Sweden) 70 63 68 72.
274: J. Parron (Spain) 66 72 70 66, M. Tunnicliff 66 71 69 68, P. Hanson (Sweden) 67 69 68 70.
275: C. Schwartzel (South Africa) 68 70 71 66, L. Oosthuizen (South Africa) 70 65 69 71.
276: D. Dixon 67 70 72 67, F. Molinari (Italy) 67 71 70 68, J-F. Lima (Portugal) 65 73 69 69, D. Bransdon (Australia) 71 65 69 71, G. Storm 65 67 70 74.
LPGA GINN CLUBS OPEN
(Orlando, Florida)
Final round, (US unless noted).-
276: Mi Hyun Kim (Korea) 70 66 69 71.
278: L. Ochoa (Mexico) 67 70 75 66, K. Webb (Australia) 75 67 69 67.
283: A. Sorenstam (Sweden) 72 70 74 67.
284: Hee-Won Han (Korea) 74 71 73 66, C. Kim 74 67 69 74, A. Miyazato (Japan) 70 68 70 76, M. Redman 71 73 73 67.
285: J. Moodie (Britain) 71 74 73 67, Se Ri Pak (Korea) 72 74 70 69, H. Young 73 72 70 70.
BETTY FAESEN CHALLENGE SHIELD
(Remuera Golf Club)
Titirangi 8 Remuera 2, Pakuranga 9 Maungakiekie 1, Onewhero 8 Manukau 2.
Points: Pakuranga 34, Titirangi 26, Remuera 22, Manukau 15, Maungakiekie 13, Onewhero 10.
NORTH HARBOUR MEN'S PENNANTS
(Redwood Park)
Nobilo grade: North Shore 5 Gulf Harbour 3, Redwood Park 7 Peninsula 1, Waitemata 3 Waitakere 5, Muriwai 7 Pupuke 1.
Points: Muriwai 17, Redwood Park 14 1/2, North Shore 14, Peninsula 12, Gulf Harbour 11, Waitakere 10 1/2, Waitemata 9 1/2, Pupuke 7 1/2.
Hibiscus grade: Whangaparaoa 3 Pupuke 5, South Head 8 Huapai default, Redwood Park 7 1/2 Waitemata 1/2, Peninsula 5 1/2 Warkworth 2 1/2.
Points: Peninsula 18, Whangaparaoa 16 1/2, Pupuke 15, South Head 13 1/2, Redwood Park 13, Warkworth 10, Huapai 5, Waitemata 5.
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INDOOR BOWLS
AUCKLAND CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION
Executive Fours: Holy Cross (N.Robinson, M.Rainsford, H.Robinson, T.Sharrow) 1, St.John Vianney (M.Sowerby, A.Marchant, G.Fisher, E.Falauleague) 2.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION
Championship singles
Semifinals: P. Wright (Te Atatu) 9 G. Plaisier (Olympic) 7, J. Topliss (St Dominics) 8 B. Kinnaird (Te Atatu) 7.
Final: Wright 12 Topliss 5.
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LEAGUE
ENGLISH SUPER LEAGUE
Hull 54 Wigan 12, Castleford 28 Salford 26, Harlequins RL 22 Huddersfield 16, Bradford 54 Catalans Dragons 6, St Helens 34 Wakefield 8.
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MOTORCYCLING
TURKISH GRAND PRIX
(Istanbul)
MotoGP race (22 laps): M. Melandri (Italy) Honda 41m 54.065s 1, C. Stoner (Australia) Honda 41m 54.265s 2, N. Hayden (US) Honda 41m 59.523s 3, V. Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 42m 00.274s 4, T. Elias (Spain) Honda 42m 00.652s 5, L. Capirossi (Italy) Ducati 42m 10.747s 6, C. Vermeulen (Australia) Suzuki 42m 10.842s 7, S. Nakano (Japan) Kawasaki 42m 15.602s 87, C. Edwards (US) Yamaha 42m 16.912s 9, M. Tamada (Japan) Honda 42m 24.548s 10, S. Gibernau (Spain) Ducati 42m 24.608s 11, R. de Puniet (France) Kawasaki 42m 28.349s 12, K. Roberts Jr. (US) KR211V 42m 39.177s 13, D. Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 42m 47.590s 14, C. Checa (Spain) Yamaha 42m 53.920s 15.
MotoGP standings: N. Hayden (US) Honda 52 1, L. Capirossi (Italy) Ducati 51 2, M. Melandri (Italy) Honda 45 3, C. Stoner (Australia) Honda 41 4, V. Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 40 5, D. Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 32 6, T. Elias (Spain) Honda 32 7, S. Nakano (Japan) Kawasaki 22 8, C. Edwards (US) Yamaha 19 9, S. Gibernau (Spain) Ducati 18 10, K. Roberts Jr. (US) KR211V 17 11, M. Tamada (Japan) Honda 14 12, C. Vermeulen (Australia) Suzuki 13 13, C. Checa (Spain) Yamaha 8 14, J. Hopkins (US) Suzuki 7 15, R. de Puniet (France) Kawasaki 4 16, J. Ellison (Britain) Yamaha 3 17, A. Hofmann (Germany) Ducati 2 18.
250cc (20 laps): H. Aoyama (Jpn) KTM 40m 02.376s 1, H. Barbera (Esp) Aprilia 40m 02.777s 2, A. Dovizioso (Ita) Honda 40m 02.843s 3, R. Locatelli (Ita) Aprilia 40m 03.017s 4, Y. Takahashi (Jpn) Honda 40m 04.931s 5, S. Guintoli (Fra) Aprilia 40m 2.930s 6, J. Smrz (Cze) Aprilia 40m 14.910s 7, A. Baldolini (Ita) Aprilia 40m 19.263s 8, A. West (Aus) Aprilia 40m 19.724s 9, S. Porto (Arg) Honda 40m 23.286s 10, M. Simoncelli (Ita) Gilera 40m 30.801s 11, A. de Angelis (Smr) Aprilia 40m 38.332s 12, M. Cardenas (Col) Honda 40m 50.667s 13, D. Heidolf (Ger) Aprilia 41m 02.980s 14, M. Poggiali (Smr) KTM 41m 06.264s 15.
250cc standings: A. Dovizioso (Ita) Honda 52pts 1, J. Lorenzo (Esp) Aprilia 50 2, H. Aoyama (Jpn) KTM 46 3, H. Barbera (Esp) Aprilia 44 4, R. Locatelli (Ita) Aprilia 38 5, Y. Takahashi (Jpn) Honda 31 6, S. Guintoli (Fra) Aprilia 27 7, A. de Angelis (Smr) Aprilia 24 8, M. Cardenas (Col) Honda 16 9, J. Smrz (Cze) Aprilia 15 10, S. Porto (Arg) Honda 15 11, M. Simoncelli (Ita) Gilera 13 12, A. Baldolini (Ita) Aprilia 8 13, M.Poggiali (Smr) KTM 8 14, A. West (Aus) Aprilia 7 15, A. Vincent (Fra) Honda 6 16, A. Ballerini (Ita) Aprilia 4 17, A. Tizon (Esp) Honda 4 18, D. Heidolf (Ger) Aprilia 4 19, S. Aoyama (Jpn) Honda 3 20, C. Davies (Gbr) Aprilia 3 21, A. Molina (Esp) Aprilia 2 22.
125cc (19 laps): H. Faubel (Esp) Aprilia 39m 30.095s 1, A. Bautista (Esp) Aprilia 39m 30.338s 2, S. Gadea (Esp) Aprilia 39m 37.335s 3, S. Corsi (Ita) Gilera 39m 38.435s 4, J. Olive (Esp) Aprilia 39m 39.222s 5, G. Talmacsi (Hun) Honda 39m 40.844s 6, L. Pesek (Cze) Derbi 39m 48.353s 7, L. Zanetti (Ita) Aprilia 39m 52.895s 8, T. Koyama (Jpn) Malaguti 39m 53.319s 9, A. Rodriguez (Esp) Aprilia 39m 53.335s 10, J. Simon (Esp) KTM 39m 53.616s 11, T. Luethi (Sui) Honda 39m 53.734s 12, F. Lai (Ita) Honda 39m 53.751s 13, P. Nieto (Esp) Aprilia 39m 53.811s 14, A. Iannone (Ita) Aprilia 40m 06.335s 15.
125cc standings: A. Bautista (Esp) Aprilia 70 1, H. Faubel (Esp) Aprilia 45 2, S. Gadea (Esp) Aprilia 41 3, M. Kallio (Fin) KTM 33 4, L. Pesek (Cze) Derbi 29 5, M. Pasini (Ita) Aprilia 29 6, S. Corsi (Ita) Gilera 25 7, G. Talmacsi (Hun) Honda 23 8, J. Simon (Esp) KTM 22 9, P. Nieto (Esp) Aprilia 19 10, J. Olive (Esp) Aprilia 18 11, A. Rodriguez (Esp) Aprilia 15 12, T. Luethi (Sui) Honda 12 13, T. Koyama (Jpn) Malaguti 12 14, L. Zanetti (Ita) Aprilia 11 15, F. Lai (Ita) Honda 5 16, A. Iannone (Ita) Aprilia 5 17, R. De Rosa (Ita) Aprilia 4 18, F. Sandi (Ita) Aprilia 2 19.
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MOTORSPORT
RALLY OF ARGENTINA
(Cordoba)
S. Loeb (France) Citroen 4h 06m 51.30s 1, P. Solberg (Norway) Subaru 44.60s behind 2, G. Galli (Italy) Mitsubishi 03m 24s behind 3, M.Stohl (Austria) Peugeot 3m 40.00s behind 4, D. Sordo (Spain) Citroen 5m 40.20s behind 5, C. Atkinson (Australia) Subaru 5m 43.80s behind 6, H. Solberg (Norway) Peugeot 9m 30.40s behind 7, M. Wilson (Britain) Ford 10m 34.60s behind 8, L. Companc Perez (Argentina) Ford 10m 52.30s behind 9, M. Groenholm (Finland) Ford 14m 08.70s behind 10.
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RUGBY
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
Leeds 7 Gloucester 31, Bristol Rugby 16 Northampton 19, London Wasps 37 London Irish 56.
ARCHERY
AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Melbourne)
Men's compound matchplay
Individual:
Gold medal match: C. Freeman (Aust) bt J. Dudley (US) 117-114.
Bronze medal match: S. Clifton (NZ) bt D. Carson (Aust) 119-113; 9th place: E. Gaffney (NZ).
Teams
Gold medal match: World Selection (Freeman/Dudley/Alan Weston) bt New Zealand (Clifton/Gaffney/Shaun Teasdale) 230-219.
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ATHLETICS
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