BADMINTON
NEW ZEALAND OPEN
(Auckland)
Men's singles
First round (NZ unless stated): C. Lee bt C. Smola (Austria)15-0 15-3, N. Hannam bt B. Miller 16-17 15-7 15-8, Yee Han Chek bt Hung Pham (Australia) walkover, P. Le Tocq (Wales) bt S. Willins 15-12 11-15 15-2, J. Gordon bt S. Koo 15-9 15-5, J. Urlich bt D. Nuttal 15-9 15-13.
Second round: J. Wu bt H. Tam 7-15 17-14 15-4
W. Hong Wong (Hong Kong) bt Hannam 15-7 15-0, J. Moffat bt Chek 15-6 15-8, Yan Kit Chan (Hong Kong) bt Le Tocq 15-5 15-2, 7-G. Bellingham bt S. Koo 15-2 15-2, 3-A. Smith (England) bt W. Bok 15-7 15-10, M. Nazree Ahmad (Malaysia) bt J. Liu 15-0 15-1, 1-S. Amar Ayob (Malaysia) bt D. Forrest 15-4 15-1, A. Chan bt Lee 15-4 15-12, 4-J. Moody bt D. Tang 15-4 15-6, 5-C. Hueckstaedt (Germany) bt Ziheng Zou 15-1 15-0, I. Sembapperuma bt Urlich 17-14 8-15 15-11, Gordon bt T. Griffen 15-4 11-15 15-7, 6-S. Brehaut (Australia) bt C. Cheng 15-6 15-2, 2-B. Milroy (Canada) bt K. Dennerly-Minturn 15-1 15-2.
Women's singles
First round: R. Flavell bt K. Foo Kune (Mauritius)11-4 11-0, K. Windsor bt S. Dobson (Australia) 11-4 11-0, M. Kristin Yulianti (Indonesia) bt E. Carroll (Australia)11-4 11-3, K. Tam bt V. Rivero (Peru)11-1 11-0, E. Rodgers bt L. Cooper (Australia)11-9 9-11 11-3, M. Chan bt Foong-Meng Cheah (Australia) 11-5 11-3, D. Rivera (Peru) bt J. Tam 11-8 9-11 13-12, R. Veeran (Australia) bt M. Leviana 11-1 11-4, 4-R. Bellingham bt K. Lucas (Australia) 11-0 7-11 11-3, E. Ranasena (Australia) bt B. Hill 11-9 11-5, F. Ratnasari (Indonesia) bt V. Copeland 11-0 11-2, K. A. Sheppard (Wales) bt D. Barry 11-8 11-5.
Second round: 2-S. Mudukasan (Malaysia) bt M. Chan 17-14 15-4, 3-R. Hindley bt T. Luiz (Australia) 11-5 11-2, A. Firdasari (Indonesia) bt P. Overzier (Germany) 11-7 11-5.
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BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Baltimore 6 LA Angels 7, Detroit 4 Oakland 1, NY Yankees 5 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 4 Cleveland 5, Pittsburgh 10 St. Louis 0, Washington 2 Cincinnati 6, Minnesota 1 Chicago White Sox 0, Chicago Cubs 10 Atlanta 1, Kansas City 2 Boston 5, Milwaukee 11 Florida 2, Texas 6 Seattle 4, San Diego 2 Houston 0, Arizona 1 NY Mets 14, LA Dodgers 8 Colorado 3, San Francisco 2 Philadelphia 10.
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BASKETBALL
AUCKLAND WOMEN'S WINTER CHAMPS
Maximus 22 Winos 29, Auckland Girls Grammar 25 The Dragons 20, Papakura Green 20 Aces 0, Air New Zealand 40 Akarana Blue 26, Akarana White 46 Ace Sportz 20, Akarana Red 34 Thunderbirds 15. CRICKET
ENGLISH NATIONAL LEAGUE
Division one
At Sophia Gardens: Gloucestershire 194-9 (A. Gidman 62, Kadeer Ali 56) lost to Glamorgan 197-6 (M. Powell 69no) by four wickets.
Division two
At Edgbaston: Warwickshire 169 (M. Yardy 6-27) lost to Sussex 173-5 (M. Goodwin 86no) by five wickets.
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CYCLING
TOUR OF GERMANY
(Bonn)
Ninth and final stage, 168km from Bad Kreuznach to Bonn: D. Bennati (Italy/Lampre - Caffita) 3h 53m 07s 1, B. Cooke (Australia/Francaise des Jeux) 2, F. Cancellara (Switzerland/Fassa Bortolo) 3, L. Roberts (Australia/Team CSC) 4, S. Radochla (Germany/Team Wiesenhof) 5, all same time.
Final classification: L. Leipheimer (United States/Gerolsteiner) 37h 24m 35s 1, J. Ullrich (Germany/T-Mobile) +31s 2, G. Totschnig (Austria/Gerolsteiner) +1m 23s 3, J. Jaksche (Germany/Liberty Seguros) +1m 29s 4, C. Evans (Australia/Davitamon - Lotto) +1m 53s 5. SOCCER
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
Birmingham City 0 Middlesbrough 3, Portsmouth 1 Aston Villa 1, Sunderland 1 Manchester City 2.
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Third qualifying round, second leg
At Moscow: Lokomotiv Moscow 0 Rapid Vienna 1. Rapid Vienna win 2-1 on aggregate.
At Berne, Switzerland: Thun 3 Malmo 0. Thun win 4-0 on aggregate.
At Monte Carlo: Monaco 2 Real Betis 2. Real Betis win 3-2 on aggregate.
At Udine: Udinese 3 Sporting Lisbon 2. Udinese win 4-2 on aggregate.
At Trondheim: Rosenborg 3 Steaua Bucharest 2. Rosenborg win 4-3 on aggregate.
At Belgrade: Partizan Belgrade 0 Artmedia 0 after extra time; 0-0 on aggregate. Artmedia win 4-2 on penalties.
At Liverpool: Liverpool 0 CSKA Sofia 1. Liverpool win 3-2 on aggregate.
At Athens: Panathinaikos 4 Krakow 1 after extra time; score at 90 minutes 3-1. Panathinaikos win 5-4 on aggregate.
ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP
First round: Blackpool 2 Hull 1, Bristol City 2 Barnet 4, Burnley 2 Carlisle 1, Bury 0 Leicester 3, Cheltenham 5 Brentford 0, Crystal Palace 3 Walsall 0, Gillingham 1 Oxford Utd 0, Hartlepool 3 Darlington 1, Ipswich 0 Yeovil 2, Leeds 2 Oldham 0, Leyton Orient 1 Luton 3, Lincoln City 5 Crewe 1, Mansfield 1 Stoke 1 after extra time (Mansfield win 3-0 on penalties), Millwall 2 Bristol Rovers 0, Milton Keynes Dons 0 Norwich 1 after extra time, Northampton 3 Queens Park Rangers 0, Nottingham Forest 2 Macclesfield 3, Plymouth 2 Peterborough 1, Preston 2 Barnsley 2 after extra time (Barnsley win 5-4 on penalties), Reading 3 Swansea 1 after extra time, Rochdale 0 Bradford 5, Rotherham 3 Port Vale 1, Scunthorpe 2 Tranmere 1, Sheffield Utd 1 Boston Utd 0, Shrewsbury 3 Brighton 2, Stockport 2 Sheffield Wed 4 after extra time, Swindon 1 Wycombe 3, Watford 3 Notts County 1, Wolverhampton 5 Chester 1, Wrexham 0 Doncaster 1.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP
Second round: Aberdeen 3 Berwick 0, Falkirk 2 Partick 1, Gretna 0 Dunfermline 1, Kilmarnock 4 Stirling Albion 1, Motherwell 2 Hamilton 1, Peterhead 2 Clyde 3, Queens Park 0 Hearts 2, Raith Rovers 1 Livingston 2, Ross County 1 Ayr 2, St Johnstone 0 St Mirren 1, Stranraer 3 Dundee 1.
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TENNIS
LONG ISLAND CUP
(New Haven)
Second round (prefix denotes seeding): 15-P. Srichaphan (Thailand) bt C. Saulnier (France) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-5), 4-T. Robredo (Spain) bt S. Jenkins (US) 6-2 3-6 6-4, V. Hanescu (Romania) bt I. Minar (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-2, F. Verdasco (Spain) bt 14-R. Soederling (Sweden) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4), 5-F. Lopez (Spain) bt D. Sanguinetti (Italy) 6-4 6-3.
First round: P. Kohlschreiber (Germany) bt M. Fish (US) 6-4 6-4, J. I. Chela (Argentina) bt M. Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-2 6-4, A. Ram (Israel) bt R. Mello (Brazil) 6-1 6-4, C. Rochus (Belgium) bt A. Martin (Spain) 7-5 6-1, F. Santoro (France) bt K. Carlsen (Denmark) 6-3 6-0, J. Blake (US) bt M. Llodra (France) 6-1 6-4.
US OPEN SEEDS
Women: M. Sharapova (Russia) 1, L. Davenport (US) 2, A. Mauresmo (France) 3, K. Clijsters (Belgium) 4, S. Kuznetsova (Russia) 5, E. Dementieva (Russia) 6, J. Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) 7, S. Williams (US) 8, N. Petrova (Russia) 9, V. Williams (US) 10, P. Schnyder (Switzerland) 11, M. Pierce (France) 12, A. Myskina (Russia) 13, A. Molik (Australia) 14, N. Dechy (France) 15, E. Bovina (Russia) 16, J. Jankovic (Serbia-Montenegro) 17, A. Ivanovic (Serbia-Montenegro) 18, V. Zvonareva (Russia) 19, E. Likhovtseva (Russia) 20, D. Hantuchova (Slovakia) 21, D. Safina (Russia) 22, S. Farina Elia (Italy) 23, T. Golovin (France) 24, S. Asagoe (Japan) 25, F. Schiavone (Italy) 26, N. Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 27, G. Dulko (Argentina) 28, F. Pennetta (Italy) 29, A. Chakvetadze (Russia) 30, A. Sugiyama (Japan) 31, A-L. Groenefeld (Germany) 32.
Men: R. Federer (Switzerland) 1, R. Nadal (Spain) 2, L. Hewitt (Australia) 3, A. Roddick (US) 4, M. Safin (Russia) 5, N. Davydenko (Russia) 6, A. Agassi (US) 7, G. Coria (Argentina) 8, G. Gaudio (Argentina) 9, M. Puerta (Argentina) 10, D. Nalbandian (Argentina) 11, T. Henman (Britain) 12, R. Gasquet (France) 13, T. Johansson (Sweden) 14, D. Hrbaty (Slovakia) 15, R. Stepanek (Czech Republic) 16, D. Ferrer (Spain) 17, I. Ljubicic (Croatia) 18, T. Robredo (Spain) 19, J. C. Ferrero (Spain) 20, F. Gonzalez (Chile) 21, M. Ancic (Croatia) 22, J. Novak (Czech Republic) 23, M. Youzhny (Russia) 24, T. Dent (US) 25, F. Lopez (Spain) 26, O. Rochus (Belgium) 27, G. Rusedski (Britain) 28, T. Haas (Germany) 29, M. Mirnyi (Belarus) 30, C. Moya (Spain) 31, T. Berdych (Czech Republic) 32.
OCEANIA JUNIOR 18s
(Lautoka)
Girls semifinals: 1-E. Barry (NZ) bt 4-J. Moore (AUS) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1, 3-S. Jones (NZ) bt S. Lee (NZ) 6-2 6-3.
Boys semifinals
1-B. Klein (AUS) bt 3-A. Childs (NZ) 6-1 7-5 4-G. Jones (AUS) bt A. Thomas (AUS) 6-4 6-3.
Wednesday's results
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