KEY POINTS:
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
NY Yankees 12 LA Angels 0, Detroit 6 Boston 5, Toronto 1 Cleveland 0, Cincinnati 4 Arizona 3, Washington 7 Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 6 Chicago Cubs 2, Houston 8 NY Mets 3, Chicago White Sox 6 Minnesota 3, Kansas City 12 Tampa Bay 4, St Louis 7 San Francisco 0, Texas 2 Baltimore 1, Philadelphia 8 Colorado 4, Seattle 7 Oakland 3, LA Dodgers 9 Florida 3, Atlanta 5 San Diego 4.
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BASKETBALL
NATIONAL U-17 CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Tauranga)
Day 2, afternoon & evening
Boys
Otago 93 (S. King 22, H. Miller 16, T. Rowe 14) Auckland 52 (A. Gray 14), Canterbury 87 (D. Hoekendijk 18, C. Crampton 16) North Canterbury 36 (J. Svoboda, 18), Wellington 93 (J. Ashby 19, Winston Li 17, K. Kiriau 14) Porirua 52, North Harbour B 75 (S. Hassan 26, A. Jones 14, R. Tuimavave 13) Western BOP 66 (K. Dunstan 27, C. Rapata 14), North Harbour A 111 (S. Campbell 22, L. Munday 20, R. Loe 18, Z. Fitzgerald 17) Waikato Gold 52 (N. Bristowe 14, A. Horomia 10), Massey 86 (D. Bailey 29, K. Abbott 15) Nelson 75 (A. Dempster 32, J. Lowe 16, C. Duthie 16), Waikato Black 86 Rotorua 73, Otago 109 (S. King 24, T. Rowe 18, H. Miller 17, J. Christaans 16, P. McLeod 15, E. Carruthers 12), Hawke's Bay 77 (E. Nikora 32, D. Te Au 26), Auckland 74 Palmerston North 67.
Girls
Western BOP 56 (B. McNally 16, B-A. Clark 15) Thames Valley 37, North Harbour 101 (M. Nathan 29, A. Lawrence 21) Western BOP B 50 (R. Kingi 22), Hutt Valley 46 (A. Karawana 20) Waikato 45, Canterbury 68 (S. Crotty 18, F. Edmondson 17, S. Costain 16) Massey 45 (E. Taulapiu 8), Nelson 95 (N. Baker 24, J. Bygate 23, S. Perrett 15, K. Thompson 13) Palmerston North 49 (G. Campbell 18, T. Fergus 10), New Plymouth 65 (P. Blanks 20, B. McCullum 11, T. Sadler 11) Western BOP 34 (K. Borell & J. Karati 8), Wellington 76 (A. Paurini 20, T. Taavale 18, H. Winiata 13, T. P. Selby-Ricket 10) Thames Valley 51 (C. Wiseman 19), North Canterbury 65 (G. Hazeldine 25, C. Hamblin 10, B. Henson 10) Rotorua 57 (G. Adams 18, J. Bates 16), Auckland 61 Whangarei 56.
Day three
Boys: Canterbury 67 Wellington 65, Porirua 89 North Canterbury 61, North Harbour A 119 North Harbour B 60, Hawke's Bay 72 Waikato Gold 61, Rotorua 57 Porirua 56, Palmerston North 85 Western Bay of Plenty 80, Nelson 116 North Canterbury 72.
Quarter-finals: North Harbour A 101 Auckland 76, Otago 74 North Harbour B 53, Wellington 88 Waikato Black 60.
Girls: North Harbour 96 Waikato 42, Massey 105 Thames Valley 57, Rotorua 61 Western Bay of Plenty B 43, Western Bay of Plenty 64 Palmerston North 43.
Quarter-finals: Canterbury 69 Wellington 62, Waikato 86 Whangarei 65, Hutt Valley 52 Auckland 45.
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BOWLS
AUCKLAND WINTER INTERCLUB
Round 3
Section 1: Mangere 10pts (7 net total of shots), Howick One 9pts (21 net total of shots), Onehunga 9pts (8 net total of shots), Bucklands Beach 8pts (-36 net total of shots).
Section 2: Glendowie Red 15pts (61 net total of shots), Howick Two 11pts (0 net total of shots), Ponsonby 8pts (2 net total of shots), Balmoral Alert Taxis Gold 2pts (-63 net total of shots).
Section 3: Pt Chevalier B 12pts (21 net total of shots), Balmoral Alert Taxis Maroon 12pts (-1 net total of shots), Epsom 101 6pts (-6 net total of shots), Glendowie Blue 6pts (-14 net total of shots).
Section 4: Balmoral Alert Taxis White 12pts (32 net total of shots), Pt Chevalier A 10pts (19 net total of shots), Mt Albert Bowls 10pts (-16 net total of shots), Henderson Black 4pts (-35 net total of shots)
Teams through to post section, to be played at Epsom BC and Edendale BC, on Sunday 15th July (in no particular order) Balmoral Alert Taxis Maroon, Balmoral Alert Taxis White, Glendowie Red, Howick One, Howick Two, Mangere, Pt Chevalier A and Pt Chevalier B.
PUKEKOHE DORCHESTER
Cash tournament: D. Ramsey (sk), B. Marland, B. Di Boni 1, C. Major (sk), K. Dixon, C. O'Brien 2.
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CRICKET
ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Division One
At The Rose Bowl: Warwickshire 267-3 (D. Maddy 121no, I Trott 50) v Hampshire.
At Old Trafford: No play Sunday due to rain.
At The Brit Oval: Durham 191 (P. Mustard 70) v Surrey 198-6 (S. Walters 70).
At New Road: No play Sunday due to rain.
Division Two
At Chelmsford: Essex 404-6 (J. Foster 116no, A. Bichel 91no, R. Bopara 59) v Nottinghamshire.
At Grace Road: Glamorgan 268 (B. Wright 108, D. Masters 4-44) v Leicestershire 7-0.
At Southgate: Derbyshire 340 (S. Katich 80, M. Dighton 68) v Middlesex 7-0.
At Northampton: Northamptonshire 310 (U. Afzaal 66, M. Wessels 57, S. Peters 55, S. Kirby 5-60) v Gloucestershire 15-2.
TOUR MATCH
(Hove)
India 388-7 dec (V. Laxman 95, G. Gambhir 81, K. Karthik 76, R. Dravid 57) v Sussex 146-5 (M. Yardy 53).
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CURLING
AUCKLAND PREMIER LEAGUE
(Paradice)
Round 6
Long Bay Old Boys 8 North Shore Thistles 6, Kougars 10 Akadeemeeze 9, Curlers with Altitude 5 Jackson Four 4, Waikato Rockers 6 Highlanders 2, Auckland Granite 10 New Jacks 3, BC Casanovas 8 Young Ones 5, Sliders 6 Metro Jets 1, Kohi diamonds 8 Da-Moose 2.
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CYCLING
TOUR DE FRANCE
Stage one, 203km, between London and Canterbury: R. McEwen (Australia/Predictor-Lotto) 4hr 39min 01sec 1, T. Hushovd (Norway/CreditAgricole) same time 2, T. Boonen (Belgium/Quick-Step) st 3, S. Chavanel (France/Francaise des Jeux) st 4, R. Feillu (France/Agritubel) st 5, R. Foerster (Germany/Gerolsteiner) st 6, O. Freire (Spain/Rabobank) st 7, M. Burghardt (Germany/T-Mobile) st 8, F. Ventoso (Spain/Saunier Duval) st 9, T. Vaitkus (Lithuania/Discovery Channel) st 10, B. Eisel (Austria/T-Mobile) st 11, M. Fischer (Brazil/Liquigas) st 12, E. Zabel (Germany/Milram) st 13, X. Florencio (Spain/Bouygues Telecom) st 14, G. Steegmans (Belgium/Quick-Step) st 15, M. Albasini (Switzerland/Liquigas) st 16, P. Gilbert (Belgium/Francaise des Jeux) st 17, S. de Jongh (Netherlands/Quick-Step) st 18, D. Napolitano (Italy/Lampre) st 19, M. Quinziato (Italy/Liquigas) st 20.
Also: J. Dean (NZ/Credit Agricole) st 28.
Overall standings: F. Cancellara (Switzerland/Team CSC) 4hr 47min 51sec 1, A. Kloeden (Germany/Astana) at 13sec 2, D. Millar (Britain/Saunier Duval) at 21sec 3, G. Hincapie (US/Discovery Channel) at 23sec 4, B. Wiggins (Britain/Cofidis) st 5, V. Gusev (Russia/Discovery Channel) at 25sec 6, V. Karpets (Russia/Caisse d'Epargne) at 26sec 7, T. Hushovd (Norway/Credit Agricole) at 29sec 8, A. Vinokourov (Kazakhstan/Astana) at 30sec 9, T. Dekker (Netherlands/Rabobank) at 31sec 10.
Also: J. Dean (NZ/Credit Agricole) at 1min 01sec 110.
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GOLF
OPEN DES VOLCANS-CHALLENGE DE FRANCE
Final round.-
273: G. Paddison (NZ) 70 69 68 66.
279: L. Westerberg (Sweden) 75 68 68 68.
282: C. Gane (England) 71 75 67 69, O. Whiteley (England) 72 70 70 70.
283: B. Teilleria (France) 72 71 70 70, S. Manley (Wales) 71 72 71 69, M. Lorenzo-Vera (France) 67 71 72 73.
Also
290: S. Scahill (NZ) 74 74 69 73.
EDMONTON OPEN
Final round. -
265: D. Risdon (Canada) 70 63 65 67.
266: A. McLean (Canada) 66 65 70 65.
268: K. Kim (US) 72 63 67 66.
270: S. Levin (US) 66 66 72 66, M. Harris (US) 66 69 68 67.
271: J. Geary (NZ) 69 68 65 69, S. Hawley (Canada) 68 67 69 67, M. Grob (US) 66 66 70 69.
Also
276: B. Heaven (NZ) 68 67 71 70.
279: D. Batty (NZ) 69 69 72 69.
EUROPEAN OPEN
(Straffan)
Final round, par-70. -
269: C. Montgomerie (Britain) 69 64 71 65.
270: N. Fasth (Sweden) 65 68 70 67.
271: P. Edberg (Sweden) 67 65 73 66, P. Hanson (Sweden) 68 69 66 68, G. Havret (France) 65 70 68 68, A. Wall (Britain) 68 72 66 65.
272: S. Hansen (Denmark) 69 68 63 72, P. Hedblom (Sweden) 68 68 68 68, T. Levet (France) 70 67 68 67, P. O'Malley (Australia) 72 68 63 69.
273: R. Jacquelin (France) 71 69 67 66, S. Khan (Britain) 67 67 71 68, S. Kjeldsen (Denmark) 66 71 69 67, R. Rock (Britain) 65 71 66 71.
274: P. Archer (Britain) 70 69 66 69, M. Ilonen (Finland) 67 72 69 66, P-U. Johansson (Sweden) 69 69 69 67.
275: R. Cabrera (Spain) 69 71 68 67, A. Canete (Argentina) 67 71 72 65, P. Fowler (Australia) 70 71 67 67, R. Green (Australia) 69 67 71 68, J. Haeggman (Sweden) 68 70 68 69, G. McDowell (Britain) 69 70 65 71, A. Noren (Sweden) 70 71 70 64.
276: M. Brier (Austria) 71 68 70 67, P. Broadhurst (Britain) 72 69 67 68, M. Erlandsson (Sweden) 69 66 71 70, D. Frost (South Africa) 68 66 70 72, R. Gonzalez (Argentina) 73 68 64 71, T. Jaidee (Thailand) 71 67 70 68, J. Randhawa (India) 65 70 71 70, M. Warren (Britain) 69 69 70 68, S. Webster (Britain) 70 70 65 71.
277: C. Cevaer (France) 71 70 70 66, J. Edfors (Sweden) 69 70 68 70, G. Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 70 69 70 68, D. Griffiths (Britain) 70 70 68 69, A. Romero (Argentina) 73 67 71 66, J. Milkha Singh (India) 67 73 69 68, S. Wakefield (Britain) 70 69 65 73.
278: J-B. Gonnet (France) 69 68 67 74, P. Sjoeland (Sweden) 66 69 72 71, S. Struever (Germany) 73 67 66 72, M Vibe-Hastrup (Denmark) 68 72 71 67.
PGA NATIONAL
(Bethesda, Maryland)
Final round (US unless noted). -
271: KJ Choi (Korea) 66 67 70 68.
274: S. Stricker 67 70 67 70.
277: P. Perez 71 70 69 67, J. Furyk 66 74 68 69, S. Appleby (Australia) 66 67 68 76.
278: R. Allenby (Australia) 70 71 69 68, T. Woods 73 66 69 70.
279: H. Mahan 70 74 70 65, R. Mediate 75 68 70 66, B. Snedeker 69 72 70 68, M. Weir (Canada) 72 66 67 74.
280: G. Ogilvy (Australia) 69 75 68 68, J. Quinney 67 75 69 69, V. Singh (Fiji) 66 71 73 70, C. Kanada 69 67 74 70, M. Goggin (Australia) 73 69 67 71, B. Weekley 70 72 67 71, L. Glover 71 69 66.
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INDOOR BOWLS
BETTY BREWER MEMORIAL TROPHY
North Harbour 62pts 1, Counties 55pts 2, Manukau Assn 51pts 3.
REG BECKETT CUP
North Harbour 94pts 1, Counties 83pts 2, Roskill & Districts 82pts 3, Manukau Assn 77pts 4.
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LEAGUE
NRL
Parramatta Eels 10 Newcastle Knights 34
SUPER LEAGUE
Huddersfield 28 Warrington 47, Hull K R 20 Hull 30.
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MOTORSPORT
WATKINS GLEN GRAND PRIX
(Watkins Glen International)
(All in Dallara-Hondas)
S. Dixon (NZ) 60 laps, 187.99kmh average speed, US$131,400 ($170,185 winner's cheque) 1, S. Hornish junior (US) 2, D. Franchitti (Scotland) 3, T. Kanaan (Brazil) 4, M. Andretti (US) 5, B. Rice (US) 6, D. Wheldon (England) 7, K. Matsuura (Japan) 8, D. Manning (England) 9, J. Simmons (US) 10, D. Patrick (US) 11, E. Carpenter (US) 12, T. Scheckter (South Africa) 13, S. Sharp (US) 14, AJ Foyt (US) 15, S. Fisher (US) 16, V. Meira (Brazil) 17, H. Castroneves (Brazil) 19.
Series standings: D. Franchitti 394 points 1, S. Dixon (NZ) 347 2, T. Kanaan 319 3, D. Wheldon 313 4, S. Hornish junior 297 5, H. Castroneves 257 6, S. Sharp 239 7, D. Patrick 232 8, V. Meira 220 9, T. Scheckter 214 10.
BRITISH GRAND PRIX
(Silverstone)
K. Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1hr 21min 43.074sec 1, F. Alonso (Spain) McLaren 2, L. Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 3, R. Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 4, F. Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 5, N. Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 6, H. Kovalainen (Finland) Renault 7, G. Fisichella (Italy) Renault 8, R. Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 9, J. Button (Britain) Honda 10, D. Coulthard (Britain) RedBull-Renault 11, N. Rosberg (Germany) Williams-Toyota 12, A. Wurz (Austria) Williams-Toyota 13, T. Sato (Japan) Super Aguri-Honda 14, C. Albers (Netherlands) Spyker-Ferrari 15, V. Liuzzi (Italy) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16.
Retired: Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota, Anthony Davidson (Britain) Super Aguri-Honda, Scott Speed (US) Toro Rosso-Ferrari, Ralf Schumacher (Germany) Toyota, Adrian Sutil (Germany) Spyker-Ferrari, Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull-Renault.
Standings
Drivers: L. Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 70 points 1, F. Alonso (Spain) McLaren 58 2, K. Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 52 3, F. Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 51 4, N. Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 33 5, R. Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 22 6, G. Fisichella (Italy) Renault 17 7, H. Kovalainen (Finland) Renault 14 8, A. Wurz (Austria) Williams 8 9, J. Trulli (Italy) Toyota 7 10, N. Rosberg (Germany) Williams 5 11, D. Coulthard (Britain) Red Bull 4 12, T. Sato (Japan) Super Aguri 4 13, M. Webber (Australia) Red Bull 2 14, R. Schumacher (Germany) Toyota 2 15, J. Button (Britain) Honda 1 16, S. Vettel (Germany) BMW Sauber 1 17.
Constructors: McLaren-Mercedes 128 1, Ferrari 103 2, BMW Sauber 56 3, Renault 31 4, Williams-Toyota 13 5, Toyota 9 6, RedBull-Renault 6 7, Super Aguri-Honda 4 8, Honda 1 9.
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ORIENTEERING
JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Dubbo, NSW)
Women: E. Svensson (Sweden) 13:19 1, S. Svobodna (Czech Republic) 13:20 2, M. Alm (Denmark) 13:23 3, G. Knarston (NZ) 14:29 19, L. Ingham (NZ) 14:23 20, K. Rea (NZ) 15:16 47, N. Peat (NZ) 15:39 56, K. Morrison (NZ) 15:46 57, T. Berthelsen (NZ) 17:22 72.
Men: K. Vojtech (Czech Republic) 13:59 1, O. Lundanes (Norway) 14:05 2, I. Sirakov (Bulgaria) 14:23 3, T. Reynolds (NZ) 14:42 14, S. Jager (NZ) 15:40 48, S. McNally (NZ) 17:00 77, J. Vincent (NZ) 17:33 84, A. Peat (NZ) 18:31 92. (R. Cambridge (NZ) mis-punched).
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SOCCER
FEDERATION ONE CUP
Men
Round 1: Waitemata 3 Kaikohe 2.
Round 2: Te Atatu Reserves 8 East Coast Bays Severne 1, East Coast Bays Seiler 2 Takapuna Reserves 4, Takapuna Boca Seniors 1 Waitakere City 7, Warkworth 5 Kamo 1, Hibiscus Guld Harbour 1 FC Whangarei 2, Albany Phoenix 2 East Coast Bays 1, Oratia United 7 Albany United 0.
Women
Round 1: Glenfield Reserves 12 East Coast Bays 1, North Shore United 1 Norwest United 3, Glenfield I spy signs 10 Oratia United 0, Te Atatu 2 Kamo 1, FC Whangarei 4 Hibiscus Coast 4 (AET, 3-3 FT; Hibiscus won 3-1 on penalties). Byes West Auckland, Takapuna & North Force.
COPA AMERICA
(Barquisimeto, Venezuela)
Quarter-final: Argentina 4 Peru 0, Mexico 6 Paraguay 0.
INTERTOTO CUP
Second round, first leg: Trabzonspor 6 Vllaznia Shkoder 0, Vetra Vilnius 2 Legia Warsaw 0 (abandoned after 45 minutes due to crowd trouble), FC Honka 2 AaB Aalborg 2, Cork City 1 Hammarby 1, Slavija Sarajevo 0 Otelul Galati 0, Ghent 2 Cliftonville 0, Rapid Vienna 3 Slovan Bratislava1, Zalaegerszeg 0 Rubin Kazan 3, Dacia Chisinau 0 St Gallen 1, Maccabi Haifa 0 Gloria Bistrita 2, Chernomorets Odessa 4 Shakhter Soligorsk 2, Makedonija Skopje 0 Cherno More Varna 4, Maribor 2 Hajduk Kula 0, Tobol Kostanai 1 Slovan Liberec 1.
UNDER-20 WORLD CUP
(Montreal, Canada)
Group A: Congo 2 Canada 0, Chile 0 Austria 0.
Group C: Mexico 2 (C. Bermudez, O. Mares) New Zealand 1 (J. Pelter), Gambia 2 Portugal 1.
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RUGBY
NORTHLAND
Premier: Hikurangi 20 Moerewa 10, Waipu 29 Western Sharks 17, Mid Northern 53 Marist 5, Wellsford 24 Kamo 0.
Points: Wellsford 70, Mid Northern 68, Hikurangi 67, Waipu 64, Hora Hora 42, Moerewa 34, Kamo 33, Western Sharks 28, Marist 12, Awanui 0.
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TENNIS
WIMBLEDON
Men's final: 1-R. Federer (Switzerland) bt 2-R. Nadal (Spain) 7-6(7) 4-6 7-6(3) 2-6 6-2.
Mixed doubles final: J. Murray/J. Jankovic (Britain/Serbia) bt 5-J. Bjorkman/A. Molik (Sweden/Australia) 6-4 3-6 6-1. Semifinal: 5-Bjorkman/Molik bt F. Santoro/S. Bremond (France) 6-3 3-6 6-3.
Men's doubles final: 10-A. Clement/M. Llodra (France) bt 1-B. Bryan/M.Bryan (US) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 6-4.
Women's doubles final: 2-C. Black/L. Huber (Zimbabwe/South Africa) bt 4-K. Srebotnik/A. Sugiyama (Slovenia/Japan) 3-6 6-3 6-2.
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YACHTING
ISAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Cascais, Portugal)
New Zealand standings
Men
Laser: A. Murdoch 4, M. Coutts 16, D. Weaver 25, M. Bullot 32.
Finn: D. Slater 18.
RS:X: J-P. Tobin 7, T. Ashley 14, A. Cozzolino 52, M. Lichtwark 70.
Star: H. Pepper/C. Williams 4, R. Lord/M. Addy retired.
Tornado: B. Sellers/B. Kendall 28, D. Shaw/S. Shaw 43, P. Francis/A. Duncan 48.
470: C. Evans/P. Burling 78, G. Woolley/M. Overington 89, S. Keen/N. Taylor 106.
Women
Laser Radial: J. Aleh 8, S. Winther 24, M. Powrie 53.
Yngling: S. Ferris/R. Smeal/S. Buckley 6.
RS:X: B. Kendall 6, H. Thom 43, K. Ellingham 50, S. Williams 55, J. Sellers 59.
470: M. Henshaw/O. Powrie 33, S. Hesson/B. Barbarich-Bacher 34, S. Bilkey/R. Sargisson 57.