KEY POINTS:
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
NFL
New England 21 San Diego 12, New York Giants 23 Green Bay 20 (OT).
BOWLS
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Christchurch)
Fourth round of section play.
Men
Singles
Section one: Round four- Australia 21 Wales 11, Malaysia 21 New Zealand (Ali Forsyth) 17, Canada 21 Papua New Guinea 5, Spain 21 Brunei 3, Norfolk Island 21 Israel 19, Zimbabwe Bye. Round five - Australia 21 Norfolk Island 14, New Zealand 21 Wales 7, Zimbabwe 21 Israel 17, Malaysia 21 Spain 16, Papua New Guinea 21 Brunei 18, Canada Bye.
Points: Australia Malaysia 10, Canada 8, Spain, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Papua, New Guinea 4, Brunei, Wales, Norfolk Island 2, Israel 0
Section two: Round four - Scotland 21 Argentina 7, England 21 Jersey 15, South Africa 21 Thailand 12, Namibia 21 Cook Islands 15, Guernsey 21 Hong Kong China 9, Fiji 21 Ireland 16. Round five - Scotland 21 Hong Kong China 1, Ireland 21 Argentina 6, South Africa 21 England 9, Jersey 21 Cook Islands 14, Guernsey 21 Namibia 15, Fiji 21 Thailand 19.
Points: Guernsey 10, South Africa, Scotland, Fiji 8, Ireland, Jersey, England 6, Namibia 4, Thailand, Hong Kong, China 2, Cook Islands, Argentina 0.
Fours
Section one: Round four - Ireland 20 Fiji 15, England 22 Israel 8, Scotland 22 Canada 15, Hong Kong China 21 Guernsey 11, Brunei 27 Thailand 11. Round five - England 30 Hong Kong China 3, Fiji 17 Guernsey 10, Ireland 25 Canada 6, Israel 19 Brunei 19, Thailand 15 Wales 11, Fiji 17 Guernsey 10, Scotland Bye.
Points: England 9, Ireland, Scotland 8, Brunei, Israel 5, Wales, Hong Kong China 4, Fiji, Thailand, Canada 2, Guernsey 1
Section two: Round four - Australia 29 Papua New Guinea 10, New Zealand (Andrew Todd, Russell Meyer, Richard Girvan, Gary Lawson) 26 Jersey 11, South Africa 17 Argentina 14, Spain 16 Zimbabwe 14, Malaysia 29 Namibia 4, Norfolk Island 17 Cook Islands 16. Round five - Australia 20 New Zealand 10, Norfolk Island 16 Argentina 10, Namibia 25 Cook Islands 8, Spain 21 South Africa 8, Papua New Guinea 27 Zimbabwe 13, Jersey 16 Malaysia 14.
Points: Australia 10, New Zealand 8, Malaysia 7, Jersey, Namibia 6, Spain 5, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Norfolk Island 4, Cook Islands 3, Zimbabwe 2, Argentina 1
Women
Pairs
Section one: Round four - New Zealand (Val Smith, Jo Edwards) 23 Brunei 13, Australia 26 Samoa 9, England 19 Jersey 17, Ireland 17 Fiji 9, Swaziland 29 Zambia 6, Spain 26 Argentina 10. Round five - Swaziland 21 Argentina 15, Australia 25 Zambia 14, Samoa 27 Jersey 12, England 28 Ireland 11, New Zealand 27 Spain 16, Fiji 24 Brunei 12.
Points: Australia, New Zealand, England 10, Ireland 8, Spain, Swaziland, Zambia 6, Fiji, Samoa 2, Jersey, Brunei, Argentina 0.
Section two: Round four - Wales 22 Namibia 15, Scotland 31 Canada 16, South Africa 28 Botswana 11, Malaysia 24 Israel 15, Philippines 14 Cook Islands 11, Hong Kong China 19 Norfolk Island 18. Round 5 - Scotland 24 Norfolk Island 17, Botswana 18 Wales 12, Philippines 26 South Africa 10, Canada 18 Namibia 15, Israel 16 Cook Islands 10, Malaysia 24 Hong Kong China 15.
Points: Malaysia, Scotland 10, Philippines 8, South Africa, Canada 6, Israel, Hong Kong China, Norfolk Island 4, Wales, Namibia Cook Islands, Botswana 2.
Triples
Section one: Round four - South Africa 19 Botswana 11, New Zealand (Marina Khan, Jan Khan, Sharon Sims) 17 England 8, Wales 22 Hong Kong China 18, Namibia 22 Ireland 10, Israel 26 Brunei 13, Argentina 15 Norfolk Island 14. Round five - New Zealand 51 Argentina 6, England 16 Hong Kong China 13, Wales 13 South Africa 12, Israel 18 Botswana 13, Brunei 29 Ireland 15, Norfolk Island 21 Namibia 15.
Points: New Zealand, South Africa, Wales 8, Israel 7, England 6, Hong Kong China, Norfolk Island, Namibia, Argentina 4, Brunei, Botswana 3, Ireland 1.
Section two: Round four - Australia 15 Scotland 15, Jersey 22 Swaziland 6, Malaysia 18 Zambia 10, Spain 24 Canada 13, Philippines 20 Cook Islands 11, Samoa 18 Fiji 10. Round five - Australia 32 Samoa 6, Canada 23 Philippines 15, Jersey 20 Fiji 15, Malaysia 13 Cook Islands 12, Scotland 21 Zambia 4, Spain 20 Swaziland 13.
Points: Australia, Scotland, Jersey 9, Malaysia, Spain 8, Canada 5, Philippines, Samoa 4, Zambia, Swaziland 2, Cook Islands, Fiji 0.
BAY OF PLENTY TRIPLES
W. Green, L. McIntosh, V. Duncan (Taupo) 17 J. Suckling, S. Hay, K. Campbell (Arawa) 8.
L. Witton, G. Hodgson, B. Robinson (Taupo) 17 M. McLeod, C. Roberston, M. Adams (Tauranga South) 11.
Final: Green 19 Witton 16.
CRICKET
NATIONAL PROVINCIAL A
(Christchurch)
Wellington 371-3 (Liam Chrisp 75, Josh Brodie 141, BJ Crook 67no, Ashley Newdick 44) v Otago.
Auckland 283-6 (Tim McIntosh 99, Anaru Kitchen 55, Keeley Todd 54no; Jarred Cunningham 3-49) v Central Districts.
Northern Districts 271 (Cameron Merchant 72, Brad Wilson 69; Michael Davidson 5-59, Ryan McCone 3-47) v Canterbury 143-8 (Michael Dodunski 3-37).
NATIONAL UNDER-17
(Napier)
Central Districts 248-8 (B Smith 86, T Landrigan 55; M Bassett 4-46) bt Wellington 25 (B Small 5-16, D Van Daventer 3-6) by 223 runs.
Northern Districts 253-7 (J Hickey 75, C Cherrington 48; B Kingham 2-35, J Drinkell 2-46) bt Auckland 173 (G Cachopa 54; S Cullingworth 3-34, P West 2-15, J Hickey 2-45) by 80 runs.
Canterbury 177 (J Jones 34, T Johnston 30) lost to Otago 181-4 (G Spittle 58, C McKeeken 30no; L Van Beek 2-26) by six wickets.
Standings: Central Districts 12pts, Canterbury 8, Northern Districts 8, Auckland 4, Otago 4, Wellington 0.
ODI
(Centurion)
WEST INDIES
D. Smith c Smith b Steyn 5B. Parchment lbw b Pollock 19M. Samuels b Nel 11S. Chanderpaul c de Villiers b Nel 17R. Morton run out 41D. Bravo c Boucher b Langeveldt 2D. Ramdin c Boucher b Morkel 3D. Sammy run out 51R. Rampaul run out 2D. Powell b Steyn 0F. Edwards not out 0Extras (1b, 15lb, 1nb, 7w) 24-Total (35.5 overs) 175Fall: 1/26, 2/35, 3/61, 4/68, 5/72, 6/81, 7/150, 8/174, 9/175.
Bowling: Pollock 7-0-19-1 (1w), Steyn 7.5-0-24-2 (2w), Nel 7-0-36-2 (2w), Langeveldt 7-0-23-1 (1w), A Morkel 7-0-57-1 (1w, 1nb).
SOUTH AFRICA
G. Smith b Powell 1AB de Villiers c Samuels b Edwards 2J. Kallis c Ramdin b Rampaul 24JP Duminy not out 79J. Ontong c & b Bravo 23M. Boucher not out 26Extras (4b, 6lb, 2nb, 9w) 21-Total (for 4 wkts, 34 overs) 176Fall: 1/2, 2/4, 3/59, 4/118.
Bowling: Powell 7-2-32-1 (3w), Edwards 7-0-27-1 (1nb, 2w), Sammy 7-0-37-0, Rampaul 7-0-34-1 (1nb, 1w), Bravo 4-0-28-1 (3w), Samuels 2-0-8-0.
Result: South Africa won by six wickets.
CYCLING
WORLD CUP
(Los Angeles)
Men's Madison (40km) final: Kenny de Ketele/Tim Mertens (Belgium) 8pts 1, Michael Morkov/Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) one lap down, 18 2, Roger Kluge/Olaf Pollack (Germany) one lap down 12 3.
Also: Hayden Roulston/Hayden Godfrey (NZ) 2 laps down, 5 11.
GOLF
BOB HOPE CLASSIC
(California)
Final round.-
334: DJ Trahan (US) 67 64 68 70 65.
337: Justin Leonard (US) 68 64 67 66 72.
338: Anthony Kim (US) 69 67 67 66 69, Kenny Perry (US) 66 72 65 66 69.
339: Chez Reavie (US) 69 68 67 70 65, Ryan Moore (US) 75 64 67 67 66, Steve Elkington (Australia) 66 68 69 67 69.
341: Vaughn Taylor (US) 70 68 68 69 66, Charley Hoffman (US) 68 72 71 63 67, Boo Weekley (US) 69 70 62 69 71, Brett Rumford (Australia) 67 68 69 67 70.
342: Robert Allenby (Australia) 73 69 68 64 68, Dustin Johnson (US) 67 69 72 63 71, Nicholas Thompson (US) 68 70 68 66 70, Ben Crane (US) 66 69 69 67 71.
343: Bart Bryant (US) 71 69 68 67 68, John Merrick (US) 73 65 67 68 70, Bill Haas (US) 69 68 69 68 69, Ryuji Imada (Japan) 71 68 67 67 70, Shane Bertsch (US) 70 71 64 66 72, Robert Gamez (US) 66 65 67 71 74.
344: Charlie Wi (South Korea) 68 68 74 67 67, Jason Bohn (US) 66 74 66 69 69, John Senden (Australia) 68 73 66 68 69, Scott Verplank (US) 70 65 70 68 71.
345: Brian Davis (Britain) 72 69 69 67 68, Stewart Cink (US) 68 71 66 71 69, Bubba Watson (US) 70 71 66 72 66.
ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Dallas 5 Anaheim 2, Boston 3 NY Rangers 1, Edmonton 4 Atlanta 2, New Jersey 3 Toronto 2, Philadelphia 6 Ottawa 1, Colorado 3 Columbus 1
RUGBY
HEINEKEN CUP
Pool two: Gloucester 29 Ulster 21, Bourgoin 21 Ospreys 28.
PWDLFABPPts 1. Gloucester6501184119424*2. Ospreys6501164102121*3. Bourgoin6105118174484. Ulster610510217315 * qualified for quarterfinals
Pool three: Bristol 0 Cardiff 17, Harlequins 10 Stade Francais 31.
PWDLFABPPts 1. Cardiff Blues641112476220*2. Stade Francais6402120922183. Bristol630383800124. Harlequins60156214102*
Pool one
Treviso 11 London Irish 24, Newport 0 Perpignan 25.
PWDLFABPPts 1. London Irish6501182100424*2. Perpignan650117179222*3. Newport6105117191484. Treviso610510720715
Pool five
Munster 19 Wasps 3, Llanelli 0 Clermont Auvergne 41.
PWDLFABPPts 1. Munster640214895319*2. Clermont 64021891283193. Wasps64021521272184. Llanelli60067421100 Pool six
Leicester 25 Leinster 9, Toulouse 34 Edinburgh 10.
PWDLFABPPts 1. Toulouse640213076420*
2. Leicester6303110792143. Leinster6303951230124. Edinburgh62048514219 Pool four
Glasgow Warriors 17 Saracens 21, Biarritz 25 Viadana 16.
PWDLFABPPts 1. Saracens6501225119424*
2. Biarritz64021091162183. Glasgow63031301274164. Viadana600610620833
SOCCER
AFRICAN NATIONS CUP
(Accra)
Group A
Ghana 2 Guinea 1
TENNIS
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
(Melbourne)
Men's singles
Fourth round: 12-James Blake (US) bt Marin Cilic (Croatia) 6-3 6-4 6-4, 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) bt 13-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 6-4 7-6 6-3.
Women's singles
Fourth round: 29-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) bt 14-Nadia Petrova (Russia) 1-6 7-5 6-0, 8-Venus Williams (USA) bt Marta Domachowska (Poland) 6-4 6-4, 9-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) bt 27-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) 1-6 6-4 6-4.
Men's doubles
Third round: 6-Mahesh Bhupathi (India)/Mark Knowles (Bahamas) bt 11-Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (Poland) 6-3 6-2, Marc Gicquel/Fabrice Santoro (France) bt Carsten Ball/Adam Feeney (Australia) 6-4 6-2.
Women's doubles
Third round: 7-Zi Yan/Jie Zheng (China) bt Nicole Vaidisova/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-1, 13-Janette Husarova (Slovakia)/Flavia Pennetta (Italy) bt 3-Yung-Jan Chan/Chia-Jung Chuang (Taipei) 6-2 7-6, 4-Kveta Peschke (Czech Republic)/Rennae Stubbs (Australia) bt 16-Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic)/Galina Voskoboeva (Russia) 4-6 6-2 6-4, Serena Williams/Venus Williams (US) bt Maret Ani (Estonia)/Meilen Tu (US) 6-4 6-1.
Mixed doubles
Second round: 6-Chia-Jung Chuang (Taipei)/Jonathan Erlich (Israel) bt Agnes Szavay (Hungary)/Leander Paes (India) (walkover).
Boys' singles
Round 1: 7-Jared Easton (Australia) bt Daniel Cox (Great Britain) 6-3 6-4, 5-Bernard Tomic (Australia) bt Chen-Yu Wu (China) 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 13-Kittipong Wachiramanowong (Thailand) bt Milos Raonic (Canada) 6-3 7-6 (8-6), Bradley Klahn (US) bt 14-Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 7-5 6-4, 1-Cesar Ramirez (Mexico) bt Niall Angus (Gbr) 6-3 6-1, Xander Spong (Netherlands) bt Dayne Kelly (Australia) 3-6 6-0 6-2, Dane Propoggia (Australia) bt Timothy Van Terheijden (Netherlands) 7-6 6-4, 2-Jerzy Janowicz (Poland) bt James Meredith (NZ) 6-2 6-4, 15-Ty D Trombetta (USA) bt Krishananth Balakrishnan (Australia) 6-3 7-6, Blaz Rola (Slovenia) bt Hiroyasu Ehara (Japan) 6-7 7-5 6-4, Clifford Marsland (Australia) bt Marko Djokovic (Serbia) 3-6 6-0 6-2.
Girls' singles
Round 1: Lesley Kerkhove (Netherland bt Isabella Holland (Australia) 6-4 6-1.Jessica Moore (Australia) bt Claudia Giovine (Italy) 6-1 6-2. Victoria Larriere (France) bt Beatrice Gumulya (Indonesia 6-3 7-5, 1-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) bt Romana Tabakova (Slovakia) 6-1 7-5, 13-Jade Curtis (Great Britain bt Olivia Rogowska (Australia) 6-4 6-1, Misaki Doi (Japan) bt Tammi Patterson (Australia) 6-4 6-3, 16-Rebecca Marino (Canada) bt Linda Berlinecke (Germany) 4-6 6-3 6-3, Jasmina Tinjic (Croatia) bt Jade Hopper (Australia) 6-1 6-1, 12-Kai-Chen Chang (Taipei) bt Marta Sirotkina (Russia) 6-1 6-2, Elena Bogdan (Romania) bt Zi-Jun Yang (Hong Kong) 6-1 3-6 6-1, 11-Yi-Miao Zhou (China) bt Stephanie Wiltshire (Australia) 6-3 6-2, 3-Nikola Hofmanova (Austria) bt Poojashree Venkatesha (India) 6-1 7-5, Vivienne Vierin (Italy) bt Miyabi Inoue (Japan) 7-5 6-7 6-0.
Boys' Doubles
First round: Jarryd Chaplin (Australia)/Jake Eames (Australia) bt Yuki Bhambri (India)/Karunuday Singh (India) 6-3 7-6.
Girls' Doubles
First round: 2-Simona Halep (Romania)/Katarzyna Piter (Poland) bt Isabella Holland (Australia)/Sally Peers (Australia) 6-1 7-6, Lesley Kerkhove/Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) bt Beatrice Gumulya/Jessy Romples (Indonesia) 6-4 6-0, Chelsea Te Tai (NZ)/Juljic Lukac (Serbia) bt Linda Berlinecke/Mara Nowak (Germany) 6-1 6-2, 5-Bojana Jovanovski (Serbia)/Kristina Mladenovic (France) bt Milana Spremo (Serbia)/Romana Tabakova (Slovakia) 6-0 6-2.