KEY POINTS:
BADMINTON
INDONESIAN OPEN
(Jakarta)
New Zealand's John Moody was eliminated from the US$250,000 ($348,140) event yesterday.
He lost his second round match to world No 27, Yen Hui Kendrick Lee, of Singapore, 21-18 9-21 16-21.
Moody will now return to Auckland to prepare for next week's
New Zealand Open.
Men's singles, second round: Yen Hui Kendrick Lee (Singapore) bt J. Moody (NZ) 18-21 21-9 21-16.
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BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Baltimore 11 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 8 Toronto 0, Colorado 5 San Francisco 3, Florida 3 LA Dodgers 0, Cincinnati 9 Houston 5, Texas 14 NY Yankees 2, Detroit 7 Seattle 3, Atlanta 5 San Diego 3, Chicago White Sox 3 Minnesota 0, Oakland 17 Kansas City 3, Pittsburgh 6 Chicago Cubs 4, LA Angels 8 Cleveland 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION
WLPCTGB 1. Boston2310.697-2. Baltimore1718.48673. NY Yankees1617.48574. Tampa Bay1420.4129 1/25. Toronto1321.38210 1/2CENTRAL DIVISION 1. Detroit2112.636-2. Cleveland2012.6250 1/23. Chicago White Sox1615.51644. Minnesota1717.5004 1/25. Kansas City1124.31411WESTERN DIVISION 1. LA Angels1916.543-2. Oakland1716.51513. Seattle1515.5001 1/24. Texas1420.4124 1/2NATIONAL LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION 1. Atlanta2212.647-2. NY Mets2112.6360 1/23. Florida1618.47164. Philadelphia1519.44175. Washington925.26513CENTRAL DIVISION 1. Milwaukee2410.706-2. Chicago Cubs1616.50073. Houston1618.47184. Pittsburgh1518.4558 1/25. St. Louis1418.43896. Cincinnati1520.4299 1/2WESTERN DIVISION 1. LA Dodgers2015.571-2. Arizona1917.5281 1/23. San Diego1817.51424. San Francisco1717.5002 1/25. Colorado1520.4295 BASKETBALL
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NBL
In Palmerston North: North Harbour 98 (H. Allen 23, O. Forman 21, B. Charleton 16) Manawatu 70 (R. Cassidy 24, Brandon Payton 19, M. Te Huna 11). Halftime: 53-30.
In Nelson: Nelson 87 (J. Pace 20, E. Book 14, J. Terrell 14, M. Vukona 13, M. Fitchett 11, C. Daniels 10) Otago 62 (B. Fullove 25, J. Bailey 20). Halftime: 41-34.
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BOWLS
WORLD CUP JUNIOR SINGLES
(Hong Kong)
New Zealand's Genevieve Baildon remains on track to win a medal at the championships.
Baildon is in second place after recording her fourth win, 12-3 6-5 over Hong Kong's Tiffany Law yesterday.
Another New Zealand representative, Shannon McIlroy, has found his form after losing three of his opening five matches.
McIlroy has since posted successive wins over Australian Jesse McKenzie and Guernsey's Matt Le Ber to improve to third place overall in a tight race for the bronze medal.
Selected results:
Women's singles, round six: G. Baildon (NZ) bt T. Law (Hong Kong) 12-3 6-5.
Men's singles, round six: S. McIlroy (NZ) bt J. McKenzie (Australia) 7-5 6-9 2-0.
Round seven: McIlroy bt Matt Le Ber (Guernsey) 9-6 10-5.
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CRICKET
ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Division One
At the Riverside: Durham 407 (M. Di Venuto 204no, K. Coetzer 74, J. Tredwell 4-88, R. McLaren 4-91) Kent 361-6 (R. Key 169, M. Walker 72).
At The Rose Bowl: Lancashire 56-4 v Hampshire.
At The Brit Oval: Warwickshire 329 (D. Maddy 134, D. Steyn 51, N. Saker 4-98) Surrey 8-0.
At Headingley Carnegie: Yorkshire 521-7 dec (J. Rudolph 129no, J. Sayers 123, C. White 97, J. Nel 4-74) Worcestershire 57-2.
Division Two
At Derby: Leicestershire 209 (T. Lungley 4-54) Derbyshire 111-2 (S. Stubbings 59no).
At Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 336 (P. Franks 92, B. Shafayat 67, T. Murtagh 6-87) Middlesex 60-3.
At Northampton: Somerset 641-6 dec (M. Trescothick 284, J. Hildreth 111, J. Langer 86, I. Blackwell 81) Northamptonshire 130-3.
ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL
(Dhaka)
BANGLADESH
Javed Omar run out 80Tamim Iqbal c Sehwag b Mongia 45Habibur Bashar c Gambhir b Powar 0Saqibul Hasan st Dhoni b Mongia 50Mohammad Ashraful b Mongia 29Aftab Ahmed lbw b Sehwag 16Mohammad Rafique c Karthick b Powar 11Mushfiqur Rahim not out 1Extras: (1lb, 13w, 4nb) 18 - - Total: (seven wkts, 47 overs) 250Fall: 1/78, 2/78, 3/185, 4/200, 5/236, 6/240, 7/250.
Bowling: Zaheer 7-1-54-0 (4nb, 6w), Sreesanth 5-1-14-0 (1w), Patel 7-1-31-0 (2w), Powar 10-0-55-2, Mongia 10-0-49-3, Sehwag 8-0-46-1 (4w).
INDIA
G. Gambhir lbw b Rasel 21V. Sehwag c Saqibul b Rasel 30M. Dhoni not out 91Y. Singh c Razzak b Shahadat 1R. Dravid c Razzak b Saqibul 22D. Mongia c Aftab b Saqibul 17D. Karthick not out 58Extras: (4lb, 6w, 1nb) 11 - - Total: (Five wkts, 46 overs) 251Fall: 1/35, 2/56, 3/63, 4/112, 5/144.
Bowling: Rasel 9-0-66-2, Shahadat 7-0-43-1 (1nb, 2w), Razzak 9-1-35-0 (3w), Rafique 10-0-47-0 (1w), Saqibul 9-0-43-2, Aftab 2-0-13-0
Result: India won by five wickets.
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GOLF
FIVE NATIONS COMMONWEALTH TOURNAMENT
(Royal Johannesburg GC)
Round four.-
Canada 4 Australia 3.
New Zealand 4 South Africa 3: Foursomes: P. Smith and T. Clelland lost to K. Shean and B. Strauss 1 down; D. Lee and Yeon Song Kim bt A. Simon and G. Switala 1up. Singles: L. Eruera bt Strauss 5 and 3, Kim bt Switala 2 and 1, Clelland bt Iliska Verwey 2 and 1, Lee lost to Shean 6 and 4, Smith lost to Simon 6 and 5.
Points after 4 rounds: Great Britain 3 points 17 games, Canada 2 10, Australia 1 11, South Africa 1 9, New Zealand 1 7.
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
(Ponte Vedra, Florida)
First round (US unless noted). -
67: R. Sabbatini (South Africa), P. Mickelson.
68: C. DiMarco.
69: P. Lonard (Australia).
70: T. Lehman, R. Pampling (Australia), C. Pettersson (Sweden), J. Gore.
71: N. Green (Australia), J. Quinney, K J Choi (Korea), R. Beem, B. Davis (Britain), R. Goosen (South Africa), J. Furyk, J P Hayes.
Also
72: M. Goggin (Australia), A. Baddeley (Australia).
73: S. Elkington (Australia), J. Senden (Australia).
74: R. Allenby (Australia), G. Ogilvy (Australia), S. Appleby (Australia), A. Scott (Australia), V. Singh (Fiji).
75: T. Woods, C. Perks (NZ), M. Campbell (NZ).
76: N. O'Hern (Australia).
77: S. Leaney (Australia).
ANDALUCIA OPEN
(Marbella, Spain)
First round. -
65: M. Zions (Australia).
66: A. Canizares (Spain).
67: J. Haeggman (Sweden), G. Lockerbie (Britain), L. Oosthuizen (South Africa), C. Gane (Britain), G. Fernandez-Castano (Spain).
68: E. de la Riva (Spain), N. Colsaerts (Belgium), D. Griffiths (Britain), M. Millar (Australia), J. Spence (Britain).
69: K. Ferrie (Britain), F. Andersson Hed (Sweden), C. Suneson (Spain), D. Higgins (Ireland), G. Davies (Britain), M. Jonzon (Sweden), P. Archer (Britain), S. Jones (US), R. Cabrera (Spain), S. Walker (Britain), R. McEvoy (Britain), F. Delamontagne (France), B. Barham (Britain).
70: A. Butterfield (Britain), A. Salto (Spain), R. Rock (Britain), D. Lucas (Britain), S. Bebb (Britain), M. Erlandsson (Sweden), S. Fernandez (Argentina), J. Donaldson (Britain), M. Vibe-Hastrup (Denmark), S. Dyson (Britain), S. Hansen (Denmark), P. Broadhurst (Britain), J. Baeckstroem (Sweden), M. Higley (Britain), O. Fisher (Britain), D. Lynn (Britain).
MICHELOB ULTRA OPEN
(Williamsburg, Virginia)
First round.-
63: S. Lee.
64: Mi Hyun Kim.
65: L. Davies (GB), B. Kim.
66: Siew-Ai Lim (Mas), B. Lincicome (US), S. Pettersen (Nor).
67: N. Gulbis (US), A.Hung (Tpe), C. Koch (Swe), G. Park, S. Prammanasudh (US), M. Pressel (US).
68: K. Hull (Aus), L. Kane (Can), M. Lee, Jee Young Lee, B. Morgan (GB), G. Park, N. Reis (Swe), K. Webb (Aus), Sung Ah Yim.
69: I. Cho, J. Head (GB), In-Kyung Kim, C. Kung (Tpe), C. Matthew (GB), Ai Miyazato (Jpn), M. Parmlid (Swe), A. Song.
70: Il Mi Chung, J. Granada (Par), Jeong Jang, L. Ochoa (Mex), Se Ri Pak, A. Park (Bra), N. Perrot (Chi), Sae-Hee Son.
71: Shi Hyun Ahn, Kyeong Eun Bae, S. Gustafson (Swe), Jimin Kang, T. Lu (Tpe), M. Martinez (Ven), L. Neumann (Swe), Sun Young Yoo.
72: M. Blomqvist (Fin), S. Cavalleri (Ita), A. Cho, Hye-Jung Choi, R. Hetherington (Aus), M. Hjorth (Swe), K. Icher (Fra), Young Jo, Song-Hee Kim, Won Joon Lee, M. McKay (GB), J. Moodie (GB), L. Wright (Aus).
73: W. Doolan (Aus), C. Hannemann (Bra), Jin Joo Hong, Joo Mi Kim, Young Kim, Seon Hwa Lee, J. Rosales (Phi), Alena Sharp (Can), C. Sorenstam (Swe), Young-A Yang.
74: M. Baena (Col), M. Ellis (Aus), Seo-Yeon Jeon, Yu Ping Lin (Tpe), V. Nirapathpongporn (Tha), Karin Sjodin (Swe).
75: D.Coe-Jones (Can), E. Dahllof (Swe), Na Ri Kim.
76: R. Higashio (Jpn), Soo-Yun Kang, G. Sergas (Ita).
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HOCKEY
NATIONAL U-21 TOURNAMENT
(Nelson)
Final round
Men: Northern 3 Central 1, Canterbury 5 Southern 2, Capital 1 Midlands 0. Points: Capital 18, Northern 13, Auckland 12, Canterbury 9, Midlands 6, Central 3, Southern 1. Final (today 3.30pm) Northern v Capital.
Women: Northern 5 Capital 1, Canterbury 3 Midlands 2, Southern 3 Central 1. Points: Auckland 14, Northern 13, Canterbury 12, Midlands, Central, Southern 6, Capital 4. Final (today 2pm), Northern v Auckland.
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ICE HOCKEY
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
(Moscow)
Quarter-final: Canada 5 Switzerland 1, Finland 5 United States 4.
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INDOOR BOWLS
TRANSTASMAN TEST MATCH
(Pukekohe)
Day two
Women's fours: NZ (S. Keith, C. Wright, J. Thomas, R. Bennett) lost to Australia 9-25.
Men's fours: NZ (T. Gould, S. Thomas, G. Flewitt, R. Griffiths) bt Australia 25-21.
Mixed fours: NZ (D. Gilshnan, P. Hoult, D. Lang, M. Pruden) bt Australia 16-14.
Women's singles: NZ (S. Burnand) lost to Australia 17-19.
Men's singles: NZ (B. Spicer) bt Australia 20-17.
Women's eight-bowl pairs: NZ (S. Burnand, M. Pruden) lost to Australia 11-13.
Men's eight-bowl pairs: NZ (B. Spicer, P. Hoult) bt Australia 19-15.
Mixed eight-bowl pairs: NZ (D. Gilshnan, D. Lang) bt Australia 18-14.
Mixed six-bowl pairs: NZ (S. Thomas, J. Thomas) bt Australia 24-5.
Women's triples: NZ (S. Keith, C. Wright, R. Bennett) lost to Australia 15-20.
Men's triples: NZ (T. Gould, G. Flewitt, R. Griffiths) bt Australia 18-12. Progress score ahead of final day today: New Zealand 24 Australia 20.
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SOFTBALL
AUSTRALIAN FRIENDSHIP SERIES
Junior Black Sox side to face Australia in July:
Pitchers: T. Hokianga (Hawkes Bay), J. Hanley (Hawkes Bay), S. Bishop (Wellington), T. Tulkens (Canterbury), D. Mackenzie (Auckland). Catchers: C. Timu (Hutt Valley), C. Makea (Hawkes Bay). Infield: J. Evans (Hutt Valley), D. Tomlin (Auckland), J. Cooke (Auckland), J. Campbell (Southland), K. Beaudoin (Canterbury). Outfield: B.-J. Kennedy (Hawkes Bay), J. Love (Auckland), B. Enoka (Auckland), B. Marino (Auckland), T. Chadwick (Hawkes Bay).
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SURFING
WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPS
(Portugal)
U18 boys repercharge round 3
Heat 2: J. Chacon (VEN) 1, H. Luciani (TAH) 2, S. Peggs (NZ) 3, T. Butler (UK) 4.
Team points after day five: Australia 1, France 2, Brazil 3, Hawaii 4, US 5, S Africa 6, NZ 7, Japan 8, Tahiti 9, Portugal 10.
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TABLE TENNIS
AUCKLAND INTERCLUB
Lim Brothers Premier League
Week two: French Bay 3 Korean Club 2, Day Club 3 Eastern 2, Central Club 3 Sunday Club 2, Pakuranga 3 Squad Training 2.
Competition points: French Bay 4, Pakuranga 4, Squad Training 3, Sunday Club 3, Day Club 3, Central Club 3, Korean Club 2, Eastern 2.
Top 6 players' points: M. Dhotel 10, R. Zhu 8, N. Lowe 8, M. Liu 7, P. Xiao 7, S. Zeng 6.
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TENNIS
OCEANIA FED CUP
(Kuala Lumpur)
Hong Kong 3 New Zealand 0: Pui Wing Sher bt L. Beattie 6-1 6-4, Chun Wing Sher bt I. Golder 6-1 6-1, Samantha Chao/Pui Wing Sher bt Beattie/Golder 6-3 6-1.
GERMAN OPEN
Third round: 5-J. Jankovic (Serbia) bt Peng Shuai (China) 6-1 6-7 2-3 (Peng retired), 8-D. Safina (Russia) bt L. Safarova (Czech Republic) 3-6 6-3 6-2, 15-P. Schnyder (Switzerland) bt 4-M. Hingis, (Switzerland) 6-4 6-0, 7-N. Petrova (Russia) bt 10-E. Dementieva (Russia) 6-3, 6-3, 3-S. Kuznetsova (Russia) bt M. Mueller (Germany), 6-3 6-2, 12-A. Ivanovic (Serbia) bt A. Bondarenko (Ukraine) 6-3 5-0 (Bondarenko retired).
ROME MASTERS
Third round: 2-R. Nadal (Spain) bt 15-M. Youzhny (Russia) 6-2 6-2, 5-N. Djokovic (Serbia) bt M. Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-2 7-5, 7-T. Robredo (Spain) bt G. Simon (France) 6-2 6-2, 4-N. Davydenko (Russia) bt P. Starace (Italy) 4-6 6-2 7-5, 12-T. Berdych (Czech Republic) bt J. Acasuso (Argentina) 6-1 6-2, 6-F. Gonzalez (Chile) bt N. Massu (Chile) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4, F. Volandri (Italy) bt 1-R. Federer (Switz) 6-2 6-4, J. I. Chela (Argentina) bt 3-A. Roddick (US) 6-0 6-4.