KEY POINTS:
BASKETBALL
NBA
Toronto 116 Sacramento 91, Charlotte 99 Orlando 93, Chicago 126 Miami 96, Indiana 125 Golden State 117, Boston 100 Portland 90, NY Knicks 111 New Jersey 105, Milwaukee 87 Atlanta 80, New Orleans 123 Seattle 92.
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BOWLS
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Christchurch)
Semifinals
Men
Pairs: Scotland 17 Malaysia 16, New Zealand (Russell Meyer, lead, Gary Lawson, skip) 19 Australia 12.
Triples: Scotland 26 Canada 11; Fiji 24 Malaysia 17.
Women
Fours: Australia 20 Ireland 11, Wales 18 Malaysia 15.
Singles: England 21 Australia 19; New Zealand (Val Smith) 21 Malaysia 10.
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CRICKET
THIRD TEST
(Perth)
INDIA
First innings
W. Jaffer c Gilchrist b Lee 16V. Sehwag c Gilchrist b Johnson 29R. Dravid c Ponting b Symonds 93S. Tendulkar lbw b Lee 71S. Ganguly c Hussey b Johnson 9V. Laxman c Tait b Lee 27M. Dhoni lbw b Clark 19I. Pathan lbw b Johnson 28A. Kumble c Rogers b Clark 1R. Singh c Hussey b Johnson 0I. Sharma not out 0Extras (19lb, 9w, 9nb) 37 - - Total (all out, 98.2 overs) 330Fall: 1/57, 2/59, 3/198, 4/214, 5/278, 6/284, 7/328, 8/330, 9/330, 10/330.
Bowling: Lee 24-5-71-3 (5w 6nb), Johnson 28.2-7-86-4 (2w), Clark 17-4-45-2 (1w), Tait 13-1-59-0 (1w 3nb), Symonds 10-1-36-1, Clarke 6-1-14-0.
AUSTRALIA
First innings
P Jaques c Laxman b Pathan 8C Rogers lbw b Pathan 4R Ponting not out 6M Hussey c Dhoni b R Singh 0M Clarke not out 4Extras 0-Total (for 3 wkts, 8 overs) 22Fall: 12, 13, 14.
Bowling: R Singh 5-0-13-1, I Pathan 4-2-9-2.
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GOLF
BOB HOPE CLASSIC
(Palm Beach)
First round.-
65: Tim Petrovic (US), Joe Durant (US), Omar Uresti (US), Shigeki Maruyama (Japan), Mathew Goggin (Australia)
66: Jeff Quinney (US), Jason Bohn (US), Kenny Perry (US), Robert Gamez (US), Steve Elkington (Australia), Lee Janzen (US), Ben Crane (US).
67: Kevin Streelman (US), Ken Duke (US), Dustin Johnson (US), Mark Calcavecchia (US), Todd Hamilton (US), Johnson Wagner (US), Brett Rumford (Australia), DJ Trahan (US), Will MacKenzie (US), Tag Ridings (US), Jesper Parnevik (Sweden).
68: Charlie Wi (South Korea), Scott McCarron (US), Billy Mayfair (US), John Senden (Australia), George McNeill (US), Nick Flanagan (Australia), Olin Browne (US), Brad Adamonis (US), Nathan Green (Australia), Charley Hoffman (US), Stewart Cink (US), Nicholas Thompson (US), Michael Letzig (US), Woody Austin (US), Justin Leonard (US), Kyle Thompson (US).
69: Anthony Kim (US), Carl Pettersson (Sweden), Boo Weekley (US), Mark O'Meara (US), Jon Mills (Canada), Fred Couples (US), Bill Haas (US), Chez Reavie (US), Michael Allen (US), Eric Axley (US), Kevin Na (South Korea), Ron Whittaker (US), Corey Pavin (US), Tim Wilkinson (NZ), Heath Slocum (US), Park Jin (South Korea), Mark Hensby (Australia).
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SOCCER
ENGLISH FA CUP
Third round replay (Premier League teams unless stated, II denotes Championship (second division), III denotes League One (third division), IV denotes League Two (fourth division), ML - minor leagues).
Havant & Waterlooville (ML) 4 Swansea City (III) 2, Hereford United (IV) 1 Tranmere Rovers (III) 0.
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Gretna 1 Rangers 2
SCOTTISH CUP
Fourth round (Premier League unless stated, II denotes second division team, III denotes third division team, ML denotes minor leagues).
Clyde (II) 0 Dundee United 1.
SOFTBALL
North Island Under-15 boys
(Wanganui)
Waikato 6 Manawatu 5, North Harbour 3 Counties Manukau 1, Wellington (2) 13 Wanganui 3, Auckland (1) 1 Wellington (1) 0, Hawkes Bay 9 Hutt Valley 8, Auckland (2)9 Wanganui 2, North Harbour 7 Manawatu 1, Waikato 10 Counties Manukau 2, Hawkes Bay 12 Auckland (1) 4, Hutt Valley 4 Wellington (1) 3, Wellington (2) 12 Auckland (2) 2, Counties Manukau 7 Manawatu 0, Waikato 7 North Harbour 0.
North Island Under-15 girls
(Tauranga)
Hutt Valley 6 Auckland 3, Hawkes Bay 8 Counties Manukau 2, Hutt Valley 5 Hawkes Bay 3, Wellington (1) 7 North Harbour 0, North Harbour 19 Western Bay of Plenty 2, Wellington (1) 29 Western Bay of Plenty 3, Wellington (2) 11 Manawatu 7, Wellington (2) 14 Waikato 6.
South Island Under-15 boys
(Blenheim)
Canterbury (1) 23 Southland 2, Canterbury (1) 18 Central Otago 8, Marlborough 9 North Otago 8, Otago 12 Southland 11, Central Otago 24 North Otago 14, Canterbury (2) Otago 5. Round robin standings: Canterbury (1) 1, Otago 2, Southland 3, Marlborough 4, Central Otago 5 Canterbury (2) 6 North Otago 7.
Girls: Canterbury 18 Southland 8, Canterbury (1) 10 Canterbury (2) 6, Otago 17 Marlborough 9, Otago 23 Nelson 3, Southland 18 Central Otago 13, Nelson 12 Central Otago 8, Canterbury (2) 17 Marlborough 0. Final round robin standings: Canterbury (1) 1, Canterbury (2) 2, Southland 3, Otago 4, Central Otago 5, Nelson 6, Marlborough 7.
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TENNIS
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
(Melbourne)
Men's singles, round 2
13-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) bt Oscar Hernandez (Spain) 6-2 6-1 6-3, 22-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) bt Alun Jones (Australia) 6-4 6-4 6-2, Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) bt 25-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-3), 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) bt Fabrice Santoro (France) 6-1 6-2 6-0, 21-Juan Monaco (Argentina) bt Amer Delic (US) 6-3 7-6 (8-6) 5-7 6-7 (8-10) 8-6.
Women's singles, round 2
27-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) bt Akiko Morigami (Japan) 6-1 6-1, Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Austria) 6-3 6-1, 2-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) 7-6 (7-0) 6-2, 8-Venus Williams (US) bt Camille Pin (France) 7-5 6-4, Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) bt Catalina Castano (Columbia) 6-2 6-4, 29-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) bt Pauline Parmentier (France) 7-5 6-4, 9-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) bt Alize Cornet (France) 6-2 7-5, 31-Sania Mirza (India) bt Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) 6-1 4-6 7-5, 6-Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) bt Alisa Kleybanova (Russia) 6-3 6-4, Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) bt 21-Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine) 7-6 (7-4) 6-1, 28-Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) by Anastasia Rodionova (Australia) 6-4 6-1, 14-Nadia Petrova (Russia) bt Anne Kremer (Luxemburg) 7-5 7-5.
Men's doubles, round 1
10-Eric Butorac (US)/Kevin Ullyett (Zimbabwe) bt Tomas Cibulec (Czech Republic)/Lovro Zovko (Croatia) 6-3 6-1, 7-Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra (France) bt Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana (Thailand) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, Thomas Johansson (Sweden)/Andrei Pavel (Romania) bt Andrew Coelho (Australia)/Brydan Klein (Australia) 3-6 6-3 6-3, 15-Christopher Kas (Germany)/Rogier Wassen (Netherland) bt Samuel Groth (Australia)/Joseph Sirianni (Australia) 6-3 6-7 (7-3) 6-3, 16-Leos Friedl/David Skoch (Czech Republic) bt Colin Ebelthite (Australia)/Nick Lindahl (Australia) 5-7 6-3 7-6 (7-3), Robert Lindstedt (Sweden)/Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) bt 3-Simon Aspelin (Sweden)/Julian Knowle (Austria) 6-4 4-6 6-2, 5-Paul Hanley (Australia)/Leander Paes (India) bt Luis Horna (Per)/Stefan Koubek (Aut) 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-5), Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France)/Gilles Simon (France) bt 12-Max Mirnyi (Belarus)/Jamie Murray (Great Britain) 7-6 (9-7) 1-6 6-3, Rik De Voest/Chris Haggard (South Africa) bt Petr Pala (Czech Republic)/Martin Vassallo Arguello (Argentina) 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (2-7) 6-, Yves Allegro (Switzerland)/Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) bt Harel Levy-Dudi Sela (Israel) 6-3 7-5.
Women's doubles, round 1
13-Janette Husarova (Slovakia)/Flavia Pennetta (Italy) bt Jill Craybas (US)/Lilia Osterloh (US) 6-4 6-2, 4-Kveta Peschke (Czech Republic)/Rennae Stubbs (Australia) bt Olga Savchuk (Ukraine)/Yaroslava Shvedova (Russia) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4), Olga Govortsova - arya Kustova (Belarus) bt Edina Gallovits/Ioana Raluca Olaru (Rou) 6-3 7-5, Nicole Vaidisova/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Czech Republic) bt 9-Lisa Raymond (US)/Francesca Schiavone (Italy) 2-6 6-4 6-2, 7-Zi Yan/Jie Zheng (China) bt Olga Poutchkova (Russia)/Aravane Rezai (France) 6-2 6-1, Jelena Jankovic (Serbia)/Bethanie Mattek (US) bt 5-Nathalie Dechy (France)-Dinara Safina (Russia) 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-4.
