KEY POINTS:
BASEBALL
OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT
(Taipei)
South Korea 12 Germany 1, Canada 11 Spain 0, Mexico 6 South Africa 0, Taiwan 5 Australia 0.
Top three teams qualify for Beijing Games.
BASKETBALL
ANBL
Fourth game of grand final series
Sydney Kings 90 (I Victor 23, M Worthington 16, J Smith 14) Melbourne Tigers 87 (C Anstey 33, D Thomas 12, D Barlow 12). Series level at 2-2.
CRICKET
ODI
(Dhaka)
BANGLADESH
T. Iqbal b Nel 0S. Nafees c de Villiers b Nel 5M. Ashraful c Morkel b Nel 0N. Uddin lbw Langeveldt 11S. Al Hasan c Gibbs b Botha 52R. Hassan c Smith b Langeveldt 63D. Ghosh run out 0A. Razzak c de Villiers b Nel 0M. Mortaza c Harris b Langeveldt 20M. Hossain run out 4S. Rasel not out 0Extras (2lb, 16w) 18--Total (all out, 48.2 overs) 173Fall: 1/0, 2/6, 3/18, 4/18, 5/137, 6/138, 7/138, 8/148, 9/173, 10/173.
Bowling: A Nel 10-2-27-4 (w2), C Langeveldt 9.2-1-31-3 (w1), A Morkel 6-0-21-0 (w2), J Botha 9-0-47-1 (w5), P Harris 10-1-27-0, R Petersen 1-0-7-0 (w4), JP Duminy 3-0-11-0 (w2).
SOUTH AFRICA
G. Smith b Razzak 28H. Gibbs lbw Mortaza 3H. Amla c and b Razzak 16De Villiers not out 69JP Duminy not out 49Extra (5lb, 8w, 1nb) 14--Total (for 3 wkts, 48.1 overs) 179Fall: 1/13, 2/45, 3/60
Bowling: M Mortaza 10-1-27-1, S Rasel 8-0-35-0 (1nb), A Razzak 10-0-32-2 (1w), M Hossain 10-0-34-0 (2w), S al Hasan 8-0-28-0 (4w), M Ashraful 2-0-12-0 (w1), T Iqbal 01-0-6-0.
Result: South Africa beat Bangladesh by seven wickets to lead three-match series 2-0.
CYCLING
OCEANIA MOUNTAINBIKE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Nelson)
Leading results
Open men: Gavin McCarthy (Upper Hutt) 5min 50sec 1, Ben Mather (Australia) 5:54 2, Tony Hogg (Dunedin) 6:02 3.
Open women: Brenda Clapp (Nelson) 7:43 1, Cathy Hamer (Hokitika) 8:00 2, Erin Greene (Dunedin) 8:21 3.
Junior men: Logan Horn (Christchurch) 6:57 1, Nick Bygate (Nelson) 7:13 2.
Junior women: Sasha Smith (Auckland) 8:24 1, Rachel Richards (Timaru) 8:35 2, Adrianne Hooper (Waitakere) 8:45 3.
Masters men: Trevor Woodward (Wellington) 6:30 1, Ricky Pincott (Wellington) 6:53 2.
PARIS-NICE
Stage three
Kjell Carlstrom (Finland / Liquigas ) 4 hrs 39 mins 14 secs 1, Clement Lhotellerie (France / Skil - Shimano ) same time 2, Pierre Rolland (France / Credit Agricole ) +43 sec 3, Davide Rebellin (Italy / Gerolsteiner ) st 4, Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic / Liquigas ) st 5.
General classification: Sylvain Chavanel (France / Cofidis ) 12 hrs 37 mins 01 sec 1, Luis Leon Sanchez (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne )+3sec 2, Gorka Verdugo (Spain / Euskaltel ) +8sec 3,Davide Rebellin (Italy / Gerolsteiner ) +14sec 4, Juan Manuel Garate (Spain / Quick-Step ) +18sec 5.
TIRRENO-ADRIATICO
First stage
Oscar Freire (Spain/Rabobank) 4hr 10mins 01sec 1, Alessandro Petacchi (Italy/Milram) same time 2, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spain/Caisse d'Epargne) st 3, Erik Zabel (Germany/Milram) st 4, Baden Cooke (Australia/Barloworld) st 5, Sebastien Chavanel (France/Francaise des Jeux) st 6, Gerald Ciolek (Germany/High Road) st 7, Robbie McEwen (Australia/Silence - Lotto) st 8, Matti Breschel (Denmark/Team CSC) st 9, Tiziano dall'Antonia (Italy/CSF Group) st 10.
Also: Julian Dean (NZ/Slipstream) 5.51 162.
GOLF
MIDWEEK 18 HOLE MATCHPLAY
(Pukekohe)
Pukekohe 61 1/2 Manukau 46 1/2, Titirangi 60 Clarks Beach 48, Maramarua 58 Aviation 50, Waiheke Is 57 Akarana 51.
Points: Pukekohe 118, Titirangi 116, Waiheke Is 114, Maramarua 112 1/2, Akarana 104 1/2, Aviation 102, Clarks Beach 99 1/2, Manukau 97 1/2.
HOCKEY
CHINA TOUR
(Shanghai)
First test
China 5 NZ 1 (Gemma Flynn), Halftime: 3-0.
SKIING
WORLD CUP
Women
Final downhill standings: Lindsey Vonn (US) 755pts 1, Renate Goetschl (Austria) 448 2, Britt Janyk (Canada) 390 3, Anja Paerson (Sweden) 331 4, Kelly Vanderbeek (Canada) 323 5, Nadia Styger (Switzlerland) 303 6, Julia Mancuso (US) 282 7, Ingrid Jacquemod (France) 228 8, Maria Riesch (Germany) 224 9, Emily Brydon (Canada) 218 10.
World Cup standings (ahead of final three races): Lindsey Vonn (US) 1263 1, Maria Riesch (Germany) 1106 2, Nicole Hosp (Austria) 1085 3, Elisabeth Goergl (Austria) 992 4, Marlies Schild (Austria) 980 5, Anja Paerson (Sweden) 955 6, Julia Mancuso (US) 902 7, Renate Gotschl (Austria) 709 8, Tanja Poutiainen (Finland) 704 9, Denise Karbon (Italy) 619 10.
Men
Final downhill standings: Didier Cuche (Switzerland) 584 1, Bode Miller (US) 579 2, Michael Walchhofer (Austria) 407 3, Marco Sullivan (US) 278 4, Werner Heel (Italy) 273 5, Manuel Osborne-Paradis (Canada) 266 6, Andrej Jerman (Slovenia) 265 7, Klaus Kroell (Autria) 232 8, Didier Defago (Switzerland) 225 9, Marco Buechel (Liechtenstein) 218 10
World Cup standings (ahead of final three races): Bode Miller (US) 1387 1, Didier Cuche (Switzerland) 1218 2, Benjamin Raich (Austria) 1123 3, Manfred Moelgg (Italy) 855 4, Ted Ligety (US) 798 5, Ivica Kostelic (Croatia) 781 6, Jean-Baptiste Grange (France) 743 7, Daniel Albrecht (Switzerland) 691 8, Mario Matt (Austria) 594 9, Didier Defago (Switzerland) 539 10
SOCCER
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Aston Villa 1 Middlesbrough 1, Chelsea 6 Derby County 1, Portsmouth 4 Birmingham City 2.
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Celtic 0 Dundee United 0, Hibernian 1 Motherwell 0.
* Gretna have been automatically deducted 10 points for entering administration.
UEFA CUP
Zenit St Petersburg 2 Olympique Marseille 0 (3-3 on aggregate, Zenit win on away goals rule), Hamburg SV 3 Bayer Leverkusen 2 (3-3 on aggregate, Bayer Leverkusen win on away goals rule), Bayern Munich 1 Anderlecht 2 (Bayern Munich win 6-2 on aggregate), Getafe 1 Benfica 0 (Getafe win 3-1 on aggregate), Everton 2 Fiorentina 0(2-2 on aggregate, Fiorentina win 4-2 on penalties), PSV Eindhoven 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (1-1 on aggregate, PSV Eindhoven win 6-5 on penalties).
SURF LIFESAVING
MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Ohope Beach, Whakatane)
Six Place R & R: Lyall Bay 1, East End 2, Waikanae 3.
Four Place R & R: Waikanae A 1, Lyall Bay 2, Waikanae B 3.
Run-Swim-Run. Men. 30-39: James Gaskell (New Brighton) 1, Chris Swain (Westshore) 2, Sam Rosenberg (Omanu) 3. 40-49. Dean Oswald (Whakatane) 1, Matthew Pickering (Papamoa) 2, Ross Fearon (Mairangi Bay) 3. 50-59. Stephen Johnston (Waimairi) 1, Ian Glover (Omanu) 2, Ian Parker (Mairangi Bay) 3.
60-69. Ian Gunthorp (Red Beach) 1, Trevor Corkin (East End) 2, Bruce Baker (Whakatane) 3.
Run-Swim-Run. Women. 30-39. Amber Taylor (Lyall Bay) 1, Fiona Sefton (Omanu) 2, Rachel Morton (Omanu) 3. 40-49. Mel Whiting (Omanu) 1, Joanne McCarty (Papamoa) 2, Karen Lee (Mairangi Bay) 3.
Surf Race. Men. 30-39. Chris Swain (Westshore) 1, Jason Hutchings (Waikanae) 2, Sam Rosenberg (Omanu) 3. 40-49. Leigh Sefton (Omanu) 1, Ben Marris (Om) 2, Chris Mark (Maranui) 3. 50-59. Stephen Johnston (Waimairi) 1, Stephen Moors (Red Beach) 2, Phillip Johns (Sth Brighton) 3. 60-69. Ian Gunthorp (Red Beach) 1, Trevor Corkin (East End) 2, Bruce Baker (Whakatane) 3.
Surf Race. Women. 30-39. Amber Taylor (Lyall Bay) 1, Catriona Manning (Whakatane) 2, Nicole Taylor (Lyall Bay) 3. 40-49. Joanne McCarty (Papamoa) 1, Dianne Reid (Whakatane) 2, Mel Whiting (Omanu) 3. 50-59. Marilyn Moffatt (Lyall Bay) 1, Carol Quirk (Lyall Bay) 2, Lindsay Sneddon (Sth Brighton) 3.
Ski Race. Men. 30-39. Grant Ellison (Omanu) 1, Adam Tate (Waikanae) 2, Hamish Reid (Omanu) 3. 40-49. Lance Gilbertson (Red Beach) 1, Grant Bramwell (Waikanae) 2, Sean Shivnan (Waikanae) 3. 50-59. Graeme Newton (St Clair) 1, Roger Hansard (Waikanae) 2, Benjamin Bennett (Ocean Beach Kiwi) 3. 60-69. Bruce Baker (Whakatane) 1, Bartt Smaill (St Clair) 2.
Ski Race. Women. 30-39. Nicole Taylor (Lyall Bay) 1, Amber Taylor (Lyall Bay) 2, Jackie Clapperton (Waikanae) 3. 40-49. Lyn Loveridge (Palmerston North) 1, Lesley Pollock (North Beach) 2, Fiona Leopard (Red Beach) 3.
50-59. Carol Quirk (Lyall Bay) 1.
Double Ski. Men. 30-39. Waikanae (Jason Hutchings.Adam Tate) 1, Omanu (Grant Ellison/Chris Emmett) 2, Omanu (Simon Oldham/Hamish Reid 3. 40-49Waikanae (Grant Bramwell/Sean Shivnan) 1, Whakatane (Tony Lovett/Barry Cutfield) 2, Mairangi Bay (Stephen Newman/Peter Ziegler) 3. 50-59. Waikanae (Roger Hansard/Carl Neutroski) 1, Waimairi (Brett Leask/Greg Bevin) 2, Waihi (Murray Munro/Terry Newlands) 3.
Double Ski. Women. 30-39. Waikanae (Jackie Clapperton/Kristen Willock) 1.
Ski Relay. Men. 110 Years +. Omanu (Grant Ellison/Chris Emmett/Simon Oldham) 1, Red Beach (Peter Clarke/Mark Readman/David Readman) 2, Waikanae (Grant Bramwell/Jason Hutchings/Sean Shivnan) 3. 130 Years +. Mairangi Bay (Dave Josephson/Stephen Newman/Peter Ziegler) 1, Red Beach (Dean Pouwhare/Brian Maney/Mark Rice) 2, Mairangi Bay (Jan Battaerd/Ross Fearon/Greg Hall) 3. 150 Years +. Waikanae (Roger Hansard/Paul Lungmuss/Paul Furlan) 1, Waimairi (Stephen Johnston/Brett Leask/Greg Bevin) 2, St Clair (Graeme Newton/Stephen Thomas/Bart Smaill) 3.
Ski Relay. Women. 110 Years +. Lyall Bay (Carol Quirk/Nicole Taylor/Amber Taylor) 1.
Board Race. Men. 30-39. Chris Swain (Westshore) 1, Chri Emmett (Omanu) 2, Simon Oldham (Omanu) 3. 40-49. Matthew Pickering (Papamoa) 1, Dave Cowdrey (Papamoa) 2, Laurie McKeown (Taylors Mistake) 3. 50-59. Malcolm McClurg (Taylors Mistake) 1, Murray Munro (Waihi) 2, Phillip Johns (Sth Brighton) 3.
60-69. Bruce Baker (Whakatane) 1, Ray Scott (Omanu) 2.
Board Race. Women. 30-39. Amber Taylor (Lyall Bay) 1, Catriona White (Lyall Bay) 2, Deborah Collings (Omanu) 3. 40-49. Dianne Reid (Whakatane) 1, Lyn Loveridge (Palmerston North) 2, Joanne McCarty (Papamoa) 3. 50-59. Mere Mollard-Wharepapa (Mt Maunganui) 1, Carol Quirk (Lyall Bay) 2, Lindsay Sneddon (Sth Brighton) 3.
Board Relay. Men. 110 Years +. Omanu A (Grant Ellison/Chris Emmett/Simon Oldham) 1, Omanu C (Hayden Burns/Ronald Dobbs/Aaron Irwin) 2, Omanu B (Dave Morton/Hamish Reid/Sam Rosenberg) 3. 130 Years +. Waikanae (Grant Bramwell/Sean Shivnan/Paul Furlan) 1, Red Beach (Mark Readman/Brian Maney/David Maney) 2, Papamoa (James Casey/Matthew Pickering/Dave Cowdrey) 3. 150 Years + Taylors Mistake (Malcolm McClurg/Laurie McKeown/Ken Jones) 1.
Board Relay. Women. 110 Years +. Lyall Bay (Nicole Taylor/Amber Taylor/Catriona White) 1, Papamoa (Ailsa Cowdrey/Angela Johnston/Joanne McCarty) 2, Red Beach (Helen Furness/Fiona Leopard/Jenny Readman) 3.
Ironman. 30-39. Chris Swain (Westshore) 1, Simon Oldham (Omanu) 2, Grant Ellison (Omanu) 3. 40-49. Grant Bramwell (Waikanae) 1, Matthew Pickering (Papamoa) 2, Jan Battaerd (Mairangi Bay) 3. 50-59. Stephen Johnston (Waimairi) 1, Benjamin Bennett (Ocean Beach Kiwi) 2, Barry Cutfield (Whakatane) 3. 60-69. Brucre Baker (Whakatane) 1.
Ironwoman. 30-39. Amber Taylor (Lyall Bay) 1, Nicole Taylor (Lyall Bay) 2. 40-49. Mel Whiting (Omanu) 1. 50-59. Carol Quirk (Lyall Bay) 1.
Taplin Relay. Men. 110 Years +. Waikanae (Grant Bramwell/Jason Hutchings/Adam Tate) 1, Omanu (Grant Ellison/Simon Oldham) 2, Omanu (Jon Hume/Hamish Reid/Sam Rosenberg) 3. 130 Years +. Red Beach (Peter Clarke/Brian Maney/Stephen Moors) 1, Papamoa (Matthew Pickering/Dave Cowdrey/Ross Merrett) 2, Mairangi Bay (Jan Battaerd/Peter Ziegler/Richard Beamish) 3. 150 Years +. Waikanae (Ross Beaven/Roger Hansard/Paul Furlan) 1, Whakatane (Barry Cutfield/Tony Lovett/Bruce Baker) 2, Waimairi (Stephen Johnston/Brett Leask/Greg Bevin) 3.
Taplin Relay. Women. 110 Years +. Lyall Bay (Amber Taylor/Nicole Taylor/Catriona White) 1, Waikanae (Debbie Hutchings/Kristen Willock/Jackie Clapperton) 2, Red Beach (Fiona Leopard/Deborah Collings/Helen Furniss) 3.
Beach Flags. Men. 30-39. Malcolm MacDonald (Sth Brighton) 1, Jaron Mumby (Fitzroy) 2, Fred Teaukura (Mairangi Bay) 3. 40-49. Laurie McKeown (Taylors Mistake) 1, Sean Shivnan (Waikanae) 2, Ross Fearon (Mairangi Bay 3. 50-59. Barry Cutfield (Whakatane) 1, Malcolm McClurg (Taylors Mistake) 2, Gregory Larsen (Ocean Beach Kiwi) 3.
Beach Flags. Women. 30-39. Debbie Hutchings (Waik) 1, Deborah Collings (Omaha) 2, Amber Taylor (Lyall Bay) 3. 40-49. Sharon Bramwell (Waik) 1, Lyn Loveridge (Palmerston North) 2, Nichola Edwards (Papamoa) 3. 50-59. Marilyn Moffatt (Lyall Bay) 1, Patricia Hatton (Orewa) 2, Carol Quirk (Lyall Bay) 3.
Beach Sprint. Men 30-39. Malcolm MacDonald (Sth Brighton) 1, Jaron Mumby (Fitzroy) 2, Gwilyn Rees (Maranui) 3. 40-49. Don McNeilly (Waimairi) 1, Ross Fearon (Mairangi Bay) 2, Chris Parker (Omanu) 3. 50-59. Gregory Larsen (Ocean Beach Kiwi) 1, Ian Parker (Mairangi Bay) 2, Brian Campbell (Mairangi Bay) 3. 60-69. John McMillan (Worser Bay) 1, Ray Scott (Omanu) 2, John Woolley (Papamoa) 3.
Beach Sprint. Women. 30-39. Debbie Hutchings (Waikanae) 1, Deborah Collings (Omaha) 2, Rachel Morton (Omanu) 3. 40-49. Sharon Bramwell (Waik) 1, Karen Lee (Mairangi Bay) 2, Nicola Edwards (Papamoa) 3. 50-59. Marilyn Moffatt (Lyall Bay) 1, Patricia Hatton (Orewa) 2, Carol Quirk (Lyall Bay) 3.
Short Course Canoe. Men. 140 Years +. Fitzroy, Omanu 2, Waikanae 3. 160 Years +. Red Beach 1, Waikanae 2, Mairangi Bay 3. 180 Years +. Fitzroy 1, Mairangi Bay 2, Whakatane 3. 200 Years +. Waimairi 1, St Clair 2, Mairangi Bay 3.
Short Course Canoe. Women. 120 Years +. Whakatane 1, Papamoa 2, Omanu 3.
Short Course Boat. Men. 160 Years +. Mairangi Bay 1, Omanu White 2, Omanu Red 3.
180 Years +. Whakatane 1, Red Beach 2, North Beach 3.
Short Course Boat. Women. 120 Years +. Whakatane Red 1, Whakatane Green 2.
Points. Waikanae 77 points 1, Lyall Bay 67 2, Omanu 53 3, Whakatane 42 4, Mairangi Bay 33 5, Red Beach 33 6, Papamoa 27 7, Waimairi 15 8, Taylors Mistake 14 9, Fitzroy 14 10.
TENNIS
PACIFIC LIFE OPEN
(California)
First round
Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) bt Marta Domachowska (Poland) 6-4 6-2, Zheng Jie (China) bt Emilie Loit (France) 6-0 6-1, Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic) bt Maria Emilia Salerni (Argentina) 6-4 6-4, Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) bt Meilen Tu (US) 6-4 6-2, Edina Gallovits (Romania) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Austria) 6-4 2-6 6-1, Mariya Koryttseva (Ukraine) bt Nathalie Dechy (France) 6-1 6-4, Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Russia) 6-4 6-3, Ashley Harkleroad (US) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukraine) 6-2 6-0.
