KEY POINTS:
BADMINTON
ALL ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Birmingham)
First round. -
Men's singles: 2 Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) bt Sairul Amar Ayob (Malaysia) 21-16 21-14, 3-Bao Chunlai (China) bt Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (Malaysia) 21-19 21-11, 4-Chen Jin (China) bt Kenichi Tago (Japan) 21-16 21-12, 6-Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Indonesia) bt Andre
Kurniawan Tedjono (Indonesia) 11-21 21-12 21-9, 7-Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia) bt Andrew Dabeka (Canada) 21-18 21-12, Tommy Sugiarto (Indonesia) bt Andrew Smith (England) 21-11 21-19, Przemyslaw Wacha (Poland) bt Wong Choon Hann (Malaysia) 21-12 21-14, Lu Yi (China) bt Yen Hui Kendrick Lee (Singapore) 17-21 21-19 21-14, Eric Pang (Netherlands) bt Lee Tsuen Seng (Malaysia) 10-21 22-20 21-15, 5-Kenneth Jonassen (Denmark) bt Yan Kit Chan (Hong Kong) 21-18 21-15, Chen Yu (China) bt Lee Hyun-il (South Korea) 19-21 21-19 21-14, Joachim Persson (Denmark) bt Muhammad Roslin Hashim (Malaysia) 21-15 17-21 21-9, Shoji Sato (Japan) bt Boonsak Ponsana (Thailand) 14-21 22-20 21-15, 1-Lin Dan (China) bt Anup Sridhar (India) 16-21 21-8 21-11, Tien Minh Nguyen (Vietnam) bt Wei Ng (Hong Kong) 23-21 21-15, Sho Sasaki (Japan) bt Park Sung-hwan (South Korea) 21-13 21-19.
Women's singles: Yao Jie (Netherlands) bt 2-Zhang Ning (China) 21-15 19-21 21-19, 3-Lu Lan (China) bt Firdasari Adriyanti (Indonesia) 21-14 21-13, Jun Jae-youn (South Korea) bt Judith Meulendijks (Netherlands) 21-11 15-21 21-17, Cheng Shao-Chieh (Taiwan) bt Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (Indonesia) 24-22 21-10, Jiang Yanjiao (China) bt Elizabeth Cann (England) 21-16 21-12, Hwang Hye-youn (South Korea) bt Eriko Hirose (Japan) 21-18 16-21 25-23, 8-Wong Mew Choo (Malaysia) bt Maria Kristin Yulianti (Indonesia) 21-13 21-15, 4-Zhu Lin (China) bt Kaoro Mori (Japan) 22-20 21-9, Tine Rasmussen (Denmark) bt Kanako Yonekura (Japan) 21-19 21-13, 6-Pi Hongyan (France) bt Petya Nedelcheva (Bulgaria) 21-16 21-10, Anna Rice (Canada) bt Jill Pittard (England) 21-12 17-21 21-15, 5-Chen Wang (Hong Kong) bt Aiying Xing (Singapore) 21-12 21-11, Wang Yihan (China) bt Ella Diehl (Russia) 21-14 21-18, 7-Xu Huaiwen (Germany) bt Mi Zhou (Hong Kong) 21-16 21-13, Yu Hirayama (Japan) bt Saina Nehwal (India) 21-18 18-21 21-18, Pui Yin Yip (Hong Kong) bt 1-Xie Xingfang (China) 22-20 21-19.
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BASKETBALL
NBL
Taranaki 98 (Keith Salscheider 23, Tony Rampton 21, Link Abrams 19, Ben Jeffrey 16) Wellington Saints 80 (Nick Horvath 24, Troy McLean 20). Halftime: 58-45.
ANBL
(Sydney)
First grand final. -
Sydney 95 (M Worthington 35, L Kendall 13, G Saville 11, I Crosswhite 11) Melbourne 74 (D Barlow 14, C Anstey 12).
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CRICKET
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
(Auckland)
AUCKLAND V WELLINGTON
AUCKLAND
First innings
T McIntosh c C Nevin b M Gillespie 0M Guptill c N Parlane b D Bowden 21R Jones c C Nevin b G Elliott 22R Nicol c S Gellatly b M Gillespie 34C de Grandhomme b D Bowden 9G Hopkins c M Parlane b M Houghton 66A de Boorder not out 85M Bates not out 28Extras (8b, 10lb, 2w, 4nb) 24-Total (for 6 wkts) 289Fall: 4, 41, 71, 91, 104, 210.
Bowling: M Gillespie 20-6-52-2 (1nb), C Shreck 22-6-65-0, G Elliott 18-4-48-1 (2w), D Bowden 15-2-53-2 (3nb), L Woodcock 17-4-36-0, M Houghton 8-2-17-1.
CD v CANTERBURY
(Napier)
CD
First Innings
GEF Barnett c CFK van Wyk b LM Burtt 0
GH Worker lbw b LM Burtt 1
PJ Ingram lbw b BC Hiini 38
GR Hay c MHW Papps b HK Bennett 1
TI Weston c CFK van Wyk b BC Hiini 75
BBJ Griggs*+ c MHW Papps b LM Burtt 3
RJ Schaw c CFK van Wyk b MPF Davidson 6
BJ Diamanti not out 67
R Sherlock not out 28
Extras (2lb, 1wd, 6nb) 9
Total (for 7 wickets in 71 overs) 228
Fall: 0, 1, 3, 115, 122, 122, 158.
Bowling: LM Burtt 17-2-68- 3, HK Bennett 8-0-31-1, BC Hiini 16-6-38-2, MPF Davidson 18-5-66-1, SL Stewart 6-4-11-0, TD Astle 5:6-2-12-0, IA Robertson 1-1-0-0.
OTAGO V ND
(Invercargill)
OTAGO
First innings
C Cumming b GW Aldridge 62A Redmond b B Arnel 0G Todd b B Arnel 0N Broom b B Arnel 5J Sheed c M Orchard b B Martin 22N McCullum b M Orchard 57D de Boorder not out 71W McSkimming c J Marshall b G Aldridge 7B Scott not out 39Extras (3b, 8lb, 2nb) 13-Total (for 7 wkts, 101 overs) 276Fall: 2, 4, 18, 58, 118, 183, 197.
Bowling: T Southee 21-10-35-0, B Arnel 21-8-60-3, G Aldridge 20-5-51-2.
M Orchard 20-5-58-1, B Martin 15-2-57-1 (2nb), D Flynn 4-1-4-0.
TWENTY20
NZ v AUSTRALIA WOMEN
(Christchurch)
Australia 80 for 9 lost to NZ 81 for 6 (17.1 overs)
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CROQUET
CARLTON VETERANS
Winners: Marita Mora & Harris Warrington - Epsom/Remuera. Runners-up: Janet Shepherd & Heather McLean - Orewa.
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EQUESTRIAN
HORSE OF THE YEAR
(Hastings)
Dunstan Lady Rider of the Year: Anna Trent (Auckland) Cortaflex Muskateer NZPH 1, Claire Wilson (Waipukurau) Sacred Hill Answer Back 2, Megan Stacey (Te Puke) Shimmerman 3, Julie Hart (Hastings) Clypso 4, Sally Clark (Dannevirke) Zibbibo 5, Rachel McGregor (Auckland) Premium Kabo Benny Boy 6.
Nga Tawa School for Girls Saba Sam Shield: Taranaki (Charlotte Myers, Coruba; Ellie Muller, Our Donovan; Bailey Marshall, Spyro; Mathew Dickey, Wilful) 1, Waikato (Luke Dee, Condolezza; Michael Dee, Cheblinkers; Jake Lambert, Once in a Blue Moon; Kendyll McAuley, Murph 51) 2, Auckland (Candice Fox, Dixie Chick; Alexandra Randall, Millbrook; James Cole, Parry Queen; Jennifer Leslie, Ever So Clever) 3.
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PETANQUE
KENNEDY PARK
Main round: Andre Noel, Christian Fouquet, Simon Faby 1; Ian Baker, Michael Emerson, Richard Swaney 2; Bob Bridge, Jean Parley, Margaret Maher and Lorraine Brock, Bill Lockwood, Trevor 3=.
Plate: Clem de Boer, Clive Barleet, Charles Brock 1; Eddie Inia, Walter de Thierry, James Inia 2; Mary Walls, Keith Bowden, Jan Lee and Julie Leadbeater, Myrine Fergusson, Christine Hyland 3=.
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SOCCER
US1 MEN'S PRE-SEASON
Albany United 1 (C. Robinson) Birkenhead United 2 (M. Wasi, J. Salter), Hibiscus Coast 1 (S. Rowlands) Three Kings United 1 (og).
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
At Porto: Porto 1 Schalke 0. (1-1 on aggregate, Schalke win 4-1 on penalties).
At Madrid: Real Madrid 1 AS Roma 2. (AS Roma win 4-2 on aggregate).
At London: Chelsea 3 Olympiakos Piraeus 0. (Chelsea win 3-0 on aggregate).
ENGLAND
PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool 4 West Ham United 0.
TOP SCORERS
L21: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
19: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)
18: Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
13: Benjamin Mwaruwari (Manchester City)
12: Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Everton), Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur)
11: Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn Rovers), Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Carlos Tevez (Manchester United)
10: Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspur)
9: John Carew (Aston Villa), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Coventry 0 QPR 0.
SCOTTISH
Second Division
Airdrie Utd 3 Berwick Rangers 0.
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TENNIS
ASB PRO CIRCUIT
(Hamilton)
Second round (NZ unless noted).-
Men's singles: 8-Rubin Statham bt WC-Finn Tearney 6-1 6-3, 4-Nathan Healey (Australia) bt GD Jones 6-2 6-1, 3-Andrew Coelho (Australia) bt WC-Marcus Daniell 6-3 7-6(3), 1-Colin Ebelthite (Australia) bt Q-Joel Lindner (Australia) 6-1 7-5, 7-Brydan Klein (Australia) bt Philip Bester (Canada) 7-6(5) 7-6(6), Q-Young-Jun Kim (Korea) bt Marinko Matosevic (Australia) 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(5), 5-Raphael Durek (Australia) bt Lance Vodicka (US) 6-1 6-2, 2-Rameez Junaid (Australia) bt Yuichi Ito (Japan) 7-6(1) 6-2.
Women's singles: 3-Ellen Barry bt Emelyn Starr (Australia) 6-4 6-3, Kyung-Yee Chae (Korea) bt Yurina Koshino (Japan) 6-3 6-2, Cassandra Chan (Australia) bt 7-Alison Bai (Australia) 6-2 4-6 6-1, Anna Wishink (Australia) bt Varatchaya Wongteanchai (Thailand) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1, Maki Arai (Japan) bt 4-Ayaka Maekawa (Japan) 7-5 7-6(5), 5-Jennifer Elie (US) bt Minori Takemoto (Japan)6-1 6-2.
Quarter-finals.-
Women's doubles: 4-Ellen Barry/Shona Lee bt Tomoko Dokei (Japan)/Etsuko Kitazaki (Japan) 6-3 4-6 10-3.
Mens doubles: Nathan Healey (Australia)/Oliver Statham bt Marcus Daniell/James Meredith 2-6 6-3 10-8, 2-Andrew Coelho (Australia)/Brydan Klein (Australia) bt GD Jones/Matt Simpson 6-4 6-3.
LAS VEGAS OPEN
Second round. -
4-Guillermo Canas (Argentina) bt Chris Guccione (Australia) 6-2 7-5, Amer Delic (US) bt 5-Potito Starace (Italy) 6-3 3-0 (Starace retired), Sam Querrey (US) bt 8-Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) 6-3 6-1.
DUBAI OPEN
Second round. -
Men's singles: 6-Andy Roddick (US) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-3 6-4, 3-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) bt Fabrice Santoro (France) 6-3 7-6, Igor Andreev (Russia) bt 7-Richard Gasquet (France) 6-3 6-4, 2-Rafael Nadal (Spain) bt Mikhail Ledovskikh (Russia) 6-4 6-0, 4-David Ferrer (Spain) bt Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 3-6 7-5 6-1, Feliciano Lopez (Spain) bt 8-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 6-2 7-5, Andy Murray (Britain) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 6-3 3-6 7-6, 5-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) bt Jan Hernych (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-4.
BANGALORE OPEN
Second round. -
Women's singles: 4-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) bt Aiko Nakamura (Japan) 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2, Anastasia Rodionova (Russia) bt 6-Sybille Bammer (Austria) 7-6(5) 6-2, 3-Serena Williams (US) bt Tzipora Obziler (Israel) 7-5 6-0, Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan