Thursday's results

HOCKEY

NATIONAL UNDER 15 BOYS TOURNAMENT
(Levin)

A: Wellington B 4 Manawatu B 0, Horowhenua 2 North Harbour B 1. B: Marlborough 1 Auckland B 0, Hawkes Bay B 0 Canterbury B 4, Waikato B 4 Wanganui B 1, Canterbury 7 Waikato 5, Counties Manukau 1 Hawkes Bay 2, Otago 3 Wellington 0, Tauranga 3 Northland 1, Nelson 0 Auckland 4, Wanganui 0 Manawatu 1, North Harbour 0 Wairarapa 1, Bay of Plenty 6 Thames Valley 0. Bottom 4 crossover: Southland 1 Taranaki 3, South Canterbury 6 Mid Canterbury 1.

Points

A: North Harbour 12, Nelson 9, Bay of Plenty 6, Wanganui 3, Southland 0. B: Otago 10, Canterbury 9, Tauranga 7, Counties Manukau 3, South Canterbury 0. C: Auckland 12, Wairarapa 9, Manawatu 4, Thames Valley 3, Taranaki 1. D: Waikato 10, Wellington 9, Hawkes Bay 7, Northland 3, Mid Canterbury 0. Bottom 4 crossover: South Canterbury 3, Taranaki 3, Southland 0, Mid Canterbury 0.

NATIONAL UNDER 15 GIRLS TOURNAMENT
(Tauranga)

Wellington 2 North Harbour 5, Nelson 0 Otago 1, Auckland 2 Tauranga 1, Eastern 4 Counties Manukau 2, Waikato 1 Northland 0, Bay of Plenty 3 Taranaki 2, Canterbury 2 Manawatu 1, Wairarapa 0 Hawkes Bay 2. Bottom 4 crossover: Poverty Bay 0 Marlborough 0, Mid Canterbury 1 South Canterbury 1.

Points:

A: Canterbury 12, Waikato 9, Wairarapa 6, Bay of Plenty 3, Poverty Bay 0. B: Auckland 10, Wellington 10, Eastern 4, Nelson 4, Mid Canterbury 0. C: Northland 9, Manawatu 9, Taranaki 6, Hawkes Bay 6, Marlborough 0. D: North Harbour 12, Tauranga 7, Otago 3, Counties Manukau 2, South Canterbury 2. Bottom 4 crossover: Mid Canterbury 1, South Canterbury 1, Poverty Bay 1, Marlborough 1.

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CYCLING

TOUR DE FRANCE

10th stage, 190.5km from Cambo-les-Bains to Pau: J. M. Mercado (Spain/Agritubel) 4h 49m 10s 1, C. Dessel (France/AG2R) same time 2, I. Landaluze (Spain/Euskaltel) at 56 sec 3, C. Moreni (Italy/Cofidis) 2m 24s 4, C. Rinero (France/Saunier Duval) 2.25 5, I. Isasi (Spain/Euskaltel) 5.03 6, C. Vasseur (France/Quick-Step) 5.35 7, D. Bennati (Italy/Lampre) 7.23 8, E. Zabel (Germany/Milram) 9, S. Garzelli (Italy/Liquigas) 10, C. Da Cruz (France/Francaise des Jeux) 11, T. Voeckler (France/Bouygues Telecom) 12, R. Ricco (Italy/Saunier Duval) 13, M. Celestino (Italy/Milram) 14, M. Bruseghin (Italy/Lampre) 15, C. Moreau (France/AG2R) 16, M. Fothen (Germany/Gerolsteiner) 17, N. Portal (France/Caisse d'Epargne) 18, O. Pereiro (Spain/Caisse d'Epargne) 19, M. A. Martin Perdiguero (Spain/Phonak) st 20. Also: J. Dean (NZ/Credit Agricole) 24.24 164.

General classification: Cyril Dessel (France/AG2R) 43:07:05 1, J. M. Mercado (Spain/Agritubel) 2.34 2, S. Honchar (Ukraine/T-Mobile) 3.45 3, C. Moreni (Italy/Cofidis) 3.51 4, F. Landis (US/Phonak) 4.45 5, M. Rogers (Australia/T-Mobile) 4.53 6, I. Landaluze (Spain/Euskaltel) 5.22 7, P. Sinkewitz (Germany/T-Mobile) 5.30 8, A. Kloeden (Germany/T-Mobile) 5.35 9, V. Karpets (Russia/Caisse d'Epargne) 5.37 10, C. Evans (Australia/Davitamon-Lotto) 11, D. Zabriskie (US/Team CSC) 5.38 12, M. Fothen (Germany/Gerolsteiner) 5.48 13, C. Moreau (France/AG2R) 5.52 14, P. Savoldelli (Italy/Discovery Channel) 5.55 15, D. Menchov (Russia/Rabobank) 5.58 16, M. Kessler (Germany/T-Mobile) 6.01 17, C. Sastre (Spain/Team CSC) 6.12 18, G. Hincapie (US/Discovery Channel) 6.15 19, O. Pereiro (Spain/Caisse d'Epargne) 6.42 20. Also: J. Dean (NZ/Credit Agricole) 36.16 142.

Points classification: R. McEwen (Australia/Davitamon-Lotto) 211 1, T. Boonen (Belgium/Quick-Step) 188 2, O. Freire (Spain/Rabobank) 181 3, D. Bennati (Italy/Lampre) 165 4, E. Zabel (Germany/Milram) 148 5, T. Hushovd (Norway/Credit Agricole) 134 6, B. Eisel (Austria/Francaise des Jeux) 127 7, L. Paolini (Italy/Liquigas) 126 8, I. Isasi (Spain/Euskaltel) 97 9, D. Kopp (Germany/Gerolsteiner) 94 10.

Team classification: AG2R 129:32.35 1, T-Mobile at 2.55 2, Phonak 6.04 3, Gerolsteiner 6.51 4, Team CSC 7.13 5, Cofidis 7.16 6, Euskaltel 7.22 7, Discovery Channel 7.24 8, Caisse d'Epargne 8.55 9, Saunier Duval 8.56 10.

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MOUNTAINBIKING

WORLD ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Finland)

Leading results

Women

A final: C. Schaffner (Switzerland) 1h 51m 28s 1, K. Tchernylch (Russia) 1h 51m 32s 2, I. Stengard (Finland) 1h 53m 12s 3. Also: M. Gelderman (NZ) 2h 04m 06s 18, F. McBryde (NZ) 2h 23m 32s 41.

Men

A final: M. Tervala (Finland) 2h 03m 06s 1, R. Gritsan (Russia) 2h 03m 54s 2, M. Keskinarkaus (Finland) 2h 05m 11s 3. Also: M. Glowacki (NZ) 2h 27m 15s 37, D. Taylor (NZ) 2h 37m 46s 45, S. Lynch (NZ) 2h 53m 13s 50.

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NETBALL

NZ AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Invercargill)

Day four

Under-21: Otago Blue 35 drew with Auckland Waitakere 2 35, North 44 bt Eastern 29, Western 40 bt Wellington 39, Waikato Red 37 bt Canterbury 26, Otago Gold 41 bt Auckland Waitakere 1 34, Otago Blue 31 bt North 30, Western 44 bt Eastern 30, Otago Gold 34 bt Auckland Waitakere 33, Auckland Waitakere2 32 drew with Wellington 32, Waikato 35 bt Canterbury 26.

Under-19: South Canterbury 36 bt Manawatu 31, Tasman 43 bt BOP Gold 27, Eastern 35 bt Canterbury Country 29, Otago Blue 36 bt Taranaki 28, Counties Manukau 37 Waikato Black 26, Southland Invitation 40 bt Auckland Centre 21, Southland 23 bt Wellington 21, Auckland Waitakere 39 bt North Maroon 26, Waikato Red 34 bt Christchurch 27, Mid-Canterbury 30 bt Otago Gold 24, Tasman 46 bt Taranaki 28, South Canterbury 45 bt Waikato Black 26, Canterbury Country 39 bt BOP Blue 31, Manawatu 37 bt Counties Manukau 27, BOP Gold 41 bt Otago Blue 19, North Blue 30 bt Auckland Centre 24, Auckland Waitakere 28 bt Waikato Red 27, Southland 29 bt Mid Canterbury 22, Otago Gold 40 bt Wellington 26, North Maroon 38 bt Christchurch 35

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RUGBY

Counties-Manukau and BoP teams for pre-season match tomorrow night

Counties-Manukau: K. Koiatu, L. Masaga, N. Ta'auso, N. Watson, S. Piutau, B. Feeney, B. Meyer, W. Setitaia, J. Maher, T. Tuifua, A. van der Heijden, K. Ormsby, P. Taula, G. Henson, S. Kepu. Reserves: I. Maasi, S. Lemalu, C. Elvin, D. Crichton, T. Nathan, M. Sa'u, K. Hancy, A. Olosoni, T. Tuifua/A. Petelo, L. Easton.

Bay of Plenty: H. Reid, C. Baxter, C. Aporo, J. Ierome, A. Tahana, M. Williams, J. Nutbrown, S. King, T. Latimer, W. Smith, A. Rameka, M. Sorenson, B. Castle (captain), S. Chisholm, J. Afoa. Reserves: M. Cummings Toone, S. Davison, M. Wallis, B. Upton, C. Hubbard, M. Delany, R. Schuster.

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SOCCER
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFYING

First round, first leg: Cork City (Ireland) 1 Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) 0, Metalurgs Liepaja (Latvia) 1 FK Aktobe Lento (Kazkhstan) 0, Shakhter Soligorsk (Belarus) 1 Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 1, MyPa Myllykoski (Finland) 1 TNS Llansantffraid (Wales) 0, F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg) 0 Rabotnicki Skopje (Macedonia) 1, Linfield (Northern Ireland) 1 HIT Gorica (Slovenia) 3, Birkirkara (Malta) 0 B36 Torshavn (Faroe Islands) 3, SK Elbasani (Albania) 1 Ekranas Panevezys (Lithuania) 0, Sioni Bolnisi (Georgia) 2 FK Baki (Azerbaijan), TVMK Tallinn (Estonia) 2 FH (Iceland) 3, Pyunik Yerevan (Armenia) 0 Sherif Tiraspol (Moldova) 0.

FIFA RANKINGS

After World Cup (previous place in brackets): Brazil 1630 points 1 (1), Italy, 1550 2 (2), Argentina, 1472 3 (9), France, 1462 4 (8), England, 1434 5 (10), Netherlands, 1322 6 (3), Spain, 1309 7 (5), Portugal, 1301 8 (7), Germany, 1229 9 (19), Czech Republic, 1223 10 (2), Nigeria, 1149 11 (11), Cameroon, 1109 12 (15), Switzerland, 1028 13 (35), Uruguay, 985 14 (22), Ukraine, 961 15 (45), United States, 933 16 (5), Denmark, 927 17 (11), Mexico, 924 18 (4), Paraguay, 915 19 (33), Ivory Coast, 909 20 (33). Also: Australia, 738 33 (42), New Zealand 117.

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TENNIS

NATIONAL UNDER-16
(Albany)

Finals

Boys singles: 2-F. Tearney (Wellington) bt 3-M. Pigou (Wellington) 7-6 6-2.

Girls singles: 2-S. Adams (Waikato) bt 1-A. Harris (Hutt Valley) 1-6 6-3 7-5.

Boys doubles: 1-J. Meredith (Canterbury)/M. Pigou (Wellington) bt 2-J. Kelly-Houston (Canterbury)/R. McLachlan (Southland) 6-4 6-2.

Girls doubles: B. Preston (North Harbour)/H. Stewart (Waikato/Bay of Plenty) bt 2-A. Harris (Hutt Valley)/R. Hryckiewicz 7-5 6-4.

NATIONAL UNDER-12
(Dunedin)

Finals

Boys singles: 1-L. Saville (Aus) bt 4-J. Thompson (Aus) 6-4 7-6(3).

Girls singles: 1-L. Beattie (S Cant) bt 2-E. Fanning (S Cant) 6-2 6-0.

BASTAD INTERNATIONAL
(Bastad, Sweden)

Russian top seed Nikolay Davydenko went through to the quarterfinals with a 6-0 3-6 6-1 win over compatriot Yuri Schukin yesterday.

The world number five needed one hour and 44 minutes to oust qualifier Schukin and next faces Chilean Nicolas Massu, who beat Argentina's Jose Acasuso 6-4 6-2.

The players each had eight break point opportunities during the match but Davydenko won five compared to only one for Schukin.

Jarkko Nieminen was the first man through to the last eight by beating Czech Lukas Dlouhy 6-7 6-0 6-3.

The in-form Finn lost the first-set tiebreak 7-2 but then found his groove, grabbing nine consecutive games to level the match and take 3-0 lead in the decider.

Both players then held serve and Nieminen finished it off on his first match point on a ball Dlouhy hit in the net.

Nieminen, who made the Wimbledon quarter-finals last week to reach a career-high ranking of 13th, faces eighth-seeded Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero next.

Ferrero, the 2003 French Open champion and former world No 1 easily disposed of Austrian Oliver Marach 6-2 6-3.

First round: A. Waske (Germany) bt J. Bjorkman (Sweden) 6-4 4-6 6-3.

Second round: 1-N. Davydenko (Russia) bt Y. Schukin (Russia) 6-0 3-6 6-1, 8-J. C. Ferrero (Spain) bt O. Marach (Austria) 6-2 6-3, N. Massu (Chile) bt J. Acasuso (Argentina) 6-4 6-2, 4-J. Nieminen (Finland) bt L. Dlouhy (Czech Republic) 6-7 6-0 6-3.

Hingis to appear at Kolkata WTA event

Martina Hingis will make her competitive debut in India later this year after organisers of the WTA event in Kolkata yesterday confirmed the Swiss former world tennis No 1's one's participation.

The five-times grand slam champion, currently ranked 13th, is the top draw in a US$175,000 ($288,000) third tier event from September 18-24.

India's Sania Mirza has already confirmed she will play in the the tournament won last year by Russia's Anastasia Myskina.

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WATERPOLO

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH WOMENS SERIES
(Auckland)

Australia 7 New Zealand 6, New Zealand 9 Australia 8.

Series tied.

WORLD WOMENS LEAGUE
(Los Alamitos, US)

US 15 China 1, Canada 16 New Zealand 9, Australia 16 Brazil 3.