Thursday's results

AEROBICS

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Hawkins Centre, Papakura)

Senior International Individual Women:- A. McMillan (Vortex, Auckland) 20.30, 1, K. Kolmas (Vortex) 17.45, 2, A. Bush (Vortex) 16.25, 3.

Junior International Individual Women:- H. Lock (Independent) 17.20, 1, A. Kelly-Nair (Vortex, Auckland) 2, L. Harper (Achieve, Auckland) 15.30, 3.

Sub Junior International Individual Women:- C. Bass (Vortex, Auckland ) 18.15, 1, A. Mackay (Vortex) 17.30, 2, B. Coluccio (Vortex) 17.10, 3.

Junior A Individual Women:- J. Kilmartin (Vortex, Auckland) 16.00, 1, C. Fulton (Team Spirit, Auckland) 15.50, 2, K. Pelham (Achieve, Auckland) 14.60, 3.

Open Senior Individual Women:- E. Wheeler (Vortex, Auckland) 16.45, 1, K. Greenwood (Achieve, Auckland) 15.55, 2, L. Buscke (Achieve) 14.60, 3.

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BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE

Pittsburgh 10 Chicago Cubs 9 (11 innings), NY Yankees 2 Detroit 0, Oakland 7 Boston 2, San Diego 4 Arizona 1, Cleveland 3 Toronto 2 (10 innings), Detroit 5 NY Yankees 3, Philadelphia 5 Washington 1, Atlanta 5 San Francisco 3, Chicago White Sox 5 Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 7 Texas 4 (10 innings), Houston 1 Milwaukee 0, Kansas City 4 Minnesota 3, St Louis 13 Florida 6, NY Mets 11 Colorado 3, LA Angels 5 Seattle 3, LA Dodgers 7 Cincinnati 3.

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BASKETBALL

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Japan)

Quarter-finals:- Greece 73 France 56, United States 85 Germany 65.

Classification round:- Turkey 95 Lithuania 84 BOWLS

NORTH HARBOUR WINTER CUP

Final standings:-

Men:- Warkworth Black, 10 points (+22), 1; Mairangi Bay Burgundy, 10 (+16), 2; Orewa Burgundy, 10 (+16), 3; Takapuna, 8, 4; Mairangi Black, 6, 5; Warkworth Burgundy, 4, 6; Silverdale, 4, 7; Orewa Black, 2, 8.

Women:- Orewa Owlets, 25 points, 1; Silverdale Fillies, 20 (+93), 2; Mahurangi East Shakers, 20 (+75), 3; Orewa Ospreys, 20 (+59), 4; Mairangi Bay, 18, 5; Milford, 18, 6; Manly Magic, 18, 7; Warkworth, 18, 8; Northcote-Birkenhead, 14, 9; Manly Sting, 14, 10; Silverdale RSA, 14, 11; Mahurangi East Rockets, 12, 12; Belmont Park, 10, 13; Browns Bay, 8, 14; Helensville, 8, 15; Beach Haven, 3, 16.

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CRICKET

ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL

ENGLAND V PAKISTAN

(Sophia Gardens, Cardiff)

ENGLAND

M. Trescothick c Akmal b Asif 16
A. Strauss c Afridi b Asif 2
I. Bell run out 88
K. Pietersen c Akmal b Asif 2
P. Collingwood lbw b Afridi 14
J. Dalrymple b Akhtar 27
R. Clarke c Malik b Akhtar 6
C. Read c and b Hafeez 0
S. Mahmood b Akhtar 1
D. Gough c Malik b Afridi 18
S. Broad not out 8
Extras (5lb, 10w, 5nb) 20
--Total (49.2 overs) 202
Overs: 49.2

Fall:- 1/14, 2/35, 3/51, 4/98, 5/166, 6/166, 7/167, 8/173, 9/173

Bowling:- S. Akhtar 10-1-45-3 (3nb, 2w), M. Asif 10-3-28-3 (2w), R. Naved 7-0-43-0 (3w), A. Razzaq 4-1-10-0 (1nb), S. Afridi 8.2-0-38-2 (1nb, 1w), M. Hafeez 10-0-33-1 (2w).

PAKISTAN

S. Malik lbw b Broad 5
M. Hafeez not out 18
Y. Khan not out 12
Extras (4lb, 7w) 11
--Total (1 wkt, 7 overs) 46
Fall: 1/12

Bowling:- Gough 4-0-28-0 (1w), Broad 3-0-14-1 (2w).

Result:- No result (rain)

Series:- Five-match series level at 0-0

ENGLISH COUNTY

Division One:-

At Blackpool: Lancashire 3-250 (I. Sutcliffe 117 no, S. Law 61)

At Scarborough: Middlesex 9-354 (P. Weekes 124 no, S. Styris 64, E Smith 56, G Kruis 5-60)

Division Two:-

At Derby: Derbyshire 167 (T. Birt 63, M. Nicholson 4-12, B. Phillips 3-10) Northamptonshire 2-122

At The Oval: Surrey 7-397 (M. Butcher 151, A. Mahmood 101, M. Ramprakash 77, J. Franklin 4-48)

At New Road: Worcestershire 6-473 (V. Solanki 122, L. Vincent 114, G. Hick 104, A. Bichel 3-111)

WOMENS INTERNATIONAL

ENGLAND V INDIA

(Taunton)

Stumps second day, second test:-

First innings:-

India 307 (A. Chopra 98, M. Raj 65, I. Guha 4-61) England 74-6 (J. Goswami 3-21)

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CYCLING

TOUR OF SPAIN

(La Covatilla)

Fifth stage(178km between Palencia and La Covatilla, the first mountain stage):- D. Di Luca (Italy) Liquigas 5hr 2min 25s, 1; J. Brajkovic (Slovakia) same time, 2; A. Kashechkin (Kazakhstan) at 7s, 3; J. G. Marchante (Spain) +15, 4; C. Sastre (Spain) +22, 5; A. Valverde (Spain) st, 6; R. Marzoli (Italy) +36, 7; S. Sanchez (Spain) +39, 8; M. Beltran (Spain) st, 9; B. Kohl (Austria) +42, 10; T. Danielson (US) st, 11; L. Piepoli (Italy) +1:09, 12; J. Hernandez (Spain) +1:27, 13; R. Hesjedal (Canada) +1:32, 14; S. Paulinho (Portugal) +1:35, 15.

Overall:- D. Di Luca (Italy) Liquigas 18hr 37min 56s, 1; J. Brajkovic (Slovakia) at 4s, 2; A. Kashchekin (Kazakhstan) +18, 3; C. Sastre (Spain) +29, 4; J. G. Marchante (Spain) +35, 5; A. Valverde (Spain) +36, 6; M. Beltran (Spain) +55, 7; T. Danielson (US) +58, 8; B. Kohl (Austria) +1:00, 9; S. Sanchez (Spain) +1:04, 10; R. Marzoli (Italy) st, 11; L. Piepoli (Italy) +1:29, 12; S. Paulinho (Portual) +1:54, 13; R. Hesjedal (Canada) +2:06, 14; I. Anton (Spain) +2:09, 15.

TOUR OF BRITAIN

Stage two (163km ride from Blackpool to Liverpool):- R. Hammond (Britain) 3hr 54min 15s, 1; A. Vierhouten (Netherlands), 2; R. Downing (Britain) dfl, 3; M. Cavendish (Britain) T-Mobile, 4; J. Vanlandschoot (Belgium) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, all same time

General classification:- M. Goss (Australia) SA.com, 7hr 57min 35s, 1; M. Pedersen (Denmark) CSC, 2s, 2; L. Pasamontes (Spain) Unibet, 8s, 3; R. Hammond (Britain), 2min 44s, 4; A. Vierhouten (Netherlands) Skil-Shimano, 2min 48s, 5.

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HOCKEY

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Midlands Hockey squads for next month's National Hockey League. They will be competing in a quadrangular pre-league tournament in Taupo this weekend against Wellington, Central and North Harbour.

Bayleys Midlands Men:- H. Mitai-Ngatai (Bay of Plenty); S. Elliott, K. Samkin, B. Watson (Tauranga); C. Armstrong, M. Luxford, T. Smith, A. Le Claire, J. Rickard, J. Hawley, P. Rae, J. Forbes, S. Puna (Waikato); G. Kenny, K. PateL (guest players, Auckland), C. Thomas (GP, Wellington), C. Patterson (GP Canterbury/Melbourne), A. Ali (GP Hong Kong).

Bayleys Midlands Women:- T. McKenzie, K. Gurran, G. Nation (BOP); D. Weavers, K. Aitken, K. Savory, G. Flynn (Tauranga); R. Matthews, H. Thompson, S. Cochrane, L. Holmes, C. Eshuis, K. Drew, H. Bennett, K. Mahon, S. Brannigan, L. Wharerau (Waikato); L. MacMenigall (GP AUckland).

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SOFTBALL

WOMENS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Beijing, China)

Pool A:- US 15 New Zealand 0, China 12 South Africa 0, Canada 1 Italy 0

Pool B:- Japan 16 Botswana 0, Greece 5 Netherlands 0, Australia 9 Venezuela 0, Chinese Taipei 7 Colombia 0

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TENNIS

US OPEN

(New York)

Men, Second round (prefix denotes seeding):- 9-A. Roddick (United States) bt K. Pless (Denmark) 6-3 7-6 6-3

First round:- 2-R. Nadal (Spain) bt M. Philippoussis (Australia) 6-4 6-4 6-4, R. Sweeting (United States) bt G. Coria (Argentina) 3-2 retired, M. Safin (Russia) bt R. Vik (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-1 3-6 6-3, 10-F. Gonzalez (Chile) bt J. Vanek (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-3 6-2, F. Mayer (Germany) bt S. Koubek (Austria) 6-4 6-1 6-1, 30-S. Grosjean (France) bt T. Johansson (Sweden) 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-7 6-2, 4-D. Nalbandian (Argentina) bt M. Berrer (Germany) 4-6 6-7 6-3 7-5 6-2, 26-O. Rochus (Belgium) bt O. Patience (France) 6-0 6-2 6-2.

12-T. Berdych (Czech Republic) bt B. Pashanski (Serbia and Montenegro) 6-4 6-2 6-1, J. Hajek (Czech Republic) bt L. Dlouhy (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-4 6-4, L. Horna (Peru) bt G. Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 7-5 6-4 6-3, 15-L. Hewitt (Australia) bt A. Montanes (Spain) 7-5 6-4 6-3, 27-G. Monfils (France) bt M. Russell (United States) 6-2 3-6 7-5 7-6, J. Hernych (Czech Republic) bt K. Kim (United States) 6-3 6-4 6-4, 22-F. Verdasco (Spain) bt F. Santoro (France) 6-4 6-1 3-6 6-1, W. Moodie (South Africa) bt M. Mirnyi (Belarus) 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-7 6-4.

L. Kubot (Poland) bt 32-K. Vliegen (Belgium) 2-6 6-1 6-4 1-6 6-3, 1-R. Federer (Switzerland) bt W. Yeu-Tzuoo (Chinese Taipei) 6-4 6-1 6-0, 23-D. Tursunov (Russia) bt I. Kunitsyn (Russia) 6-2 6-3 6-4, R. Sluiter (Netherlands) bt W. Odesnik (United States) 6-4 6-4 7-5, C. Moya (Spain) bt 28-A. Calleri (Argentina) 7-5 7-6 6-7 6-3, T. Henman (Great Britain) bt G. Rusedski (Great Britain) 7-6 6-2 6-3, 14-T. Haas (Germany) bt A. Kuznetsova (United States) 6-2 6-4 6-0, N. Okun (Israel) bt P. Starace (Italy) 6-2 6-0 4-6 6-2.

P.-H. Mathieu (France) bt J. Goodall (Great Britain) 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3, 5-J. Blake (United States) bt J. Monaco (Argentina) 6-3 7-5 7-6, N. Mahut (France) bt R. Schuettler (Germany) 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-3, 21-G. Gaudio (Argentina) bt A. Seppi (Italy) 6-4 6-4 6-2, 7-N. Davydenko (Russia) bt R. Delgado (Paraguay) 4-6 6-4 7-5 6-0, V. Spadea (United States) bt G. Muller (Luxembourg) 6-2 6-4 6-3, A. Di Mauro (Italy) bt J. Melzer (Austria) 5-7 6-1 7-5 7-5, A. Falla (Colombia) bt J. M. Del Potro (Argentina) 7-6 6-2 4-6, 7-5.

29-J. Bjorkman (Sweden) bt S. Jenkins (United States) 7-5 6-4 6-4, M. Gicquel (France) bt C. Rochus (Belgium) 6-3 6-3 6-4, 17-A. Murray (Great Britain) bt R. Kendrick (United States) 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-3, S. Querrey (United States) bt P. Kohlschreiber (Germany) 6-3 6-4 6-4, 18-R. Ginepri (United States) bt J. Benneteau (France) 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-4, 16-J. C. Ferrero (Spain) bt G. Bastl (Switzerland) 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-3, T. Gabashvilli (Russia) bt M. Daniel (Brazil) 6-3 6-2 3-6 3-6 6-3, P. Goldstein (United States) bt J. Witten (United States) 6-3 6-4 2-6 3-6 6-1

Women, First round:- A. Nakamura (Japan) bt M. Czink (Hungary) 6-1 6-2, J. Gajdosova (Slovakia) bt A. Glatch (United States) 6-2 6-1, 16-A. Ivanovic (Serbia and Montenegro) bt V. Dushevina (Russia) 6-3 5-7 6-4, A. Bondarenko (Ukraine) bt A. Rolle (United States) 6-4 6-4, V. Kutuzova (Ukraine) bt M. J. M. Sanchez (Spain) 6-3 6-3, 23-A. Chakvetadze (Russia) bt M. Sucha (Slovakia) 6-4 6-1, 1-A. Mauresmo (France) bt K. Barrois (Germany) 6-1 7-5, M. Santangelo (Italy) bt L. Raymond (United States) 7-6 6-2, V. Azarenka (Belarus) bt 11-A. Myskina (Russia) 6-4 6-2, E. Daniilidou (Greece) bt S. Perry (United States) 6-0 6-2, M. Shaughnessy (United States) bt R. Vinci (Italy) 6-3 6-4, V. Razzano (France) bt M. Ani (Estonia) 7-5 6-4, J. Jackson (United States) bt T. Pironkova (Bulgaria) 6-2 6-2, Y. Fedak (Ukraine) bt T. Poutchek (Belarus) 7-5 6-3, S. Bammer (Austria) bt 31-N. Dechy (France) 5-7 6-3 6-1, E. Birnerova (Czech Republic) bt G. Voskoboeva (Russia) 7-6 5-7 6-3, 12-D. Safina (Russia) bt Y. Beygelzimer (Ukraine) 6-1 6-3, 24-L. Na (China) bt M. S. Lorenzo (Spain) 4-6 6-3 6-0, 8-M. Hingis (Switzerland) bt P. Shuai (China) 4-6 6-1 6-3, S. Williams (United States) bt L. D. Lino (Spain) 6-1 6-2.

13-M. Pierce (Fra) bt E. Vesnina (Russia) 7-5 6-1, E. Birnerova (Czech Rep) bt G. Voskoboeva (Rus) 7-6 5-7 6-3, K. Kanepi (Est) bt S. Foretz (Fra) 3-6 7-5 6-1, Y. Fedossova (Fra) bt 25-A. M. Garrigues (Spain) 7-5 6-1, 27-T. Golovin (Fra) bt A. Harkleroad (US) 6-3 7-5, V. Kutuzova (Ukr) bt M. J. M. Sanchez (Spa) 6-3 6-3, V. Razzano (Fra) bt M. Ani (Est) 7-5 6-4, E. Birnerova (Czech Rep) bt G. Voskoboeva (Rus) 7-6 5-7 6-3, A. Radwanska (Pol) bt Y. Zi (China) 6-0 7-5, 3-M. Sharapova (Rus) bt M. Krajicek (Ned) 6-3 6-0, 17-D. Hantuchova (Slovakia) bt B. Mattek (United States) 7-5 6-3, 32-E. Likhovtseva (Rus) bt S. Tiantian (China) 4-6 6-0 6-4, N. Pratt (Aust) bt M. Sequera (Ven) 1-6 7-5 6-2, V. R. Pascual (Spa) bt A. Frazier (US) 6-2 6-1, 5-N. Petrova (Rus) bt C. Fernandez (Arg) 6-2 6-1, E. Loit (Fra) bt C. Pin (France) 5-7 6-4 7-6.

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YACHTING

QINGDAO INTERNATIONAL REGATTA

(Qingdao, China)

New Zealand final results:- J. Aleh (Laser Radial) 2, A. Murdoch (Laser) 3, T. Ashley (Men's RS:X) 9, D. Slater (Finn) 8, S. Ferris/R. Smeal/A. Holtum (Yngling) 13, S. Hesson/B. Barbarich-Bacher (Women's 470) 24, S. Williams (Women's RS:X) 23, S. Keen/P. Keen (Men's 470) 15, G. Woolley/M. Overington (Men's 470) 30.