KEY POINTS:
ATHLETICS
STROKE AND STRIDE SERIES
(Mission Bay)
Swim 500m, run 5km
Men: B. Jordan 19m 47s 1, L. Scopes 19m 53s 2, J. Elvery 20m 2s 3, B. Foster 20m 7s 4, S. Walker 20m 53s 5, R. Sissons 21m 5s 6.
Women: C. Hanly 22m 45s 1,
E. Orchard 24m 1s 2, J. Cooper 24m 52s 3, M. Carter 25m 24s 4, R. Holtom 25m 28s 5, J. Cree 25m 40s 6.
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BASKETBALL
NBA
Orlando 109 Chicago 94, Philadelphia 88 Atlanta 75, Indiana 106 Charlotte 99, Oklahoma City 91 Boston 87, New Jersey 102 Toronto 92, Milwaukee 105 Detroit 97, Cleveland 97 Washington 94, Minnesota 92 Sacramento 83.
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BOWLS
WORLD BOWLS TOUR
(Sheffield)
First round: 14-B. Jackson (ENG) bt Q-R. Stewart (NZ) 9-4, 3-12, 2-0.
Second round: 13-M. McMahon (ENG) bt 2-J. Greenslade (WAL) 10-3, 11-6. 15-M. King (ENG) bt 8-R. Weale (WAL) 8-7, 7-5. 3-D. Gourlay (AUS) bt Q-A. Easy (ENG) 5-5, 9-5. 10-M. Royal (ENG) bt 4-A. Thomson (ENG) 7-6, 2-11, 2-1.
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CRICKET
ICC AWARDS
(Mumbai, tonight)
Nominations.-
Player of the Year: M. Hussey (Australia), R. Ponting (Australia), M. Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), M. Yousuf (Pakistan).
Test Player of the Year: Ponting, S. Warne (Australia), Muralitharan, Yousuf.
One-day international Player of the Year: Ponting, Hussey, M. Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Yuvraj Singh (India).
Captain of the Year: Ponting, Jayawardene, R. Dravid (India), M. Vaughan (England).
Emerging Player of the Year: A. Cook (England), M. Asif (Pakistan), I. Bell (England), M. Panesar (England).
Women's Player of the Year: K. Rolton (Australia), A. Chopra (India), K. Brunt (England).
Umpire of the Year: S. Taufel (Australia), A. Dar (Pakistan), R. Koertzen (South Africa).
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ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Carolina 5 Atlanta 2, Colorado 5 Columbus 3, Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 2, Detroit 3 Calgary 2, Dallas 4 St. Louis 1, Nashville 5 Edmonton 3, NY Rangers 4 Anaheim 3 Pittsburgh 4 Los Angeles 3
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RUGBY
HEARTLANDERS TOUR
(Salta City, Argentina)
Heartlanders 23 (tries F. Tuamoheloa 2, L. Vaughan; P. Rimene 2 pen con) Salta province 22. HT 12-22.
TOUR MATCH
(Swansea)
Ospreys 24 (B. Williams, R. Mustoe tries; S. Connor con, 3 pens, dropped goal) bt Wallabies 16 (A. Ashley-Cooper try; C. Shepherd 3 pen con).
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SOCCER
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
(home team named first)
Group E: Lyon 1 Dynamo Kiev 0, Real Madrid 1 Steaua Bucharest 0.
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TENNIS
PARIS MASTERS
Round two: 7-J. Blake (US) bt A. Clement (France) 6-4 3-6 6-4, T. Gabashvili (Russia) bt T. Johansson (Sweden) 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3, P.-H. Mathieu (France) bt 12-N. Djokovic (Serbia) 7-6(11) 7-6(4), 10-T. Haas (Germany) bt M. Llodra (France) 7-6(7) 7-6(2), 8-T. Berdych (Czech Republic) bt O. Rochus (Belgium) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2, 14-J. Nieminen (Finland) bt D. Bracciali (Italy) 6-3 6-4.
WTA HASSELT CUP
Round one: C. Maes (Belgium) bt Y. Fedak (Ukraine) 3-6 6-2 7-5, 1-K. Clijsters (Belgium) bt A. Kremer (Luxembourg) 6-3 6-2, M. Krajicek (Netherlands) bt 8-M. Santangelo (Italy) 5-2 - retired, M. Muller (Germany) bt K. Bondarenko (Ukraine) 2-6 6-4 6-4, S. Stosur (Australia) bt O. Savchuk (Russia) 6-4 6-1.
Round two: 6-Vera Zvonareva (Russia) bt Kirsten Flipkens (Belarus) 6-3 6-4, Aravane Rezai (France) bt Karolina Sprem (Croatia) 5-7 7-6 (9-7) 6-1