KEY POINTS:
BOWLS
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Christchurch)
Men
Singles, section one, round four - Australia 21 Wales 11, Malaysia 21 New Zealand (Ali Forsyth) 17, Canada 21 Papua New Guinea 5, Spain 21 Brunei 3, Norfolk Island 21 Israel 19, Zimbabwe Bye. round six - New Zealand 21 Zimbabwe 7,
Wales 21 Brunei 8, Canada 21 Norfolk Island 12, Spain 21 Australia 18, Papua New Guinea 21 Israel 18, Malaysia Bye. Round seven - Papua New Guinea 21 Norfolk Island 6, Malaysia 21 Wales 17, Canada 21 Zimbabwe 15, Australia 21 Brunei 1, New Zealand 21 Spain 8 Israel Bye.
Points: Canada, Australia, Malaysia 12, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea 8, Spain 6, Wales, Zimbabwe 4, Brunei, Norfolk Island 2, Israel 0.
Section two: Round six - South Africa 21 Guernsey 4, Namibia 21 Argentina 14, Ireland 21 England 8, Thailand 21 Hong Kong China 15, Fiji 21 Jersey 20, Cook Islands 21 Scotland 18. Round seven - Ireland 21 Jersey 19, Hong Kong China 21 Namibia 16, South Africa 21 Fiji 14, England 21 Thailand 10, Cook Islands 21 Argentina 6, Scotland 21 Guernsey 14.
Points: South Africa 12, Scotland, Ireland, Guernsey, Fiji 10, England 8, Jersey, Namibia 6, Cook Islands, Thailand, Hong Kong China 4, Argentina 0.
Fours
Section one: Round six - England 21 Ireland 4, Scotland 24 Brunei 17, Wales 40 Guernsey 6, Canada 34 Thailand 3, Fiji 19 Israel 11, Hong Kong China Bye. Round seven - Ireland 23 Brunei 9, England 16 Wales 16, Israel 14 Canada 12, Hong Kong China 22 Thailand 15, Fiji Bye.
Points: England, Scotland 12, Ireland 10, Wales, Israel 7, Hong Kong China 6, Brunei 5, Canada, Fiji 4, Thailand 2, Guernsey 1.
Section two: Round six - New Zealand (Andrew Todd, Russell Meyer, Richard Girvan, Gary Lawson) 20 Cook Islands 7, Australia 17 South Africa 11, Zimbabwe 16 Namibia 11, Malaysia 23 Spain 14, Norfolk Island 23 Jersey 6, Papua New Guinea 26 Argentina 16. Round seven - New Zealand 32 Argentina 11, Australia 31 Norfolk Island 10, South Africa 27 Namibia 11, Zimbabwe 18 Jersey 14, Spain 26 Cook Islands 7, Malaysia 18 Papua New Guinea 13.
Points: Australia 14, New Zealand 12, Malaysia 11, Spain 7, Jersey, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Norfolk Island 6, Cook Islands 3, Argentina 1.
Women
Triples
Section one: Round six - New Zealand (Marina Khan, Jan Khan, Sharon Sims) 19 Brunei 14, South Africa 20 Argentina 11, Wales 32 Namibia 13, Ireland 17 Hong Kong China 15, Israel 21 England 11, Norfolk Island 24 Botswana 20. Round seven - New Zealand 21 Israel 9, England 16 Wales 16, Botswana 24 Argentina 12, Ireland 16 Norfolk Island 13, Namibia 20 Brunei 16, Hong Kong China 16 South Africa 13.
Points: New Zealand 12, Wales 11, South Africa 10, Israel 9, England 7, Hong Kong China, Norfolk Island, Namibia 6, Botswana, Ireland 5, Argentina 4, Brunei 3.
Section two: Round six - Australia 35 Spain 6, Malaysia 19 Jersey 12, Scotland 18 Canada 12, Swaziland 17 Zambia 16, Philippines 19 Fiji 18, Samoa 18 Cook Islands 16. Round seven - Australia 18 Canada 13, Malaysia 14 Scotland 13, Spain 16 Jersey 11, Cook Islands 17 Zambia 15, Fiji 19 Swaziland 13, Philippines 23 Samoa 17.
Points: Australia 13, Malaysia 12, Scotland 11, Spain 10, Jersey 9, Philippines 8, Samoa 6, Canada 5, Swaziland 4, Cook Islands, Zambia, Fiji 2.
Pairs
Section one: Round six - New Zealand (Val Smith, Jo Edwards) 17 England 16, Australia 20 Spain 9, Zambia 18 Ireland 9, Argentina 20 Samoa 15, Fiji 21 Swaziland 12, Brunei 17 Jersey 15. Round seven - Australia 14 New Zealand 10, England 29 Zambia 9, Ireland 20 Spain 14, Swaziland 17 Brunei 8, Argentina 20 Jersey 15, Samoa 24 Fiji 10.
Points: Australia 14, New Zealand, England 12, Ireland 10, Swaziland, Zambia 8, Spain 6, Samoa, Fiji, Argentina 4, Brunei 2, Jersey 0.
Section two: Round six - Wales 25 Israel 10, Canada 26 South Africa 11, Scotland 28 Botswana 8, Malaysia 18 Namibia 16, Philippines 25 Hong Kong China 2, Cook Islands 20 Norfolk Island 12. Round seven - Wales 19 Cook Islands 13, Canada 19 Philippines 15, Scotland 27 Israel 9, Malaysia 20 South Africa 8, Norfolk Island 28 Botswana 4, Hong Kong China 28 Namibia 14.
Points: Scotland, Malaysia 14, Philippines, Canada 10, Wales, Norfolk Island, Hong Kong China, South Africa 6, Cook Islands, Israel 4, Namibia, Botswana 2.
CRICKET
NATIONAL PROVINCIAL A TOURNAMENT
(Christchurch)
Second day, second round. -
Wellington 547-5 (Liam Chrisp 75, Josh Brodie 141, BJ Crook 148no, Harry Baum 84) v Otago.
Auckland 363-9 dec (Tim McIntosh 99, Anaru Kitchen 55, Keeley Todd 61, Colin Munro 52; Jarred Cunningham 3-49) v Central Districts 55-2.
Northern Districts 271 and 85-0 v Canterbury 190 (Ryan McCone 32, Michael Dodunski 3-37).
CROQUET
ASB JUNIOR (18-24) TOURNAMENT
(St Heliers Bay)
Brian Keach (Henderson) 1, Anne Tinson (Epsom-Remuera) 2, Yvonne Collins (St Heliers) 3.
RUGBY
NZ MAORI RUGBY FIXTURES
June 7 v Tonga, North Harbour Stadium.
June 21 v Samoa, Hamilton.
June 28: v Japan, Napier.
SOCCER
Premier League
Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 2
AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS
(Accra, Ghana)
Group A
At Accra: Morocco 5 Namibia 1.
Group B:
At Sekondi: Ivory Coast 1 Nigeria 0, Mali 1 Benin 0.
TENNIS
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
(Melbourne)
Day nine
Womens singles
Quarter-finals: 3-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) bt 7-Serena Williams (USA) 6-3 6-4.
Mens doubles
Quarter-finals: 7-Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra (France) bt 2-Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) 6-4 6-4.
Boys singles
Round two: 1-Cesar Ramirez (Mexico) bt Clifford Marsland (Australia) 6-4 6-2, 10-Tsung-Hua Yang (Taipei) bt Karunuday Singh (India) 7-6 6-4, 15-Ty D Trombetta (USA) bt Szymon Tatarczyk (Poland) 6-4 1-6 8-6, 5-Bernard Tomic (Australia) bt Blaz Rola (Slovenia) 6-2 6-4, Bradley Klahn (USA) bt Brendan McKenzie (Australia) 6-2 3-6 6-2, 3-Daniel Evans (Great Britain) bt Xander Spong (Netherlands) 6-4 0-6 6-2, Tadayuki Longhi (Japan) bt Peerakit Siributwong (Thailand) 6-4 6-4, Di Wu (China) bt 12-Mark Verryth (Australia) 7-6 6-3, Hiroki Moriya (Japan) bt Andrew Gregory (Australia) 4-6 6-4 6-4, 4-Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Sam Garforth-Bles (Canada) 6-3 6-4.
Boys doubles
First round: Logan MacKenzie (NZ)/Nat Maraga (AUS) bt Erik Crepaldi (ITA)/Giorgio Portaluri (ITA) 6-4 7-5,
Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN)/James Meredith (NZ) bt 8Axel- Michon (FRA)/Guillaume Rufin (FRA) 6-1 6-3.
Girls singles
Second round: 10-Simona Halep (Romania) bt Khunpak Isaara (Thailand) 6-0 6-0, 5-Bojana Jovanovski (Serbia) bt Mara Nowak (Germany) 6-0 6-0, 1-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) bt Victoria Larriere (France) 6-0-6-4, 11-Yi-Miao Zhou (China) bt Vivienne Vierin (Italy) 6-0 6-1, Lesley Kerkhove (Netherlands) bt 13-Jade Curtis (Great Britain) 6-3 6-1, 8-Katarzyna Piter (Poland) bt Benita Milenkiewicz (Australia) 6-2 6-4, 2-Ksenia Lykina (Russia) bt Chen Astrugo (Israel) 7-5 6-1, Karen Barbat (Denmark) bt 15-Tyra Calderwood (Australia) 7-5 6-2, 4-Madison Brengle (USA) bt Sally Peers (Australia) 6-1 6-0, Alison Bai (Australia) bt 9-SACHA JONES (NZ) 7-5 7-5, Elena Bogdan (Romania) bt Marija Mirkovic (Australia) 3-6 6-1 6-3, Jessica Moore (Australia) bt 12-Kai-Chen Chang (Taipei) 6-3 6-2, Jasmina Tinjic (Croatia) bt 16-Rebecca Marino (Canada) 6-1 6-3, 14-Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) bt Kristina Mladenovic (France) 6-0 7-5.