KEY POINTS:
AWARDS
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARDS
World Sportsman of the Year: Roger Federer (Switzerland - tennis)
World Sportswoman of the Year: Justine Henin (Belgium - tennis)
World Team of the Year: South Africa (rugby)
World Breakthrough of the Year: Lewis Hamilton (Britain - Formula One)
World Comeback of
the Year: Paula Radcliffe (Britain - athletics)
World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Esther Vergeer (Netherlands - wheelchair tennis)
World Action Sportsperson of the Year: Shaun White (United States - skateboarding)
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BOWLS
BAY OF PLENTY MEN'S CENTRE SINGLES
(Arawa)
Semifinals: C. Rolfe (Arawa) 21 M. Solomon (Rotorua East) 18, S. Beel (Mt Maunganui) 21 L. Tasker (Mt Maunganui) 20.
Final: Beel 21 Rolfe 11.
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CRICKET
TRI-SERIES
(Adelaide)
SRI LANKA
T Dilshan c Dhoni b Patel 4S Jayasuriya run out 0K Sangakkara c Kumar b Pathan 128M Jayawardene run out 71C Kapugedera run out 1C Silva c Uthappa b Harbhajan Singh 21F Maharoof not out 3C Vaas not out 1Extras (4lb, 4w, 1nb) 9-Total (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 238Fall: 4, 6, 159, 161, 234, 235.
Bowling: M Patel 9-2-38-1 (1w), I Sharma 10-0-44-0, I Pathan 10-0-44-1 (2w), P Kumar 10-0-49-0 (nb-1), Harbhajan Singh 10-0-54-1, Yuvraj Singh 1-0-5-0 (1w)
UNDER-19 WORLD CUP
(Kuala Lumpur)
Preliminary league - Group A
New Zealand bt Zimbabwe by 98 runs in Johor
New Zealand 8-221 in 50 overs (Corey Anderson 82, Greg Morgan 27, Prince Masvaure 3-37, Daniel Landman 2-42)
Zimbabwe 123 all out in 42.4 overs (Daniel Landman 51, Tim Southee 5-11)
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ICE HOCKEY
US NHL
New Jersey 5 Carolina 1, NY Islanders 3 San Jose 2, Detroit 4 Colorado 0, Phoenix 4 Los Angeles 0.
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ROWING
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Lake Karapiro)
Men
Single scull: Heat 1 - Mahe Drysdale (West End RC) 7min 14.90secs 1, Nathan Cohen (RPC South) 7:25.39 2, Daniel Karena (Central RPC) 7:40.1 3. Heat 2 - Rob Waddell (WaikatoRPC) 7:18.25 1, Joseph Sullivan (Central RPC) 7:27.48 2, Selwyn Cleland(Waikato RC) 7:46.70.
Coxless pairs: Heat 1 - Carl Meyer/Hamish Bond 6:36:39 1, Jamie Orsbourn/Chris Harris (Nelson RC)6:52:21 2, Steve Cottle/Ben Hammond (Auckland RPC) 7:08.36 3. Heat 2 - James Dallinger/Eric Murray (Waikato RPC) 6:31.62 1, Rob Hellstrom/Nathan Twaddle (Auckland RPC) 6:35.63 2, David Schumacher/Rodney Stephens (Auckland RPC) 7:10.18 3.
Double scull: Matthew Trott/Nathan Cohen (RPC South) 6:25.85 1.Todd Petherick/Storm Uru (RPC South) 6:32.00 2, Selwyn Cleland/Daniel Murtagh (Waikato RPC) 6:42.82 3.
Coxless four: Heat 1 - Ben Scott, James Dallinger, Eric Murray, Dane Boswell (Waikato RPC) 6:18.99 1,James Ashley, Dougal MacDuff, Elliot Riley, Mikkel Nielsen (Central RPC) 6:29.42 2,Justin Evans, Malcolm Lewis, David Schumacher, Rodney Stephens (Auckland RPC) 6:36.13 3. Heat 2- Carl Meyer, Matthew Trott, George Bridgewater, Hamish Bond (RPC South)6:12.07 1, Steve Cottle, Ben Hammond, Rob Hellstrom, Nathan Twaddle (Auckland RPC) 6:15.47 2,Jared Pehi, Simon Watson, Graeme Hill, David Eade (Waikato RPC) 6:49.913.
Fours: Heat 1 - Matthew Trott, George Bridgewater, Hamish Bond, Nathan Cohen (RPC South) 6:30. 36 1, James Ashley, Joseph Sullivan, Daniel Karena, Mikkel Nielsen (Central RPC) 6:49.91 1, Peter Walters, Daniel Murtagh, Matthew Glenn, Graeme Hill (Waikato RPC) 7:00.13.
Women
Single scull: Heat 1 - Pippa Savage (Commercial RC) 7:51.05 1, Caroline Evers-Swindell (Waikato RPC) 8:10.88, Jaime Nielsen (Waikato RC) 8:15.71 3. Heat 2 - Emma Twigg (Auckland RPC) 8:05.94 1, Rosslyn Knox (Central RPC) 8:24.07 2, Marjolijn Stenneke (Otago University RC) 8:37.25 3.
Coxless pair: Heat 1 - Juliette Haigh/Nicky Coles (Auckland RPC) 7:40.01 1 Emma Feathery/Erin Tolhurst (Auckland RPC) 7:50.33 2, Simone Hudson/Rebecca Scown (Central RPC) 7:54.07 3.
Double scull: Heat 1 Georgina Evers-Swindell/Caroline Evers-Swindell(Waikato RPC) 6:32.23 1, Candice Hammond/Louise Ayling (Central RPC) 6:32.94 2, Penelope Smith/Rebecca Scown (Central RPC) 6:35.47 3.
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SOCCER
NATIONAL YOUTH LEAGUE
Waitakere United 4 Auckland Manukau 2
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YACHTING
SAIL AUCKLAND REGATTA
Final results.-
Laser Radial women: Sari Multala (FIN) (33 points) 1, 2 Lijia Xu (CHN) (55) 2, Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) (63) 3, Sarah Blanck (AUS) (76) 4, Charlotte Dobson (GBR) (80) 5, Jo Aleh (NZL) (92) 6.
Tornado:Darren Bundock/Glen Ashby (AUS) (37 points) 1, Roland Gaebler/Gunnar Struckmann (GER) (54) 2, Fernando Echavarri/Anton Paz (ESP) (67) 3, Leigh McMillan/Will Howden (GBR) (75) 4, Mitch Booth/Pim Nieuwenhuis (NED) (79) 5.
RS:X Men: Nikos Kaklamanakis (GRE) (39 points) 1, Jon Paul Tobin (NZL) (42) 2, Joao Rodrigues (POR) (43) 3, Zachary Plavsic (CAN) (71) 4, Maxim Oberemko (UKR) (73) 5.
RS:X Women: Marina Alabau (ESP) (27 points) 1, Barbara Kendall (NZL) (34) 2, Romy Kinzl (GER) (39) 3, Olga Maslivets (UKR) (51) 4, Bryony Shaw (GBR) (54) 5.
470: Carl Evans/Peter Burling (NZL) (24 points) 1, Geoffrey Woolley/Mark Overington (NZL) (26) 2, Dan Wilcox/Chris Dawson (NZL) (35) 3.
Laser Radial Men: Blair McLay (NZL) (34 points) 1, James Sandall (NZL) (39) 2, Jason Geale (NZL) (47) 3.
Laser Standard: Josh Junior (NZL) (13 points) 1, Mathew Steven (NZL) (27) 2, In-sup Kim (NZL) (40) 3.
420: Marcus Hansen/Finn Drummond (NZL) (28 points) 1, Wade Tresadern/Ben Goodwin (NZL) (37) 2, Sarah Berry/Emma Berry (NZL) (38) 3.
2.4 mR final results: Andrew May (NZL) (8 points) 1, Josh McKenzie-Brown (NZL) (16) 2, Louise Brown (NZL) (32) 3.