KEY POINTS:
CROQUET
FRANKLIN MANUKAU ASSOCIATION
Golf Croquet Interclub Final
Howick CC, 36 games, 1, Manurewa CC and Papakura CC, 35, 2 equal, Pukekohe CC, 26, 4.
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CYCLING
PARIS-NICE RACE
First stage (93km from La Chapelotte to Nevers): Gert Steegmans (Belgium/Quick-Step) 2hr 21min 29sec 1, Jerome Pineau (France/Bouygues Telecom) at 2sec 2, Thor Hushovd (Norway/Credit Agricole) same time 3, Philippe Gilbert (Belgium/Francaise des Jeux) st 4, Karsten Kroon (Netherlands/Team CSC) st 5, Enrico Franzoi (Italy/Liquigas) st 6, Mirco Lorenzetto (Italy/Lampre) st 7, Bernhard Eisel (Austria/High Road) st 8, Davide Rebellin (Italy/Gerolsteiner) st 9, Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Belarus/Liquigas) 7 10.
General classification: Thor Hushovd (Norway/Credit Agricole) 2:26.55 1, Gert Steegmans (Belgium/Quick-Step) 6 2, Karsten Kroon (Netherlands/Team CSC) 12 3.
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ICE HOCKEY
NHL
NY Rangers 3 Buffalo 2 (shootout), Calgary 7 St Louis 3 SO Shootout, Vancouver 2 Los Angeles 1 (overtime).
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RUGBY
SIX NATIONS
French team to face Wales, Cardiff, Sunday
Backs: Dimitri Yachvili, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, Francois Trinh-Duc, David Skrela, Yannick Jauzion, Damien Traille, Vincent Clerc, Julien Malzieu, Anthony Floch, Cedric Heymans.
Forwards: Fabien Barcella, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Nicolas Mas, William Servat, Dimitri Szarzewski, Jerome Thion, Lionel Nallet, Arnaud Mela, Julien Bonnaire, Thierry Dusautoir, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Elvis Vermeulen.
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SOCCER
FA CUP
Semifinal draw#(Premier League unless stated, II denotes Championship (second division): Barnsley (II) v Cardiff City (II), West Bromwich Albion (II) v Portsmouth. Ties to be played on weekend April 5 and 6.
ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE
League Two
Chesterfield 1 MK Dons 2.
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TENNIS
PRO CIRCUIT FUTURES
(Hamilton)
Finals
Women: 3-Ellen Barry (NZ) bt Q-Anna Wishink (Australia) 6-7 6-4 6-1.
Men: 7-Byrdan Klein (Australia) bt Q-Young-Jun Kim (Korea) 6-4 6-4.
WORLD RANKINGS
Women
Justine Henin (Belgium) 6330 points 1, Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 3896 2, Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 3750 3, Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 3685 4, Maria Sharapova (Russia) 3526 5, Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) 2875 6, Venus Williams (US) 2771 7, Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 2617 8, Serena Williams (US) 2297 9, Marion Bartoli (France) 2198 10, Elena Dementieva (Russia) 2180 11, Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 1871 12, Tatiana Golovin (France) 1693 13, Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 1672 14, Dinara Safina (Russia) 1627 15, Nadia Petrova (Russia) 1569 16, Agnes Szavay (Hungary) 1489 17, Shahar Peer (Israel) 1475 18, Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 1442 19, Sybille Bammer (Austria) 1371 20.
Also: Marina Erakovic (NZ) 349 100, Sacha Jones (NZ) 74 311, Ellen Barry (NZ) 45 421.
Men
Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6330 points 1, Rafael Nadal (Spain) 5980 2, Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 5130 3, Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 2750 4, David Ferrer (Spain) 2730 5, Andy Roddick (US) 2380 6, David Nalbandian (Argentina) 2050 7, Richard Gasquet (France) 1885 8, James Blake (US) 1710 9, Tomas Berdych (Czech Rep) 1685 10, Andy Murray (Britain) 1675 11, Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 1515 12, Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 1515 13, Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 1495 14, Tommy Robredo (Spain) 1490 15, Guillermo Canas (Argentina) 1468 16, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 1464 17, Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 1455 18, Carlos Moya (Spain) 1450 19, Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 1445 20.
Also: Daniel King-Turner (NZ)106 330, Simon Rea (NZ) 52 502, Rubin Statham (NZ) 49 531.
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TRIATHLON
OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Wellington)
Women
Emma Moffat (Australia) 2hr 06min 36sec 1, Annabel Luxford (Australia) 2:08.11 2, Nicky Samuels (NZ) 2:10.30 3, Andrea Hewitt (NZ) 2:10.47 4, Samantha Warriner (NZ) 2:11.22 5, Anja Dittmer (Germany) 2:11.30 6, Alee Sharp (Australia) 2:11.46 7, Debbie Tanner (NZ) 2:13.05 8, Carmel Hanley (NZ) 2:14.19 9, Merja Kiviranta (Finland) 2:14.21 10.
Men
Shane Reed (NZ) 1:55.29 1, Bevan Docherty (NZ) 1:55.42 2, James Seear (Australia) 1:56.13 3, Matt Hopper (Australia) 1:56.28 4, Kris Gemmell (NZ) 1:56.48 5, Dan Wilson (Australia) 1:56.54 6, David Matthews (Australia) 1:57.06 7, David Dellow (Australia) 1:57.24 8, Graham O'Grady (NZ) 1:57.59 9, Callum Millward (NZ) 1:58.21 10.
