Tuesday's results

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE

Pittsburgh 4 Arizona 5 (11 innings), Boston 6 Washington 3, Cleveland 8 Chicago Cubs 12, Philadelphia 4 NY Yankees 2, NY Mets 2 Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 1 Detroit 3, Colorado 7 Oakland 0, San Francisco 2 LA Angels 1.

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GOLF

WOMENS A GRADE PENNANTS

(Auckland Golf Club)

Section 1 final: Auckland 7 Titirangi 13, The Grange 16 Howick 4, Onewhero 14 Manukau 6.

Points: Onewhero 60 1, Titirangi 58 2, Auckland 56 3, The Grange 53, Howick 47, Manukau 26.

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LEAGUE

BARTERCARD CUP

Harbour League 32 Counties Manukau Jetz 30. Halftime: 18-10.

Warriors team to play South Sydney, Telstra Stadium, Sunday: B. Webb, P. Ah Van, T. Martin, S. Mannering, M. Vatuvei, J. Ropati, G. Rovelli, R. Wiki (vice-captain), N. Fien, S. Price (captain), A. Guttenbeil, L. Anderson, S. Faumuina. Interchange: L. Hohaia, E. Tuimavave, W. Koopu, M. Luck.

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RUGBY

UNDER-21 WORLD CUP SEMIFINAL

(France)

New Zealand coach Greg Cooper has made seven changes, three of them positional, to his starting 15 for the semifinal against South Africa in France tomorrow (NZ time).

Captain Jamie Mackintosh moves from loosehead to tighthead prop in place of Michael Reid while Arden David-Perrot will play at loosehead and Lance Po-Ching replaces Hikawera Elliot at hooker.

Ryan Wilson comes in at lock for Michael Paterson, who moves to blindside flanker, while Onosa'i Tololima-Auva'a switches from the No 6 to the No 7 jersey in place of Serge Lilo.

The only change in the backline is at centre where Richard Kahui replaces Robbie Flynn.

The changes come after New Zealand lost 17-21 to Australia in their final pool match and Cooper said they reflected the type of game he wanted his side to play against South Africa.

"South Africa is traditionally strong in the forwards and that is a part of their game that we will have to match them in," Cooper said.

"We have reviewed our performance against Australia and identified the areas that we were exposed in and will be looking to improve on that against South Africa."

Australia play France in the other semifinal.

New Zealand U-21: G. Pisi (North Harbour), L. Masaga (Counties-Manukau), R. Kahui (Waikato), S. Brett (Canterbury), J. Somerset (Auckland), W. Ripia (Waikato), A. Mathewson (Wellington), K. Read (Canterbury), O. Tololima-Auva'a (Auckland), M. Paterson (Canterbury), R. Wilson (North Harbour), J. Thrush (Wellington), J. Mackintosh (Southland, captain), L. Po-Ching (Auckland), A. David-Perrot (Wellington).

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SOCCER

WORLD CUP

Group G: Switzerland 2 (A. Frei 16, Barnetta 88) Togo 0.

Group H
Ukraine 4 (A. Rusol 4, S. Rebrov 36, A. Shevchenko 46, M. Kalinichenko 84) Saudi Arabia 0, Spain 3 (Raul 71, F. Torres 76, 90+1 pen) Tunisia 1 (J. Mnari 8).

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TENNIS

NOTTINGHAM OPEN

(Nottingham, England)

First round (prefix denotes seeding): 2-D. Hrbaty (SVK) bt Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (TPE) 6-0 6-3, A. Seppi (ITA) bt S. Wawrinka (SWI) 7-6 (9-7) 4-6 6-4, J. Tipsarevic (SEM) bt R. Bloomfield (GBR) 6-4 3-6 6-3, G. Simon (FRA) bt I. Kunitsyn (RUS) 6-4 6-3, J. Vacek (CZE) bt 1-T. Johansson (SWE) 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (11-13) 6-4.

DEN BOSCH INTERNATIONAL

(Netherlands)

First round: P. Suarez (Argentina) bt 4-M. Kirilenko (Russia) 6-4 6-3 K. Koukalova (Czech Republic) bt V. Ruano (Spain) 6-4 6-3, E. Daniilidou (Greece) bt Jie Zheng (China) 6-4 6-1 M. Krajicek (Netherlands) bt 3-F. Pennetta (Italy) 7-5 6-3, M. E. Camerin (Italy) bt M. Ani (Estonia) 7-5 0-6 6-2 E. Vesnina (Russia) bt J. Schruff (Germany) 6-2 6-3 7-G. Dulko (Argentina) bt M. D. Oliva (Argentina) 6-1 7-6(3).

WTA TOUR HASTINGS

(Devonshire Park)

First round: A. Sugiyama (Japan) bt K. Srebotnik (Slovenia) 7-6(5) 4-6 4-1 retired, 6-F. Schiavone (Italy) bt K. O'Brien (Britain) 6-3, 6-1.