Wednesday's results

ATHLETICS

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Helsinki)

Finals

Men's 3000m steeplechase: S. S. Shaheen (QAT) 8m 13.31s 1, E. Kemboi (KEN) 8m 14.95s 2, B. Kipruto (KEN) 8m 15.30s 3, B. Boulami (MAR) 8m 15.32s 4, S. Vroemen (NED) 8m 16.76s 5, A. Jimnez (ESP) 8m 17.69s 6, P. Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 8m 19.14s 7, B. Tahri (FRA) 8m 19.96s 8, O. Musa Amer (QAT) 8m 20.22s 9, M. Mohamed (SWE) 8m 20.26s 10, L. M. Martn (ESP) 8m 22.13s 11, G. Weidlinger (AUT) 8m 22.84s 12, D. Lincoln (US) 8m 23.89s 13, J. L. Blanco (ESP) 8m 24.62s 14, T. Mubarak Taher (BRN) 8m 37.62s 15.

Men's 400m hurdles: B. Jackson (US) 47.30s 1, J. Carter (US) 47.43s 2, D. Tamesue (JPN) 48.10s 3, K. Clement (US) 48.18s 4, N. Keita (FRA) 48.28s 5, L. van Zyl (RSA) 48.54s 6, B. Kamani (PAN) 50.18s 7, F. Sanchez (DOM) DNF.

Women's 800m: Z. Calatayud (CUB) 1m 58.82s 1, H. Benhassi (MAR) 1m 59.42s 2, T. Andrianova (RUS) 1m 59.60s 3, M. Mutola (MOZ) 1m 59.71s 4, M. Martnez (ESP) 1m 59.99s 5, L. Chzhao (RUS) 2m 00.25s 6, S. Cherkasova (RUS) 2m 00.71s 7, H. Clark (US) 2m 01.52s 8.

Decathlon, after five events: B. Clay (US) 4527.00 pts 1, R. Sebrle (CZE) 4513.00 2, K. Rahnu (EST) 4404.00 3, A. Pogorelov (RUS) 4344.00 4, A. Zsivoczky (HUN) 4330.00 5, H. Dhouibi (TUN) 4216.00 6, T. Dvorak (CZE) 4212.00 7, J. Ojaniemi (FIN) 4198.00 8, A. Drozdov (RUS) 4155.00 9, M. Pahapill (EST) 4145.00 10.

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BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE

Chicago Cubs 3 Cincinnati 8, Baltimore 5 Tampa Bay 2, Boston 8 Texas 7 (10 innings), NY Yankees 1 Chicago White Sox 2, Florida 5 Arizona 0, Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 5, Houston 5 Washington 6, Toronto 6 Detroit 4, Kansas City 7 Cleveland 13, Atlanta 7 San Francisco 1, Colorado 4 Pittsburgh 12, Seattle 1 Minnesota 0, Oakland 2 LA Angels 9, San Diego 8 NY Mets 3, LA Dodgers 4 Philadelphia 8.

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BASKETBALL

GAZE CUP 4-NATIONS TOURNAMENT
(Perth)

New Zealand 90 (P. Cameron 13, P. Jones 13, E. Book 13) China 70 (L. Nan 16, D. Feng 13, T. Zhengdong 12).

Australia 71 (M. Worthington 17, J. Smith 15, G. Saville 12) Lithuania 66 (M. Lukauskis 18, G. Gustas 8, M. Andriukaitis 8).

AUCKLAND WOMEN'S WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP

Winos 41 The Dragons 36, Auckland Girls Grammar 37 Maximus 36, Air NZ 51 Aces 26, Akarana Green 18 Akarana Blue 10, Akarana Red 29 All Sportz 12, Akarana White 39 Thunderbirds 24.

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CRICKET

ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL
(Colombo)

SRI LANKA

M. Atapattu b Nehra 11
S. Jayasuriya run out 67
D. Lokuhettige lbw b Nehra 9
K. Sangakkara c Sehwag b Nehra 8
M. Jayawardene c Kaif b Nehra 83
R. Arnold run out 64
T. Dilshan b Nehra 7
C. Vaas not out 18
U. Chandana c Harbhajan b Nehra 2
M. Muralitharan run out 0
Extras (2lb, 2nb, 8w) 12
Total (for nine wickets) 281
Fall: 1/32, 2/46, 3/67, 4/122, 5/247, 6/257, 7/262, 8/268, 9/281.

Bowling: Pathan 9-0-59-0, Zaheer 9-1-43-0, Nehra 10-1-59-6, Harbhajan 10-0-40-0, Kumble 10-0-64-0, Sehwag 2-0-14-0. 

INDIA

S. Ganguly lbw b Dilshan 26
V. Sehwag b Vaas 48
R. Dravid run out 69
Y. Singh c Lokuhettige b Chandana 42
M. Kaif c Atapattu b Vaas 31
M. S. Dhoni lbw Chandana 7
I. Pathan b Muralitharan 1
H. Singh run out 0
Z. Khan c sub (Tharana) b Muralitharan 5
A. Kumble not out 9
A. Nehra not out 9
Extras (7b, 1lb, 1nb, 7w) 16
--Total (for nine wickets) 263

Fall: 1/62, 2/102, 3/186, 4/205, 5/216, 6/219, 7/223, 8/229, 9/246.

Bowling: Vaas 10-1-38-2, Maharoof 6-0-48-0, Lokuhettige 5-0-41-0, Dilshan 7-0-42-1, Muralitharan 10-0-35-2, Jayasuriya 0.1-0-1-0, Chandana 9.5-0-38-2, Arnold 2-0-12-0. 

Result: Sri Lanka won by 18 runs.

FIRST TEST

ENGLAND WOMEN v AUSTRALIA

(Hove)

Stumps, first day.-

AUSTRALIA

First innings

L. Keightley st Smit b Connor 11
B. Clark b Gunn 0
K. Rolton c Edwards b Brunt 71
L. Sthalekar c S C Taylor b Birch 3
A. Blackwell c Gunn b Birch 5
K. Blackwell lbw b Colvin 7
C. Fitzpatrick c sub b Colvin 53
J. Price b Colvin 0
J. Hayes c sub b Brunt 57
S. Nitschke not out 70
C. Smith not out 31
Extras (4b, 8lb, 8w) 20
--Total (for 9 wkts, 114 overs) 328
Fall: 1/0, 2/49, 3/57,4/87, 5/101, 6/115, 7/115, 8/191, 9/236.

Bowling: Brunt 18-5-45-2, Gunn 11-5-27-1, Morgan 18-7-46-0, Connor 20-8-34-1, Birch 28-9-76-2, Colvin 16-2-67-3, Edwards 3-0-21-0.

ENGLISH COUNTY

Totesport League

Division one

At Cheltenham: Gloucestershire 87 lost to Nottinghamshire 88-2 by eight wickets.

Division two

At The Brit Oval: Leicestershire 258-5 (H. Ackerman 78, A. Habib 52) lost to Surrey 259-4 by six wickets.

ICC TEST RANKINGS

Batting (change in brackets): J. Kallis (RSA) 1 (-), B. Lara (WIS) 2 (-), R. Dravid (IND) 3 (-), V. Sehwag (IND) 4 (-), R. Ponting (AUS) 5 (-1), Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) 6 (+1), D. Martyn (AUS) 7 (-1), S. Chanderpaul (WIS) 8 (+1), A. Gilchrist (AUS) 9 (-1), M. Trescothick (ENG) 10 (-).

Bowling: G. McGrath (AUS) 1 (-), M. Muralitharan (SRI) 2 (-), S. Warne (AUS) 3 (-), C. Vaas (SRI) 4 (-), S. Pollock (RSA) 5 (-), M. Ntini (RSA) 6 (-), S. Akhtar (PAK) 7 (-), A. Kumble (IND) 8 (+1), A. Nel (RSA) 9 (+1), M. Hoggard (ENG) 10 (+1).

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CYCLING

BENELUX TOUR

Sixth stage,195km from Sint-Truiden to Hoogstraten: S. van Dijk (Netherlands/MrBookmaker) 4h 10.37s 1, M. van Heeswijk (Netherlands/Discovery Channel) same time, 2, S. Cadamuro (Italy/Domina Vacanze) 3, T. Steels (Belgium/Davitamon - Lotto) 4, M. Zanotti (Italy/Liquigas) 5, E. Zabel (Germany/T-Mobile) 6, S. de Jongh (Netherlands/Rabobank) 7, D. Bennati (Italy/Lampre - Caffita) 8, A. Davis (Australia/Liberty Seguros) 9, A. Korff (Germany/T-Mobile) 10.

General classification: R. Verbrugghe (Belgium/Quick-Step) 28h 36.10s 1, Davis +5s 2, E. Dekker (Netherlands/Rabobank) +13s 3, M. Blaudzun (Denmark/Team CSC) +15s 4, C. Barredo (Spain/Liberty Seguros) +17s 5, J. Van den Broeck (Belgium/Discovery Channel) +19s 6, A. Klier (Germany/T-Mobile) +21s 7, T. Dekker (Netherlands/Rabobank) +26s 8, S. Ivanov (Russia/T-Mobile) +37s 9, P. Mertens (Belgium/Chocolade Jacques) 10.

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GOLF

WORLD RANKINGS

T. Woods (US) 16.21 1 (1), V. Singh (Fiji) 11.94 2 (2), E. Els (S Africa) 9.22 3 (3), P. Mickelson (US) 8.34 4 (4), R. Goosen (S Africa) 7.95 5 (5), S. Garcia (Spain) 7.09 6 (6), A. Scott (Australia) 5.69 7 (7), P. Harrington (Ireland) 5.43 8 (8), J. Furyk (United States) 5.29 9 (9), K. Perry (US) 5.22 10 (10), D. Toms (US) 5.14 11 (11), A. Cabrera (Argentina) 5.08 12 (13).

C. DiMarco (US) 4.96 13 (12), D. Clarke (Britain) 4.53 14 (15), L. Donald (Britain) 4.44 15 (14), T. Clark (S Africa) 4.23 16 (18), F. Couples (US) 4.19 17 (17), D. Love III (US) 4.03 18 (16), S. Cink (US) 3.98 19 (19), M. CAMPBELL (NZ) 3.84 20 (20), M. A. Jimenez (Spain) 3.68 21 (23), J. Leonard (US) 3.62 22 (22), S. Verplank (US) 3.58 23 (21).

C. Montgomerie (Britain) 3.56 24 (24), M. Weir (Canada) 3.41 25 (27), S. Appleby (Australia) 3.36 26 (26), N. O'Hern (Australia) 3.35 27 (25), M. Hensby (Australia) 3.22 28 (28), F. Funk (United States) 3.14 29 (30), D. Howell (Britain) 3.13 30 (31).

EUROPEAN ORDER OF MERIT

M. CAMPBELL (NZ) 1,585,357.26 1 (1), C. Montgomerie (Britain) 1,436,741.88 2 (2), A. Cabrera (Argentina) 1,429,170.69 3 (3), R. Goosen (South Africa) 1,365,078.28 4 (4), E. Els (S Africa) 1,012,682.63 5 (5), N. Fasth (Sweden) 962,905.59 6 (6), D. Howell (Britain) 923,423.07 7 (7), M. A. Jimenez (Spain) 888,594.84 8 (8).

T. Bjorn (Denmark) 882,520.16 9 (9), S. Dodd (Britain) 833,361.17 10 (10), N. O'Hern (Australia) 799,677.29 11 (11), D. Clarke (Britain) 760,868.15 12 (12), P. McGinley (Ireland) 760,758.06 13 (13), I. Poulter (Britain) 753,830.22 14 (14), H. Stenson (Sweden) 738,958.30 15 (15), B. Dredge (Britain) 731,035.05 16 (23), A. Scott (Australia) 712,994.99 17 (16), P. Hanson (Sweden) 709,868.99 18 (17), N. Dougherty (Britain) 695,855.51 19 (18), L. Donald (Britain) 693,331.14 20 (19).

J-F. Remesy (France) 688,579.70 21 (20), K. Ferrie (Britain) 679,123.98 22 (22), M. Lafeber (Netherlands) 672,898.22 23 (21), S. Webster (Britain) 632,696.28 24 (24), G. Storm (Britain) 589,106.34 25 (25), V. Singh (Fiji) 581,603.87 26 (26), S. Garcia (Spain) 573,906.74 27 (27), P. Broadhurst (Britain) 552,986.52 28 (29), J. M. Olazabal (Spain) 543,731.00 29 (28), T. Immelman (S Africa) 520,941.26 30 (30).

NZ team for Spirit International

Biennial 24-nation amateur teams golf event, Whispering Pines, US, in October: S. Nicholson (Wellington), S. Ahn (North Harbour), D. Holloway (Hawkes Bay), R. Wright (Waikato).

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RUGBY

WORLD UNDER-85KG CHAMPS
(Phuket)

Semifinals: Auckland 15 New South Wales 19. HT: 10-13.

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SOCCER

ENGLISH SECOND DIVISION

Brighton & Hove Albion 0 Reading 2, Burnley 1 Sheffield United 2, Cardiff City 2 Leeds United 1, Leicester City 4 Stoke City 2, Luton Town 3 Southampton 2, Millwall 0 Coventry City 0, Norwich City 1 Crewe Alexandra 1, Plymouth Argyle 3 Watford 3, Queens Park Rangers 2 Ipswich Town 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1 Hull City 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Crystal Palace 1.

ENGLISH LOWER DIVISION

League One

Bournemouth 1, Hartlepool 1, Bradford 0, Southend 2, Colchester 1, Swansea 2, Doncaster 1, MK Dons 1, Huddersfield 1, Bristol City 0, Port Vale 0, Gillingham 0, Scunthorpe 2, Barnsley 1, Swindon 2, Oldham 3, Tranmere 2, Blackpool 2, Walsall 3, Nottingham Forest 2, Yeovil 0, Rotherham 0.

League Two

Bristol Rovers 1 Grimsby 2, Bury 1 Leyton Orient 2, Carlisle 1 Peterborough 0, Chester 2 Lincoln 2, Darlington 2 Stockport 0, Macclesfield 2 Cheltenham 2, Mansfield 0 Rushden-Diamonds 1, Northampton 1 Barnet 2, Notts County 1 Wrexham 0, Rochdale 1 Wycombe 2.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Third qualifying round, first leg.-

At Manchester: Manchester United 3 Debrecen 0.

At Liverpool: Everton 1 Villareal 2.

At Krakow: Wisla Krakow 3 Panathanaikos 1.

At Nicosia: Anorthosis Famagusta 1 Rangers 2 .

At Oslo: Valerenga 1 FC Bruges 0.

At Sevilla: Real Betis 1 Monaco 0.

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TENNIS

TENNIS MASTERS CANADA
(Montreal)

First round (prefix denotes seeding): S. Grosjean (France) bt P. Srichaphan (Thailand) 7-6 (7-1) 3-6 6-2, J. C. Ferrero (Spain) bt 7-G. Coria (Argentina) 6-3 6-2, D. Ferrer (Spain) bt F. Santoro (France) 3-6 6-1 6-2, 1-R. Nadal (Spain) bt C. Moya (Spain) 6-3 6-7 6-3, 12-T. Johansson (Sweden) bt I. Karlovic (Croatia) 6-1 7-5, J. Novak (Czech Republic) bt I. Andreev (Russia) 6-4 6-7 (7-1) 6-1, T. Dent (US) bt 13-I. Ljubicic (Croatia) 1-6 7-5 6-3.

T. Berdych (Czech Republic) bt J. Melzer (Austria) 6-1 6-3, F. Serra (France) bt 2-L. Hewitt (Australia) 4-3 (Hewitt retired), Y. El Aynaoui (Morocco) bt F. Lopez (Spain) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3, R. Soederling (Sweden) bt 14-R. Stepanek (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-4, N. Kiefer (Germany) bt N. Massu (Chile) 6-3 6-2, X. Malisse (Belgium) bt F. Dancevic (Canada) 6-2 6-2, A. Clement (France) bt J. Acasuso (Argentina) 2-6 6-3 6-3.

LOS ANGELES OPEN

Round two: V. Lepchenko (Uzbekistan) bt S. Talaja (Croatia) 6-4 6-2.

Round one: T. Sun (China) bt M. F. Alves (Brazil) 6-0 6-1, E. Daniilidou (Greece) bt M. E. Salerni (Argentina) 7-6 7-5, K. Sprem (Croatia) bt Y. Fedak (Ukraine) 6-4 7-6, T. Garbin (Italy) bt B. Mattek (US) 6-4 6-2, K. Bondarenko (Ukraine) bt E. Linetskaya (Russia) 6-0 6-3, C. Martinez (Spain) bt M. Washington (US) 6-1 6-4, J. Craybas (US) bt V. Ruano Pascual (Spain) 6-0 4-6 6-3, I. Benesova (Czech Republic) bt S. Mirza (India) 6-3 1-6 6-4, S. Peng (China) bt M. Vento-Kabchi (Venezuela) 7-6 6-0.