Wednesday's results

ATHLETICS

New Zealand women's team for world cross country championship in Japan, April 1.-

Senior women: F. Crombie (Canterbury), M. Davies (Northland, based overseas), K. McIlroy (Wellington), M. Moon (Wellington), N. Rillstone (Auckland), J. Ruthe (North).

Junior men: T. Hodge (Wellington), H. McLaren (Canterbury), J. Robinson (Hamilton), S. Salad (Hamilton).

Junior women: L. Oliver (Canterbury).

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BADMINTON

OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS

(North Harbour)

Men's third round, (New Zealand unless noted): 1-G. Bellingham bt A. Chan 21-7 retired, M. A. Desaymoz (New Caledonia) bt C. Lee 21-15 20-22 26-24, 3-S. Brehaut (AUS) bt E. Haggo 21-5 21-7, J. Wu bt Z. Ziheng 21-15 21-6, 5-J. Gordon bt H. Tam 21-13 21-7, 4-S. Gomez (Aus) bt L. Newman 21-7 21-14, H. Pham (Aus) bt B. Miller 21-8 21-9, 2-J. Moody bt N. Hannam 21-6 21-7.

Women's second round: 1-R. Bellingham bt M. Chan 21-10 21-11, M. Chan bt B. Hill 21-9 21-12, 4-R. Flavell bt C. Chapple 21-12 21-9, D. Barry bt J. Tam 21-20 11-21 21-14, K. Tam bt E. Rodgers 21-12 21-6, 3-T. Luiz (Aus) bt E. Rodgers 21-10 21-16, K. Whiteside (Fiji) bt E. Ang 24-22 21-16, 2-R. Hindley bt S. Cheng 21-10 21-11.

Mixed semifinals: 1-D. Shirley/S. Runesten Petersen bt H. Tam/L. Shirley 21-10 21-8.

Men's semifinals: 1-G. Bellingham bt 3-S. Brehaut (Aus)21-14 21-12.

Women's semifinals: 4-R. Flavell bt M. Chan 21-18 11-21 21-16, 2-R. Hindley bt 3-T. Luiz(Aus)21-17 21-10.

Men's doubles semifinals: 2-G. Bellingham/C. Cooper bt A. Brehaut(Aus)/T. Denney(Aus) 21-14 21-19.

Women's doubles semifinals: N. Gordon/S. Runesten Petersen bt 4-R. Flavell/D. Cranston 21-17 21-14.

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BASKETBALL

AUCKLAND WOMEN'S SUMMER CHAMPS

Epsom Lions 33 Akarana Blue 27, Auckland Girls Grammar 35 Maximus 15, Air New Zealand 38 Dragons 9, Winos 24 Akarana Green 11, Hot Chocolate 20 Epsom Blue 0, Epsom Gold 32 Epsom Cubs 9, Team Special 20 Akarana White 0, Akarana Red 26 All Sportz 11.

NBA

Detroit 85 New Jersey 71, Miami 107 Orlando 93, Milwaukee 106 Seattle 91, Chicago 101 Sacramento 105 (OT), LA Clippers 97 Houston 128.

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BOWLS

MAIRANGI BAY FOUNDERS FOURS TOURNAMENT

Final day

Championship: F. Griffiths, R. Bush, A. Donnelly, P. Andrews (Mairangi Bay) 1, J. Morgan, J. Knowles, R. Cairns, R. Newdick (Warkworth) 2, A. Johnston, B. Te Whare, B. Johnston, P. Swan (Papakura) 3, J. Sakey, M. Mathieson, S. Law, E. Earwaker (Takapuna) 4.

Plate: A. Salvador (Mairangi Bay) 1, C. Watson (Mairangi Bay composite) 2, J. Tobin (Glenfield) 3, D. Probert (Northcote) 4.

Consolation tournament: N. McMaster (Browns Bay) 1, S. Gibson (Birkenhead) 2, C. Cater (Mairangi Bay) 3, R. Mahon (Birkenhead) 4.

COUNTIES MANUKAU

Dorchester Ladies Centre fours

K. Forrest, L. Tukiri, M. Howe, M. Pedley (Papakura) bt J. Jones, J. Montgomery, L. Madden, L. Ross (Manurewa Cosmopolitan) 26/7.

Dorchester Mens Centre fours

S. Drabble D. Emirali B. Drabble G. Judson (Manurewa Cosmopolitan) bt D. Cameron, T. Andrews, G. Schaumkel, P. Lamsam (Manurewa Cosmopolitan ) 19/18.

NORTH HARBOUR

Ross McMurdo Memorial Tournament

(Helensville)

Leading teams after day one

Three wins: K. Wood (Silverdale).

Two wins and a half: T. Webb (Arapahui).

Two wins: I. Poland (Hobsonville), K. Downer (Helensville), I. Kostanich (Helensville), J. Cook (Te Kopuru), L. Radonich (Dargaville), B. Ashworth (Waimauku).

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COACHING

PM's high performance sports scholarships.-

Badminton: T. Carmichael (Auckland), $2900.

Canoeing: Johann Roozenburg (Tauranga) $10,000.

Cycling: M. Lucas (Invercargill) $10,000.

Hockey: S. McLeish (Hamilton) $10,000.

Skate sports: J. Michael (Palmerston North) $7500, J. Schenker (Auckland) $6500, J. Innes (Palmerston North) $5700, L. Grant (Napier) $5000, P. Peters (Nelson) $3700, R. Dobbin (Palmerston North) $1500.

Snow sports: T. Willmott (Wanaka) $9900.

Squash: L. Walters (Invercargill) $4900, N. Mita (Christchurch) $4700, J. Bell (Cambridge) $4300, R. Wyatt (Auckland) $4000.

Yachting: A. Brown (Auckland) $10,000, I. Neely (Auckland) $10,000, N. Handley (Auckland) $10,000.

Yachting (paralympics): M. Davies (Auckland) $9200.

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CRICKET

UNDER-19 WORLD CUP

(Sri Lanka)

Plate championship quarter-final

IRELAND

G. McKee c Fitzgerald b Bartlett 5
F. McAllister c Southee b Bennett 44
E. Morgan c Guptill b Bennett 124
G. Wilson b Bennett 0
A. Poynter c Ellison b Guptill 76
N. McDarby c Fitzgerald b Donnelly 0
R. Stirling st Fitzgerald b Guptill 0
J. Hall b Bennett 15
G. McKenna b Southee 4
G. Kidd not out 1
N. Gill not out 1
Extras (1lb, 22w, 11nb) 34
--Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 304
Fall: 1/8, 2/96, 3/96, 4/256, 5/256, 6/257, 7/288, 8/302, 9/303.

Bowling: T. Southee 10-0-71-1 (7w), D. Bartlett 4-0-25-1 (1nb, 6w), R. Karaitiana 6-0-37-0 (1nb, 2w), R. Hira 7-1-42-0 (1nb, 2w), H. Bennett 6- 0- 31-4 (6nb), M. Guptill 10-0-54-2 (2nb, 4w), J. Donnelly 7-1-43- 1 (1w).

NEW ZEALAND

T. Astle b McDarby 4
M. Guptill c McAllister b Gill 19
N. Fitzgerald st McAllister b Hall 38
A. de Boorder c Thompson b Kidd 87
M. Ellison c Poynter b Thompson 24
T. Southee c Poynter b Gill 92
K. Noema-Barnett c Kidd b McDarby 22
R. Hira not out 7
R. Karaitiana not out 0
Extras (10w, 2nb) 12
--Total (for 7 wkts, 49.1 overs) 305
Fall: 1/28, 2/28, 3/99, 4/150, 5/245, 6/288, 7/299.

Bowling: N. Gill 9-0-44-2 (2nb, 1w), N. McDarby 5.1-0-32-2 (5w), G. Kidd 10-1-55-1 (2w), J. Hall 10-0-66-1 (1w), G. Thompson 9-0-64-1, Poynter 6-1-44-0 (1w).

Result: New Zealand won by three wickets.

ONE DAY SERIES

(Third match, Brisbane)

AUSTRALIA v SRI LANKA

SRI LANKA

M. Atapattu c Symonds b Bracken 7
S. Jayasuriya c Symonds b Bracken 6
K. Sangakkara lbw b Clarke 59
M. Jayawardene c Katich b Clark 86
R. Arnold c Ponting b Bracken 76
T. Dilshan c Hussey b Clark 3
C. Kapugedera c Symonds b Lewis 9
C. Vaas run out 11
M. Muralitharan run out 3
D. Fernando not out 1
Extras (2lb, 1nb, 2w) 5
-- Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 266
Fall: 1/7, 2/28, 3/128, 4/204, 5/213, 6/238, 7/259, 8/265, 9/266.

Bowling: Lee 10-0-58-0 (1w), Bracken 10-1-44-3, Lewis 10-1-52-1 (1nb), S. Clark 10-0-45-2, Symonds 5-0-39-0, M. Clarke 5-0-26-1 (1w).

AUSTRALIA

A. Gilchrist b Muralitharan 122
S. Katich not out 107
R. Ponting not out 28
Extras (5lb, 4w, 1nb) 3
-- Total (for 1 wkts, 45.3 overs) 267
Fall: 1/196.

Bowling: Vaas 10-0-45-0, Perera 8-1-50-0 (1w), Fernando 6-0-45-0, Dilshan 3.3-0-21-0, Muralitharan 10-1-50-0 (2w), Bandara 6-0-36-0, Jayawardene 2-0-15-0.

Result: Australia won by 9 wickets.

Series: Australia wins the best-of-3 finals 2-1.

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CYCLING

NORTH HARBOUR CRITERIUM

(North Harbour Stadium)

Novice: R. Sheath 1, T. Aldrich 2, J. Roets 3.

C-grade women: L. Haycock 1, B. Andrews 2.

C-grade men: J. Sodo 1, R. Goldsmith, B. de Bruin 2 equal.

B-grade men: N. Harding-Sheath 1, S. Hosking 2, M. Taylor 3.

A-grade criterium: G. McCauley 1, B. Doughety 2, M. Northey 3. SQUASH

KUALA LUMPUR OPEN

Second round qualifying: S. Kitchen (NZ) bt K. Brown (Australia) 9/4 9/3 9/5.

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POLO

PORSCHE OPEN

(Karaka)

Mitavite 9 v Morton Estate 7, Bayleys Real Estate 9 v Blundell Electrical 10, Morningstar 11 v Blundell Electrical 11, Morton Estate 11 v Waiamai Piquet Hill 13.

Ladies Open: Wahine Challenge 6 v Kiwipolo 4, Clevedon Coast Oysters 6 v Morningstar 4, NZ Gold 0 v Morningstar 3, Wahine Challenge 1 v NZ Beast Cancer 9.

Bayleys Real Estate 4 goal section: Brinks 7 v Taupiri 2, Fishers Fine Arts 7 v Wild Bunch 5, Morrinsville B 5 v Mystery Creek IRT 4, Kerikeri 5 v Skyline Garages 4.

Equivac 8 goal section: Bayleys Real Estate 8 v Morrinsville A 6, Equivac 9 v Nga Rakau 10.

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SOCCER

ENGLISH PREMIER

Liverpool 1 Arsenal 0.

SECOND DIVISION

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

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SURF LIFESAVING

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

(Melbourne)

Day One

(NZ results)

Women's 4x50m obstacle relay: NZ (J. O'Connor, H. Moczydlowski, J. Toomey, A. Dunlop-Barrett) 2m 02.17s 8.

Men's 4x50m obstacle relay: NZ (S. Ferguson, G. Anderson. M. Buck, D. Toomey) 1m 43.08s, 2.

Women's 50m manikin carry: NZ (J. Toomey) 38.44s, 4.

Mens 50m manikin carry: NZ (S. Ferguson) 35.31s, 14.

Women's 100m manikin tow with fins: NZ (J. O'Connor) 1m 09.27s 10.

Men's 100m manikin tow with fins: NZ (M. Buck) 1m 00.63s, 9.

Women's 100m manikin tow with fins: (NZ) J. O'Connor 1m 09.27s, 3.

Men's 4x25m manikin relay: NZ (S. Ferguson, G. Anderson, M. Buck, D. Toomey) 1m 18.59s 3.

Day two

Pool event

Men 200m obstacle swim: G. Anderson 2m 44s 5, M. Buck 2m 03.31s 7.

Women 200m obstacle swim: A. Dunlop-Barrett 2m 19.68s 8.

Men 4x50 obstacle relay: Ferguson, Anderson, Toomey, Buck 1m 43. 08s 2.

Women 4x50m obstacle relay: O'Connor, Toomey, Dunlop-Barrett, Pengelly 2m 02.17s 8.

Men 50m manikin carry: S. Ferguson 34. 37s 15.

Women 50m manikin carry: J. Toomey 38. 44s 4, Dunlop-Barrett 43. 30s 16.

Men 100m manikin tow with fins: M. Buck 1m 00.63s 9.

Women 100m manikin tow with fins: J. O'Connor 1m 09.27s 11.

Men 4x25m manikin relay: Ferguson, Anderson, Toomey, Buck 1m 18. 59s 11.

Men 4x50m medley relay: Ferguson, Anderson, Toomey, Buck 1m 43. 08s 7.

Women 4x50m medley relay: O'Connor, Toomey, Dunlop-Barrett, Pengelly 1m 52. 87s 10.

SERC (Simulated Emergency Response Comp): Toomey, Dominic, N. Cox, H. Moczydlowski, J. Toomey 18.

Mens line throw: M. Buck 14.09s 13.

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TENNIS

SYDNEY CHALLENGER

First round: M. Erakovic (NZ) bt F. Lubiana (Italy) 6-2 6-1.

ANTWERP DIAMOND GAMES

(Belgium)

First round: 6-P. Schnyder (Switzerland) bt M. Krajicek (Netherlands) 6-0 6-4, 9-D. Hantuchova (Slovakia) bt Z. Ondraskova (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-0, T. Golovin (France) bt K. Flipkens (Belgium) 6-1 7-6 (7-3), M. Domachowska (Poland) bt A. Medina (Spain) 6-4 6-2, A. Ivanovic (Serbia and Montenegro) bt R. Vinci (Italy) 6-3 6-3.

MARSEILLE INTERNATIONAL

(Marseille, France)

First round: 3-N. Davydenko (Russia) bt C. Rochus (Belgium) 6-1 6-2, E. Korolev (Russia) bt A. Sidorenko (France) 2-6 6-4 6-1, M. Youzhny (Russia) bt S. De Chaunac (France) 6-4 6-3, G. Rusedski (Britain) bt N. Thomann (France) 6-3 6-2.

COPA TELMEX TOURNAMENT

(Buenos Aires)

First round: 5-C. Moya (Spain) bt F. Fognini (Italy) 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 6-4, F. Saretta (Brazil) bt G. Fraile (Spain) 6-0 4-6 6-3, N. Massu (Chile) bt M. Daniel (Brazil) 6-3 5-7 6-1, 8-J. I. Chela (Argentina) bt L. Horna (Peru) 7-6 (7-1) retired, M. Vassallo Arguello (Argentina) bt R. Mello (Brazil) 6-3 6-3, A. Calleri (Argentina) bt 7-F. Serra (France) 6-0 6-4, R. R. Hidalgo (Spain) bt E. Prodon (France) 3-6 6-4 6-2, A. Martin (Spain) bt A. Portas (Spain) 6-2 7-5, 6-F. Volandri (Italy) bt F. Vicente (Spain) 6-3 6-2.

SAP OPEN

(San Jose)

Round one: Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (Taiwan) bt 5-J. Blake (US) 6-3 7-5, 1-A. Roddick (US) bt G. Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-3 6-4, R. Soederling (Sweden) bt A. Pavel (Romania) 6-3 6-4, J. Gimelstob (US) bt B. Rehnquist (Sweden) 6-1 6-4, B. Wilson (US) bt 8-I. Karlovic (Croatia) 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (7-5).

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WINTER OLYMPICS

(Turin, Italy)

(Finals unless noted)

Men's alpine skiing combined: T. Ligety (US) 3m 09.35s 1, I. Kostelic (Croatia) 3m 09.88s 2, R. Schoenfelder (Austria) 3m 10.67s 3, D. Albrecht (Switzerland) 3m 10.73s 4, G. Rocca (Italy) 3m 10.74s 5, O. Bank (Czech Republic) 3m 11.00s 6, M. Berthod (Switzerland) 3m 11.22s 7, P. Bourgeat (France) 3m 11.29s 8, P. Fill (Italy) 3m 12.21s 9, K. Jansrud (Norway) 3m 12.32s 10.

Women's speed skating 500m: S. Zhurova (Russia) 1m 16.57s 1, Wang Manli (China) 1m 16.78s 2, R. Hui (China) 1m 16.87s 3, T. Okazaki (Japan) 1m 16.92s 4, Sang Hwa Lee (Korea) 1m 17.04s 5, J. Wolf (Germany) 1m 17.25s 6, W. Beixing (China) 1m 17.27s 7, S. Osuga (Japan) 1m 17.39s 8, S. Yoshii (Japan) 1m 17.43s 9, C. Simionato (Italy) 1m 17.68s 10.

Women's luge: S. Otto (Germany) 3m 07.979s 1, S. Kraushaar (Germany) 3m 08.115s 2, T. Huefner (Germany) 3m 08.460s 3, C. Zablocki (US) 3m 08.852s 4, V. Halder (Austria) 3m 09.087s 5, L. Ludan (Ukraine) 3m 09.275s 6, A. Orlova (Latvia) 3m 09.483s 7, N. Reithmayer (Austria) 3m 09.573s 8, M. Kocher (Switzerland) 3m 09.591s 9, R. Lauscher (Canada) 3m 09.643s 10.

Men's biathlon 10km race: S. Fischer (Germany) 26m 11.6s (0 penalty lap) 1, H. Hanevold (Norway) 26m 19.8s (0) 2, F. Andresen (Norway) 26m 31.3s (1) 3, W. Perner (Austria) 26m 51.6s (1) 4, V. Defrasne (France) 26m 54.2s (1) 5, I. Tcherezov (Russia) 27m 09.0s (0) 6, R. Gross (Germany) 27m 15.1s (0) 7, M. Nilsson (Sweden) 27m 18.5s (0) 8, R. Poiree (France) 27m 19.0s (1) 9, M. Tchoudov (Russia) 27m 20.5s (0) 10.

Nordic cross-country skiing women's team sprint: Sweden 16m 36.9s 1, Canada at 0.6s 2, Finland 2.3s 3, Norway 11.2s 4, Germany 26.6s 5, Russia 31.6s 6, Italy 47.9s 7, Japan 50.7s 8, Kazakhstan 1m 05.9s 9, United States 1m 28.0s 10.

Nordic cross-country skiing men's team sprint: Sweden 17m 02.9s 1, Norway at 0.6s 2, Russia 2.3s 3, Germany 11.1s 4, Finland 18.6s 5, Kazakhstan 22.2s 6, Poland 23.4s 7, Slovakia 28.0s 8, Italy 28.4s 9, Czech Republic 46.7s 10.

Curling

Men's round robin: Norway 7 Switzerland 2, Sweden 8 Canada 7, Italy 9 Germany 8, US 10 New Zealand 4.

Women's icehockey

Group A: Canada 8 Sweden 1, Italy 1 Russia 5.

Group B: US 7 Finland 3, Switzerland 1 Germany 2.