BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Baltimore 5 Toronto 0, Boston 3 Los Angeles Angels 2, Detroit 1 Cleveland 6, New York Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 4, Washington 2 Florida 4, Philadelphia 1 Houston 2, Pittsburgh 2 Arizona 4 (12 innings), Cincinnati 2 Milwaukee 1 (10 innings), Atlanta 3 New York Mets 1, Chicago
White Sox 6 Kansas City 5, Minnesota 7 Texas 10, St Louis 2 Chicago Cubs 5, Oakland 2 Seattle 3, San Diego 5 Colorado 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4 San Francisco 2 (10 innings).
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CRICKET
TRI-SERIES
(Harare)
Final.-
INDIA
V. Sehwag c Vincent b Vettori 75
S. Ganguly c Marshall b Oram 31
M. Kaif not out 93
R. Dravid lbw b Vettori 0
Y. Singh c Bond b Mills 20
V. Rao c McMillan b Oram 8
M. Dhoni lbw b Styris 11
J. Yadav c McCullum b Oram 0
A. Agarkar c Mills b Bond 6
I. Pathan c Vincent b Oram 10
A. Nehra c Oram b Mills 0
Extras (5lb, 4nb, 13w) 22
--Total (49.3 overs) 276
Fall: 1/72, 2/155, 3/155, 4/185, 5/203, 6/230, 7/231, 8/255, 9/272.
Bowling: Bond 9.3-0-44-1 (1nb, 3w), Mills 9.3-3-45-2, Oram 8.3-0-58-4 (3nb, 1w), Styris 8-0-56-1 (2w), Vettori 10-0-35-2 (1w), Astle 4-0-33-0 (1w).
NEW ZEALAND
S. Fleming c and b Sehwag 61
N. Astle not out 115
H. Marshall lbw b Sehwag 3
S. Styris st Dhoni b Sehwag 37
C. McMillan c Dhoni b Y Singh 13
L. Vincent not out 33
Extras (9lb, 1nb, 6w) 16
--Total (for 4 wkts, 48.1 overs) 278
Fall: 1/121, 2/125, 3/183, 4/206.
Bowling: Pathan 5-1-40-0 (1w), Nehra 6-0-40-0 (1w), Agarkar 6.1-0-43-0 (1nb, 1w), Singh 10-0-49-0, Sehwag 10-0-44-3 (2w), Yadav 1-0-14-0, Singh 10-1-39-1.
* New Zealand won by six wickets.
ENGLISH COUNTY
Second day of four.-
Division one, at Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 336 (D. Hussey 157, R. Warren 60; J. Lewis 4-80) bt Gloucestershire 103 (K. Ali 55no; M. Ealham 5-31) and 169 (J. Lewis 55; M. Ealham 4-44) by an innings and 64 runs.
ENGLISH NATIONAL LEAGUE
Division two (one-dayer) at Grace Road: Leicestershire 164-8 (D. Robinson 61) lost to Derbyshire 168-4 by six wickets.
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GOLF
AUCKLAND WOMEN'S CHAMPS
Fifteen-year-old Dasom Lee from Pakuranga beat 14-year-old Jan Lee from Akarana 5 and 4 to win the title at Remuera yesterday.
The winner was four under par when the match finished.
Semifinals: J. Lee (Akarana) bt L. Nightingale (Titirangi) 4/3, D. Lee (Pakuranga) bt A. Lawson (Maungakiekie) 5/4.
Final: D. Lee bt J. Lee 5/4.
Auckland team for interprovincial championship at Ngaruawahia next month: D. Lee (Pakuranga), Y. Kim (Pakuranga), J. Lee (Akarana), L. Eruera (Aviation), M. Song (Whitford Park). Reserve, T. Tare (Titirangi).
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MOUNTAIN BIKING
New Zealand's Marquita Gelderman finished fourth in the world mountainbike orienteering middle-distance championship in Slovakia.
Gelderman's time of 1h 12m 18s left her less than 3m behind the winner, Michaela Gigon, of Austria.
Of the other New Zealanders, Michal Glowacki finished 43rd and Greg Barbour 112th.
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RUGBY
GRAND SLAM
NPC
Taranaki team to play Southland in a first division match at New Plymouth on Sunday: J. Hilgendorf, S. Tagicakibau, M. Harvey, L. Mafi, S. Ireland, S. Young, J. King, T. Soqeta, C. Masoe, J. Willis, S. Breman, P. Tito (capt), G. Slater, A. Hore, T. Penn. Res: L. Corlett, H. Mitchell, J. Eaton, J. Lawn, A. Suniula, T. Feather, C. Fevre.
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SOCCER
ENGLISH LEAGUE TWO
Chester 1 Grimsby 2.
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TENNIS
US OPEN
(New York)
Men's singles, fourth round (prefix denotes seeding): 11-D. Nalbandian (Argentina) bt D. Sanguinetti (Italy) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 6-2, 1-R. Federer (Switzerland) bt N. Kiefer (Germany) 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-4, 3-L. Hewitt (Australia) bt 15-D. Hrbaty (Slovakia) 6-1 6-4 6-2, J. Nieminen (Finland) bt F. Verdasco (Spain) 6-2 7-6 (8-6) 6-3.
Doubles, quarter-finals: 1-J. Bjorkman (Sweden)/M. Mirnyi (Belarus) bt 12-C. Suk/P. Vizner (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-3, 4-W. Black/K. Ullyett (Zimbabwe) bt 11-J. Erlich/A. Ram (Israel) 6-4 6-2, P. Goldstein/J. Thomas (US) bt 9-S. Aspelin (Sweden)/T. Perry (Australia) 4-6 6-4 7-6 (16-14), 2-B. Bryan/M. Bryan (US) bt J. Benneteau/N. Mahut (France) 6-3, 6-4.
Women's singles, quarter-finals: 1-M. Sharapova (Russia) bt 9-N. Petrova (Russia) 7-5 4-6 6-4, 4-K. Clijsters (Bel) bt 10-V. Williams (US) 4-6 7-5 6-1.
Doubles, quarter-finals: 14-E. Dementieva (Russia)/F. Pennetta (Italy) bt 8-C. Morariu (US)/P. Schnyder (Switzerland 6-3 3-6 6-3.
Mixed doubles, quarter-finals: D. Hantuchova (Slovakia)/M. Bhupathi (India) bt 5-A. Sugiyama (Japan)/K. Ullyett (Zimbabwe) 7-5 6-2, 6-C. Morariu/M. Bryan (US) bt 2-R. Stubbs (Australia)/B. Bryan (US) 6-4 6-4.
Semifinals: K. Srebotnik (Slovakia)/N. Zimonjic (Sebia and Montenegro) bt D. Safina (Russia)/A. Ram (Israel) 6-1 7-5.
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Baltimore 5 Toronto 0, Boston 3 Los Angeles Angels 2, Detroit 1 Cleveland 6, New York Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 4, Washington 2 Florida 4, Philadelphia 1 Houston 2, Pittsburgh 2 Arizona 4 (12 innings), Cincinnati 2 Milwaukee 1 (10 innings), Atlanta 3 New York Mets 1, Chicago
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