FOOTBALL

SPANISH FIRST DIVISION

Alaves 0 Celta Vigo 0 l Barcelona 3 (Luis Enrique 68, Marc Overmars 77, Javier Saviola 9) Rayo Vallecano 0 l Deportivo Coruna 5 (Juan Carlos Valeron 25, Victor 26, Roy Makaay 31, 36, 59) Recreativo Huelva 0 l Osasuna 1 (Gerardo Rivero 69 Athletic Bilbao 5 (Aitor Ocio 15, Santi Ezquerro 31, Francisco Yeste 41, Joseba Arriaga 65, Aitor Karanaka 76) l Racing Santander 2 (Rodolfo Bodipo 11, 25) Valencia 1 (Francisco Rufete 12) l Real Betis 1 (Fernando 35) Espanyol 1 (Cyrille Domoraud 87) l Valladolid 3 (Fernando Sales 32, David Aganzo 51, 76) Atletico Madrid 1 (Jose Mari 61) l Villarreal 0 Malaga 0.

PREMIER LEAGUE

Arsenal 2 (Thierry Henry 30, Dennis Bergkamp 63) Leeds United 3 (Harry Kewell 5, Ian Harte 49, Mark Viduka 88).

FRENCH FIRST DIVSION

Paris St Germain 2 (Fabrice Fiorese 58, Ronaldinho 76) Monaco 1 (Shabani Nonda 41).

GERMAN FIRST DIVISION

Bayer Leverkusen 3 (Lucio 38, 69, Hanno Balitsch 71) Arminia Bielefeld 1 (Ansgar Brinkmann 34) l Hansa Rostock 3 (Rade Prica 65, Magnus Arvidsson 79, Rene Rydledwicz 84) Schalke 04 1 (Gustavo Varela 16).

TENNIS

ATP MUNICH OPEN

FINAL: Roger Federer (1, Swi) bt Jarkko Nieminen (8, Fin) 6-1, 6-4.

ATP VALENCIA OPEN

FINAL: Juan Carlos Ferrero (1, Spa) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-2, 6-4.

WTA WARSAW CUP

FINAL: Amelie Mauresmo (2, Fra) bt Venus Williams (1, US) 6-7 (6-8), 6-0, 3-0 retd.

WTA CROATIAN OPEN

BOL, FINAL: Vera Zvonareva (3, Rus) bt Conchita Martinez Granados (Spa) 6-1, 6-3.

CRICKET

ENGLISH NATIONAL ODI LEAGUE

DIVISION I: At Leicester: Glamorgan Dragons 249 (D. Hemp 83). Leicestershire Foxes 205 (D. Maddy 80; R.Croft 3/39). Glamorgan Dragons won by 44 runs l At The Oval: Surrey Lions 281 (M. Ramprakash 63, G.Thorpe 58). Warwickshire Bears 256 (N. Knight 105; A.Tudor 4/45). Surrey Lions won by 25 runs.

DIVISION II: At Derby: Derbyshire Scorpions 220/7 (S.Selwood 88 n.o., C. Bassano 57). Somerset Sabres 205 (R. Johnson 53; G. Welch 3/44) Derbyshire Scorpions won by 15 runs l At Chester-le-Street: Durham 167/7 (M. Haq 4/36). Scotland 168/6. Scotland won by 4 wkts l At Southampton: Hampshire 144/9 (B. Taylor 3/25, K.Innes 3/31). Sussex 101 (S. Udal 3/11, C.Tremlett 3/17). Hampshire Hawks won by 43 runs l At Northampton: Nottinghamshire 294/8 (C. Read 119 n.o., K. Pietersen 77; J.Cook 3/69). Northamptonshire 295/5 (D. Sales 133 n.o., P. Jaques 68; S. Elworthy 3/37). Northamptonshire won by 5 wkts.

TOUR MATCH

BIRMINGHAM, DAY II: British Universities 146 (J.Adams 42; D. Hondo 5/26) l Zimbabwe 302/7 (Grant Flower 112, M. Vermeulen 51; Ferley 3/73).

GOLF

NEW ORLEANS CLASSIC

FINAL ROUND: 267 Steve Flesch (US), Bob Estes Flesch won in play-off l 269 Scott Verplank (US) l 270 Mark Wilson (US) l 271 J. L. Lewis (US), Jerry Kelly (US) l 272 Woody Austin (US) l 273 David Frost (SA), Briny Baird (US), Chris DiMarco (US) l 274 Patrick Sheehan (US), Brian Bateman (US), Vijay Singh (Fij), Paul Stankowski (US), Jeff Sluman (US).

ITALIAN OPEN

BRESCIA, FINAL ROUND: 271 Mathias Gronberg (Swe) l 273 Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Colin Montgomerie (GBR), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) l 274 Martin Maritz (SA), Simon Khan (GBR) l 275 Fredrik Widmark (Swe), Pierre Fulke (Swe) l 276 Emanuele Canonica (Ita), Marc Farry (Fra), Gustavo Rojas (Arg), Peter O’Malley (Aus), Rolf Muntz (Net) l 277 Roger Wessels (SA), James Hepworth (GBR) l 278 Barry Lane (GBR), Marcel Siem (Ger) l 279 Jarrod Moseley (Aus), Ian Poulter (GBR), Stephen Scahill (NZ), Erol Simsek (Ger), Steen Tinning (Den) .

SNOOKER

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

SHEFFIELD, FINAL: Mark Williams (Wal) leads Ken Doherty (Ire) 11-5 (Williams first: 60-37, 82-55, 0-97, 73-29, 86-30, 82-12, 74-30, 75-56, 24-85, 118-4, 76-1, 101-0, 0-79, 69-70, 75-0, 51-60).

For the book

n Women beach volleyball players who take time off to have a baby can keep a proportion of their ranking points. They can keep 75 per cent of the points if they return within a year of the birth of the baby, and 50 per cent if they return within two years.