FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

Aston Villa 1 (Dion Dublin 45) Southampton 0 l Blackburn Rovers 1 (Vratislav Gresko 78) Tottenham Hotspur 0 l Bolton Wanderers 2 (Par Frandsen 26, Youri Djorkaeff 46) Everton 0 l Charlton Athletic 0 Leeds United 1 (James Milner 9) l Portsmouth 0 Leicester City 2 (Les Ferdinand 31, Marcus Bent 59) l Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Nathan Blake 27) Newcastle United 1 (Alan Shearer 31).

PRIMERA LIGA

Atletico Madrid 2 (Gonzalo de los Santos 6, Demis Nikolaidis 72) Malaga 0 l Murcia 2 (Luis Garcia 47, David Karanka 69) Real Sociedad 2 (Igor Gabilondo 30, Oscar de Paula 48) l Osasuna 1 (Ibrahima Bakayoko 11) Real Madrid 1 (Ronaldo 74) l Valencia 3 (Jorge Lopez 20, Vicente 27, Aimar 45) Real Zaragoza 2 (David Villa 49, Cani 79).

LIGUE 1

Stade Rennes 3 (Anthony Reveillere 25og, Nicolas Puydebois 40og, Alexander Frei 75) Olympique Lyon 1 (Florent Malouda 22) l Nantes 0 Monaco 1 (Lucas Bernardi 76) l AC Ajaccio 2 (Bernard Diomede 28, Mamadou Bagayoko 86) Toulouse 1 (Ousmane N’Doye 77) l Le Mans 4 (Fabrice Pancrate 13, Laurent Peyrelade 25, Daniel Cousin 30, James Fanchone 86) Montpellier 0 l Nice 1 (Christophe Meslin 44) Metz 1 (Toifilou Maoulida 19) l Racing Strasbourg 2 (Christian Bassila 55, 89) Lille 2 (Vladimir Manchev 36, Marius Baciu 90+4).

BUNDESLIGA

Hanover 96 3 (Thomas Brdaric 43, Daniel Stendel 66, Thomas Christiansen 85) SC Freiburg 0 l Eintracht Frankfurt 3 (Christoph Preuss 32, Ervin Skela 56pen, Markus Beierle 73) VfL Wolfsburg 2 (Miroslav Karhan 13, Diego Klimowicz 25) l Borussia Moenchengladbach 2 (Bradley Carnell 47, Arie van Lent 69) Kaiserslautern 1 (Lincoln 23) l Bayer Leverkusen 2 (Robson Ponte 61, Lucio 78) TSV 1860 Munich 2 (Danny Schwarz 36, Markus Schroth 56) l Bayern Munich 2 (Claudio Pizarro 42, 49) Cologne 2 (Andriy Voronin 35, Alexander Voigt 60) l Hamburg SV 1 (Christian Rahn 50) Werder Bremen 1 (Fabian Ernst 27) l VfL Bochum 0 VfB Stuttgart 0.

SERIE A

Juventus 1 (Paolo Montero 89) Inter 3 (Julio Ricardo Cruz 12, 69, Obafemi Martins 75) l Siena 3 (Rodrigo Taddei 41, 43, Fernando Menegazzo 90+5) Lazio 0.

TENNIS

DAVIS CUP

MELBOURNE, Final: Australia bt Spain 3-1 [Friday’s singles: Lleyton Hewitt bt Juan Carlos Ferrero 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2 l Mark Philipoussis lost to Carlos Moya 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (4-7) l Saturday’s doubles: Wayne Arthurs/Todd Woodbridge bt Alex Corretja/Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 l Sunday’s reverse singles: Philippoussis bt Ferrero 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6, 6-0].

BADMINTON

28TH JUNIOR NATIONAL MEET

MUMBAI, Finals: Junior boys’ — anand pawar bt nishad dravid 15-5, 15-7 l sagar chopda /ayyappa krishnan bt t. dinesh/sharat chandra 15-8, 15-8.

Junior girls’ — krishna dekaraja bt saina nehwal 3-11, 13-12, 11-5 l saina nehwal /aparna balan bt krishna dekaraja/rimi hazarika 15-11, 15-8.

Mixed doubles — bahniman bora/krishna dekaraja bt nishad dravid/ dhanya nair 15-10, 15-9.

VOLLEYBALL

WORLD Cup

TOKYO, Finals: Brazil bt Japan 25-17, 25-20, 25-16 l Serbia & Montenegro bt Italy 25-18, 21-25, 30-28, 25-22.

GOLF

SUN CITY CHALLENGE

Round III: 204 Sergio Garcia (Esp) l 205 Retief Goosen (RSA) l 206 Kenny Perry (US) l 208 Vijai Singh (Fij) l 210 Stephen Leaney (Aus), Jerry Kelly (US) l 211 Chris DiMarco (US), Darren Clarke (GBR) l 212 Tim Clark (RSA), Stuart Appleby (Aus) l 213 Jay Haas (US), Fred Funk (US), Robert Allenby (Aus) l 214 Adam Scott (Aus) l 215 Charles Howell III (US) l 216 Padraig Harrington (Irl) l 219 Nick Price (Zim) l 221 Ernie Els (RSA).

For the book

n Chhattisgarh beat last year's runners-up Punjab 43-42 to win the junior national handball championship at Margao on Sunday. In the semi-finals, Chhattisgarh beat Goa 31-29 and Punjab beat last year's champion Rajasthan 44-38.