TENNIS

ATP Auckland Open

Round I: Jiri Novak (2, Cze) bt Xavier Malisse (Bel) 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 l Raemon Sluiter (Ned) bt Fernando Gonzalez (7, Chi) 6-3, 6-4 l Guillermo Coria (1, Arg) bt Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 l David Sanchez (Esp) bt Jan-Michael Gambill (US) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 l Gregory Carraz (Fra) bt Karol Beck (Svk) 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3.

ATP Chennai Open

Doubles Final: Rafael Nadal/Tommy Robredo (Esp) bt Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (Isr) 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-3.

Tasmania Women’s Meet

HOBART, Round I: Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 6-4, 6-1 l Amy Frazier (US) bt Elena Likhovtseva (3, Rus) 6-2, 6-3 l Anca Barna (7, Ger) bt Ashley Harkleroad (US) 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) l Tathiana Garbin (Ita) bt Eleni Daniilidou (1, Gre) 7-5, 2-0 retired l Maria Emilia Salerni (Arg) bt Svetlani Kuznetsova (2, Rus) 6-1, 6-1 l Fabiola Zuluaga (4, Col) bt Jie Zheng (CHN) 6-4, 6-4 l Mashona Washington (US) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-3, 6-0 l Klara Koukalova (Cze) bt Yuka Yoshida (Jap) 6-2, 7-5 l Martina Sucha (Svk) bt Samantha Reeves (US) 6-3, 2-2 retired l Rita Grande (Ita) bt Anne Keothavong (GBR) 6-7, 6-2 6-3.

Canberra Women’s Meet

MELBOURNE, Round I: Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (9, Esp) bt Evie Dominikovic (Aus) 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-0 l Silvia Farina Elia (3, Ita) bt Lumbomira Kurhajcova (Svk) 6-2, 6-2 l Emilie Loit (6, Fra) bt Clarisa Fernandez (Arg) 6-4, 6-0 l Tamarine Tanasugarn (4, Tha) bt Marie-Gaianeh Mikaelian (Sui) 6-1, 6-3 l Marlene Weingartner (7, Ger) bt Tzipora Obziler (Isr) 6-4, 7-5 l Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt Petra Mandula (5, Hun) 6-4, 6-0 l Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Sui) bt Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra) 6-3, 6-4 l Mara Santangelo (Ita) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) 6-1, 3-6 6-1 l Sandra Kleinova (Cze) bt Tatiana Panova (Rus) 6-4 6-3.

Sydney Meet

Men’s Singles, Round I: Joachim Johansson (Swe) bt Rainer Schuettler (2, Ger) 6-4, 6-4 l Lleyton Hewitt (7, Aus) bt Sargis Sargsian (Arm) 6-4, 6-2 l Greg Rusedski (GBR) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5) l Todd Reid (Aus) bt Nicolas Massu (6, Chi) 7-6 (7-5), 2-6 6-4.

Women’s Singles, Round I: Chanda Rubin (7, US) bt Cindy Watson (Aus) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 l Conchita Martinez (Esp) bt Magdalena Maleeva (Bul) 6-0, 6-0 l Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Jelena Jankovic (Serbia & Montenegro) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 l Meghann Shaughnessy (US) bt Asa Svensson (Swe) 6-1, 6-2.

CHESS

Corus Chess Meet

Round II: V Anand (Ind, 1.5) bt Vladimir Akopian (1, Arm) l Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 1) bt Loek Van Wely (Ned, 0.5) l Zhang Zhong (CHN, 1) drew Peter Svidler (Rus, 1) l Veselin Topalov (Bul, 1) drew Ivan Sokolov (Ned, 1) l Evgeny Bareev (Rus, 1) drew Viktor Bologan (Mda, 1).

Commonwealth Meet

Round II: Abhijit Gupta (Ind 1.5) drew Nigel Short (Eng 1.5) l K. Sasikiran (Ind, 2) bt M.R. Venkatesh (Ind, 1) l P. Harikrishna (Ind, 2) bt D.K. Sharma (Ind, 1) l C.S. Gokhale (Ind, 1.5) drew Alexander Fominyh (Rus, 1.5) l N. Sudhakar Babu (Ind, 1.5) drew Stuart Conquest (Eng, 1.5) l Surya Shekhar Ganguly (Ind, 2) bt R.R. Laxman (Ind, 1) l D. Harika (Ind, 2) bt S. Vijayalakshmi (Ind, 1) l Sergey Iskusnyh (Rus, 1.5) drew K. Ratnakaran (Ind, 1) l George Michelakis (RSA, 2) bt S.C. Sahu (Ind, 1) l S.R. Mishra (Ind, 1.5) drew Safin Shukhrat (Uzb, 1) l Saidali Iuldachev (Uzb, 1.5) bt Majuwana Kankanamge (Sri, 1) l Sandipan Chanda (Ind, 1.5) bt Anupama Gokhale (Ind, 1) l S. G. Joshi (Ind, 1) lost to Tahir Vakhidov (Uzb, 1.5) l Abhijit Kunte (Ind, 1.5) bt Vikas Sharma (Ind, 1) l R. B. Ramesh (Ind, 1.5) bt Roy Phillips (Mau, 1) l Pravin Thipsay (Ind, 1.5) bt Laubscher Anzel (RSA, 1) l Neelotpal Das (Ind, 1.5) bt Vivek Nambiar (Ind, 1) l Tejas Bakre (Ind, 1.5) bt S Sai Krishna (Ind, 1) l S Kidambi (Ind, 1.5) bt Yashodhan Gogate(Ind) l Sriram Jha (Ind, 1.5) bt Meghan Gupte (Ind, 1) l S Roy Chowdhury (Ind, 1.5) bt Y Sandeep (Ind, 1) l Niaz Murshed (1.5, Ban) bt P Priya (Ind, 1) l D V Prasad (Ind, 1.5) bt C. N. Vaidya (Ind, 1) l H Venkatesh (Ind, 1.5) drew Rahul Shetty (Ind, 1) l Varugeese Koshy (Ind, 1.5) bt N Vinuthana (Ind, 1).

FOOTBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Calcutta: Haywards SC 1 (Abdulateef Seriki, 5) Mohammedan Sporting 1 (Chidi Edeh, 77) l Mahindra United 3 (Vinu Jose 14 - own goal, S Venkatesh 17, Abhishek Yadav 90+2) Vasco SC 0 l East Bengal 1 (Cristgiano S.De Lima Jr. 22) Indian Bank 1 (Kamaldeen Fuard 25)

Primera Liga

Atletico Madrid 3 (Fernando Torres 73, 82, Veljko Paunovic 90) Athletic Bilbao 0 l Barcelona 3 (Javier Saviola 24, Ronaldinho 45, Xavi 65) Real Zaragoza 0 l Deportivo La Coruna 1 (Albert Luque 43) Racing Santander 1 (Javi Guerrero 77) l Murcia 0 Espanyol 1 (Maxi Rodriguez 11) l Osasuna 1 (Pablo Garcia 83) Sevilla 1 (Julio Cesar Baptista 47) l Real Betis 3 (Alfonso 8, Joaquin 49, Marcelo Romero 60 – own goal) Malaga 0 l Villarreal 3 (Jose Mari 40, Victor 72, Roger 86) Valladolid 1 (Ariza Makukula 65)

Serie A

Empoli 2 (Antonio Di Natale 47, Ighli Vannucchi 50) Ancona 0 l Lazio 0 Brescia 1 (Luigi Di Biagio 5) l Lecce 1 (Valeri Boijinov 22) Bologna 2 (Fabio Pecchia 13, Igli Tare 77) l AC Milan 3 (Kaka 8, 55, Andrea Pirlo 70) Reggina 1 (Stefano Torrisi 1) l Perugia 0 AS Roma 1 (Mancini 3) l Sampdoria 1 (Francesco Flachi 56) Juventus 2 (Mauro Camoranesi 23, Antonio Conte 64) l Siena 4 (Nicola Lazetic 5, Enrico Chiesa 44, Nicola Ventola 70, Antonio Morello 82) Modena 0.

Premier League

Chelsea 4 (Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 12, 44, Adrian Mutu 88, Celestine Babayaro 90) Leicester City 0 l Manchester United 0 Newcastle United 0

GOLF

US PGA Tour Hawaii

KAPALUA, Round IV: 270 Stuart Appleby (Aus) 71 l 271 Vijay Singh (Fij) 70 l 275 Darren Clarke (GBR) 70 l 277 Tiger Woods 71, Retief Goosen (RSA) 73 l 278 Kirk Triplett 70.

HOCKEY

Azlan Shah Meet

Kuala Lumpur: Pakistan 4 (Sohail Abbas 42, 51, 59, Muhammad Nadeem 65) Germany 3 (Matthias Witthaus 34, Benjamin Koepp 45, Bjoern Michel 53)

For the book

Twenty British police officers will help their Portuguese counterparts combat hooligans during the European 2004 championship. Britain will have the biggest contingent among 120 foreign police officers monitoring fans from their countries.