TENNIS

ATP DUBAI OPEN

Round II: Andrei Pavel (Rom) bt Tomas Zib (Cze) 7-5, 1-6, 6-1 l Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Tommy Robredo (Spa) 6-3, 6-4 l Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-3, 6-4 l Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Paradorn Srichaphan (7, Tha) 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 7-5.

WTA QATAR OPEN

DOHA, quarter finals: Anastasia Myskina (3, Rus) bt Zheng Jie (Chn) 6-2, 7-5 l Justine Henin-Hardenne (1, Bel) bt Nathalie Dechy (Fra) 6-1, 7-5 l Jennifer Capriati (2, US) bt Silvia Farina Elia (5, Ita) 7-6 (8-6), 6-1 l Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (US) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.

ITF MEET

CHENNAI, semi-finals: Dmitry Mazur (Uzb) bt Vishal Uppal (Ind) 1-6, 6-7 l Filip Urban (Pol) bt Tai Wei-liu (Chn) 6-1, 6-4.

TABLE TENNIS

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

DOHA, Women: India bt Austria 3-0 (Poulami Ghatak bt M. Petzner 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 l Mouma Das bt V. Heine 16-14, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10 l Nandita Saha bt K. Wolf 11-3, 11-0, 11-9) Men: India bt Portugal 3-0 (Chetan Baboor bt E. Mendes 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 l Achanta Sharath Kamal bt J. Monteiro 13-11, 11-7, 11-7 l Soumyadeep Roy bt T. Apolonia 11-8, 2-11, 11-6, 11-4).

HOCKEY

OLYMPIC QUALIFIER

MADRID, India 5 (Deepak Thakur 16, Gagan Ajit Singh 27, 46, Dilip Tirkey 29, Baljit Singh Dhillon 65) Malaysia 3 (Boon Huat Chua 10, Kuhan Shanmuganathan 13, M.A. Rahim 62) l Pakistan 2 (Kashif Jawad 51, Muhammad Saqlain 62) Belgium 0.

CRICKET

TOUR MATCH

NAPIER, South Africa 286/5 decl. (N. McKenzie 100 n.o., M. Boucher 58; A. Schwass 3/57); Central Districts 36/2.

GOLF

DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC

Round I leaders: 64 Bradley Dredge (GBR) l 67 David Howell (GBR) l 68 Richard Green (Aus) l 69 Peter Baker (GBR), Johan Edfors (Swe), Marcus Fraser (Aus), Pierre Fulke (Swe), Soren Hansen (Den), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Simon Khan(GBR), Peter Lawrie (Irl), Gary Orr (GBR) l 70 Christian Cevaer (Fra), Ernie Els (RSA), Alastair Forsyth (GBR), Peter Hedblom (Swe), Martin Lemesurier (GBR), Martin Maritz (RSA), Wade Ormsby (Aus), Raymond Russell (GBR), Steve Webster (GBR), Lee Westwood (GBR) l 71 John Bickerton (GBR), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Peter Hanson (Swe), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Miles Tunnicliff (GBR) l 72 Markus Brier (Aut), Darren Clarke (GBR), Andrew Coltart (GBR), Darren Fichardt (RSA), Stephen Gallacher (GBR), Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Thomas Levet (Fra), Sandy Lyle (GBR), Iain Pyman (GBR), Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra), Carlos Rodiles (Spa), Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind).

PGA MEET (MIAMI)

Round I leaders: 65 Chris Smith (US) l 66 Joe Durant (US) l 67 Phil Mickelson (US), Retief Goosen (RSA), Scott Verplank (US) l 68 Briny Baird (US), Tim Clark (RSA), Zach Johnson (US), Mark Calcavecchia (US), Craig Perks (NZ), Todd Hamilton (US), Dennis Paulson (US), Chris DiMarco (US), John Riegger (US) l 69 Alex Cejka (Ger), Skip Kendall (US), Mark Hensby (Aus), Danny Ellis (US) l 70 Stewart Cink (US), Heath Slocum (US), Jeff Sluman (US), Scott Hoch (US), K.J. Choi (Kor), Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn), Tripp Isenhour (US), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Brian Bateman (US), Craig Barlow (US), Jerry Kelly (US), Gene Sauers (US), Justin Leonard (US), Olin Browne (US), Billy Mayfair (US), Billy Andrade (US), Bo Van Pelt (US) l 71 David Frost (South Africa), Craig Parry (Australia), Brenden Pappas (RSA), Jesper Parnevik (Swe), John Senden (Aus), Daniel Chopra (Swe), Stephen Ames (Tri), Jose Coceres (Arg), Carlos Franco (Par) l 72 Steve Allan (Aus), Nick Price (Zim), Glen Hnatiuk (Can) l 73 Steve Elkington (Aus), Per-Ulrick Johansson (Swe), Niclas Fasth (Swe), Sven Struver (Ger), Mathias Gronberg (Swe) l 74 Rod Pampling (Aus), Peter Lonard (Aus) l 75 Esteban Toledo (Mex), Bernhard Langer (Ger) l 76 Scott Hend (Aus), Tatsuaki Nakamura (Jpn) l 77 Arjun Atwal (Ind) l 78 Richard Johnson (Swe) DNS Seve Ballesteros (Spa).

FOOTBALL

national League

CALCUTTA, East Bengal 2 (Cristiano Junior 35pen, Bhaichung Bhutia 87) Mahindra United 0.

For the book

Manchester United are considering expanding the capacity of the Old Trafford ground by 7,500 seats to 75,000, the Premier League club said on Friday.