ATHLETICS

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

BUDAPEST (Friday): Men: 60m: 1. Jason Gardener (GBR) 6.49; 2. Shawn Crawford (US) 6.52; 3. Yeoryios Theodoridis (Gre) 6.54.

Women: 60m: 1. Gail Devers (US) 7.08; 2. Kim Gevaert (Bel) 7.12; 3. Yuliya Nesterenko (Blr) 7.12 l Shot put: 1. Vita Pavlysh (Ukr) 20.49 m; 2. Svetlana Krivelyova (Rus) 19.90m; 3. Yumileidi Cumba (Cuba) 19.31.

Saturday: Men: 3,000m: 1. Bernard Lagat (Ken) 7:56.34; 2. Rui Silva (Por) 7:57.08; 3. Markos Geneti (Eth) 7:57.87 l 400 m: 1. Alleyne Francique (Gre) 45.88; 2. Davian Clarke (Jam) 45.92 3; Gary Kikaya (CGO) 46.30 l 60m hurdles: 1. Allen Johnson (US) 7.36; 2. Xiang Liu (Chn) 7.43; 3. Maurice Wignall (Jam) 7.48 l High jump: 1. Stefan Holm (Swe) 2.35; 2. Yaroslav Rybakov (Rus) 2.32; 3. Jaroslav Baba (Cze Rep) 2.25 l Long jump: 1. Savante Stringfellow (US) 8.40m; 2. James Beckford (Jam) 8.31; 3. Vitaliy Shkurlatov (Rus) 8.28

Women: Triple jump: 1. Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus) 15.36 m (WR); 2. Yamile Aldama (Sud) 14.90; 3. Hrysopiyi Devetzi (Gre) 14.73 l Pole vault: 1. Yelena Isinbayeva (Rus) 4.86 (WR); 2. Stacy Dragila (US) 4.81; 3. Svetlana Feofanova (Rus) 4.70 l 400 m: 1. Natalya Nazarova (Rus) 50.19; 2. Olesya Krasnomovets (Rus) 50.65; 3. Tonique Williams (Bah) 50.87 l 1,500 m: 1. Kutre Dulecha (Eth) 4:06.40; 2. Carmen Douma-Hussar (Can) 4:08.18; 3. Gulnara Samitova (Rus) 4:08.26.

TABLE TENNIS

World Championship

DOHA, Women: India bt Spain 3-0 (Poulami Ghatak bt S. Ramirez 11-9, 11-4, 11-6 l Mouma Das bt G. Dvorak 11-6, 11-6, 11-6 l Nandita Saha bt A. Prades 7-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-8, 11-5) l Men: India bt Egypt 3-2 (Chetan Baboor bt S. Diaa 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 l Achanta Sharath Kamal bt E. Lashin 10-12, 3-11, 11-8, 15-13, 11-8 l Soumyadeep Roy lost to E. Mouselhi 11-6, 11-13, 10-12, 11-4, 7-11 l Baboor lost to Lashin 11-4, 11-9, 7-11, 7-11, 6-11 l Kamal bt Diaa 7-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6.

SOCCER

BUNDESLIGA

Saturday: Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Igor Demo 24) Hanover 96 0 l Kaiserslautern 1 (Stefan Malz 90+2) Eintracht Frankfurt 0 l Schalke 04 3 (Ebbe Sand 43, 52, Edi Glieder 62) SC Freiburg 0 l Borussia Dortmund 0 VfB Stuttgart 2 (Alexander Gleb 6, Horst Heldt 82pen) l Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Bernd Schneider 90+1) Bayern Munich 3 (Roy Makaay 39, 77, Michael Ballack 58) l Hansa Rostock 3 (Gabriel Melkam 5, Magnus Arvidsson 19, Antonio di Salvo 79) Hamburg SV 0 l Hertha Berlin 1 (Marcelinho 20) VfL Bochum 1 (Frank Fahrenhorst 57).

FA CUP

Quarter finals: Manchester United 2 (Ruud van Nistelrooy 25, 62) Fulham 1 (Steed Malbranque 23pen) l Portsmouth 1 (Teddy Sheringham 90) Arsenal 5 (Thierry Henry 25, 50, Fredrik Ljungberg 43, 57, Kolo Toure 45).

LIGUE 1

Friday: Monaco 3 (Fernando Morientes 25, 38, Dado Prso 28pen) En Avant Guingamp 1 (Moumouni Dagano 20) l Olympique Lyon 4 (David Terrier 44og, Rodrigo 48og Giovane Elber 50, Peguy Luyindula 75) AC Ajaccio 0.

Saturday: Lille 1 (Matt Moussilou 53) AJ Auxerre 0 l Paris St Germain 1 (Pedro Pauleta 50pen) Sochaux 1 (Francileudo dos Santos 55) l Girondins Bordeaux 2 (Albert Celades 29, Mathieu Beda 59) Le Mans 0 l Metz 0 RC Lens 2 (John Utaka 27, Papa Bouba Diop 67) l Stade Rennes 0 Nantes 3 (Viorel Moldovan 50, 75, Olivier Quint 52) l RC Strasbourg 2 (Ulrich Le Pen 62, 64) Nice 2 (Romain Pitau 34, Olivier Echouafni 38) l Montpellier 0 Toulouse 1 (Achille Emana 14).

SERIE A

Saturday: Brescia 2 (Stefano Mauri 3, Andrea Caracciolo 39) Juventus 3 (Fabrizio Miccoli 53pen, Marco Di Vaio 54, Pavel Nedved 75) l Modena 2 (Matteo Pivotto 42, Maurizio Domizzi 60) Parma 2 (Alberto Gilardino 45+1, Matteo Ferrari 87).

PRIMERA LIGA

Saturday: Celta Vigo 1 (Edu 90+2) Espanyol 5 (Raul Tamudo 30, 65pen, Mustapha Hadji 43, Sergio 82og, Gregory Vignal 88) l Osasuna 1 (Pierre Webo 15) Real Sociedad 1 (Darko Kovacevic 86) l Racing Santander 1 (Yossi Benayoun 32) Real Madrid 1 (Santiago Solari 28) l Valencia 3 (Vicente 21pen, 90+2, Juan Sanchez 90+3) Deportivo Coruna 0.

CRICKET

TOUR MATCH, SA-CENTRAL DISTRICTS

NAPIER, South Africa 286/5 decl. (N. McKenzie 100 n.o., M. Boucher 58; A.Schwass 3/57) and 224/7 decl. (L. Hamilton 4/67); Central Districts 239/6 decl. (M.Sinclair 99, J.Englefield 77, A.Nel 3/45) and 195/8 (Englefield 53 n.o.; D.Terbrugge 3/29).

HOCKEY

OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS

MADRID, Holland 2 (Rob Reckers 7, Nick Meijer 21) Spain 2 (Santiago Freixa 35, 52) l South Africa 6 (Greg Nicol 5, 13, 34, 70, Wayne Denne 26, Reece Basson 50) l Malaysia 3 (Md Amin Rahim 67pen, Jiwa Mohan 25pen, Boon Huat-chua 27) Canada 2 (Wyne Fernandes 64) l India 3 (Deepak Thakur, Gagan Ajit Singh 2) Pakistan 5 (Sohail Abbas 4, Rehan Butt) l Belgium 2 (Patrice Houssein) New Zealand 2 (Hayden Shaw, Patrcik Burrows)..

TENNIS

ATP DUBAI OPEN

Semi-finals (Saturday): Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 7-6 (9-7), 6-2 l Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

Doubles semi-finals: Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind)/Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Petr Pala/Pavel Vizner (Cze) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) l Leander Paes (Ind)/ Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Rafael Nadal/ Tommy Robredo (Spa) 6-3, 6-4.

Quarter finals (Friday): Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Sjeng Schalken (8, Ned) 6-3, 6-3 l Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Andrei Pavel (Rom) 6-3, 6-3 l Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) bt Rafael Nadal (Spain) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1

WTA QATAR OPEN

DOHA: Final (Saturday): Anastasia Myskina (3, Rus) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Semi-final (Friday): Anastasia Myskina (3, Rus) bt Jennifer Capriati (2, US) 6-2, 6-2 l Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Justine Henin-Hardenne (1, Bel) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.

GOLF

DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC

Round III leaders: 202 Paul McGinley (Ire), Mark O’Meara (US) l 205 Brian Davis (GBR) l 207 Paul Casey (GBR), Bradley Dredge (GBR), Simon Dyson (GBR) l 208 Joakim Haeggman (Swe), Tiger Woods (US), Greg Owen (GBR), David Howell (GBR) l 209 Jean Van de Velde (Fra), Lee Westwood (GBR), Thongchai Jaidee (Thai), Peter Lawrie (Ire).

PGA MEET MIAMI

Round III leaders: 203 Craig Parry (Aus) l 204 Gene Sauers (US), Scott Verplank (US) l 205 David Toms (US) , K.J. Choi (Kor), Danny Ellis (US), Joe Durant (US), Chris DiMarco (US), Phil Mickelson (US) l 206 Alex Cejka (Ger), Retief Goosen (RSA) l 207 Nick Price (Zim), John Riegger (US), Mark Calcavecchia (US), Todd Hamilton (US) l 220 Arjun Atwal (Ind).

For the book

Hanover 96 sacked coach Ralf Rangnick on Sunday after the team slid towards the relegation zone with another defeat on Saturday, Rangnick's adviser Volker Weiss told German television.