FOOTBALL

World Cup QualifierS

CONCACAF zone, prelims, 2nd leg: St Lucia 9 (Sheldon Emmanuel 13pen, 71pen, 72, Elijah Joseph 23, Earl Jean 28, Jarvin Skeete 47, 55, Titus Elva 53, Baptiste 90) British Virgin Islands 0 l St Lucia won 10-0 on aggregate l Nassau, Bahamas 1 (Jean 69) Dominica 3 (Casmir 38, 86, Peters 85) l Dominica won 4-2 on aggregate.

Premier League

LONDON: Arsenal 1(Thierry Henry 50), Manchester United 1 (Louis Saha 86); l Bolton Wanderers 1(Henrik Pedersen 4) Newcastle United 0; l Leicester City 0 Liverpool 0.l

Primera Liga

MADRID: Real Madrid 5 (Santiago Solari 6, Ronaldo 45, Zinedine Zidane 64, Michel Salgado 75, Ronaldo 90+2) Sevilla 1(Julio Baptista 59pen); l Celta Vigo 0 Real Zaragoza 2 (Alvaro 76, Yordi 90+2); l Malaga 1 (Diego Alonso 81) Albacete 1 (Fabiano Costa 29); l Murcia 2(Jose Luis Acciari 18, Michel 51) Real Mallorca 0; l Racing Santander 0 Valencia 3 (Ayoze 9og, Vicente 45+2, 76); l Valladolid 1 (Roberto Losada 18) Osasuna 1 (Richard Morales 75); l Villarreal 0 Atletico Madrid 0.

Ligue 1

PARIS: AJ Auxerre 3 (Kanga Akale 15, Djibril Cisse 43, 67) Toulouse 2 (Cedric Faure 9, Eduardo 84); l Olympique Marseille1 (Camel Meriem 51) Girondins Bordeaux 1(Pablo Francia 8); l RC Lens 1(Charles-Edouard Coridon 32) Paris St Germain 0.

Bundesliga

BERLIN: Hamburg SV 3 (Christian Rahn 30, 70, Bernardo Romeo 46) Kaiserslautern 2 (Miroslav Klose 52, Marian Hristov 79); l VFB Stuttgart 4 (Marcelo Bordon 3, 24, 49, Marco Streller 69) Werder Bremen 4 (Ivan Klasnic 13, 35, Ailton 43, 70).

Serie A

ROME: Brescia 5 (Roberto Baggio 23, 83, Stefano Mauri 29, Giuseppe Colucci 42, Andrea Caracciolo 70) Ancona 2 (Milan Rapaic 32, Giampiero Maini 39pen);l Juventus 3 (Enzo Maresca 57, David Trezeguet 63, 83) Modena 1 (Massimo Marazzina 67); l AC Milan 2 (Andrea Pirlo 80, Andriy Shevchenko 90+7) Chievo Verona 2 (Giuseppe Sculli 22, Simone Perrotta 39); l Parma 4 (Simone Barone 36, Alberto Gilardino 59pen, 63, Mark Bresciano 79) Empoli 0; l Perugia 1 (Roberto Brienza 49) Lazio 2 (Stefano Fiore 28, Giuliano Gannichedda 57); l Reggina 0 Inter Milan 2 (Emiliano Bonazzoli 41og, Adriano 90+3); l AS Roma 1 (Antonio Cassano 34) Bologna 2 (Fabio Pecchia 25, Igli Tare 77); l Sampdoria 2 (Francesco Flachi 7, 42) Lecce 2 (Ernesto Chevanton 37pen, Cedric Konan 90+4); l Siena 1(Tore Andre Flo 5) Udinese 0.

TENNIS

Miami Masters

Men, Round III: Rafael Nadal (Esp) bt Roger Federer (Sui) 6-3 6-3; l Todd Martin (US) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3; l Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt Jiri Novak (Cze) 6-4 6-2; l Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) bt Robby Ginepri (US) 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-4; l Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) bt Theirry Ascione (Fra) 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-1); l Andrei Pavel (Rom) bt Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 6-4 7-5; lJulien Benneteau (Fra) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 7-6 (7-3) 6-1; l Guillermo Coria (Arg) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-2 3-6 6-3.

Women, Round III: Venus Williams (US) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 7-6 (7-0) 6-2; l Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (Esp) 6-4 6-3; l Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Shenay Perry (US) 6-2 6-2; l Jelena Dokic (Sem) bt Kristina Brandi (Pur) 7-5 6-4; l Paola Suarez (Arg) bt Magui Serna (Esp) 6-4 6-2; l Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (Isr) 7-5 6-2; l Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) bt Jennifer Capriati (US) 6-2 6-4; l Tatiana Golovin (Fra) bt Jelena Jankovic (Sem) 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 7-5; l Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt Maria Vento-Kabchi (Ven) 4-6 6-3 6-0; l Alicia Molik (Aus) bt Silvia Farina Elia (Ita) 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-4; l Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Lisa Raymond (US) 6-3 6-4; l Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Aniko Kapros (Hun) 2-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-3; l Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Emilie Loit (Fra) 6-1 6-3; l Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt Vera Douchevina (Rus) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4; l Serena Williams (US) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 6-1 4-6 6-3; l Jill Craybas (US) bt Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6-2 3-6 6-3.

GOLF

PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Round IV: 276 Adam Scott (Aus) 65 72 69 70; l 277 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 68 70 73 66; l 280 Kenny Perry 69 71 69 71, Phil Mickelson 70 69 70 71, Frank Lickliter II 69 71 68 72; l 281 Jay Haas 72 73 70 66, Jerry Kelly 69 66 74 72, Kevin Sutherland 66 69 73 73; l 282 Shaun Micheel 70 76 69 67; l 283 Fred Funk 73 71 68 71, Paul Casey (Britain) 72 70 69 72, Bob Burns 67 72 72 72; l 284 Stephen Ames (Trinidad & Tobago) 75 69 72 68, Vijay Singh (Fiji) 70 68 72 74, Craig Parry (Australia) 74 72 64 74; l 285 Tiger Woods 75 69 68 73.

MADEIRA ISLAND MEET

MACHICO, Round IV: 284 Christopher Hanell (Swe) 73 67 73 71; l 285 Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 69 70 70 76 Rob Rashell (US) 69 67 76 73, Brad Kennedy (Aus) 62 72 80 71; l 286 Sam Walker 69 72 75 70, Gary Houston 71 69 72 74; l 287 Graeme McDowell 73 69 72 73. John Mellor 71 73 72 71, Markus Brier (Aut) 70 70 76 71, Jamie Spence

66 67 80 74, Knud Storgaard (Den) 69 67 73 78; l 288 Miguel Angel Martin (Esp) 71 72 70 75, Warren Bennett

72 69 71 76.

CALIFORNIA MEET

RANCHO MIRAGE, ROUND IV: 277 Grace Park (Kor) 72 69 67 69; l 278 Aree Song (Kor) 66 73 69 70; l 279 Karrie Webb (Aus) 68 71 71 69; l 281Michelle Wie 69 72 69 71; l 282 Cristie Kerr 71 71 71 69, Catriona Matthew (Gbr) 67 75 70 70, Lee Jung-Yeon (Kor) 69 69 71 73.

CHESS

BLINDFOLD AND RAPID MEET

Blindfold Meet, Round VIII

Alexander Morozevich (Rus) bt Rfrancisco Vallejo Pons (Esp); Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) bt Peter Svidler (Rus); l Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) bt Loek Van Wely (Ned); l Peter Leko (Hun) drew with Viswanathan Anand (Ind); l Alexei Shirov (Esp) drew with Veselin Topalov (Bul); l Boris Gelfand (Isr) drew with Evgeny Bareev (Rus).

Rapid Meet: Vallejo Pons lost to Morozevich; l Van Wely lost to kramnik; l Anand drew with Leko; l Svidler bt Ivanchuk; l Topalov bt Shirov; l Bareev drew with Gelfand.

For the book

France playmaker Zinedine Zidane has pulled out of their friendly against The Netherlands on Wednesday in Rotterdam with a groin injury, according to team spokesman Philippe Tournon. No replacement has been named.