FOOTBALL

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

LONDON: Semi-final, second leg Chelsea 2 (Jesper Gronkjaer 22, Frank Lampard 45) Monaco 2 (Hugo Ibarra 45+2, Fernando Morientes 60). Monaco win 5-3 on aggregate.

ASIAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Group A — Pakhtakor (Ukr) 2 (Koshelev 27, Bikmoev 90) Zob Ahan (Iri) 0 Group B — Al Sadd (Qat) 0 Al Wahda (UAE) 0 Al Qadisiya (Kuw) 1 (Mohammad Rashed 49) Al Quwa Al Jawiya (Irq) 0 Group E — Shanghai Shenhua (Chn) 1 (Li Dawei 89) BEC Tero Sasana (Tha) 0 Group F — PSM Makassar (Ina) 3 (Makassar Aoenaryo Astaman 16, Oddang Moestamu 87, Syamaul Bachri 89) Hoang Anh Gia Lai (Vie) 0 Group G — Yokohama Marinos (Jap) 6 (Dutra 6, Ahn Jung-Hwan 41, 86, Kubo 68, Sakata 80, Oku 90) Binh Dinh (Vie) 0.

National League

MARGAO Salgaocar 1 (Felix Ibrebru) JCT 1 (Harvinder Singh).

TENNIS

WTA German Open

BERLIN: Round II — Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) bt Vera Zvonareva (9, Rus) 6-1, 6-7 (2-7), 6-1 Patty Schnyder (13, Sui) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Sui) 6-3, 6-4 Anastasia Myskina (4, Rus) bt Jelena Kostanic (Cro) 6-2, 6-4 Venus Williams (3, US) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 7-5, 6-3 Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (16, Isr) bt Nathalie Dechy (Fra) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 Ai Sugiyama (8, Jap) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 6-1, 6-2 Paola Suarez (11, Arg) bt Barbara Schett (Aut) 6-4, 6-3 Svetlana Kuznetsova (10, Rus) bt Elena Bovina (Rus) 6-2, 6-0 Maria Sharapova (17, Rus) bt Petra Mandula (Hun) 5-4 (Mandula withdrew with a thigh injury) Kim Clijsters (1, Bel) bt Marta Marrero (Spa) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (US) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) Elena Dementieva (7, Rus) bt Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 Denisa Chladkova (Cze) bt Maria Sanchez-Lorenzo (Spa) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 Amelie Mauresmo (2, Fra) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 6-1, 6-2.

ATP ROME MASTERS

ROUND II - Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) bt Felix Mantilla (Spa) 7-5, 6-3 Tim Henman (4, GBR) bt Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-1, 6-1 Nicolas Massu (8, Chi) bt Irakli Labadze (Geo) 6-2, 7-5 Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Fernando Gonzalez (13, Chi) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 Luis Horna (Per) bt Martin Verkerk (14, Ned) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Vincent Spadea (US) bt Hicham Arazi (Mor) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 Albert Costa (Spa) bt Roger Federer (1, Sui) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. ROUND I: Lleyton Hewitt (15, Aus) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3.

GOLF

MACAU OPEN

ROUND I — 62 - Amandeep Johl (Ind) 63 - Nico Van Rensburg (RSA) 64 - Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 65 - Wang Ter-chang (Tpe), Lin Wen-tang (Tpe), Jason Knutzon (US) 66 - Uttam Singh Mundy (Ind), Chris Williams (RSA), Harmeet Kahlon (Ind), Scott Barr (Aus), Vivek Bhandari (Ind), Sushi Ishigaki (Jap), David Kang (Kor), Keith Horne (RSA) 67 - Clay Devers (US), Terry Pilkadaris (Aus), Eddie Lee (NZ), Kenichi Ryu (Jap), Simon Yates (Sco), Angelo Que (Phi) 69 - Padraig Harrington (Irl) 70 - Zhang Lianwei (Chn) 75 - Boonchu Ruangkit (Tha) 78 - Mardan Mamat (Sin).

CRICKET

Cheltenham and Gloucester one-day trophy

ROUND II — ALDERLEY EDGE Hampshire 273/8 (W. Kendall 53, Mascarenhas 53). Cheshire 184 all out in 47.5 ovs. Hampshire bt Cheshire by 89 runs. DERBY Somerset 290/6 (J. Cox 131, M. Burns 59, A. Laraman 50 ..). Derbyshire 276 all out in 48.5 ovs (C. Rogers 93, Hasan Adnan 78; S Francis 8/66). Somerset bt Derbyshire by 14 runs. RIVERSIDE Sussex 87/1 in 19 ovs vs Durham. Match to continue. AMSTERDAM Gloucestershire 264/6 (W. Weston 106, M. Windows 62) vs Holland 192 all out in 47.2 ovs. Gloucestershire bt Holland by 72 runs. CLONTARF Surrey 261 all out in 49.5 ovs (A. Brown 67, A. Hollioake 52) vs Ireland. Match to continue. LINCOLN Glamorgan 340/4 (R. Croft 143, M. Elliot 87) vs Lincolnshire 230/6 (G. Welton 60, S. Deitz 56). Glamorgan bt Lincolnshire by 110 runs. THE GRANGE Essex 272/3 (W. Jefferson 97, . Hussain 85) vs Scotland 227 all out in 48 ovs (R. Watson 76, S. Sriram 56). Essex bt Scotland by 45 runs. STONE Lancashire 232 all out in 47 ovs vs Staffordshire 212/8. Lancashire bt Staffordshire by 20 runs. LAMPHEY Middlesex 277/6 (J. Dalrymple 104, P. Weekes 66) vs Wales. Match to continue.

TOUR MATCH

LONDON New Zealand 128/3 (Nathan Astle 64 ..) vs British Universities. Match abandoned due to rain.

HOCKEY

BHA LEAGUE

GROUP A — CESC 2 (Sunil Suri, Cristopher Thomas) Calcutta Port Trust 1 (Junas Bara) ERSA 3 (Nissar Ahmed, Pittus Ekka, Manoj Kujur) BNR 1 (B. Kujur).

For the book

Former Senegal coach Bruno Metsu was among nine candidates named on Thursday by South Korean football officials to replace Portugal’s Humberto Coelho in the national side. Other top contenders are Luiz Felipe Scolari,Senol Gunes, Mick McCarthy and Daniel Alberto Passarella.