CRICKET

English County championship

Division I: CANTERBURY: Kent 129 (J. Lewis 5/46) vs Gloucestershire 127/5 l LORD’S: Lancashire 236 (M. Loye 101, C. Keegan 5/36) vs Middlesex 78/2 l NORTHAMPTON: Northamptonshire 294/7 (U. Afzaal 102 n.o., B. Phillips 58 n.o., G. Swann 54) vs Sussex. l Division II: RIVERSIDE: Durham 332/9 (G. Muchall 94) vs Essex l THE ROSE BOWL: Hampshire 333/6 (D. Kenway 101, N. Pothas 86 n.o.) vs Derbyshire l TRENT BRIDGE: Glamorgan 196/5 (D. Hemp 62 n.o., M. Powell 53) vs Nottinghamshire l

National League

Division II: THE GRANGE: Somerset Sabres 248/7 (K. Parsons 53, J. Cox 51) vs Scottish Saltires 193. Somerset won by 55 runs.

New Zealand in England, Tour Match

WORCESTER, Day I: Worcestershire 163/3 (B. Smith 72 n.o.) v New Zealand.

ATHLETICS

IAAF Japan Grand Prix

OSAKA, Men: 100m Maurice Greene (US, 10.04sec); J. J. Johnson (US, 10.11); Mickey Grimes (US, 10.12) l 400m: Alleyne Francique (Grn, 44.47); Yuki Yamaguchi (Jpn, 45.31); Jun Osakada (Jpn, 45.45) l 5000m: Philip Moshima (Ken, 13:24.94); Simon Maina Munyi (Ken, 13:25.68); Luke Kipkosgei (Ken, 13:32.99) l 110m hurdles: Liu Xiang (Chn, 13.06); Allen Johnson (US, 13.13); Maurice Wignall (Jam, 13.30) l 400m hurdles: Dai Tamesue (Jpn, 48.87); James Carter (US, 48.99); Ian Weakley (Jam, 49.12) l 3,000m steeplechase: John Kosgei (Ken, 8:23.95); Julius Nyamu (Ken, 8:24.64); Raymond Yator (Ken, 8:25.61) l Triple jump: Timothy Rusan (US, 16.93m); Andrew Murphy (Aus, 16.91); Gu Junjie (Chn, 16.71) l Hammer throw: Koji Murofushi (Jpn, 82.18m); Adrian Annus (Hun, 80.93); Ilya Konovalov (Rus, 77.71) l Pole vault: Timothy Mack (US, 5.60m); Piotr Buciarski (Den, 5.50); Nick Hysong (US, 5.40) l Women: 100m: Torri Edwards (US, 11.06); Chryste Gaines (US, 11.14); Angela Daigle (US, 11.27) l 5000m: Lucy Wangui (Ken, 15:14.44); Kayoko Fukushi (Jpn, 15:15.87); Jane Wanjiku (Ken, 15:16.34) l 400m hurdles: Sandra Glover (US, 54.95); Brenda Taylor (US, 55.43); Andrea Blackett (Bar, 55.73) l Long jump: Kumiko Ikeda (Jpn, 6.65m); Grace Upshow (US, 6.58); Maho Hanaoka (Jpn, 6.57) ; Anju Bobby George (Ind, 6.46) l Hammer throw: Yipsi Moreno (Cub, 72.92m); Gu Yuan (Chn, 70.38); Zhang Wenxiu (Chn, 68.77) l Shot put: Li Meiju (Chn, 18.71m); Valerie Adams (Nzl, 18.69); Cleopatra Borel (Tri, 17.95) l

Jamaican Invitational meet

KINGSTON, Men: 100m: Darvis Patton (US, 10.12); John Capel (US, 10.13); Deji Aliu (Nig, 10.18); Tim Montgomery (US, 10.25) l 400m hurdles: Labronze Garnett (US, 48.76); Danny McFarlane (Jam, 48.93); Kemel Thompson (Jam, 48.95) l 1500m: Eliud Njudi (Ken, 3:41.10); Seneca Lassiter (US, 3:41.66); Daniel Wilson (US, 3:43.66) l 800m: Zach Whitmarsh (US, 1:47.11); Simon Kimata (Ken, 1:47.19); Evon Allen (Jam, 1:48.06) l Long Jump: Savante Stringfellow (US, 7.81 metres); Eric Walder (US, 7.42) l 400m: Davian Clarke (Jam, 45.54); Derek Brew (US, 45.96); Michael McDonald (Jam, 46.06) l Women: 100m: Marion Jones (US, 11.10); Aleen Bailey (Jam, 11.19); Tayna Lawrence (Jam, 11.29) l 800m: Maria Mutola (Moz, 2:00.38); Hazel Clarke (US, 2:01.46); Michelle Ballantyne (Jam, 2:01.86) l 100m Hurdles: Gail Devers (US, 12.50); Delloreen Ennis London (Jam, 12.69); Lacena Golding-Clarke (Jam, 12.69) l 400m: Jearl Myles-Clarke (US, 51.50); Monique Hennagan (US, 51.64); Kia Davis (US, 52.31).

TENNIS

ATP ROME MASTERS

Quarter finals: Carlos Moya (Esp) bt Andrei Pavel (Rom) 6-1, 6-2 l Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) bt Nicolas Massu (Chi) 6-1, 7-5 l David Nalbandian (Arg) bt Vincent Spadea (US) 6-4, 6-3 l Albert Costa (Esp) bt Jiri Novak (Cze) 6-4, 6-2.

WTA GERMAN OPEN

Quarter finals: Venus Williams (US) bt Paola Suarez (Arg) 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 6-2 l Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) 6-3, 6-3 l Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-1 l Jennifer Capriati (US) bt Anastasia Myskina (Rus) 6-3, 6-2.

GOLF

British Masters

Round II: 134 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) l 135 Eduardo Romero (Arg), Brian Davis (GBR) 68 67 l 136 Lee Westwood (GBR) 71 65 l 137 Stephen Gallacher (GBR) 69 68, Nick O’Hern (Aus) 69 68 l 138 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 70 68, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 67 71, Santiago Luna (Esp) 70 68, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 68

Charlotte meet

Round II: 135 Tiger Woods (US) 69 66 l 137 Kirk Triplett (US) 64 73, Notah Begay III (US) 67 70, Arron Oberholser (US) 69 68 l 138 Stuart Appleby (Aus) 66 72, Brett Quigley (US) 66 72, Joey Sindelar (US) 69 69, Vijay Singh (Fij) 68 70 l 139 Carlos Franco (Par) 68 71, Davis Love III (US) 73 66, Kevin Sutherland (US) 71 68, Mike Weir (Can) 67 72, Chris DiMarco (US) 69 70, Joe Ogilvie (US) 68 71, Cameron Beckman (US) 67 72 l 140 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 71, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 66 74, Luke Donald (GBR) 67 73, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 69 71, Robert Allenby (Aus) 72 68, Phil Mickelson (US) 70 70, Jeff Maggert (US) 71 69.

LPGA Meet

WILLIAMSBURG, Round II: 131 Kim Williams (US) 68-63 l 135 Christina Kim 68-67 (US), Soo Yun Kang (Kor) 65-70 l 136 Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 69-67 (US), Cristie Kerr 71-65 (US), Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 69-67 l 137 Jung Yeon Lee (Kor) 71-66, Carin Koch (Swe) 68-69, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 69-68 l 138 Stacy Prammanasudh (US) 69-69, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 70-68, Rosie Jones (US) 72-66, Wendy Doolan (Aus) 73-65, Dawn Coe-Jones (Can) 72-66, Seol-An Jeon (Kor) 69-69.

BADMINTON

Thomas Cup

JAKARTA, Round I: Group C: Malaysia bt South Africa 5-0 (Wong Choong Han bt Chris Dednam 15-1 15-4 l Lee Chong Wei bt Dean Potgieter 15-1 15-1 l Mohd Hafiz Hashim bt Wiaan Viljoen 15-0 15-0 l Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah bt Chris Dednam and Roelof Dednam 15-5 15-3 l Chew Choon Eng and Koo Kien Keat bt Dorian James and Wiaan Viljoen 15-3 15-1) l Group B: South Korea bt New Zealand 5-0 (Lee Hyun-il bt John Moody 15-5 15-7 l Shon Seung-mo bt Geoffrey Bellingham 15-8 15-5 l Jang Young-soo bt John Gordon 15-2 15-3 l Yim Bang-eun and Kim Yong-hyun bt Geoffrey Bellingham and Craig Cooper 15-8 15-2 l Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Young-sung bt Daniel A Shirley and John Gordon 15-8 15-6).

Uber Cup

Group A: China bt Indonesia 5-0 (Gong Ruina bt Silvi Antarini 11-1 3-11 11-3 l Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen bt Jo Novita and Lilyana Natsir 15-5 15-2 l Zhou Mi bt Maria Kristin 11-1 11-1 l Wei Yili and Zhao Tingting bt Lita Nurlita and Gresya Polii 15-2 15-4 l Xie Xinfang bt Firdasari Adrianti 11-1 11-6) l Group C: Japan bt Malaysia 4-1 (Kanako Yonekura bt Wong Mew Choo 9-11 13-11 11-5 l Chikako Nakayama and Keiko Yoshitomi lost to Chin Eei Hui and Wong Pei Tty 13-15 15-9 11-15 l Kaori Mori bt Woon Sze Mei 11-1 13-11 l Shizuka Yamamoto and Seiko Yamada bt Ooi Sock Ai and Fong Chew Yen 15-10 15-4 l Miho Tanaka bt Norshahliza Baharum 11-7 11-4).

HOCKEY

BHA League

Group A: CESC 3 (Atal Tirkey, Edmond Kerketta, Lalit Singh) CC&FC 0 l Muslim Institute 2 (Abhay Kerketta, A. Qadir) BSF North Bengal 1 (Ajit Kumar Dungdung).

For the book

Porto midfielder Maniche Ribeiro was stopped by police for drunk driving near the Algarve town of Albufeira, Portuguese news agency Lusa reported on Friday. The player had a blood-alcohol level of 1.2 gm per litre, well in excess of the legal limit of 0.5.