CRICKET

NATIONAL LEAGUE, DIVISION I

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA: Essex 168 (J. Foster 39, Louw 4/30, Greenidge 2/49, Phillips 3/21). Northamptonshire 138 (T. Roberts 33; Gough 2/18, Brant 2/35, Napier 4/23). Essex won by 30 runs l CHELTENHAM: Gloucestershire 211/9 (C. Spearman 46, M. Hussey 60; Anderson 3/41, Mahmood 2/27, Hooper 2/26). Lancashire 114 (Lewis 5/23, Fisher 3/34). Gloucestershire won by 102 runs (D/L Method) l GUILDFORD: Surrey 315/8 (J. Benning 71, M. Ramprakash 40, R. Clarke 70, A. Brown 46, Azhar Mahmood 56 n.o.; Brown 2/75, Carter 3/53, Hogg 2/33). Warwickshire 225 (I. Bell 89, J. Troughton 36; Clarke 3/34, Tudor 3/31, Benning 2/52). Surrey won by 90 runs l Division II — GRACE ROAD: Leicestershire 176/7 (B. Hodge 46, D. Stevens 44; Killeen 2/23, Onions 2/32, Breese 2/35). Durham 161/8 (G. Pratt 55 n.o.). Leicestershire won by 15 runs l SCARBOROUGH: Somerset 252/6 (R. Ponting 113; Bresnan 2/58). Yorkshire 255/4 (M. Wood 56, M. Lumb 71, A. Gale 70 n.o.). Yorkshire won by 6 wickets (D/L Method).

NZ Women in Ireland, 3rd one-dayer

DUBLIN: New Zealand 232/7 (H. Tiffen 32, H. Watson 115 n.o.; McDonald 3/29). Ireland 155 (C. Joyce 33; Milliken 3/39). New Zealand won by 77 runs.

GOLF

USPGA MILWAUKEE OPEN

WISCONSIN: Final round — 267 Carlos Franco (Par) 67 l 269 Fred Funk (US) 66, Brett Quigley (US) 69 l 270 Olin Browne (US) 67, Billy Andrade (US) 67, Patrick Sheehan (US) 70 l 271 Bo Van Pelt (US) 67, Danny Briggs (US) 68, Kenny Perry (US) 70 l 272 Scott Hoch (US) 69.

SENIOR BRITISH OPEN

NORTHERN IRELAND: Final round — 284 Pete Oakley (US) 70 l 285 Tom Kite (US) 69, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 67 l 286 Mark James 70 l 287 Mark McNulty (Irl) 72, Don Pooley (US) 72 l 290 Bill Longmuir 72.

IRISH OPEN

DROGHEDA (IRELAND): Final round — 274 Brett Rumford (Aus) 67 l 278 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 67, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 67 l 279 Peter Lonard (Aus) 73 l 280 Andrew Oldcorn 69, Paul Broadhurst 70, Paul McGinley (Irl) 70 l 281 Peter Baker 70, Peter Fowler (Aus) 70, Nick O’Hern (Aus) 71.

CHESS

BIEL INTERNATIONAL MEET

Round V: Christian Bauer (4.5, Fra) drew with Boris Avrukh (4.5, Isr) l Alexander Riazantsev (3.5, Rus) lost to Pavel Eljanov (4.5, Ukr) l Evgeny Alekseev (4, Rus) drew with Andrei Shariyazdanov (4, Rus) l Alexander Rustemov (4, Rus) drew with Zahar Efimenko (4, Ukr) l Mikhail Kobalia (3, Rus) drew with Alexander Cherniaev (3, Rus) l Michael Roiz (3, Isr) lost to Edward Porper (4, Isr) l Vladimir Kosyrev (4, Rus) bt Cyril Marcelin (3, Fra) l Michail Brodsky (3.5, Ukr) drew with P. Magesh Chandran (3.5) l Peter Wells (3, Eng) lost to Kritz Leonid (4, Ger) l Andrei Lukin (4, Rus) bt Miso Cebalo (3, Cro) l Papa Severin (4, Sui) bt Jenni Florian (3, Sui) l Ivan Nemet (3.5, Sui) drew with Alexandra Kosteniuk (3.5, Rus) l Bogdan Bozinovic (3, Cro) drew with P. Konguvel (2.5) l Giuseppe Valenti (2.5, Ita) drew with R R Vasudevan (2.5) l Marco Gahler (2, Sui) drew with Parimarjan Negi (2) l Round VI — Pavel Eljanov (4.5, Ukr) lost to Christian Bauer (5.5, Fra) l Boris Avrukh (5, isr) drew with Mikhail Kobalia (4.5, Rus) l Vladimir Kosyrev (4.5, Rus) drew with Evgeny Alekseev (4.5, Rus) l Kritz Leonid (4.5, Ger) drew with Alexander Rustemov (4.5, Rus) l Edward Porper (4.5, Isr) drew with Zahar Efimenko (4.5, Ukr) l Andrei Shariyazdanov (5, Rus) bt Andrei Lukin (4, Rus) l Michail Brodsky (4.5, Ukr) bt Papa Severin (4, Sui) l P. Magesh Chandran (3.5) lost to Alexander Riazantsev (4.5, Rus) l Rukavina Josip (4, Cro) drew with Ognjen Civitan (4, Cro) l Nadezhda Kosintseva (4, Rus) drew with Nukhim Rashkovsky (4, Rus) l Alexandra Kosteniuk (3.5, Rus) lost to Alexander Raetsky (4.5, Rus) l R R Vasudevan (3) drew with Thomas Pahtz (3, Ger) l P. Konguvel (3) drew with Ciric Dragoljub (3, Scg) l Parimarjan Negi (3) bt Stephe Fairbairn (2, Can).

DORTMUND MEET

Round IV: Group A — Arkadij Naiditsch (1.5, Ger) drew with Viswanathan Anand (2.5, Ind) l Sergei Rublevsky (2, Rus) drew with Peter Svidler (2, Rus) l Group B — Sergey Karjakin (2, Ukr) drew with Vladimir Kramnik (2, Rus) l Viktor Bologan (2, Mda) drew with Peter Leko (2, Hun).

FOOTBALL

COPA AMERICA, FINAL

LIMA: Brazil 2 (Luisao 45+1, Adriano 90+3) Argentina 2 (Cristian Gonzalez 20pen, Cesar Delgado 87). Brazil won 4-2 on penalties.

ASIAN CUP

CHENGDU: Saudi Arabia 1 (Hamad Al Montashari 57) Iraq 2 (Nashat Akram 51, Younis Mahmoud 87).

CHAMPIONS WORLD SERIES

CHICAGO: Manchester United 0 Bayern Munich 0. United won 4-2 on penalties.

CALCUTTA LEAGUE

SUPER DIVISION: George Telegraph 1 (Srikanta Das) FCI 1 (Mohammed Ali) l CFC 0 Railway FC 0 l Peerless 0 Wari 0.

TENNIS

ATP KITZBUEHEL OPEN

Final: Nicolas Massu (3, Chi) bt Gaston Gaudio (2, Arg) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.

ATP INDIANAPOLIS MEET

Final: Andy Roddick (1, US) bt Nicolas Kiefer (12, Ger) 6-2, 6-3.

ATP CROATIA OPEN

UMAG: Final — Guillermo Canas (6, Arg) bt Filippo Volandri (4, Ita) 7-5, 6-3.

WTA CALIFORNIA OPEN

CARSON: Final — Lindsay Davenport (3, US) bt Serena Williams (1, US) 6-1, 6-3.

For the Book

Bolton Wanderers are close to signing former Spain captain and Real Madrid defender Fernando Hierro, the Premier League club said on Monday. “I’ve had talks with Hierro and his representatives over the weekend and he is keen to come to Bolton,” Bolton manager Sam Allardyce told the club’s website.