FOOTBALL

Premier League

LONDON Crystal Palace 2 (Andrew Johnson 53, Aki Riihilahti 68) Fulham 0.

IFA SHIELD

CALCUTTA Mohammedan Sporting 3 (Henry Chukwukei 55, Raman Vijayan 56, Jiten Rai 75) Muktijoddha Sansad KC 1 (Dieudonne Kabwa 27).

TENNIS

ATP LYON Grand Prix

Round I ? Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Dominik Hrbaty (6, Svk) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

WTA FILDERSTADT GRAND PRIX

Round I ? Silvia Farina Elia (Ita) bt Karolina Sprem (Cro) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (Isr) bt Ai Sugiyama (8, Jpn) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) Alicia Molik (Aus) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-2, 6-3.

JAPAN OPEN

TOKYO Men, Round I ? Tomas Zib (Cze) bt Mark Philippoussis (Aus) 6-3, 6-4 Harel Levy (Isr) bt Lu Yen-hsun (Tai) 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-1) Takao Suzuki (Jpn) bt Adrian Garcia (Chi) 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4) Alex Bogomolov (US) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SCG) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2). Women, Round I ? Rika Fujiwara (Jpn) bt Saori Obata (Jpn) 6-4, 6-4.

For the book

T. Agnishwar, Ambica Iyengar, Nisha Millet, Parita Parekh and Rahul Batra will be the five-member Indian contingent for the seventh Fina World Swimming Championships to be held at Indianapolis in the US from October 7 to 11.