FOOTBALL

Bundesliga

BERLIN ? Hanover 96 3 (Michael Tarnat 34, Jiri Stajner 65, 86) Kaiserslautern 1 (Ioannis Amantanidis 26) Bayern Munich 2 (Claudio Pizarro 24, 45) VfL Wolfsburg 0 Hertha Berlin 0 Borussia Dortmund 1 (Jan Koller 44) VfL Bochum 3 (Christoph Preuss 54, Dariusz Wosz 85, Peter Madsen 90) Borussia Moenchengladbach 0.

TENNIS

ATP Swiss Indoor meet

BASEL, Round I ? Gaston Gaudio (8, Arg) bt Dick Norman (Bel) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 lStefan Koubek (Aut) bt Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha) 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 6-3 Tommy Robredo (5, Esp) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) 7-6 (8-6), 5-7, 6-4 Jiri Novak (Cze) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-2, 6-3.

WTA LINZ OPEN

AUSTRIA, Round I ? Marta Domachowska (Pol) bt Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 Ai Sugiyama (6, Jpn) bt Maria Vento-Kabchi (Ven) 6-0, 6-0 Meghann Shaughnessy (US) bt Karolina Sprem (8, Cro) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Lindsay Lee-Waters (US) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

ATP STOCKHOLM OPEN

STOCKHOLM, Round I ? Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Thomas Enqvist (Swe) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 Michal Tabara (Cze) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-0, 6-4 Joachim Johansson (2, Sweden) bt Adrian Garcia (Chi) 6-4, 6-2 Tommy Haas (4, Ger) bt Davide Sanguinetti (Ita) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Johan Settergren (Swe) 6-3, 6-2 Feliciano Lopez (5, Esp) bt Jeff Morrison (US) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 Janko Tipsarevic (Sem) bt Tomas Berdych (7, Cze) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.

WTA LUXEMBOURG OPEN

LUXEMBOURG, Round I ? Kveta Peschke (Cze) bt Claudine Schaul (Lux) 6-7 (8-10), 6-2, 6-0 Emma Laine (Fin) bt Magdalena Maleeva (4, Bul) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 Anabel Medina Garrigues (Esp) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 6-2, 6-4 lMary Pierce (Fra) bt Carly Gullickson (US) 6-0, 7-5 Shinobu Asagoe (8, Jpn) bt Michaella Krajicek (Ned) 6-0, 6-7 (1-7), 6-1 Eleni Daniilidou (7, Gre) bt Jill Craybas (US) 7-5, 6-1 Marlene Weingartner (Ger) bt Anca Barna (Ger) 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Antonella Serra Zanetti (Ita) 6-4, 6-0 Tina Pisnik (Slo) bt Virginie Razzano (Fra) 6-1, 6-1.

ATP ST PETERSBURG OPEN

ST PETERSBURG, Round I ? Mikhail Youzhny (4, Rus) bt Andy Ram (Isr) 2-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Dominik Hrbaty (2, Svk) 7-6 (9-7), 5-7, 6-4 Michael Llodra (7, Fra) bt Mikhail Elgin (Rus) 6-2, 6-2 Greg Rusedski (GBR) bt Marc Rosset (Sui) 6-4, 6-3 Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Igor Andreev (8, Rus) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 Karol Beck (Svk) bt Jiri Vanek (Cze) 6-3, 6-2 Alex Corretja (Esp) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4, 6-2 Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt Ricardo Mello (Bra) 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-2) Michael Kohlmann (Ger) bt Gregory Carraz (Fra) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

CHESS

36th Olympiad

MALLORCA, Men, Round XI ? India (27.5) bt Canada (24.5) 3.5-0.5 (Viswanathan Anand bt Pascal Charbonneau Mark Bluvshtein drew with Krishnan Sasikiran Surya Shekhar Ganguly bt Igor Zugic Yan Teplitsky lost to Sandipan Chanda) Ukraine (32) bt Cuba (26) 3-1 Russia (29.5) bt United States (27.5) 2.5-1.5 Switzerland (26) lost to Armenia (29) 1.5-2.5 Azerbaijan (26) lost to Israel (28) 1-3 Serbia Montenegro (25.5) lost to Bulgaria (26.5) 1.5-2.5 Poland (27) bt Slovakia (25) 3-1 France (26.5) bt Moldova (25.5) 2.5-1.5 China (26) drew with Czech Republic (26) 2-2 Georgia (26.5) bt Belarus (24.5) 3-1 Spain A (25.5) drew with Hungary (25.5) 2-2 Slovenia (26) bt Estonia (24.5) 3-1 Uzbekistan (25) drew with Sweden (25) 2-2 Bosnia Herzegovina (25.5) bt Latvia (24.5) 1.5-2.5 Germany (25.5) bt Vietnam (23.5) 3-1 Norway (23.5) lost to Greece (25.5) 1-3 Denmark (24) lost to Australia (25) 1.5-2.5 Lithuania (24) lost to The Netherlands (24.5) 1.5-2.5 Iceland (24) drew with Argentina (24) 2-2 Belgium (22.5) lost to Kazakhstan (25) 0.5-3.5 Indonesia (22.5) lost to England 1-3 Spain B (24.5) bt Uruguay (22.5) 3-1 Romania (24) bt Portugal (22.5) 2.5-1.5. Women, Round XI ? Hungary (21.5) drew with China (26) 1.5-1.5 India (20) lost to Georgia (22) 0.5-2.5 Slovakia (19.5) lost to United States (21.5) 1-2 Armenia (19.5) lost to Russia (20.5) 1-2 Lithuania (18.5) lost to France (21) 0.5-2.5 Ukraine (19.5) drew with Bulgaria (19.5) 1.5-1.5 Mongolia (17.5) lost to England (21) 0-3 Czech Republic (18.5) lost to Poland (19.5) 1-2 Latvia (18) lost to Azerbaijan (20) 0.5-2.5 The Netherlands (17.5) lost to Slovenia (20.5) 0-3 Israel (18) lost to Sweden (19) 1-2 Serbia Montenegro (19.5) bt Germany (17.5) 2.5-0.5 Cuba (18.5) bt Australia (17.5) 2-1 Moldova (18) drew with Romania (18) 1.5-1.5 Iceland (16.5) lost to Iran (19) 0.5-2.5 Colombia (17) lost to Norway (18) 1-2 Kazakhstan (18) bt Peru (16) 2.5-0.5 Finland (16) lost to Greece (18) 0.5-2.5 Uzbekistan (18) bt Malaysia (16) 2.5-0.5.

BADMINTON

Asian SatelLite Meet

HYDERABAD, Final?Pullela Gopichand bt Vidyadhar Rao 15-6, 15-1.

For the Book

Amateur cricketers at two eastern Melbourne suburban grounds will be penalised for hitting a six under a Boroondara Council rule. The risk of cricket balls hitting bystanders and the likelihood of lawsuits have prompted the change.