FOOTBALL

PRIMERA LIGA

MADRID: Albacete 1 (Mark Gonzalez 74) Barcelona 2 (Andres Iniesta 2, Xavi 85) Athletic Bilbao 1 (Asier del Horno 45) Atletico Madrid 0.

SERIE A

ROME: Lazio 3 (Tommaso Rocchi 51, Paolo Di Canio 69-penalty, 78) Lecce 3 (Babu 9, 76, Valeri Bojinov 33) Atalanta 0 Udinese 1 (Vincenzo Iaquinta 9).

LIGUE 1

PARIS: Olympique Marseille 0 AJ Auxerre 1 (Benjani 62) Girondins Bordeaux 0 Olympique Lyon 0 Metz 1 (Sebastien Renoir 43) Racing Strasbourg 0 Nice 3 (Marama Vahirua 45+1pen, 90+1, Fran?ois Grenet 88) AC Ajaccio 0 Stade Rennes 3 (Toifilou Maoulida 18, 76, Olivier Monterrubio 60) Racing Lens 1 (Jerome Leroy 40) St Etienne 5 (Frederic Piquionne 3, 45, David Helbuyck 30, Frederic Mendy 36, Lilian Compan 85) Caen 0 Bastia 0 Monaco 2 (Ernesto Chevanton 20, Javier Saviola 45+2) Lille 2 (Geoffrey Dernis 51, Matt Moussilou 53) Nantes 1 (Shiva N?Zigou 33) Toulouse 2 (Achille Emana 25; Thibault Giresse 61) Istres 1 (Laurent Courtois 33).

BUNDESLIGA

FRANKFURT: Bayern Munich 2 (Claudio Pizarro 67, Paolo Guerrero 88) VfB Stuttgart 2 (Silvio Meissner 29, Kevin Kuranyi 65) VfL Bochum 1 (Tommy Bechmann 83) Hamburg SV 2 (Sergej Barbarez 26, Colin Benjamin 34) Hanover 96 0 Hertha Berlin 1 (Nando Rafael 54) Hansa Rostock 1 (Marcus Allback 32) Borussia Dortmund 1 (Sebastian Kehl 40) FSV Mainz 0 FC Nuremberg 1 (Markus Schroth 10) Schalke 04 1 (Mladen Krstajic 24) SC Freiburg 1 (Roda Antar 87) Werder Bremen 1 (Ivan Klasnic 59) Kaiserslautern 1 (Carsten Jancker 49).

CHESS

NATIONAL A MEET

VISAKHAPATNAM, Round XI: Rahul Shetty (IA, 1) lost to S S Ganguly (PSPB, 8.5) Suvrajit Saha (WB, 5) drew Sandipan Chanda (PSPB, 7.5) Abhijit Gupta (Raj, 3) lost to Neelotpal Das (PSPB, 7.5) Dibyendu Barua (WB, 5.5) bt Prathamesh Mokal (BSB, 2.5) S. Kidambi (PSPB, 6) drew Abhijit Kunte (PSPB, 7) Tejas Bakre (IA, 6) drew M R Venkatesh (PSPB, 6) Sriram Jha (LIC, 3.5) bt Koneru Humpy (AP, 5.5) Deepan Chakravarthy (TN, 6) bt D Harika (AP, 2.5) Roktim Bandyopadhyay (WB, 4.5) had a bye.

HOCKEY

CHAMPIONS TROPHY

LAHORE: Pakistan 3 (Sohail Abbas 4, Rehan Butt 28, Mudassar Ali Khan 65) India 2 (Sandeep Singh 2, 65) Spain 4 (Pau Quemeda 18, Santiago Friexa 51, 62, Victor Sojo 57) Holland 2 (Taeke Taekema 43, Karel Klaver 61) Germany 2 (Florian Keller 43, 53) New Zealand 1 (Bevan Hari 89).

GOLF

MASTERS of asia

KUALA LUMPUR: Final Round: 274 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 63 70 74 67, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 70 70 69 65 (Randhawa won in second hole of sudden-death playoff) 276 Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 68 69 67 72, Wang Ter-Chang (Tpe) 69 66 69 72 278 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 70 72 68 68 279 Edward Loar (US) 70 68 71 70 281 Marcus Both (Aus) 70 68 72 71, Ted Oh (Kor) 70 71 67 73 282 Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 71 70 72 69, Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 69 73 69 71, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 67 73 68 74, Chawalit Plaphol (Tha) 69 69 68 76.

AUSTRALIAN MASTERS

MELBOURNE: Round IV: 271 Richard Green (Aus) 69 67 68 67 (won on first playoff hole), Greg Chalmers (Aus) 66 71 69 65, David McKenzie (Aus) 67 68 64 72 272 Steven Bowditch (Aus) 68 69 67 68, Brad Kennedy (Aus) 67 70 66 69, Bradley Hughes (Aus) 64 66 71 71 273 Corey Pavin (US) 68 70 68 67 275 Peter Senior (Aus) 70 67 68 70, Nick ?Hern (Aus) 70 68 67 70, Peter Lonard (Aus) 68 67 68 72 276 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 67 73 67, Shane Tait (Aus) 71 70 68 67, Gary Simpson (Aus) 72 66 70 68.

MALELANE MEET

South Africa, Round III: 208 Neil Cheetham (GBR) 68 71 69 209 David Frost (RSA) 70 70 69 210 Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 71 69 70 211 Oliver Whiteley (GBR) 72 67 72 212 Ernie Els (RSA) 67 75 70, Michael Kirk (RSA) 71 72 69, Euan Little (GBR) 71 69 72, Warren Abery (RSA) 69 70 73.

CRICKET

TOUR MATCHES

MELBOURNE, Day IV: Pakistan first innings 262 (Abdul Razzaq 83 .., Yousuf Youhana 77) & 174 (Salman Butt 47; Brett Dorey 5/41, Edmondson 3/38). Western Australia 404/9 decl. (Mike Hussey 124, Marcus North 79) & 34/0. Western Australia won by 10 wkts POTCHEFSTROOM ? England 225 (A. Strauss 50; Langeveldt 5/48). South Africa A 133 (Jaarsveld 58 .., Ontong 56).

For the book

Suwon Bluewings claimed the 2004 K-League soccer title in Seoul on Sunday, beating Pohang Steelers in a penalty shootout after both legs of the final ended 0-0.