GOLF

SYDNEY CLASSIC

Round I (Thursday): 65 Steve Webster (GBR), Peter Lonard (Aus), Trevor Immelman (RSA) 66 Camilo Villegas (Col), Brad Lamb (Aus), John Bickerton (GBR) 68 Simon Dyson (GBR), Adam Crawford (Aus), Jarrod Lyle (Aus), James Nitties (Aus), Colin Montgomerie (GBR), Nick Dougherty (GBR), Simon Wakefield (GBR), Mark Foster (GBR) 69 Graeme Storm (GBR), Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Chris Hanell (Swe), Miles Tunnicliff (GBR), Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Nick ?Hern, Lee Slattery (GBR), Craig Parry (Aus), Stephen Gallacher (GBR), Simon Khan (GBR), David Smail (NZL), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Jamie Donaldson (GBR).

FOOTBALL

English Premier League

Birmingham City 2 (Walter Pandiani 12, Robert Blake 41pen) Southampton 1 (Henri Camara 52) Blackburn Rovers 0 Chelsea 1 (Arjen Robben 5) Everton 1 (Gary Doherty 78og) Norwich City 0 Fulham 1 (Lee Clark 90) Aston Villa 1 (Juan Pablo Angel 55) Manchester City 1 (Robbie Fowler 49pen) Newcastle United 1 (Alan Shearer 9).

Primera Liga

King?s Cup, quarter final, first-leg: Numancia 0 Atletico Madrid 0 Quarter final, second leg: Osasuna 3 (Valdo 25, Carlos Cuellar 72, Inaki Munoz 90) Sevilla 1 (Ariza Makukula 90+3) Real Betis 4 (Fernando 24, David Rivas 26, Ricardo Oliveira 59, Marcos Assuncao 81) Gramenet 3 (Miki Albert 47, Ruben Blaya 67, Aaron Bueno 87).

SERIE A

Fiorentina 1 (Fabrizio Miccoli 70) Palermo 2 (Cristiano Lupatelli 58og, Mariano Gonzalez 69) Inter Milan 1 (Obafemi Martins 33) Atalanta 0 Juventus 0 Sampdoria 1 (Aimo Diana 33) Lazio 0 Brescia 0 Lecce 1 (Mirko Vucinic 79) AS Roma 1 (Guillermo Giacomazzi 49og) Livorno 1 (Jose Vidigal 85) Reggina 1 (Carlos Paredes 14) Messina 1 (Riccardo Zampagna 30) AC Milan 4 (Hernan Crespo 9, 64, Jon Dahl Tomasson 18, 90+3) Siena 2 (Enrico Chiesa 4, Tore Andre Flo 37) Cagliari 2 (Diego Lopez 58, Rolando Bianchi 84) Udinese 3 (Marek Jankulovski 47, Nestor Sensini 52, Vincenzo Iaquinta 82) Chievo Verona 0.

TENNIS

WTA PAN PACIFIC OPEN

TOKYO, Round II: Daniela Hantuchova (8, Svk) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Aiko Nakamura (Jpn) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 Lindsay Davenport (1, US) bt Saori Obata (Jpn) 6-4, 6-3 Elena Likhovtseva (6, Rus) bt Jill Craybas (US) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 Elena Dementieva (4, Rus) bt Akiko Morigami (Jpn) 6-2, 6-2 Shinobu Asagoe (Jpn) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-0, 6-2.

WTA THAILAND OPEN

PATTAYA CITY, Round II: Vera Zvonareva (1, Rus) beat Anca Barna (Ger) 6-2, 6-3 Conchita Martinez (3, Esp) bt Silvija Talaja (Cro) 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 Virginia Ruano Pascual (8, Esp) bt Marlene Weingartner (Ger) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) 6-4, 6-2.

ATP CHILE OPEN

VINA DEL MAR, Round I (Wednesday): Gaston Gaudio (1, Arg) bt Jiri Vanek (Cze) 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 Round II: Agustin Calleri (7, Arg) bt Federico Luzzi (Ita) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Filippo Volandri (3, Ita) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4, 6-4 David Ferrer (4, Esp) bt Mariano Puerta (Arg) 6-2, 6-0 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Esp) bt Felix Mantilla (Esp) 6-4, 6-3.

ATP MILLENNIUM INTERNATIONAL MEET

DELRAY BEACH, Round II (Wednesday): Kevin Kim (8,US) bt Todd Widom (US) 6-2, 6-3 Xavier Malisse (3, Bel) bt Juan Guzman (Arg) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 Vince Spadea (1, US) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (Rus) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

ATP MILAN INDOOR MEET

First round (Wednesday): Max Mirnyi (8, Blr) bt Francesco Aldi (Ita) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Alan Mackin (GBR) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) Robin Soderling (5, Swe) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 Andrei Pavel (1, Rom) bt Gregory Carraz (Fra) 7-6 (7-0), 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-3) Sjeng Schalken (Ned) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 6-2, 6-2 Tomas Behrend (Ger) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 Round II: Ivan Ljubicic (2, Cro) bt Ivo Heuberger (Sui) 6-1, 6-2.

ITF JUNIOR MEET

NEW DELHI, singles round II, BOYS: Brad Williams (RSA) bt Faisal Aidil (Ina) 6-3, 6-0 Augun Bagus Dewantoro (Ina) bt Ned Boone (GBR) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 Juan Chao Xu (Chn) bt Aleksey Namozo (Uzb) 6-2 6-4 Vaja Uzakov (Uzb) bt Stas Zhuravski (Rus) 6-1, 6-2 GIRLS: Yenina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Yulia Parasyuk (Rus) 6-1, 6-2 Eleonora Sitdjemileva (Uzb) bt Dominice Ripoll (Ger) 6-3, 6-4 Goala Lemmens (Bel) bt Justina Derungs (Sui) 6-4 6-1 Doubles, quarter finals, BOYS: Kaushik Raju (Ind)/Christopher Rungkat (Ina) bt Petra Dostal (Cze)/Ayrton Wibowo (Ina) 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 Faisal Aidil/Agugn Bagus Dewantoro (Ina) bt Karsolia Krishna/Rahul Belwal (Ind) 6-2, 7-5 GIRLS: Laura-Iogna Andrei (Rom)/Justina Derungs (Sui) bt Nogora Sirojiddinova (Uzb)/Mariya Kovaleva (Kaz) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3.

CHESS

GIBRALTAR FESTIVAL

Round VIII: Emil Sutovsky (Isr, 6) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm, 6) Gabriel Sargissen (Arm, 6) drew with Zahar Efimenko (Ukr, 6) Peter Wells (Eng, 5) lost to Alexei Shirov (Esp, 6) Daniel Gormally (Eng, 6) bt Alexey Dreev (Rus, 5) Kevin Spraggett (Can, 6) bt Krishnan Sasikiran (Ind, 5) Hikaru Nakamura (US, 6) bt Chris Ward (Eng, 5) Viktorija Cimilyte (Ltu, 4.5) lost to Alexander Areshchenko (Ukr, 6) Kiril Georgiev (Bul, 5.5) beat Colin McNab (Sco, 4.5) John Shaw (Sco, 4.5) lost to Boris Avrukh (Isr, 5.5) Vasilios Kotronias (Gre, 5.5) bt Gerard Welling (Eng, 4.5) Evgeny Postny (Isr, 5) drew with Mohamed Tissir (Mar, 5) Sergey Erenburg (Isr, 5.5) bt Hamad Al-Tamimi (Qat, 4.5) Stefan Kristjansson (Isl, 4.5) lost to Jonathan Speelman (Eng, 5.5) Gabriel Del Rio (Esp, 4.5) lost to Thomas Rendle (Eng, 5.5) A R Saleh Jasim (UAE, 5.5) bt Nicholas Pert (Eng, 4.5) Iweta R Adzeiwicz (Pol, 5.5) bt Richard Pert (Eng, 4) Round IX: Alexei Shirov (Esp, 7) bt Kevin Spraggett (Can, 6) Levon Aronian (Arm, 6.5) drew Daniel Gormally (Eng, 6.5) Alexander Areshchenko (Ukr, 6) lost to Emil Sutovsky (Isr, 7) Zahar Efimenko (Ukr, 7) bt Hikaru Nakamura (US, 6) Jonathan Speelman (Eng, 6) drew Gabriel Sargissen (Arm, 6.5) Thomas Rendle (Eng, 5.5) lost to Kiril Georgiev (Bul, 6.5) Boris Avrukh (Isr, 5.5) lost to Sergey Erenburg (Isr, 6.5) Iweta Radzeiwicz (Pol, 5.5) lost to Vasilios Kotronias (Gre, 6.5) Alexey Dreev (Rus, 6) bt Pia Cramling (Sui, 5) Krishnan Sasikiran (Ind, 6) bt Simon Williams (Eng, 5) Ian Rogers (Aus, 6) bt A R Saleh Jasim (UAE, 5) Chris Ward (Eng, 5.5) drew Evgeny Postny (Isr, 5.5) Bragi Thorfinnsson (Isr, 5.5) drew Hicham Hamdouchi (Mar, 5.5) M Tissir (Mar, 5.5) drew Peter Wells (Eng, 5.5) Nicholas Pert (Eng, 6) bt Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez (Esp, 5).

BERMUDA INVITATIONAL MEET

Round III: Giovanni Vescovi (Bra, 2) bt Lenier Dominguez (Cub,1.5) P Harikrishna (Ind, 1.5) drew with Boris Gelfand (Isr, 2) Bartlomiej Macieja (Pol, 0.5) lost to Andrei Volokitin (Ukr, 1.5).

For the book

China?s Hao Haidong has completed his on-off move to Sheffield United after clearing up a legal row over unpaid business debts, the English club said on Thursday. A Chinese court had banned the 34-year-old striker from leaving the country because he had failed to repay debts of $520,000 paid to the player?s boot company in 2002.