TENNIS

ATP/WTA MIAMI MEET

MEN, Round IV: Tim Henman (6, GBR) bt Radek Stepanek (23, Cze) 7-5, 6-3 Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Mario Ancic (18, Cro) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Andre Agassi (9, US) bt Gaston Gaudio (7, Arg) 7-6 (9-7), 6-2 Rafael Nadal (29, Esp) bt Ivan Ljubicic (13, Cro) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 Thomas Johansson (25, Swe) bt Jiri Novak (24, Cze) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 Dominik Hrbaty (26, Svk) bt Gael Monfils (Fra) 6-3, 6-3 David Ferrer (Esp) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 7-5.

WOMEN?s quarter finals: Maria Sharapova (2, Rus) bt Justine Henin-Hardenne (19, Bel) 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 6-2 Venus Williams (8, US) bt Serena Williams (3, US) 6-1, 7-6 (10-8).

CRICKET

PAKISTAN vs INDIA A

HYDERABAD: India A 189/7 in 45 ovs (S. Raina 55). Pakistan 190/2 in 41 ovs (S. Butt 74, S. Malik 81 ..). Pakistan won by 8 wkts.

SRI LANKA A vs PAKISTAN A

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka A 192 in 43.4 ovs (M. Vandort 77, R. Arnold 71; Wasti 4/34). Pakistan A 187/9 in 44.2 ovs (H. Raza 40; Bandara 5/44). Pakistan A won by 4 runs (D/L method).

FOOTBALL

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

DUBLIN: Ireland 1 (Clinton Morrison 82) China 0.

CHESS

MONACO MEET

Round IX: Blindfold ? Boris Gelfand (Isr) drew Veselin Topalov (Bul) Loek van Wely (Ned) lost to Viswanathan Anand (Ind) Peter Svidler (Rus) drew Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) Peter Leko (Hun) drew Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) Alexander Morozevich (Rus) bt Alexei Shirov (Esp) Evgeny Bareev (Rus) lost to Francisco Pons Vallejo.

Rapid ? Topalov drew Gelfand Anand drew Van Wely Kramnik lost to Svidler Ivanchuk lost to Leko Shirov drew Morozevich Vallejo drew Bareev

For the book

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