FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

Newcastle United 0 Aston Villa 3 (Juan Pablo Angel 5, Gareth Barry 73-pen, 80-pen) Arsenal 4 (Thierry Henry 19, 22, 66, Fredrik Ljungberg 50) Norwich City 1 (Darren Huckerby 30) Birmingham City 1 (Darren Carter 66) Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Stephen Kelly 59) Charlton Athletic 2 (Shaun Bartlett 10, Chris Perry 90+2) Manchester City 2 (Hermann Hreidarsson 4-own goal, Robbie Fowler 38) Crystal Palace 0 Middlesbrough 1 (Franck Queudrue 35) Liverpool 1 (Igor Biscan 86) Bolton Wanderers 0 Manchester United 0 Blackburn Rovers 0

BUNDESLIGA

Kaiserslautern 0 Hanover 96 2 (Jiri Kaufman 72, 90) Hansa Rostock 2 (Thomas Rasmussen 41, Michael Hartmann 58) Mainz 0 VfL Wolfsburg 0 Bayern Munich 3 (Bastian Schweinsteiger 29, Kevin Hofland 45-own goal, Torsten Frings 55) Arminia Bielefeld 1 (Radomir Dalovic 66) Bayer Leverkusen 0 Freiburg 1 (Dennis Kruppke 18) Hamburg SV 1 (Moreira 41) Werder Bremen 1 (Ivan Klasnic 52) VfB Stuttgart 2 (Silvio Meissner 48, Christian Tiffert 87) Schalke 04 4 (Mike Hanke (24, 36, Ailton 40, Lincoln 74) Nuremberg 1 (Samuel Slovak 55).

PRIMERA LIGA

Villarreal 3 (Jose Mari 12, 32, Diego Forlan 57) Athletic Bilbao 1 (Santiago Ezquerro 22) Real Zaragoza 2 (David Generelo 44, David Albelda 49-own goal) Valencia 2 (Bernardo Corradi 81, Marco Caneira 87) Real Sociedad 2 (Gari Uranga 42, Valery Karpin 45+1) Osasuna 0.

LIGUE 1

Sochaux 1 (Ilan 64) Caen 0 Metz 0 Toulouse 1 (Francois Sirieix 35) Olympique Lyon 1 (Juninho Pernambucano 64) Racing Lens 0 Lille 8 (Matt Moussilou 12, 16, 17, 55, Mathieu Bodmer 21, Philippe Brunel 27, 59, Ibrahim Thiam 64-own goal) Istres 0 Girondins Bordeaux 0 Racing Strasbourg 2 (Yacine Abdessadki 73, Mamadou Niang 76) Auxerre 2 (Younes Kaboul 82, Luigi Pieroni 90) Nantes 1 (Mamadou Diallo 51) Ajaccio 3 (Edson De Faria 32, 41, Andre Luiz 45+1) Monaco 0 Nice 2 (Marama Vahirua 9, Kamel Larbi 33) St Etienne 0 Stade Rennes 1 (Kim Kaellstroem 28) Bastia 0.

TENNIS

ATP/WTA MIAMI MEET

WOMEN, Final: Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Maria Sharapova (2, Rus) 6-3, 7-5.

CHESS

DOS HERMANAS MEET

Round II: Miguel Illescas Cordoba (Esp, 1.5) drew Sergey Karjakin (Ukr, 1.5) Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Geo, 1) drew P Harikrishna (Ind, 1) Alexey Dreev (Rus, 1) drew Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 1) Ruben Felgaer (Arg, 1) bt Alexander Rustemov (Rus, 0.5) Lenier Dominguez (Cub, 0.5) drew Oleg Korneev (Rus, 1).

GOLF

USPGA BELLSOUTH CLASSIC

DULUTH (Georgia), Round I (after 13 holes): Billy Mayfair (US) 69 J.L. Lewis (US), Scott McCarron (US), Ted Purdy (US) Brett Quigley (US, after 16), Ryuji Imada (Jap, after 11) 70 Rich Beem (US), Bo Van Pelt (US) John Huston (US, after 15), Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp, after 15), Tag Ridings (US, after 13), Hideto Tanihara (US, Jap, after 10).

PORTUGUESE OPEN

QUINTA DA MARINHA, Round III: 202 Paul Lawrie (GBR) 69 67 66 203 Barry Lane (GBR) 68 67 68, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 69 65 69 204 Paul Broadhurst (GBR) 68 66 70 207 Alastair Forsyth (GBR) 69 69 69, Stephen Dodd (GBR) 68 69 70 208 Jonathan Lomas (GBR) 68 71 69, Richard Sterne (RSA) 71 67 70, Ignacio Garrido (Esp) 71 66 71.

For the book

German Steffen Wesemann, last year?s winner of the Tour of Flanders, abandoned Sunday?s edition of the cycling race after some 100 kms.