TENNIS

WTA FAMILY CIRCLE CUP

CHARLESTON, women?s singles, second round (Wednesday): Patty Schnyder (8, Sui) bt Marta Marrero (Esp) 6-2, 7-5 Klara Koukalova (Cze) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus) 6-3, 6-3 Shinobu Asagoe (14, Jpn) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (US) walkover Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) bt Anastasia Myskina (3, Rus) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 Ai Sugiyama (11, Jpn) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) 6-2, 6-4 Nuria Llagostera Vives (Esp) bt Mary Pierce (15, Fra) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) Lindsay Davenport (1, US) bt Marie-Eve Pelletier (Can) 6-2, 6-2 Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukr) bt Fabiola Zuluaga (16, Col) 6-3, 6-1 Justine Henin-Hardenne (Bel) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 Venus Williams (4, US) bt Denisa Chladkova (Cze) 7-6, 6-2 Tatiana Golovin (13, Fra) bt Lisa Raymond (US) 6-4, 6-3 Jelena Kostanic (Croatia) bt Barbora Strycova (Cze) 6-3, 6-2.

ATP MONTE CARLO MASTERS

Men?s singles, second round (Wednesday): Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Albert Montanes (Esp) 6-3, 6-4 Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt Mario Ancic (13, Cro) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) Nikolay Davydenko (10, Rus) bt Albert Costa (Esp) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 Gaston Gaudio (4, Arg) bt Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 7-5, 5-2 retired David Ferrer (Esp) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-3, 6-3 Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) bt Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 6-7 (7-1), 6-3, 6-4 Mariano Puerta (Arg) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-2, 6-1 Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt Guillermo Canas (9, Arg) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) bt Jiri Novak (16, Cze) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

FOOTBALL

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Quarter-Final, Second Leg ? IN TURIN: Juventus 0 Liverpool 0. Liverpool win 2-1 on aggregate. IN EINDHOVEN: PSV Eindhoven 1 (Alex 50) Olympique Lyon 1 (Sylvain Wiltord 10). Teams finished level 2-2 on aggregate, PSV Eindhoven won 4-2 on penalties.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

KOZHIKODE (Wednesday): SBT 4 (N.P. Pradeep 28, Mohammed Rafi 68, Anil Kumar 87, Asif Zaheer 90) Vasco 1 (Sidney Rodrigues 62) (Thursday) Salgaocar SC 2 (Felix Ibrebru 59, 78) Tollygunge Agargami 1 (Akeem Abolanle 70).

HOCKEY

BEIGHTON CUP

CALCUTTA, (Wednesday?s result) final: BSF, Jallandhar 2 (Harpinder Singh 44, Marianus Lakra 53) Army XI 1 (Dhanujay Mahadik 40).

For the book

A Romanian referee has been downgraded after making mistakes in a domestic cup match, the country?s Central Referees? Commission said on Thursday. Dinamo Bucharest beat National Bucharest 4-0 on Wednesday in the second leg of a Cup semi-final to advance 5-2 on aggregate, but National were furious after referee Ionica Serea awarded Dinamo two penalties and a goal.