FOOTBALL

SERIE A

Messina 2 (Arturo Di Napoli 59, Rafael Pereira da Silva 90+3) Inter Milan 1 (Julio Ricardo Cruz 46) Bologna 0 Fiorentina 0 Brescia 2 (Luigi Di Biagio 48, Marius Stankevicius 77) Reggina 0 Atalanta Bergamo 1 (Luigi Sala 89) Palermo 0 Chievo Verona 1 (Sergio Pellisier 32) Cagliari 1 (Massimo Gobbi 72) Lazio 0 Juventus 1 (Pavel Nedved 85) Sampdoria 2 (Max Tonetto 33, Francesco Flachi 79-pen) AS Roma 1 (Vincenzo Montella 90+3-pen) Livorno 1 (Cristiano Lucarelli 90+3) Lecce 0.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

CALCUTTA: Tollygunge Agragami 2 (Akeem Abolanle 32, Gouranga Dutta 81) Sporting Clube de Goa 2 (Dudu Omagbemi 34-pen, 66)

PREMIER LEAGUE

Manchester United 2 (Wayne Rooney 57, Wes Brown 74) Newcastle United 1 (Darren Ambrose 27) Portsmouth 4 (Yakubu Aiyegbeni 4-pen, Arjan de Zeeuw 17, Lomana Lua-Lua 22, 27) Southampton 1 (Henri Camara 20).

BUNDESLIGA

Nuremberg 0 Borussia Moenchengladbach 0 Bayer Leverkusen 2 (Jacek Krzynowek 3, Marko Babic 37) Werder Bremen 1 (Miroslav Klose 38).

LIGUE 1

Auxerre 0 Olympique Lyon 3 (Juninho Pernambucano 27, Mickael Essien 45+2, Cris 54).

PRIMERA LIGA

Valencia 2 (Mista 70, Miguel Angel Angulo 76) Albacete 0 Malaga 0 Barcelona 4 (Oleguer 22, Ludovic Giuly 34, 68, Gerard 90) Deportivo Coruna 1 (Albert Luque 22) Racing Santander 4 (Yossi Benayoun 57, 63, 84, Javi Guerrero 71) Real Betis 2 (Joaquin 47, Ricardo Oliveira 53) Real Sociedad 3 (Mikel Labaka 5, Jose Javier Barkero 66, Gari Uranga 89) Athletic Bilbao 1 (Julen Guerrero 87) Sevilla 3 (Julio Baptista 7, 77, Jesus Navas 21) Espanyol 3 (Raul Tamudo 33, 90+1, Maxi Rodriguez 43) Real Zaragoza 1 (David Villa 60) Getafe 1 (Michel 20) Levante 0 Numancia 1 (Carlos Merino 81) Real Mallorca 2 (Victor 53, Mark Iuliano 59).

SNOOKER

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

SHEFFIELD: Stephen Lee (9, Eng) leads Peter Ebdon (8, Eng) 6-2 (76-43, 0-63, 111-7, 78-0, 52-50, 70-6, 69-76, 67-19) Shaun Murphy (Eng) leads John Higgins (5, Sco) 9-7 (7-72, 9-89, 40-63, 56-55, 0-82, 129-0, 80-20, 79-0, 70-43, 61-56, 0-65, 97-0, 12-74, 97-1, 72-6, 13-88) Matthew Stevens (6, Wales) leads Jimmy White (11, Eng) 12-4 (61-62, 83-1, 45-70, 83-17, 80-8, 64-20, 49-63, 76-50, 58-30, 83-0, 68-1, 97-0, 66-1, 18-71, 110-13, 121-3) Mark Williams (2, Wales) leads Ian McCulloch (Eng) 5-3 (71-78, 143-0, 42-60, 79-0, 102-30, 115-16, 0-90, 70-68).

GOLF

HOUSTON OPEN

Final round: 275 Vijai Singh (Fij) 64 71 70 70, John Daly (US) 68 67 73 67 (Vijai won on the first hole of a play-off) 277 Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp) 70 67 70 70 278 Darren Clarke (GBR) 71 69 71 67, Greg Owen (GBR) 67 69 70 72 279 Joe Ogilvie (US) 68 67 73 71 280 Lucas Glover (US) 70 71 72 67, Bo Van Pelt (US) 69 68 73 70, Brian Davis (GBR) 71 69 70 70, Jeff Maggert (US) 67 68 74 71, Kent Jones (US) 70 71 68 71, Gavin Coles (Aus) 65 69 71 75.

TENNIS

FED CUP

Quarter finals, DELRAY BEACH ? US bt Belgium 5-0: Lindsay Davenport (US) bt Evelyne Van Hyfte (Bel) 6-0, 6-2 Venus Williams (US) bt Els Callens (Bel) 6-2, 6-2 (Sunday?s results) Lindsay Davenport (US) bt Els Callens (Bel) 6-4, 6-0 Venus Williams (US) bt Leslie Butkiewicz (Bel) 6-1, 6-4 Davenport/Morariu (US) bt Flipkens/Van Hyfte (Bel) 6-1, 6-2 BRINDISI ? Russia bt Italy 4-1: Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Dinara Safina (Rus) 7-5, 6-3 Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 6-4, 6-3 (Sunday?s results) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-0 Elena Bovina (Rus) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 Douchevina/Safina (Rus) bt Garbin/Santangelo (Ita) 6-3, 7-5 JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA ? Spain bt Argentina 3-2: Nuria Llagostera Vives (Esp) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Anabel Medina Garrigues (Esp) bt Maria Emilia Salerni (Arg) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 (Sunday?s results) Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt Marta Marrero (Esp) 6-0, 6-3 Mariana Diaz-Oliva (Arg) bt Nuria Llagostera Vives (Esp) 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 Llagostera Vives/Medina Garrigues (Esp) bt Dulko/Salerni (Arg) 6-4, 6-4 POERTSCHACH ? France bt Austria 4-1: Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) bt Nathalie Dechy (Fra) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 6-3, 6-3 (Sunday?s results) Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 Dechy/Razzano (France) bt D. Klemenschits/S. Klemenschits (Aut) 6-4, 7-5.

BARCELONA OPEN

Final: Rafael Nadal (8, Esp) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.

US MEN?s CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS

Final: Andy Roddick (1, US) bt Sebastien Grosjean (6, Fra) 6-2, 6-2.

For the book

Birmingham City completed a ?3.0 million ($5.75 million) deal to sign on-loan winger Jermaine Pennant from Arsenal on a permanent basis on Monday