TENNIS

WTA EDGBASTON INTERNATIONAL

BIRMINGHAM, Women’s Singles Quarter finals ? Tatiana Golovin (5, Fra) bt Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 6-4 7-6 (3) Maria Sharapova (1, Rus) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 Laura Granville (US) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) 6-4, 6-3 Jelena Jankovic (3, Sem) bt Mashona Washington (US) 6-2, 6-4.

STELLA ARTOIS meet

LONDON, Men’s Singles Quarter finals ? Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Lleyton Hewitt (1, Aus) 7-6 (4), 6-3 Thomas Johansson (6, Swe) bt Tim Henman (3, GBR) 6-4, 6-4 Radek Stepanek (4, Cze) bt Richard Gasquet (10, Fra) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 Andy Roddick (2, US) bt Sebastien Grosjean (7, Fra) 6-4, 7-6 (5).

ATP HALLE OPEN

HALLE, Men’s Singles Quarter finals ? Guillermo Canas (4, Arg) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-4, 6-4 Marat Safin (2, Rus) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-4, 7-6 (4) Tommy Haas (7, Ger) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) 6-2, 7-5 Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-3, 6-4.

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Division I, Day I, GLOUCESTER ? Gloucestershire 254 (J. Pearson 52; A. Brown 4/51, N. Carter 4/57) vs Warwickshire Day III, LORD’S ? Middlesex 437. Surrey 460 (A. Brown 152; A. Richardson 6/106) Division II, Day III, BATH ? Somerset 408 & 152 (Chaminda Vaas 5/34). Worcestershire 423 (B. Smith 140, S. Moore 86; Andy Caddick 5/132) LEEDS ? Lancashire 379 & 291/5 (M. Clinton 112, I. Sutcliffe 52). Yorkshire 335 CHESTER-LE-STREET ? Durham 506 (G. Muchall 123, D. Benkenstein 110, G. Breese 63). Essex 106 (A. Noffke 4/19, M. Davies 4/15). Matches to continue.

CHESS

National Under-9 meet

CHENNAI, Round VII, Boys ? G V Sai Krishna (AP, 6.5) bt S. Kausik (TN, 5.5) YVK Chakravarthy (AP, 5) lost to Girish A Koushik (Kar, 6.5) Shieven Kosla (Mah, 5) lost to Pani Bhushan (AP, 6) V.Varun (AP) 4.5 lost to ML Abhilash Reddy (AP, 5.5) Utkal Ranjan Sahu (Ori, 5) drew Karna Pandya (Guj, 5) SV Srinath Rao (Chat, 5.5) bt Arvinda Kumar (AP, 4.5) JA Gireman (TN) 4.5 lost to Kumar Sanu (Jhar, 5.5) M.Deepthamsh Reddy (AP, 5.5) bt Chandrashish Majumdar (WB, 4.5) Sayantan Das (WB, 5.5) bt JVS Kiran (AP, 4.5) R. Eswar (AP, 5) bt Aurodeep Panda (WB, 4) Girls ? K.Dee-pika (AP) 5 lost to AR Priya (AP, 7) G.Uma Bharathi (TN, 6) bt Sweety Patel (Guj, 5) Nisha Patkar (Kar, 4.5) lost to J.Sahari (AP, 5.5) Soumya Srivastava (Mah, 5.5) bt Gomini Shreya (AP, 4.5) CH Sahajasri (AP, 5.5) bt G.Aiswarya (AP, 4.5) Chandana Priya Reddy 5 bt Pushpia Singh (Goa, 4) Srinidhi Nagarajan (TN, 5) bt Sibani Mishra (Ori, 4) B.Pratyusha (AP) 5 bt P. Sujitha (TN, 4) M.Thejaswiny (TN) 4 lost to Navya Vyshnavi (AP, 5) M. Priyadarshini (Kar, 5) bt Krupa Shirdakar (Goa, 4)

GOLF

USPGA BOOZ ALLEN CLASSIC

POTOMAC, The cut was set at 141? 133 Robert Allenby (Aus) 68 65 135 Adam Scott (Aus) 68 67, Matt Gogel (US) 63 72, Steve Elkington (Aus) 68 67, Lee Westwood (GBR) 66 69 136 Paul Goydos (US) 67 69, Ernie Els (RSA) 69 67, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 69 67, Tommy Armour III (US) 68 68, Jim Fur-yk (US) 67 69 137 Tom Kite (US) 68 69, Rory Sabbatini (RS-A) 69 68, Ben Crane (US) 67 70, Tim Clark (RSA) 67 70, Steve Allan (Aus) 67 70, Joe Durant (US) 70 67, Luke Donald (GBR) 70 67, Alex Cejka (Ger) 69 68, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 68 69, Davis Love III (US) 69 68, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 66 71 138 Roc-co Mediate (US) 70 68, Phil Mickelson (US) 71 67, Jonathan Byrd (US) 71 67, Kevin Stadler (US) 65 73, Kevin Sutherland (US) 67 71, Ryan Palmer (US) 72 66, Kirk Triplett (US) 69 69, Jeff Maggert (US) 69 69.

EPGA DUTCH OPEN

HILVERSUM, Cut was set at 144 ? 132 Gary Emerson (GBR) 69 63 133 Paul Broadhurst (GBR) 66 67 134 Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 70 64 135 Richard Bland (GBR) 71 64, Markus Brier (Aut) 67 68, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 68 67, Steven ’Hara (GBR) 70 65 136 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Esp) 66 70, Miguel Angel Martin (Esp) 69 67, Andrew Oldcorn (GBR) 69 67.

LPGA HAVRE DE GRACE MEET

Maryland, Round II ? 135 Annika Sorenstam (Swe) 68 67 137 Laura Davies (GBR) 67 70 138 Natalie Gulbis (US) 67 71 l139 Marisa Baena (Col) 70 69, Tina Fischer (Ger) 68 71, Laura Diaz (US) 67 72, Moira Dunn (US) 71 68, Chung Il-Mi (Kor) 71 68 l140 Michelle Wie 69 71 (US), Nicole Perrot (Chi) 72 68.

For the book

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard said on Saturday that the Spanish champions were not planning to make any major signings before next season. The Catalans ended a six-year wait for their 17th Spanish title last month but their Champions League challenge was halted at the quarter final stage by Chelsea. Barcelona have won Europe's premier compe-tition just once, in 1992, but Rijkaard is not planning to make major changes to his squad.