AQUATICS

Sub-junior national meet

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Boys group III: 50m breaststroke - E. Arjub (Mani) 0:37.20 4x50m medley relay -Maharashtra 02:28.74. Boys group IV: 50m freestyle - Yudhisthir Jaisingh (Maha) 0:31.10 NMR 4x50m medley relay - Maharashtra 02:28.74. Girls group III: 100m butterfly -Arhatha Magavi (Kar) 1:13.24 50m breaststroke -Man Kiran Kaur (Pun) 0:38.85 NMR 50m freestyle - Kalyani Basu (Maha) 0:30.71 4x50m relay -Maharashtra 02;23.79. Girls group IV: 50m freestyle - Priyanka Lalwani (Maha) 0:32.70 4x50m relay - Maharashtra 02: 36.20. Diving 3m spring board girls group III - Dipti U. Patel (Kar) 169.20 pts. High board diving boys group I - Sayantan Mitra (Ben) 366.65 pts; 2. Md. Junaid Alam (Ben). High board diving group III - Mihir Savia (Maha) 214.50 pts; 2. Himashir Thuari (UP); 3 Rohan Chandra (Ben).

ATHLETICS

European Cup

FLORENCE MEN ' 5000m: 1. Juan Carlos De La Ossa (Spa) 13:30.97, 2. Bouabdellah Tahri (Fra) 13:32.34, 3. Jan Fitschen (Ger) 13:33.46 3000m steeplechase: 1. Antonio Jimenez (Spa) 8:20.17, 2. Radoslaw Poplawski (Pol) 8:20.48, 3. Vincent Le Dauphin (Fra) 8:22.03 High jump: 1. Aleksey Dmitrik (Rus) 2.30, 2. Nicola Ciotti (Ita) 2.30, 3. Svatoslav Ton (Cze) 2.27 Hammer throw: 1. Szymon Ziolkowski (Pol) 79.14, 2. Ilya Konovalov (Rus) 76.78, 3. Markus Esser (Ger) 76.11. WOMEN ' 5000m: 1. Liliya Shobukhova (Rus) 15:01.15, 2. Wioletta Janowska (Pol) 15:08.38, 3. Mihaela Botezan (Rom) 15:13.36 3000m steeplechase: 1. Cristina Casandra (Rom) 9:35.95, 2. Lyubov Ivanova (Rus) 9:46.63, 3. Justyna Bak (Pol) 9:51.51 Long jump: 1. Irina Simagina (Rus) 6.76, 2. Fiona May (Ita) 6.43, 3. Adina Anton (Rom) 6.35 Discus throw: 1. Franka Dietzsch (Ger) 64.38, 2. Yelena Antonova (Ukr) 62.59, 3. Marzena Wysocka (Pol) 62.28.

CRICKET

County championship, Day III

Division I: SOUTHGATE: Glamorgan 584/3 & Glamorgan 176/3 (Sourav Ganguly 56 batting, J. Hughes 54 batting). Middlesex 435/4 decl (E. Joyce 155 .., E. Smith 92) ARUNDEL: Sussex 355 (A. Harris 5/131). Nottinghamshire 249/4 (Stephen Fleming 102 batting) EDGBASTON: Warwickshire 252 & 45/2. Kent 569 (D. Stevens 163, M. Walker 140) GRACE ROAD: Leicestershire 225 & 132/5. Worcestershire 323. Z. de Bryun 67; S. Broad 4/64) COUNTY GROUND: Durham 334 & 207/4. Northamptonshire 214 (D. Sales 50 ..; D. Benkenstein 4/29).

GOLF

US OPEN

PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA ' Round II: 138 Olin Browne (US) 67 71, Retief Goosen (RSA) 68 70, Jason Gore (US) 71 67 139 K.J. Choi (Kor) 69 70, Mark Hensby (Aus) 71 68 140 Michael Campbell (NZ) 71 69, Vijai Singh (Fij) 70 70, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71 69, Lee Westwood (GBR) 68 72 141 Brandt Jobe (US) 68 73, Jim Furyk (US) 71 70, Adam Scott (Aus) 70 71, Tiger Woods (US) 70 71, Rocco Mediate (US) 67 74, Steve Allan (Aus) 72 69, Keiichiro Fukabori (Jpn) 74 67 142 David Toms (US) 70 72, Luke Donald (GBR) 69 73, Tommy Armour III (US) 70 72 . The cut was set at 148.

TENNIS

ROSMALEN OPEN

WOMEN’S FINAL ' Klara Koukalova (8, Cze) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. SEMI FINALS ' Safarova bt Gisela Dulko (6, Arg) 6-3, 6-3 Koukalova bt Meghann Shaughnessy (US) 6-1, 7-5. MEN’S QUARTER FINALS ' Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Lars Burgsmueller (Ger) 6-2, 6-7 (7-4), 6-3 Mario Ancic (3, Cro) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Mark Philippoussis (Aus) bt Davide Sanguinetti (9, Ita) 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-0), Jan Hernych (Cze) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 7-6 (7-1), 6-2.

NOTTINGHAM OPEN

Final ' Richard Gasquet (4, Fra) bt Max Mirnyi (8, Blr) 6-2, 6-3. Semi finals ' Mirnyi bt Olivier Rochus (7, Bel) 6-4, 7-5 Gasquet bt Taylor Dent (5, US) 6-4, 6-2.

EASTBOURNE INTERNATIONAL MEET

Final ' Kim Clijsters (7, Bel) bt Vera Douchevina (Rus) 7-5, 6-0. Semi finals 'Douchevina bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 Clijsters bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (2, Rus) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Quarter finals ' Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Anastasia Myskina (4, Rus) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).

For the book

World's top squash players will be seen in action in the third Chennai Open beginning on Monday. India will be represented by Ritwik Bhattacharya, Saurav Ghosal, Siddharth Suchde and Sandeep Jangra.