ATHLETICS

IAAF SUPER GP

MADRID, MEN: 100m ? 1. Michael Frater (Jam) 10.22 2. Coby Miller (US) 10.23 3. Josh Ross (Aus) 10.26 400m ? 1. Gary Kikaya (Cod) 45.15 2. Michael Blackwood (Jam) 45.35 3. Carlos Santa (Dom) 45.55 800m ? 1. Wilfred Bungei (Ken) 1:44.42 2. Antonio Reina (Esp) 1:44.80 3. Youssef Saad Kamel (Bah) 1:44.89 1500m ? 1. Augustine Choge (Ken) 3:34.74 2. Craig Mottram (Aus) 3:34.80 3. Rui Silva (Por) 3:35.86 3000m ? 1. Daham Najim Bashir (Qat) 7:41.83 2. Shadrack Korir (Ken) 7:42.54 3. Moses Mosop (Ken) 7:42.96 110m Hurdles ? 1. Anwar Moore (US) 13.29 2. Ron Bramlett (US) 13.44 3. Arend Watkins (US) 13.47 400m Hurdles ? 1. Bershawn Jackson (US) 47.92 2. Bayano Kamani (Pan) 48.96 3. Pieter de Villiers (RSA) 48.98 4x100m Relay ? 1. Poland 38.96 2. Portugal 39.60 3. Spain 40.05 Long Jump ? 1. Dwight Phillips (US) 8.47 2. James Beckford (Jam) 8.28 3. Miguel Pate (US) 8.24 Shot Put ? 1. Joachim Olsen (Den) 21.32 2. Reese Hoffa (US) 20.98 3. Daniel Taylor (US) 20.52 Discus Throw ? 1. Virgilijus Alekna (Lit) 70.67 2. Frantz Kruger (RSA) 64.69 3. Gerd Kanter (Est) 64.51

WOMEN: 100m ? 1. Aleen Bailey (Jam) 11.39 2. Glory Alozie (Esp) 11.44 3. Yeoryia Kokloni (Gre) 11.51 400m ? 1. Monique Hennegan (US) 50.58 2. Ana Guevara (Mex) 50.59 3. Lorraine Fenton (Jam) 50.95 800m ? 1. Zulia Calatayud (Cub) 1:58.81 2. Hasna Benhassi (Mor) 1:59.17 3. Maria Mutola (Moz) 1:59.58 1500m ? 1. Olga Yegorova (Rus) 4:04.95 2. Olesya Chumakova (Rus) 4:05.96 3. Yelena Soboleva (Rus) 4:06.03 3000m ? 1. Prisca Jepleting (Ken) 8:48.65 2. Ines Chenonge (Ken) 8:49.00 3. Maria McCambridge (Ire) 8:50.40 4x100m Relay ? 1. Poland 44.53 2. Spain 45.17 High Jump ? 1. Kajsa Bergqvist (Swe) 1.98 2. Vita Palamar (Ukr) 1.95 3. Venelina Veneva (Bul) 1.95 Long Jump ? 1. Tatyana Kotova (Rus) 7.20 2. Concepcion Montaner (Esp) 6.92 3. Grace Upshaw (US) 6.87 Pole Vault ? 1. Yelena Isinbayeva (Rus) 4.95 WR 2. Thorey Elisdottir (Ice) 4.45 3. Tracy ’Hara (US) 4.30 Hammer Throw ? 1. Kamila Skolimowska (Pol) 74.27 2. Yipsi Moreno (Cub) 71.75 3. Mihaela Melinte (Rom) 68.23 Javelin Throw ? 1. Osleidys Menendez (Cub) 64.29 2. Sonia Bisset (Cub) 64.21 3. Nikolett Szabo (Hun) 59.70.

CHESS

CHINA GMs MEET

TAIYUAN, Round VIII: Alexander Motylev (Rus, 5.5/7) bt P Harikrishna (Ind, 6.5) Wang Yue (Chn, 5) bt Tigran Petrosian (Arm, 4) Ni Hua (Chn, 3.5/7) drew Zhang Zhong (Chn, 3) Bu Xiangzhi (Chn, 5.5) drew Wang Hao (Chn, 3.5) Sergey Karjakin (Ukr, 4.5) drew Luke McShane (Eng, 2.5) Zhang Pengxiang (Chn, 2.5) lost to Zhao Xue (Chn, 1).

GOLF

EPGA BRITISH OPEN

ST ANDREWS, Round III: 204 Tiger Woods (US) 66 67 71 206 Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp) 68 70 68 207 Retief Goosen (RSA) 68 73 66, Colin Montgomerie (GBR) 71 66 70 208 Brad Faxon (US) 72 66 70, Sergio Garcia (Esp) 70 69 69 209 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 69 72 68, Vijai Singh (Fij) 69 69 71.

USPGA BC OPEN

ENDICOTT, Round III: 197 Brendan Jones (Aus) 67 64 66 198 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 65 68 65, Jason Bohn (US) 64 68 66, Ryan Palmer (US) 67 64 67 199 David Hearn (Can) 68 67 64, John Rollins (US) 67 68 64, J.P. Hayes (US) 67 68 64, David Edwards (US) 66 63 70, Matt Hendrix (US) 63 67 69 200 Michael Bradley (US) 70 66 64, Jim McGovern (US) 68 68 64, Mathias Groenberg (Swe) 65 67 68 201 Chris Smith (US) 65 69 67.

TENNIS

DAVIS CUP (QUARTER FINALS)

SYDNEY: Argentina (6) bt Australia (4) 4-1 [Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Guillermo Coria (Arg) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 David Nalbandian (Arg) bt Wayne Arthurs (Aus) 6-3, 7-6 (10-8), 5-7, 6-2 Nalbandian/Puerta (Arg) bt Arthurs/Hewitt (Aus) 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, 6-3 David Nalbandian (Arg) bt Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 Guillermo Coria (Arg) bt Peter Luczak (Aus) 6-3, 7-6 (13-11)] BRATISLAVA: Slovakia bt Netherlands 4-1 [Peter Wessels (Ned) bt Karol Beck (Svk) 6-7 (7-5), 7-5, 6-7 (7-3), 6-4, 6-2 Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) bt Raemon Sluiter (Ned) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 Beck/Mertinak (Svk) bt Haarhuis/Van Gemerden (Ned) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 Michal Mertinak (Svk) bt Melle van Gemerden (Ned) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) bt Peter Wessels (Ned) 6-3, 6-1, 3-0] MOSCOW: Russia (5) bt France (3) 3-2 [Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 7-5, 6-2, 7-5 Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) Clement/Llodra (Fra) bt Andreev/Youzhny (Rus) 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (7-3), 6-2 Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-0, 6-2, 6-1 Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Richard Gasquet (Fra) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1] SPLIT: Croatia lead Romania 3-1 [Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) Andrei Pavel (Rom) bt Mario Ancic (Cro) 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Ancic/Ljubicic (Cro) bt Pavel/Trifu (Rom) 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (11-9), 6-4, 6-4 Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Andrei Pavel (Rom) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

MODENA OPEN

ITALY, semi-finals: Tathiana Garbin (Ita) bt Agnes Szavay (Hun) 6-3, 6-0 Anna Smashnova (5, Isr) bt Flavia Pennetta (2, Ita) 7-5, 6-3.

For the book

Australian international striker John Aloisi has signed a two-year contract for newly-promoted Primera Liga side Alaves. The 29-year-old had been close to signing a three-year deal with Panathinaikos but that didn’t materialise