CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

DAY I, Div. I: CANTERBURY ? Middlesex 92/1 vs Kent Div. II: COLCHESTER ? Essex 6/1 vs Somerset SCARBOROUGH ? Durham 140/1 (Mike Hussey 85 ..) vs Yorkshire.

FOOTBALL

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFIERS

Round III, second leg: Werder Bremen 3 (Ivan Klasnic 65, 73, Tim Borowski 67-pen) Basel 0 Werder Bremen win 4-2 on aggregate Inter Milan 1 (Alvaro Recoba 13) Shakhtar Donetsk 1 (Elano 25) Inter Milan win 3-1 on aggregate Debrecen 0 Manchester United 3 (Gabriel Heinze 20, 60, Kieran Richardson 65) Manchester United win 6-0 on aggregate Villarreal 2 (Juan Pablo Sorin 21, Diego Forlan 90) Everton 1 (Mikel Arteta 70) Villarreal win 4-2 on aggregate Club Bruges 1 (Bosko Balaban 79) Valerenga Oslo 0 Club Bruges win 4-3 on penalties after 1-1 on aggregate Slavia Prague 0 Anderlecht 2 (Akin Serhat 72, Mbo Mpenza 84) Anderlecht win 4-1 on aggregate Rangers 2 (Thomas Buffel 39, Dado Prso 58) Anorthosis Famagusta 0 Rangers win 4-1 on aggregate Ajax Amsterdam 3 (Ryan Babel 50, Wesley Sneijder 80, 88) Brondby 1 (Johan Elmander 44) Ajax Amsterdam win 5-3 on aggregate.

PREMIER LEAGUE

Blackburn Rovers 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 Bolton Wanderers 2 (El Hadji Diouf 37, Stelios Giannakopoulos 50) Newcastle United 0 Chelsea 4 (Frank Lampard 23, 81, Joe Cole 45, Didier Drogba 68) West Bromwich Albion 0 Arsenal 4 (Pascal Cygan 31, 90, Thierry Henry 53, 82) Fulham 1 (Claus Jensen 23).

CFL PREMIER DIVISION

East Bengal 2 (I.M. Vijayan 11, S. Malsawmtluanga 86) George Telegraph 0 Mohun Bagan 1 (Dipendu Biswas 66) Ever-Ready 0 Mohammedan Sporting 0 Port Trust 0.

TENNIS

NEW HAVEN OPEN

MEN, Round II: Stefan Koubek (Aut) bt Gael Monfils (16, Fra) 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 Fernando Gonzalez (2, Chi) bt Justin Gimelstob (US) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt Nikolay Davydenko (1, Rus) 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Olivier Rochus (8, Bel) 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-2) James Blake (US) bt Filippo Volandri (10, Ita) 6-1, 6-3 Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (13, Fra) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) Vince Spadea (12, US) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-3, 7-5 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Juergen Melzer (11, Aut) 6-4, 6-1 Nicolas Massu (7, Chi) bt Andy Ram (Isr) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 David Ferrer (3, Esp) bt Tomas Zib (Cze) 6-3, 6-3 Tommy Haas (6, Ger) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-2, 4-6, 6-0.

WOMEN: Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (US) 6-3, 7-5 Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-3, 6-3 Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Patty Schnyder (6, Sui) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 Amelie Mauresmo (2, Fra) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 6-1, 6-3 Jie Zheng (Chn) bt Jamea Jackson (US) 6-3, 6-4.

FOREST HILLS CLASSIC

ROUND I: Alexa Glatch (US) bt Akiko Morigami (1, Jap) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Martina Sucha (Svk) bt Mariana Diaz-Oliva (Arg) 6-3, 6-3 Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Anna Smashnova (2, Isr) 7-5, 6-3 Sania Mirza (3, Ind) bt Shahar Peer (Isr) 7-6 (7-4), 6-1.

For the book

Portugal midfielder Hugo Viana hopes his year-long loan deal at Valencia will allow him to secure a permanent move to the Primera Liga side. "My first aim is to help the team and after that if Valencia are pleased with my performances I would like to stay here,” Viana told a news conference on Thursday.