CHESS

YOUNG MASTERS INTERNATIONAL

Semi finals ? P. Harikrishna (Ind) drew Andrei Volokitin (Ukr) 0.5-1.5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze) bt Hikaru Nakamura (US) 1.5-2.5l 5-8 place ? Elisabeth Paehtz (Ger) drew Magnus Carlsen (Nor) 1-3 Nana Dzagnidze (Geo) drew Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra) 0.5-1.5.

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Division I, Day III, CARDIFF ? Hampshire 350 & 170/3 (S. Ervine 75) Glamorgan 249 Day IV, CANTERBURY ? Nottinghamshire 486/8 decl & 170/3 (J. Gallian 74, C. Read 63) Kent 237/5. Nottinghamshire won by 214 runs. Division II, Day II, DERBY ? Derbyshire 216 Yorkshire 520 (M. Wood 76, A. McGrath 158, I. Harvey 103, A. Botha 4/90) Day IV, CHESTER-LE-STREET ? Northamptonshire 414/7 decl & 101/7 (C. Thorp 3/10) Durham 270 (G. Breese 78) & 38/2. Match drawn.

FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

Aston Villa 1 (James Milner 4) Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Robbie Keane 8) Portsmouth 1 (Lomana Lua-Lua 4) Birmingham City 1 (Jiri Jarosik 6) Charlton Athletic 0 Chelsea 2 (Hernan Crespo 55, Arjen Robben 60) Fulham 1 (Luis Boa Morte 67) West Ham United 2 (Marlon Harewood 47, Tony Warner 52og) Sunderland 1 (Gary Breen 7) West Bromwich Albion 1(Zoltan Gera 90+4)

LIGUE 1

Nantes 2 (Mamadou Diallo 17,32) Toulouse 0 AS Nancy 1 (Andre Luiz 1) Metz 1 (Sebastien Renouard 73) Lille 4 (Jean Makoun 5, Milenko Acimovic 77, Peter Odemwegie 81, Daniel Gygax 85) Nice 0 Le Mans 2 (Yohann Hautcoeur 29, Tulio 68) Sochaux 1 (Ilan 61) Girondins Bordeaux 1 (Vladimir Smicer 7) Olympique Lyon 1 (Sylvain Wiltord 64)

BUNDESLIGA

Cologne 2 (Lukas Podolski 12, Bjoern Schlicke 29) Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Oliver Neuville 81pen) Hamburg SV 1 (Daniel van Buyten 85) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Cha Doo-Ri 90) VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Diego Klimowicz 15) Nuremberg 1 (Markus Schroth 88) Bayern Munich 1 (Martin Demichelis 9) Hanover 96 0 Mainz 1 (Nikolce Noveski 77) VfB Stuttgart 2 (Jon Dahl Tomasson 76, Mario Gomez 88) Arminia Bielefeld 0 Kaiserslautern 0 Werder Bremen 3 (Miroslav Klose 37, Ivan Klasnic 54, Johan Micoud 78) Borussia Dortmund 2 (Ebi Smolarek 8,69)

SERIE A

Inter Milan 3 (Obafemi Martins 25, Dejan Stankovic 29, Julio Ricardo Cruz 85) Lecce 0 Parma 1 (Bernardo Corradi 17) Empoli 0

PRIMERA LIGA

Real Mallorca 5 (Yordi 5, Juan Arango 58,60,86, Lambros Choutos 90+1) Real Sociedad 2 (Alvaro Novo 20, Xavier Prieto 45) Valencia 2 (David Villa 51pen, Miguel 80) Deportivo Coruna 2 (Diego Tristan 24, Sergio 83)

GOLF

US PGA PENNSYLVANIA CLASSIC

Round III ? 204 Jason Gore (US) 65 72 67 206 Tag Ridings (US) 68 71 67, Carlos Franco (Par) 69 69 68, Rod Pampling (Aus) 70 67 69, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 66 70 70, Craig Barlow (US) 70 66 70 207 Chris DiMarco (US) 70 70 67, Justin Leonard (US) 73 64 70, Cameron Beckman (US) 69 65 73 208 Zach Johnson (US) 67 73 68, Tim Herron (US) 70 68 70, Joey Sindelar (US) 68 68 72, Chris Smith (US) 68 66 74, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 67 66 75 209 Jonathan Byrd (US) 69 68 72

WORLD MATCHPLAY GOLF

Virginia Water, Semi-finals: Michael Campbell (4, Nzl) bt Retief Goosen (1, RSA) 7 and 6 Paul McGinley (11, Irl) bt Angel Cabrera (2, Arg) 4 and 3

JAPAN MEET

Round IV ? 274 K. Fukabori 72 62 72 68, Y. imano 70 66 70 68 275 S. Conran 68 69 72 66, H. Hoshino 66 71 70 68, C. Plaphol 71 67 68 69 276 T. Kondo 68 69 70 69 277 S. Ishigaki 72 64 79 62, S. Tajima 71 68 70 68, S. Yokota 68 71 70 68 278 M. Inoue 73 68 69 68, Y. Yang 72 67 68 71 281 J. M. Singh 67 70 70 74

TAIWAN OPEN

Round IV ? 270 Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 73 65 68 64 271 Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 70 68 66 67 273 Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 70 65 70 68, Lu Wei-lan (Tpe) 70 69 67 67, Scott Strange (Aus) 67 72 64 70 277 Lu Wen-hsyong (Tpe) 69 69 71 68 278 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 73 66 72 67, Wang Ter-chang (Tpe) 75 64 71 68, Kao Bo-song (Tpe) 67 74 68 69, Ted Oh (Kor) 71 70 68 69 282 Arjun Singh (Ind) 72 69 72 69 286 Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 71 70 75 70

HOCKEY

WOMEN’S JUNIOR WORLD CUP

Chile: India 1 (Deepika Thakur 54) Germany 4 (Pia Eidmann 3, Julia Muller 13, 15, Maike Stockel 61)

TENNIS

ATP CHINA OPEN

Beijing, Semi-finals ? Rafael Nadal (1, Esp) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (6, Esp) 6-4, 6-4 Guillermo Coria (2, Arg) bt Thomas Johansson (4, Swe) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2

ATP ROMANIAN OPEN

Bucharest, Semi-finals ? Florent Serra (Fra) bt Andrei Pavel (3, Rom) 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Victor Hanescu (4, Rom) 4-6, 7-6 (6-2), 6-3

WTA BALI MEET

Final ? Lindsay Davenport (1, US) bt Francesca Schiavone (4, Ita) 6-2, 6-4

For the book

Spaniard Roberto Heras won the 60th edition of the Tour of Spain on Sunday, clinching the title for a record fourth time. Russian Denis Menchov finished second overall with Spaniard Carlos Sastre taking third.