CHESS

HOOGEVEEN MEET

Open Event, Round I (Friday) ? Udi Weisbuch (Ned) drew Suat Atalik (Tur) Vladimir Baklan (Ukr) bt Otto Rubingh (Ned) Eduardas Rozentalis (Ltu) bt Mikhail Archangelsky (Rus) Michail Brodsky (Ukr) bt Petra Schuurman (Ned) De Jong Migchiel (Ned) bt Atanas Kolev (Bul) Ian Rogers (Aus) drew Adrian Clemens ( Ned) Manuel Weeks (Ned) drew Friso Nijboer (Ned) Alexander Kharitonov (Rus) bt Ali Bitalzadeh (Ned) Van Opheusden Bas (Ned) drew Vishal Sareen (Ind) Parimarjan Negi (Ind) bt Rudolf Potze (Ned).

Open Event, Round II (Saturday) ? Vladimir Baklan (Ukr, 2) bt Jelmer Jens (Ned, 1) Eduardas Rozentalis (Ltu, 1.5) drew Thomas Willemze (Ned, 1.5) Alexander Kharitonov (Rus, 2) bt Wouter Spoelman (Ned, 1) Erwin L’Ami (Ned, 2) bt Herman Grooten (Ned, 1) Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 1.5) drew Alexander Goloshchapov (Ukr, 1.5) Yoshiharu Habu (Jpn, 2) bt Peter Wells (Eng, 1) Maria Fominykh (Rus, 1.5) drew Miso Cebalo (Cro, 1.5) John Van Der Wiel (Ned, 1.5) drew Alexander Van Beek (Ned, 1.5) Vishal Sareen (Ind, 1.5) bt Ben Ahlers (Ned, 0.5).

FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

Portsmouth 1 (Dario Silva 14) Charlton Athletic 2 (Darren Ambrose 61, Dennis Rommedahl 77) Manchester United 1 (Mikael Silvestre 7) Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Jermaine Jenas 72) Fulham 2 (Collins John 30, Luis Boa Morte 90+2) Liverpool 0 Arsenal 1 (Robert Pires 61pen) Manchester City 0 Aston Villa 0 Wigan Athletic 2 (Aaron Hughes 32og, Alan Mahon 83) Blackburn Rovers 2 (Paul Dickov 49pen, Craig Bellamy 81) Birmingham City 0

LIGUE 1

Paris St Germain 1 (Bonaventure Kalou 52) AS Nancy 0 Nice 1 (Marama Vahirua 34) Auxerre 0 Lille 2 (Jean Makoun 21, Matt Moussilou 89) Nantes 0 Toulouse 1 (Daniel Moreira 41) Girondins Bordeaux 1 (Pablo Francia 57) Metz 0 Olympique Lyon 4 (John Carew 23, Juninho Pernambucano 36, Sylvain Wiltord 44, Florent Malouda 51)

SERIE A

Fiorentina 4 (Luca Toni 2,24,59, Stefano Fiore 36) Parma 1 (Vincenzo Grella 66) Messina 1 (Riccardo Zampagna 28pen) Ascoli 1 (Gianluca Comotto 90+5)

PRIMERA LIGA

Barcelona 3 (Samuel Eto’ 46,53, Ludovic Giuly 88) Osasuna 0 Sevilla 2 (Adriano Correia 27, Enzo Maresca 72pen) Alaves

GOLF

US PGA TOUR WALT DISNEY CLASSIC

Round III ? 197 Rich Beem (US) 65 69 63 198 Mark Wilson (US) 67 68 63, Mark Calcavecchia (US) 64 69 65 199 Justin Rose (GBR) 67 68 64, Harrison Frazar (US) 67 66 66 200 Lucas Glover (US) 68 66 66 201 Greg Owen (GBR) 69 66 66, Dean Wilson (US) 69 68 64

EPGA TOUR MALLORCA CLASSIC

Round III ? 204 Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp) 69 65 70 205 Paul Broadhurst (GBR) 67 66 72, Soren Hansen (Den) 70 69 66 206 Bradley Dredge (GBR) 72 67 67, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 68 68 70, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 70 66 70 207 Jesus Maria Arruti (Esp) 68 70 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Esp) 68 69 70, Miles Tunnicliff (GBR) 69 68 70, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 70 71 66, Simon Wakefield (GBR) 69 71 67 208 John Bickerton (GBR) 67 71 70, Gregory Havret (Fra) 69 66 73, Simon Khan (GBR) 67 69 72, Sam Little (GBR) 67 73 68, Stephen Scahill (Nzl) 70 69 69

JAPAN GOLF

Round IV ? 272 D. Smail 66 72 67 67 274 T. Suzuki 70 70 68 66 276 K. Tomori 66 72 69 69 277 K. Fukabori 67 72 71 67, T. Hiratsuka 69 71 68 69, K. Yokoo 69 66 72 70, M. Inoue 70 65 71 71 278 H. Fujita 71 68 72 67, K. C. Lin 69 72 71 66, Y. Miyazato 69 68 68 73 282 J. M. Singh 70 72 72 68

TENNIS

ASIAN U-14 CHAMPIONSHIP

Finals, Boys’ Singles ? P. Sudanwa Sitaram (5) bt Mansingh Athare 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 Girls’ Singles ? Adnya Naik (6) bt Saniyaa Dayal (5) 6-3, 6-3 Boys’ Doubles ? Mansingh Athare/Sameer Paranjpe bt Ronak Manuja/P. Sudanwa Sitaram 6-4, 7-5 Girls’ Doubles ? Adnya Naik/Saniyaa Dayal bt Rashmi Teltumbde/Tanvi Shah (walkover)

NATIONAL OPEN

Finals, Men’s Singles ? Sunil Kumar Sipaeya bt Ashutosh Singh 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Women’s Singles ? Isha Lakhani bt Sonal Phadke 6-1, 7-6 (9-7) Boys’ Singles ? Arnav Jain bt Kinshuk Sharma 6-2, 6-3 Girls’ Singles ? V. Poojashree bt Shweta Kakhandki 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4

MADRID MASTERS

Quarter finals (Friday) ? David Nalbandian (5, Arg) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 6-4, 7-6 (6-4) Rafael Nadal (1, Esp) bt Radek Stepanek (10, Cze) 7-6 (11-9), 6-4 Ivan Ljubicic (8, Cro) bt Fernando Gonzalez (15, Chi) 4-6, 7-6 (4-2), 6-4 Robby Ginepri (16, US) bt David Ferrer (11, Esp) 6-1, 6-4 Semi-finals (Saturday) ? Ivan Ljubicic (8, Cro) bt David Nalbandian (5, Arg) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Rafael Nadal (1, Esp) bt Robby Ginepri (16, US) 7-5, 7-6 (3-1)

WTA ZURICH OPEN

Quarter finals (Friday) ? Lindsay Davenport (1, US) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Patty Schnyder (6, Sui) bt Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 Anastasia Myskina (7, Rus) bt Elena Dementieva (4, Rus) 6-3, 6-7 (3-1), 6-4 Ana Ivanovic (SCG) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 6-3, 6-1

Semi-finals (Saturday) ? Lindsay Davenport (1, US) bt Anastasia Myskina (7, Rus) 6-0, 6-4 Patty Schnyder (6, Sui) bt Ana Ivanovic (SCG) 6-2, 6-1

For the book

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) is looking for sponsors to sustain the coaching and training of the 12 tsunami affected kids, presently being rehabilitated at the national tennis academy.Aita director Amarbir Singh said the association had so far contacted the IOC and ITF for support.