FOOTBALL

UEFA CUP

Group A ?? Slavia Prague 4 (Pavel Fort 5,75, Stanislav Vlcek 36, Karel Pitak 56) CSKA Sofia 2 (Emil Gargorov 10, Stoyko Sakaliev 58)lHamburg SV 2 (Rafael van der Vaart 21, Benjamin Lauth 65) Viking Stavanger 0lGroup B ?? Palermo 0 Lokomotiv Moscow 0lBrondby 2 (Marcus Lantz 67, Johan Absalonsen 83) Maccabi Petah Tikva 0lGroup C ?? Sampdoria 0 Steaua Bucharest 0lRacing Lens 5 (Daniel Cousin 16,23,46, Issam Jemaa 73, Yoann Lachor 90+) Halmstad 0lGroup D ?? Middlesbrough 3 (Yakubu Aiyegbeni 36, Mark Viduka 50,56) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0lLitex Lovech 2 (Milivoje Novakovic 13, Sandrinho 81) Grasshoppers 1 (Toni Dos Santos 90+) Group E ?? Racing Strasbourg 2 (Mickael Pagis 38, Salim Arrache 67) Tromso 0lRed Star Belgrade 1 (Milan Purovic 25) Basel 2 (Matias Delgado 30pen, Julio Hernan Rossi 88)Group F ?? Heerenveen 0 CSKA Moscow 0lLevski Sofia 1 (Emil Angelov 90+3) Dinamo Bucharest 0lGroup G ?? VfB Stuttgart 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 2 (Fernandinho 31, Ciprian Marica 88)lRapid Bucharest 2 (Daniel Niculae 42, Mugurel Buga 67) Stade Rennes 0lGroup H ?? Sevilla 3 (Javier Saviola 64, Frederic Kanoute 65,89) Besiktas 0 Bolton Wanderers 1 (Kevin Nolan 24) Zenit St Petersburg 0

GOLF

Tour Championship

Round I ?? 62 Bart Bryant (US)64 Retief Goosen (RSA) 65 Kenny Perry (US)66 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Tiger Woods (US)67 Charles Howell III (US), Scott Verplank (US), Tim Clark (RSA)68 Ben Crane (US), Davis Love III (US)

Southern Farm Classic

Round I ?? 64 Bob Tway (US)65 Jonathan Byrd (US)66 Kevin Na (Kor), Tom Pernice Jr. (US), Tom Byrum (US), Bo Van Pelt (US)67 Kirk Triplett (US), Brian Henninger (US), Joey Snyder III (US), Paul Gow (Aus)68 Glen Day (US), Carl Pettersson (Swe), Tommy Armour III (US), Loren Roberts (US), Marco Dawson (US), Brad Lardon (US), Tag Ridings (US), Shaun Micheel (US), Brian Davis (GBR), Brett Wetterich (US), Charlie Wi (Kor), Chris Anderson (US)69 Hidemichi Tanaka (Jap), J.J. Henry (US), D.J. Trahan (US), Danny Briggs (US), John Cook (US), Woody Austin (US), Mark Brooks (US), Jeff Sluman (US), Bob Estes (US), Charles Warren (US), Bob Heintz (US), Paul Claxton (US), Will MacKenzie (US), Steve Stricker (US), Heath Slocum (US), Michael Allen (US), Steve Lowery (US), Jose Coceres (Arg), Tom Gillis (US), Jeff Hart (US), Mario Tiziani (US)

TENNIS

Philadelphia Championship

Round II ?? Lisa Raymond (US) bt Stefanie Gehrlein (Ger) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2lKveta Peschke (Cze) bt Sesil Karatantcheva (Bul) 6-1, 6-0lAmelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Ai Sugiyama (Jap) 6-3, 6-4lNadia Petrova (Rus) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Rus) 6-2, 6-2

Quebec City Challenge

Round II ?? Stephanie Dubois (Can) bt Anastassia Rodionova (Rus) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2lNathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Maria Emilia Salerni (Argentina) 6-1, 7-6(7-5)lMarion Bartoli (Fra) bt Emma Laine (Fin) 2-6, 6-1, 7-5lShenay Perry (US) bt Julia Schruff (Ger) 7-6(7-4), 6-3

ATP Paris Masters

Round III ??? Gaston Gaudio (Arg) bt Robby Ginepri (US) 6-4, 6-1lAndy Roddick (US) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Slo) 6-1, 6-2lRadek Stepanek (Cze) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 7-5, 6-4lIvan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Thomas Johansson (Swe) 6-3, 7-6(7-4)lDavid Ferrer (Spa) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-2, 6-7(7-3), 6-3lTomas Berdych (Cze) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) 7-5, 6-7(9-7), 6-4lTommy Robredo (Spa) bt Novak Djokovic (SCG) 6-4, 6-3lNikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

For the book

Ireland's Paul McGinley has been named the European Tour's player of the month for October following his victory at the season-ending Volvo Masters in Spain on Sunday. The 38-year-old pulled off the biggest win of his 14-year European Tour career when he came from four strokes off the lead going into the final day.