BADMINTON

ALL INDIA SENIOR MEET

Mumbai, Quarter finals, Men ? Arvind Bhatt (1, PSPB) bt Ravinder Singh (UP) 15-0, 15-7 Thomas Kurien (4, PSPB) bt Ajay Jayara M (Mah) 15-12, 8-15, 15-9 Nikhil Kanetkar (3, PSPB) bt Rohan Castellino (Ktk) 13-17, 15-11, 15-9 Abhinn Shyam Gupta (2, PSPB) bt Anand Pawar (Mah) 4-15, 15-13, 1-10 Women ? Trupti Murgunde (1, PSPB) bt Ruth Misha (Ktk) 11-3, 3-11, 11-0 Shruti Kurien (PSCB) bt Sarada Govardhani (4, AP) 3-11, 11-9, 11-0 Saina Nehwal (AP) bt Aparna Balan (3, Ker) 11-6, 11-1 B. R. Meenakshi (PSPB) bt Abantika Deka (Asm) 11-3, 11-9

CHESS

WORLD JUNIOR CHESS

Istanbul, Round IV, Boys ? Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 4) bt Kirill Kuderinov (Kaz, 3) Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Pol, 3.5) bt Wei Chenpeng (Chn, 3) Vugar Gashimov (Aze, 3) drew Nidjat Mamedov (Aze, 3) Igor Kurnosov (Rus, 3) drew Evgeny Tomashevsky (Rus, 3) Jan Smeets (Ned, 3.5) bt Kevin Terrieux (Fra, 2.5) Tomi Nyback (Fin, 2.5) drew Lenic Luka (Slo, 2.5) Evgeny Alekseev (Rus, 3) bt Davit Magalashvili (Geo, 2) Levon Babujian (Arm, 2.5) drew Ferenc Berkes (Hun, 2.5) Daniel Stellwagen (Ned, 3) bt Wen Yang (Chn, 2) Borki Predojevic (Bih, 3) bt Cornette Matthieu (Fra, 2) Erwin L’Ami (Ned, 3) bt Esen Baris (Tur, 2) Andrey Zhigalko (Blr, 2.5) drew S. Poobesh Anand (Ind, 2.5) Wang Hao (Chn, 3) bt Kalin Karakehajov (Bul, 2) Bartel Mateusz (Pol, 2.5) drew Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 2.5) Viktor Laznicka (Cze, 2) drew G. N. Gopal (Ind, 2) Li Chao (Chn, 2.5) bt G. Rohit (Ind, 1.5) Gaby Livshits (Isr, 2) drew Akshat Khamparia (Ind, 2) Deep Sengupta (Ind, 2) bt Nurdin Samakov (Kgz, 1) Girls ? Alina Motoc (Rom, 3.5) drew Tania Sachdev (Ind, 3.5) Gu Xiaobing (Chn, 4) bt Anna Sharevich (Blr, 3) Bta Kadziolka (Pol, 3) drew Natalija Ogonina (Rus,3) Melia Salome (Geo, 3) drew Jolanta Zawadzka (Pol, 3) Nana Dzagnidze (Geo, 3) bt Ciobanu Camelia (Rom, 2.5) Anna Ushenina (Ukr, 3) bt Vera Nebolsina (Rus, 2) Bela Khotenashvili (Geo, 3) bt Mongontuul Bathuyag (Mgl, 2) Elisabeth Paehtz (Ger, 3) bt Atousa Pourkashiyan (Iri, 2) D. Harika (Ind, 2.5) drew Shadi Paridar (Iri, 2.5) Liu Pei (Chn) drew Natalia Zdebskaja (Ukr) Kruttika Nadig (Ind, 3) bt Marina Guseva (Rus, 2) Dana Akateava (Kaz, 2.5) drew Sopiko Khukkashvili (Geo, 2) Turkan Mamedjarova (Aze, 3) bt Maka Purtseladze (Geo, 2) Irina Vasilevich (Rus, 3) bt N. Raghavi (Ind, 2) Eesha Karavade (Ind, 2.5) bt Viktoria Bashkite (Est, 1.5)

CRICKET

TOUR MATCH

WEST INDIES IN AUSTRALIA

Melbourne ? Victoria 571 (B. Hodge 177, N. Jewell 59, D. Hussey 104, C. White 63, M. Samuels 3/149, D. Smith 3/50) West Indies 302 (M. Samuels 50, S. Chanderpaul 59, A. Wise 3/47). Match drawn.

FOOTBALL

WCQ PLAY-OFFS

OFC/CONMEBOL ? Uruguay 1 (Dario Rodriguez 37) Australia 0 CONCACAF/AFC Trinidad & Tobago 1 (Christopher Birchall 77) Bahrain 1 (Husein Salman 72)

FRIENDLIES

United Arab Emirates 0 Brazil 8 (Kaka 21, Adriano 53pen, Fred 58,85, Lucio 64, Juninho Pernambucano 71,80, Cicinho 90+1) France 0 Germany 0 Portugal 2 (Petit 33, Pauleta 65) Croatia 0 Netherlands 1 (Ryan Babel 38) Italy 3 (Alberto Gilardino 41, Ron Vlaar 45+1og, Luca Toni 50) South Korea 2 (Ahn Jung-Hwan 7, Kim Yong-Chul 52) Sweden 2 (Johan Elmander 9, Markus Rosenberg 57) Romania 1 (Adrian Iencsi 52) Ivory Coast 2 (Arouna Kone 48, Bakary Kone 90+1) England 3 (Wayne Rooney 39, Michael Owen 87,90+2) Argentina 2 (Hernan Crespo 35, Walter Samuel 54) Scotland 1 (Andy Webster 37) United States 1 (Josh Wolff 9pen)

GOLF

SHANGHAI MEET

Round IV ? 268 David Howell (GBR) 65 67 68 68 271 Tiger Woods (US) 65 69 67 70 274 Nick Dougherty (GBR) 64 68 73 69, Nick ’Hern (Aus) 67 67 67 73 275 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 67 69 69 70, Vijai Singh (Fij) 67 69 70 69 276 Paul Casey (GBR) 67 68 73 68 280 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 69 70 73 68 289 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 73 69 75 72

TENNIS

ATP MASTERS CUP

Shanghai, Round Robin Red Group matches ? Ivan Ljubicic (6, Cro) bt Guillermo Coria (4, Arg) 6-2, 6-3 Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt David Nalbandian (8, Arg) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4

WTA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Los Angeles, Semi-finals ? Amelie Mauresmo (4, Fra) bt Maria Sharapova (3, Rus) 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 Mary Pierce (5, Fra) bt Lindsay Davenport (1, US) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6)

For the book

nBriton Nigel Mansell won the inaugural Grand Prix Masters race at the Kyalami circuit near Johannesburg on Sunday.Mansell, 52, led the 30-lap race from start to finish and held off the challenge of Brazil's Emerson Fittipaldi to win by less than half-a-second.