CHESS

WORLD CUP

Saturday, Quarter final (Game 1) ?? Evgeny Bareev (Rus) drew Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr)lSergei Rublevsky (Rus) drew Etienne Bacrot (Fra)lLevon Aronian (Arm) drew Mikhail Gurevich (Bel)lBoris Gelfand (Isr) bt Alexander Grischuk (Rus)

Quarterfinals (final results) ?? Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr) bt Evgeny Bareev (Rus) 1.5-0.5lEtienne Bacrot (Fra) bt Sergei Rublevsky (Rus) 1.5-0.5lLevon Aronian (Arm) bt Mikhail Gurevich (Bel) 1.5-0.5lAlexander Grischuk (Rus) bt Boris Gelfand (Isr) 1-1, goes to tiebreak

FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

Newcastle United 1 (Nolberto Solano 82) Arsenal 0lChelsea 1 (John Terry 67) Wigan Athletic 0lBolton Wanderers 1 (El Hadji Diouf 82) Aston Villa 1 (Juan Pablo Angel 88)lBirmingham City 1 (Nicky Butt 84) Fulham 0lBlackburn Rovers 3 (Paul Dickov 55pen, 57, Shefki Kuqi 76) West Ham United 2 (Bobby Zamora 45+, Marlon Harewood 63)lCharlton Athletic 2 (Darren Bent 42, Darren Ambrose 49) Sunderland 0lWest Bromwich Albion 2 (Diomansy Kamara 5, Kevin Campbell 61) Manchester City 0lLiverpool 2 (Fernando Morientes 71,77) Middlesbrough 0

PRIMERA LIGA

Real Sociedad1 (Nihat Kahveci 5) Villarreal 3 (Guayre 36,55, Juan Riquelme 72)lValencia 1 Vicente (75) Athletic Bilbao 1 (Joseba Etxebarria 58)

LIGUE 1

Paris St Germain 2 (Pauleta 39,63) Stade Rennes 0lNice 1 (Bakary Kone 47) Ajaccio 0lSochaux 1 (Mickael Isabey 3) Metz 1 (Ahn Jung-Hwan 10)lAS Nancy 1 (Moncef Zerka 48) Racing Strasbourg 2 (Mickael Pagis 39pen, Amara Diane 53)lLe Mans 1 (Ismael Bangoura 43) Girondins Bordeaux 0lOlympique Marseille 1 (Mamadou Niang 2) Auxerre 0lToulouse 2 (Bryan Bergougnoux 45+, Jeremy Mathieu 90) ES Troyes AC 1 (Sebastien Grax 7)lLille 0 Racing Lens 0

SERIE A

Fiorentina 1 (Stefano Fiore 52) Treviso 0lSiena 1 (Erion Bogdani 2) Empoli 0

BUNDESLIGA

MSV Duisburg 1 (Abdelaziz Ahanfouf 42) Arminia Bielefeld 1 (Fatmir Vata 53)lSchalke 04 1 (Marcelo Jose Bordon 58) Mainz 0 VfL Wolfsburg 0lVfB Stuttgart 1 (Silvio Meissner 62) Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (Francisco Copado 9, Ioannis Amanatidis 84)lBorussia Dortmund 0 Nuremberg 1 (Markus Schroth 29)lBayer Leverkusen 1 (Bernd Schneider 45) Hanover 96 1 (Jiri Stajner 67) Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Kahe 49)lHamburg SV 2 (Dick van Burik 2og, Mehdi Mahdavikia 8pen) Hertha Berlin 1 (Yildiray Bastuerk 76)

SAFF CUP

Saturday: India 3 ( Bhaichung Bhutia 45+, Mahesh Gawli 52, Abdul Hakeem 66) Bhutan 0

DURAND

Saturday: Assam Rifles 2 (T Akom Ao 31, 45) Mahindra United 0lEver Ready Association 0 Tata Football Academy 0

Sunday: Dempo Sporting 1 (Agnelo Martins 13) Air India 1 (Benoy Kuruvilla 64)lEast Bengal 2 (R.C. Prakash 7, Jatin Bisht 22) HASC 0

GOLF

MASTERS OF ASIA

BANGKOK, ROUND III ?? 268 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 66 67 68 67l270 Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 70 64 67 69l272 Marcus Both (Aus) 69 66 66 71l275 Chawalit Plaphol (Tha) 69 70 67 69l 277 Frankie Minoza (Phi) 70 74 65 68 278 Andrew Buckle (Aus) 66 71 70 71l280 Kang Wook-Soon (Kor) 71 73 70 66, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 71 68 68 73

EPGA TOUR SOUTH AFRICA MEET

MALELANE, ROUND III: 274 Ernie Els (RSA) 71 67 68 68 277 Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 69 67 71 70, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 70 67 70 70l280 Bobby Lincoln (RSA) 72 70 73 65, Ulrich van den Berg (RSA) 70 69 65 76, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 69 69 74 68, David Lynn (GBR) 73 68 71 68l281 Sean Farrell (Zim) 69 68 73 71, Alan Michell (RSA) 70 68 71 72, Jaco van Zyl (RSA) 68 71 69 73, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 70 70 73 68 282 Philip Archer (GBR) 66 70 74 72, Thomas Aiken (RSA) 69 71 73 69, Titch Moore (RSA) 68 68 73 73l283 Richard Finch (GBR) 73 68 71 71, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 74 69 69 71, Johan Edfors (Swe) 68 73 72 70l284 Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 71 71 71, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 73 72 65 74, Ross Wellington (RSA) 72 68 76 68, Ariel Canete (Arg) 72 69 71 72, Keith Horne (RSA) 73 71 65 75, Doug McGuigan (GBR) 68 69 72 75

HOCKEY

CHAMPIONS TROPHY

Saturday ?? Spain 2 ( Eduard Tubau 21, Pablo Amat 52) India 1 (Kanwalpreet Singh 29)lNetherlands 4 (Matthijis Bouwer 5, Teuun de Nooijer 13, Ronals Brouwer 44, Rob Reckers 61) Pakistan 1 (Mudassar Ali Khan)

Sunday ??? India 3 (Sandeep Singh 61, 66, Tushar Khandekar 60) Pakistan 2 (Mohammed Imran 53, Tariq Aziz 57)lNetherlands 4 (Travis Brooks 5, Brent Livermore 45, Luke Doerner 50, Michael McCann 64) Spain 2 (Santi Freixa 11, 20)

For the book

Minor league Burton Albion will stage their FA Cup third-round tie against Manchester United at their new 6,065-capacity stadium, with the Jan. 8 match to be screened live on television.