BADMINTON

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Round II, Women ? Aparna Popat (3, PSPB) bt Ashwini (Pon) 11-0, 11-0 Trupti Murgunde (1, PSPB) bt Meenu (Har) w/ B. R. Meenakshi (2, PSPB) bt Reshmi Khedekar (MP) 11-0, 11-1 Sania Nehwal bt Radhika Singh (Raj) 11-0, 11-0

CHESS

HASTINGS INTERNATIONAL

Round X ? Valerij Neverov (Ukr, 8) drew Merab Gagunashvili (Geo, 7.5) Sergey Erenburg (Isr, 7.5) bt Milos Pavlovic (SCG, 7) Piotr Bobras (Pol, 7) drew Simon Williams (GBR, 7) Stefen Kristjansson (Isl, 6) lost to Colin Vincent (Fra, 7.5) Vladimir Belov (Rus, 7) bt Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 6) Yuriy Kuzubov (Ukr, 6.5) drew Willy Hendricks (Ned, 6.5) Richard Pert (GBR, 6) lost to Mark Hebden (GBR, 7) Watu Kobese (RSA, 7) bt Stephen Gordon (GBR, 6) Gurpreet Pal Singh (Ind, 5.5) drew Helgi Ziska (Fai, 5) Sahaj Grover (Ind, 4) drew Peter Husted (Den, 4)

FOOTBALL

ENGLISH FA CUP

Round III ? Port Vale (III) 2 Doncaster Rovers (III) 1

GOLF

ROYAL TROPHY

Day I ? Europe 6 Asia 2. Foursomes ? S. K. Ho (Kor)/Keiichiro Fukabori (Jpn) lost to David Howell (GBR)/Kenneth Ferrie (GBR) 2-up Arjun Atwal (Ind)/Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) lost to Paul Mcginley (Ire)/Graeme McDowell (Nir) 4&3 Yasuharu Imano (Jpn)/Zhang Lian-Wei (Prc) lost to Thomas Bjorn (Den)/Henrik Stenson (Swe) 1-up Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha)/Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) bt Nick Faldo (GBR)/Ian Woosnam (Wal) 6&5 Fourball ? Arjun Atwal/ Jyoti Randhawa bt David Howell/ Kenneth Ferrie 1-up Zhang Lian-Wei /S. K. Ho lost to Graeme McDowell/ Paul McGinley 2 & 1 Thongchai Jaidee/Thaworn Wiratchant lost to Thomas Bjorn/ Ian Woosnam 3 & 2 Keiichiro Fukabori/ Yasuharu Imano lost to Nick Faldo/ Henrik Stenson 1-up

US PGA TOUR HAWAII MEET

Round II ? 143 Stuart Appleby (Aus) 71 72 144 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 72 72, Jim Furyk (US) 72 72, David Toms (US) 71 73, Vijai Singh (Fij) 70 74 145 Sergio Garcia (Esp) 71 74, Olin Browne (US) 69 76 146 Jason Bohn (US) 76 70, Bart Bryant (US) 74 72, Wes Short Jr (US) 73 73 147 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 75 72, Vaughn Taylor (US) 74 73, Lucas Glover (US) 74 73, Mark Calcavecchia (US) 73 74

HOCKEY

PREMIER LEAGUE

Tier I ? Hyderabad Sultans 3 (Didar Singh 54, 63, 75) Bangalore Lions 2 (Jordz Qiuntana 12, Rehan Butt 40)

TENNIS

ATP CHENNAI OPEN

Singles, Quarter finals ? Ivan Ljubicic (1, Cro) bt Gilles Muller (5, Lux) 6-1, 6-3 Radek Stepanek (2, Cze) bt Thierry Ascione (Fra) 6-3, 6-4 Kristof Vliegen (Bel) bt Paradorn Srichaphan (4, Tha) 6-1, 6-2 Carlos Moya (3, Esp) bt Bjoern Phau (7, Ger) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1

ATP DOHA OPEN

Semi-finals ? Gael Monfils (7, Fra) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita) 6-3, 6-4 Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-3, 6-3

HOPMAN CUP

Final match ? United States bt Netherlands 2-1. Michaella Krajicek (Ned) bt Lisa Raymond (US) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) Taylor Dent (US) bt Peter Wessels (Ned) 6-1, 6-4 Lisa Raymond/Taylor Dent (US) bt Michaella Krajicek/Peter Wessels (Ned) 4-6, 6-2 (10-7)

ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL

Quarter finals ? Tomas Berdych (6, Cze) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-1, 6-4 Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-0, 6-1 Dominik Hrbaty (2, Svk) bt Kenneth Carlsen (Den) 7-5, 6-3 Florent Serra (Fra) bt Jarkko Nieminen (7, Fin) 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2

WTA AUCKLAND OPEN

Semi-finals ? Marion Bartoli (6, Fra) bt Nadia Petrova (1, Rus) 3-6, 6-4, 2-1 (Petrova retired) Vera Zvonareva (8, Rus) bt Daniela Hantuchova (2, Svk) 6-2, 6-2

WTA MONDIAL HARDCOURTS

Semi-finals ? Flavia Pennetta (4, Ita) bt Martina Hingis (Sui) 1-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Dinara Safina (3, Rus) 6-4, 6-2

For the book

One of Pakistan's earliest international squash champions, Roshan Khan, died in Karachi on Friday. He is the father of Jahangir Khan. Roshan and Jahangir are the only father and son duo to have both won the prestigious British Open title. Roshan died of cardiac arrest after suffering from health problems since last year.