FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

Newcastle United 0 Charlton Athletic 0

FRENCH CUP

Last 32 matches ? Montpellier HSC (II) 6 Roye 1

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Last 16, First leg matches ? Chelsea 1 (Thiago Motta 59og) Barcelona 2 (John Terry 71og, Samuel Eto’ 80) Werder Bremen 3 (Christian Schulz 39, Tim Borowski 87, Johan Micoud 90+2) Juventus 2 (Pavel Nedved 73, David Trezeguet 82) Ajax Amsterdam 2 (Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 15, Mauro Rosales 20) Inter Milan 2 (Dejan Stankovic 48, Julio Ricardo Cruz 86) Rangers 2 (Peter Lovenkrands 22, Juan Manuel Pena 82og) Villarreal 2 (Juan Riquelme 8 pen, Diego Forlan 35) Tuesday ? Real Madrid 0 Arsenal 1 (Thierry Henry 47) Bayern Munich 1 (Michael Ballack 23) AC Milan 1 (Andriy Shevchenko 57 pen) PSV Eindhoven 0 Olympique Lyon 1 (Juninho Pernambucano 65) Benfica 1 (Luisao 84) Liverpool 0

AFC ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS

Group A ? Yemen 0 Saudi Arabia 4 Group B ? Iran 4 Taiwan 0 Syria 1 South Korea 2 Group C ? Jordan 3 Pakistan 0 United Arab Emirates 1 Oman 0 Group D ? Bahrain 1 Aus 3 Lebanon 1 Kuwait 1 Group E ? China 2 Palestine 0 Singapore 2 Iraq 0 Group F ? Hong Kong 0 Qatar 3 Uzbekistan 5 Bangladesh 0

GOLF

EPGA TOUR WGC MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Round I ? Tiger Woods (US) bt Stephen Ames (Can) 9 & 8 Robert Allenby (Aus) bt K.J. Choi (Kor) 3 & 2 Henrik Stenson (Swe) bt Paul Casey (GBR) by 1 hole Chad Campbell (US) bt Tim Herron (US) 4 & 2 David Toms (US) bt Ian Poulter (GBR) by 1 hole Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp) bt Brandt Jobe (US) 3 & 2 Adam Scott (Aus) bt Lucas Glover (US) 2 & 1 Tom Lehman (US) bt Stuart Appleby (Aus) 3 & 2 Bernhard Langer (Ger) bt Ernie Els (RSA) by 1 hole Mike Weir (Can) bt Stewart Cink (US) 4 & 3 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) bt Michael Campbell (Nzl) by 1 hole Nick ’Hern (Aus) bt Fred Funk (US) 4 & 2 Phil Mickelson (US) bt Charles Howell III (US) 2 & 0 John Daly (US) bt Bart Bryant (US) 4 & 2 David Howell (GBR) bt Steve Elkington (Aus) by 1 hole Scott Verplank (US) bt Lee Westwood (GBR) by 1 hole Vijai Singh (Fij) bt Graeme McDowell (GBR) 5 & 4 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Esp) bt Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 2 & 1 Angel Cabrera (Arg) bt Peter Lonard (Aus) by 1 hole Padraig Harrington (Irl) bt Rod Pampling (Aus) 4 & 2 Chris DiMarco (US) bt Mark Calcavecchia (US) 2 & 1 Arron Oberholser (US) bt Tim Clark (RSA) by 1 hole Carl Pettersson (Swe) bt Kenny Perry (US) by 1 hole Davis Love III (US) bt Mark Hensby (Aus) 2 & 1 Retief Goosen (RSA) bt Paul Broadhurst (GBR) 5 & 4 Ben Crane (US) bt Justin Leonard (US) 4 & 3 Luke Donald (GBR) bt Richard Green (Aus) 2 & 1 Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) bt Darren Clarke (GBR) 4 & 3 Zach Johnson (US) bt Jim Furyk (US) by 1 hole Sean ’Hair (US) bt Fred Couples (US) by 1 hole Colin Montgomerie (GBR) bt Niclas Fasth (Sweden) by 1 hole Shingo Katayama (Jpn) bt Paul McGinley (Irl) 2 & 1

TENNIS

ATP MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL

Round II ? Andy Roddick (1, US) bt Wayne Arthurs (Aus) 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (7-2) Round I ? Rik De Voest (RSA) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 6-4, 6-3 Vince Spadea (US) bt Bobby Reynolds (US) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7-2) Tommy Haas (6, Ger) bt Justin Gimelstob (US) 2-1 (Gimelstob retired) Paul Goldstein (US) bt Scoville Jenkins (US) 6-4, 6-3 Andy Murray (GBR) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2

WTA MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL

Round II ? Jill Craybas (8, US) bt Meng Yuan (Chn) 6-4, 6-2 Amy Frazier (7, US) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Rus) 1-6, 6-0, 6-0 Laura Granville (4, US) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) 6-1, 6-2 Lilia Osterloh (US) bt Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 Marta Domachowska (6, Pol) bt Martina Sucha (Svk) 6-3, 6-3 Sofia Arvidsson (3, Swe) bt Lisa Raymond (US) 6-4, 6-4

WTA BOGOTA OPEN

Round II ? Lourdes Dominguez (6, Esp) bt Maria Jose Martinez (Esp) 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 Emilie Loit (4, Fra) bt Anastasiya Yakimova (Blr) 6-0, 6-1 Gisela Dulko (2, Arg) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 6-4, 6-3

ATP BRAZIL INTERNATIONAL

Round II ? Nicolas Almagro (Esp) bt Flavio Saretta (Bra) 7-5, 7-5 Boris Pasanski (8, SCG) bt Ricardo Mello (Bra) 6-2, 6-3 Nicolas Massu (6, Chi) bt Fernando Vicente (Esp) 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 Juan Ignacio Chela (5, Arg) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 6-4, 7-5 Alberto Martin (7, Esp) bt Andre Ghem (Bra) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 Olivier Patience (Fra) bt Gaston Gaudio (1, Arg) 6-2, 6-2 Jiri Vanek (Cze) bt Filippo Volandri (3, Ita) 6-0, 6-1 Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Florent Serra (4, Fra) 6-1, 6-1

WTA DUBAI OPEN

Round II ? Justine Henin-Hardenne (4, Bel) bt Katerina Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-4, 7-5 Maria Sharapova (3, Rus) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 6-1, 6-0 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Daniela Hantuchova (8, Svk) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 Amelie Mauresmo (1, Fra) bt Henrieta Nagyova (Svk) 6-3, 6-1 Francesca Schiavone (7, Ita) bt Selima Sfar (Tun) 6-2, 6-3 Martina Hingis (Sui) bt Anastasia Myskina (6, Rus) 6-4, 6-3 Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-4, 6-3 Lindsay Davenport (2, US) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 6-0, 6-0

ATP ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL

Round II ? Christophe Rochus (Bel) bt Taylor Dent (US) 7-6 (7-0) (Dent retired) Nikolay Davydenko (2, Rus) bt Greg Rusedski (GBR) 6-4, 6-1 Arvind Parmar (GBR) bt Dominik Meffert (Ger) 6-3, 6-3 Round I ? Tim Henman (GBR) bt Thomas Johansson (4, Swe) 6-4, 6-4 Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Mario Ancic (5, Cro) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) Radek Stepanek (6, Cze) bt Michael Lammer (Sui) 6-4, 6-2

For the book

United States coach Bruce Arena has been able to call upon his contingent of European-based players for the friendly international against Poland in Germany on March 1. "With only one international fixture date prior to the World Cup this is an important opportunity for our players based in Europe to demonstrate their form.