CRICKET

Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy

Division I, Canterbury ??? Somerset 338/5 in 50 ovs (Marcus Trescothick 158, M. Wood 72). Kent 93/5 in 26.2 ovs (Andy Caddick 3/36). Kent won by D/L methodDublin ?? Ireland 02 in 49.3 ovs (J. Bray 59; James Bruce 4/31). Hampshire 206/2 (John Crawley 76 .., N. Pothas 69). Ireland won by 8 wkts

Derbyshire 251/6 in 50 ovs (Chris Taylor 100, S. Stubbings 62). Yorkshire 230 in 48.4 ovs (Darren Lehman 55, M. Lumb 43; K. Dean 3/49). Derbyshire won by 21 runsTrent Bridge ??? Nottinghamshire 161 (Mark Ealham 51; Zaheer Khan 3/26). Worcestershire 168/5 (B. Smith 41; Mark Ealham 3/29). Worcestershire won by 2 wktsLancashire 194/8 in 50 ovs (Dinesh Mongia 4/25). Leicestershire 125 in 40.4 ovs (T. Smith 3/8, Sajid Mahmood 3/49). Lancashire won by 69 runs

Chlemsford ?? Glamorgan 98/5 . Essex 102/0 (Ronnie Irani 51 .., Alastair Cook 46 ..). Essex won by 10 wkts.

CHESS

DUBAI INTERNATIONAL MEET

Round I ? Izoria Zviad (Geo) bt M. Sadatnajafi (Ind)lAntonio Molina (Phi) lost to DBT Baum Bernd (Ger)lN. Srinath (Ind) drew Valeriy Neverov (Ukr)lK. Priyadharshan (Ind) lost to Zurab Sturua (Geo)lR. B. Ramesh (Ind) bt Saeed Ishaq (Uze)lSale Srdjan (Cro) bt Shantanu Lahiri (Ind)lAbhijeet Gupta (Ind) bt Ali Obay (Sud)lDanny Baltazar (Phi) bt Parimarjan Negi (Ind)lShatrughan Jha (Ind) lost to Sergei Simonenko (Tkm)lPrasanna Rao (Ind) drew S. A. Sarsam (Irq)lVishal Sareen (Ind) bt Stojic Dusan (Aus)lStefan Schnock (Ger) lost to Prathamesh Mokal (Ind)lW. A. Khan (Ind) lost to Othman Moussa (UAE)lSahaj Grover (Ind) lost to D. Sai Srinivas (Ind)lRamnath Bhuvanesh (Ind) drew Semiev Suhrab (Tkm)lHimdan Maher (Egy) bt Dhyani Dave (Ind)lSaleh Nora Mohd (UAE) lost to . T. Anil Kumar (Ind)lGurpreet Pal Singh (Ind) bt Al-Hammadi Fatma (UAE)lShiven Khosla (Ind) drew G. B. Joshi (Ind) lNatun Dasgupta (Ind) lost to SO Wesley (Phi) M. R. Lalith Babu (Ind) bt Mohammed Ebtisam (UAE) Abdulghani Fatima (UAE) lost to Aarthie Ramaswamy (Ind)lKruttika Nadig (Ind) bt Malallah Khadija (UAE)lSultan Haifa (UAE) lost to S. P. Sethuraman (Ind)lC. N. Vaidya (Ind) bt Taghikhani Amir Ali (Iri) S. Satyapragyan (Ind) bt Kholoud Essa (UAE)

FOOTBALL

FA CUP

Semi-final ? Middlesbrough 0 West Ham United 1 (Marlon Harewood 79)

LIGUE 1

Monaco 2 (Ernesto Chevanton 33, Marco Di Vaio 57) Olympique Lyon 1 (John Carew 90+5)lSochaux 0 Girondins Bordeaux 3 (Julien Faubert 19, David Jemmali 27, Jean Claude Darcheville 54)

BUNDESLIGA

Mainz 2 (Mohamed Zidan 9, Manuel Friedrich 13) Bayern Munich 2 (Roy Makaay 29, 37 pen)lWerder Bremen 0 Schalke 04 0

PRIMERA LIGA

Real Madrid 2 (Zinedine Zidane 67 pen, Sergio Ramos 90) Malaga 1 (Ricardo Bovio 22)lAthletic Bilbao 0 Valencia 3 (David Villa 81, 84, 86)lCadiz 1 (Lucas Lobos 83) Deportivo Coruna 1 (Iago 8)lRacing Santander 1 (Antonito 37) Getafe 3 (Ivan Riki 34, 61, Mariano Pernia 74)lEspanyol 2 (Jarque 22, Raul Tamudo 58) Real Betis 0 lReal Mallorca 0 Osasuna 1 (Ludovic Delporte 90+3)

SNOOKER

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

SHEFFIELD, Round II ? Ryan Day (Wal) is level with Ronnie ’Sullivan (GBR) 4-4 (41-77, 5-88, 75-4, 66-33, 86-5, 0-140, 69-0, 28-105)lPeter Ebdon (GBR) leads David Gray (GBR) 6-2 (107-6, 68-39, 30-69, 67-16, 82-25, 59-65, 72-8, 63-0)lMatthew Stevens (Wal) is level with Ken Doherty (Irl) 8-8 (75-37, 41-66, 57-65, 11-88, 58-18, 89-0, 0-76, 82-5, 48-79, 48-56, 55-68, 74-0, 69-43, 95-0, 7-83, 62-55)lGraeme Dott (Sco) leads Nigel Bond (GBR) 10-6 (69-33, 91-11, 21-64, 11-94, 62-53, 114-9, 77-27, 15-56, 51-54, 65-7, 0-68, 69-42, 0-111, 63-51, 68-7, 88-4)

TENNIS

ATP MONTE CARLO MASTERS

Final ? Rafael Nadal (2, Esp) bt Roger Federer (1, Sui) 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)

FED CUP

World Group I, Quarter finals, Sunday ? Italy 4 France 1. Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4lFlavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Nathalie Dechy (Fra) 6-4, 6-2lMara Santangelo/Roberta Vinci (Italy) bt Emillie Loit/Virginie Razzano (Fra) 6-1, 6-4lBelgium 3 Russia 2. Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-1, 6-4lJustine Henin-Hardenne (Bel) bt Elena Dementieva (Rus) 6-2, 6-0lMaria Kirilenko/Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Kim Clijsters/Justine Henin-Hardenne (Bel) 7-6 (7-4), 7-5lSpain 5 Austria 0. Anabel Medina (Esp) bt Sybille Bammer (Aut) 6-0, 6-3lMaria Sanchez Lorenzo (Esp) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5lVirginia Ruano Pascual/Lourdes Domingues Lino (Esp) bt Sybille Bammer/Yvonne Muesburger (Aut) 6-4, 6-2lUnited States 3 Germany 2. Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) bt Jill Craybas (US) 6-2, 7-5lJamea Jackson (US) bt Martina Mueller (Ger) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2lAnna Lena Groenefeld/Jasmin Woehr (Ger) bt Vania King/Shenay Perry (US) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

For the book

Former IBC super cruiserweight boxing champion Tue Bjorn Thomsen was stabbed to death in a bar brawl on Sunday night. The 33-year-old became IBC champion in 2000. He retired four years ago with a 22-1-1 record. Among those he beat was former WBA champion Nate Miller of the US.