CRICKET

County Championship

Div I, Day IV, Hove: Sussex 399 & 393. Kent 336 & 280/7 Chester-le-Street: Yorkshire 339 & 312 (Craig White 66, A. McGrath 61, J. Sayers 56; . Gibson 4/62, M. Lewis 3/81). Durham 258 & 248 (Dale Benkenstein 96, G. Breese 63; Jason Gillespie 6/37, G. Kruis 3/95) Day III, Birmingham: Middlesex 446 & 123/3. Warwickshire 391 Div II, Day III, Bristol: Gloucestershire 394 & 251 (Craig Spearman 51; Andy Bichel 3/50, GrantFlower 3/28, R. Bopara 3/16). Essex 548 & 98/3 (M.Pettini 39) Nottingham: Hampshire 572 & 173/8decl (S. Ervine 46, C. Shreck 4/35). Nottinghamshire 362 (Mark Ealham 101,Stephen Fleming 81, D. Bichnell 77, G. Swann 54; C. Tremlett 4/43) Day II, Cardiff: Leicestershire 560 & 17/0. Glamorgan 449 Northampton: Surrey 328 & 424/6 decl (J. Batty 133, Mark Ramprakash 155; J. Brown 3/177). Northamptonshire 300 & 223 (Lance Klusener 58, Ben Phillips 52; Mohammed Akram 3/49, Ian Salisbury 3/62). Surrey won by 229 runs Taunton: Derbyshire 396 & 415/7 decl (S. Stubbings 124, M. North 75, C. Taylor 74). Somerset 340 (C. Gazzard 135).

GOLF

US PGA Illinois Classic

Final round ' 265 John Senden (Aus) 64 69 64 68 266 J.P. Hayes (U.S.) 64 71 66 65 268 Alex Cejka (Ger) 69 68 64 67, Heath Slocum (US) 69 65 66 68 269 John Riegger (US) 67 69 69 64, B.J. Staten (US) 66 70 66 67 270 Kent Jones (US) 71 65 68 66, Billy Mayfair (US) 70 70 63 67, Patrick Sheehan (US) 68 66 66 70 280 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 71 67 70 72.

EPGA TOUR SCOTTISH OPEN

Final round ' 271 Johan Edfors (Swe) 65 69 74 63 273 Luke Donald (GBR) 68 69 70 66, Andres Romero (Arg) 72 64 68 69, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 68 66 72 67 274 Benn Barham (GBR) 71 68 65 70, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 64 66 72, Tim Clark (RSA) 69 67 69 69, Darren Clarke (GBR) 66 65 71 72 275 Ernie Els (RSA) 70 69 67 69, Sergio Garcia (Esp) 71 67 69 68, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 68 72 65 70 276 Kenneth Ferrie (GBR) 71 69 71 65, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 72 69 66 69 285 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 69 72 72.

SQUASH

NORTHERN OPEN

NEW DELHI (Semi-finals) ' Men’s 45: Rahul Kumar bt Maqsood Ahmad 9-3, 10-8, 9-6 35: Abdul Raseed bt Colonel Raj 9-5, 9-0, 9-0, Hira Bahadur Thapa bt M. Ali 9-4, 9-0, 2-9, 6-9, 10-8 Girl’s U-13: Sachika Ingale bt Vishruthi Sahni 9-1, 9-0, 9-7, Krishna Thapa bt Tanvi Khanna 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 U-15: Harita Omprakash bt Sachika Ingale (9-0, 9-0, 9-0), Roshna Mehboob bt Anna Batool 2-9, 9-5, 9-7, 9-6 Boy’s U-13: Hamza Bukhari bt Arslan Bhatti 9-1, 9-0, 0-3, M. Haroon Rasheed bt Karan Thahryamal 9-2, 9-2, 7-9, 9-0 Boy’s U-11: Ali Bukhari bt Sobhit Chowdhary 9-0, 9-0, 9-0, Amaad Farid bt Ran Vijay Singh 9-0, 9-0 Quarter finals, Girl’s U-17: Urvashi Singh bt Tania Sibal 10-8, 9-2, 9-2, Aakriti Sehgal bt Anjani Singh 9-5, 9-5, 9-6, Zoya bt Akriti Sehgal 9-2, 9-1, 9-1.

WORLD JUNIOR MEET

NORTH PALMERSTON (NEW ZEALAND, only Indians) ' Naresh Kumar bt Bryce Redman (NZ) 9-5 9-0 9-4 Parth Sharma bt Nathan Kam (Aus) 9-7 9-0 9-1 Harinderpal Singh Sandhu bt Ji Yang Fund (Hkg) 9-3 9-5 9-4 Vikram Malhotra bt Ahmed Hassan (Zim) 9-3 9-2 9-4 Ramit Tandon bt Omar Al-Jam’aan (Kuw) w/ Sandeep Jengra bt Alan Tsang (Hkg) 9-2 9-0 9-3 Manek Mathur lost to Kam Hing Choong (Mas) 7-9 0-9 8-10 Ravi Dixit lost to Max Lee (Hkg) 3-9 2-9 1-9 Naishadh Lalwani lost to Todd Harrity (US) 4-9 2-9 4-9.

TENNIS

FED CUP World Group

Semi-finals ' Italy bt Spain 3-1 (Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Lourdes Dominguez (Esp) 6-4, 7-5, Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Anabel Medina (Esp) 6-3, 6-0, Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Lourdes Dominguez (Esp) 6-2, 6-4, Anabel Medina (Esp) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-2, 6-2 Belgium bt United States 3-0 (Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Jamea Jackson (US) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) bt Jill Craybas (US) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Vania King (US) 6-0, 6-1.

ATP NEWPORT meet

Men’s singles final ' Mark Philippoussis (Aus) bt Justin Gimelstob (8, US) 6-3, 7-5.

ATP GSTAAD meet

Men’s singles, final ' Richard Gasquet (7, Fra) bt Feliciano Lopez (6, Esp) 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3.

ATP BASTAD meet

Men’s singles, final ' Tommy Robredo (2, Esp) bt Nikolay Davydenko (1, Rus) 6-2, 6-1.

For the book

A Berlin firm of architects said they have been awarded contracts to design three stadiums for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Gerkan Marg and Partner said they would design stadiums in Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth.