ATHLETICS

ZAGREB GRAND PRIX

Men, 100m — 1. Jason Smoots (US) 10.22; 2. Francis Obikwelu (Por) 10.22; 3. Matic Osovnikar (Slo) 10.35 200m — 1. Usain Bolt (Jam) 20.49; 2. Jacey Harper (Tri) 20.65; 3. Rodney Martin (US) 20.69 400m — 1. Brandon Simpson (Bah) 45.33; 2. Alleyne Francique (Grn) 45.74; 3. Derrick Brew (US) 46.11 3000m — 1. Shadrack Korir (Ken) 7:37.50; 2. Joseph Ebuya (Ken) 7:37.65; 3. Mohamed Farah (GBR) 7:38.15 110m Hurdles — 1. Allen Johnson (US) 13.19; 2. Dayron Robles (Cub) 13.20; 3. David Oliver (US) 13.23 400m Hurdles — 1. Danny McFarlane (Jam) 48.93; 2. Kemel Thompson (Jam) 49.34; 3. James Carter (US) 49.35 Long Jump — 1. Gable Garenamotse (Bot) 7.87; 2. Aleksey Lukashevich (Ukr) 7.83; 3. James Beckford (Jam) 7.66 Javelin Throw — 1. Mike Hazle (US) 76.33; 2. Edi Ponos (Cro) 72.65; 3. Matija Kranjc (Slo) 72.09 Women, 100m — 1. Debbie Ferguson (Bah) 11.26; 2. Kim Gevaert (Bel) 11.31; 3. Virginia Powell (US) 11.35 200m — 1. Stephanie Durst (US) 22.95; 2. Debbie Ferguson (Bah) 22.97; 3. Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (Rus) 23.09 400m — 1. Vanya Stambolova (Bul) 50.37; 2. DeeDee Trotter (US) 50.88; 3. Danijela Grgic (Cro) 51.80 800m — 1. Svetlana Klyuka (Rus) 2:00.77; 2. Brigita Langerholc (Slo) 2:01.01; 3. Svetlana Cherkasova (Rus) 2:01.32 100m Hurdles — 1. Anay Tejeda (Cub) 12.75; 2. Perdita Felicien (Can) 12.78; 3. Joanna Hayes (US) 12.85 High Jump — 1. Blanka Vlasic (Cro) 2.01; 2. Kajsa Bergqvist (Swe) 2.01; 3. Venelina Veneva (Bul) 1.98 Shot Put — 1. Yumileidi Cumba (Cub) 19.22; 2. Misleydis Gonzalez (Cub) 18.64; 3. Kristin Heaston (US) 17.16 Discus Throw — 1. Darya Pishchalnikova (Rus) 63.66; 2. Nicoleta Grasu (Rom) 63.64; 3. Vera Cechlova (Cze) 61.57 Hammer Throw — 1. Tatyana Lysenko (Rus) 76.54; 2. Betty Heidler (Ger) 76.11; 3. Yipsi Moreno (Cub) 72.56

BADMINTON

HONG KONG OPEN

Quarter finals — Lin Dan (Chn) bt Taufik Hidayat (Ina) w/

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

DIVISION I, DAY I, HOVE — Hampshire 347 (C. Benham 62, N. Pothas 122 .., S. Warne 53; J. Lewry 3/48, Y. Arafat 3/96, M. Ahmed 3/98) Sussex 30/0 DAY II, BLACKPOOL — Lancashire 429/6 (I. Sutcliffe 159, N. Astle 64) vs Warwickshire SCARBOROUGH — Middlesex 376 (P. Weekes 128 ..; M. Hoggard 3/92, G. Kruis 5/67) Yorkshire 273/5 (J. Sayers 102 ..) DIVISION II, DAY II, DERBY — Derbyshire 167 Northamptonshire 396/7 (L. Klusener 122 .., C. Rogers 112) KENNINGTON OVAL — Surrey 433 (J. Franklin 5/68) & 45/3 Glamorgan 269 (R. Croft 71 ..) WORCESTER — Worcestershire 473/6 decl Essex 296/7 (V. Chopra 70, R. Irani 66, J. Foster 80)

FOOTBALL

CALCUTTA LEAGUE

PREMIER DIVISION — East Bengal 0 Eastern Railway 0

GOLF

EPGA INTERNATIONAL OPEN

MUNICH, Round I — 67 Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Gary Evans (GBR), Garry Houston (GBR), David Howell (GBR) 68 Luke Donald (GBR), Bradley Dredge (GBR), David Drysdale (GBR), Peter Hedblom (Swe), Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Matthew Millar (Aus), Marcel Siem (Ger), Lee Westwood (GBR) 69 Andrew Butterfield (GBR), Robert-Jan Derksen (Ned), Jamie Donaldson (GBR), Darren Fichardt (RSA), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), David Lynn (GBR), Damien McGrane (Irl), Andres Romero (Arg), Simon Wakefield (GBR), Fredrik Widmark (Swe) 70 David Bransdon (Aus), Emanuele Canonica (Ita), Paul Casey (GBR), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Steven Jeppesen (Swe), Simon Khan (GBR), James Kingston (RSA), Bernhard Langer (Ger), Colin Montgomerie (GBR), Graeme Storm (GBR), Alessandro Tadini (Ita), Miles Tunnicliff (GBR), Leif Westerberg (Swe) 71 Philip Archer (GBR), Jorge Benedetti (Col), Thomas Bjorn (Den), Markus Brier (Aut), Alejandro Canizares (Esp), Marc Cayeux (Zim)

MALAYSIAN MASTERS

Round II — 129 Anton Haig 63 66 130 Chapchai Nirat 65 65 131 Kao Bo-song 132 Marcus Both 63 69 133 Zaw Moe 66 67, Unho Park 64 69 134 Jyoti Randhawa 136 Shiv Kapur 68 68, Digvijay Singh 68 68 137 Gaurav Ghei 71 66 138 S. S. P. Chowrasia 67 71, Gurbaaz Mann 67 71 139 Arjun Singh 72 67 140 Amandeep Johl 68 72 142 Rahil Gangjee 72 70 143 Uttam Singh Mundy 72 71 144 Harmeet Kahlon 73 71 147 Vivek Bhandari 72 75

SQUASH

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men’s Singles, Round I — Anthony Ricketts (5, Aus) bt Omar Mosaad (Egy) 11-7, 11-5, 3-11, 11-3 Mohammed Abbas (Egy) bt Mohd Azlan Iskandar (12, Mas) 11-8, 11-5, 8-11, 11-10 Nick Matthew (7, GBR) bt Alex Gough (Wal) 11-10, 11-3, 11-4 Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt James Willstrop (4, GBR) WO Lee Beachill (10, GBR) bt Borja Golan (Esp) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7 John White (11, Sco) bt Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned) 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 8-11, 11-8 Stewart Boswell (15, Aus) bt Hisham Mohd Ashour (Egy) 11-9, 11-5, 11-8 Olli Tuominen (14, Fin) bt Shahier Razik (Can) 8-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7, 11-10 Thierry Lincou (3, Fra) bt Alister Walker (GBR) 11-4, 7-11, 11-2, 11-6

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The Brazilian Olympic Committee announced on Friday that Rio de Janeiro would be its candidate city to host the 2016 Olympic games. Brazilian Olympic Committee president Carlos Nuzman said Rio de Janeiro would be the best because its preparations for hosting the 2007 Pan American Games are already underway.