ATHLETICS

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Final, Men, 200m — 1. Tyson Gay (US) 19.68; 2. Wallace Spearmon (US) 19.88; 3. Usain Bolt (Jam) 20.10 1500m — 1. Alex Kipchirchir (Ken) 3:32.76; 2. Bernard Lagat (US) 3:32.93; 3. Augustine Choge (Ken) 3:33.37 5000m — 1. Kenenisa Bekele (Eth) 13:48.62; 2. Edwin Soi (Ken) 13:49.45; 3. Abreham Feleke (Eth) 13:49.66 400m Hurdles — 1. Periklis Iakovakis (Gre) 47.92; 2. Louis Van Zyl (RSA) 48.08; 3. Bershawn Jackson (US) 48.24 3000m Steeplechase — 1. Paul Kipsiele Koech (Ken) 8:01.37; 2. Richard Matelong (Ken) 8:08.62; 3. Bouabdellah Tahri (Fra) 8:10.86 High Jump — 1. Linus Thoernblad (Swe) 2.33; 2. Andrey Silnov (Rus) 2.33; 3. Stefan Holm (Swe) 2.29 Long Jump — 1. Irving Saladino (Pan) 8.41; 2. Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi (KSA) 8.34; 3. Louis Tsatoumas (Gre) 8.29 Hammer Throw — 1. Koji Murofushi (Jpn) 81.42; 2. Ivan Tikhon (Blr) 81.12; 3. Krisztian Pars (Hun) 80.41 Javelin Throw — 1. Andreas Thorkildssen (Nor) 89.50; 2. Tero Pitkaemaeki (Fin) 88.25; 3. Peter Esenwein (Ger) 85.30 Women, 100m — 1. Sherone Simpson (Jam) 10.89; 2. Torri Edwards (US) 11.06; 3. Allyson Felix (US) 11.07 400m — 1. Sanya Richards (US) 49.25; 2. Novlene Williams (Jam) 50.36; 3. Shericka Williams (Jam) 50.44 800m — 1. Zulia Calatayud (Cub) 1:59.02; 2. Janeth Jepkosgei (Ken) 1:59.10; 3. Hasna Benhassi (Mor) 1:59.44 3000m — 1. Meseret Defar (Eth) 8:34.22; 2. Tirunesh Dibaba (Eth) 8:34.74; 3. Vivian Cheruiyot (Ken) 8:38.86 100m Hurdles — 1. Michelle Perry (US) 12.52; 2. Damu Cherry (US) 12.56; 3. Perdita Felicien (Can) 12.58 Pole Vault — 1. Yelena Isinbayeva (Rus) 4.75; 2. Monika Pyrek (Pol) 4.65; 3. Jennifer Stuczynski (US) 4.60 Triple Jump — 1. Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus) 14.82; 2. Hrysopiyi Devetzi (Gre) 14.67; 3. Yamile Aldama (Sud) 14.67 Shot Put — 1. Natalya Khoroneko (Blr) 19.81; 2. Valerie Vili (Nzl) 19.64; 3. Nadezhda Ostapchuk (Blr) 19.50 Discus Throw — 1. Franka Dietzsch (Ger) 64.73; 2. Nicoleta Grasu (Rom) 62.32; 3. Anna Soederberg (Swe) 61.50

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

DAY II, DIVISION II, CHELMSFORD — Derbyshire 184 & 50/3. Essex 580/3 (M. Pettini 208 .., A. Tudor 144, A. Flower 136 ..)

FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

West Ham United 1 (Bobby Zamora 52) Aston Villa 1 (Liam Ridgewell 4)

LIGUE 1

Paris St Germain 1 (Pauleta 22 pen) Olympique Marseille 3 (Mamadou Niang 7 pen, Samir Nasri 67, Mickael Pagis 89) Toulouse 2 (Laurent Batlles 13, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro 90+3) AS Nancy 2 (Kim 55, Gaston Curbelo 64)

GERMAN CUP

Round I — Saarbrucken 1 Mainz 0 Chemnitzer FC 0 Alemannia Aachen 2 SC Pfullendorf 2 Arminia Bielefeld 1 SV Darmstadt 98 0 Hertha Berlin 1 AET FC Bremerhaven 1 VfL Wolfsburg 3 Carl Zeiss Jena 1 Cologne 2 Ahlen 1 MSV Duisburg 2 SSVg. Velbert 0 Unterhaching 3 SV Babelsberg 03 2 Hansa Rostock 1 SV Rossbach 1 BoRus 4 Moenchengladbach Luebeck 1 TSV 1860 Munich 0

SERIE A

Torino 1 (Roberto Stellone 90) Parma 1 (Igor Budan 55) AC Milan 2 (Filippo Inzaghi 27, Ricardo Oliveira 70) Lazio 1 (Stephen Ayodele Maki nwa 73) Atalanta Bergamo 3 (Riccardo Zampagna 32, Nicola Ventola 38, 44) Ascoli 1 (Sasa Bjelanovic 60) Cagliari 0 Catania 1 (Giorgio Corona 55) Chievo Verona 1 (Sergio Pellisier 31) Siena 2 (Ezio Brevi 74, Enr ico Chiesa 89) Messina 1 (Marco Zanchi 74) Udinese 0 Palermo 4 (Marco Bresciano 11, Giuseppe Biava 17, Eugenio Corini 27 pen, Amauri 67) Reggina 3 (Rolando Bianchi 42, 55, 79 pen) Sampdoria 1 (Emiliano Bonazzoli 9) Empoli 2 (Antonio Busce 26, Luca Saudati 51pen)

PRIMERA LIGA

Real Zaragoza 3 (Pablo Aimar 37, Diego Milito 81, Oscar 82) Espanyol 0 Getafe 1 (Daniel Gueiza 60) Racing Santander 0 Gimnastic 1 (Javier Garcia Portillo 68 pen) Celta Vigo 2 (Fernando Baiano 49, Nene 75) Levante 1 (Djah Felix Ettien 36) Real Madrid 4 (Ruud van Nistelrooy 16, 56, 90+1, Antonio Cassano 27) Real Mallorca 0 Deportivo Coruna 0 Real Betis 3 (Juanito 19, Edu 40, Capi 83) Athletic Bilbao 0 Real Sociedad 1 (Diaz De Cerio 90) Sevilla 3 (Renato 8, Frederic Kanoute 75, Ivica Dragutinovic 89) Villarreal 0 Recreativo Huelva 1 (Santi Cazorla 82)

GOLF

USPGA CANADIAN OPEN

HAMILTON, Round IV — 266 Jim Furyk (US) 63 71 67 65 267 Bart Bryant (US) 69 67 64 67 268 Sean ’Hair (US) 65 69 66 68 269 Brett Quigley (US) 71 63 67 68 270 Camilo Villegas (Col) 69 64 69 68, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 68 66 66 70, Jonathan Byrd (US) 65 68 67 70, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 67 69 68 66, Steve Lowery (US) 70 66 65 69

EUROPEAN MASTERS

CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Round IV — 267 Bradley Dredge (GBR) 68 67 65 67 275 Frasco Molinari (Ita) 68 68 70 69, Marcel Siem (Ger) 68 67 67 73 276 Sergio Garcia (Esp) 68 69 68 71, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 70 69 67 70, Marc Warren (GBR) 69 71 69 67 277 Ariel Canete (Arg) 72 70 69 66, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 70 68 70 69, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 73 67 71 66, Andrew McLardy (RSA) 70 65 71 71, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 74 69 68 66 278 Philip Archer (GBR) 68 72 72 66, Simon Dyson (GBR) 68 74 68 68, Johan Edfors (Swe) 73 67 67 71, Miles Tunnicliff (GBR) 67 73 69 69, Simon Wakefield (GBR) 68 75 65 70

TENNIS

ATP CHINA OPEN

Round I — Paradorn Srichaphan (6, Tha) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-3, 6-3 Kevin Kim (US) bt Kristian Pless (Den) 6-2, 6-4 Danai Udomchoke (Tha) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Sui) 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 Stefano Galvani (Ita) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) Dominik Hrbaty (5, Svk) bt Rik De Voest (RSA) 6-1, 6-0 Hyung-Taik Lee (8, Kor) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 6-3, 6-4 Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (Tpe) bt Xin-Yuan Yu (Chn) 6-1, 6-4

For the book

The Indian Open Marathon will be flagged off on Sunday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Runners competing in full marathon will have to complete a distance of 42km. The Athletics Federation of India has accorded official recognition to the event.