BADMINTON

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men’s singles, Quarterfinals — Bao Chunlai (8, Chn) bt Chong Wei Lee (1, Mal) 22-20, 12-21, 21-18 Lee Hyun II (5, Kor) bt Chen Jin (3, Chn) 21-14, 19-21, 21-12 Chen Hong (7, Chn) bt Peter Gade Christensen (4, Den) 21-17, 15-21, 21-12 Lin Dan (2, Chn) bt Muhd Hafiz Hashim (9, Mal) 21-10, 21-9 Women’s singles, Quarterfinals — Zhang Ning (1, Chn) bt Tracey Hallam (11, Eng) 20-22, 21-10, 21-10 Petra Overzier (Ger) bt Jiang Yanjiao (10, Chn) 21-18, 14-21, 21-14 Xie Xingfang (3, Chn) bt Pi Hongyan (5, Fra) 21-17, 21-10 Xu Huaiwen (2, Ger) bt Petya Nedeltcheva (7, Bul) 21-14, 17-21, 21-16.

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Division I, Day III, LEEDS — Yorkshire 677/7 dec (Darren Lehmann 339, M. Lumb 98). Durham 411/6 (Dale Benkenstein 116 batting, . Gibson 104 batting) THE ROSE BOWL — Lancashire 438 & 13/2. Hampshire 215 Division II, Day III — Northamptonshire 342 & 143. Worcestershire 281 & 205/5 (Monty Panesar 5/76). Worcestershire won by 5 wkts.

FOOTBALL

CFL PREMIER Division

East Bengal 2 (Rahim Nabi 69, Wajid Ali 80 og) United SC 0 Mohun Bagan 0 George Telegraph 0

BUNDESLIGA

Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Kahe 39) Borussia Dortmund 0.

GOLF

RYDER CUP

STRAFFAN — Europe 5 US 3 Four balls — Europe 2-½, United States 1-½ (Tiger Woods & Jim Furyk bt Colin Montgomerie & Padraig Harrington, 1 up Stewart Cink & J.J. Henry halved with Paul Casey & Robert Karlsson Jose Maria Olazabal & Sergio Garcia bt David Toms & Brett Wetterich 3 & 2 Darren Clarke & Lee Westwood bt Phil Mickelson & Chris DiMarco 1 up Foursomes — Europe 2-1/2 United States 1 ½ (Chad Campbell & Zach Johnson halved with Padraig Harrington & Paul McGinely Stewart Cink & David Toms halved with David Howell & Henrik Stenson Phil Mickelson & Chris DiMarco halved with Lee Westwood & Colin Montgomerie Luke Donald & Sergio Garcia bt Tiger Woods & Jim Furyk 2 up).

USPGA TEXAS OPEN

SAN ANTONIO, Cut was set at 141 — 131 D.A. Points (US) 65 66, Eric Axley (US) 68 63 132 Paul Goydos (US) 69 63 133 Charley Hoffman (US) 66 67, Bernhard Langer (Ger) 68 65, Dean Wilson (US) 66 67, Frank Lickliter II (US) 67 66, David McKenzie (Aus) 65 68 134 Chris Riley (US) 70 64, Cameron Beckman (US) 66 68, Ted Purdy (US) 65 69 135 Bob Tway (US) 67 68, Justin Rose (GBR) 64 71, Harrison Frazar (US) 69 66 141 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 71 70.

JAPAN OPEN

Round III — 202 Mamo Osanai 65 63 74 204 Ryuchi Oda 71 68 65, Prayad Marksaeng 67 67 70 206 Katsuyoshi Haku 69-67-70 207 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 68 67, Takua Taniguchi 70 69 68, Kotsumune Imai 70 68 69, SK Ho 67 72 68, Taichi Teshima 68 67 72, Yoichi Shimizu 70 63 74 208 Ik-je Chang 69 68 71, Tetsuji Hiratsuka 68 68 72.

TENNIS

DAVIS CUP

MOSCOW, World Group, Semi-finals — Russia 2 United States 0 (Marat Safin bt &y Roddick 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (5) Mikhail Youzhny bt James Blake 7-5, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5) BUENOS AIRES — Argentina 1 Australia 0 (David Nalb&ian bt Mark Philippoussis 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 Jose Acasuso leads Lleyton Hewitt 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1) World Group, Play-offs BUCHAREST — Romania 1 South Korea 1 (&rei Pavel bt Jun Woong-sun 6-0, 6-4, 6-3 Lee Hyung-taik bt Victor Crivoi 6-1, 6-1, 6-0) GENEVA — Switzerl& 1 Serbia 1 (Roger Federer bt Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 Novak Djokovic bt Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4) POERTSCHACH — Austria 2 Mexico 0 (Oliver Marach bt Bruno Echagaray 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 Jurgen Melzer bt Santiago Gonzales 6-2, 6-1, 6-1) LEIDEN — Netherl&s 0, Czech Republic 2 (Jiri Novak bt Raemon Sluiter 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (13) Tomas Berdych bt Robin Haase 6-2, 6-4, 6-4) SANT&ER — Spain 1 Italy 1 (Filippo Vol&ri bt Tommy Robredo 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 Rafael Nadal bt &reas Seppi 6-0, 6-4, 6-3) DUESSELDORF — Germany 1 Thail& 1 (Danai Udomchoke bt Tommy Haas 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 Florian Mayer bt Paradorn Srichaphan 3-6, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3) Slovakia 1 Belgium 1 (Dominik Hrbaty bt Kristof Vliegen 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 Olivier Rochus bt Michal Mertinak 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-3, 6-4) BELO HORIZONTE — Brazil 0 Sweden 0 (Play suspended for rain).

WTA CALCUTTA OPEN

Semi-finals — Olga Poutchkova (Rus) bt Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzb) 6-4, 6-4 Martina Hingis (1, Sui) bt Sania Mirza (5, Ind) 6-1 6-0.

WTA China Open

BEIJING, Semi-finals — Svetlana Kuznetsova (2, Rus) bt Peng Shuai (Chn) 6-0, 6-2 Amelie Mauresmo (1, Fra) bt Jelena Jankovic (6, Ser) 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3).

WTA Slovenia Open

Quarterfinals — Tamira Paszek (Aut) bt &reja Klepac (Slo) 6-4 6-2 Maria Elena Camerin (6, Ita) bt Martina Sucha (Svk) 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 Tathiana Garbin (8, Ita) bt Martina Mueller (4, Ger) 6-2, 7-5 Emilie Loit (7, Fra) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (9, Svk) 6-3, 6-3.

For the book

English champions Chelsea, fresh from a third successive pre-season tour of the US, have signed a deal with Sirius Satellite Radio, which will broadcast their Premier League games live to North America. When the Blues travel to play west London rivals Fulham on Saturday, fans from Los Angeles to Labrador will be able to hear live commentary from Craven Cottage.