ATHLETICS

BERLIN MARATHON

Men — 1. Haile Gebrselassie (Eth, 2:05:56) 2. Gudisa Shentema (Eth, 2:10:43) 3. Kurao Umeki (Jpn, 2:13:43).

BADMINTON

World championshipS

Men’s singles, semi-finals — Bao Chunlai (8, Chn) bt Lee Hyun II (5, Kor) 21-15, 21-19 Lin Dan (2, Chn) bt Chen Hong (7, Chn) 15-21, 21-19, 21-14 Men’s doubles, semi-finals — Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun (Chn) bt Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen (Den) 23-21, 21-16 Anthony Clark/Robert Blair (Eng) bt Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen (Den) 23-21, 17-21, 21-17.

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Division I, Day IV — Lancashire 438 & 339/6 dec. Hampshire 215. Match drawn Division II, Day IV — Northamptonshire 342 & 143. Worcestershire 281 & 205/5. Worcestershire won by 5 wkts.

GOLF

RYDER CUP

STRAFFAN — Europe 10, United States 6 Fourballs — Europe 2 1/2 United States 1 ½ (J.J. Henry & Stewart Cink halved with Paul Casey & Robert Karlsson Sergio Garcia & Jose Maria Olazabal bt Phil Mickelson & Chris DiMarco 3 & 2 Darren Clarke & Lee Westwood bt Tiger Woods & Jim Furyk 3 & 2 Zach Johnson & Scott Verplank bt Padraig Harrington & Henrik Stenson 2 & 1) Foursomes — Europe 2 1/2, United States 1 ½ (Sergio Garcia & Luke Donald bt David Toms & Phil Mickelson 2 & 1 Chad Campbell & Vaughn Taylor halved with Colin Montgomerie & Lee Westwood Paul Casey & David Howell bt Stewart Cink & Zach Johnson 5 & 4 Tiger Woods & Jim Furyk bt Padraig Harrington & Paul McGinley 3 & 2).

US PGA Texas Open

SAN ANTONIO, Round III — 194 Eric Axley (US) 68 63 63 198 Ted Purdy (US) 65 69 64, Frank Lickliter II (US) 67 66 65, Chris Riley (US) 70 64 64 199 Dean Wilson (US) 66 67 66 200 Justin Rose (GBR) 64 71 65, Charley Hoffman (US) 66 67 67 201 Br&t Jobe (US) 69 67 65, David McKenzie (Aus) 65 68 68, Paul Goydos (US) 69 63 69 208 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 71 70 67.

KOREA OPEN

SEOUL, Round IV — 270 Yang Yong-eun (Kor) 65-67-68-70 273 Kang Ji-man (Kor) 67-63-73-70 275 Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 70-70-67-68, David Oh (US) 74-66-68-67, Kang Kyung-nam (Kor) 68-63-72-72 276 Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 69-66-71-70, Nam Young-Woo (Kor) 66-69-71-70, Retief Goosen (RSA) 65-72-69-70 277 Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 71-71-69-66.

JAPAN OPEN

IBARAKI, Round IV — 270 Mamo Osanai 65 63 74 68, Taichi Teshima 68 67 72 63 271 Prayad Marksaeng 67 67 72 63 273 Katsumune Imai 70 68 69 66, Ruyichi Oda 71 68 65 64 274 Paul Sheehan 66 73 70 65, Katsuyoshi Tamori 70 67 69 68 276 SK Ho 67 72 68 69, Jeev Milkha Singh 72 68 67 69, Yoshikazu Haku 69 67 70 70.

FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

Reading 1 (Kevin Doyle 48pen) Manchester United 1 (Cristiano Ronaldo 73) Arsenal 3 William Gallas 64, Phil Jagielka 69og, Thierry Henry 80) Sheffield United 0 Aston Villa 2 (Gabriel Agbonlahor 35, Luke Moore 62) Charlton Athletic 0 Fulham 0 Chelsea 2 (Frank Lampard 73pen, 80) Manchester City 2 (Georgios Samaras 50, 63) West Ham United 0 Middlesbrough 0 Blackburn Rovers 1 (Shabani Nonda 26) Wigan Athletic 1 (Henri Camara 29) Watford 1 (Hameur Bouazza 63) Liverpool 3 (Mark Gonzalez 63, Dirk Kuyt 73, John Arne Riise 90) Tottenham Hotspur 0.

TENNIS

WTA China Open

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

WTA Slovenia Open

Semi-finals — Maria Elena Camerin (6, Ita) bt Tathiana Garbin (8, Ita) 7-5, 6-2 Tamira Paszek (Aut) bt Emilie Loit (7, Fra) 4-6, 2-0 (Loit retired).

DAVIS CUP

WORLD GROUP, Semi-finals — Russia 3 US 1 (Mikhail Youzhny bt James Blake (US) 7-5, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 Marat Safin (Rus) bt &y Roddick (US) 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (5) Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan bt Dmitry Tursunov/Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Dmitry Tursunov bt &y Roddick (US) 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 17-15 Argentina 3 Australia 0 (David Nalb&ian bt Mark Philippoussis 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 Jose Acasuso bt Lleyton Hewitt 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 David Nalb&ian/Agustin Calleri bt Wayne Arthurs/Paul Hanley 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 Playoffs — 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 Andrei Pavel/Horia Tecau vs Chung Hee-seok/Lee Hyung-taik postponed, rain) Switzerl& 2 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 Roger Federer/Yves Allegro bt Nenad Zimonjic/Ilia Bozoljac 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4 Austria 3 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 Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer bt Bruno Echagaray/Santiago Gonzales 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (3) The Netherlads 0 Czech Republic 3 (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 Martin Damm/Tomas Berdych bt Rogier Wassen/ Peter Wessels 7-6 (4), 7-5, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (4) Spain 2 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 Rafael Nadal/Fern& Verdasco bt Daniele Bracciali/Giorgio Galimberti 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) Germany 2 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 Alex&er Waske/Michael Kohlmann bt Sanchai Ratiwatana/Sonchat Ratiwatana 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 Slovakia 1 Belgium 2 (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 Olivier Rochus/Kristof Vliegen bt Dominik Hrbaty/Michal Mertinak 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 0-6, 7-5 Brazil 1 Sweden 0 (Flavio Saretta vs &reas Vinciguerra 6-4, 1-6, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 Ricardo Mello vs Robin Soderling postponed, darkness Gustavo Kuerten/&re Sa vs Simon Aspelin/Jonas Bjorkman postponed, darkness.