CHESS

WIJK AAN ZEE MEET

ROUND X, GROUP A (Thursday) — Veselin Topalov (Bul, 7.5) bt Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 3) Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 6.5) drew Peter Svidler (Rus, 6) Sergey Karjakin (Ukr, 5) lost to Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 6) Alexander Motylev drew Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 6) Sergei Tiviakov (Ned, 4) drew David Navara (Cze, 4.5) Loek van Wely (Ned, 3.5) drew Levon Aronian (Arm, 6) Alexei Shirov (Esp, 3) drew Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr, 5).

GROUP C — Thomas Willemze (Ned, 3) bt Hou Yifan (Chn, 5.5) Wouter Spoelman (Ned, 5.5) drew Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 8.5) Stellan Brynell (Swe, 3) drew Zhaoqin Peng (Ned, 4.5) Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 5,5) drew Edwin van Haastert (Ned, 5) Nadezhda Kosintseva (Rus, 3.5) lost to Harmen Jonkman (Ned, 3.5) Michal Krasenkow (Pol, 7.5) bt Manuel Bosboom (Ned, 5) John Van Der Wiel (Ned, 3.5) drew Emanuel Berg (Swe, 6.5).

ROUND XI, GROUP A (Friday) — David Navara (Cze, 5) drew Alexander Motylev (Rus, 4.5) Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr, 5.5) drew Sergei Tiviakov (Ned, 4.5) Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 6.5) drew Alexei Shirov (Esp, 3.5) Levon Aronian (Arm, 7) bt Sergey Karjakin (Ukr, 5) Peter Svidler (Rus, 7) bt Veselin Topalov (Bul, 7.5) Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 6.5) drew Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 7).

GROUP C — Emanuel Berg (Swe, 7) drew Thomas Willemze (Ned, 3.5) Manuel Bosboom (Ned, 5) lost to John van der Wiel (Ned, 4.5) Harmen Jonkman (Ned, 3.5) lost to Michal Krasenkow (Pol, 8.5) Edwin van Haastert (Ned, 5.5) drew Nadezhda Kosintseva (Rus, 4) Zhaoqin Peng (Ned, 5) drew Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 6) Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 9.5) bt Stellan Brynell (Swe, 3) Hou Yifan (Chn, 6.5) bt Wouter Spoelman (Ned, 5.5).

FOOTBALL

SUPER SOCCER MEET

SILIGURI: Sao Paulo 3 (Carlinhos 35, Paula Matos 60, Jean 90) East Bengal 0

ITALIAN CUP

Semi-Final (Thursday): AC Milan 2 (Ricardo Oliveira 4, Filippo Inzaghi 23) AS Roma 2 (Simone Perrotta 29, David Pizarro 39) Sampdoria 0 Inter Milan 3 (Nicolas Burdisso 9, 57, Hernan Crespo 24).

PRIMERA LIGA

(Thursday): Real Betis 1 (Robert 37) Barcelona 1 (Rafael Marquez 61).

LIGUE 1

(Thursday): Olympique Lyon 1 (Fred 64) Girondins Bordeaux 2 (Pablo Francia 3-pen, Johan Micoud 27) Monaco 0 Stade Rennes 2 (Jimmy Briand 50, Etienne Didot 79) ES Troyes AC 1 (Gael Sanz 87) Nantes 0 FC Lorient 1 (Rafik Saifi 48) Racing Lens 0 Sochaux 1 (Alvaro Santos 62) CS Sedan Ardennes 1 (Joseph Desire Job 21) Nice 0 Toulouse 1 (Johan Elmander 24) Valenciennes 1 (Sebastien Roudet 39) Le Mans 1 (Tulio 88) Lille 1 (Jean Makoun 75) Paris St Germain 0 Olympique Marseille 3 (Franck Ribery 9, 38, Taye Taiwo 88) Auxerre 1 (Ireneusz Jelen 17).

(Friday): AS Nancy 0 St Etienne 2 (Ilan 57, Batefimbi Gomis 71).

BUNDESLIGA

(Friday): Borussia Dortmund 3 (Alexander Frei 12, 57, Tinga 59) Bayern Munich 2 (Daniel van Buyten 25, Roy Makaay 42).

GOLF

USPGA SAN DIEGO MEET

ROUND II (Friday) — 131 Brandt Snedeker (US) 61 70 134 Charles Howell III (US) 70 64 135 Bill Haas (US) 69 66, Rich Beem (US) 67 68, Charlie Wi (Kor) 63 72 136 Kevin Sutherland (US) 65 71, D.J. Brigman (US) 66 70 137 Andrew Buckle (Aus) 66 71, Parker McLachlin (US) 70 67, Cliff Kresge 65 72 (US), Michael Putnam 71 66.

EPGA QATAR MASTERS

DOHA, ROUND II (Thursday): 65 Retief Goosen (RSA) 33 32 66 Nick 'Hern (Aus) 34 32, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Esp) 33 33 67 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 31 36 68 Richard Green (Aus) 34 34, Edward Michaels (US) 36 32, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 32 36, Nick Dougherty (Eng) 33 35 69 Chinarat Phadungsil (Tha) 32 37, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 35 34, Yasin Ali (Eng) 34 35, Ariel Canete (Arg) 35 34, Andrew Coltart (Sco) 35 34, Ernie Els (RSA) 35 34, Paul Lawrie (Sco) 37 32, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 36 33, Wen-Chong Liang (Chn) 35 34, Jong Yul Suk (Kor) 36 33 70 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 34 36, Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 35 35.

ROUND III (Friday): 204 Retief Goosen (RSA) 65 68 71, Richard Green (Aus) 68 65 71, Nick ’Hern (Aus) 66 69 69 206 Edward Michaels (US) 68 69 69, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 68 70 207 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 69 66, Paul Lawrie (GBR) 69 67 71, Peter ’Malley (Aus) 73 67 67 208 Ernie Els (RSA) 69 71 68, Wen-Chong Liang (Chn) 69 67 72, Andres Romero (Arg) 70 71 67 209 Alejandro Canizares (Esp) 70 69 70, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Esp) 66 70 73, Graeme McDowell (GBR) 73 68 68 212 Robert-Jan Derksen (Ned) 71 71 70, Soren Hansen (Den) 72 72 68, Simon Hurd (GBR) 71 70 71, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 67 73 72, Chinarat Phadungsil (Tha) 69 68 75, Chawalit Plaphol (Tha) 73 69 70, Chris Rodgers (GBR) 70 70 72, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 69 68 75.

For the book

AS Roma came from behind to draw 2-2 with AC Milan in the first leg of their Italian Cup semi-final at the San Siro stadium on Thursday. Trailing to early goals by Ricardo Oliveira and Filippo Inzaghi, Roma hit back through Simone Perrotta and David Pizarro to level the score at the interval before missing several chances to win the match in the second half. With away goals counting double in the case of the tie ending in a draw, Roma are in a good position ahead of the return leg on January 31.