CHESS

Dubai international meet

Round VII (Sunday) — Pavel Kotsur (Kaz, 5.5) drew with Darmen Sadvakasov (Kaz, 5.5) Levan Pantsulaia (Geo, 5.5) drew with Gadir Guseinov (Aze, 5.5) Tamaz Gelashvili (Geo, 5.5) drew with Tigran Kotanjian (Arm, 5.5) Megaranto Susanto (Ina, 5.5) drew with Ghaem Maghami Ehsan (Iri, 5.5) Tigran Petrosian (Arm, 4.5) lost to Amir Bagheri (Iri, 5.5) D Harika (Ind, 5) drew with Koneru Humpy (Ind, 5) Jaan Ehlvest (USA, 4) lost to P.D.S. Girinath (Ind, 5.5) Al-Modiahki Mohammed (Qat, 5) bt Sundararajan Kidambi (Ind, 4) G.N. Gopal (Ind, 4.5) drew with Adly Ahmed (Egy, 4.5) R.B. Ramesh (Ind, 5) bt B. Adhiban (Ind, 4) S.P. Sethuraman (Ind, 4) lost to Al Sayed Mohamad (Qat, 3.5) Jasim A.R. Saleh (UAE, 3.5) lost to Tejas Bakre (Ind, 4.5) S. Meenakshi (Ind, 4.5) bt Hrant Melkumyan (Ind, 3.5) Toufighi Homayoon (Iri, 4.5) bt Aditya Udeshi (Ind, 3.5) V. Kamble (Ind, 4) drew with Mehdi Mahdavirad (Iri, 4) R. Aarthie (Ind, 3.5) lost to Salor Sitanggang (Ina, 4) M.R. Lalith Babu (Ind, 4) bt Saleh Nagueb (UAE, 3) Saeed Ishaq (UAE, 3) lost to Kruttika Nadig (Ind, 4) Purnama Tirta Chandra (Ina, 3.5) bt Prasanna Rao (Ind, 2.5) Darwish Mohamed (Syr, 2.5) lost to Sahaj Grover (Ind, 3.5) Ali Obay (Sud, 2) lost to Narayanan Srinath (Ind, 3) Saud Mohammed (Ind, 3) bt Shiven Khosla (Ind, 2).

FOOTBALL

premier league

Saturday — Blackburn Rovers 4 (Jason Roberts 60, 80; Hermann Hreidarsson 77og, Matt Derbyshire 83). Charlton Athletic 1 (Darren Bent 71). Manchester City 0. Aston Villa 2 (John Carew 24, Shaun Maloney 75). Middlesbrough 2 (Mark Viduka 66, Emanuel Pogatetz 89). Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Robbie Keane 12, 83; Dimitar Berbatov 47). Portsmouth 2 (Benjamin Mwaruwari 27, Niko Kranjcar 32). Liverpool 1 (Sami Hyypia 59). Sheffield United 1 (Chris Powell 44og). Watford 0. Wigan Athletic 0. West Ham United 3 (Luis Boa Morte 30, Yossi Benayoun 57, Marlon Harewood 82). Chelsea 2 (Salomon Kalou 22, Jussi Jaeaeskelaeinen 34og). Bolton Wanderers 2 (Lubomir Michalik 19, Kevin Davies 54). Everton 2 (Alan Stubbs 12, Manuel Fernandes 50). Manchester United 4 (John ’Shea 61, Phil Neville 68og, Wayne Rooney 79, Chris Eagles 90+3).

GOLF

Spanish open

Round III (Saturday): MADRID — 202 Carlos Rodiles (Esp) 70 66 66 204 Simon Dyson (GBR) 69 69 66 205 Charl Schwartzel (SA) 69 68 68 206 Stuart Little (GBR) 67 69 70, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 75 65 66

Beijing open

Final round (Sunday) — 274 Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 65 72 68 69 276 Adam Blyth (Aus) 70 68 67 71 277 Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 69 67 73 68, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 72 68 67 70 278 Angelo Que (Phi) 70 72 67 69.