CHESS

SOFIA INTERNATIONAL MEET

Round VII — Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 3.5) lost to Krishnan Sasikiran (Ind, 4.5) Michael Adams (Eng, 3.5) drew Veselin Topalov (Bul, 3.5) Gata Kamsky (US, 3) drew Livu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Rom, 3).

WORLD YOUTH STARS MEET

Kirishi, Round II — Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 1.5) bt Daniil Lintchevsky (Rus, 0.5) Yuriy Kuzubov (Ukr, 1) bt Sergei Zhigalco (Blr, 0.5) Rauf Mamedov (Aze, 1.5) bt Eduard Gorovykh (Rus, 1) Safarli Eltaz (Aze, 0.5) drew Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 1) Ivan Popov (Rus, 0) lost to Zaven Andriasian (Arm, 2) Avetik Grigoryan (Arm, 1.5) bt Falco Bindrich (Ger, 1).

FOOTBALL

ITALIAN CUP

Final, second leg — Inter Milan 2 (Hernan Crespo 50, Julio Ricardo Cruz 56) AS Roma 1 (Simone Perrotta 83) AS Roma win 7-4 on aggregate.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Margao — Dempo 1 Mohun Bagan 0 Mahindra United 9 Mohammedan Sporting 0 Sporting Clube de Goa 4 HASC 0.

GOLF

MACAU OPEN

Round II — 134 Zhang Lian-wei (Chn) 66 68 135 Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 65 70 136 S. Sivachandran (Mal) 68 68, Stephen Scahill (Nzl) 70 66, Gurbaaz Mann (Ind) 73 63, Jarrod Moseley (Aus) 66 70 137 Tony Lascuna (Phi) 68 69, Chang Tse-peng (Tpe) 69 68, Liang Wen-chong (Chn) 69 68, Gavin Flint (Aus) 69 68 138 Hur In-Hoi (Kor) 70 68, Lien Lu-sen (Tpe) 71 67, Leigh Mckechnie (Aus) 64 74, Danny Chia (Mas) 68 70, Lee Sung (Kor) 68 70.

ATLANTA CLASSIC

Duluth, Round I — 65 Kevin Sutherland (US) 67 Stephen Marino (US), Tommy Armour III (US), Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Bob May (US), Craig Kanada (US) 68 Dicky Pride (US), Joe Ogilvie (US), Mark Brooks (US), D.J. Brigman (US) 69 Brian Davis (GBR), Olin Browne (US), Jonathan Byrd (US), Briny Baird (US), Steve Flesch (US), Bill Haas (US), Tag Ridings (US).

IRISH OPEN

Adare, Round I — 68 Simon Dyson (GBR), Peter Gustafsson (Swe), Peter Hanson (Swe), Andres Romero (Arg) 69 James Kingston (RSA), Christian Nilsson (Swe), Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 70 Alexandre Rocha (Bra), Simon Wakefield (GBR) 71 Joakim Baeckstrom (Swe), Richard Green (Aus), Simon Khan (GBR), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Richard Sterne (RSA), Lee Westwood (GBR), Matthew Zions (Aus) 72 Ariel Canete (Arg), Alastair Forsyth (GBR), Steven Jeppesen (Swe).

TENNIS

WTA Moroccan Grand Prix

Fes, Round II — Maria Emilia Salerni (Arg) bt Youlia Fedossova (Fra) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 Sandra Kloesel (Ger) bt Anne Kremer (8, Lux) 6-0, 3-1, retired Milagros Sequera (Ven) bt Neha Uberoi (US) 6-4, 6-0 Camille Pin (7, Fra) bt Timea Bacsinszky (Sui) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (1).

ATP Hamburg Masters

Round III — Novak Djokovic (4, Serbia) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 Fernando Gonzalez (5, Chi) bt Juergen Melzer (Aut) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Lleyton Hewitt (16, Aus) bt Nikolay Davydenko (3, Rus) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (15, Esp) 6-2, 6-3 Nicolas Almagro (Esp) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) 6-2, 6-3 Rafael Nadal (2, Esp) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-4, 6-1 Carlos Moya (Esp) bt James Blake (8, US) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 David Ferrer (12, Esp) bt Ivan Ljubicic (7, Cro) 6-3, 6-3.

WTA Italian Open

Rome, Round III — Svetlana Kuznetsova (2, Rus) bt Yuliana Fedak (Ukr) 7-6 (4), 6-1 Anabel Medina (Esp) bt Nathalie Vierin (Ita) 6-1, 6-1 Serena Williams (8, US) bt Shahar Peer (11, Isr) 6-3, 6-3 Dinara Safina (6, Rus) bt Katerina Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-2, 6-3 Patty Schnyder (14, Sui) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus) 6-4, 6-4 Jelena Jankovic (3, Ser) bt Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-4, 7-5 Daniela Hantuchova (9, Svk) bt Anna Chakvetadze (7, Rus) 6-2, 6-3 Elena Dementieva (10, Rus) bt Nadia Petrova (5, Rus) 4-3 (Petrova retired).