BADMINTON

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Kuala Lumpur, Semi-finals (Saturday), Men’s doubles — Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (3, Ina) bt Tan Fook Choong/Wan Wah Lee (6, Mal) 22-20, 28-26 Women’s doubles — Wei Yang/Jiewen Zhang (3, Chn) bt Yawen Zhang/Yili Wei (1, Chn) 19-21, 21-18, 21-16 Ling Gao/ Sui Huang (2, Chn) bt Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota (6, Jpn) 21-16, 23-25, 21-6 Men’s singles — Lin Dan (1, Chn) bt Bao Chunlai (4, Chn) 21-12, 22-20 Sony Dwi Kuncoro (9, Ina) bt Chen Yu (6, Chn) 18-21, 21-13, 21-15 Women’s singles — Chen Wang (6, Hkg) bt Zhang Ning (1, Chn) 21-11, 21-5 Zhu Lin (5, Chn) bt Lu Lan (7, Chn) 21-10, 21-13 Mixed doubles — Nova Widianto/ Lilyana Natsir (2, Ina) bt Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen (3, Chn) 21-15, 15-21, 22-20 Zheng Bo/Gao Ling (1, Chn) bt Flandy Limpele/Vita Marissa (6, Ina) 17-21, 21-19, 21-19 Finals (Sunday), Women’s doubles — Yang Wei/ Zhang Jiewen (3, Chn) bt Gao Ling/Huang Sui (2, Chn) 21-16, 21-19 Men’s doubles — Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (3, Ina) bt Jung Jae-sung/Lee Young-dae (13, Kor) 21-19, 21-19 Men’s singles — Lin Dan (1, Chn) bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro (9, Ina) 21-11, 22-20 Women’s singles — Zhu Lin (5, Chn) bt Chen Wang (6, Hkg) 21-8, 21-12 Mixed doubles — Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (2, Ina) bt Zheng Bo/Gao Ling (1, Chn) 21-16, 21-14.

FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

Saturday — Newcastle United 0 Aston Villa 0 Birmingham City 0 West Ham United 1 (Mark Noble) Fulham 1 (Brian McBride 16) Middlesbrough 2 (Mido 56, Lee Cattermole 88) Reading 1 (Stephen Hunt 44) Everton 0 Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Steed Malbranque 2, 6, Jermaine Jenas 14, Darren Bent 79) Derby County 0 Wigan Athletic 3 (Emile Heskey 19, Denny Landzaat 62pen, Antoine Sibierski 69pen) Sunderland 0 Portsmouth 3 (Nwankwo Kanu 16, John Utaka 30, Matthew Taylor 88pen) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Nicolas Anelka 13).

GOLF

SCANDINAVIAN MASTERS

Arlandastad, Round III (Saturday) — 203 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 67 68 68, James Kingston (RSA) 68 68 67 206 Paul Broadhurst (GBR) 69 73 64, Nick Dougherty (GBR) 68 69 69, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 67 72 67 207 Joakim Baeckstroem (Swe) 69 69 69, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 69 69 69, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 68 71 68, Sam Walker (GBR) 65 70 72 208 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 67 70 71, Henrik Nystroem (Swe) 67 68 73, Scott Strange (Aus) 64 75 69 209 Philip Archer (GBR) 68 74 67, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 69 72 68, Peter Hanson (Swe) 70 72 67, David Higgins (Irl) 69 69 71, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 72 70 67.

WYNDHAM CHAMPIONShIP

Greensboro, Round III (Saturday) — 198 Jeff Overton (US) 65 67 66 201 Billy Mayfair (US) 69 68 64, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 64 68, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 66 67 68, Tim Petrovic (US) 68 65 68 202 Lucas Glover (US) 65 71 66, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 66 69 67 203 Brandt Snedeker (US) 70 67 66, Will MacKenzie (US) 64 71 68, Craig Kanada (US) 68 65 70, Steve Marino (US) 65 67 71 204 Jeff Brehaut (US) 71 66 67, Andy Bare (US) 70 66 68, Joey Sindelar (US) 69 67 68, John Merrick (US) 66 69 69, Nathan Green (Aus) 68 66 70, Jason Gore (US) 67 68 69, Tripp Isenhour (US) 69 70 65, Greg Kraft (US) 66 67 71, John Huston (US) 66 66 72.

TENNIS

WTA TORONTO CUP

Semi-finals (Saturday) — Jelena Jankovic (2, Ser) bt Tatiana Golovin (12, Fra) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 Justine Henin (1, Bel) bt Yan Zi (Chn) 6-3, 6-0.

ATP CINCINNATI MASTERS

Semi-finals (Saturday) — James Blake (9, US) bt Nikolay Davydenko (5, Rus) 6-4, 6-2 Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 6-3, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (1).