ATHLETICS

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Osaka, Tuesday, Men, Discus: 1. Gerd Kanter (Est, 68.94), 2. Robert Harting (Ger, 66.68), 3. Rutger Smith (Ned, 66.42) 400m hurdles: 1. Kerron Clement (US, 47.61), 2. Felix Sanchez (Dom, 48.01), 3. Marek Plawgo (Pol, 48.12) Women, Pole Vault: 1. Yelena Isinbayeva (Rus, 4.80), 2. Katerina Badurova (Cze, 4.75), 3. Svetlana Feofanova (Rus, 4.75) Long Jump: 1. Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus, 7.03), 2. Lyudmila Kolchanova (Rus, 6.92), 3. Tatyana Kotova (Rus, 6.90) Wednesday, Women, discus: 1. Franka Dietzsch (Ger, 66.61), 2. Darya Pishchalnikova (Rus, 65.78), 3. Yarelis Barrios (Cub, 63.90) 100 metres hurdles: 1. Michelle Perry (US, 12.46s), 2. Perdita Felicien (Can, 12.49), 3. Delloreen Ennis-London (Jam, 12.50) 400m: 1. Christine Ohuruogu (GBR, 49.61s), 2. Nicola Sanders (GBR, 49.65), 3. Novlene Williams (Jam, 49.66) Men, high jump: 1. Donald Thomas (Bah, 2.35m), 2. Yaroslav Rybakov (Rus, 2.35), 3. Kyriacos Ioannou (Cyp, 2.35) 1500m: 1. Bernard Lagat (US 3:34.77s), 2. Rashid Ramzi (Bah, 3:35.00), 3. Shadrack Korir (Ken, 3:35.04).

CHESS

NH TOURNAMENT

Amsterdam, Wednesday, Round VI — Rising Stars (15.5) v/s Experience (14.5) (Parimarjan Negi (Ind) lost to Alexander Beliavsky (Slo) Ivan Cheparinov (Bul) bt Artur Jussopow (Ger) Sergey Karjakin (Ukr) bt Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Ser) Daniel Stellwagen (Ned) lost to Alexander Khalifman (Rus) Jan Smeets (Ned) drew with Predrag Nikolic (B&H)).

FOOTBALL

LIGUE 1

Tuesday — FC Lorient 1 (Sylvain Marchal 43) Valenciennes 3 (Gregory Pujol 27, 40, Sebastien Roudet 88).