FOOTBALL

ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP

Round IV (Wednesday) — Bolton Wanderers 0 Manchester City 1 Liverpool 2 Cardiff City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Blackpool 0 Chelsea 4 Leicester City 3 Luton Town (III) 0 Everton 1 after extra time Portsmouth 1 Blackburn Rovers 2 Sheffield United 0 Arsenal 3.

PRIMERA LIGA

Wednesday — Atletico Madrid 4 (Maniche 2, Sergio Aguero 16, Maxi Rodriguez 70, Jurado 90+1) Sevilla 3 (Luis Fabiano 14,90+3, Ze Castro 44og) Valencia 1 (Miguel Angel Angulo 59) Real Madrid 5 (Raul 1, Ruud van Nistelrooy 25, 37, Sergio Ramos 30, Robinho 65) Deportivo Coruna 1 (Andres Guardado 41pen) Real Mallorca 1 (Daniel Guiza 11) Getafe 2 (Francisco Casquero 8, Ikechukwu Uche 29) Athletic Bilbao 0 Real Betis 0 Osasuna 3 (Alessandro Melli 42og, Dady 52, Carlos Vela 55) Recreativo Huelva 0 Racing Santander 0 Almeria 0 Real Zaragoza 1 (Diego Milito 78pen) Villarreal 3 (Guillermo Franco 4, Giuseppe Rossi 16pen, Pascal Cygan 38) Levante 0.

GOLF

SINGAPORE OPEN

Round I (Thursday) — 66 Gavin Flint (Aus), Kane Webber (Aus), Jin Park (US) 67 Angelo Que (Phi) 68 Phil Mickelson (US), K.J. Choi (Kor), Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 69 Gary Simpson (Aus), Anthony Kang (US), Richard Lee (Nzl) 70 Lin Keng-chi (Tai), Adam Scott (Aus), Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Vijai Singh (Fij), Danny Chia (Mal), Keith Horne (RSA), Martin Rominger (Sui), Anthony Fernando (Phi), Mars Pucay (Phi), S.S.P Chowrasia (Ind), Zaw Moe (Mya), Tachiro Kiyota (Jpn), Gurbaaz Mann (Ind).

TENNIS

WTA QUEBEC CITY CHALLENGE

Round I (Wednesday) — Renata Voracova (Cze) bt Nicole Vaidisova (1, Cze) 2-6, 6-3, 0-0 (Vaidisova retired) Julie Ditty (US) bt Alize Cornet (6, Fra) 7-5, 6-3 Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) bt Meilen Tu (4, US) 6-2, 6-2 Maret Ani (Est) bt Andreja Klepac (Slo) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 Round II — Vera Zvonareva (2, Rus) bt Severine Bremond (Fra) 6-3, 7-6 (6) Julia Vakulenko (3, Ukr) bt Stephanie Dubois (Can) 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 Olga Govortsova (5, Blr) bt Alina Jidkova (Rus) 6-3, 5-0 (Jidkova retired)

ATP PARIS MASTERS

Round II (Wednesday) — James Blake (6, US) bt Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-1 Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 David Nalbandian (Arg) bt Carlos Moya (14, Esp) 6-4, 6-4 Richard Gasquet (10, Fra) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 7-5, 7-6 (3) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Ivan Ljubicic (13, Cro) 6-4, 7-6 (4) Rafael Nadal (2, Esp) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita) 6-3, 6-1 Nikolay Davydenko (4, Rus) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 7-6 (3), 6-1 Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Novak Djokovic (3, Ser) 6-3, 6-2 Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (16, Arg) 6-3, 6-1 Andy Murray (15, GBR) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 7-6 (5), 6-3.