CHESS

Reggio Emilia meet

Reggio Emilia, Round 1 (Sunday) — Zoltan Almasi (Hun) bt P. Harikrishna (Ind) Konstantin Landa (Rus) drew with Viktor Korchnoi (Sui) Michele Godena (Ita) drew with Vugar Gashimov (Aze) Ni Hua (Chn) drew with David Navara (Cze) Sergei Tiviakov (Ned) lost to Mihail Marin (Rou)

FOOTBALL

Dutch championship

Saturday — Sparta Rotterdam 1 (Sepp De Roover 44) Groningen 3 (Stefan Nijland 30,a 53, Goran Lovre 81)

Premier league

Sunday — Manchester City 0 Liverpool 0 Derby County 1 (Matthew Oakley 27) Blackburn Rovers 2 (Roque Santa Cruz 39, David Bentley 42) Saturday — Everton 1 (Tim Cahill 19) Arsenal 4 (Eduardo da Silva 47, 58, Emmanuel Adebayor 78, Tomas Rosicky 90+4) Birmingham City 1 (Sebastian Larsson 55) Fulham 1 (Carlos Bocanegra 8) Chelsea 2 (Mickael Essien 28, Salomon Kalou 87) Newcastle United 1 (Nicky Butt 55) Portsmouth 0 Middlesbrough 1 (Tuncay Sanli 20) Sunderland 3 (Kieran Richardson 13, Kenwyne Jones 32, Daryl Murphy 90) Bolton Wanderers 1 (El Hadji Diouf 41) Tottenham Hotspur 6 (Dimitar Berbatov 7, 63, 73, 83, Steed Malbranque 76, Jermain Defoe 78) Reading 4 (Kalifa Cisse 16, Ivar Ingimarsson 53, Dave Kitson 70, 74) West Ham United 2 (Anton Ferdinand 77, Matthew Upson 82) Manchester United 1 (Cristiano Ronaldo 14) Wigan Athletic 1 (Titus Bramble 28) Aston Villa 2 (Curtis Davies 55, Gabriel Agbonlahor 70)

TENNIS

ATP Adelaide meet

Singles, Round I (Monday) — Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Gilles Simon (4, Fra) 7-6, 6-3 Mischa Zverev (Ger) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-3, 6-3 Benjamin Becker (Ger) bt Robert Smeets (Aus) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Michael Russell (US) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 6-3, 6-3 Joseph Sirianni (Aus) bt Radek Stepanek (5,Cze) 7-6(3), 4-3 RET Sam Querrey (US) bt Steve Darcis (Bel) 7-5, 6-4

WTA Auckland Classic

Singles Round I (Monday) — Klara Zakopalova (Cze) bt Meilen Tu (US) 6-3, 7-5 Yvonne Meusburger (Aus) bt Akiko Morigami (Jpn) 7-5, 6-0 Anabel Medina (5, ESP) bt Nicole Pratt (Aus) 7-6(3), 6-3 Ashley Harkleroad (US) bt Emilie Loit (8, Fra) 6-4, 6-1 Katarina Srebotnik (3, Slo) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Rus) 6-0, 3-0 RET Lindsay Davenport (US) bt Laura Granville (US) 6-2, 6-3 Tamira Paszek (6, Aut) bt Yanine Wickmayer (Bel) 7-6(7), 6-1

WTA Australian Hardcourts

Singles (Monday) — Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (US) 0-6, 0-1 (Shaughnessy retired) Amelie Mauresmo (6, Fra) bt Olga Savchuk (Ukr) 6-1, 6-1 Dinara Safina (3, Rus) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (Slo) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Yuliana Fedak (Ukr) bt Agnes Szavay (8, Hun) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 Tathiana Garbin (Ita) bt Nadia Petrova (2, Rus) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 Patty Schnyder (4, Sui) bt Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) 6-1, 6-3