ATHLETICS
US Olympic trials
SACRAMENTO, Day 4 - Men: Hammer throw: 1. James Parker (77.58m) 2. A.G. Kruger (76.02) 3. Travis Nutter (72.46) 800m: 1. Jonathan Johnson (1:44.77) 2. Khadevis Robinson (1:44.91) 3. Derrick Peterson (1:45.08). Women: 800m: 1. Jearl Miles-Clark (1:59.06) 2. Nicole Teter (2:00.25) 3. Hazel Clark (2:00.37) High jump: 1. Tisha Waller (1.98m) 2. Chaunte Howard (1.95) 3. Amy Acuff (1.95) Discus throw: 1. Aretha Hill (63.55m) 2. Stephanie Brown (61.90) 3. Seilala Sua (61.60) 5000m: 1. Shayne Culpepper (15:07.41) 2. Marla Runyan (15:07.48) 3. Shalane Flanagan (15:10.52).
TENNIS
ATP los angeles meet
LOS ANGELES, Round 1: Kenneth Carlsen (Den) bt Wayne Arthurs (Aus) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 Jeff Morrison (US) bt Lester Cook (US) 6-2, 6-2 Glenn Weiner (US) bt Lee Hyung-taik (Kor) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Slo) 7-6 (7-0), 4-6, 6-2 Karol Beck (Slo) bt Andy Ram (Isr) 4-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-4 Gilles Elseneer (Bel) bt Brian Vahaly (US) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.
STUTTGART MEET
STUTTGART, Round 1: Martin Vassallo Arguello (Ita) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 Guillermo Canas (Arg) bt Dick Norman (Bel) 6-0, 7-5 Stefan Koubek (Aut) bt Olivier Patience (Fra) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) Arnaud di Pasquale (Fra) bt Galo Blanco (Spa) 6-3, 6-1 Bohdan Ulihrach (Cze) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 7-6 (7-3), 4-1, retd Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Juan-Pablo Guzman (Arg) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) 6-2, 6-4 Marc Lopez (Spa) bt Daniel Elsner (Ger) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 Thierry Ascione (Fra) bt Tomas Zib (Cze) 6-3, 7-6 (10-8) Bjoern Phau (Ger) bt Ivo Heuberger (Sui) 6-3, 6-2 Andreas Beck (Ger) bt Alexander Peya (Aut) 7-6 (7-2), 6-1 Franco Squillari (Arg) bt Nicolas Almagro (Spa) 6-3, 7-6 (7-1).
WTA STANFORD MEET
STANFORD, Round 1: Maria Vento-Kabchi (8, Ven) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (8-6) Anca Barna (Ger) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-4 Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) bt Alina Jidkova (Rus) 6-2, 6-1 Lioudmila Skavronskaia (Rus) bt Petra Mandula (Hun) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Lindsay Lee-Waters (US) bt Angela Haynes (US) 6-2, 6-4.
FOOTBALL
copa america, group a
TRUJILLO, Peru 2 (Nolberto Solano 57, Flavio Maestri 60) Colombia 2 (Edwin Congo 33, Abel Aguilar 53) Venezuela 1 (Ruberth Moran 27) Venezuela 1 (Gonzalo Galindo 33).
Calcutta league
Super Division Mohun Bagan 3 (Ashim Biswas 42, Jerry Zirsanga 69, Sunil Chhetri 84) Mohammedan AC 1 (Ori Benjamin 16) Tollygunge Agragami 0 Wari 0. 1st division gr B: Janbazar 1 Sonali Shibir 0 Behala Youth 2 Barisha 1 Taltala Inst 2 Jessop Anushilani 1 Garalgacha 3 Bata 0 Milan Samity 1 United Students 1 Rajasthan 1 Kalighat MS 0 Salkia Friends 1 Aikya 1.
For the book
South African sportsmen and women show ‘worrying’ levels of marijuana use according to the South African Institute for Drug Free Sport. “Marijuana was only placed on the banned substance list in January this year,” Daphne Bradbury, chief executive of the body, said.
