BADMINTON
THOMAS CUP
JAKARTA Denmark bt Japan 5-0 (Peter Gade bt Hidetaka Yamada 15-2, 15-10; Kenneth Jonassen bt Sho Sasaki 15-2, 15-10; Niels Christian Kaldau bt Toru Matsumoto 15-13, 7-15, 15-5; Lars Paaske-Jonas Rasmussen bt Keita Masuda-Tadashi Otsuka 15-12, 15-9; Jens Eriksen-Martin Lundgaard-Hansen bt Nakao Shuichi-Toru Matsumoto 15-3, 15-6) China bt Indonesia 5-0 (Lin Dan bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro 17-16, 15-3; Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng bt Luluk Hadiyanto-Alvent Yulianto 15-9, 15-10; Bao Chunlai bt Taufik Hidayat 15-13, 15-6; Sang Yang-Zheng Bo bt Candra Wijaya-Tri Kusharjanto 15-13, 2-15, 15-11; Xia Xuanze bt Simon Santoso 15-11, 15-4).
Uber Cup
China bt The Netherlands 5-0 (Gong Ruina bt Karina de Wit 13-11, 11-5; Zhou Mi bt Judith Meulendijks 11-5, 10-13, 11-5; Xie Xingfang bt Brenda Beenhakker 11-2, 11-0; Yang Wei-Huang Sui bt Paulien van Dooremalen 15-0, 15-2; Wei Yili-Zhao Tingting bt Karina de Wit-Brenda Beenhakker 15-1, 15-3) Taiwan bt Germany 4-1 (Xu Huaiwen bt Cheng Shao Chieh 11-4, 11-7; Huang Chia Chi bt Juliane Schenk 11-6, 11-1; Huang Chia Hsin bt Nicole Grether 2-11, 11-3, 11-7; Chang Yun Ju-Yang Chia Chen bt Katrin Piotrowski-Juliane Schenk 11-15, 15-9, 15-10; Chien Yu Chin-Cheng Wen Hsing bt Carina Mette-Nicole Grether 15-6, 15-5) South Korea bt Australia 5-0 (Jun Jae Youn bt Lenny Permana 11-7, 11-0; Seo Yoon Hee bt Kellie Lucas 11-2, 11-6; Lee Yun Hwa bt Tania Luiz 11-1, 11-3; Lee Hyo Jug-Hwang Yu Mi bt Kate Wilson-Smith-Jane Crabtree 15-0, 15-4; Lee Kyung Won-Kim Mi Young bt Kellie Lucas-Tania Luiz 15-8, 15-13).
CRICKET
English County Championship
DIVISION I — CANTERBURY: Kent 129 (J. Lewis 5/46). Gloucestershire 127/5. Match abandoned due to rain LORD’S: Lancashire 236 & 401/7 decl (M. Chilton 103, S. Law 91; L. Klusener 4/89). Middlesex 338 & 41/0. Match drawn. NORTHAMPTON: Northamptonshire 400/9 decl & 192/5 decl (D. Sales 72 ..). Sussex 294 & 69/7. Match drawn.
DIVISION II — RIVERSIDE: Durham 339 & 121/8 decl. Essex 265. Match drawn THE ROSE BOWL: Hampshire 419/9 decl & 178/6 decl. Derbyshire 324 & 102/9 (D. Mascarenhas 6/25). Match drawn TRENT BRIDGE: Glamorgan 274 & 73/2. Nottinghamshire 384 (S. Jones 4/98). Match drawn.
TOUR MATCH
WORCESTER Worcestershire 270/9 dec & 318-6 dec (G. Hick 204 ..). New Zealand 379/7 decl & 77/1. Match drawn.
SWIMMING
European championships
MADRID MEN: 400m freestyle — 1. Emiliano Brembilla (Ita) 3:49.14 2. Yuri Prilukov (Rus) 3:49.51 3. Dragos Coman (Rom) 3:49.52 4x100m freestyle — 1. Italy 3:15.66 (Lorenzo Vismara, Christian Galenda, Giacomo Vassanelli, Filippo Magnini) 2. Russia 3:17.00 (Andrey Kapralov, Evgeny Lagunov, Ivan Usov, Denis Pimankov) 3. France 3:18.10 (Amaury Leveaux, Germain Cayette, Julien Sicot, Fabien Gilot) WOMEN: 400m IM — 1. Yana Klochkova (Ukr) 4:38.52 2. Eva Risztov (Hun) 4:40.34 3. Anja Klinar (Slo) 4:46.05 4x100m freestyle — 1. France 3:40.67 (Solenne Figues, Celine Couderc, Aurore Mongel, Malia Metella) 2. The Netherlands 3:41.39 (Chantal Groot, Inge Dekker, Annabel Kosten, Marleen Veldhuis) 3. Sweden 3:43.54 (Johanna Sjoberg, Gabriella Fagundez, Cathrin Carlzon, Josefin Lillhage) Diving: Women’s 10m platform — 1. Tania Cagnotto (Ita) 538.56 points 2. Olena Zhupina (Ukr) 507.45 3. Valentina Marocchi (Ita) 504.93.
TENNIS
ATP HAMBURG MASTERS
ROUND I — Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Vince Spadea (US) 6-0 (Spadea withdrew because of a thigh injury) Luis Horna (Per) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-2, 6-3 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Guillermo Canas (Arg) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (9-7) Irakli Labadze (Geo) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-0, 3-6, 7-6 (7-1) Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) bt Thierry Ascione (Fra) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 Joachim Johansson (Swe) bt Mark Philippoussis (10, Aus) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 Guillermo Coria (2, Arg) bt Nicolas Almagro (Spa) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 Julian Knowle (Aut) bt Robby Ginepri (US) 6-1, 6-3 Albert Portas (Spa) bt Alex Corretja (Spa) 7-5, 6-4 Flavio Saretta (Bra) bt Maximilian Abel (Ger) 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3) Alberto Martin (Spa) bt Hicham Arazi (Mor) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Marat Safin (Rus) bt Sebastien Grosjean (8, Fra) 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha) 6-3, 6-4 Tommy Robredo (16, Spa) bt Antony Dupuis (Fra) 6-2, 6-0 Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Jiri Novak (15, Cze) 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-4 Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita) 6-4, 6-1 Sargis Sargsian (Arm) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 6-2, 6-4.
WTA Rome Masters
Round I — Silvia Farina Elia (10, Ita) bt Barbara Schett (Aut) 6-4, 6-4 Dally Randriantefy (Mad) bt Magdalena Maleeva (15, Bul) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova (9, Rus) bt Alicia Molik (Aus) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 Francesca Schiavone (14, Ita) bt Nicole Pratt (Aus) 6-2, 6-3 Maria Sanchez-Lorenzo (Spa) bt Sandrine Testud (Fra) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Vera Douchevina (Rus) bt Cara Black (Zim) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 Samantha Reeves (US) bt Lisa Raymond (US) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) 6-4, 7-5 Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Mara Santangelo (Ita) 6-3, 6-2 Elena Bovina (Rus) bt Tina Pisnik (Slo) 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 Tatiana Golovin (Fra) bt Jill Craybas (US) 6-4, 6-2 Marta Marrero (Spa) bt Tatiana Panova (Rus) 6-1, 7-6 (7-3).
VOLLEYBALL
Olympic qualifiers (women)
TOKYO Thailand bt Taiwan 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-20) South Korea bt Russia 3-2 (15-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-22, 15-13) Italy bt Purto Rico 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-16) Japan bt Nigeria 3-0 (25-10, 25-9, 25-19).
For the book
Orvar Bergmark, 73, who played for Sweden in 1958 World Cup football final, died on Monday after battling with Parkinson’s disease. The Swedish defender was selected in a world team drawn from that tournament, which Brazil had won 5-2. He also coached his national team from 1966 to 1970.
