CRICKET
New Zealand in England, Tour Match
GRACE ROAD: (Day I of Four-dayer): New Zealand (first innings) 326/7 (.Astle 93, B.McCullum 65, S.Fleming 56) vs Leicestershire.
English County Championship
Division I (Day IV): OLD TRAFFORD: Middlesex 382 (S. Koenig 171, D. Nash 81 ..) & 129/2 (. Shah 67 ..). Lancashire 417 (M. Loye 98, M. Chilton 93, Sutcliffe 59). Match drawn. THE OVAL: Surrey 479 (M. Ramprakash 157, J. Batty 129, A. Brown 79) & 174/3 (M. Ramprakash 91 ..). Kent 239 (R. Key 86; Azhar Mahmood 4/56) & 413 (R. Key 199, M. Carberry 61; M Bicknell 5/128). Surrey won by 7 wkts. HOVE: Northamptonshire 570 (G. Brophy 181, D. Sales 171, U. Afzaal 69, B. Phillips 58; R. Martin-Jenkins 5/96). Sussex 406 (C. Adams 200, R. Montgomerie 82; B. Phillips 4/103) & 271/5 (I. Ward 107 .., M. Prior 70). Match drawn. Division II: DERBY: Glamorgan 474 (M. Wallace 87, M. Elliott 77, M. Powell 56) & 259/8 dec (D. Hemp 102 ..; G. Welch 5/100). Derbyshire 392 (S. Stubbings 96, Hassan Adnan 95, C. Bassano 64) & 213 (Hassan Adnan 55). Glamorgan won by 128 runs. TRENT BRIDGE: Durham 300 (J. Lewis 77, G. Muchall 60; S. MacGill 6/81) & 315 (G. Pratt 71, P. Collingwood 68; P. Franks 5/41). Nottinghamshire 325 (D. Hussey 166 ..; M. Davies 6/78). & 294/7 (C. Read 108 .., J. Gallian 50). Nottinghamshire won by 3 wkts. TAUNTON: Essex 400/9 dec (J. Middlebrook 115, W. Jefferson 95, G. Napier 79; A. Caddick 6/80) & 413 (A. Flower 172, J. Foster 104 ..; . McLean 5/87). Somerset 339 (J. Cox 86, R. Johnson 58; A. Caddick 54). & 271/6 (P. Bowler 138 ..) Match drawn.
FOOTBALL
International Friendlies
MONTPELLIER: France 4 (Sylvain Wiltord 45, 55, Louis Saha 68, Steve Marlet 74) Andorra 0 TAMPERE: Finland 1 (Jari Litmanen 9pen) Sweden 3 (Anders Andersson 30, Marcus Allback 45, 82) BAKU: Azerbaijan 3 (Gurban Gurbanov 31, Ilgar Gurbanov 64, Emin Guliyev 75) Uzbekistan 1 (Zeinaddin Tadjiyev 45).
EUROPEAN UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP
Group B: MAINZ: Germany 2 (Benjamin Auer 21, Thomas Hitzlsperger 63) Switzerland 1 (David Degen 75) MANNHEIM: Sweden 3 (Johan Elmander 40, 51, Stefan Ishizaki 70) Portugal 1 (Hugo Almeida 28)
GOLF
MEMPHIS Classic
ROUND II: 130 David Toms (US) 67-63 131 Vaughn Taylor (US) 66-65 135 Ben Crane (US) 70-65 136 Ted Purdy (US) 72-64, Paul Stankowski (US) 67-69, John Daly (US) 71-65, Tim Herron (US) 72-64 137 Tripp Isenhour (US) 70-67, Hirofumi Miyase (Jpn) 68-69, Stephen Allan (Aus) 70-67, Brian Gay (US) 71-66, Rich Beem 73-64 148 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 78-70 (Failed to qualify).
CORNING LPGA CLASSIC
ROUND II: 131 Michelle Estill (US) 67-64 132 Annika Sorenstam (Swe) 65-67 136 Carin Koch (Swe) 68-68 137 Mhairi McKay (GBR) 71-66, Sherri Steinhauer (US) 67-70, Natalie Gulbis (US) 66-71, Laura Diaz (US) 69-68, Liselotte Neumann (Swe) 65-72, Denise Killeen (US) 69-68 138 Nadina Taylor (Aus) 71-67, Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (US) 68-70, Rachel Teske (Aus) 70-68, Kelli Kuehne (US) 68-70, Michelle Ellis (Aus) 70-68, Gloria Park (Kor) 71-67.
WENTWORTH PGA MEET
ROUND II: 133 Justin Rose (GBR) 67-66 135 Phillip Price (GBR) 70-65, Darren Clarke (GBR) 68-67, Ernie Els (RSA), Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 68-67 136 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 67-69, Ian Poulter (GBR) 68-68, Anders Hansen (Den) 67-69, Marcel Siem (Ger) 69-67, Stephen Dodd (GBR) 65-71 137 Darren Fichardt (RSA) 68-69, Scott Drummond (GBR) 66-71, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 138 Christopher Hanell (GBR) 65-73, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72-66, Thomas Levet (Fra) 72-66 139 Miguel Angel Jiminez (Esp) 65-74, Vijai Singh (Fij) 66-73, Nick Faldo (GBR) 70-69, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 67-72.
VOLLEYBALL
OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS
TOKYO: Iran bt Algeria 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-13) Canada bt South Korea 3-1 (25-21, 21-25, 25-22, 25-18) Australia bt China 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-19) France bt Japan 3-2 (25-23, 21-25, 25-18, 21-25, 15-12).
For the book
World indoor 200m champion Anastasiya Kapachinskaya has been banned for two-years after failing a drugs test, Russia's athletics head said on Saturday. The 25-year-old Russian tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.
