CRICKET
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
DIVISION I: Gloucester — Middlesex 333/6 (L Klusener 62 n.o., P Weekes 50) v Gloucestershire l Old Trafford — Sussex 458/9 (C Adams 145 n.o., I. Ward 84, M. Goodwin 83, M Prior 61) v Lancashire l Edgbaston — Northamptonshire 329 (B Phillips 90, H. Streak 7/80) v Warwickshire 13/0 l New Road — Worcestershire 356/7 (S Peters 123, V. Solanki 107, B Smith 65) v Kent l DIVISION II: Chelmsford — Hampshire 306/7 (J. Crawley 97, M. Clarke 69, N. Pothas 54 n.o., Danish Kaneria 4/91) v Essex l Sophia Gardens — Glamorgan 333 (M. Maynard 114, O. Gibson 5/80) v Leicestershire 46/3 l Bath — Somerset 318/5 (N. Edwards 87, J. Hildreth 60, I. Blackwell 55 n.o., P. Franks 5/59) v Nottinghamshire l Riverside — Yorkshire 331 (A. McGrath 126, M. Wood 55, Shoaib Akhtar 4/64) & 156/4 (M. Wood 71, P. Jaques 53) v Durham 150 (R. Dawson 5/40)
TENNIS
ATP QUEEN’S CLUB MEET
LONDON, Round II: Paradorn Srichaphan (7, Tha) bt Wesley Moodie (RSA) 6-3, 6-2 l Ivo Karlovic (14, Cro) bt Thomas Enqvist (16, Swe) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 l Mario Ancic (Cro) bt Todd Martin (US) 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-2 l Karol Beck (Svk) bt Tim Henman (4, GBR) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) l Lu Yen-Hsun (Tai) bt Guillermo Coria (2, Arg) 6-2, 6-4 l Radek Stepanek (15, Cze) bt Davide Sanguinetti (Ita) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 l Jonathan Marray (GBR) bt Jamie Delgado (GBR) 6-4, 6-3 l Antony Dupuis (Fra) bt Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 l Lleyton Hewitt (6, Aus) bt Marc Lopez (Esp) 6-3, 6-2 l Sebastien Grosjean (5, Fra) bt Todd Reid (Aus) 6-3, 6-1 l Ian Flanagan (GBR) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 l Lee Hyung-taik (Kor) bt Robby Ginepri (12, US) 6-3, 6-2.
WTA BIRMINGHAM CLASSIC
LONDON, Round II: Shinobu Asagoe (Jap) bt Nadia Petrova (1, Rus) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 l Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (16, Esp) bt Anne Keothavong (GBR) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 l Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Nathalie Dechy (6, Fra) 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5) l Tatiana Golovin (Fra) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 6-0, 3-1, retired l Akiko Morigami (Jap) bt Eleni Daniilidou (7, Gre) 2-6, 6-2, 2-0, retired l Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Milagros Sequera (Ven) 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) l Shenay Perry (US) bt Jelena Dokic (5, Yug) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) l Emilie Loit (9, Fra) bt Cara Black (Zim) 6-1, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 l Jelena Jankovic (Yug) bt Virginia Ruano Pascual (Esp) 6-1, 6-0 l Saori Obata (Jap) bt Kelly McCain (US) 7-5, 7-5 l Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Jill Craybas (US) 6-1, 7-5 l Magdalena Maleeva (4, Bul) bt Anca Barna (Ger) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
ATP HALLE OPEN
Round II: Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Kenneth Carlsen (Den) 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-4 l Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-2, 6-1 l Arnaud Clement (Fra) bt Alexander Popp (Ger) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 l Jiri Novak (3, Cze) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Sui) 6-3, 6-1 l Rainer Schuettler (2, Ger) bt Joachim Johansson (Swe) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 l Fernando Verdasco (Esp) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-3, 6-4.
FOOTBALL
WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS (ASIAN ZONE)
GROUP I: Tehran — Iran 0 Jordan 1 (Haitham Al-Shboul 83) l Doha — Qatar 5 (M. Mubarak 17, 37, W. Jassim 68, 87, S. Bashir 89) Laos 0 l GROUP II: Tashkent — Uzbekistan 3 (Bahtiyr Ashurmatov 7, Vladimir Shishelov 41, Server Djeparov 88-penalty) Palestine 0 l Amman — Iraq 6 (R. Mossa 2, 13, H. Naji 17, A. Abbas 50, 86, J. Fayadh 59) Taiwan 1 (W. Huang 57) l GROUP III: Muscat — Oman 7 (B. Mubarak 9, 44, 65, 86, K. Ayil 25, 53, A. Hadid 39)
Singapore 0 l GROUP IV: Kuwait City — Kuwait 4 (H. Seraj 12, B. Al-Mutwa 37, M. Al-Enezi 45, K. Al-Mutairi 75) Hong Kong 0 l GROUP V: Bangkok — Thailand 1 (Kiatisuk 51) North Korea 4 (Kim 44, 71, Sin 55, Hong 67) l Al Ain City — United Arab Emirates 3 (Rashid Abdul Rahman 24, Mohammed Omar 27, 73) Yemen 0 l GROUP VI: Muharraq — Bahrain 5 (A. Hubail 13, 44, 60, H. Hasan 66, N. Duaij 82) Kyrgyzstan 0 l Homs — Syria 3 (M. Sayed 1, J. Alhoussain 25, R. Rafe 33) Tajikistan 1 (A. Kholmatov 68). GROUP VII: Beirut — Lebanon 3 (H.Zein 32-penalty, R. Antar 86, A. Naserreddine 90) Maldives 0 l Group VIII: Jakarta — Indonesia 1 (Aiboy 30) Sri Lanka 0 l Riyadh — Saudi Arabia 3 (T.Al Meshal 27, 45, M.Hawsawi 32) Turkmenistan 0
For the book
English Premiership side Bolton will sign Birmingham’s Senegalese midfielder Aliou Cisse. Cisse has already passed a medical test at the club and is awaiting the formalities.
