CRICKET
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
(At close on Day II)
Division I: At Gloucester: Middlesex 383 (L. Klusener 63, P. Weekes 50; Shabbir Ahmed 4/96). Gloucestershire 353/2 (C. Spearman 208 n.o., W. Weston 85). l At Old Trafford: Sussex 470 (C. Adams 150 n.o., I. Ward 84, M. Goodwin 83, M. Prior 61). Lancashire 214 (S. Mahmood 94) and 148/4. lAt Edgbaston: Northamptonshire 329 (B Phillips 90; H Streak 7/80). Warwickshire 334/5 (N. Knight 100, M. Wagh 92, J. Troughton 54). lAt New Road: Worcestershire 453 (S. Peters 123, V. Solanki 107, B. Smith 65). Kent 347/6 (A. Symonds 103, M. Walker 62, A. Loudon 59). lDivision II: At Chelmsford: Hampshire 353 (J. Crawley 97, M. Clarke 69, N. Pothas 57; D. Gough 5/57, Danish Kaneria 4/108) and 81/5. Essex 158 (C. Tremlett 4/29). lAt Sophia Gardens: Glamorgan 333 (M. Maynard 114; O. Gibson 5/80) and 157-5. Leicestershire 255 (D. Maddy 145). lAt Bath: Somerset 399 (N. Edwards 87, I. Blackwell 78, J. Hildreth 60; P. Franks 7/72). Nottinghamshire 266/4 (D. Bicknell 145 n.o., A Singh 55). lAt Riverside (at close on Day III): Yorkshire 331 (A. McGrath 126, M. Wood 55; Shoaib Akhtar 4/64) and 353/9 decl. (D. Lehmann 120, M. Wood 71, P. Jaques 53). lDurham 150 (R. Dawson 5/40) and 214 (P. Collingwood 65, M. North 59; R. Dawson 4/75). Yorkshire won by 320 runs.
GOLF
LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Wilmington: Round I: 66 Jennifer Rosales (Phil) 67 Karen Stupples (GBR), Gloria Park (Kor), Chiharu Yamaguchi (Jap). 68 Annika Sorenstam (Swe), Grace Park (Kor), Moira Dunn (US) l69 Kim Saiki (US), Jeon Seol-An (Kor), Meg Mallon (US), Pak Se Ri (Kor), Moon Soo-Young (Kor), Angela Stanford (US), Kang Soo-Yun (Kor), Cristie Kerr (US), Sherri Steinhauer (US), Pat Hurst (US), Ahn Shi Hyun (Kor), Carin Koch (Swe) l70 Giulia Sergas (Ita), Diana D’Alessio (US), Heather Daly-Donofrio (US), Catriona Matthew (GBR), Kirsti Albers (US), Kim Young (Kor), Juli Inkster, Beth Daniel (US), Han Hee-Won (Kor), Reilley Rankin (US), Shani Waugh (Aus) l71 Jenna Daniels (US), Laura Davies (GBR), Kelly Robbins (US), Song Aree (Kor), Lorena Ochoa (Mex), Michelle McGann (US), Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (Fra), Jang Jeong (Kor), Kim Ju (Kor), Clarissa Childs (US), Stephanie Louden (US).
BUICK CLASSIC
New York: Round I: 63 Vijai Singh (Fij) l 64 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) l66 David Frost (SA) l67 Fred Couples (US), Luke Donald (GBR), Jonathan Byrd (US), Loren Roberts (US), Peter Lonard (Aus), Kris Cox (US), Dudley Hart (US), Robert Damron (US), Roger Tambellini (US) l68 David Toms (US), Brad Faxon (US), Joey Sindelar (US), Davis Love III (US), Cameron Beckman (US), Carlos Franco (Par), Tim Clark (SA), Padraig Harrington (Ire), Bo Van Pelt (US), Skip Kendall (US), Kevin Sutherland (US), Ernie Els (SA), Billy Mayfair (US), J.J. Henry (US), Scott Hend (Aus) l69 Niclas Fasth (Swe), Stuart Appleby (Aus), Jose Coceres (Arg), Rory Sabbatini (SA), Richard Johnson (Swe), Robert Allenby (Aus), Daniel Chopra (Swe), David Morland IV (Can).
DIAGEO CHAMPIONSHIP
Scotland: ROUND I: 67 Nick O’Hern (Aus), Miles Tunnicliff (GBR)l68 Paul McGinley (Ire), Luna Santiago (Spa) l69 Richard Green (Aus), Graeme McDowell (GBR), Patrik Sjoland (Swe) l70 Peter Baker (GBR), Matthew Blackey (GBR), Russell Claydon (GBR), Chris Kelly (GBR), Gordon Law (GBR), Gary Murphy (Ire), Carlos Rodiles (Spa), Mark Roe (GBR), Brett Rumford (Aus), Sven Struver (Ger), Craig Williams (GBR) l71 Ian Garbutt (GBR), Mark King (GBR), Euan Little (GBR), David Lynn (GBR), Colin Montgomerie (GBR), Mattias Nilsson (Swe), Peter O’Malley (Aus), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Paul Streeter (GBR), Philip Walton (Ire).
TENNIS
ATP QUEEN’S CLUB MEET
London: Round III: Paradorn Srichaphan (7, Tha) bt Antony Dupuis (Fra) 6-3, 7-5 l Lee Hyung-taik (Kor) bt Sjeng Schalken (8, Holl) 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 l Lleyton Hewitt (6, Aus) bt Jonny Marray (GBR) 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (10-8) l Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Olivier Patience (Fra) 6-4, 7-5 l Andy Roddick (1, US) bt Mario Ancic (Cro) 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-4 l Karol Beck (Svk) bt Ivo Karlovic (14, Cro) 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 l Sebastien Grosjean (5, Fra) bt Ian Flanagan (GBR) 6-2, 6-0 l Radek Stepanek (15, Cze) bt Lu Yen-Hsun (Tai) 6-2, 6-4.
ATP HALLE OPEN
Round II: Mardy Fish (6, US) bt Sargis Sargsian (Arm) 6-4, 6-3 l Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 l Rainer Schuettler (2, Ger) bt Joachim Johansson (Swe) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 l Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-3, 6-4.
WTA BIRMINGHAM CLASSIC
London: Round III: Patty Schnyder (2, Swi) bt Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (Spa) 6-4, 6-3 l Anne Kremer (Lux) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3) l Tatiana Golovin (Fra) bt Shinobu Asagoe (Jap) 6-4, 6-0 l Alicia Molik (8, Aus) bt Jelena Jankovic (SEM) 6-3, 6-2 l Maria Sharapova (3, Rus) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus) 6-4, 6-3 l Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt 4-Magdalena Maleeva (Bul) 0-6, 6-4, 6-2 l Emilie Loit (9, Fra) bt Akiko Morigami (Jap) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) l Saori Obata (Jap) bt Shenay Perry (US) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1.
For the book
The ATP has issued two-year bans to Brazilian Pedro Braga and Slovakian David Seebok for testing positive for banned substances. In a release, the ATP said Braga, ranked 453rd, tested positive in February while Sebok, ranked 1,090th, tested positive in May 2003.
