FOOTBALL

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

GROUP STAGE: Group E — GLASGOW, Rangers 2 (Christian Nerlinger 73, Peter Lovenkrands 78) VfB Stuttgart 1 (Kevin Kuranyi 45+2) l MANCHESTER, Manchester United 5 (Mikael Silvestre 13, Quinton Fortune 14, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 33, Nicky Butt 40, Eric Djemba-Djemba 83) Panathinaikos 0 l Group F — BELGRADE, Partizan Belgrade 1 (Andrija Delibasic 54) Porto 1 (Costinha 21) l MADRID, Real Madrid 4 (Roberto Carlos 29, Ronaldo 34, 57, Luis Figo 61pen) Olympique Marseille 2 (Didier Drogba 26, Daniel Van Buyten 83) l Group G — ISTANBUL, Besiktas 0 Lazio 2 (Jaap Stam 37, Stefano Fiore 77) l PRAGUE, Sparta Prague 0 Chelsea 1 (William Gallas 85) l Group H — BRUGES, Club Bruges 1 (Bengt Saeternes 84) Celta Vigo 1 (Juanfran 48) l MILAN, AC Milan 1 (Filippo Inzaghi 67) Ajax Amsterdam 0.

JRD TATA CUP

JAMSHEDPUR, India TFA White 2 (Malswama, Vimal Pariyar) India TFA Blue 1 (Lalampuia).

TENNIS

WTA SHANGHAI OPEN

Round I: Jelena Dokic (5, Yug) bt Jelena Jankovic (Yug) 7-6, 4-4 (Jankovic retired) l Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (Esp) bt Nicole Pratt (Aus) 6-4, 6-3 l Tian Tian Sun (Chn) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 7-5, 2-3 (Garbin retired) l Jill Craybas (US) bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 2-0 (Zheng retired) l Akiko Morigami (Jpn) bt Martina Sucha (Svk) 6-2, 6-3 l Anca Barna (Ger) bt Cho Yoon-jeong (Kor) 6-0, 6-2 l Petra Mandula (Hun) bt Angelique Widjaja (Ina) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 l Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Emilie Loit (7, Fra) 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3 l Barbara Schett (Aut) bt Rossana Neffa-de los Rios (Par) 6-3, 6-1.

round II: Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Dokic 6-1, 6-4 l Alicia Molik (Aut) bt Craybas 6-4, 6-3 l Barna bt Ashley Harkleroad (US) 6-0, 6-4 l Morigami bt Conchita Martinez (Esp) 7-5, 6-0.

For the book

The national accreditation board for testing and calibration laboratories has awarded the iso17025 to the SAI’s dope control centre in new delhi. With this, the lab has completed the basic requirement for seeking accreditation from the international olympic committee.