FOOTBALL

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES

BUCHAREST: Romania 5 (Mihaita Plesan 22, Razvan Rat 24, Ionel Danciulescu 36, 42, Gabriel Caramarin 87) Germany 1 (Philipp Lahm 89) l WASHINGTON D.C.: Colombia 2 (Luis Rey 52, Frankie Oviedo 61) El Salvador 0 l MIAMI: Honduras 1 (Carlos Alberto Pavon 32) Ecuador 1 (Evelio Ordonez 82) l ANTOFAGASTA: Chile 1 (Luis Fuentes 56) Peru 1 (Israel Zuniga 90) l INCHON: South Korea 0 Paraguay 0 l ALMATY: Kazakhstan 2 (Andrei Karpovich 55, Yevgeny Lunyov 77) Azerbaijan 3 (Nadir Nabiyev 31, Emin Guliyev 57, Rashad Sadygov 80) l YEREVAN: Armenia 1 (Ara Akopyan 68) Turkmenistan 0 l PRAGUE: Czech Republic 0 Japan 1 (Tatsuhiko Kubo 32) l TEL AVIV: Israel 1 (Alexandru Covalenco 32og) Moldova 1 (Serghei Rogaciov 69) l SOFIA: Bulgaria 3 (Dimitar Berbatov 7, 54pen, Zdravko Lazarov 56) Cameroon 0 l BYDGOSZCZ: Poland 0 Ireland 0 l MINSK: Belarus 1 (Gennady Bliznyuk 76) Lithuania 0 l KIEV: Ukraine 1 (Oleg Venglinsky 13) Slovakia 1 (Stanislav Varga 65) l RIGA: Latvia 0 Iceland 0 l CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE: Algeria 0 China 1 (Xia Zahn Bo 26) l OSLO: Norway 3 (Martin Andresen 25, Sigurd Rushfeldt 43, Jan Gunnar Solli 62) Russia 2 (Vladislav Radimov 85, Dmitry Kirichenko 90) l ZENICA: Bosnia 1 (Zvjezdan Misimovic 88) Finland 0 l BRUSSELS: Belgium 2 (Wesley Sonck 33, Gregory Dufer 85) Turkey 3 (Yildiray Basturk 42, Seyhan Tolga 68, Gokdeniz Karadeniz 90) l COPENHAGEN: Denmark 1 (Ebbe Sand 61) Scotland 0 l SKOPJE: Macedonia 0 Croatia 1 (Ivan Klasnic 34) l TALLINN: Estonia 1 (Kristen Viikmae 80)Albania 1 (Adrian Aliaj 51) l TUNIS: Tunisia 1 (Mohamed Jedidi 56) Mali 0 l GENEVA: Switzerland 2 (Fabio Celestini 66, Hakan Yakin 85) Slovenia 1 (Zlatko Zahovic 45+1) l BUDAPEST: Hungary 1 (Sandor Torghelle 57) Brazil 4 (Kaka 33, Luis Fabiano 36, 45, Ronaldinho 75) l EINDHOVEN: Netherlands 4 (Roy Makaay 50, Boudewijn Zenden 58, John Heitinga 61, Pierre van Hooijdonk 89) Greece 0 l INNSBRUCK: Austria 4 (Roland Kirchler 5, Markus Kiesenebner 9, Mario Haas 85, Roland Kollmann 89) Luxembourg 1 (Daniel Huss 63) l AIX-Les-BAINS: Guinea 2 (Pascal Feindouno 12, Fadouba Oulare 39) Ivory Coast 4 (Didier Drogba 8, Kolo Toure 32, Bonaventure Kalou 45, Dagui Bakari 68) l SERRAVALLE: San Marino 1 (Andy Selva 5) Liechtenstein 0 l BELFAST: Northern Ireland 1 (James Quinn 18) Serbia & Montenegro 1 (Veljko Paunovic 7) l ACCRA: Ghana 1 (Ablade Morgan 90) Angola 1 (Fofana 55) l GENOA: Italy 1 (Christian Vieri 56) Spain 1 (Fernando Torres 53) l WINDHOEK: Namibia 0 Botswana 0 l COIMBRA: Portugal 2 (Pauleta 33, Nuno Gomes 90+2) Sweden 2 (Kim Kallstrom 17, Rui Jorge 85og) l CASABLANCA: Morocco 0 Argentina 1 (Kily Gonzalez 52).

SNOOKER

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

SHEFFIELD, quarter finals: Graham Dott (Sco) bt David Gray (Eng) 13-7 l Matthew Stevens (Wal) bt Joe Perry (Eng) 13-10 l Stephen Hendry (Sco) bt Ian McCulloch (Eng) 13-3 l Ronnie O’Sullivan (Eng) bt Anthony Hamilton (Eng) 13-3.

TENNIS

WTA WARSAW CUP

Round I: Patty Schnyder (7, Sui) bt Elena Tatarkova (Ukr) 6-3, 6-4 l Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 6-2, 6-2 l Lenka Nemeckova (Cze) bt Henrieta Nagyova (Svk) 6-3, 6-2 l Magdalena Maleeva (Bul) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 6-3, 6-1 l Silvia Farina Elia (6, Ita) bt Denisa Chladkova (Cze) 6-4, 6-1 l Francesca Schiavone (9, Ita) bt Tina Pisnik (Slv) 6-3, 6-0.

ATP MUNICH OPEN

Round II: Alexander Waske (Ger) bt Vincent Spadea (5, US) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) ll Michel Kratochvil (Sui) bt Sargis Sargsian (Arm) 6-2, 6-4 l Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 l Martin Verkerk (4, Ned) bt Boris Pashanski (Ser) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4) l Round I: Luis Horna (Per) bt Olivier Mutis (Fra) 6-4, 6-1.

ATP BARCELONA OPEN

Round II: Alberto Martin (Spa) bt Nicolas Massu (4, Chi) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 l Gaston Gaudio (13, Arg) bt Alexander Popp (Ger) 6-0, 7-6 (7-4) l Fernando Gonzalez (5, Chi) bt Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) 7-6 (7-1), 6-0 l Guillermo Canas (Arg) bt Mario Ancic (Cro) 6-4, 6-4 l Carlos Moya (2, Spa) bt Daniel Elsner (Ger) 6-4, 6-2 l Olivier Patience (Fra) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (9, Arg) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 l Marc Lopez (Spa) bt Felix Mantilla (15, Spa) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) l David Nalbandian (3, Arg) bt Todd Martin (US) 6-2, 6-4 l Feliciano Lopez (10, Spa) bt David Sanchez (Spa) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 l Mariano Zabaleta (16, Arg) bt Fernando Vicente (Spa) 6-0, 6-3 l Kristof Vliegen (Bel) bt Flavio Saretta (17, Bra) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 l Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Peter Luczak (Aus) 5-1 (retd).

WTA BUDAPEST MEET

Round I: Tatiana Garbin (Ita) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 l Arantxa Parra (Spa) bt Klara Koukalova (Cze) 6-3, 6-1 l Round II: Flavia Penetta (Ita) bt Barbara Schett (5, Aut) 6-2, 6-1 l Jelena Jankovic (8, Sem) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7/5) l Ludmila Cervanova (Svk) bt Marion Bartoli (Fra) 7-6 (7/4), 7-5.

GOLF

BEIJING MEET

Round I leaders: 66 Ross Bain (Sco) l 67 Adam Groom (Aus), Richard Moir (Aus) l 68 Phillip Price (Wal), Zhang Lian-wei (Chn), Simon Yates (Sco), Keith Horne (RSA) l 69 Rahil Gangjee (Ind), Rick Gibson (Can), Marcus Both (Aus), Chris Williams (RSA), Jason Knutzon (US), Gary Rusnak (US), Chawalit Plaphol (Tha), P. Gunasegaran (Mas) l 70 Greg Hanrahan (US), Kyi Hla Han (Mya), Anthony Kang (US), Kang Wook-soon (Kor), Mardan Mamat (Sin), Carito Villaroman (Phi), Olle Nordberg (Swe), Kim Felton (Aus), Sushi Ishigaki (Jpn), Mo Joong-kyung (Kor), David Hearn (Can), Akinori Tani (Jpn) l 71 Boonchu Ruangkit (Tha), Nick Faldo (GBR), Alistair Presnell (Aus).

HOCKEY

Junior asia cup

Final: India 5 (Tushar Kkhandekar 3, Sandeep Singh 2) Pakistan 2 (Tariq Aziz, Imran Warsi) l Third-place playoff: South Korea 2 Malaysia 1.

For the book

South Africa have sent Nelson Mandela to Trinidad on Thursday to promote their 2010 World Cup bid. The main bidders are Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Africa, and Tunisia with Fifa announcing the winners on May 15.