GOLF
TEXAS MEET
Round III leaders: 199 Sergio Garcia (Spa) l 201 Jerry Kelly (US) l 202 Deane Pappas (RSA), Tiger Woods (US) l 203 Luke Donald (GBR), Briny Baird (US), Duffy Waldorf (US), Dudley Hart (US), Vijai Singh (Fij), Mark O’Meara (US) l 204 Hank Kuehne (US), Chris DiMarco (US), Rod Pampling (Aus), Ted Purdy (US), Scott Verplank (US), Robert Damron (US), Robert Allenby (Aus), Stephen Leaney (Aus), Jonathan Byrd (US).
ASIAN OPEN
SHANGHAI, Final round leaders: 274 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) l 277 Simon Dyson (GBR) l 278 Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) l 279 K J Choi (Kor) l 280 Adam Groom (Aus), Paul McGinley (Irl), Zhang Lian-Wei (Chn) l 281 Unho Park (Aus), Jean-Francois Lucquin (GBR) l 282 Marcus Both (Aus), Gergory Hanrahan (US), Jyoti Randhawa (Ind), Jeev Mikha Singh (Ind).
LPGA MEET
FRANKLIN, Round III leaders: 204 Lorena Ochoa (Mex) l 205 Mi Hyun Kim (Kor), Pat Hurst (US) l 206 Wendy Ward (US) l 207 Stacy Prammanasudh (US) l 209 Dorothy Delasin (US).
BADMINTON
UBER CUP
JAKARTA, final: China 3 South Korea 0 (Gong Ruina bt Jun Jae-Youn 7-11, 11-5, 11-7 l Lee Hyo-Jung/Hwang Yu-Mi bt Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen 15-7, 15-10 l Zhang Ning bt Seo Yoon-Hee 11-1, 13-10 l Gao Ling/Huang Sui bt Lee Kyung-Won/Lee Yun-Hwa 15-6, 15-2).
VOLLEYBALL
WOMEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS
TOKYO, Day 7: Japan, Russia, South Korea and Italy qualified. South Korea bt Puerto Rico 3-0 l Taiwan bt Nigeria 3-0 l Italy bt Thailand 3-0 l Russia bt Japan 3-0.
CRICKET
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Final day: First Division, BRISTOL, Northamptonshire 218 (U. Afzaal 63; J. M. M. Averis 6/32) / 427/7 decl. (M. van Jaarsveld 84, T. Roberts 68, U. Afzaal 64, G. Brophy 58) vs Gloucestershire 474 (C. Spearman 139, A. Gidman 68, T. Hancock 65, Shoaib Malik 63; B. Phillips 5/106) Gloucestershire (12pts) drew with Northamptonshire (6pts) l EDGBASTON, Warwickshire 546 (G. Hogg 158, J. Troughton 77, A. Giles 70, I. Trott 61; M. Bicknell 4/130) / 171/3 (N. Knight 62 n.o.) vs Surrey 302 (J. Batty 92 n.o.) / 414 (M. Butcher 184, G. Thorpe 89, S. Newman 55) Warwickshire (22pts) beat Surrey (5pts) by 7 wkts l Second Division: SOPHIA GARDENS, Glamorgan 435 (M. Elliott 114, A. Wharf 78, M. Maynard 64, D. Hemp 55; G. Napier 4/91) / 335 (M. Maynard 63, M. Powell 61; J. Middlebrook 4/92) vs Essex 437 (A. Habib 157, G. Napier 82, J. Middlebrook 80, D. Harrison 5/99) / 325/9 (N. Hussain 102, A. Flower 66, A. Cook 51; S. Thomas 4/47) Glamorgan (12pts) drew with Essex (12pts) l GRACE ROAD, Leicestershire 223 (J. Sadler 62, O. Gibson 57 n.o., R. Sidebottom 4/52; C. Shreck 4/73) / 430 (D. Robinson 98, J. Sadler 72, J. Snape 66, D. Maddy 53) vs Nottinghamshire 366 (M. Ealham 139, R. Warren 72; O. Gibson 5/98) / 195 (M. Ealham 85, P. Franks 51; O. Gibson 6/43) Leicestershire (18pts) beat Nottinghamshire (7pts) by 92 runs l TAUNTON, Somerset 375 (J. Hildreth 101, K. Dutch 72, J. Cox 66, K. Parsons 55) / 310/5 decl (J. Cox 124, J. Hildreth 72) vs Durham 235 (J. Lewis 65; R. Johnson 7/69) / 453/9 (G. Breese 165 n.o., N. Peng 88; A. Caddick 5/149) Durham (18pts) beat Somerset (7pts) by 1 wkt.
SWIMMING
European Championships
MADRID, finals: Men’s 25 km open water: 1. Yevgeny Kochkarov (Rus) 4:18:00.5 2. David Meca (Spa) 4:18:00.5 3. Petar Stoychev (Bul) 4:18:02.5 l Women’s 200m freestyle: 1. Camelia Potec (Rom) 1:58.20 2. Solenne Figues (Fra) 1:58.30 3. Josefin Lillhage (Swe) 1:59.45 l Men’s 200m backstroke: 1. Markus Rogan (Aut) 1:57.58 2. Razvan Florea (Rom) 1:58.00 3. Simon Dufour (Fra) 1:58.54 l Women’s 200m breaststroke: 1. Mirna Jukic (Aut) 2:27.25 2. Alenka Kejzar (Slv) 2:29.71 3. Elena Bogomazova (Rus) 2:29.77 l Men’s 100m butterfly: 1.Andriy Serdinov (Ukr) 52.31 2. Franck Esposito (Fra) 52.65 3.Nikolai Skvortsov (Rus) 52.75 l Men’s 4x200m freestyle: 1.Italy 7:11.93 2. Russia 7:16.95 3. France 7:19.00.
HOCKEY
four nations meet
Gifu, Men:China 0 India 4 (Arjun Halappa 22, Inderjeet Singhy 31, Girish Pimpale 40, Adam Sinclair 49) l Women: South Korea 3 (Li Mi-Song 25, Kim Song-Un 38, 44) India 0 l China 1 (Zhou Wanfeng 17) Japan 1 (Chiba 6) at half-time with second half postponed until Monday.
CHESS
NATIONAL JUNIOR GIRLS’ MEET
KOZHIKODE, Round 7: Eesha Karvade (Mah) 5 lost to Tania Sachdev (Del) 5.5 l Nabeela Farheen (TN) 5.5 bt Saheli Nath (Ben) 5 l Amrutha Mokal (Mah) 4.5 lost to Kruttika Nadig (Mah) 5.5 l Kiran M Mohanty (Ori) 5.5 bt P Sivasankari (TN) 4.5 l Iswarya Shobana (GLDN) 5 drew with Ramya Krishnan (AP) 5 l N Raghavi (TN) 5 bt Kajri Chokshi (Guj) 4 l Lakshmi Praneetha (CCA) 5 bt Supriya Maji (Ben) 4 l H Soumya (ACA) 4.5 drew with Mary Ann Gomes (GNCA) 4 l Soumya Swaminathan (Mah) 3.5 lost to M Rajadarshini (TN) 4.5 l Nimmi George (Ker) 4.5 bt Rajasurya (ECA) 3.5 l Jennitha Anto (ACA) 4.5 bt C Delphin (MCA) 3.5 l R Shruke (MCA) 4 drew with Dhyani B Dave (Guj) 4.
TENNIS
ATP HAMBURG MASTERS
Semi-finals: Guillermo Coria (2, Arg) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 l Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Lleyton Hewitt (17, Aus) 6-0, 6-4.
WTA ROME MASTERS
Semi-finals: Jennifer Capriati (5, US) bt Serena Williams (1, US) 6-4, 6-4 l Amelie Mauresmo (2, Fra) bt Vera Zvonareva (8, Rus) 6-2, 6-3.
FOOTBALL
PREMIER LEAGUE
Arsenal 2 (Thierry Henry 47pen, Patrick Vieira 66) Leicester City 1 (Paul Dickov 26) l Aston Villa 0 Manchester United 2 (Cristiano Ronaldo 4, Ruud van Nistelrooy 10) l Blackburn Rovers 1 (Andy Cole 24) Birmingham City 1 (Stern John 83) l Bolton Wanderers 0 Fulham 2 (Brian McBride 45, 78) l Charlton Athletic 2 (Jason Euell 36, Carlton Cole 53) Southampton 1 (David Prutton 64) l Chelsea 1 (Jesper Gronkjaer 20) Leeds United 0 l Liverpool 1 (Michael Owen 67) Newcastle United 1 (Shola Ameobi 25) l Manchester City 5 (Paolo Wanchope 16, 30, Nicolas Anelka 41, Antoine Sibierski 89, Shaun Wright-Phillips 90) Everton 1 (Kevin Campbell 60) l Portsmouth 5 (Yakubu Ayegbeni 4, 14pen, 31, 83, Teddy Sheringham 80) Middlesbrough 1 (Boudewijn Zenden 27) ll Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Robbie Keane 34, Jermain Defoe 57).
BUNDESLIGA
Hanover 96 0 VfL Wolfsburg 0 l Schalke 04 4 (Torsten Reuter 2og, Ebbe Sand 24, 67, Sven Vermant 34pen) Kaiserslautern 1 (Halil Altintop 55) l Borussia Dortmund 3 (Ewerthon 15, Dede 45, Jan Koller 83) Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Ivo Ulich 10) l TSV 1860 Munich 1 (Alexander Madlung 82) Hertha Berlin 1 (Rodrigo Costa 6) l Cologne 4 (Lukas Podolski 45pen, 58, Andrew Sinkala 55, Dirk Lottner 88) Hansa Rostock 0 l Werder Bremen 2 (Mladen Krstajic 50, Ailton 53) Bayer Leverkusen 6 (Franca 7, 21, 61, Daniel Bierofka 12, Dimitar Berbatov 65, Oliver Neuville 80) l SC Freiburg 0 Hamburg SV 0 l VfB Stuttgart 3 (Imre Szabics 19, 52, Kevin Kuranyi 54) Bayern Munich 1 (Claudio Pizarro 77) l Eintracht Frankfurt 3 (Christoph Preuss 13, Jurica Puljiz 19, Ioannis Amanatidis 51) VfL Bochum 2 (Vahid Hashemian 30, Dariusz Wosz 49).
PRIMERA LIGA
Deportivo La Coruna 3 (Silvinho 14og, Walter Pandiani 24, Pedro Munitis 26) Celta Vigo 0 l Real Betis 1 (Marcos Assuncao 75) Valladolid 0.
LIGUE 1
Paris St Germain 1 (Pedro Pauleta 6) Olympique Lyon 0 l Monaco 1 (Fernando Morientes 11) Stade Rennes 4 (Alexander Frei 10, Olivier Monterrubio 58pen, Kim Kallstrom 71, 90+5) l AJ Auxerre 2 (Djibril Cisse 1, 13) Nantes 0 l Sochaux 3 (Jeremy Mathieu 37, Santos 88, Pierre-Alain Frau 90+1) Le Mans 0 l RC Lens 2 (Papa Bouba Diop 41, Charles Edouard Coridon 90+1) AC Ajaccio 0 l Lille 2 (Milenko Acimovic 73, Matt Moussilou 90+2) Bastia 0 l Metz 3 (Gregory Proment 55pen, Mehdi Meniri 64, Sebastien Renouard 72) Girondins Bordeaux 1 (Pablo Francia 25) l Toulouse 2 (Fernandao 45+2pen, Eduardo 85) Olympique Marseille 1 (Issou Malia Dao 5og) l En Avant Guingamp 1 (Moumouni Dagano 26) Nice 2 (Sammy Traore 86, Lilian Laslandes 90+5) l Montpellier 1 (Habib Bamogo 53pen) Racing Strasbourg 2 (Abdelilah Fahmi 48, Pascal Camadini 71).
For the book
Finland's Marcus Gronholm moved to the top of the world championship rankings with victory at the Cyprus Rally on Sunday. The Peugeot driver was 54 seconds ahead of Sebastien Loeb of France, clocking 4::58:44 for his first win of the year. Estonia's Markko Martin was third.
