TENNIS
ROME ATP MASTERS MEET
Round I: Tommy Robredo (Esp) bt Mark Philippoussis (Aus, 9) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 l Marat Safin (Rus) bt Stefano Pescosolido (Ita) 6-4, 6-3 l Irakli Labadze (Geo) bt Gaston Gaudio (Arg) 6-3, 6-2 l Guillermo Canas (Arg) bt Andy Roddick (US, 2) 7-6 (9-7), 6-1 l Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Sargis Sargsian (Arm) 6-2, 6-2 l Sebastien Grosjean (Fra, 7) bt Feliciano Lopez (Esp) 7-5, 6-2 l Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut) 6-2, 6-4 l Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3) l Hicham Arazi (Mor) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spa) 6-1, 6-3 l Nicolas Massu (Chi, 8) bt Massimo Dell’Acqua (Ita) 6-7 (11-13), 7-5, 6-3 l Martin Verkerk (Holl, 14) bt Todd Martin (USA) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 l Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 6-4, 0-6, 6-0 l Felix Mantilla (Spa) bt Robby Genepri (USA) 5-7, 7-5, 6-0 l Luis Horna (Per) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6) l Roger Federer (Swi, 1) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 l Jiri Novak (Cze, 12) bt James Blake (US) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
WTA BERLIN MEET
Round I: Meghann Shaughnessy (US) bt Jelena Dokic (Yug, 15) 6-0, 6-3 l Vera Zvonareva (Rus, 9) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) 6-3, 6-4 l Petra Mandula (Hun) bt Julia Vakulenko (Ukr) 6-3, 6-3 l Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) bt Sandrine Testud (Fra) 7-5, 6-1 l Barbara Schett (Aut) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 6-3, 6-3 l Maria Sharapova (Rus, 17) bt Dinara Safina (Rus) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 l Patty Schnyder (Sui, 13) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 6-2, 6-2 l Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt Michaela Pastikova (Cze) 6-4, 6-3 l Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus, 10) bt Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian (Sui) 6-3, 6-1 l Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Barbora Strycova (Cze) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) l Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) 6-4, 6-2 l Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) bt Tatiana Golovin (Fra) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 l Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) bt Mary Pierce (Fra) 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).
Round II: Jennifer Capriati (US, 6) bt Julia Schruff (Ger) 6-3, 6-1 l Nadia Petrova (Rus, 5) bt Anca Barna (Ger) 6-4, 6-3.
FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
La Coruna, Semi-final: Deportivo Coruna 0 Porto 1 (Derlei Silva, 60-pen)
ASIAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Group C: Sharjah (UAE) 3 Al Shorta (Iraq) 2 l Group D: Sepahan (Iran) 3 Neftchi (Uzbekistan) 1 l Al Arabi (Kuwait) 0 Al Ittihad (Saudi Arabia) 0 l Group F: Dalian Shide (China) 3 Krung Thai Bank (Thailand) 1.
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Portsmouth 1 (Aiyegbeni Yakubu, 30) Arsenal 1 (Jose Antonio Reyes, 50)
AFC CUP
CALCUTTA: Geylang United 1 (Daniel Hill, 32) East Bengal 1 (Mike Okoro, 77).
SOUTH AMERICAN LIBERTADORES CUP
Round II, First Leg:
San Cristobal: Deportivo Tachira (Venezuela) 3 (Alexander Rondon 3, Emerson Panigutti 41-pen, Guillermo Beraza 66) Nacional (Uruguay) 0.
Lima: Boca Juniors (Argentina) 3 (Carlos Tevez 31, Jose Maria Calvo 81, Guillermo Barros Schelotto 90) Sporting Cristal (Peru) 2 (Luis Bonnet 41, Henry Quinteros 45+1).
For the book
Jason Leonard, the most capped player in Rugby Union history and one of the heroes of England’s World Cup victory last year, will retire from the sport at the end of this season.
