KEY POINTS:
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Boston 4 Kansas City 0, NY Yankees 6 Toronto 4, Chicago White Sox 11 Cleveland 10, Cincinnati 10 Atlanta 3, St Louis 5 Florida 3, Washington 4 Houston 3, Chicago Cubs 3 San Francisco 2, Colorado 10 Pittsburgh 8, Milwaukee 4 Arizona 3, Texas 4 Oakland 1, Seattle 4 Baltimore 2, San Diego 5 NY Mets 1, LA Dodgers 10 Philadelphia 3.
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CRICKET
TWENTY/20
(Caloundra)
South Africa Emerging Players 165-6 (A. Peterson 59; W. McSkimming 3-35) lost to New Zealand A 168-7 (G. Hopkins 51) by three wickets.
ENGLISH COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
(Fourth day of four)
Division One
At Edgbaston: Yorkshire 400-9 dec (A. McGrath 188no, J. Rudolph 82, N. Tahir 4-93) v Warwickshire 254-2 dec (D. Maddy 135no, I. Bell 65, I. Westwood 51). Warwickshire (9pts) drew with Yorkshire (9pts).
Division Two
At Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire 400-8 dec (D. Hussey 180, M. Wagh 74, C. Read 52) v Gloucestershire 0-0 dec. Nottinghamshire (9pts) drew with Gloucestershire (6pts).
At Taunton: Northamptonshire 221 (S. Crook 60) and 358 (L. Klusener 122, A. Wakely 66, A. Caddick 4-113) v Somerset 459 (M. Trescothick 146, N. Edwards 96, J. Langer 83, J. Hildreth 51, J. van der Wath 4-91) and 124-1 (M. Trescothick 69no). Somerset (22pts) bt Northamptonshire (4pts) by 9 wkts.
NATWEST Pro40
Division Two
At Derby: Glamorgan 165 v Derbyshire 109-3. Derbyshire bt Glamorgan by 7 wkts (D/L Method).
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GOLF
WORLD RANKINGS
US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets: T. Woods 19.41 average points 1 (1), P. Mickelson 9.08 2 (3), J. Furyk 8.57 3 (2), E. Els (South Africa) 6.92 4 (5), A. Scott (Australia) 6.71 5 (4), V. Singh (Fiji) 6.08 6 (6), H. Stenson (Sweden) 5.77 7 (7), G. Ogilvy (Australia) 5.49 8 (8), L. Donald (Britain) 5.37 9 (9), P. Harrington (Ireland) 4.83 10 (10), R. Goosen (South Africa) 4.78 11 (11), KJ Choi (South Korea) 4.74 12 (13), S. Garcia (Spain) 4.68 13 (12), R. Sabbatini (South Africa) 4.64 14 (14), Z. Johnson 4.54 15 (15), S. Stricker 4.46 16 (16), A. Cabrera (Argentina) 4.34 17 (18), P. Casey (Britain) 4.25 18 (17), T. Immelman (South Africa) 4.12 19 (19), N. Fasth (Sweden) 4 20 (20).
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INDOOR BOWLS
LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP FOURS
(New Lynn)
Semifinals: P. Cohen, I. Topliss, R. Stephenson, B. Webber (Olympic) 11 A. Thomas, B. Murphy, B. Marshall, P. Vine (Portage) 3, M. Stipich, H. Robinson, M. Anderson, E. Reece (Mangere Central) 11, H. Ashley, K. Colpus, Z. Adams, B. Loudon (Manurewa Cos) 5.
Final:P. Cohen (Olympic) 10 M. Stipich (Mangere Central) 4.
MENS CHAMPIONSHIP FOURS
Semifinals: T. Sawyer, R. Mills, G. Paice, D. Madden (Manurewa Cos) 12, M. Keeseing, C. Toft, I. Price, F. Webster (Mangere Bridge) 7, G. Burnand, P. Wright, P. Morrison, G. Taiaroa (Te Atatu) 14, L. Smith, T. Pinchen, S. Horneman, P. Ryan (Portage) 3.
Final:S. Burnand (Te Atatu) 13 T. Sawyer (Manurewa Cos) 4.
WESTERN INTERCLUB
St Dominic's 15 1, Olympic 14 2, Suburbs Rugby 11 3, St Francis 10 4.
NORTH HARBOUR JUNIOR CHAMP SINGLES
Final: (2 Life)K. Peters bt J. Sobey 9-7, Peters Bt Sobey 10-9.
NORTH HARBOUR VETERAN PAIRS
Semifinal: G. Sergeant/G. West bt P. Edwards/H. Smale 9-6, D. Button/W. Spencer bt D. Turner/P. Turner 8-2.
Final: Button/Spencer bt Sergeant/West 8-7.
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LEAGUE
NRL
Melbourne 44 (A. Quinn 2, B. Slater 2, S. Turner 2, R. Hoffman, M. King, C. Newton tries; C. Smith 3, S. Turner goals) bt Newcastle 0.
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RUGBY
AIR NEW ZEALAND CUP
Bay of Plenty squad
Forwards: Marcel Cummings-Toone, John Pareanga, Ngarimu Simpkins, Ben Castle (capt), Simms Davison, Michael Ormsby, Matthew Wallis, John Moore, Aaron Rameka, Culum Retallick, Colin Bourke, Solomon King, Aiden Kuka, Tanerau Latimer, Warren Smith
Backs: Garrick Cowley, Charles Hubbard, Jamie Nutbrown, Murray Williams, Michael Delany, Cory Aporo, Wayne Hughson, Rena Schuster, Tajhon Mailata, Lance MacDonald, Jason Hona, Teu Nafe, Anthony Tahana.
Tasman squad
Kade Poki, Caleb Ralph, Tristan Moran, Daniel Perrin, Chris Jack, Rees Logan, Lualua Vailoaloa, Joel Iggo, Jonathon Poff, Mark Bright, Kahu Marfell, Sakaria Taulafo, Andrew Goodman, Rico Gear, Robbie Malneek, Sione Holani, Chris Bentley, Tim Lempriere, Blair Cook, Mark Stewart, Ben May, Alex Ainley, Tim Taylor, Afeleke Pelenise, Ben Franks, Peter Nixon. Unavailable due to injury: Kahn Fotuali'i, Lucky Mulipola, James King, Greg Feek.
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SOCCER
ASIAN CUP
(Singapore)
Group A: Thailand 0 Australia 4, Oman 0 Iraq 0. Iraq3120425Australia3111644Thailand3111354Oman3021132 Iraq and Australia qualify for quarterfinals.
Group B: Vietnam 1 Japan 4, Qatar 1 UAE 2.
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SQUASH
Seedings for junior women's world championships, Hong Kong, August 1-11: 1 Egypt, 2 Hong Kong, 3 New Zealand (Joelle King, Kerry Wickett, Lana Harrison, Amanda Cranston), 4 Malaysia, 5 England, 6 France, 7 US, 8 Australia, 9 Germany, 10 Canada, 11 Netherlands, 12 India, 13 South Africa, 14 Switzerland, 15 Japan, 16 South Korea, 17 Singapore, 18 Zimbabwe, and 19 China.
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TENNIS
LOS ANGELES CLASSIC
First round: 5-D. Tursunov (Russia) bt D. Udomchoke (Thailand) 6-1 6-4, 7-Lee Hyung-Taik (South Korea) bt K. Kim (US) 6-3 6-2, M. Berrer (Germany) bt 8-A. Delic (US) 6-4 6-4, N. Kiefer (Germany) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) 6-3 6-3.
DUTCH OPEN
(Amersfoort, The Netherlands)
First round: N. Devilder (FRA) bt 5-A. Calleri (ARG) 6-3 6-1, Y. Korolev (RUS) bt 6-D. Hrbaty (SVK) 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-3, R. Haase (NED) bt F. Mantilla (ESP) 6-3 6-2, G. Simon (FRA) bt R. Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 6-2 6-4, M. Zabaleta (ARG) bt K. Vliegen (BEL) 6-3 6-3, V. Hanescu (ROM) bt A. Montanes (ESP) 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 7-6 (7-4).
STUTTGART ATP
(Stuttgart, Germany)
First round: B. Pashanski (SRB) b t G. Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 1-6 6-2 6-4, M. Cilic (CRO) bt B. Becker (GER) 6-3 6-2, F. Verdasco (ESP) bt F. Mayer (GER) 6-3 6-2, J. Vanek (CZE) bt I. Navarro-Pastor (ESP) 6-1 6-1, G. Monfils (FRA) bt 2-T. Robredo (ESP) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.
PALERMO WTA
(Palermo, Italy)
First round: E. Birnerova (CZE) bt 1-M. Krajicek (NED) 6-2 6-4, S. Kloesel (GER) bt T. Pironkova (BUL) 6-2 6-3, F. Pennetta (ITA) bt 6-A. Rezai (FRA) 6-3 7-5.
