KEY POINTS:
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Texas 6 Chicago Cubs 5, Colorado 4 NY Yankees 3, San Diego 3 Baltimore 6, Toronto 4 LA Dodgers 8, Seattle 3 Pittsburgh 0.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION
WLPCTGB 1. Boston4625.648-2. NY Yankees3535.50010 1/23. Toronto3437.479124. Tampa Bay3139.44314 1/25. Baltimore3141.43115 1/2CENTRAL DIVISION 1. Cleveland4229.592-2. Detroit4229.592-3. Minnesota3634.5145 1/24. Chicago White Sox2939.42611 1/25. Kansas City2944.39714WESTERN DIVISION 1. LA Angels4627.630-2. Oakland3932.54963. Seattle3732.53674. Texas2844.38917 1/2NATIONAL LEAGUE
EASTERN DIVISION 1. NY Mets3832.543-2. Atlanta3835.5211 1/23. Philadelphia3735.51424. Florida3538.4794 1/25. Washington3042.4179CENTRAL DIVISION 1. Milwaukee4131.569-2. St. Louis3237.4647 1/23. Chicago Cubs3239.4518 1/24. Houston3141.431105. Pittsburgh3141.431106. Cincinnati2845.38413 1/2WESTERN DIVISION 1. San Diego4130.577-2. Arizona4231.575-3. LA Dodgers4131.569 1/24. Colorado3834.5283 1/25. San Francisco3041.42311
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BOXING
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
(ABA Stadium)
Prelims: J. Tuata (Papatoetoe) 82.8kg def B. Nepe (Northside) 84.5kg on points, R., Wallace (Te Awamutu) 68.3kg def I. Schuster (ABA Schuster) 73.7kg on pts, R. Murphy (Fielding) 65.8kg def J. Barchard (Papatoetoe) 64.3kg on pts.
Samoa v Auckland (Samoa unless stated): D. Williams (Northside) 55.4kg def F. Livai 55.5kg on pts, S. Faialaga 58kg def A. Donaldson (Mana) 58.1kg on pts, T. Iapesa 61kg def B. Slight (Whangaparaoa) 62.5kg on pts, J. Potter (City Gym) 71kg def H. Fata 70.4kg on pts, K. Bentson (City Gym) 73.8kg def W. Fuiavailiili 75.7kg on pts, F. Tavvi 78.9kg def Z. Z. Wallace (Te Awamutu) 82kg on pts, A. Soi 86.8kg def D. Campbell (Northside) 88.7kg tko rd 3.
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CRICKET
TOUR MATCH
(Worcestershire)
England A 174-6 (50 overs) lost to West Indies 178-3 (D. Ramdin 73, R. Morton 72no) by seven wickets.
Squad: James Marshall (captain), Andre Adams, Hamish Bennett, Neil Broom, Grant Elliott, Gareth Hopkins (wicketkeeper), Jamie How, Nathan McCullum, James McMillan, Warren McSkimming, Rob Nicol, Iain O'Brien, Michael Papps, Aaron Redmond, Bradley Scott.
Under-19 players: Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Greg Morgan, Tim Southee, Kane Williamson.
Schedule (all times NZT)
July 1: v Northern Territory Strike, Darwin, time to be confirmed.
July 16: v South Africa Emerging Players XI, Caloundra CC, 8.15pm (Twenty20).
July 17: v Karnataka, 8.15pm, Caloundra CC, (Twenty20).
July 19: v Australian Academy XI: Caloundra CC, 4pm.
July 20: v South Africa, Maroochydore CC, 11am.
July 22: v Karnataka - Maroochydore CC, 11am.
July 24: v Australian Academy XI, Allan Border Field, 11am.
.July 25: v South Africa, Allan Border Field, 11am.
July 27: v Karnataka, venue tbc, 11am.
July 28: Final, Allan Border Field/3rd-4th Play-Off, venue and times tbc.
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CYCLING
TOUR OF SWITZERLAND
(Crans-Montana)
Sixth stage, 95km from Ulrichen to Crans-Montana: T. Dekker (Netherlands/Rabobank) 2hr 28min 1, G. Glomser (Austria/Volksbank) at 8sec 2, G. Simoni (Italy/Saunier Duval) 11 3, V. Karpets (Russia/Caisse d'Epargne) same time 4, D. Cunego (Italy/Lampre) st, J. A. Gomez Marchante (Spain/Saunier Duval) st 6, V. Efimkine (Russia/Caisse d'Epargne) st 7, M. Carrara (Italy/Unibet.com) 21 8, A. Kloeden (Germany/Astana) 31 9, R. Uran (Colombia/Unibet.com) st 10
Overall standings: V. Efimkine (Russia/Caisse d'Epargne) 21:57.03 1, J. A. Gomez Marchante (Spain/Saunier Duval) 9 2, F. Schleck (Luxembourg/Team CSC) 21 3, M. Carrara (Italy/Unibet.com) 26 4, V. Karpets (Russia/Caisse d'Epargne) 30 5, K. Kirchen (Luxembourg/T-Mobile) st 6, D. Cunego (Italy/Lampre) 57 7, X. Florencio (Spain/Bouygues Telecom) 1:10 8, G. Simoni (Italy/Saunier Duval) 1:13 9, S. Devolder (Belgium/Discovery Channel) 1:50 10.
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GOLF
WEGMANS LPGA
(Pittsford, New York)
First round (South Korea unless noted).-
66: C. Kerr (US).
67: A. Sharp (Canada).
68: S. Pettersen (Norway).
69: A. Hung (Taiwan), Mi Hyun Kim, B. Lincicome (US), L. Ochoa (Mexico).
70: P. Creamer (US), E.Dahllof (Sweden), S. Gustafson (Sweden), R. Hetherington (Australia), M. Hjorth (Sweden), J. Kang, C. Kim (US), In-Kyung Kim, Young Kim, B. Morgan (GB), In-Bee Park, M. Pressel (US), C. Sorenstam (Sweden), A. Stanford (US), L. Wright (Australia).
TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP
(Cromwell, Connecticut)
First round (US unless noted). -
62: H. Mahan.
64: C. DiMarco.
65: B. Faxon, B. Heintz, K. Perry, C. Pettersson (Sweden), M. Sim.
66: S. Allan (Australia), M. Allen, B. Andrade, W. Austin, R. Pampling (Australia), J. Sindelar.
Also:
74: C. Perks (NZ).
BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN
(Munich)
First round par-72 . -
65: R. Jacquelin (France), J-F. Lima (Portugal).
66: P. Broadhurst (Britain), M. Farry (France), G. Fernandez-Castano (Spain).
67: E. Els (South Africa), N. Fasth (Sweden), D. Frost (South Africa), F. Molinari (Italy), A. Romero (Argentina).
68: P. Casey (Britain), N. Dougherty (Britain), M. Erlandsson (Sweden), A. Forsyth (Britain), P. Fowler (Australia), R.Gonzalez (Argentina), A. Hansen (Denmark), P. Hanson (Sweden), S. Jeppesen (Sweden), T. Levet (France).
69: G. Bourdy (France), R. Cabrera (Spain), E. Canonica (Italy), I. Garbutt (Britain), D. Griffiths (Britain), M. A. Jimenez (Spain), S. O'Hara (Britain), J. Milkha Singh (India).
70: K. Baraka (Germany), C. Cevaer (France), R-J. Derksen (Netherlands), S. Khan (Britain), J. M. Lara (Spain), J. Randhawa (India), B. Rumford (Australia), J. Sandelin (Sweden), S. Webster (Britain), T. Whitehouse (Britain), O. Wilson (Britain).
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NETBALL
AUCKLAND PREMIER
Section 1: Sports Resources 1 61 Eastern 1 60, Carlton 1 62 Panmure 1 48, College Rifles GOLD 53 Ardmore 50.
Section 2: Carlton 2 73 Marist 23, University Ice 48 Southern Cavaliers 43, Panmure 2 49 College Rifles 1 41.
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RUGBY
INTERNATIONAL
(Rotorua)
Canada 16 (M. Webb, K. Tkachuk tries; A. Monro pen, J. Pritchard pen) New Zealand U-21 13 (B. Smith try; C. Slade pen, L. Munro pen, con). Halftime: 8-0.
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TENNIS
NOTTINGHAM OPEN
Quarter-finals: I. Karlovic (Croatia) bt J. M. Del Potro (Argentina) 7-6 7-5.
EASTBOURNE INTERNATIONAL
Quarter-finals: 2-A. Mauresmo (France) bt 6-S. Peer (Israel) 6-3 6-4, 3-N. Petrova (Russia) bt 9-S. Bammer (Austria) 6-7(6) 7-5 6-4, 8-M. Bartoli (France) bt 4-E. Dementieva (Russia) 6-1 6-0, 1-J. Henin (Belgium) bt 5-N. Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-2.
DEN BOSCH OPEN
Quarter-finals: 1-J. Jankovic (Serbia) bt 8-A. Bondarenko (Ukraine) 6-2 6-1, 4-D. Safina (Russia) bt F. Pennetta (Italy) 6-1 7-5.
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UNIVERSITY GAMES
(Bangkok)
New Zealand will be represented by its biggest ever contingent at the 24th World University Games in Bangkok in August.
New Zealand will compete in athletics (6), swimming (18), men's basketball (12), fencing (1), golf (10), judo (1), table tennis (8), artistic gymnastics (1) and women's football (19).
