KEY POINTS:
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Cleveland 7 Oakland 1, Milwaukee 9 NY Mets 7, Washington 5 Atlanta 4, Chicago Cubs 6 Philadelphia 5 (10 innings), Pittsburgh 9 Cincinnati 1, Tampa Bay 6 Baltimore 2, Houston 5 Florida 1, Chicago White Sox 11 Detroit 0, Kansas City 5 Minnesota 1, Toronto 5 Texas 4, San Francisco 7 St Louis 4, LA Angels 10 Seattle 5, Colorado 13 Arizona 5, San Diego 1 LA Dodgers 0, Boston 8 NY Yankees 5.
BASKETBALL
US NBA
Detroit 91 Toronto 84, LA Lakers 106 San Antonio 85, Cleveland 84 Miami 76, Orlando 104 Chicago 84, Denver 111 Houston 94, Seattle 99 Dallas 95.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
WLPCTGB 1. Boston6416.800-2. Toronto4040.500243. Philadelphia4040.500244. New Jersey3347.413315. NY Knicks2357.28841CENTRAL DIVISION 1. Detroit5723.713-2. Cleveland4436.550133. Indiana3545.438224. Chicago3149.388265. Milwaukee2654.32531SOUTHEAST DIVISION 1. Orlando5030.625-2. Washington4238.52583. Atlanta3743.463134. Charlotte3149.388195. Miami1466.17536WESTERN CONFERENCE NORTHWEST DIVISION 1. Utah5327.663-2. Denver4932.60543. Portland4040.500134. Minnesota2159.263325. Seattle1962.23534PACIFIC DIVISION 1. LA Lakers5625.691-2. Phoenix5327.66323. Golden State4832.60074. Sacramento3842.475175. LA Clippers2357.28832SOUTHWEST DIVISION 1. New Orleans5525.688-2. San Antonio5426.67513. Houston5426.67514. Dallas5031.61755. Memphis2258.27533
CRICKET
THIRD TEST
(Kanpur, India)
Stumps, third day._
SOUTH AFRICA
First innings 265
Second innings
N. McKenzie lbw b Sreesanth14G. Smith b Sehwag35H. Amla c Jaffer b H. Singh0J. Kallis c Jaffer b Sehwag15A. Prince not out22AB de Villiers c Laxman b H. Singh7M. Boucher c Dhoni b Sharma5M. Morkel b Sharma0P. Harris c Dravid b H. Singh0D. Steyn b H. Singh7M. Ntini c Ganguly b Sehwag0Extras: (12b, 1lb, 2nb, 1w)16__Total (all out, 55.5 overs)121Fall: 1/26, 2/27, 3/65, 4/72, 5/90, 6/101, 7/101, 8/102, 9/114, 10/121.
Bowling: H Singh 23-7-44-4, I Sharma 10-2-18-2 (1w), S Sreesanth 9-4-9-1 (2nb2), P Chawla 4-0-18-0, V Sehwag 8.5-2-12-3, Y Singh 1-0-7-0.
INDIA
First innings325
Second innings
W. Jaffer lbw b Morkel10V. Sehwag c Prince b Harris22S. Ganguly not out13R. Dravid not out18Extras (1nb)1__Total (for 2 wkts, 13.1 overs)64Fall: 1/32, 2/32.
Bowling: D Steyn 2-0-15-0, M Ntini 1-0-5-0, P Harris 5.1-0-36-1, A Morkel 5-1-8-1 (1nb).
Result: India won by eight wickets
Series: Drawn 1-1
THIRD ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL
(Gaddafi Stadium)
PAKISTAN
S. Butt c Ghosh b Mortaza132K. Akmal b Mahmudullah100B. Khan run out2M. Yousuf st Ghosh b Al Hasan2S. Afridi c Mortaza b Al Hasan13S. Malik lb w Reza33M. ul-Haq c Razzak b Shahadat10S. Tanvir b Mortaza1F. Alam not out2R. Iftikhar not out5Extras (2lb, 1nb, 5w)8__Total (for 8 wkts, 50 overs)308Fall: 1/151, 2/164, 3/173, 4/187, 5/267, 6/297, 7/298, 8/299.
Bowling: M Mortaza 10-0-47-2 (1w), S Hossain 10-0-58-1 (2w, 1nb), F Reza 7-0-67-1, A Razzak 6-0-40-0 (1w), S Al Hasan 10-1-50-2, Mahmudullah 7-0-44-1 (1w).
BANGLADESH
T. Iqbal run out63S. Nafees c Butt b Tanvir0A. Ahmed c Akmal b Malik42M. Ashraful run out16S. Al Hasan b Afridi75M. Riad b Iftikhar24F. Reza st Akmal b Afridi13M. Mortaza not out15D. Ghosh not out18Extras (5b, 3lb, 8w, 3nb)19__Total (for 7 wkts, 50 overs)285Fall: 1/23, 2/113, 3/125, 4/153, 5/212, 6/245, 7/250.
Bowling: S Tanvir 9-1-55-1 (2nb, 4w), S Khan 10-0-43-0 (1nb, 1w), R Iftikhar 8-0-61-1 (3w), S. Afridi 10-0-48-2, S Malik 7-0-38-1, F Alam 6-0-32-0.
Result: Pakistan won by 23 runs to lead the five match series 3-0.
CYCLING
PARIS-ROUBAIX
Tom Boonen (Belgium/Quick-Step) 5hr 58min 42sec 1, Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland/Team CSC) at 1sec 2, Alessandro Ballan (Italy/Lampre) same time 3, Martijn Maaskant (Netherlands/Slipstream) 3min 39sec 4, Stuart O'Grady (Australia/Team CSC) 3:57 5, Leif Hoste (Belgium/Silence-Lotto) st 6. Stijn Devolder (Belgium/Quick-Step) 3:59 7, Johan Vansummeren (Belgium/Silence-Lotto) 4:35 8, George Hincapie (US/High Road) 5:12 9, Fabio Baldato (Italy/Lampre) st 10.
GOLF
US MASTERS
(Augusta)
Final round._
280: Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 68 68 69 75.
283: Tiger Woods 72 71 68 72.
284: Stewart Cink 72 69 71 72, Brandt Snedeker 69 68 70 77.
286: Phil Mickelson 71 68 75 72, Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 74 71 69 72, Steve Flesch 72 67 69 78.
287: Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 77 70 72 68, Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 70 73 71 73, Andres Romero (Argentina) 72 72 70 73.
288: Nick Watney 75 70 72 71, Lee Westwood (Britain) 69 73 73 73, Paul Casey (Britain) 71 69 69 79.
289: Stuart Appleby (Australia) 76 70 72 71, Vijay Singh (Fiji) 72 71 72 74, Sean O'Hair 72 71 71 75.
290: Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 74 72 72 72, Mike Weir (Canada) 73 68 75 74, Retief Goosen (South Africa) 71 71 72 76.
291: Justin Leonard 72 74 72 73, Bubba Watson 74 71 73 73, Brian Bateman 69 76 72 74, Zach Johnson 70 76 68 77, Boo Weekley 72 74 68 77.
292: Richard Sterne (South Africa) 73 72 73 74, Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 73 72 73 74, Jeev Milkha Singh (India) 71 74 72 75, Stephen Ames (Canada) 70 70 77 75, JB Holmes 73 70 73 76, Adam Scott (Australia) 75 71 70 76, Arron Oberholser 71 70 74 77, Ian Poulter (Britain) 70 69 75 78.
293: Heath Slocum 71 76 77 69, Nick Dougherty (Britain) 74 69 74 76, Jim Furyk 70 73 73 77.
295: Todd Hamilton 74 73 75 73, Justin Rose (Britain) 68 78 73 76, Johnson Wagner 72 74 74 75.
296: Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 75 71 76 74, Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 75 70 76 75.
298: KJ Choi (South Korea) 72 75 78 73.
299: David Toms 73 74 72 80, Robert Allenby (Australia) 72 74 72 81.
300: Ian Woosnam (Britain) 75 71 76 78.
302: Sandy Lyle (Britain) 72 75 78 77.
AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Adelaide)
First round._
69: Stephanie Na.
72: Rebecca Flood, Kristie Smith.
73: Christine Trimmer, Florentyna Parker (England), Clare Choi, Ebony Heard, Elissa Orr, Naomi Edwards (England).
Also, New Zealanders
76: Penny Smith.
79: Zoe-Beth Brake, Caroline Bon.
82: Lisa Wright.
84: Dana Kim.
ICE HOCKEY
NHL
Boston 2 Montreal 1, (Montreal lead best-of-seven series 2-1), Philadelphia 2 Washington 0, (Best-of-seven series level at 1-1), New Jersey 4 NY Rangers 3, (Rangers lead best-of-seven series 2-1), Calgary 4 San Jose 3, (Calgary lead best-of-seven series 2-1).
LEAGUE
BRITISH SUPER LEAGUE
Hull K R 20 Bradford 18.
MOTOR RACING
PORTUGUESE MOTORCYLE GRAND PRIX
MotoGP
Jorge Lorenzo (Spain, Yamaha) 45min 53.089sec 1, Dani Pedrosa (Spain, Honda) 45:54.906 2, Valentino Rossi (Italy, Yamaha) 46:05.812 3, Colin Edwards (US, Yamaha) 46:10.312 4, John Hopkins (US, Kawasaki) 46:16.841 5, Casey Stoner (Australia, Ducati) 46:19.777 6, James Toseland (Britain, Yamaha) 46:25.720 7, Chris Vermeulen (Australia, Suzuki) 46:29.471 8, Loris Capirossi (Italy, Suzuki) 46:31.357 9, Shinya Nakano (Japan) 46:32.565 10.
Standings: Lorenzo 61pts 1, Pedrosa 61 1, Rossi 47 3, Stoner 40 4, Toseland 29 5, Capirossi 26 6, Hopkins 24 7, Edwards 22 8, Andrea Dovizioso (Italy, Honda) 21 9, Nicky Hayden (US, Honda) 19 10.
250cc
Alvaro Bautista (Spain, Aprilia) 44:34.257 1, Marco Simoncelli (Italy, Gilera) 44:41.307 2, Mika Kallio (Finland, KTM) 44:41.320 3, Thomas Luthi (Switzerland, Aprilia) 44:47.255 4, Hiroshi Aoyama (Japan, KTM) 44:48.923 5, Yuki Takahashi (Japan, Honda) 44:52.755 6, Julian Simon (Spain, KTM) 45:01.069 7, Hector Barbera (Spain, Aprilia) 45:02.269 8, Hector Faubel (Spain, Aprilia) 45:02.545 9, Lukas Pesek (Czech Republic, Aprilia) 45:11.223 10.
Standings: Kallio 57 1, Mattia Pasini (Italy, Aprilia) 45 2, Barbera 39 3, Takahashi 37 4, Bautista 35 5, Aoyama 24 6, Alex Debon (Spain, Aprilia) 23 7, Simon 23 8, Simoncelli 20 9, Aleix Espargaro (Italy, Aprilia) 19.
125cc
Simone Corsi (Italy, Aprilia) 40:56.168 1, Joan Olive (Spain, Derbi) 40:56.467 2, Nicolas Terol (Spain, Aprilia) 41:02.523 3, Stevie Bonsey (US, Aprilia) 41:11.141 4, Danny Webb (Britain, Aprilia) 41:11.700 5, Gabor Talmacsi (Hungary, Aprilia) 41:12.036 6, Mike Di Meglio (France, Derbi) 41:12.043 7, Stefan Bradl (Germany, Aprilia) 41:14.055 8, Sergio Gadea (Spain, Aprilia) 41:14.291 9, Sandro Cortese (Germany, Aprilia) 41:18.781 10.
Standings: Corsi 59 1, Terol 42 2, Olive 40 3, Bradl 37 4, Gadea 32 5, Di Meglio 29 6, Bonsey 23 7, Webb 21 8, Scott Redding (Britain, Aprilia) 20 9, Cortese 17 10.
RUGBY
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
Leeds 6 Harlequins 32, Newcastle 8 London Irish 13, Gloucester 39 Saracens 15, Wasps 49 Worcester 12.
Note: Bristol deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.
SWIMMING
WORLD SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Manchester)
Men
100m freestyle: Nathan Adrian (US) 46.67sec 1, Filippo Magnini (Italy) 46.70 2, Duje Draganja (Croatia) 46.83 3, Jose Meolans (Argentina) 47.54 4, Nabil Kebbab (Algeria) 47.60.
50m breaststroke: Oleg Lisogor (Ukraine) 26.46 1, Mark Gangloff (US) 26.54 2, Cameron Van Der Burgh (South Africa) 26.67 3, Alessandro Terrin (Italy) 26.79 4, Robin van Aggele (Netherlands) 26.88 5.
200m backstroke: Markus Rogan (Austria) 1:47.84 1, Ryan Lochte (US) 1:47.91 2, Stanislav Donets (Russia) 1:50.45 3, Ashley Delaney (Australia) 1:50.49 4, Aschwin Wildeboer (Spain) 1:51.36 5.
200m butterfly: Moss Burmester (NZ) 1:51.05 1, Nikolay Skvortsov (Russia) 1:51.83 2, Pawel Korzeniowski (Poland) 1:52.25 3, Ioannis Drymonakos (Greece) 1:52.68 4, Nicholas Walkotten (US) 1:53.02 5
100m individual medley: Ryan Lochte (US) 51.15 1, Peter Mankoc (Slovenia) 52.21 2, Liam Tancock (Britain) 52.22 3, Leith Brodie (Australia) 53.07 4, Christian Galenda (Italy) 53.33 5
1500m freestyle: Yuri Prilukov (Russia) 14:22.98 1, David Davies (Britain) 14:36.30 2, Mateusz Sawrymowicz (Poland) 14:43.37 3, Larsen Jensen (US) 14:44.21 4, Nikita Lobintsev (Russia) 14:50.13 5
4x100m medley relay: Russia 3:24.29 1, US 3:24.38 2, NZ 3:27.15 3, Australia 3:27.51 4, Britain 3:28.38 5
Women
50m freestyle: Marleen Veldhuis (Netherlands) 23.25 1, Hinkelien Schreuder (Netherlands) 23.83 2, Francesca Halsall (Britain) 24.11 3, Jessica Hardy (US) 24.28 4, Alice Mills (Australia) 24.46 5.
200m freestyle: Kylie Palmer (Australia) 1:54.41 1, Femke Heemskerk (Netherlands) 1:54.65 2, Caitlin McClatchey (Britain) 1:55.15 3, Josefin Lillhage (Sweden) 1:55.88 4, Erin Reilly (US) 1:56.10 5.
50m backstroke: Sanja Jovanovic (Croatia) 26.37 1, Gao Chang (China) 26.70 2, Kateryna Zubkova (Ukraine) 26.81 3, Anna Gostomelsky (Israel) 26.84 4, Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) 26.85 5.
100m butterfly: Felicity Galvez (Australia) 55.89 1, Rachel Komisarz (US) 56.32 2, Jemma Lowe (Britain) 56.84 3, Mandy Loots (South Africa) 56.95 4, Lize Mari Retief (South Africa) 57.32 5.
200m breaststroke: Suzaan van Biljon (S Africa) 2:18.73 1, Sally Foster (Australia) 2:20.11 2, Yuliya Efimova (Russia) 2:20.48 3, Sun Ye (China) 2:21.01 4, Mirna Jukic (Austria) 2:21.11 5.
TENNIS
DAVIS CUP
World group quarter-finals
At Buenos Aires: Argentina bt Sweden 4-1 (Argentina names first): Juan Monaco bt Thomas Johansson 6-3 6-3, David Nalbandian bt Robin Soederling 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-4 9-7, Guillermo Canas/David Nalbandian bt Jonas Bjorkman/Robert Lindstedt 7-5 6-4 6-4, Jose Acasuso lost to Robin Soederling 6-0 6-4, 6-1, Nalbandian bt Thomas Johansson 6-2 5-7 6-4 6-2.
At Winston-Salem: United States beat France 4-1 (US names first): Andy Roddick bt Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2 6-3 6-2, James Blake bt Richard Gasquet 6-7 6-4 6-4, Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan lost to Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra 6-7 7-5 6-3 6-4, James Blake bt Mathieu 7-6 6-7 6-3 3-6 7-5, Roddick bt Michael Llodra 6-4 7-6 7-6.
At Bremen: Spain beat Germany 4-1 (Spanish names first): Feliciano Lopez lost to Nicolas Kiefer bt 6-4 7-6, Fernando Verdasco bt Michael Berrer 2-6 7-6 6-4, Lopez/Verdasco bt Philipp Kohlschreiber/Philipp Petzschner 6-7 7-6 6-4 2-6 12-10, David Ferrer bt Kohlschreiber 6-7 6-3 6-4 6-2, Rafael Nadal bt Kiefer 7-6 6-0 6-3.
At Moscow: Russia beat Czech Republic 3-2 (Russian names first): Marat Safin lost to Lukas Dlouhy 6-3 6-3, Nikolay Davydenko bt Tomas Berdych 6-3 2-6 6-7 6-3 1-2 (Berdych retired), Igor Andreev/Nikolay Davydenko bt Radek Stepanek/Pavel Vizner 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4, Andreev lost to Stepanek 6-3 6-2 6-4, Safin bt Tomas Berdych 6-7 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4.
GROUP TWO SECOND ROUND
(Kuwait)
(NZ names first):
Mark Nielsen bt Ali Ismaeel 6-4 6-2, Rubin Statham bt Ahmad Rabeea Muhammad 6-1 6-1.
AMELIA ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Florida)
Final: 1-Maria Sharapova (Russia) bt Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 7-6 6-3.
TRIATHLON
WORLD CUP
(Ishigakijima, Japan)
Men
Simon Whitfield (Canada) 1hr 51min 12sec 1, Rasmus Henning (Denmark) 1:51.22 2, Ivan Vasiliev (Russia) 1:51:33 3, Peter Robertson (Australia) 1:51:39 4, Tim Don (Great Britain) 1:51:43 5, Reto Hug (Switzerland) 1:51:46 6, Alexander Brukhankov (Russia) 1:51:54 7, Simon Thompson (Australia) 1:52:00 8, Hirokatsu Tayama (Japan) 1:52:04 9, Dmitriy Gaag (Kazakhstan) 1:52:12 10
Also:
Kris Gemmell (NZ) dnf.
Women
Emma Snowsill (Australia) 2:03:10 1, Erin Densham (Australia) 2:03:40 2, Hollie Avil (Great Britain) 2:05:24 3, Juri Ide (Japan) 2:05:30 4, Kathy Tremblay (Canada) 2:05:57 5, Nicola Spirig (Switzerland) 2:06:05 6, Daniela Ryf (Switzerland) 2:06:20 7, Mariana Ohata (Brazil) 2:06:30 8, Irina Abysova (Russia) 2:06:33 9, Lisa Hutthaler (Austria) 2:06:42 10
Also:
Debbie Tanner (NZ) 2:08.24 17.