BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE
Arizona 6 San Francisco 3, Tampa Bay 11 Boston 0, Chicago White Sox 2 Cleveland 1 (8 innings), Toronto 7 Detroit 4, NY Yankees 16 Baltimore 5, Philadelphia 8 Washington 7 (14 innings), Houston 7 Pittsburgh 6 (15 innings), Florida 7 Cincinnati 2, Atlanta 13 NY Mets 1, Chicago Cubs 3 Milwaukee 2, Kansas City 6 Minnesota 4, St Louis 4 San Diego 2, LA Dodgers 6 Colorado 4, LA Angels 6 Texas 5, Oakland 7 Seattle 6
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BASKETBALL
NZ SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Christchurch)
Boys, quarter-finals:-
Westlake BHS 100 (C. Webster 30) Nelson College 58 (B. Beri 17), St Johns College 83 (B. Cadwallader 25) Aranui HS 70 (E. Flavell 17), St Patricks College 68 (B. Ruscoe 22) Waitaki BHS 62 (D. Peck 22), Kelston BHS 94 (H. O'Riley 24) Hastings BHS 65 (R. Kennedy 24)
9th-16th playoffs:- Dilworth College 92 (L. Aoke 26) Palmerston North BHS 72 (R. Twist 20), Shirley BHS 72 (S. Dobbs 24) Avondale College 51 (N. Thomas 16), Northcote College 94 (J. Tuaiti 18) Nayland College 69 (N. Turner 19), Wellington College 79 (D. Prewster 26) Hamilton BHS 62 (R. Ali 16)
17th-24th playoffs:- Auckland GS 82 (B. Brighouse 13) Rotorua BHS 47 (L. Andrews 13), Church College NZ 90 (I. Wihongi-Henare 28) Hillcrest HS 46 (J. Collins 16), Tauranga BC 72 (D. Taikato 31) Napier BHS 69 (S. Smith 18), New Plymouth BHS 82 (T. Cleaver 30) Otago BHS 57 (M. Nathan 19)
Girls, quarter-finals:- Northcote College 85 (J. McCormack 35) Sacred Heart (NP) 49 (C. Simpson 23) Rangi Ruru GS 82 (M. Caldwell 34) Sacred Heart (Hamilton) 61 (L. Driscoll 13) Church College NZ 95 (R. Sharrock 18) Rosehill College 45 (C. Compay, M. Robinson & K. Barnes 12), Christchurch GHS 57 (L. Spoors 22) New Plymouth GHS 48 (Z. Kensington 16)
9th-16th playoffs:- Marian College 66 (E. Rooney 23) Wainuiomata HS 47 (S. Umaga 23), Waimea College 81 (J. Vucinic 41) Mana College 58 (S.-R. Harris 23) Nayland College 99 Massey High School 76 (game abandoned), Auckland Girls GS 58 (L. Lidgard 22) Avondale College 55 (G. Solomon 18)
17th-24th playoffs:- Rangitoto College 94 (M. Nathan 25) Tauranga GHS 58 (R.-A. Kingi 24), Queens HS 73 (A. Conrad 18) Rangiora HS 62 (H. Gray 22), Rotorua GHS 63 (T. Tekoi 19) Freyberg HS 48 (R. Buchanan 12), Otago GHS 79 (C. McKenzie 21) Sacred Heart (LH) 67 (J. Davis 15)
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GOLF
TARANAKI OPEN
First round at the par-72 New Plymouth Golf Club (p denotes professional):-
66: L. Nobilo (Auckland p)
67: H. Robertson (Palmerston North p), T. Ropiha (New Plymouth)
68: C. Osborne (Auckland p), M. Holten (Christchurch p)
69: J. S. Oh (Westown), D. Barson (Nelson p), L. James (The Grange), S. Overend (Auckland p), T. Christie (Christchurch p)
70: B. Stuart (Royal Wellington), J. Carmichael (Auckland p), M. Brown (Wellington p), M. Purser (Hamilton), T. O'Connell (The Grange)
71: S. Ahn (Takapuna), B. Gallie (Queenstown p), B. Shilton (Te Awamutu p), J. Geary (Mt Maunganui), J. Munn (Palmerston North), M. Pettigrew (Queensland p), T. Nicholson (New South Wales p)
72: S. Choi (New Plymouth), A. McNair (Palmerston North p), B. Jujnovich (Redwood Park), B. Clark (Auckland p), D. Bakss (NSW p), F. Schwanner (Auckland P), H. Ring (New Plymouth), J. Dittmer (Shandon), M. Boe (Horsham Downs), M. Hendry (Auckland p)
73: A. Green (Shandon), C. Owen (New Plymouth p), G. Moorhead (New Plymouth p), J. Tatana (Foxton), K. Beck (Levin)
73: R. Fox (Whitford Park), S. Gordon (Auckland p), T. Hill (Waverley)
74: S. Nicholson (Wainuiomata), A. Henare (Manor Park), B. Martelletti (Inglewood), D. Mellsop (Palmerston North p), K. Smith (Tauranga), M. Wheelhouse (Auckland p), M. Reid (Fitzroy), M. Martin (Waitara), S. Kuiti (Shandon)
75: L. Wright (Nelson), B. Cowley (Inglewood), C. Judd (Queenstown p), J. Kearns (Waitara), M. Speedy (Auckland)
76: A. Cho (Westown), B. Carter (Wellington p), J. Gill (Hamilton), J. Mann (Auckland), J. Kim (Gulf Harbour), M. Simpson (Akarana), R. Kauika (Tawhero), R. Sim (Kaitake)
77: D. Lee (Pakuranga), D. McCallum (New Plymouth), E. Nicholson (Castlepoint), S. Pinfold (Manor Park), S. Wightman (Muriwai)
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HOCKEY
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP
(Madrid)
First round:-
Pool A:- Netherlands 3 India 2, China 2 England 3, Spain 1 Germany 0
Pool B:- South Korea 2 Japan 1, Australia 1 South Africa 0, Argentina 2 US 1
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SQUASH
WORLD WOMEN'S TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
(Edmonton, Canada)
Final qualifying round (prefix denotes seeding):-
Pool A:- 1-England bt 16-Austria 3-0, 9-Ireland bt 8-Hong Kong 2-1
Final positions:- England 1, Ireland 2, Hong Kong 3, Austria 4.
Pool B:- 2-Egypt bt 7-Canada 2-1, 10-France bt 15-Spain 3-0.
Final positions:- Egypt 1, France 2, Canada 3, Spain 4.
Pool C:- 3-Malaysia bt 14-Japan 3-0, 6-New Zealand bt 11-US 3-0 (L. Crome bt Louisa Hall 9-1 9-5 9-6, S. Kitchen bt L. Khan 9-5 9-0 9-6, J. Hawkes bt M. Quick 9-0 9-4 9-0).
Final positions:- Malaysia 1, New Zealand 2, US 3, Japan 4.
Pool D:- 4-Netherlands bt 5-Australia 3-0, 12-South Africa bt 13-Germany 2-1.
Final positions:- Netherlands 1, South Africa 2 Australia 3, Germany 4.
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RUGBY
ROLLER MILLS TOURNAMENT
(Tauranga)
Day five:-
Auckland West 32 Northland 0, Counties Manukau 7 Auckland East 46, North Harbour 60 King Country 0, Bay of Plenty 38 Waikato Rangers 0
Byes:- Thames Valley & Waikato Rovers
Section A, points:-
North Harbour 18, Auckland East 16, King Country 9, Counties Manukau 6, Thames Valley 0
Section B:- Bay of Plenty 19, Auckland West 14, Waikato Rangers 7, Northland 5, Waikato Rovers 5
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SOCCER
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Group A:- Levski Sofia 1 (M. Ognyanov) Chelsea 3 (D. Drogba 3), Werder Bremen 1 (C. Puyol og) FC Barcelona 1 (L. Messi)
Group B:- Spartak Moscow 1(D. Boyarintsev) Sporting Lisbon 1 (Nani), Inter Milan 0 Bayern Munich 2 (C. Pizarro, L. Podolski)
Group C:- Bordeaux 0 PSV Eindhoven 1 (M. Vaeyrynen), Liverpool 3 (P. Crouch 2, L. Garcia) Galatasaray 2 (U. Karan 2)
Group D:- Shakhtar Donetsk 2 (Matuzalem, C. Marica) Olympiakos 2 (M. Konstantinou, N. A. Castillo), Valencia 2 (M. A. Angulo, D. Villa) AS Roma 1 (F. Totti pen).
ENGLISH LEAGUE ONE Chesterfield 0, Scunthorpe 1
LEAGUE TWO Boston 1 Lincoln 0, Bristol Rovers 2 Hereford 1, Wrexham 1 Rochdale 2
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TENNIS
GUANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL
(Beijing, China)
First round (prefix denotes seeding):- C. Yanchong (Chn) bt M. Czink (Hun) 6-1 6-2, 3-A. Chakvetadze (Rus) bt Z. Shuai (Chn) 3-6 7-5 6-0, 7-E. Vesnina (Rus) bt K. Kanepi (Est) 6-1 3-6 6-1, P. Shuai (Chn) bt Y. Beygelzimer (Ukr) 6-4 6-4, O. Poutchkova (Rus) bt Yan Zi (Chn) 2-6 6-3 6-3. Second round:- A. Molik (Aus) bt 5-L. D. Lino (Esp) 7-6 (7-3) 6-0, 4-A. M. Garrigues (Esp) bt R. Jing 6-0 6-1.
LUXEMBOURG CHAMPIONSHIP
Women's Singles, second round:- K. Peschke (Czech Rep) bt K. Knapp (Ita) 6-4 6-4, 3-P. Schnyder (Sui) bt C. Rubin (US) 6-0 6-3, 4-D. Safina (Rus) bt D. Hantuchova (Slov) 7-5 6-3. Round one:- K. Srebotnik (Slov) bt M. E. Camerin (Ita) 6-4 6-1, A. Radwanska (Poland) bt M. Santangelo (Ita) 5-7 7-6(8) 6-3, V. Williams (US) bt 6-A. Ivanovic (Serb) 6-3 6-4
THAILAND OPEN
(Bangkok)
First round (prefix denotes seeding):- 5-J. Nieminen (Fin) bt E. Massa (Arg) 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 6-2, J. Benneteau (Fra) bt S. Iwabuchi (Jpn) 6-4 6-2, T. Henman (Gbr) bt 4-A. Murray (Gbr) 6-4 6-2, R. Schuettler (Ger) bt H.-t. Lee (Kor) 6-1 6-4, D. Udomchoke (Tha) bt G. Bastl (Sui) 6-3 6-0, M. Safin (Rus) bt K. Kim (US) 2-6 6-1 6-4, B. Balleret (Mon) bt A. Waske (Ger) 7-5 2-6 6-1, 8-P. Srichaphan (Tha) bt F. Lopez (Esp) 6-1 6-4, 3-J. Blake (US) bt M. Cilic (Cro) 6-1 6-2
SICILY INTERNATIONAL
Round one:- 2-F. Volandri (Ita) bt G. Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3, G. Naso (Ita) bt J. Vanek (Czech Rep) 1-2 (Vanek retired), N. Lapentti (Ecu) bt 5-P.-H. Mathieu (Fra) 3-6 6-2 6-3, F. Cermak (Czech Rep) bt A. Pavel (Rom) 6-3 2-6 7-5, 1-F. Verdasco (Spa) bt D. Bracciali (Ita) 5-7 6-4 6-4, M. Zabaleta (Arg) bt O. Patience (Fra) 7-5 3-6 6-3
MUMBAI OPEN
(Mumbai, India)
First round:- 1-T. Robredo (Spa) bt A. Peya (Austria) 6-4, 6-2, 3-T. Berdych (Czech Rep) bt L. Kubot (Pol) 6-2, 6-2, 4-D. Tursunov (Rus) bt A. Wagh (Ind) 6-2, 7-5, Nicolas Devilder (Fra) bt R. de Voest (SA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Doubles, first round:- 4-J. Auckland/J. Delgado (GB) bt S. Galvani/D. Sanguinetti (Ita) 6-3, 5-7, 10-8 tiebreaker.
PALERMO OPEN
(Palermo, Sicily)
Singles, first round:- N. Lapentti (Ecu) bt 5-P.-H. Mathieu (Frae) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, G. Naso (Ita) bt J. Vanek (Czech Rep) 1-2, ret, F. Cermak (Czech Rep) bt A. Pavel (Rom) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 1-F. Verdasco (Spa) bt D. Bracciali (Ita) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, M. Zabaleta (Arg) bt O. Patience (Fra) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 2-F. Volandri (Ita) bt G. Garcia-Lopez, (Spa) 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3.
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VOLLEYBALL
OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS
New Zealand women's squad to prepare for January's tournament in Samoa:- J. Child, A. Cook, M. Grant, C. Hona, M. Ruru, (BOP), V. Loe, S. Savill, R. White, (Cant), J.-L. Foliaki, V. Inivale, L. Mauafu, N. Ngwun, C. Semisi, R. Tupe, N. Valentine (Count Man), D. Hill, C. McPherson, S. Wickham, N. Yardley (Otago), A. Greenwood, C. Scoltock (Tasman), C. Tung, S. Turner (Wai), T. Boyd, L. Laga, R. Toomaga, K. Wong (Well).
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YACHTING
RS:X WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Lake Garda, Italy)
Men's Top Five (after eight races):- T. Ashley, (NZ) 11 points [1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, (10)] 1; C. Bouman, (Ned) 11pts [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, (17)] 2; J. Van Dijk (Ned) 14pts [1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 5, 2, (28)] 3; P. Miarczynski (Pol) 15pts [4, (6), 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1] 4; N. Dempsey (GB) 20pts [2, 4, 2, 1, 4, 1, 6, (6)] 5.
Also:-
Gold Fleet:- J.P. Tobin (NZ) 54pts [5, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 22, (30)] 17. Silver Fleet:- M. Lichtwark (NZ) 127pts 15; N. Lichtwark (NZ) 165pts 33; A. Cozzolino (NZ) 131pts 53.
Women's Top Five (after eight races):-
A. Sensini (Ita) 16pts [4, 3, (5), 2, 1, 2, 1, 3] 1; F. Merret (Fra) 18pts [(dns), 3, 6, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1] 2; Z. Klepacka (Pol) 19pts [1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 6, (22), 2] 3; M. A. Neira (Esp) 24pts [3, 2, 1, 2, 2, (dsq), 3, 11] 4; A. Frai (Gre) 46pts [1, 9, 3, 6, (ocs), 8, 6, 13] 5.
Aslo:-
Gold Fleet:- B. Kendall (NZ) 60pts [11, 5, 1, 3, 14, 11, 15, (23)] 12; S. Williams (NZ) 143pts [22, 10, 21, 29, 18, 16, (36), 27] 39; H. Thom (NZ) 14pts [10, 18, 26, 11, 22, 17, 40, (40)] 40. Silver Fleet:- K. Ellingham (NZ) 150pts [31, (32), 24, 21, 23, 26, 7, 19] 12; J. Sellers (NZ) 174pts [(36), 33, 34, 28, 27, 24, 20, 8] 18.
Thursday's results
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