Football Uefa U19 Championship:
Group A: Portugal L Austria L (Fill Metallbau Stadion); Spain L Greece
L (Linzer Stadium).
Group B: Russia L France L (at Vorwarts Stadion); Serbia L Germany L
(Waldstadion)
Uefa Intertoto Cup: Third round: First leg: AA Gent L AaB L; Cherno
More L Sampdoria L; Chornomorets L Lens L; FC Dacia L Hamburg L; Gloria
Bistrita 2 Atletico Madrid 1; Otelul Galati 2 Trabzonspor 1; Rapid Vienna L
Rubin Kazan L
Friendly matches: Barnet 2 Crystal Palace 3; Berwick 1 Hibernian 3;
Billericay 0 Brighton 0; Bolton 0 Lyon 1; Boreham Wood L Watford L;
Bournemouth 1 Southampton 2; Brentford P AFC Wimbledon P; Bridlington Tn 1
Huddersfield 6; Burnley 1 Middlesbrough 1; Cambridge Utd 1 Plymouth 2;
Carlisle 1 Newcastle 1; Carlstad Utd L Man City L; Chelsea L LA Galaxy L;
Chesterfield 1 Nottm For 0; Clevedon Tn L Dag & Red L; Colwyn Bay 1
Wrexham 1; Dover 1 Gillingham 4; Dundee L Dundee Utd XI L; FC Groningen L
Sheff Wed L; Falkirk 1 Rangers 1; Farsley Celtic 2 Grimsby 0; Hereford P
Bristol City P; Kaizer Chiefs 1 Tottenham 2; Keith L Inverness CT L; Kendal
Tn 1 East Fife 2; Kidderminster P FC United of Manchester P; Leek Tn 7
Accrington Stanley 1; Lisburn L Distillery Rangers XI L; Margate 2 Grays Ath
2; Marine 1 Tranmere 3; Morecambe 3 Morton 0; Motherwell 1 Millwall 1; North
Ferriby Utd 0 Bradford 2; Northampton 1 Coventry 1; Partick 1 Ayr 2; Paulton
2 Salisbury 2; Peterborough 0 Liverpool XI 0; Rugby Tn 3 Luton XI 2;
Scunthorpe 1 Sunderland 0; Sheffield L Blackburn L; Southport 2 Rochdale 0;
Stockport 2 Hull 2; Stranraer P Ballymena P; Vauxhall Motors P Chester P;
Yeovil 0 Cardiff 2; York 3 Doncaster 4; Preston P Everton P; Orgryte IS P
Man City P; Bolton 0 Lyon 1; Atherstone P Redditch p; Altrincham L Rotherham
L; Gretna 2 Darlington 0
Eircom League:
Premier division: Bohemians L Derry City L; Longford Tn L UCD L.
First division: Kildare Co L Monaghan Utd L; Kilkenny City L Dundalk L;
Wexford Yths L Cobh Ramblers L
Cooperative National League Two: Featherstone 37 Barrow 28; Gateshead 8
Swinton 34.
Conference League: Dewsbury Celtic 74 Gateshead 8; Hemel L Warrington
Wizards L; Huddersfield Underbank 34 East Lancashire Lions 12
Totalrl.com RLC:
Northern Premier: Billingham Lions 44 Jarrow Vikings 12; Carlisle
Centurions 76 Copeland Athletic 0; Durham Tigers 4 Peterlee Pumas 58;
Sunderland Nissan 24 Gateshead Storm A 0; Whitley Bay Barbarians 6 Newcastle
Knights 56.
Midlands Premier: Birmingham Bulldogs 0 Somerset Vikings 0; Derby City
0 Gloucestershire Warriors 0; Nottingham Outlaws 38 Leicester Phoenix 0. Postponed:
Coventry Bears v Telford Raiders.
Southern Premier: Kent Ravens 0 South London Storm 66; Kingston
Warriors 14 West London Sharks 34; London Skolars 28 St Albans 32.
West Midlands: Bristol Sonics 0 Coventry Bears 0; Burntwood Barbarians
36 Oxford Cavaliers 10; Wolverhampton Wizards 0 Redditch Ravens 0.
South West: Devon Sharks 24 Somerset Vikings 0; Plymouth 60 East Devon
Eagles 0.
East: Colchester Romans 24 Bedford Swifts 34; Greenwich Admirals 24
Cambridge Eagles 0; St Ives Roosters 50 Thetford Titans 10.
Yorkshire: Lincoln City Knights 12 Bridlington Bulls 12; Scunthorpe
Barbarians 30 Thorne Marauders 22; South Humberside Rabbitohs 4 Leeds
Akademiks 28; Worksop Rossington 24 Scarborough Pirates 0.
Cheshire & North West: Blackpool Sea Eagles 16 Liverpool Buccaneers
36; North Wales Coasters 0 Crewe Wolves 24; Macclesfield 28 Runcorn Vikings
12; Warrington Wizards 24 Ormskirk Heelers 0; Widnes Saints 46 Winnington
Park 14
Baseball American League: Boston 10 Chicago White Sox 3; NY Yankees 4
Tampa Bay 14; Detroit 2 Kansas City 10; Toronto 2 Seattle 4; Minnesota 7 LA
Angels 5; Texas 2 Cleveland 3; Oakland 1 Baltimore 6
National League: Chicago Cubs 6 Arizona 2; Florida 10 Cincinnati 2;
Washington 1 Colorado 3; Pittsburgh 1 Houston 2; Atlanta 2 St Louis 4;
Milwaukee 4 San Francisco 8; San Diego 3 Philadelphia 7; LA Dodgers 1 NY
Mets 4
Cycling Tour de France: 13th stage (time trial, Albi, 54km): 1 A
Vinokourov (Kaz, Astana) 1hr 6:34sec; 2 C Evans (Aus, Predictor-Lotto)
+1:14”; 3 A Kloeden (Ger, Astana) +1:39; 4 A Kashechkin (Kaz, Astana) +1:44;
5 B Wiggins (GB, Cofidis) +2:14; 6 Y Popovych (Ukr, Discovery Channel)
+2:16; 7 A Contador (Sp, Discovery Channel) +2:18; 8 S Chavanel (Fr,
Cofidis) +2:38; 9 L Leipheimer (US, Discovery Channel) +2:39; 10 M Astarloza
(Sp, Euskaltel) +2:42; 11 M Rasmussen (Den, Rabobank) +2:55; 12 V Gusev
(Rus, Discovery Channel) +2:56; 13 L Hoste (Bel, Predictor-Lotto); 14 L
Gerdemann (Ger, T-Mobile) +3:08; 15 J Manuel Garate (Sp, QuickStep) +3:12;
16 J Jose Cobo (Sp, Saunier Duval) +3:13; 17 V Karpets (Rus, Caisse
d’Epargne) +3:17; 18 K Kirchen (Lux, T-Mobile) +3:18; 19 O Pereiro (Sp,
Caisse d’Epargne) +3:23; 20 D Millar (GB, Saunier Duval) +3:27; 21 D Menchov
(Rus, Rabobank) +3:30; 22 S Rosseler (Bel, QuickStep) +3:35; 23 M Fothen
(Ger, Gerolsteiner) +3:39; 24 M Boogerd (Hol, Rabobank) +3:42; 25 G Hincapie
(US, Discovery Channel) +3:45; 26 C Sastre (Sp, Team CSC) +4:01; 27 T Dekker
(Hol, Rabobank) +4:04; 28 A Grivko (Ukr, Milram) +4:16; 29 K Siutsou (Bela,
Barloworld) +4:20; 30 C Horner (US, Predictor-Lotto) +4:21.
Overall standings: 1 M Rasmussen 58:46:39”; 2 C Evans +1:00; 3 A
Contador +2:31; 4 A Kloeden +2:34; 5 L Leipheimer +3:37; 6 A Kashechkin
+4:23; 7 C Sastre +4:45; 8 M Astarloza +5:07; 9 A Vinokourov +5:10; 10 K
Kirchen +5:29; 11 A Valverde (Sp, Caisse d’Epargne) +5:48; 12 I Mayo (Sp,
Saunier Duval); 13 L Gerdemann (Ger, T-Mobile) +6:58; 14 O Pereiro +7:04; 15
Y Popovych +7:37; 16 D Menchov +7:45; 17 F Schleck (Lux, Team CSC) +7:49”;
18 H Zubeldia (Sp, Euskaltel) +8:18; 19 V Karpets +9:13; 20 K Siutsou
+10:25; 21 C Horner +10:37; 22 M Soler (Col, Barloworld) +10:50; 23 C Moreau
(Fr, AG2R) +13:09; 24 J Jose Cobo +13:23; 25 T Valjavec (Slove, Lampre)
+13:41; 26 J Manuel Garate (Sp, QuickStep) +13:46; 27 D Arroyo (Sp, Caisse
d’Epargne) +15:20; 28 J Ivan Gutierrez (Sp, Caisse d’Epargne) +15:21; 29 M
Beltran (Sp, Liquigas) +15:47; 30 V Gusev +15:50
Golf 136th Open Championship (Carnoustie):
Early third round leaders (GB and Ire unless stated): -9 S
GarcÍa (Sp) (after 50 holes). -6 S Stricker (US) (54). -4
K J Choi (S Kor) (50). -3 C DiMarco (US) (54), P McGinley (54), S
Cink (US) (54), P Harrington (54), E Els (SA) (54), P Broadhurst (54), M
Weir (Can) (51), M Á Jiménez (Sp) (51). -2 V Singh (Fiji)
(54), A Romero (Arg) (53), J Furyk (US) (52). -1 P Edberg (Swe)
(54), J Rose (54), R Beem (US) (54), T Woods (US) (54), J J Henry (US) (54)
US PGA US Bank Championship (Milwaukee):
Leaders after second round (US unless stated): 130 J Ogilvie
67 63; 132 J Maggert 63 69; G Willis 64 68. 133 S Flesch
69 64; T Clark (SA) 68 65; T Herron 66 67; B Mayfair 69 64; B Heintz 69 64;
C Bowden 66 67. 134 W MacKenzie 70 64; K Perry 69 65; S Allan (Aus)
68 66; C Villegas (Col) 67 67; J Mallinger 68 66. 135 J Parnevik
(Swe) 66 69; T Johnson 66 69; 136 T Armour III 70 66; C Wi (S Kor)
70 66; T Byrum 68 68; R Imada (Jap) 70 66; C Kresge 67 69. 137 J
Williamson 65 72; C Couch 70 67; B Langer (Ger) 72 65; J Delsing 72 65; B
Dickerson 68 69; S Wheatcroft 68 69; J Lyle (Aus) 68 69; R Gamez 65 72; M
Wilson 67 70; J Brehaut 71 66; B De Jonge (Zim) 63 74; M Goggin (Aus) 70 67.
138 K Jones 72 66; H Slocum 69 69; C Riley 70 68; M Allen 71 67; G
McNeill 69 69; A Ruthkoski 74 64; J Gove 70 68; J P Hayes 67 71; J Sluman 71
67; R Barcelo 71 67
LPGA Tour: HSBC Womens World Match Play Championship (New Rochelle,
US): (US unless stated): Hye Jung Choi (S Kor) Lost to A Stanford 5 and 4; P
Creamer Lost to M Hjorth (Swe) 1 down; Mi-Hyun Kim (S Kor) bt S Lee 2 and 1;
S Pettersen (Nor) Lost to R Hetherington (Aus) 1 down; J Moodie (Sco) Lost
to Seon Hwa Lee (S Kor) 5 & 4; Birdie Kim (S Kor) Lost to L Davies (Eng)
2 and 1; A Miyazato (Jap) bt S Steinhauer 4 and 2; Se Ri Pak (S Kor) Lost to
C Kim 4 and 2; C Koch (Swe) bt R Rankin 4 and 2; A Hung (Tha) bt Young Kim
(S Kor) 1 up; Jeong Jang (S Kor) bt A Park 2 and 1; A Sorenstam (Swe) Lost
to L Wright (Aus) 3 and 2; Jee Young Lee (S Kor) bt N Castrale 4 and 2; C
Mayorkas Lost to L Diaz at the 21st; S Prammanasudh Lost to P Hurst 3 and 1;
L Ochoa (Mex) Lost to M Francella 1 down
Motor racing FIA Formula One Championship: Tenth round: European Grand Prix
(Nürburgring, Germany):
Final qualifying positions: First row: 1 K Raikkonen (Fin, Ferrari)
1min 31.450secs; 2 F Alonso (Sp, McLaren-Mercedes) 1:31.741. Second row:
3 F Massa (Bra, Ferrari) 1:31.778; 4 N Heidfeld (Ger, BMW Sauber) 1:31.840.
Third row: 5 R Kubica (Pol, BMW Sauber) 1:32.123; 6 M Webber (Aus,
RedBull-Renault) 1:32.476. Fourth row: 7 H Kovalainen (Fin,
Renault) 1:32.478; 8 J Trulli (It, Toyota) 1:32.501. Fifth row: 9 R
Schumacher (Ger, Toyota) 1:32.570; 10 L Hamilton (GB, McLaren-Mercedes)
1:33.833. Sixth row: 11 N Rosberg (Ger, Williams-Toyota) 1:31.978;
12 A Wurz (Aut, Williams-Toyota) 1:31.996. Seventh row: 13 G
Fisichella (It, Renault) 1:32.010; 14 R Barrichello (Bra, Honda) 1:32.221. Eighth
row: 15 A Davidson (GB, Super Aguri-Honda) 1:32.451; 16 T Sato (Jap,
Super Aguri-Honda) 1:32.838. Ninth row: 17 J Button (GB, Honda)
1:32.983; 18 S Speed (US, Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:33.038. Tenth
row: 19 V Liuzzi (It, Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:33.148; 20 D
Coulthard (GB, RedBull-Renault) 1:33.151. 11th row: 21 A Sutil
(Ger, Spyker-Ferrari) 1:34.500; 22 M Winkelhock (Ger, Spyker-Ferrari)
1:35.940. Championship standings: Drivers: 1 Hamilton 70pts; 2
Alonso 58; 3 Räikkönen 52; 4 Massa 51; 5 Heidfeld 33; 6 Kubica 22; 7
Fisichella 17; 8 Kovalainen 14; 9 Wurz 8; 10 Trulli 7; 11 Rosberg 5; =12
Coulthard, Sato 4; =14 Webber, Schumacher 2; =16 Button, Vettel 1. Constructors:
1 McLaren-Mercedes 128; 2 Ferrari 103; 3 BMW Sauber 56; 4 Renault 31; 5
Williams-Toyota 13; 6 Toyota 9; 7 Red Bull-Renault 6; 8 Super Aguri-Honda 4;
9 Honda 1
Tennis ATP Mercedes Cup (Stuttgart, Germany):
Singles: Semi-final: R Nadal (Sp) bt F Lopez (Sp) 6-1 7-5
ATP Countrywide Classic (Los Angeles):
Quarter-finals: J Blake (US) bt V Spadea (US) 7-6 6-4; N Kiefer (Ger)
bt M Berrer (Ger) 7-6 6-1; Lee Hyung Taik (S Kor) bt M Safin (Rus) 4-6 7-5
6-4; R Stepanek (Cz) bt Z Fleishman (US) 6-4 6-2
ATP Dutch Open (Amersfoort, The Netherlands):
Semi-final: W Eschauer (Aut) bt R Haase (Hol) 6-4 6-4.
Quarter-final: R Haase (Hol) bt F Serra (Fr) 4-6 7-5 6-4
WTA Cincinnati Open:
Quarter-finals: A Amanmuradov (Uzb) bt L Osterloh (US) 6-1 6-4; A
Morigami (Jap) bt P Schnyder (Swi) 6-3 6-1
LTA Event Frinton:
Mens Singles final: J Maes (Fr) bt D King-Turner (Nzl) 6-3 6-4.
Doubles final: N Bamford & T Rushby (GB) bt E Allinson & R
Irwin (GB) 6-2 0-6 6-4.
Women: Singles final: S Borwell (GB) bt J Curtis (GB) 6-4 1-6 6-3.
Doubles final: R Llewellyn and E Thomas (GB) bt S Murray (GB) and A
Prousis (US) 3-6 7-5 6-2
Davis Cup: Africa Zone Group II playoffs:
Denmark 3 Estonia 0
Doubles: K Carlsen and F Nielsen (Den) bt M Kunnap and A Vahkal (Est)
6-4 6-2 6-4
Finland 1 Latvia 2
Doubles: E Gulbis and D Pavlovs (Latvia) bt J Nieminen and T Ketola
(Fin) 6-2 6-4 6-3
Norway 1 Algeria 2
Doubles: L Ouahab and Slimande Saoudi (Algeria) bt S Boretti and F
Sletting-Johnsen (Nor) 6-2 2-6 7-5 6-2
