Football

Champions League

Semi-final, first leg

Barcelona (0) 0 Man United (0) 0

Irn-Bru Scottish League

First division

Stirling (2) 3 St Johnstone (1) 1

UniBond League: First division: North: FC United of Manchester 1 Woodley Sports 1; Newcastle Blue Star 2 Curzon Ashton 1. South: Kidsgrove 2 Nantwich Town 3; Sheffield 7 Spalding 2.

British Gas Business League: First division: South & West: Paulton 5 Gosport 0. Midlands: Cinderford 0 Stourbridge 3.

Tennent’s Highland League Cup: Semi-final: Cove 1 Deveronvale 1.

Barclays Premier Reserve League: North: Sunderland 7 Blackburn 2.

Combined Counties League: Premier division: Raynes Park Vale 0 Banstead 3.

Ridgeons Eastern Counties League: Premier division: Ipswich 0 Felixstowe & Walton 2; Walsham Le Willows 0 Dereham 1.

Westview Essex Senior League: Enfield 3 Bowers & Pitsea 1.

Toolstation League: Premier division: Frome 2 Dawlish 2.

Eagle Bitter United Counties League: Premier division: Sleaford 0 St Ives 1.

Baseball

American League

Boston 7 Los Angeles Angels 6; Detroit 10 Texas 2; Tampa Bay 6 Toronto 4; Chicago White Sox 5 New York Yankees 9; Oakland 4 Minnesota 5; Kansas City 1 Cleveland 15; Seattle 4 Baltimore 2.

National League

Milwaukee 9 St Louis 8 (12inns); Chicago Cubs 8 New York Mets 1; Atlanta 0 Washington 6; Pittsburgh 3 Florida 2; Cincinnati 8 Los Angeles Dodgers 1; Houston 11 San Diego 7; Colorado 6 Philadelphia 8; Arizona 5 San Francisco 4.

Basketball

BBL Championship play-offs

Quarter-final: Milton Keynes 105 Scottish Rocks 93.

NBA play-offs

First round (best-of-seven series): Eastern Conference: Orlando 104 Toronto 103 (Orlando lead 2-0). Western Conference: New Orleans 127 Dallas 103 (New Orleans lead 2-0); San Antonio 102 Phoenix 96 (San Antonio lead 2-0).

Cricket

MCC University matches

First day of three: Bristol: Loughborough UCCE 181-7 (R K Morris 52 not out; C G Greenidge 5 for 56) v Gloucestershire.The Parks: Oxford UCCE 185-4 (J H P Hooper 56, R J H Lett 50) v Nottinghamshire.

Cycling

La Flèche Wallonne race

Charleroi to Huy, Belgium (199.5km): 1, K Kirchen (Lux, High Road) 4hr 35min 29sec; 2, C Evans (Aus, Silence-Lotto) at 1sec behind; 3, D Cunego (It, Lampre) 0:02; 4, R Gesink (Neth, Rabobank); 5, T Dekker (Neth, Rabobank); 6, D Rebellin (It, Gerolsteiner) all same time. British: 50, D Millar (Slipstream Chipotle) 2min 49sec.

Ice hockey

NHL play-offs

First round (best-of-seven series): Eastern Conference: Washington 2 Philadelphia 3 (OT; Philadelphia win 4-3). Western Conference: San Jose 5 Calgary 3 (San Jose win 4-3).

Rugby union

BUSA Championship finals

Twickenham: Men: UWE Hartpury 23 Loughborough 15. Women: UWIC 22 Northumbria 20.

Snooker

888.com World Championship

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: First round: S Murphy (Eng) bt D Harold (Eng) 10-3 (Frame scores; Murphy first: 74-31, 65-70, 87-16, 77-39, 78-13, 84-24, 69-28, 78-7, 32-72, 51-72, 102-7 (102), 73-19, 74-8); J Perry (Eng) bt G Dott (Scot) 10-7(Frame scores; Dott first: 92-21, 35-92, 1-62, 98-5, 0-102 (102), 76-38, 0-86, 68-58, 17-82, 29-104 (104), 58-49, 126-0 (126), 0-132 (132), 0-82, 8-88, 58-50, 53-65); Liang Wenbo (China) bt K Doherty (Ire) 10-5 (Frame scores; Liang first: 40-75, 105-0, 86-23, 64-14, 73-55, 25-77, 73-22, 83-0, 112-13, 71-55, 14-59, 74-67, 1-73, 14-61; 61-15); R O’Sullivan (Eng) leads Liu Chuang (China) 5-4; S Maguire (Scot) leads A Hamilton (Eng) 8-1 (both resume today).

Speedway

Sky Sports Elite League

Poole 52 Eastbourne 41.

Premier League Knockout Cup

Birmingham 43 Glasgow 47 (Birmingham win 95-87 on agg).

Tennis

Monte Carlo Masters Series

Second round: D Ferrer (Sp) bt M Safin (Russ) 6-2, 6-3; N Davydenko (Russ) bt S Bolelli (It) 6-2, 7-6; G Monfils (Fr) bt I Karlovic (Cro) 7-6, 6-1; J Tipsarevic (Serbia) bt N Lapentti (Ec) 5-7, 7-6, 6-4; P Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt N Kiefer (Ger) 6-2, 6-4; I Andreev (Russ) bt M Youzhny (Russ) 6-3, 0-0 ret; R Federer (Switz) bt R RamÍrez Hidalgo (Sp) 6-1, 3-6, 7-6; S Querrey (US) bt A Seppi (It) 6-1, 7-5; N Almagro (Sp) bt J Mónaco (Arg) 6-2, 3-0 ret; J C Ferrero (Sp) bt J Nieminen (Fin) 6-3, 6-3; R Nadal (Sp) bt M Ancic (Cro) 6-0, 6-3; D Nalbandian (Arg) bt O Rochus (Bel) 6-4, 6-3; R Gasquet (Fr) bt K Vliegen (Bel) 6-1, 6-2; T Robredo (Sp) bt R Söderling (Swe) 6-4, 7-6.

Leading men’s world rankings 1, R Federer (Switz) 6,425pts; 2, R Nadal (Sp) 5,455; 3, N Djokovic (Serbia) 4,725; 4, N Davydenko (Russ) 3,290; 5, D Ferrer (Sp) 2,620; 6, A Roddick (US) 2,320; 7, D Nalbandian (Arg) 2,035; 8, J Blake (US) 2,020; 9, R Gasquet (Fr) 1,755; 10, T Berdych (Cz) 1,690. Other: 20, A Murray (GB) 1,330.

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