Athletics
BUPA Great Manchester Run 10km: Men:1, G Weidlinger (Aus) 28min 10sec;
2, S Lebid (Ukr) 28:11; 3, M Mohamed (Swe) 28:12; 4, J M MartÍnez (Sp)
28:19; 5, L Kibet (Kenya) 28:21; 6, El Hassan Lahssini (Fr) 28:22. Leading
British: 9, C Thompson 28:49; 10, A Ford 29:02.Women:1, J Pavey (GB) 31:58;
2, R Cheruiyot (Kenya) 32:08; 3, B Bekele (Eth) 32:33; 4, A Kalovics (Hun)
32:37; 5, N Ejjafini (Brunei) 32:54; 6, C Ndereba (Kenya) 32:55. Other
British: 9, M L Ross-Cope 33:01; 10, L Yelling 33:09.Wheelchairs: Men(all
British): 1, J Gill 26:00; 2, M Telford 26:30; 3, D Lucker 27:17; 4, A Cheek
28:22; 5, A Booth 28:53.
Basketball
NBA play-offs Conference semi-finals(best-of-seven series):
Eastern:Cleveland 74 Boston 69 (level at 3-3). Western: Utah 105 Los Angeles
Lakers 108 (Los Angeles win 4-2).
Cycling
Giro d’Italia (Italy unless stated): Eighth stage (Rivisondoli to
Tivoli, 208km): 1, R Ricco (Saunier Duval) 4hr 41min 5sec; 2, P Bettini
(QuickStep); 3, D Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) both same time.Leading British:
126, G Thomas (Barloworld) at 3min 55sec behind. Ninth stage (Civitavecchia
to San Vincenzo, 218km): 1, D Bennati (Liquigas) 5:30:06; 2, Bettini; 3, R
McEwen (Aus, Silence-Lotto). Leading British: 7, M Cavendish (High Road) all
same time. Leading overall positions: 1, G Visconti (QuickStep) 42:14:16; 2,
M Russ (Ger, Gerolsteiner) at 34sec behind; 3, G Bosisio (Team LPR) 5min
53sec. Leading British: 90, D Millar (Slipstream Chipotle) 37:46.
Golf
Irish Open Adare Manor: Leading final scores (Great Britain and Ireland
unless stated): 278: R Finch 71, 72, 65, 70. 280: F Aguilar (Chile) 71, 72,
67, 70. 281:R Karlsson (Swe) 71, 70, 69, 71; M Lafeber (Neth) 71, 71, 72,
67; G Murphy 74, 70, 68, 69; L Westwood 75, 70, 64, 72.282:R McIlroy 70, 72,
70, 70. 283: B Dredge 68, 73, 66, 76; A Quiros (Sp) 72, 72, 68, 71.284:M
Kaymer (Ger) 77, 68, 70, 69; J Kingston (SA) 75, 68, 69, 72; A Wall 72, 70,
70, 72.285:J Edfors (Swe) 68, 73, 73, 71; D Frost (SA) 74, 70, 66, 75; A
Velasco (Sp) 69, 72, 72, 72. 286: D Clarke 72, 69, 72, 73; M Ilonen (Fin)
77, 66, 68, 75; L James 69, 73, 70, 74; P Larrazábal (Sp) 70, 70, 73, 73; P
McGinley 73, 69, 73, 71; J Sandelin (Swe) 76, 66, 71, 73. 287: O Fisher 72,
75, 69, 71; Peter Lawrie 71, 75, 72, 69.
US PGA AT&T Classic Duluth, Georgia: Leading final scores (United
States unless stated):273:R Imada (Japan) 71, 69, 66, 67; K Perry 66, 69,
69, 69 (Imada won play-off at first extra hole). 274: C Villegas (Col) 68,
69, 71, 66. 275: J Byrd 66, 66, 73, 70. 276:P McLachlin 66, 70, 73, 67; J
Driscoll 71, 72, 66, 67; J Bolli 73, 66, 68, 69. 277: H Slocum 69, 68, 69,
71; C Howell 67, 69, 67, 74.278:R Palmer 66, 69, 70, 73. 279: B Watson 75,
66, 68, 70; W Haas 69, 74, 70, 66; R Tway 72, 70, 69, 68; J Huston 70, 74,
68, 67; C Kanada 68, 71, 69, 71; J Rollins 73, 67, 73, 66; S Elkington (Aus)
71, 69, 68, 71; B Baird 72, 69, 70, 68; S Cink 68, 71, 71, 69. 280: G Coles
(Aus) 70, 70, 70, 70; N O’Hern (Aus) 69, 72, 69, 70; M Kuchar 71, 69, 69,
71; O Uresti 74, 69, 65, 72; D Toms 67, 69, 69, 75.
Hockey
English Cup finals Beeston HC, Nottinghamshire: Men:Bowdon 3 Beeston 4.
Women: Slough 0 Leicester 1.
Ice hockey
NHL Stanley Cup play-offs
Western Conference final: Detroit 1 Dallas 2 (Detroit lead best-of-seven
series 3-2).
Motorcycling
French Grand Prix Le Mans: MotoGP (28 laps): 1, V Rossi (It, Yamaha)
44min 30.799sec; 2, J Lorenzo (Sp, Yamaha) at 4.997sec behind; 3, C Edwards
(US, Yamaha) 6.805; 4, D Pedrosa (Sp, Honda) 10.157; 5, C Vermeulen (Aus,
Suzuki) 21.762; 6, A Dovizioso (It, Honda) 22.395. British: J Toseland
(Yamaha) not classified. Leading championship positions: 1, Rossi 97pts; 2,
Lorenzo 94; 3, Pedrosa 94; 4, C Stoner (Aus, Ducati) 56; 5, Edwards 47; 6, L
Capirossi (It, Suzuki) 42; 9, Toseland 33. 250cc (26 laps): 1, A Debon (Sp,
Aprilia) 47:27.406; 2, M Simoncelli (It, Gilera) at 4.816; 3, M Pasini (It,
Aprilia) 4.998. Leading championship positions: 1, M Kallio (Fin, KTM) 93;
2, Pasini 77; 3, Debon 59. 125cc(shortened to five laps because of rain): 1,
M Di Meglio (Fr, Derbi) 10:08.574; 2, B Smith (GB, Aprilia) at 0.800; 3, N
Terol (Sp, Aprilia) 3.077. Leading championship positions: 1, Di Meglio 74;
2, Terol 66; 3, S Corsi (It, Aprilia) 62; 8, Smith 36.
Motor rallying
WRC Rally of Sardinia (around Porto Cervo): Leading final overall
positions(after SS17): 1, S Loeb (Fr, Citroën C4) 3hr 57min 17.2sec; 2, M
Hirvonen (Fin, Ford Focus) at 10.6sec behind; 3, J-M Latvala (Fin, Ford
Focus) 15.3; 4, G Galli (It, Ford Focus) 1:42.5; 5, D Sordo (Sp, Citroën C4)
2:05.6; 6, C Atkinson (Aus, Subaru Impreza) 5:08.6. British: 12, M Wilson
(Ford Focus) 10:07.3. Leading overall positions: 1, Hirvonen 43pts; 2, Loeb
40; 3, Atkinson 31; 4, Latvala 24; 5, Sordo 21; 6, Galli 17; 10, Wilson 7.
Rugby league
Engage Super League
St Helens 28 Catalans Dragons 10
St Helens: Tries: Flannery, Cunningham, Graham, Gardner 2, Pryce. Goals: Long
2. Catalans Dragons: Tries: Mogg, Greenshields. Goal: Bosc. Att: 8,550.
Other results: Castleford 24 Bradford 46; Harlequins 34 Hull 26; Huddersfield
50 Hull Kingston Rovers 16.
Cooperative National League One: Batley 36 Whitehaven 20; Halifax 60
Dewsbury 20; Leigh 28 Featherstone 20; Widnes 30 Sheffield 22. League
Two: Gateshead 52 London Skolars 22; Oldham 30 Swinton 20; York 40
Keighley 30. League Three: Bramley 70 Lancashire Lions 0; Gateshead
24 Warrington Wizards 28; Hemel 18 Featherstone Lions 22; Huddersfield
Underbank 26 Celtic Crusaders Colts 26; Liverpool Buccaneers 30 Dewsbury
Celtic 12.
Rugby union
Guinness Premiership semi-finals: Gloucester 25 Leicester 26; London
Wasps 21 Bath 10.
Konica Minolta Cup final: Neath 28 Pontypridd 22 (at Millennium
Stadium).
Snooker
Huangshan Cup
Heifei, China: Semi-finals: A Carter (Eng) bt Ding Junhui (China) 5-3;
M Fu (HK) bt Jin Long (China) 5-3. Final: Carter bt Fu 5-3.
Speedway
Sky Sports Elite League
Eastbourne 42 Ipswich 48.
Tennis
Hamburg Masters
Semi-finals: R Federer (Switz) bt A Seppi (It) 6-3, 6-1; R Nadal (Sp) bt N
Djokovic (Serbia) 7-5, 2-6, 6-2. Final: Nadal bt Federer 7-5, 6-7, 6-3.
ARAG ATP World Team Championship
Düsseldorf: Red group: United States level with Czech Republic 1-1
(T Berdych (Cz) bt J Blake (US) 7-6, 7-6; W Odesnik (US) bt I Minar (Cz)
6-2, 6-1); Sweden lead Argentina 1-0 (R Söderling (Swe) bt G Cañas (Arg)
6-3, 6-1). Blue group: Russia lead Italy 2-0 (M Youzhny (Russ) bt P Starace
(It) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; I Andreev (Russ) bt S Bolelli (It) 6-3, 6-7,
6-3);Germany lead Spain 1-0 (P Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt D Ferrer (Sp) 6-1,
6-0).
WTA Italian Open
Rome: Semi-finals: J Jankovic (Serbia) wo M Sharapova (Russ); A Cornet
(Fr) bt A Chakvetadze (Russ) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Final: Jankovic bt Cornet 6-2,
6-2.
