FOOTBALL

American MLS: Colorado Rapids 2 Real Salt Lake 0

Norwegian Tippeligaen: Bodo/Glimt 2 Tromso 0, Fredrikstad 5 Aalesund 0, Lyn Oslo 0 Stabaek 2, Molde 2 Viking FK 3, Rosenborg 4 Lillestrom 0, SK Brann 1 Valerenga 0

Russian Rosgosstrakh Premier Liga: Dinamo Moscow 2 Terek Grozny 1, FC Khimki 2 Lokomotiv Moscow 2

Copa Libertadores Quarter-Final First Leg: Club America 2 Santos 0

Mexican Torneo Comex Clausura Quarter-Final First Leg: Toluca 1 San Luis 1, Necaxa 1 Santos Laguna 2

Swedish Svenska Cupen 3rd Round: IF Elfsborg 3 Orebro SK 1

Belarusian Premier League: Dinamo Minsk 0 Torpedo Zhodino 1

Moldovan National Championship: FC Sheriff 7 CS Steaua 1, FC Dacia 2 FC Dinamo Bender 0, FC Nistru 2 FC Olimpia 0, FC Zimbru 3 CS Tiligul-Tiras 0

UAE League: Al-Sha'ab 2 Hatta 1, Al-Emirates 2 Sharjah 2, Al-Shabab 4 Al-Wasl 0, Al-Nasr 0 Al-Ahly Dubai 5, Al-Wahda 4 Al-Ain 3, Al-Dhafra 2 Al-Jazeera 3

Norwegian Adeccoligaen: Bryne 1 SFK Sparta 0, Haugesund 3 Hodd 1, IK Start 2 Kongsvinger 0, Moss FK 2 Nybergsund 1, Odd Grenland 3 Lov-Ham 1, Sandefjord 2 Alta 1, Sandnes Ulf 1 Honefoss 2

Chilean Campeonato BancoEstado Apertura Quarter-Final, Second Leg: Nublense 2 Cobreloa 1 (Agg 2-1)

Bahraini League: Manama 1 Al-Hala 1, Al-Muharraq 7 Al-Ahly 1

Uzbekistan Oliy Liga: Kuruvchi Tashkent 7 Shurtan Guzar 0, Qyzylqum Zarafshan 0 Pakhtakor Tashkent 3

Austrian Red Zac Erste Liga: Austria Lustenau 3 SV Bad Aussee 1, DSV Leoben 1 FC Lustenau 1, FC Gratkorn 1 Juniors Salzburg 3, FC Karnten 2 SC/ESV Parndorf 0, SC Schwanenstadt 0 FK Austria/Amateure 2, SK Schwadorf 1 SV Kapfenberg 3

ATHLETICS

IAAF de Dakar 2008 Grand Prix, Dakar, Senegal

Men's

Shot Put: 1 Dorian Scott (Jam) 20.52m, 2 Yuriy Bilonoh (Ukr) 20.24, 3 Milan Habork (Svk) 20.14, 4 Jesse Roberge (USA) 18.35, 5 Paolo Capponi (Ita) 17.20, 6 Marco Dodoni (Ita) 17.01

Women's

Shot Put: 1 Nadine Kleinert (Ger) 19.51m, 2 Jessica Crival (Fra) 16.92, 3 Manu Aisalen Camara (Sen) 10.76, 4 Mame Diarra Cnde (Sen) 9.67

RALLYING

World Rally of Italy, Italy.

Leading positions after stage 6: 1 Sebastien Loeb (Fra) Citroen 1hr 31mins 27.600secs, 2 Dani Sordo (Spa) Citroen 1:32:03.300, 3 Petter Solberg (Nor) Subaru 1:32:21.400, 4 Mikko Hirvonen (Fin) Ford 1:32:26.500, 5 Chris Atkinson (Aus) Subaru 1:32:36.600, 6 Gian-Luigi Galli (Ita) Ford 1:32:39.900, 7 Jari-Matti Latvala (Fin) Ford 1:32:58.700, 8 Henning Solberg (Nor) Ford 1:33:20.100, 9 Urmo Aava (Est) Mitsubishi 1:33:47.400, 10 Toni Gardemeister (Fin) Skoda 1:33:50.500.

BADMINTON

Thomas Cup & Uber Cup Men's & Women's World Team Championship Finals, Jakarta, Indonesia

Thomas Cup

Semi-finals

China 3 Malaysia 2

Singles: Lin Dan lost to Lee Chong Wei 21-12 21-14, Bao Chunlai bt Wong Choong Hann 21-18 21-7, Chen Jin bt Muhammad Hafiz Hashim 21-12 21-16

Doubles: Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng bt Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong 21-16 21-17, Xie Zhongbo & Guo Zhendong lost to Mohn Zakry Abdul Latif & Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari 21-17 21-15

Korea 3 Indonesia 0

Singles: Park Sung Hwan bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21-12 12-21 21-18, Lee Hyun bt Taufik Hidayat 21-13 21-14

Doubles: Jung Jae Sung & Lee Yong dae bt Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan 21-19 18-21 21-10

BASEBALL

Major League: Arizona Diamondbacks 8 Colorado Rockies 5, Chicago Cubs 4 San Diego Padres 0, Cleveland Indians 4 Oakland Athletics 2, Kansas City Royals 8 Detroit Tigers 4, LA Angels 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Minnesota Twins 2 Toronto Blue Jays 3, New York Mets 0 Washington Nationals 1, Philadelphia Phillies 5 Atlanta Braves 0, San Francisco Giants 7 Houston Astros 8, St Louis Cardinals 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5 New York Yankees 2

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association Play-offs Conference Semi-finals: New Orleans Hornets 80 San Antonio Spurs 99 (San Antonio Spurs tied best of seven series 3-3)

CYCLING

91st Giro d'Italia, Italy

Leading final positions after stage 7 (Vasto - Pescocostanzo, 180km): 1 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan 4hrs 45mins 05secs, 2 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems at 0.46, 3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare at 1.02, 4 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld at 1.33, 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan at 2.04, 6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott at same time, 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott at 2.07, 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana at 2.10, 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner at 2.55, 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas at same time, 11 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Astana at same time, 12 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at same time, 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank at same time, 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre at same time, 15 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC at same time

Selected Others: 115 Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Barloworld at 2mins 55secs, 117 Steven Cummings (Gbr) Barloworld at same time, 118 David Millar (Gbr) Slipstream Chipotle at same time, 146 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) High Road at same time, 167 Charles Wegelius (Gbr) Liquigas at same time, 173 Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) High Road at same time

General classification after stage 7: 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 32hrs 03mins 01sec, 2 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner at 0.09, 3 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan at 5.43, 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan at 7.27, 5 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare at 7.36, 6 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Barloworld at 7.46, 7 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott at 7.53, 8 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli at same time, 9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana at 7.56, 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas at 8.11, 11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas at 8.19, 12 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC at 8.28, 13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Ballan at 8.30, 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott at 8.38, 15 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC at 8.39

Selected Others: 85 David Millar (Gbr) Slipstream Chipotle at 33mins 17secs, 141 Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Barloworld at 55.30, 156 Charles Wegelius (Gbr) Liquigas at 1.03.17, 159 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) High Road at 1.04.43, 160 Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) High Road at 1.04.58, 161 Steven Cummings (Gbr) Barloworld at 1.05.25

GOLF

Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA tour AT&T Classic, The TPC at Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia, United States of America

(USA unless stated, par 72):

132 Jonathan Byrd 66 66

135 Kenny Perry 66 69, Ryan Palmer 66 69

136 David Toms 67 69, Parker McLachlin 66 70, Charles Howell III 67 69

137 Camilo Villegas (Col) 68 69, Heath Slocum 69 68

138 Bob Sowards 67 71

139 Justin Bolli 73 66, Zach Johnson 69 70, Brian Gay 71 68, Jay Williamson 72 67, Craig Kanada 68 71, Stewart Cink 68 71

140 Chris Kirk 69 71, Brian Davis (Eng) 69 71, Ted Purdy 67 73, Matt Kuchar 71 69, Gavin Coles (Aus) 70 70, John Mallinger 68 72, Steve Elkington (Aus) 71 69, John Rollins 73 67, Brett Quigley 70 70, Brandt Jobe 73 67, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 71 69, Bob Heintz 68 72, D.J. Trahan 70 70

141 Tom Byrum 72 69, Steve Flesch 68 73, Eric Axley 72 69, Gabriel Hjertstedt (Swe) 70 71, Bubba Watson 75 66, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 69 72, Guy Boros 68 73, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 73 68, Corey Pavin 72 69, Briny Baird 72 69, Troy Matteson 71 70

142 Bob Tway 72 70, Chris Riley 70 72, Dan Forsman 72 70, John Morse 71 71, Michael Allen 71 71, Kevin Sutherland 70 72, Marc Turnesa 74 68, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 70 72

143 Tom Scherrer 69 74, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 71 72, Omar Uresti 74 69, Joe Ogilvie 73 70, Reid Edstrom 72 71, James Driscoll 71 72, Kevin Streelman 71 72, Dustin Johnson 70 73, Bill Haas 69 74, Rich Beem 70 73, Shane Bertsch 71 72

144 David Lutterus (Rsa) 75 69, Jonathan Kaye 66 78, Jeff Gove 69 75, Kyle Thompson 76 68, Kenneth Ferrie (Eng) 76 68, Chez Reavie 72 72, Dean Wilson 73 71, Jim McGovern 74 70, Larry Mize 71 73, Andrew Buckle (Aus) 74 70, Lee Janzen 70 74, Todd Demsey 72 72, Ian Leggatt (Can) 72 72, Nick Flanagan (Aus) 72 72, Bob May 68 76, Len Mattiace 75 69, Robert Damron 71 73, John Huston 70 74

Missed cut:

145 Patrick Sheehan 68 77, Chris Stroud 73 72, Scott Dunlap 70 75, Jeff Overton 74 71, Brad Elder 74 71, Neal Lancaster 75 70, J.P. Hayes 72 73, Billy Andrade 75 70, J J Henry 72 73, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 73 72, Yong-eun Yang (Kor) 71 74, Grant Waite (Nzl) 75 70, Paul Goydos 73 72, Notah Begay III 75 70, Glen Day 74 71

146 Brad Adamonis 73 73, Scott McCarron 70 76, Lucas Glover 73 73, Tag Ridings 72 74, Marco Dawson 71 75, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 72 74, Travis Perkins (Sco) 73 73, John Riegger 73 73, Carlos Franco (Par) 73 73

147 Michael Bradley 72 75, Paul Stankowski 73 74, Jason Dufner 75 72, Brent Geiberger 71 76, Ronald Whittaker 73 74, Paul Claxton 73 74, Scott Sterling 75 72, Roberto Castro 74 73, Martin Laird 73 74, Jimmy Walker 78 69, Olin Browne 73 74, Jason Day (Aus) 76 71

148 Willie Wood 75 73, Jason Allred 78 70, Kris Cox 72 76, Jon Mills (Can) 73 75, Dicky Pride 78 70, Skip Kendall 76 72, Douglas Labelle 74 74, Jason Gore 68 80, Spike McRoy 74 74

149 Brett Rumford (Aus) 73 76, Jose Coceres (Arg) 78 71, Harrison Frazar 75 74, Mark Brooks 75 74

150 Steve Pate 77 73, Kevin Stadler 77 73, Garrett Willis 75 75, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 75 75, J.L. Lewis 72 78, Tommy Gainey 76 74, Robert Gamez 74 76

151 Jeff Hull 77 74, Greg Norman (Aus) 80 71

152 Jin Park (Kor) 77 75, Richard Johnson (Wal) 76 76, Chad Collins 77 75, Cody Freeman 76 76

153 Kelly Sellers 76 77, Scott Parel 78 75, Ronnie Black 77 76, Nicholas Thompson 79 74

154 Mike Heinen 78 76, Bob Burns 77 77

155 David Duval 78 77, Steve Allan (Aus) 76 79, Alex Cejka (Ger) 77 78

159 Luke List 79 80

163 Doug Dvorak (Gb) 85 78, Jim, jr. Gallagher 84 79

Collated first round scores in the Champions tour Regions Charity Classic, RTJ Golf Trail, Ross Bridge, Alabama, United States of America

(USA unless stated, par 72):

65 Andy Bean, Mike Goodes

67 Bernhard Langer (Ger)

68 Mike Hulbert, Walter Hall, Bob Charles (Nzl)

69 Denis Watson (Zim), Bruce Vaughan, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Sluman, Loren Roberts, Ian Woosnam (Wal), Scott Simpson

70 D A Weibring, Tom Jenkins, Scott Hoch, Danny Edwards, Tom McKnight, Don Pooley, Sam Torrance (Sco), Mark Wiebe, Des Smyth (Irl), John Harris, Hale Irwin, Tim Simpson

71 R.W. Eaks, Thomas Herzan, Dave Rummells, Gary Koch, Bob Gilder, David Eger, Wayne Levi, Steve Thomas

72 Curtis Strange, Mike Reid, Keith Fergus, Boonchu Ruangkit (Tha), Bruce Fleisher, Brad Bryant, Mac O'Grady, Larry Nelson, Allen Doyle, Bobby Wadkins, Isao Aoki (Jpn)

73 Gil Morgan, Ben Crenshaw, Morris Hatalsky, John Ross, Vicente Fernandez (Arg), Jim Chancey, Lonnie Nielsen, Mark W Johnson, Tom Wargo, Chip Beck, Massy Kuramoto (Jpn)

74 Fulton Allem (Rsa), Donnie Hammond, Dave Eichelberger, Fuzzy Zoeller, Leonard Thompson

75 Gene Jones, Mike Donald, Frank Shikle, Sandy Lyle (Sco)

76 Bruce Lietzke, Jim Colbert, Joe Inman

77 Rod Spittle (Can), Hubert Green, Hugh Baiocchi (Rsa)

78 Ed Dougherty, Joe Ozaki (Jpn), Jimmy Powell, Don Reese

79 Tom Kite, Jim Dent

80 Gibby Gilbert

86 Rocky Thompson

Collated second round scores & totals in the Nationwide Tour BMW Charity Pro-Am, at Thornblade Club, Bright'S Creek Golf Club, The Carolina Country Club, Greer, Western North Carolina, United States

(USA unless stated, par 71, 72, 72)

130 David Mathis 65 65

131 Matt Weibring 66 65

133 Matt Hendrix 65 68

134 Greg Chalmers 67 67, Won Joon Lee 69 65, Peter Tomasulo 65 69

135 Matt Bettencourt 68 67, David Branshaw 67 68, Kim Felton 66 69, Bill Lunde 66 69, Casey Wittenberg 69 66

136 Roger Tambellini 69 67, Arjun Atwal 69 67, Rich Barcelo 69 67, Chad Ginn 69 67, David Hearn 65 71, Randy Leen 67 69, Marc Leishman 68 68, David McKenzie 67 69

137 Tommy Tolles 69 68, Miguel Carballo 68 69, Wade Ormsby 71 66, Cameron Percy 67 70, Chris Smith 67 70

138 Doug Barron 69 69, D.A. Points 70 68, Rick Price 64 74, Chris Nallen 71 67, Keith Nolan 70 68, Steve Schneiter 67 71, Geoffrey Sisk 67 71, Daniel Summerhays 68 70, Brendon Todd 70 68

139 Matthew Every 70 69, Todd Fischer 67 72, Nick Malinowski 68 71, Kyle McCarthy 71 68, Brendan Steele 69 70, Vance Veazey 68 71, Tom Carter 69 70, Jim Herman 71 68, Bradley Iles 71 68, Rich Morris 66 73, Aron Price 71 68, Jim Rutledge 68 71, Michael Sim 69 70, Darron Stiles 69 70, Lee Williamson 69 70, Ben Willman 66 73

140 Michael Boyd 66 74, Josh Broadaway 68 72, Gibby Gilbert 71 69, J.J. Killeen 69 71, Bryce Molder 68 72, Jeff Gallagher 70 70, Justin Hicks 67 73, Bradley Hughes 72 68, Chris Kamin 68 72, James Oh 67 73, Lee M. Williamson 69 71

141 Scott Gardiner 68 73, Matt Hansen 70 71, Garrett Osborn 69 72, Ricky Barnes 70 71, Joe Daley 71 70, Adam Fox 72 69, Paul Gow 71 70, Kevin Hall 66 75, Ryan Howison 70 71, Brad Lamb 70 71, Josh McCumber 73 68, David Morland IV 69 72, Alex Prugh 66 75, Michael Putnam 71 70, David Roesch 66 75, Jason Schultz 68 73, Mike Standly 73 68, B.J. Staten 71 70, Brian Stuard 71 70, Mark Walker 75 66, Tyler Williamson 70 71

142 Hunter Haas 74 68, Jeff Klauk 70 72, Scott Petersen 67 75, Andrew Bonhomme 71 71, D.J. Brigman 70 72, Brendon De Jonge 69 73, Christo Greyling 74 68, P.H. Horgan III 73 69, Craig Lile 70 72, Jon Turcott 71 71, Zoran Zorkic 72 70

143 Camilo Benedetti 70 73, Jason Buha 72 71, Brent Delahoussaye 71 72, Danny Ellis 72 71, Ryan Hietala 71 72, Anders Hultman 72 71, John Kimbell 69 74, Fran Quinn 73 70, Ben Bates 73 70, Jason Caron 71 72, Andres Gonzales 73 70, Scott Piercy 71 72, David Schultz 72 71, Chris Thompson 71 72

144 Tommy Biershenk 72 72, Gary Christian 73 71, Patrick Damron 71 73, Scott Gordon 71 73, Kelly Grunewald 72 72, Jay Haas 70 74, Tom Johnson 70 74, Jon Rusk 68 76, Brad Weesner 69 75, Jeremy Anderson 67 77, Henrik Bjornstad 72 72, Gary Hallberg 72 72, Kevin Johnson 71 73, Andrew Johnson 76 68, Jarrod Lyle 70 74, Brian Smock 69 75

145 Payton Osborn 73 72, Sonny Skinner 74 71, Darren Angel 72 73, Michael Clark II 73 72, Robin Freeman 69 76, Spencer Levin 70 75, Garth Mulroy 73 72, Ewan Porter 77 68, Warren Schutte 72 73

146 Jason Enloe 72 74, Madalisto Muthlya 73 73, Lee Williams 71 75, Bubba Dickerson 74 72, Brad Fritsch 72 74, Chris Parra 72 74

147 Peter Jordan 75 72, Todd Barranger 75 72, Trevor Dodds 74 73, Tim O'Neal 68 79, Jeremy Pope 70 77

148 Ben Duncan 75 73, Mike Wendling 74 74, Burke Cromer 76 72, Colt Knost 76 72

149 Tyler Aldridge 70 79, Jeff Brehaut 71 78, Kyle Reifers 74 75

150 Keoke Cotner 74 76, Jonathan Fricke 73 77, Deane Pappas 75 75

151 Kevin Gessino-Kraft 75 76

152 Keith Clearwater 76 76, George Gankas 72 80, Steve Hart 76 76, Cory Schneider 72 80

153 Lee Curry 76 77, Jason Hill 73 80, Kieran Staunton 75 78

154 Scott Harrington 75 79

155 Brad Ott 77 78

157 Mark Tomedolskey 81 76

160 Emlyn Aubrey 78 82

Did not start: Tripp Isenhour, Danny Briggs, Fabian Gomez

Collated third round scores & totals in the Challenge tour, the Piemonte Open, Circolo Golf Torino & the Royal Park Golf & Country Club, Torino, Italy

(Par: 72)

199 Seve Benson (Eng) 67 70 62

203 Raphal De Sousa (Swi) 70 67 66, James Morrison (Eng) 64 74 65

206 Gary Lockerbie (Eng) 69 69 68, Damian Ulrich (Swi) 73 65 68

207 Bjrn Pettersson (Swe) 67 70 70

208 Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 72 72 64, Alessio Bruschi (Ita) 74 68 66, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Esp) 69 70 69

209 Andrew Marshall (Eng) 66 71 72, Rikard Karlberg (Swe) 74 69 66

210 Alessandro Napoleoni (Ita) 69 71 70, Mark Tullo (Chi) 67 73 70, Franois Calmels (Fra) 74 68 68, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 72 69 69, Jamie Little (Eng) 72 69 69, Matthew Zions (Aus) 72 68 70, Adrien Bernadet (Fra) 70 70 70

211 Mark F Haastrup (Den) 72 70 69, Graeme A Clark (Eng) 70 71 70, Simone Brizzolari (Ita) 72 72 67, Rici (Ita) 70 74 68

213 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 68 72 73, Alex Haindl (Rsa) 75 69 69, Julien Clment (Swi) 64 73 76, Lasse Jensen (Den) 68 74 71, Mickael Dieu (Fra) 72 71 70, Robin Swane (Ned) 69 75 69, John E Morgan (Eng) 71 73 69, Andrew Willey (Eng) 71 72 70, Soren Juul (Den) 69 71 73

214 Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 67 74 73, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 70 73 71, Marco Ruiz (Par) 71 70 73, Fredrik Svanberg (Swi) 71 72 71, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 70 73 71, Craig Williams (Wal) 74 70 70, Joakim Rask (Swe) 72 71 71, Emilio Dominguez (Arg) 70 73 71, Charles-Edouard Russo (Fra) 69 73 72, Alfredo Da Corte (Ita) 70 69 75, Raphal Eyraud (Fra) 71 69 74

215 Andrea Zani (Ita) 69 73 73, Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den) 74 69 72, Estanislao Goya (Arg) 70 72 73, Tim Dykes (Wal) 72 72 71, Tiago Cruz (Por) 73 69 73

216 Ben Evans (Eng) Teva Lecuona (Fra) 73 70 74, Giorgio Grillo (Ita) 77 67 73, Andrew Mcarthur (Sco) 72 72 73

218 Andrea Zanini (Ita) 71 71 76, Johan Wahlqvist (Swe) 70 74 74, Nicolo Gaggero (Ita) 72 72 74

221 Peter Bronson (USA) 74 69 78

Collated second round scores & totals in the Sunshine tour Nashua Golf Challenge, Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, Rustenburg, South Africa

(Rsa unless stated, par 72):

133 Desvonde Botes 68 65

138 Nic Henning 71 67

140 Keith Horne 72 68, Chris Williams 72 68, Divan van den Heever 71 69, Jean Hugo 72 68, Trevor Fisher Jnr 72 68

141 Darren Holder 71 70

142 Louis de Jager 71 71, Jaco Van Zyl 73 69, Hendrik Buhrmann 72 70, Kevin Stone 72 70

143 Louis Moolman 72 71, Reggie Adams 72 71, PH McIntyre 68 75, Vaughn Groenewald 78 65, Mark Murless 75 68, Ross Wellington 73 70, Brandon Pieters 71 72

144 Tyrone van Aswegen 71 73, Warren Abery 73 71, Steve van Vuuren 73 71, Jaco Ahlers 72 72, Dean Lambert 73 71, Adilson da Silva (Bra) 73 71, Jbe' Kruger 73 71

145 Grant Veenstra 73 72, Lindani Ndwandwe 73 72, Christiaan Basson 73 72, Nico van Rensburg 74 71, Omar Sandys 73 72

146 Neil Cheetham (Eng) 76 70, Rossouw Loubser 72 74, Greg Upneck 75 71, Bradford Vaughan 74 72

147 Anil Shah (Ken) 74 73, Neil Schietekat 73 74

148 Steve Basson 74 74, Oliver Bekker 81 67, Prinavin Nelson 75 73, Theunis Spangenberg 77 71, Michiel Bothma 76 72

Missed cut:

149 Edrich Jansen 76 73, Gerlou Roux 72 77

150 Josh Cunliffe 75 75, Thabang Simon 78 72, Tongo Charamba (Zim) 73 77, Shaun Ellis 80 70

151 Merrick Bremner 78 73, Heinrich Bruiners 73 78, Titch Moore 79 72, Peter Karmis 75 76, Doug McGuigan 78 73, Grant Muller 76 75

152 Irvin Mazibuko 77 75, David Hewan 74 78, Brett Liddle 72 80

153 Alan Michell 77 76, Henk Alberts 75 78, Chris Swanepoel 80 73

154 Darren Fichardt 76 78

155 Ryan Tipping 81 74, Andre Cruse 77 78

157 Teboho Sefatsa 81 76

158 Tsietsi Chabangu 83 75

161 Michael Dreyer 81 80

165 Bafana Hlophe 82 83

Retired: Albert Pistorius 79

Collated first round scores in the Omega China Tour Shanghai Championship, Shanghai, China

(Chn unless stated, par 72):

66 Chen Xiaoma

69 James Yang Wenzhang, Yuan Hao

70 Li Chao, Wang Huiqiang

71 Garth Cusick (Aus), Shang Lei

72 Deng Yuchao, Hsu Mong-nan (Tpe)

73 Gu Cuilin, Gu Shutao, Fan Zhipeng, Ryan Huang Yonghuan, Sha Ke

74 Wong Woon-man (Hkg), Liao Guiming, Liu Guojie, Shi Ningjie, James Su Dong, Tuo Wentao, Alex Wu Ashun, Zheng Shaoguang, Zhou Jun

75 Cai Nan, Cui Xiaolong, Fu Xin, Lu Wen-teh (Tpe), Wu Kangchun, Zhang Xinjun, Zheng Wengen, Yu Chunze

Selected scores:

76 Yau Sui-ming (Hkg)

82 Jason Robertson (Rsa)

84 Nick Redfern (Eng)

Collated first round scores in the USPGA Tour AT&T Classic, The TPC at Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia, United States of America

(USA unless stated, par 72):

66 Kenny Perry, Jonathan Kaye, Ryan Palmer, Parker McLachlin, Jonathan Byrd

67 David Toms, Ted Purdy, Bob Sowards, Charles Howell III

68 Patrick Sheehan, Steve Flesch, Stewart Cink, John Mallinger, Bob May, Guy Boros, Camilo Villegas (Col), Craig Kanada, Bob Heintz, Jason Gore

69 Brian Davis (Eng), Chris Kirk, Tom Scherrer, Zach Johnson, Jeff Gove, Heath Slocum, Nick O'Hern (Aus), Bill Haas

70 Chris Riley, Scott Dunlap, Scott McCarron, Gabriel Hjertstedt (Swe), Lee Janzen, Stephen Leaney (Aus), Gavin Coles (Aus), Kevin Sutherland, Dustin Johnson, Brett Quigley, Rich Beem, John Huston, D.J. Trahan

71 Esteban Toledo (Mex), Brian Gay, Marco Dawson, James Driscoll, Yong-eun Yang (Kor), Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Larry Mize, Shane Bertsch, Matt Kuchar, Michael Allen, Brent Geiberger, Steve Elkington (Aus), Kevin Streelman, Robert Damron, John Morse, Troy Matteson

72 Michael Bradley, Tom Byrum, Tag Ridings, J.P. Hayes, Kris Cox, Reid Edstrom, J.L. Lewis, Brenden Pappas (Rsa), Chez Reavie, Bob Tway, Briny Baird, Eric Axley, Todd Demsey, Ian Leggatt (Can), Nick Flanagan (Aus), J J Henry, Dan Forsman, Corey Pavin, Jay Williamson

73 Paul Stankowski, Jon Mills (Can), Ronald Whittaker, Dean Wilson, Paul Claxton, Justin Bolli, Martin Laird, Brandt Jobe, John Riegger, Kent Jones, Brad Adamonis, Chris Stroud, Lucas Glover, Joe Ogilvie, Brett Rumford (Aus), Travis Perkins (Sco), Richard S Johnson (Swe), John Rollins, Paul Goydos, Retief Goosen (Rsa), Carlos Franco (Par), Olin Browne

74 Andrew Buckle (Aus), Brad Elder, Jeff Overton, Omar Uresti, Jim McGovern, Roberto Castro, Marc Turnesa, Glen Day, Douglas Labelle, Robert Gamez, Spike McRoy

75 David Lutterus (Rsa), Willie Wood, Neal Lancaster, Jason Dufner, Mathias Gronberg (Swe), Bubba Watson, Harrison Frazar, Garrett Willis, Billy Andrade, Grant Waite (Nzl), Notah Begay III, Len Mattiace, Scott Sterling, Mark Brooks

76 Richard Johnson (Wal), Kelly Sellers, Kyle Thompson, Cody Freeman, Kenneth Ferrie (Eng), Steve Allan (Aus), Skip Kendall, Tommy Gainey, Jason Day (Aus)

77 Jin Park (Kor), Kevin Stadler, Steve Pate, Chad Collins, Jeff Hull, Ronnie Black, Bob Burns, Alex Cejka (Ger)

78 Jason Allred, Roland Thatcher, Jose Coceres (Arg), Dicky Pride, Jimmy Walker, Mike Heinen, Scott Parel, David Duval

79 Luke List, Michael Letzig, Nicholas Thompson

80 Greg Norman (Aus)

82 Charles Warren

84 Jim, jr. Gallagher

85 Doug Dvorak (Gab)

Collated first round scores in the LPGA Tour Sybase Classic Presented by Shoprite, Upper Montclair Country Club, United States of America

(USA unless stated, par 72):

67 Rachel Hetherington (Aus), Annika Sorenstam (Swe), Song-Hee Kim (Kor)

68 Teresa Lu (Tai), Catriona Matthew, Lorena Ochoa (Mex), Pat Hurst, Brittany Lang, Carolina Llano (Col)

69 Cindy Rarick, Ai Miyazato (Jpn), Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor), Cristie Kerr, Sophie Gustafson (Swe), Christina Kim, Anna Rawson (Aus), Leta Lindley

70 Lindsey Wright (Aus), Na On Min (Jpn), Morgan Pressel, Becky Iverson, Na Yeon Choi (Kor), Sarah Jane Kenyon, Becky Morgan, Soo-Yun Kang (Kor), Eunjung Yi (Kor), Mikaela Parmlid (Swe), Tracy Hanson, Hwa seon Lee (Kor), Leah Marie Wigger, Hye Jung Choi (Kor), Helen Alfredsson (Swe)

71 Minea Blomqvist (Fin), Wendy Doolan (Aus), Stacy Prammanasudh, Brandie Burton, In Kyung Kim (Kor), Michele Redman, Wendy Ward, Kristy McPherson, Katie Futcher, Ashli Bunch, Sung Ah Yim (Kor), Ya-Ni Tseng (Kor), Nicole Castrale

72 Taylor Leon, Jamie Hullett, Jean Bartholomew, Liz Janangelo, Nina Reis (Swe), Diana D'Alessio, In-Bee Park (Kor), Gloria Park (Kor), Ashleigh Simon (Rsa), Kyeong Eun Bae (Kor), Sophie Giquel (Fra), Jennifer Rosales (Phi), Giulia Sergas (Ita), Karen Stupples, Sandra Gal (Ger), Dorothy Delasin, Dina Ammaccapane, Mollie Fankhauser, Amy Hung (Tha)

73 Jill McGill, Meena Lee (Kor), Jane Park, Anna Grzebien, Michelle Ellis, Jackie Gallagher-Smith, Jee Young Lee (Kor), Jimin Kang (Kor), Carri Wood, Sarah Kemp (Aus), Heather Daly-Donofrio, Young-A Yang (Kor), Jin Joo Hong (Kor), Nancy Scranton, Vicki Goetze-Ackerman, Ji-Young Oh (Kor), Sherri Turner, Virada Nirapathpongporn (Tha), Natalie Gulbis, Momoko Ueda (Jpn), Alena Sharp, Meaghan Francella, Eva Dahllof (Swe), Erica Blasberg, Lisa Strom (Gb)

74 Hannah Jun, Irene Cho, Angela Park, Russamee Gulyanamitta (Tha), Liselotte Neumann (Swe), Julieta Granada (Par), Candie Kung (Tai), Candy Hannemann, Meg Mallon, Emily Bastel, Audra Burks, Allison Hanna-Williams, Marcy Hart

75 Sun Young Yoo (Kor), Hee-Won Han (Kor), Kim Hall, Seo-Jae Lee, Karine Icher (Fra), Kris Tamulis, Simi Mehra (Ind), Onnarin Sattayabanphot (Tha), Nicole Perrot (Chi), Carin Koch (Swe), Paige Mackenzie, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita), Sherri Steinhauer, Kris Tschetter, Shanshan Feng (Chn), Katherine Hull (Aus)

76 Beth Bader, Karrie Webb (Aus), Reilley Rankin, Siew-Ai Lim (Mal), Meredith Duncan, Michelle McGann, Yu Ping Lin (Tai), Karin Sjodin (Swe), Allison Fouch, Danielle Downey, Hee Young Park (Kor), Janice Moodie

77 Kate Golden, Maggie Will, Su A Kim, Miriam Nagl (Ger)

78 Becky Lucidi, Jimin Jeong

79 Hilary Lunke, Beth Allen, Lee Ann Walker-Cooper

81 Seol-An Jeon (Kor)

82 Kelli Kuehne

84 Danielle Ammaccapane

GYMNASTICS

Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, Tianjin, China

Men's Finals

Floor Exercises: 1 Kohei Uchimura (Jpn) 15.925 pts, 2 Brandon O'Neill (Can) 15.850, 3 Gael Da Silva (Fra) 15.750, 4 Kai Zou (Chn) 15.425, 5 Soo Myun Kim (Kor) 15.375, 6 Ri Se Gwang (Prk) 15.350, 7 Bouallegue Wajd (Tun) 14.550, 8 Filip Ude (Cro) 14.425

Pommel Horse: 1 Xiao Qin (Chn) 16.375pts, 2 Filip Ude (Cro) 15.825, 3 Robert Seligman (Cro) 15.725, 4 Xu Huang (Chn) 15.550, 5 Yosuke Hoshi (Jpn) 15.100, 6 Koen Van Damm ((Bel)) 14.675, 7 Soo Myun Kim (Kor) 14.200, 8 Alexander Kalabin (Rus) 14.075

Rings: 1 Yibing Chan (Chn) 17.000pts, 2 Ri Se Gwang (Prk) 16.525, 3 Kim Jin Hyok (Prk) 16.350, 4 Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Rus) 16.350, 5 Samir Ait Said (Fra) 16.175, 6 Alexaander Kalabin (Rus) 15.650, 7 Koen Van Damm ((Bel)) 15.575, 8 Jared Walls (Can) 14.650

Vault: 1 Ri Se Gwang (Prk) 16.125pts, 2 Raphael Wignanitz (Fra) 16.037, 3 Leszek Blanik (Pol) 15.787, 4 Wai Hung Shek (Hkg) 15.750, 5 Alexander Kalabin (Rus) 15.712, 6 Na Thanh Nguyen (Vie) 15.525, 7 Trung Linh Hau (Vie) 15.400, 8 Mohammad Ramezanpou (Vie) 15.050

Parallel Bars: 1 Xiaopeng Li (Chn) 16.775pts, 2 Xu Huang (Chn) 16.525, 3 Jin Hyok Kim (Prk) 16.075, 4 Yosuke Hoshi (Jpn) 15.775, 5 Gael Da Silva (Fra) 15.500, 6 Soo Myun Kim (Kor) 15.475, 7 Phuoc Hu Pham (Vie) 15.125, 8 Ha Thanh Nguyen (Vie) 15.050

Horizontal Bar: 1 Kai Zou (Chn) 16.275pts, 2 Xiaopeng Li (Chn) 16.100, 2 Jihoon Kim (Kor) 16.100, 4 Yosuke Hoshi (Jpn) 15.750, 5 Raphael Wignanitz (Fra) 15.350, 6 Gael Da Silva (Fra) 15.200, 7 Aljaz Pegan (Slo) 15.075

Women's Finals

Vault: 1 Fei Cheng (Chn) 14.975pts, 2 Ksenia Afanasyeva (Rus) 14.350, 3 Kristina Goryunova (Rus) 14.062, 4 Mi Kang Yong (Prk) 13.950, 5 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (Can) 13.875, 6 Nansy Damianova (Can) 13.850, 7 Dorina Boczogo (Hun) 13.825, 8 Angel Wong Hiu Ying (Hkg) 13.600

Uneven Bars: 1 Yilin Yang (Chn) 16.925pts, 2 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (Can) 15.350, 3 Ksenia Afanasyeva (Rus) 15.075, 4 Svetlana Klyukina (Rus) 14.825, 5 Marta Pihan (Pol) 14.800, 6 Daiane Dos Santos (Bra) 14.550, 7 Tsurumi Koko (Jpn) 14.500, 8 Kristina Vaculik (Can) 14.075

Balance Bean: 1 Fei Cheng (Chn) 15.925pts, 2 Kristina Goryunova (Rus) 15.675, 3 Iryna Krasnianska (Ukr) 15.525, 4 Sha Xiao (Chn) 15.425, 5 Ksenia Afanasyeva (Rus) 15.275, 6 Kristina Vaculik (Can) 15.000, 7 Sanne Wevers (Ned) 14.225, 8 Tsurumi Koko (Jpn) 13.575

Floor Exercise: 1 Fei Cheng (Chn) 15.550pts, 2 Yilin Yang (Chn) 15.275, 3 Kristina Goryunova (Rus) 14.400, 4 Daiane Dos Santos (Bra) 14.375, 5 Kyoko Oshima (Jpn) 14.350, 6 Nansy Damianova (Can) 14.275, 7 Kristina Vaculik (Can) 13.900, 8 Daniele Hypolito (Bra) 13.075

ICE HOCKEY

National Hockey League Stanley Cup Play-Offs 2008

NHL Eastern Conference Play-Off Final: Philadelphia Flyers 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (Pittsburgh Penguins lead best of seven series 3-1)

SNOOKER

The Huang Mountain Cup, Herfei, China

Quarter-finals: Marco Fu (Hkg) bt Liang Wenbo (Chn) 4-1, Ding Junhui (Chn) bt Liu Chuang (Chn) 4-1, Ali Carter (Eng) bt Cao Hei Sheng (Chn) 4-2, Jin Long (Chn) bt Stephen Hendry (Sco) 4-0

TENNIS

ATP Masters Series Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Quarter-finals: (1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-3 6-3, (3) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Albert Montanes (Spa) 6-2 6-3, Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 6-3 5-7 7-5, (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (11) Carlos Moya (Spa) 6-1 6-3

WTA Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2008, Rome, Italy

Quarter-finals: (6) Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) bt Tzvetana Pironkova (Bul) 6-2 3-6 6-1, (4) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt (7) Venus Williams (USA) 5-7 6-2 6-3, (2) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt (9) Patty Schnyder (Swi) 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 6-2, Alize Cornet (Fra) bt (5) Serena Williams (USA) w/o