TENNIS

Davis Cup

Asia-Oceania Zone

Invercargill, Group I, Round I: India 3 New Zealand 2 (Indian names first): Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi bt Mark Neilsen and Matt Prentice 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) l Leander Paes bt Simon Rea 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 l Vishal Punna lost to Mark Nielsen 6-4, 6-3, 6-1.

World Group (Group I, Round I)

In Uncasville — US 3 Aut 0 (US names first): Friday’s results — Robby Ginepri bt Jurgen Melzer 6-7 (6-8), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 l Andy Roddick bt Stefan Koubek 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 l Saturday’s results — Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan bt Julian Knowle/Jurgen Melzer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 l In Agadir, Morocco 0 Argentina 3 (Moroccan names first): Friday’s results — Mounir El Aarej lost to Guillermo Coria 1-6, 1-6, 4-6 l Hicham Arazi lost to David Nalbandian 6-4, 1-6, 5-7 1-2, retired l Saturday’s results — Mehdi Tahiri/Mounir El Aarej lost to Agustin Calleri/Lucas Arnold 1-6, 4-6, 2-6 l In Minsk: Belarus 1 Russia 2 (Belarus names first): Friday’s results — Max Mirnyi bt Marat Safin 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 4-6, 11-9 l Vladimir Voltchkov lost to Igor Andreev 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 4-4, retired l Saturday’s results —Max Mirnyi/Alexander Shvets lost to Marat Safin/Mikhail Youzhny 4-6, 5-7, 6-7 (4-7) l In Maastricht: Netherlands 2 Canada 1 (Dutch names first): Friday’s results — Sjeng Schalken bt Frank Dancevic 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 l Martin Verkerk bt Simon Larose 6-4, 7-6 (11-9), 4-6, 6-3 l Saturday’s results — Paul Haarhuis/Martin Verkerk lost to Daniel Nestor/Frederic Niemeyer 6-7 (10-12), 0-1, retired l In Metz: France 2 Croatia 1 (French names first): Friday’s results — Arnaud Clement bt Mario Ancic 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 l Thierry Ascione lost to Ivan Ljubicic 5-7, 4-6, 4-6 l Saturday’s results — Nicolas Escude/Michael Llodra bt Mario Ancic/Ivo Karlovic 6-1, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 l In Brno: Czech Republic 2 Spain 1 (Czech names first): Friday’s results — Jiri Novak bt Rafael Nadal 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) l Radek Stepanek lost to Tommy Robredo 5-7, 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-7 (7-9) l Saturday’s results — Jiri Novak/Radek Stepanek bt Rafael Nadal/Tommy Robredo 6-4, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 l In Bucharest: Romania 1 Switzerland 2 (Romanian names first): Friday’s results — Andrei Pavel bt Michel Kratochvil 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 l Victor Hanescu lost to Roger Federer 6-7 (4-7), 3-6, 1-6 l Saturday’s results — Andrei Pavel/Gabriel Trifu lost to Roger Federer/Yves Allegro 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 8-10 l In Adelaide: Sweden 4 Australia 1 (Australian names first): Friday’s results — Mark Philippoussis lost to Thomas Enqvist 3-6, 4-6, 2-6 l Lleyton Hewitt bt Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 l Saturday’s results — Todd Woodbridge/Wayne Arthurs lost to Jonas Bjorkman/Joachim Johansson 6-7 (5-7), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 5-7 l Philippoussis lost to Jonas Bjorkman 5-7, 2-6, 2-6 l Wayne Arthurs lost to Thomas Enqvist 6-7 (8-10), 6-3, 4-6.

Pan Pacific Open

Tokyo, Singles final: Lindsay Davenport (2, US) bt Magdalena Maleeva (Bul) 6-4, 6-1 l Doubles final: Cara Black (3, Zim)/Rennae Stubbs (Aus) bt Elena Likhovtseva (4, Rus)/Magdalena Maleeva (Bul) 6-0, 6-1.

SOCCER

Primera Liga

Real Madrid 2 (Ronaldo 25, Roberto Carlos 59) Malaga 1 (Jose Juan Luque 75) l Valencia 3 (Mista 31, 72, Vicente 65) Atletico Madrid 0.

Serie A

Chievo Verona 2 (Luciano 45, Lorenzo D’Anna 88-penalty) Lecce 3 (Andrea Barzagli own goal 17, Ernesto Chevanton 21, Marco Cassetti 57) l Udinese 1 (Marek Jankulovski 45 Bologna 3 (Tomas Locatelli 22, Hidetoshi Nakata 47, Leonardo Colucci 89).

Ligue 1

Friday’s results: Girondins Bordeaux 2 (Juan Pablo Francia 19, Albert Riera 23) Nantes 0.

Saturday’s results: Olympique Marseille 2 (Ahmed Hossam Mido 11, Steve Marlet 90) AC Ajaccio 1 (Mamadou Seck 73) l Paris St-Germain 6 (Danijel Ljuboja 6, 56, Pauleta 20, 50, Branko Boskovic 76, Reinaldo 77) Montpellier 1 (Nenad Dzodic 54) l Olympique Lyon 0 En Avant Guingamp 1 (Nisa Saveljic 90) l Racing Strasbourg 3 (Ulrich Le Pen 53, 81, Cyril Chapuis 72) Le Mans 0 l Nice 4 (Christophe Meslin 9, Noe Pamarot 17, Everson 32, Bakary Diakite 78) RC Lens 0 l Metz 0 Monaco 2 (Jaroslav Plasil 39, Gael Givet 52) l Lille 2 (Geoffrey Dernis 45, Matt Moussilou 53) Sochaux 0 l Bastia 1 (Bartholomew Ogbeche 30) Toulouse 0 l Stades Rennes 0 AJ Auxerre 2 (Philippe Mexes 15, Bonaventure Kalou 54).

Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Oliver Neuville 61) Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (Ingo Hertzsch 20, Ioannis Amanatidis 77) l Hansa Rostock 4 (Antonio di Salvo 8, Magnus Arvidsson 76, Gernot Plassnegger 80, Razundara Tjikuzu 90) SC Freiburg 1 (Wilfried Sanou 64) l Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Vaclav Sverkos 51) Werder Bremen 2 (Ivan Klasnic 54, Frank Baumann 90) l Kaiserslautern 1 (Vratislav Lokvenc 23) Cologne 0 l Schalke 04 0 TSV 1860 Munich 0 l VfL Wolfsburg 2 (Martin Petrov 36-penalty, Fernando Baiano 88) Borussia Dortmund 4 (Niclas Jensen 42, Jan Koller 45, Torsten Frings 54, Lars Ricken 78) l Hamburg SV 1 (Bernardo Romeo 82) VfL Bochum 1 (Soren Colding 70).

Premier League

Aston Villa 2 (Juan Pablo Angel 45-penalty, Ronny Johnsen 59) Leeds United 0 l Bolton Wanderers 2 (Nicky Hunt 11, Youri Djorkaeff 58) Liverpool 2 (Sami Hyypia 51, Steven Gerrard 69) l Everton 3 (David Unsworth 49, John O’Shea 65-own goal, Kevin Kilbane 75) Manchester United 4 (Louis Saha 9, 29, Ruud van Nistelrooy 24, 89) l Middlesbrough 0 Blackburn Rovers 1 (Jon Stead 39) l Newcastle United 3 (Shola Ameobi 30, Gerry Taggart 37-own goal, Jermaine Jenas 59) Leicester City 1 (Les Ferdinand 80) l Southampton 0 Fulham 0 l Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Jermaine Defoe 13, Robbie Keane 42, 79, Gustavo Poyet 89) l Portsmouth 3 (Eyal Berkovic 39, Lomana LuaLua 73, Ivica Mornar 84) l Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Ionel Ganea 26) Arsenal 3 (Dennis Bergkamp 9, Thierry Henry 58, Kolo Toure 63).

African Nations Cup

Tunisia 1 (Jaohar Mnari 65) Senegal 0 l Mali 2 (Frederic Kanoute 45, Mahamadou Diarra 90) Guinea 1 (Pascal Feindouno 15)

GOLF

Melbourne Meet

Round III (Saturday’s results): 194 Ernie Els (RSA) l 202 Gareth Paddison (NZ), Adam Scott (Aus) l 203 Peter Hanson (Swe), Peter O’Malley (Aus), Peter Fowler (Aus) l 204 Mahal Pearce (NZ) l 205 Peter Baker (GBR), Paul Sheehan (Aus), Michael Campbell (NZ), Stephen Gallacher (GBR).

Round IV (Sunday’s results): 268 Ernie Els (RSA) 60 66 68 74 l 269 Adam Scott (Aus) 66 68 68 67 l 273 Peter Fowler (Aus) 66 68 69 70 l 274 Peter Hanson (Swe) 67 70 66 71 l 275 Stephen Gallacher (GBR) 68 68 69 70, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 64 72 69 70.

California Meet

Pebble Beach, Round II (Saturday’s results): 134 Luke Donald (GBR) l 135 Tom Pernice Jr. (US), J.J. Henry (US), Ken Duke (US), Vijai Singh (Fiji) l 136 Arron Oberholser (US), Robert Gamez (US), Phil Mickelson (US) l 137 Mark Hensby (Aus), Jesper Parnevik (Swe), Phillip Price (GBR), Corey Pavin (US), K.J. Choi (Kor), Dennis Paulson (US), Scott McCarron (US) l 138 Joe Ogilvie (US), Patrick Sheehan (US), Kent Jones (US).

Round III (Sunday’s results): 203 Vijai Singh (Fij) 67 68 68, Arron Oberholser (US) 69 67 67 l 204 Phillip Price (GBR) 67 70 67 l 206 Luke Donald (GBR) 69 65 72, Jeff Maggert (US) 71 68 67 l 207 Phil Mickelson (US) 68 68 71 l 208 Tom Pernice Jr. (US) 67 68 73, Bill Glasson (US) 73 69 66, K.J. Choi (Kor) 67 70 71, Scott McCarron (US) 69 68 71 l 214 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 72 70 72

HOCKEY

WOMEN’S ASIA CUP

New Delhi, (Saturday’s results) 5th-6th play-off: Kazakhstan bt Malaysia 3 (1)-1 (1) l 7th-8th play-off: Singapore bt Sri Lanka 3-2. (Sunday’s results) Final: India 1 (Jasjeet Kaur, 64) Japan 0

Series vs Netherlands

Hyderabad, third test: India 1 (Prabhjot Singh 63) Netherlands 2 (Teun De Nooijer 4, 44).

For the book

Federico Sordillo, president of the Italian Football Federation (FICG) when the country won the World Cup in 1982, died on Saturday. He was 77, the Italian news agenncy reported. Sordillo, who had suffered a lengthy illness, was FICG president from 1980 to 1976.