FOOTBALL

World Cup qualifiers

CONCACAF Caribbean Zone

Havana, Group 5, First stage, second leg: Cuba 3 (Lester More 8, 51, 69) Cayman Islands 0 l

Paramiribo, group 6, second leg: Surinam 8 (G.Kinsaini 7, 37, 69, C.Loswijk 17, C.Sandvliet 30, S.Uralime 53, 62, 83) Aruba 1 (R.Nowens 39).l Surinam won 10-2 on aggregate.

premier league

Birmingham City 4 (Bryan Hughes 12, 67, Mikael Forssell 69, 81pen) Leeds United 1 (Mark Viduka 3) l Blackburn Rovers 1 (Tugay Kerimoglu 37) Portsmouth 2 (Teddy Sheringham 17, Yakubu Ayegbeni 82) l Charlton Athletic 1 (Carlton Cole 8) Aston Villa 2 (Darius Vassell 24, Jlloyd Samuel 54) l Chelsea 5 (Mario Melchiot 4, Frank Lampard 70, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 78, 87, 90+3) Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 (Henri Camara 23, Jody Craddock 58) l Everton 1 (Tomasz Radzinski Middlesbrough 1 (Joseph Desire Job 83) l Manchester City 0 Fulham 0 l Southampton 1 (Rory Delap 64) Tottenham Hotspur 0.

Primera Liga

Real Sociedad 1 (Nihat Kahveci 43) Deportivo Coruna 2 (Walter Pandiani 11, Aitor Lopez Rekarte 90+2, own goal l Espanyol 2 (Raul Tamudo 2, 84pen) Athletic Bilbao 1 (Mauricio Pochettino 90+1,own goal) l.

Ligue 1

Sochaux 2 (Frank Beria 51own goal, Mickael Pagis 90) Metz 0 l Nice 0 Olympique Lyon 1 (Elber 17) l AC Ajaccio 1 (Bernard Diomede 23) Bastia 0 l En Avant Guingamp 2 (Souleymane Camara 14, 36) Lille 1 (Mathieu Bodmer 25) l Le Mans 0 Monaco 1 (Dado Prso 50) l Nantes 3 (Viorel Moldovan 30, 49, 90) Montpellier 2 (Pascal Delhommeau 7 own goal, Guillaume Moullec 58) l Racing Strasbourg 0 Stade Rennes 3 (Alexander Frei 64, 66, Olivier Monterrubio 86).

TENNIS

MIAMI MASTERS

Men, Round 2: Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Gustavo Kuerten (Bra) 6-1 3-6 7-5 l Jan Hernych (Cze) bt Mark Philippoussis (Aus) 6-4 6-2 l Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt Franco Squillari (Arg) 6-4 7-6 (7-3) l Andre Agassi (US) bt Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) 6-0 7-6 (7-1) l Guillermo Canas (Arg) bt Sjeng Schalken (Ned) 6-1 3-0 defaulted (verbal abuse) l Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Albert Costa (Esp) 6-4 6-2 l Roger Federer (Sui) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 6-2 3-6 7-5 l Carlos Moya (Esp) bt David Sanchez (Esp) 4-6 6-4 6-4 l Andy Roddick (US) bt Karol Beck (Svk) 6-2 6-4 l Fernando Gonzalez (Chl) bt Karol Kucera 7-5 7-6 (9-7) l Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) bt Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) 6-3 6-4 l Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha) bt Ricardo Mello (Bra) 6-1 1-6 6-3 l Thierry Ascione (Fra) bt Feliciano Lopez (Esp) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 l Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Taylor Dent (US) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 l Vincent Spadea (US) bt Marat Safin (Rus) 7-6 (9-7) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 l Agustin Calleri (Arg) bt Lars Burgsmuller (Ger) 6-3 7-5 l Jiri Novak (Cze) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut) 6-4 6-0 l Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) bt Bohdan Ulihrach (Cze) 6-3 3-6 6-3 l Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Fernando Verdasco (Esp) 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-3) l Todd Reid (Aus) bt Martin Verkerk (Ned) 4-6 6-4 7-5 l Tommy Robredo (Esp) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 4-6 6-1 7-6 (7-3).

Women, Round 2: Kristina Brandi (Pur) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (US) 7-5 4-6 7-5 l Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (Rom) 6-4 6-1 l Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 6-0 l Lisa Raymond (US) bt Tatiana Panova (Rus) 5-7 7-5 6-1 l Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 l Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Anne Kremer (Lux) 7-5 6-3 l Shenay Perry (US) bt Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 6-1 l Vera Zvonereva (Rus) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 6-3 7-6 (7-3) lVenus Williams (US) bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-4 6-4 l Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-2 6-2 l Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (Esp) bt Saori Obata (Jpn) 3-6 6-4 6-2 l Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (Isr) bt Rita Grande (Ita) 6-1 6-3 l Paola Suarez (Arg) bt Denisa Chladkova (Cze) 6-1 6-2 l Jelena Dokic (Sem) bt Nicole Pratt (Aus) walkover (Pratt withdrew injured) l Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukr) 6-4 4-1 retired (Kutuzova withdrew injured) l Emilie Loit (Fra) bt Mariana Diaz-Oliva (Arg) 6-1 7-6 (7-4) l Alicia Molik (Aus) bt Amy Frazier (US) 4-6 7-5 6-2 l Silvia Farina Elia (Ita) bt Mara Santangelo (Ita) 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-3) l Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Lubomira Kurhajcova (Svk) 6-1 6-3 l Vera Douchevina (Rus) bt Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Rus) 6-0 7-5.

GOLF

Players championship

PONTE VEDRA BEACH Round 2: 206 Adam Scott (Aus) l 208 Frank Lickliter, Kevin Sutherland l 209 Paul Stankowski, Kenny Perry, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els (RSA), Jerry Kelly l 210 Craig Parry (Aus), Duffy Waldorf, Vijay Singh (Fij) l 211 Woody Austin, Paul Casey (Gbr), Bob Burns, Padraig Harrington (Irl) l 212 Tiger Woods, Fred Funk, Matt Kuchar, Jeff Sluman l

MADEIRA ISLAND OPEN

MACHICO, round 3: l208 Knud Storgaard (Den),l 209 Steven Jeppesen (Swe),l 212 Warren Bennett, Garry Houston, Euan Little, Paul Broadhurst, Rob Rashell (US)l 213 Miguel Angel Martin (Esp), Richard Sterne (RSA), Fernando Roca (Esp), Christopher Hanell (Swe), Brad Kennedy (Aus), Jamie Spence l 214 Andreas Ljunggren (Swe), Mark Sanders, Graeme McDowell, Shaun Webster, Massimo Florioli (Ita), Paul Broadhurst.

CALIFORNIA MEET

RANCHO MIRAGE Round 3: l208 Grace Park (Kor), Aree Song (Kor) l 209 Lee Jung-Yeon (Kor) l 210 Michelle Wie, Karrie Webb (Aus) 68 71 71 l 211 Stacy Prammanasudh, Rosie Jones, Wendy Doolan (Aus) l 212 Catriona Matthew (Gbr), Kim Mi-Hyun (Kor), Dottie Pepper.

CHESS

BLINDFOLD AND RAPID MEET

MONACO, Round 7: BLINDFOLD: Peter Svidler (Rus) drew with Alexei Shirov (Esp)l Evgeny Bareev (Rus) drew with Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr)l Veselin Topalov drew with Boris Gelfand (Isr)l Loek Van Wely (Ned) drew with Peter Leko (Hun)l Viswanthan Anand (Ind) lost to Alexander Morozevich (Rus)l Francisco Vallejo Pons (Esp) lost to Vladimir Kramnik (Rus).

RAPID: Ivanchuk bt Bareev l Shirov drew with Svidler l Gelfand bt Topalov l Kramnik bt Vallejo Pons l Leko bt Van Wely; Morozevich bt Anand. Evgeny Bareev (Rus) drew with Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr)l Veselin Topalov drew with Boris Gelfand (Isr) l Loek Van Wely (Ned) drew with Peter Leko (Hun) l Viswanthan Anand (Ind) lost to Alexander Morozevich (Rus) l Francisco Vallejo Pons (Esp) lost to Vladimir Kramnik (Rus).

For the book

One of Ireland's most promising rugby players died on Saturday during an under-19 international in South Africa, the Irish Rugby Football Union said. John McCall, 18, was injured when a scrum collapsed 20 minutes into Ireland’s match against New Zealand in Durban. He was rushed to hospital but died of his injuries.