GOLF

USPGA WESTERN OPEN

LEMONT (Illinois), Final Round: 274 Stephen Ames (Can) 67 73 64 70 l 276 Steve Lowery 68 68 70 70 l 277 Luke Donald (Bri) 72 68 70 67, Mark Hensby (Aus) 67 70 67 73 l 278 Stuart Appleby (Aus) 71 68 67 72, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 68 69 68 73 l 279 Davis Love III (US) 70 74 67 68, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 71 70 69 69, Jim Furyk (US) 69 71 68 71, Tiger Woods (US) 70 73 65 71.

WOMEN’S US OPEN

SOUTH HADLEY (Massachusetts), Final Round: 274 Meg Mallon (US) 73 69 67 65 l 276 Annika Sorenstam (Swe) 71 68 70 67 l 278 Kelly Robbins (US) 74 67 68 69 l 281 Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 70 67 69 75 l 282 Michele Redman (US) 70 72 73 67, Candie Kung (Tai) 70 68 74 70.

EUROPEAN OPEN

DUBLIN, Round I: 275 Retief Goosen (RSA) 69 66 72 68 l 280 Richard Green (Aus) 70 78 66 66, Peter O’Malley (Aus) 72 70 68 70, Lee Westwood 69 69 71 71 l 281 Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 67 70 75 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Esp) 73 68 67 73 l 283 David Howell 69 72 75 67 l 284 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 73 72 67, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 75 69 69.

ATHLETICS

IAAF SUPER GP

CRETE (Greece), Men: 1,500m — 1. Paul Korir (Ken) 3:31.10 2. Tarek Boukensa (Alg) 3:32.35 3. Timothey Kiptanui (Ken) 3:32.57 l 3,000m steeplechase — 1. Saaeed Shaheen Saif (Qat) 8:01.97 2. Wesley Kiprotich (Ken) 8:12.19 3. David Chemweno (Ken) 8:13.12 l 100m — 1. Deji Aliu (Nig) 10.21 2. Aziz Zakari (Gha) 10.24 3. Vicente de Lima (Bra) 10.28 l 200m — 1. Costas Kenteris (Gre) 20.24 2. Stephane Buckland (Mau) 20.28 3. Dominic Demeritte (Bah) 20.63 l 800m — 1. Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Rus) 1:43.92 2. William Yiampoy (Ken) 1:43.95 3. Michael Rotich (Ken) 1:44.08 l High jump — 1. Stefan Holm (Swe) 2.33 2. Jaroslav Baba (Cze) 2.30 3. Tomas Janku (Cze) 2.30 l Long jump — 1. Joan Lino Martinez (Cub) 8.25 2. Vitaliy Shkurlatov (Rus) 8.21 3. Yann Domenech (Fra) 8.07 l 110m hurdles — 1. Redelen Melo dos Santos (Bra) 13.33 2. Duane Ross (US) 13.37 3. Mateus Facho Inocencio (Bra) 13.45 l 400m hurdles — 1. Christopher Rawlinson (Bri) 48.19 2. Naman Keita (Fra) 49.03 3. Boris Gorban (Rus) 49.20

Women: 3,000m steeplechase — 1. Gulnara Samitova (Rus) 9:01.58 (world record) 2. Dorcus Inzikuru (Uga) 9:29.30 3. Bouchra Chaabi (Mor) 9:30.35 l 100m — 1. Yuliya Nesterenko (Blr) 11.06 2. Natasha Mayers (St.Vincent) 11.28 3. Zhanna Block (Ukr) 11.29 l Discus — 1. Franka Dietzsch (Ger) 64.80 2. Vera Pospisilova (Cze) 64.46 3. Aretha Hill (US) 64.02 l 800m — 1. Jolanda Ceplak (Slo) 1:59.94 2. Natalya Khrushcheleva (Rus) 2:00.26 3. Seltana Ait Hammou (Mor) 2:00.88 l 400m hurdles — 1. Jana Pittman (Aus) 53.52 2. Yuliya Pechenkina (Rus) 53.73 3. Fani Halkia (Gre) 53.99 l Triple jump — 1. Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus) 15.34 2. Kene Ndoye (Sen) 15.00 3. Yamile Aldama (Sud) 14.84 l Pole vault — 1. Svetlana Feofanova (Rus) 4.88 (world record) 2. Yelena Isinbayeva (Rus) 4.65 3. Anna Rogowska (Pol) 4.65 l Javelin — 1. Osleidys Menendez (Cub) 67.99 2. Nikola Brejchova (Cze) 64.85 3. Felicia Tilea-Moldovan (Rom) 63.01.

CHESS

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

TRIPOLI (Libya), Semi-finals: Veselin Topalov (Bul) drew Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzb) 2-2, goes to tiebreak l Michael Adams (Eng) drew Teimour Radjabov (Aze) 2.5-1.5. Adams qualifies.

FOOTBALL

World Cup QUALIFIERS (AFRICAN ZONE)

GROUP I: Brazzaville — Congo 1 (Mamona 29) Mali 0 l Monrovia — Liberia 0 Togo 0 l GROUP III: Cotonou — Benin 3 (Oumar Tchomogo 23-penalty, Jocelyn Ahoueya 48, Laurent D’Jaffo 68) Egypt 3 (Hassan Mustafa 66, 79, Hossam Ghali 75) l Yaounde — Cameroon 2 (Samuel Eto’o 80, Guy Feutchine 81) Ivory Coast 0

EURO 2004

LISBON, Final: Greece 1 (Angelos Haristeas 57) Portugal 0

CFL SUPER DIVISION

CALCUTTA: Eveready 3 FCI 1 l George Telegraph 1 MD AC 0 l ER 1 Wari 2

For the book

Robin Uthappa of Karnataka has been selected for coaching in Australia under the Border-Gavaskar Scholarship scheme after his impressive performance during Star Cricket Club’s (under-19) recent successful tour of England and Scotland.