TENNIS

ATP/WTA MIAMI MEET

WOMEN, semi-finals: Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Amelie Mauresmo (1, Fra) 6-1, 6-0 Maria Sharapova (2, Rus) bt Venus Williams (8, US) 6-4, 6-3.

MEN, semi-finals: Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Tim Henman (6, GBR) 6-4, 6-2 Andre Agassi (9, US) bt Taylor Dent (31, US) 7-5, 6-0.

GOLF

PGA PORTUGUESE OPEN

QUINTA DA MARINHA: 65 Markus Brier (Aut) 67 Neil Cheetham (GBR), Titch Moore (RSA), Stephen Scahill (Nzl), Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 68 Paul Broadhurst (GBR), Stephen Dodd (GBR), Barry Lane (GBR), Jonathan Lomas (GBR) 69 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), Alastair Forsyth (GBR), Paul Lawrie (GBR), Philippe Lima (Fra), Stuart Little (GBR), Ben Mason (GBR), Cesar Monasterio (Arg), Gary Murphy (Ire), Leif Westerberg (Swe) 70 Peter Baker (GBR), Klas Eriksson (Swe), Niclas Fasth (Swe), Stephen Gallacher (GBR), Ian Garbutt (GBR), Damien McGrane (Ire), Henrik Nystroem (Swe), Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra), Raymond Russell (GBR), Jean Van de Velde (Fra).

CHESS

MONACO MEET

Final round: BLINDFOLD ? Evgeny Bareev (Rus) drew Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) Boris Gelfand (Isr) drew Viswanathan Anand (Ind) Loek van Wely (Ned) bt Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) Peter Svidler (Rus) lost to Veselin Topalov (Bul) Peter Leko (Hun) drew Alexei Shirov (Esp) Alexander Morozevich (Rus) drew Francisco Pons Vallejo (Esp).

RAPID ? Ivanchuk drew Bareev Anand drew Gelfand Kramnik bt Van Wely Topalov bt Svidler Shirov bt Leko Vallejo lost to Morozevich.

For the book

Mali?s President Amadou Toumani Toure has sacked his three police chiefs following riots which caused Sunday?s World Cup qualifier with Togo to be abandoned, a statement from his office said on Friday