CRICKET

County Championship

Trend Bridge Surrey 136 & 93/3. Nottinghamshire 226 (Mark Ealham 55; M. Bicknell 6/56). HOVE Sussex 191 (J. Lewis 4/62). Gloucestershire 127/8. GRACE ROAD Essex 297 (R. Irani 97; D. Masters 4/65). Leicestershire 132/6 (Dinesh Mongia 4). TAUNTON Durham 462/7 (P. Collingwood 181; A. Caddick 3/130) vs Somerset..

CHESS

Czech international OPEN

Pardubice: Round IV ? Evgeny Najer (Rus, 5) drew Valery Shalimov (Ukr, 5.5) Klima Lukas (Cze, 5) drew Sergei Azarov (Blr, 5) Daniel Fridman (Lat, 5) beat Leonid Voloshin (Cze, 4) Cvek Robert (Cze, 4) lost to Andrei Kovalev (Blr, 5) Vladimir Potkin (Rus, 4.5) drew Konstantine Shanava (Geo, 4.5) Jako V. Geller (Rus, 4.5) drew Boris Savchenko (Rus, 4.5) Gennadi Gutman (Ukr, 5) bt Yuriy Kryvoruchko (Ukr, 4) Yuri Vovk (Ukr, 4) lost to Alexander Moroz (Ukr, 5) Mikhailo Oleksienko (Ukr, 5) bt Ognjen Jovanovic (Cro, 4) Thomas Henrichs (Ger, 5) bt S. Kidambi (4) Vladislav Borovikov (Ukr, 4) drew Poobesh Anand (4.5) Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury (Ind, 4) drew Tomas Polak (Cze, 4) Igor Smirnov (Ukr, 3.5) lost to Sandipan Chanda (Ind, 4.5) Tejas Bakre (Ind, 4) drew Pavel Vavra (Cze, 4) M.R. Venkatesh (Ind, 4) bt Jan Turner (Cze, 3) Satyapragyan (Ind, 4) bt Miroslava (Ukr, 3) Tania Sachdev (Ind, 3) lost to Iskusnykh Sergei (Rus, 4) David Schneider (Ger, 2.5) lost to Devaki Prasad (Ind, 3.5) Zeherebuch Yarosav (Ukr, 3.5) bt Rahul Shetty (Ind, 2.5) Eesha Karwade (Ind, 3) bt Bernie Giorgivo (Ita, 2) Kruttika Nadig (Ind, 3) bt Gerhard Lorschied (Ger, 2).

WORLD YOUTH MEET

BELFORT (France): Round X ? Boys U-10: Sahaj Grover (8.5) bt Chiam Eng Yeap Mark Lapidus (6) lost to Shiven Khosla (7) K. Harsh (4.5) lost to Aquino Inigo (5.5) Sheldon Jurrius (4) lost to Rishi Thariani (5) Alan Chikman (5) bt Vasanta Varman (4) Devic Jovan (4) bt Sudharshan Surya (3) Suboth Shirodkar (2.5) lost to Fahad Almazam (3.5). Boys U-12: Ray Robson (7.5) drew N. Srinath (8.5) S.P. Sethuraman (7.5) drew Sujgirov Sanan (8) V.A.V. Rajesh (7.5) bt Bahruz Rzayev (6.5) Parimarjan Negi (7) drew Illya Nyzhnyk (7) S. Piyuman (4) drew Hari Hara Sudhan (4). Boys U-14: Y. Sandeep (7.5) bt Arkadiusz Leniart (6.5) Anastasion Pavlidis (5.5) lost to Nikhil Shyam (6.5) Sankalp Modwal (6) bt Zia Anakidze (5) T. Pranav (1) lost to Elie Abi Raad (2). Boys U-16: G. Rohith (7.5) drew Tomasz Warakomski (8) Monsieux Cyril Monsieux (7) bt D. Sai Srinivas (6) Jean Pierre Trang (4.5) lost to K. Vijay Keerthi (5.5). Boys U-18: Deep Sengupta (6.5) drew Joost Michielsen (6.5) Deepan Chakravarthy (6) drew Valeanu Eduard-Andrei (6). Girls U-10: K. Sai Nirupama (7.5) lost to Wang Jie (8) Girls U-12: Deysi Cori (6.5) lost to P. Lakshmi Sahiti (7.5) Rucha Pujari (6.5) bt Cansu Soylemez (5.5) Anne Haast (6.5) bt G. Srisha (5). Girls U-14: Pon. N. Krithika (6) lost to I. Ramya Krishna (7). Girls U-16: Nazerke Rysbayeva (6.5) lost to D. Harika (7.5) Saheli Nath (7) bt Marija Rakic (6) Nune Darbinian (6.5) drew Mary Ann Gomes (6.5). Girls U-18: Zorigt Bayaraa (4.5) lost to N. Vinuthna (5.5) Soumya Swaminathan (5.5) lost to Gulmira Dauletova (6.5).

FOOTBALL

Champions League

Qualification Round II first leg ? Artmedia Petrzalka 5 Celtic 0 Debrecen 3 Hajduk Split 0 F91 Dudelange 1 Rapid Vienna 6 Malmo 3 Maccabi Haifa 2 Partizan Belgrade 1 Sherif Tiraspol 0 Rabotnicki Skopje 1 Lokomotiv Moscow 1 FYR Shelbourne 0 Steaua Bucharest 0 SK Tirane 0 CSKA Sofia 2 Anderlecht 5 Neftchi Baku 0 Anorthosis Famagusta 3 Trabzonspor 1 Dinamo Tbilisi 0 Brondby 2 Dynamo Kiev 2 Thun 2 FBK Kaunas 1 Liverpool 3 Valerenga Oslo 1 Haka Valkeakoski 0.

INTERTOTO CUP

Semi-finals, first leg ? Deportivo Coruna 2 Newcastle United 1 Lazio 1 Olympique Marseille 1 Sigma Olomouc 0 Hamburg SV 1 Valencia 4 Roda JC Kerkrade 0 VfL Wolfsburg 0 Racing Lens 0 Zalgiris Vilnius 1 CFR Cluj 2.

TENNIS

Budapest Open

ROUND II ? Katarina Srebotnik (2, Slo) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (Rus) 2-6, 7-6 (13-11), 6-3 Laura Pous Tio (Spa) bt Mariana Diaz-Oliva (6, Arg) 7-5 retired Jelena Kostanic (4, Cro) bt Julia Schruff (Ger) 6-2, 6-2. ROUND I ? Sanchez Lorenzo (Spa) bt Agnes Szavay (Hun) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Kitzbuehel Open

ROUND II ? Juergen Melzer (9, Aut) bt Dusan Vemic (SCG) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 Mariano Puerta (2, Arg) bt Irakli Labadze (Geo) 6-3, 6-4 Stefan Koubek (Aut) bt Christophe Rochus (12, Bel) 4-6, 6-4, 5-4 (retired) Andrei Pavel (10, Rom) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4) Feliciano Lopez (5, Spa) bt Alessio Di Mauro (Ita) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 Victor Hanescu (15, Rom) bt Tomas Behrend (Ger) 6-0, 6-1 Fernando Gonzalez (4, Chi) bt Oliver Marach (Aut) 6-3, 6-4 Nicolas Massu (7, Chi) bt Daniel Koellerer (Aut) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Jose Acasuso (11, Arg) 6-3, 6-4 Mikhail Youzhny (6, Rus) bt Ivo Minar (Cze) 6-0, 7-5 Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Luis Horna (14, Per) 6-4, 6-1 Gaston Gaudio (3, Arg) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 7-5, 6-3 Robin Vik (Cze) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (16, Fra) 7-5, 1-0 (retired) Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) bt Nikolay Davydenko (1, Rus) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Igor Andreev (13, Rus) 6-3, 6-2 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Olivier Rochus (8, Bel) 7-5, 6-3.

Croatian OPEN

UMAG Round I ? Juan Carlos Ferrero (7, Spa) bt Novak Djokovic (SCG) 6-4, 6-2 Guillermo Coria (2, Arg) bt Felix Mantilla (Spa) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 Jiri Novak (5, Cze) bt Albert Portas (Spa) 6-0, 4-6, 7-5 Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) bt Ilia Bozoljac (SCG) 6-3, 6-2.

Los Angeles Cup

ROUND II ?Dominik Hrbaty (2, Svk) bt Jan Hernych (Cze) 6-4, 6-2 Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Tommy Haas (4, Ger) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 Ricardo Mello (Bra) bt Amir Hadad (Isr) 6-3, 6-1.

STANFORD Classic

ROUND II ? Patty Schnyder (3, Sui) bt Marion Bartoli (Fra) 6-4, 7-5 Venus Williams (2, US) bt Sania Mirza (Ind) 6-3, 6-2 Jelena Jankovic (7, SCG) bt Amy Frazier (US) 6-0, 6-3 Nathalie Dechy (6, Fra) bt Lisa Raymond (US) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

For the book

Spanish golfer and avid football fan Sergio Garcia will make his debut as president of his home town football club Borriol when they play Castellon in a pre-season friendly on Thursday. The 25-year-old world No. 6 has taken over the presidency of the modest fifth division club based on Spain’s Mediterranean coast.