BADMINTON

THOMAS CUP

Qualification match for quarter final ? England 3 South Africa 0. Andrew Smith (GBR) bt Chris Dednam (RSA) 21-11, 21-12 Nick Kidd (GBR) bt Roelof Dednam (RSA) 21-12, 21-12 Rajiv Ouseph (GBR) bt Wiaan Viljoen (RSA) 21-18, 21-6 Japan 3 United States 0. Masuda/Ohtsuka (Jpn) bt T. Gunawan/Malaythong (US) 21-18, 21-15 Shoji Sato (Jpn) bt Raju Rai (US) 21-8, 21-14 Yousuke Nakanishi (Jpn) bt Eric Go (US) 21-11, 23-21

UBER CUP

Qualification match for quarter final ? Singapore 3 New Zealand 0. Li Li (Sin) bt Rachel Hindley (Nzl) 21-16, 21-14 Aiying Xing (Sin) bt Renee Flavell (Nzl) 21-8, 21-11 Yanmei Jiang (Sin) bt Michelle Chan (Nzl) 21-11, 21-19 Netherlands 3 United States 0. Judith Meulendijks (Ned) bt Zhou Lili (US) 21-9, 21-5 Rachel van Cutsen (Ned) bt Eva Lee (US) 11-8 (Lee retired) Karina de Wit (Ned) bt Jamie Subandhi (US) 21-15, 21-5 Germany 3 South Africa 0. Juliane Schenk (Ger) bt Michelle Edwards (RSA) 21-4, 21-7 Petra Overzier (Ger) bt Kerry-Lee Harrington (RSA) 21-7, 21-10 Nicole Grether (Ger) bt Stacey Doubell (RSA) 21-6, 21-8

CHESS

DUBAI INTERNATIONAL

Final round ? Tamaz Gelashvili (Geo, 6.5) drew Zviad Izoria (Geo, 6.5) Evgenij Miroshnichenko (Ukr, 6.5) bt Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 5.5) Sergei Krivoshey (Ukr, 5.5) lost to Safarli Eltaj (Aze, 6.5) R. B. Ramesh (Ind, 6.5) bt S. P. Sethuraman (Ind, 5.5) El Taher Fouad (Egy, 5.5) drew M. R. Lalith Babu (Ind, 5.5) Oleg Kulicov (Rus, 5.5) lost to Valeriy Neverov (Ukr, 6) Mesgen Amanov (Tkm, 6) bt Taleb Moussa (UAE, 5) Abhijeet Gupta (Ind, 6) bt So Wesley (5) Kruttika Nadig (Ind, 5) lost to Faruk Bistric (Bih, 6) S. Satyapragyan (Ind, 6) bt Aarthie Ramaswamy (Ind, 5) Vishal Sareen (Ind, 6) bt A. M. Soozankar (5) Robin Stellwagen (4.5) drew D. Sai Srinivas (Ind, 5.5) Lavasani Javad (Iri, 4.5) lost to . T. Anil Kumar (Ind, 5.5) Saud Mohamed (4.5) drew Prathamesh Mokal (Ind, 4.5) Erik Teichmann (GBR, 5) bt Soumitra Majumdar (Ind, 4) Gurpreet Pal Singh (Ind, 4.5) drew K. Priyadharshan (Ind, 4.5) Faisal Alsharhan (4) lost to G. B. Joshi (Ind, 5) C. N. Vaidya (Ind, 4) lost to Stojic Dusan (5) N. Srinath (Ind, 3.5) lost to Prasanna Rao (Ind, 4.5) Omid Bashirinia (3.5) lost to Ramnath Bhuvanesh (Ind, 4.5) Dhyani Dave (Ind, 3.5) lost to Shantanu Lahiri (Ind, 4.5) Laith Kasib (3.5) lost to Shiven Khosla (Ind, 4.5) Navabi Shirin (Iri, 4) bt Sahaj Grover (Ind, 5)

CRICKET

CHELTENHAM & GLOUCESTER TROPHY

LEICESTER ? Warwickshire 128/9 (J. Allenby 4/19) Leicestershire 116/3 (D. Maddy 53). Leicestershire won by 7 wkts (D/L method). WORCESTER ? Lancashire 248/5 (S. G. Law 70 .., M. Loye 64; D. Mitchell 4/42). Worcestershire 129 (T. Smith 3/17). Lancashire won by 119 runs. NOTTINGHAM ? Scotland 192 (R. Watson 84; C. Cairns 4/30). Nottinghamshire 196/1 (W. Smith 95, S. Patel 93 ..). Nottinghamshire won by 9 wkts. SOUTHAMPTON ? Hampshire 257/9 (K. Pietersen 98). Essex 249 (R. Bopara 54; D. Thornely 3/17). Hampshire won by 8 runs. CANTERBURY ? Surrey 223/5 (A. Brown 64, J. Batty 52). Kent 222/6 (N. Dexter 94, D. Stevens 67; J. Dernbach 3/44, I. Salisbury 3/28). Surrey won by 1 run. TAUNTON ? Gloucestershire 328/8 (I. Harvey 112, C. Taylor 58, A. Gidman 53; A. Caddick 3/40). Somerset 199 (K. Parsons 65; M. Ball 5/48). Gloucestershire won by 129 runs. CARDIFF ? Glamorgan 250/9 (M. Cosgrove 75; Johnston 3/37). Ireland 235 (S. Afridi 54, P. Gillespie 54; A. Wharf 3/67). Glamorgan won by 15 runs. HOVE ? Middlesex 200/6 (P. Weekes 50. . Shah 82; N. Hasan 4/34). Sussex 201/4 (R. Montgomerie 72, M. Goodwin 88 ..). Sussex won by 6 wkts.

FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

Manchester United 0 Middlesbrough 0 West Bromwich Albion 0 West Ham United 1 (Nigel Reo-Coker 41) Sunderland 0 Arsenal 3 (Danny Collins 28 og, Francesc Fabregas 40, Thierry Henry 43)

TENNIS

ATP MUNICH INTERNATIONAL

Round I ? Robin Vik (Cze) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 Kristof Vliegen (Bel) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SCG) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 Jan Hernych (Cze) bt Andreas Beck (Ger) 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-4 Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Paradorn Srichaphan (6, Tha) 6-4, 6-4

ATP ESTORIL INTERNATIONAL

Round I ? Justin Gimelstob (US) bt Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 Nikolay Davydenko (2, Rus) bt Vince Spadea (US) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Christophe Rochus (8, Bel) 6-2, 6-0

WTA ESTORIL INTERNATIONAL

Round I ? Mariana Diaz Oliva (Arg) bt Virginie Razzano (Fra) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 Paola Suarez (Arg) bt Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (Esp) 7-5, 6-3 Antonella Serra Zanetti (Ita) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 6-4, 6-4 Flavia Pennetta (1, Ita) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2)

WTA WARSAW CUP

Round I ? Martina Hingis (Sui) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 7-5, 7-6 (7-1) Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) bt Jelena Jankovic (SCG) 7-5, 6-3 Klara Koukalova (Cze) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4

For the book

Brazilian referee Wilson Souza de Mendonca has been suspended for three weeks after refusing to let a player wear a protective mask during a game on Sunday. Fluminense midfielder Romeu, who was playing with a broken nose, was ordered by Mendonca to remove the mask before the start of the derby against Vasco da Gama. "His attitude was lamentable and authoritarian," said Edson Rezende de Oliveira.