BADMINTON

THOMAS CUP

Quarter finals ? Denmark 3 India 0. Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen (Den) bt Rupesh Kumar/Valiyaveetil Diju (Ind) 21-14, 21-19 Peter Gade Christensen (Den) bt Chetan Anand (Ind) 21-14, 21-8 Kenneth Jonassen (Den) bt Anup Sridhar (Ind) 21-12, 21-11 China 3 England 0. Lin Dan (Chn) bt Andrew Smith (GBR) 18-21, 21-12, 21-12 Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun (Chn) bt Kris Roebuck/Ian Palethorpe (GBR) 21-14, 21-12 Bao Chunlai (Chn) bt Nick Kidd (GBR) 21-12, 21-15 Indonesia 3 Japan 1. Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) bt Sho Sasaki (Jpn) 22-20, 21-7 Luluk Hadiyanto/Yulianto Alven (Ina) bt Keita Masuda/Tadashi Ohtsuka (Jpn) 21-13, 21-16 Markis Kidho/Hendra Setiawan (Ina) bt Shintaro Ikeda/Shuichi Sakamoto (Jpn) 21-15, 21-18 Shoji Sato (Jpn) bt Taufik Hidayat (Ina) 20-22, 21-16, 24-22 Malaysia 3 South Korea 2. Jung Jae Sung/Hwang Ji Man (Kor) bt Chong Ming Chan/Kien Keat Koo (Mas) 21-18, 24-22 Tan Fook Choong/Wan Wah Lee (Mas) bt Han Sang Hoon/Lee Yong Dae (Kor) 21-18, 21-9 Chong Wei Lee (Mas) bt Lee Hyun II (Kor) 21-17, 21-14 Park Sung Hwan (Kor) bt Choong Hann Wong (Mas) 6-10 (Wong retired) Muhd Hafiz Hashim (Mas) bt Jang Young Soo (Kor) 21-17, 21-10

UBER CUP

Quarter finals ? Taiwan 3 South Korea 2. Hwang Yu Mi/Ha Jung Eun (Kor) bt Chou Chia-Chi/Ku Pei-Ting (Tpe) 21-14, 21-13 Cheng Shao-chieh (Tpe) bt Hwang Hye-youn (Kor) 13-21, 21-14, 21-13 Chien Yu-Chin (Tpe) bt Lee Yun Hwa (Kor) 21-11, 21-9 Jun Jae Youn (Kor) bt Huang Chia-hsin (Tpe) 21-13, 21-9 Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing (Tpe) bt Lee Kyung Won/Lee Hyo Jung (Kor) 21-15, 17-21, 22-20 Germany 3 Hong Kong 2. Wang Chen (Hkg) bt Xu Huaiwen (Ger) 7-21, 21-15, 21-12 Juliane Schenk (Ger) bt Yip Pui-yin (Hkg) 21-15, 21-12 Koon Wai Chee/Wang Chen (Hkg) bt Carina Mette/Birgit Overzier (Ger) 21-18, 23-21 Petra Overzier (Ger) bt Wong Sin Yee (Hkg) 21-9, 21-13 Nicole Grether/Juliane Schenk (Ger) bt Chau Hoi Wah/Wong Man Ching (Hkg) 21-10, 21-9 China 3 Singapore 0. Zhang Ning (Chn) bt Li Li (Sin) 21-18, 21-18 Jiang Yanjiao (Chn) bt Aiying Xing (Sin) 21-10, 21-7 Gao Ling/Huang Sui (Chn) bt Yanmei Jiang/Yujia Li (Sin) 21-5, 21-7 Netherlands 3 Japan 2. Mia Audina/Judith Meulendijks (Ned) bt Kumiko Ogura/Reiko Shiota (Jpn) 21-11, 21-16 Kaori Mori (Jpn) bt Mia Audina (Ned) 21-15, 20-22, 21-17 Judith Meulendijks (Ned) bt Eriko Hirose (Jpn) 21-14, 17-21, 21-15 Kanako Yonekura (Jpn) bt Karina de Wit (Ned) 23-21, 13-21, 21-14 Karina de Wit/Ginny Severien (Ned) bt Tomomi Matsuda/Aki Akao (Jpn) 13-21, 21-14, 21-15

FOOTBALL

PREMIER LEAGUE

Blackburn Rovers 1 (Steven Reid 43) Chelsea 0

BUNDESLIGA

Cologne 0 Hamburg SV 1 (Lukas Sinkiewicz 3 og) Nuremberg 5 (Robert Vittek 14, 65, Jan Polak 59, Ivan Saenko 86, Stefan Kiessling 88) Borussia Moenchengladbach 2 (Ze Antonio 34, Wesley Sonck 36) Hanover 96 1 (Per Mertesacker 44) Borussia Dortmund 2 (Tomas Rosicky 59, Christian Woerns 81) Hertha Berlin 1 (Marcelinho 41) Bayer Leverkusen 5 (Juan 5, Dimitar Berbatov 27, 28, Carsten Ramelow 63, Bernd Schneider 76)

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

Poland 0 Lithuania 1 (Andrius Gedgaudas 14)

TENNIS

ATP MUNICH INTERNATIONAL

Round I ? Olivier Rochus (5, Bel) bt Julio Silva (Bra) 6-2, 6-0 Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) bt Guillermo Coria (1, Arg) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Alexander Peya (Aut) bt Dieter Kindlmann (Ger) 6-3, 6-4 Alexander Waske (Ger) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 Juergen Melzer (Aut) bt Mikhail Youzhny (7, Rus) 6-3, 6-4 Simon Greul (Ger) bt Boris Pasanski (SCG) 6-3, 6-7 (0-7), 7-6 (10-8) Bjoern Phau (Ger) bt Tomas Behrend (Ger) 3-2 (Behrend retired) Robin Soederling (Swe) bt Florent Serra (8, Fra) 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 6-4 Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) Jarkko Nieminen (3, Fin) bt Andrei Pavel (Rom) 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (9-7) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Mario Ancic (2, Cro) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5) Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Esp) bt Tobias Summerer (Ger) 6-1, 6-2

ATP ESTORIL INTERNATIONAL

Round I ? Gustavo Marcaccio (Arg) bt Tomas Zib (Cze) 6-4, 6-2 Nicolas Massu (7, Chi) bt Raemon Sluiter (Ned) 6-0, 7-5 David Nalbandian (1, Arg) bt Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 7-5, 7-5 Albert Portas (Esp) bt Juan Antonio Marin (Crc) 6-3, 6-4 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Esp) bt Leonardo Azzaro (Ita) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Marat Safin (Rus) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-1, 6-4 Dmitry Tursunov (5, Rus) bt Gastao Elias (Por) 6-2, 6-1 Fredericc Gil (Por) bt David Luque (Esp) 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 Carlos Berlocq (Arg) bt Didac Perez (Esp) 6-0, 6-1 Carlos Moya (6, Esp) bt Flavio Saretta (Bra) 6-3, 6-4 Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Michal Przysiezny (Pol) 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-4 Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Yeu-Tzuoo Wang (Tpe) 7-5, 6-1 Gael Monfils (4, Fra) bt Razvan Sabau (Rom) 6-1, 6-2

WTA ESTORIL INTERNATIONAL

Round I ? Katerina Bohmova (Cze) bt Arantxa Parra (Esp) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 Na Li (8, Chn) bt Kristina Barrois (Ger) 6-4, 6-3 Jie Zheng (6, Chn) bt Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 7-5, 6-4 Maret Ani (Est) bt Shikha Uberoi (Ind) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 Gisela Dulko (2, Arg) bt Zi Yan (Chn) 6-4, 6-4 Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Stephanie Foretz (Fra) 6-4, 6-1 Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) bt Bethanie Mattek (US) 7-5, 6-4 Zuzana Ondraskova (Cze) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) 6-3, 6-3 Laura Pous (Esp) bt Maria Vento-Kabchi (Ven) 6-0, 6-0 Emilie Loit (7, Fra) bt Frederica Piedade (Por) 6-1, 6-2 Natalia Gussoni (Arg) bt Eva Birnerova (Cze) 6-3, 6-3 Lourdes Dominguez (3, Esp) bt Magali de Lattre (Por) 6-1, 6-2

WTA WARSAW CUP

Round I ? Ana Ivanovic (SCG) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol) 6-4, 7-5 Julia Vakulenko (Ukr) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Sui) 6-4, 6-1 Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Anna Smashnova (Isr) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Rus) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Francesca Schiavone (5, Ita) bt Emma Laine (Fin) 6-0, 6-1 Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) bt Anabel Medina (Esp) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Anastasia Myskina (6, Rus) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 6-1, 6-1

For the book

Blackburn Rovers defender Aaron Mokoena will captain South Africa again after refusing to play at the African Nations Cup finals in Egypt earlier this year, caretaker coach Pitso Mosimane said on Tuesday. Mokoena pulled out of the squad for the tournament in January after he was replaced as captain.