CHESS

SOFIA MEET

FRIDAY, Round VII ? Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 4) lost to Veselin Topalov (Bul, 3.5) Etienne Bacrot (Fra, 2.5) drew Gata Kamsky (Rus, 5) Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr, 2.5) bt Peter Svidler (Rus, 3.5) SATURDAY, Round VIII ? Gata Kamsky (US, 5.5) drew Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 4.5) Peter Svidler (Rus, 4) drew Etienne Bacrot (Fra, 3) Veselin Topalov (Bul, 4.5) bt Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr, 2.5).

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

DIVISION I, NOTTINGHAM, DAY II ? Durham 332/6 (J. Lewis 61, G. Muchall 88, D. Benkenstein 73) vs Nottinghamshire DAY III, LEEDS ? Lancashire 417/9 decl (M. Loye 138, S. Law 101; T. Bresnan 3/65) Yorkshire 252/9 (A. McGrath 64; T. Smith 4/57) & 177/1 (J. Sayers 75 .., A. McGrath 81 ..). Match drawn. DAY II, DIVISION II, DERBY ? Derbyshire 399/6 (M. Di Venuto 93, S. stubbings 119, T. Birt 119; D. Masters 4/89) LONDON ? Surrey 501/7 decl (S. Newman 74, J. Batty 69, M. Ramprakash 118, M. Butcher 74, J. Benning 52; G. Batty 3/120) Worcestershire 55/0.

FOOTBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE

MARGAO ? Mohammedan Sporting 4 (Patrick 14, Gley Yao Rodrigues 55, 82 Satyajit Bose 70) Salgaocar 1 (Fabio Passo 87)

GOLF

USPGA TEXAS MEET

FRIDAY, Round II ? 130 Rod Pampling (Aus) 67 63 131 Stephen Ames (Can) 65 66, Charley Hoffman (US) 65 66, Stewart Cink (US) 64 67 132 Tim Herron (US) 67 65, Dean Wilson (US) 67 65, Peter Lonard (Aus) 66 66 133 Jim Furyk (US) 66 67, Arron Oberholser (US) 65 68, Richard Johnson (Swe) 68 65, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 71 62, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 69 64 134 Nathan Green (Aus) 67 67, Brian Gay (US) 67 67, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 70 64, Zach Johnson (US) 65 69, David Toms (US) 68 66 135 Chad Campbell (US) 67 68, Nick ’Hern (Aus) 66 69, Bo Van Pelt (US) 67 68 144 Arjun Atwal (Ind) 73 71

MACAU OPEN

SATURDAY, Round III ? 202 Brad Kennedy 68 65 69 205 Kane Webber 69 65 71 207 Chinarat Phadungsil 69 68 70, Peter Karmis 71 64 72 208 Marcus Both 66 70 72, Scott Strange 70 64 74, Anthony Kang 69 67 72, Scott Barr 71 68 69 209 Prom Meesawat 70 69 70, Chris Rodgers 70 72 67, Alistair Presnell 72 68 69 213 Ashok Kumar 75 69 69 215 Arjun Singh 74 70 71 216 Amandeep Johl 75 69 72 217 S. S. P. Chowrasia 74 69 74 220 Digvijay Singh 73 70 77

JAPAN MEET

SATURDAY, Round III ? 203 Kiyoshi Miyazato 70 66 67 206 Takao Nogami 64 73 69, Eiji Mizoguchi 67 69 70, Soushi Tajima 66 69 71 207 Toru Taniguchi 69 71 67, Mamo Osanai 70 66 71, Hideto Tanihara 66 70 71 208 Shingo Katayama 66 69 73, Akinori Tani 66 70 72 209 Nozomi Kawahara 72 68 69 212 Jeev Milkha Singh 71 70 71

IRISH OPEN

FRIDAY, Round II ? 140 Nicolas Colsaerts 73 67 141 Christian Cevaer 70 71, Ian Poulter 71 70, Anthony Wall 73 68 142 Peter Hedblom 72 70, Robert Karlsson 72 70, Jarrod Lyle 72 70, Tom Whitehouse 73 69 143 Angel Cabrera 75 68, Paul Casey 73 70, Ross Fisher 73 70 144 Phillip Archer 75 69, Thomas Bjorn 78 66 151 Jyoti Randhawa 79 72

TENNIS

ATP HAMBURG MASTERS

THURSDAY, Round III ? Nikolay Davydenko (4, Rus) bt Jarkko Nieminen (13, Fin) 6-1, 6-3 Fernando Verdasco (Esp) bt Fernando Gonzalez (7, Chi) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 7-5, 6-4 Tommy Robredo (8, Esp) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-3, 6-3 Mario Ancic (12, Cro) bt James Blake (5, US) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-3, 6-2 Radek Stepanek (15, Cze) bt Robin Soederling (Swe) 6-3, 6-2 David Ferrer (16, Esp) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) 6-2, 6-4 FRIDAY, Quarter finals ? Tommy Robredo (8, Esp) bt David Ferrer (16, Esp) 7-6 (10-8), 6-4 Mario Ancic (12, Cro) bt Nikolay Davydenko (4, Rus) 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt Fernando Verdasco (Esp) 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 Radek Stepanek (15, Cze) bt Max Mirnyi (Blr) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1

WTA ITALIAN OPEN

THURSDAY, Round III ? Venus Williams (9, US) bt Patty Schnyder (6, Sui) 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-1 Flavia Pennetta (15, Ita) bt Anabel Medina (Esp) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Dinara Safina (16, Rus) bt Kim Clijsters (2, Bel) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (7, Rus) bt Anastasia Myskina (10, Rus) 6-1, 6-4 Jelena Jankovic (SCG) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 7-6 (9-7), 6-1 Martina Hingis (Sui) bt Frasca Schiavone (8, Ita) 6-0, 7-5 Elena Dementieva (5, Rus) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (11, Ger) 7-6 (7-1), 3-6, 6-1 Romina Oprandi (Ita) bt Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6-0, 6-1 FRIDAY, Quarter finals ? Martina Hingis (Sui) bt Flavia Pennetta (15, Ita) 6-3, 6-1 Venus Williams (9, US) bt Jelena Jankovic (SCG) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 Svetlana Kuznetsova (7, Rus) bt Romina Oprandi (Ita) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4) Dinara Safina (16, Rus) bt Elena Dementieva (5, Rus) 6-1, 6-1

WTA RABAT GRAND PRIX

THURSDAY, Round II ? Martina Sucha (8, Svk) bt Neha Uberoi (US) 6-1, 6-0 Anne Kremer (Lux) bt Jie Zheng (2, Chn) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 Alona Bondarenko (5, Ukr) bt Bethanie Mattek (US) 6-3, 6-2 Zi Yan (9, Chn) bt Madalina Gojnea (Rom) 6-2, 6-4 FRIDAY, Quarter finals ? Martina Sucha (8, Svk) bt Anne Kremer (Lux) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 Alona Bondarenko (5, Ukr) bt Hana Sromova (Cze) 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) Zi Yan (9, Chn) bt Emilie Loit (3, Fra) 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4) Meghann Shaughnessy (US) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 6-1, 6-4

For the book

Sebastian Fernandez, the driver who killed cyclist Ricardo Otxoa and seriously injured his brother Javier five years ago, has been fined 1,800 euros ($2,300) and banned from driving for a year, Spanish media reported on Saturday. Fernandez can appeal against the decision.