ATHLETICS

IAAF Belem GP

Men

100m

1. Jason Smoots (US) 10.24, 2. Ainsley Waugh (Jam) 10.35, 3. Anson Henry (Can) 10.41

200m

1. Ainsley Waugh (Jam) 20.49, 2. Chris Williams (Jam) 20.58, 3. Dominic Demeritte (Bah) 20.83

400m

1. Gary Kikaya (Cgo) 44.85, 2. Derrick Brew (US) 45.31, 3. Leonard Byrd (US) 45.42

1000m

1. Justus Koech (Ken) 2:18.70, 2. Abdulrahman Suleiman (Qat) 2:19.11, 3. Moise Joseph (Hai) 2:19.90

110m Hurdles

1. Maurice Wignall (Jam) 13.43, 2. Joel Brown (US) 13.57, 3. Mateus Inocencio (Bra) 13.59

400m Hurdles

1. Raphael Fernandes (Bra) 50.71, 2. Dean Griffiths (Jam) 50.74, 3. Cleverson Oliveira da Silva (Bra) 51.37

Long Jump

1. Irving Saladino (Pan) 8.47, 2. Salim Sdiri (Fra) 7.94, 3. Bispo Rogerio (Bra) 7.82

Triple Jump

1. Jadel Gregorio (Bra) 17.45, 2. Sabino Jefferson (Bra) 17.22, 3. Yoandri Betanzos (Cub) 17.19

Javelin Throw

1. Guillermo Martinez (Cub) 81.01, 2. Scott Russell (Can) 79.55m, 3. Julio Cesar de Oliviera (Bra) 78.08

Women

200m

1. Sheri-Ann Brooks (Jam) 22.81, 2. Peta-Gaye Dowdie (Jam) 22.98, 3. Rachelle Smith (US) 23.02

400m

1. Amy Mbacke Thiam (Sen) 50.86, 2. Lorraine Fenton (Jam) 51.09, 3. Karen Shinkins (Irl) 51.93

400m Hurdles

1. Tiffany Ross-Williams (US) 54.69, 2. Marta Chrust (Pol) 56.28, 3. Shauna Smith (US) 56.29

3000m Steeplechase

1. Carrie Messner (US) 9:41.55, 2. Lisa Galaviz (US) 9:48.96, 3. Michelle Costa (Bra) 9:54.00

Pole Vault

1. Fabiana Murer (Bra) 4.55, 2. Mary Sauer (US) 4.50, 3. Jillian Schwartz (US) 4.30

Triple Jump

1. Olha Saladuha (Ukr) 14.31, 2. Natalya Safronova (Blr) 13.96, 3. Keila Costa (Bra) 13.79

Javelin Throw

1.Osleidys Menendez (Cub) 62.33, 2. Sonia Bisset (Cub) 61.27, 3. Zahra Bani (Ita) 61.23

CHESS

SOFIA MEET

Round X: Veselin Topalov (Bul, 6.5) bt Etienne Bacrot (Fra, 3.5)lPeter Svidler (Rus, 5) drew Gata Kamsky (US, 6)lRuslan Ponomariov (Ukr, 3.5 ) drew Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 5.5)

GOLF

USPGA Tour

Texas Meet

Round IV ??? 268 Tim Herron (US) 67 65 68 68, Richard Johnson (Swe) 68 65 68 67l270 Rod Pampling (Aus) 67 63 70 70 271 Stephen Ames (Can) 65 66 77 63, Ben Crane (US) 71 65 71 64, Brett Quigley (US) 68 70 67 66, Arron Oberholser (US) 65 68 71 67, Stewart Cink (US) 64 67 72 68, Peter Lonard (Aus) 66 66 69 70, Nathan Green (Aus) 67 67 67 70l272 Corey Pavin (US) 71 67 68 66l273 Brian Gay (US) 67 67 73 66, Jerry Kelly (US) 69 68 67 69, Dean Wilson (US) 67 65 71 70, Nick ’Hern (Aus) 66 69 68 70, Bo Van Pelt (US) 67 68 67 71

IRISH OPEN

ROUND IV ?? 283 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 78 66 67 72l284 Paul Casey (GBR) 73 70 68 73l285 Darren Clarke (GBR) 75 70 67 73l286 Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 70 70 74l287 Bradley Dredge (GBR) 71 73 72 71, Ross Fisher (GBR) 73 70 69 75, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 74 68 72 73, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 74 71 71, Robert Rock (GBR) 75 73 68 71, Anthony Wall (GBR) 73 68 70 76

TENNIS

WTA Italian Open

Final ??? Martina Hingis (Sui) bt Dinara Safina (Rus) 6-2, 7-5

WTA Rabat Grand Prix

Final ?? Meghann Shaughnessy (US) bt Martina Sucha (Svk) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

ATP Hamburg Masters

Final ?? Tommy Robredo (ESP) bt Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-1, 6-3, 6-3

World Team Championships

Round Robin

Blue Group ?? Chile bt Spain 3-0: Paul Capdeville & Adrian Garcia (Chi) bt Feliciano Lopez & Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-3, 6-2lFernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt David Ferrer (ESP) 7-5, 6-7(8-6), 6-3lNicolas Massu (Chi) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4lRed Group ?? Germany bt Italy 2-1 : Michael Kohlmann & Alexander Waske (Ger) bt Davide Sanguinetti & Filippo Volandri (Ita) 6-4, 6-4lDavide Sanguinetti (Ita) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4lNicolas Kiefer (Ger) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita) 7-6(12-10), 6-3

For the book

Former Denmark great Michael Laudrup has resigned as manager of the Danish club Brondby after four years at the helm, saying he is ready to take on bigger challenges abroad. Danish media speculate that Laudrup,who played for Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid could be in the running to be the new Real Madrid coach.