CHESS

960 JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

MAINZ, Junior — P. Harikrishna Arkadij Naiditsch 0.5-3.5 Ladies — Alexandra Kosteniuk Elizabeth Paehtz 2-2 Seniors — Vlastimil Hort Lajos Portisch 2.5-1.5

CRICKET

WEST INDIES A IN ENGLAND

TRENT BRIDGE, DAY I — West Indies A 211 (D. Smith 51; M. Footitt 5/45) Nottinghamshire 111/2 (J. Gallian 50)

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

DIVISION I, DAY I, SOUTHAMPTON — Warwickshire 374/9 (M. Wagh 128, N. Knight 78) vs Hampshire HOVE — Sussex 364/4 (C. Adams 92 .., R. Montgomerie 69, C. Hopkinson 64, M. Goodwin 88) vs Durham LEEDS — Yorkshire 310 (D. Lehmann 172; S. Cook 5/36) Kent 18/1 DIVISION II, COLCHESTER — Surrey 330 (I. Salisbury 74, N. Saker 58 ..; A. Bickel 3/80, R. Bopara 5/75) Essex 32/2 LEICESTER — Worcestershire 397/5 (S. Davies 128 .., G. Batty 92 .., S. Moore 97) vs Leicestershire TAUNTON, DAY II — Somerset 330 (R. Lett 50, A. Caddick 68; H. Waters 5/86, R. Croft 3/63) Glamorgan 240/5 (A. Cosgrove 77)

FOOTBALL

CALCUTTA LEAGUE

PREMIER DIVISION — Mohun Bagan 1 (Dipendu Biswas 43) George Telegraph 1 (Ashim Das 57)

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES

England 4 (John Terry 14, Frank Lampard 30, Peter Crouch 36,42) Greece 0 Bosnia 1 (Sergei Barbarez 16) France 2 (William Gallas 41, Julien Faubert 90+1) Italy 0 Croatia 2 (Eduardo da Silva 27, Luka Modric 43) Germany 3 (Bernd Schneider 4, Miroslav Klose 9, 44) Sweden 0 Austria 1 (Sanel Kuljic 74) Hungary 2 (Zoltan Gera 11, Andras Horvath 37) Ireland 0 Netherlands 4 (Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 25, 53, Arjen Robben 41, Robin van Persie 70) Czech Republic 1 (Jiri Stajner 3) Serbia 3 (Danko Lazovic 41, Marko Pantelic 54, Aleksandar Trisovic 72) Liechtenstein 0 Switzerland 3 (Alexander Frei 11, 52 pen, Xavier Margairaz 67) Norway 1 (Morten Gamst Pedersen 51) Brazil 1 (Daniel Carvalho 62) Denmark 2 (Nicklas Bendtner 32, Dennis Rommedahl 63) Poland 0 Luxembourg 0 Turkey 1 (Fatih Tekke 26) Russia 1 (Pavel Pogrebnyak 90) Latvia 0

AFC ASIAN CUP QUALIFIERS

GROUP B — Iran 1 Syria 1 Taiwan 0 South Korea 3 GROUP C — Jordan 1 United Arab Emirates 2 Pakistan 1 Oman 4 GROUP E — China 1 Singapore 0 GROUP F — Uzbekistan 2 Hong Kong 2 Bangladesh 1 Qatar 4

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

QUALIFICATION, GROUP A — Belgium 0 Kazakhstan 0 Group B — Faroe Islands 0 Georgia 6 (Jaba Kankava 16, Aleksandr Iashvili 18, Shota Arveladze 37, 62, 82, Levan Kobiashvili 51 pen) GROUP E — Estonia 0 Macedonia 1 (Goce Sedloski 73)

TENNIS

WTA MONTREAL MASTERS

Round II — Nicole Pratt (Aus) bt Marie-Eve Pelletier (Can) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 Stephanie Dubois (Can) bt Kim Clijsters (1, Bel) 1-6, 3-2 (Clijsters retired) Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Anastasia Myskina (6, Rus) 7-6 (8-6), 5-7, 6-4 Katarina Srebotnik (14, Slo) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 6-3, 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova (4, Rus) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol) 6-1, 6-3 Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Flavia Pennetta (12, Ita) 7-5, 2-1 (Pennetta retired) Ana Ivanovic (13, Ser) bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) bt Nadia Petrova (Rus) 6-1, 6-4 Daniela Hantuchova (11, Svk) bt Jamea Jackson (US) 7-6 (9-7), 6-2 Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Anabel Medina (17, Esp) 6-4, 6-2 Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Maria Kirilenko (15, Rus) 6-4, 6-4 Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Frasca Schiavone (8, Ita) 6-1, 6 -4 Dinara Safina (9, Rus) bt Cara Black (Zim) 6-2, 6-2 Shenay Perry (US) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (10, Ger) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2

ATP CINCINNATI MASTERS

Round II — Andy Roddick (9, US) bt Kristof Vliegen (Bel) 6-4, 6-4 Robby Ginepri (15, US) bt Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 6-3, 6-4 David Ferrer (10, Esp) bt Nicolas Almagro (Esp) 4-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-0 Tommy Robredo (7, Esp) bt Max Mirnyi (Blr) 6-4, 6-4 Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt David Nalbandian (3, Arg) 6-4, 6-2 Fernando Gonzalez (13, Chi) bt Mardy Fish (US) 7-5, 7-5 Dominik Hrbaty (16, Svk) bt Davide Sanguinetti (Ita) 6-3, 6-2 Florent Serra (Fra) bt Novak Djokovic (Ser) 6-4, 6-4 Andy Murray (GBR) bt Roger Federer (1, Sui) 7-5, 6-4 Robin Soederling (Swe) bt Justin Gimelstob (US) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6) Ivan Ljubicic (4, Cro) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt Vince Spadea (US) 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 6-2 Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) bt James Blake (6, US) 6-2, 6-4 Marcos Baghdatis (8, Cyp) bt Gael Monfils (Fra) 7-6 (10-8), 2-6, 6-1 Tommy Haas (14, Ger) bt Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Rafael Nadal (2, Esp) bt Hyung-Taik Lee (Kor) 6-4, 6-3

For the book

Spain winger Joaquin has reiterated his desire to leave Real Betis and has pleaded with the Primera Liga club to listen to offers from other teams. "I have spoken with (coach Javier) Irureta and told him that it is time for me to leave," the 25-year-old was quoted as saying in a Spanish sports daily on Thursday.