CHESS

MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL

Round II (Indians unless specified, Friday) A1 — Surya Sekhar Ganguly (2) bt Alexander Motylev (Rus, 1) S Vijayalakshmi (1) lost to Evgeny Tomashevsky (Rus, 2) D Harika (1.5) drew Darmen Sadvakasov (Kaz, 1.5) Igor Lysyj (Rus, 1.5) bt Krishnan Sasikiran (0.5) P Harikrishna (0.5) lost to Valerij Popov (Rus, 1.5) Parimarjan Negi (0.5) lost to Wang Hao (Chn, 1.5) A2 — Safin Shukhrat (Uzb, 2) bt Abhijit Kunte (1) Yuri Balashov (Rus, 1) lost to Deepan Chakravarthy (2) Alexander Zubarev (Rus, 1) drew GN Gopal (1) S Meenakshi (1.5) bt Mohamad al Sayed (Qat, 0.5) Jakov Geller (Rus, 0.5) lost to Deep Sengupta (1.5) Ara Minasian (Arm, 1.5) bt Tania Sachdev (0.5) Andrei Kovalev (Rus, 1) bt Lanka Ravi (0) Sergey Iskusnyh (Rus, 1) bt S Arun Prasad (0) Ashwin Jayaram (0.5) drew with Wu Wenjin (Chn, 0.5) Round III (Saturday), A1 — Evgeny Tomashevsky (Rus, 3) bt Surya Sekhar Ganguly (2) Wang Hao (Chn, 2) drew D Harika (2) Zahar Efimenko (Rus, 2) bt S Vijayalakshmi (1) Krishnan Sasikiran (1.5) bt Vasilios Kotronias (Gre, 0.5) Anton Shomoev (Rus, 1) drew P Harikrishna (1) Ildar Khairullin (Rus, 1) drew Parimarjan Negi (1) A2 — Deepan Chakravarthy (2.5) drew Safin Shukhrat (Uzb, 2.5) Deep Sengupta (1.5) lost to Wang Rui (Chn, 1.5) G Rohit (2) drew with Gennady Tunik (Rus, 2) Roman Nechepurenko (Rus, 2) drew with S Meenakshi (2) Abhijit Kunte (2) bt Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Rus, 1) GN Gopal (1.5) drew with Valeri Yandemirov (Rus, 1) Mohamad al Sayed (Qat, 1.5) bt Ashwin Jayaram (0.5) Tania Sachdev (0.5) lost to Sergei Mihajlovsky (Blr, 1.5) S Arun Prasad (1) bt Ilya Dudukin (Rus, 0) Lanka Ravi (0) lost to Alexander van Beek (Ned, 1)

FOOTBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BARASAT (Saturday): Mahindra United 0 Mohammedan Sporting 0 CALCUTTA (Sunday): Dempo SC 2 (Ranty Martins 36, Climax Lawrence 61) Mohun Bagan 1 (Bhaichung Bhutia 25); MUMBAI: Air India 2 (Kumar Samson Singh 11, 69) Churchill Brothers 0; BANGALORE: HASC 2 (Xavier Vijayakumar 44, M Satish Kumar 82) Sporting Clube de Goa 1 (MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi 69pen)

PRIMERA LIGA

Saturday: Real Zaragoza 1 (Diego Milito 32) Villarreal 0 Real Madrid 0 Real Betis 0

FA CUP

Fifth round (Saturday): Arsenal 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 Chelsea 4 (Shaun Wright-Phillips 39, Didier Drogba 51, Michael Essien 90+1, Andriy Shevchenko 90+4) Norwich City 0 Middlesbrough 2 (Julio Arca 29, Ayegbeni Yakubu 45pen) West Bromwich Albion 2 (Diomansy Kamara 41, Kevin Phillips 58) Plymouth Argyle (II) 2 (Kevin Gallen 14pen, Scott Sinclair 83) Derby County 0 Watford 1 (Damien Francis 88) Ipswich Town 0 Manchester United 1 (Michael Carrick 45+2) Reading 1 (Brynjar Gunnarsson 66)

SERIE A

Saturday: Empoli 1 (Nicola Pozzi 4) AS Roma 0 Inter Milan 1 (Nicolas Burdisso 11) Cagliari 0 Siena 3 (Simone Vergassola 19, Massimo Maccarone 30, 90) AC Milan 4 (Ronaldo 15, 81, Ricardo Oliveira 29, Massimo Ambrosini 90+4)

GOLF

INDONESIAN OPEN

Final Round (Sunday): 275 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 66 68 71 70 276 Frankie Minoza (Phi) 71 68 66 71, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 67 73 69 67, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 68 66 73 69 279 Jong Yul Suk (Kor) 69 68 69 73, Thammanoon Srirot (Tha) 72 67 71 69 280 Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 72 68 73 67 281 Tony Carolan (Aus) 71 71 67 72, James Heath (GBR) 70 70 70 71, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 68 69 72 72

CALIFORNIA OPEN

Pacific Palisades, Round III (Saturday): 200 Phil Mickelson (US) 66 65 69 201 Padraig Harrington (Ire) 63 68 70 202 Rich Beem (US) 69 68 65 203 Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 66 68, Charles Howell III (US) 69 65 69 204 Jim Furyk (US) 67 70 67, Ernie Els (SA) 69 68 67, Sergio Garcia (Esp) 67 68 69

HOCKEY

PREMIER LEAGUE

CHANDIGARH (Friday): Bangalore Lions 4 (Sandeep Michael 30, 58, Len Aiyappa 40, Ignace Tirkey 42) Orissa Steelers 3 (: Dilip Tirkey 10, 36, Sunil Ekka 59) (Saturday): Chennai Veerans 1 (Pramod Kumar 10) Hyderabad Sultans 0; Maratha Warriors 2 (Shivender Singh 39, Hardeep Singh 41) Chandigarh Dynamos 0

TENNIS

WTA BANGALORE OPEN

Quarter finals (Friday): Olga Savchuk (Ukr) bt Jelena Kostanic Tosic (4, Cro) 6-3 6-4 Yaroslava Shvedova (Rus) bt Sania Mirza (2, Ind) 6-7 6-4 6-4 Mara Santangelo (1, Ita) bt Yurika Sema (Jpn) 6-1 6-4 Tzipora Obziler (Isr) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 6-4 7-6 Semi-finals (Saturday): Yaroslava Shvedova (Rus) bt Tzipora Obziler (Isr) 7-5 6-2 Mara Santangelo (1, Ita) bt Olga Savchuk (Ukr) 6-1 6-0

WTA ANTWERP MEET

Quarter finals (Friday): Tatiana Golovin (Fra) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 7-6 7-5 Kim Clijsters (2, Bel) bt Ana Ivanovic (8, Ser ) 6-2 6-1 Amelie Mauresmo (1, Fra) bt Dinara Safina (6, Rus) 6-1 6-3 Anna Chakvetadze (7, Rus) bt Nadia Petrova (3, Rus) 6-3 6-4 Semi-finals (Saturday): Kim Clijsters (2, Bel) bt Tatiana Golovin (Fra) 6-4 6-3 Amelie Mauresmo (1, Fra) bt Anna Chakvetadze (7, Rus) 6-3 3-6 6-2

ATP SAN JOSE OPEN

Quarter finals (Friday): Andy Roddick (1, US) bt Vince Spadea (8, US) 6-3 6-7 6-1 Benjamin Becker (6, Ger) bt Marat Safin (4, Rus) 6-4 6-3 Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Mardy Fish (5, US) 7-6 (2) 6-4 Andy Murray (3, GBR) bt Lee Hyung-taik (7, Kor) 4-6 6-3 7-6 (4) Semi-finals (Saturday): Andy Murray (3, GBR) bt Andy Roddick (1, US) 7-6 (8) 6-4 Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Benjamin Becker (6, Ger) 7-6 (5) 7-5

ATP BRAZIL OPEN

Round II (Friday): Juan Ignacio Chela (6, Arg) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Esp) 6-2 6-3 Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Thiago Alves (Bra) 6-2 6-3 Guillermo Canas (Arg) bt Albert Portas (Esp) 6-4 6-0 Quarter-finals (Saturday): Juan Ignacio Chela (6, Arg) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-4 2-6 7-5 Guillermo Canas (Argentina) bt Agustin Calleri (2, Arg) 7-6 (3) 6-1 Juan Carlos Ferrero (1, Esp) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 5-7 6-2 6-2 Flavio Saretta (Bra) bt Nicolas Almagro (3, Esp) 6-4 6-4 Semi-finals: Juan Carlos Ferrero (1, Esp) bt Flavio Saretta (Bra) 6-2 6-4 Guillermo Canas (Arg) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (6, Arg) 7-6 (6) 6-1

ATP MARSEILLE OPEN

Quarter finals (Friday): Robin Soederling (Swe) bt Richard Gasquet (6, Fra) 6-1 7-6 (4) Marcos Baghdatis (7, Cyp) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 2-6 7-6 (7) 7-5 Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-2 1-6 6-3 Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 7-6 (4) 6-2 Semi-finals (Saturday): Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Robin Soederling (Swe) 6-2 7-6 (2) Marcos Baghdatis (7, Cyp) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 3-6 6-3 6-2