ATHLETICS

London marathon

Final — 1.Martin Lel (Ken, 2:07:41), 2. Abderrahim Goumri (Mar, 2:07:44), 3. Felix Limo (Ken, 2:07:47).

CHESS

Sweden International Meet

Malmo, Round IV — Ivan Cheparinov (Bul, 3.0) bt Emil Hermansson (Swe, 0.5) Emanuel Berg (Swe, 3.0) bt Vassilios Kotronias (Gre, 2.0) Jan Timman (Ned, 2.0) drew Erwin L’Ami (Swe, 2.0) Pontus Carlsson (Swe, 2.0) bt Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 1.5).

FOOTBALL

Premier League

Manchester United 1 (Kieran Richardson 3) Middlesbrough 1 (Mark Viduka 45+1) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Nicky Shorey 64og) Reading 3 (Kevin Doyle 84pen, 89, Stephen Hunt 90) Charlton Athletic 1 (Talal El-Karkouri 59) Sheffield United 1 (Jonathan Stead 69) Fulham 1 (Vincenzo Montella 10) Blackburn Rovers 1 (Benny McCarthy 61) Liverpool 2 (Dirk Kuyt 30, 68) Wigan Athletic 0 Watford 1 (Tamas Priskin 75) Manchester City 1 (Darius Vassell 53) West Ham United 1 (Bobby Zamora 13) Everton 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Robbie Keane 30, Jermaine Jenas 90+5) Arsenal 2 (Kolo Toure 64, Emmanuel Adebayor 78).

Primera Liga

Real Madrid 2 (Ruud van Nistelrooy 18, Sergio Ramos 73) Valencia 1 (Fernando Morientes 52) Real Sociedad 2 (Darko Kovacevic 6, Savio 84) Atletico Madrid 0.

National League

Margao, Round XV — Dempo 5 (Roberto Mendes Silva 2, 73, Ranty Martins 19, 86, John Dias 84) East Bengal 3 (Edmilson Marques 32, 46, Ashim Biswas 44).

GOLF

New Orleans Classic

Avondale, Round III — 204 Nick Watney (US) 69 67 68 206 Ken Duke (US) 69 71 66 207 Scott Gutschewski (US) 70 70 67, Mark Calcavecchia (US) 66 69 72 208 Kyle Reifers (US) 64 73 71 209 Jeff Maggert (US) 72 69 68, Bubba Watson (US) 72 67 70, Chris Stroud (US) 68 70 71, Wes Short Jr. (US) 69 69 71, Paul Stankowski (US) 69 69 71.

Asian Open

Shanghai, Final round — 278 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 66 69 70 73 280 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 67 72 68 73 281 Simon Yates (GBR) 74 69 64 74, Scott Hend (Aus) 69 70 67 75 282 Markus Brier (Aut) 71 69 68 74, Lee Sung (Kor) 68 70 71 73, Ernie Els (RSA) 71 71 68 72, Richard Sterne (RSA) 70 74 69 69 283 Graeme McDowell (GBR) 73 70 69 71 295 Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 75 70 73 77.

TENNIS

ATP Monte Carlo Masters

Final — Rafael Nadal (2, Esp) bt Roger Federer (1, Sui) 6-4, 6-4.

FED CUP

Quarter Finals, Limoges — France lead 3-0 over Japan (Tatiana Golovin bt Ai Sugiyama 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 Golovin bt Akiko Morigami 6-2, 6-4 Nathalie Dechy bt Sugiyama 7-5, 6-1) Moscow — Russia lead over Spain 4-0 (Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 Anna Chakvetadze bt Nuria Llagostera Vives 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 Nadia Petrova bt Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-4 Kuznetsova bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-3, 6-2) Castellaneta Marina — Italy lead over China 4-0 (Mara Santangelo bt Sun Tian-tian 6-4, 6-2 Tathiana Garbin bt Zhang Shuai 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 Flavia Pennetta bt Peng Shuai 0-6, 7-5, 3-0 (retired) Garbin bt Sun Tiantian 6-4, 2-6, 6-3).