CHESS

World youth chess

Round VII (Wednesday): KIRISHI — Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 5.5) bt Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 4.5) Daniil Lintchevsky (Rus, 2.5) drew Avetik Grigoryan (Arm, 4.5) Sergei Zhigalko (Blr, 2.5) drew Falco Bindrich (Ger, 1.5) Eduard Gorovykh (Rus, 2.5) lost to Zaven Andriasian (Arm, 5) Rauf Mamedov (Aze, 4) drew Safarli Eltaz (Aze, 2.5) Yuriy Kuzubov (Ukr, 4.5) bt Ivan Popov (Rus, 2.5).

FOOTBALL

Champions League

Final (Wednesday): ATHENS — AC Milan 2 (Filippo Inzaghi 45, 82). Liverpool 1 (Dirk Kuyt 89)

GOLF

Seoul meet

Round I (Thursday) — 64 Bae Sang-Moon (Kor) 65 Jun Tae-Hyun (Kor), Kim Hyung-Tae (Kor) 66 Panuwat Muenlek (Tha), Kang Sung-Hoon (Kor) 67 Gaurav Ghei (Ind).

TENNIS

World Team Cup

Blue Group (Wednesday): DUSSELDORF — Spain bt Germany 2-1 (David Ferrer bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 7-5 Nicolas Almagro bt Florian Mayer 6-4, 6-4 Almagro/ Bartolome Salva-Vidal lost to Kohlschreiber/ Alexander Waske 6-7 (3), 3-6) Czech Republic bt Belgium 2-1 (Tomas Berdych bt Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-0 Jan Hajek bt Kristof Vliegen 7-6 (7), 6-4 Martin Damm/ Berdych lost to Rochus/ Steve Darcis 4-6, 6-3, 7-10).

WTA Strasbourg International

Quarter Finals (Thursday) — Amelie Mauresmo (1, Fra) bt Emilie Loit (9, Fra) 7-6 (3), 6-4 Jelena Jankovic (2, Ser) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) 6-3, 6-4 Anabel Medina Garrigues (6, Esp) bt Li Na (4, Chn) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.

WTA Istanbul Cup

Quarter Finals (Thursday) — Aravane Rezai (Fra) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (US) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 Alona Bondarenko (5, Ukr) bt Patty Schnyder (3, Swi) walk over.

ATP Poertschach International

Quarter Finals (Thursday): VIENNA — Lleyton Hewitt (4, Aus) bt Diego Hartfield (Arg) 6-2, 6-2 Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Andy Roddick (2, US) 7-5, 6-3.