CHESS

Corus Meet

Group C — Irina Krush (US, 4.5) bt Arik Braun (Ger, 5) John Van Der Wiel (Ned, 5.5) drew with Pontus Carlsson (Swe, 5) Li Shilong (Chn, 5) bt Fabiano Caruana (Ita, 7) Anna Ushenina (Ukr, 4.5) bt Efstratios Grivas (Gre, 4.5) Friso Nijboer (Ned, 6.5) bt Dimitri Reinderman (Ned, 6.5) Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 6.5) bt Dennis Ruijgrok (Ned, 1.5) Peng Zhaoqin (Ned, 3) drew with Mark Van Der Werf (Ned, 5).

FOOTBALL

English League Cup

Semi-final, second leg (Wednesday) — Everton 0 Chelsea 1 (Joe Cole 69), Chelsea win 3-1 on aggregate.

Ligue 1

Wednesday — AS Nancy 1 (Jonathan Brison 48) Olympique Marseille 1 (Samir Nasri 87) Monaco 1 (Frederic Piquionne 78) Sochaux 0 Caen 0 Auxerre 0 Lille 3 (Kevin Mirallas 15, Ludovic Obraniak 39, Yohan Cabaye 53) Le Mans 1 (Hassan Yebda 85) Olympique Lyon 2 (Hatem Ben Arfa 29, Karim Benzema 74) FC Lorient 0 Paris St Germain 3 (Peguy Luyindula 4, Jerome Rothen 35, Amara Diane 54) Metz 0 Racing Strasbourg 2 (Kevin Gameiro 21, Renaud Cohade 90) Toulouse 0 Stade Rennes 1 (Jimmy Briand 50) Nice 1 (Anthony Modeste 52) Valenciennes 1 (Steve Savidan 33) Racing Lens 2 (Vitorino Hilton 44, Kevin Monnet-Paquet 64)

Serie A

Wednesday — Atalanta Bergamo 2 (Langella 42, Tissone 68) AC Milan 1 (Gattuso 16)