SOCCER

English FA Cup

Round III: Sunday — Southampton (II) 0 Manchester United 3 Gillingham (IV) 1 Aston Villa 2 Saturday — Arsenal 3 Plymouth Argyle (II) 1 Cardiff City (II) 2 Reading (II) 0 Charlton Athletic (II) 1 Norwich City (II) 1 Chelsea 1 Southend United (III) 1 Coventry City (II) 2 Kidderminster Harriers (ML) 0 Forest Green Rovers (ML) 3 Derby County (II) 4 Hartlepool United (III) 2 Stoke City 0 Hull City 0 Newcastle United 0 Ipswich Town (II) 3 Chesterfield (IV) 0 Kettering Town (ML) 2 Eastwood Town (ML) 1 Leicester City (III) 0 Crystal Palace (II) 0 Macclesfield Town (IV) 0 Everton 1 Manchester City 0 Nottingham Forest (II) 3 Middlesbrough 2 Barrow (ML) 1 Millwall (III) 2 Crewe Alexandra (III) 2 Portsmouth 0 Bristol City (II) 0 Preston North End (II) 0 Liverpool 2 Queens Park Rangers (II) 0 Burnley (II) 0 Sheffield Wednesday (II) 1 Fulham 2 Sunderland 2 Bolton Wanderers 1 Torquay United (ML) 1 Blackpool (II) 0 Watford (II) 1 Scunthorpe United (III) 0 West Bromwich Albion 1 Peterborough United (III) 1 West Ham United 3 Barnsley (II) 0 Friday — Tottenham Hotspur 3 Wigan Athletic 1

French Cup

Last 64: Sunday — Eclaron Valcourt (VI) 0 Dijon FCO (II) 5 Evry (VI) 0 US Creteil-Lusitanos (III) 5 Villefranche sur Saone (IV) 2 Orly (VI) 1 Blagnac (V) 0 Monaco 1 Montlucon (IV) 0 Paris St Germain 1 Besancon (IV) 1 Olympique Marseille 1 (Olympique Marseille win 5-4 on penalties) Saturday — Alencon (V) 2 FC Lorient 2 (FC Lorient win 3-2 on penalties) Bayonne (III) 0 Vitre (IV) 2 Grande Synthe (VI) 1 Calais (III) 1 (Grande Synthe win 4-2 on penalties) Louhans-Cuiseaux (III) 0 ES Troyes AC (II) 1 (after extra time) Montpellier HSC (II) 0 Dunkerque (IV) 1 Port La Nouvelle (VI) 0 Rodez Aveyron (III) 3 US Saint-Omer (VI) 1 En Avant Guingamp (II) 3 Vannes OC (II) 1 LB Chateauroux (II) 0 Andrezieux SF (IV) 0 CS Sedan Ardennes (II) 2 Raon-’Etape (IV) 0 Grenoble 0 (Grenoble win 4-3 on penalties) Schirrhein (VII) 4 Clermont (II) 2 Alfortville (IV) 0 Le Havre 2 SS Jeanne d’Arc le Port (VI) 1 FC Tours (II) 7 Yzeure (IV) 0 Le Mans 0 (Le Mans win 5-4 on penalties) Chamois Niort (III) 1 US du Grand Boulogne (II) 2 (after extra time) Stade Brest (II) 2 Croix Savoie (III) 2 (Stade Brest win 5-4 on penalties) Ajaccio (II) 1 Auxerre 1 (Ajaccio win 3-1 on penalties) Arras (V) 1 Nice 3 (after extra time) Nantes 2 Caen 2 (Caen win 5-3 on penalties) Sochaux 0 Stade Rennes 1 Girondins Bordeaux 0 St Etienne 1 Romorantin (IV) 0 AS Nancy 0 (Romorantin win 4-2 on penalties) Toulouse 0 Valenciennes 0 (Toulouse win 5-4 on penalties) Friday — Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois (IV) 0 Lille 3

Primera Liga

Sunday — Athletic Bilbao 1 Espanyol 1 Getafe 1 Deportivo Coruna 2 Malaga 1 Sporting Gijon 0 Real Madrid 1 Villarreal 0 Real Valladolid 0 Racing Santander 1 Recreativo Huelva 3 Numancia 1 Sevilla 1 Osasuna 1 Almeria 1 Real Betis 0 Saturday — Barcelona 3 Real Mallorca 1 Valencia 3 Atletico Madrid 1

TENNIS

Auckland Classic

Women’s singles: Round I, Monday — Aleksandra Wozniak (4, Can) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-3, 6-7(4-7), 7-5 Shahar Peer (5, Isr) bt Petra Cetkovska (Cze) 7-6(7-4), 6-2 Edina Gallovits (Rom) bt Klara Zakopalova (Cze) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 Jill Craybas (US) bt Kimiko Date Krumm (Jpn) 6-4, 6-3 6-Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) bt Virginie Razzano (Fra) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 Aravane Rezai (Fra) beat Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Brisbane International

Men’s singles: Monday, Round I — Fernando Verdasco (3, Esp) bt Bernard Tomic (Aus) 6-4, 6-2 Juergen Melzer (Aut) bt Mardy Fish (6, US) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(7-4) Radek Stepanek (8, Cze) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 6-2, 6-2 Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 Women’s singles: Round I — Ana Ivanovic (1, Srb) bt Petra Kvitova (Cze) 6-4, 6-2 Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Isabella Holland (Aus) 6-4, 6-3 Melinda Czink (Hun) bt Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) 7-6(7-3), 6-1 Sara Errani (Ita) bt Daniela Hantuchova (4, Svk) 6-7(1-7), 6-4, 6-0 Tathiana Garbin (Ita) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) 6-2, 6-3 Amelie Mauresmo (5, Fra) bt Jelena Dokic (Aus) 7-6(11-9), 7-6(7-5) Olga Govortsova (Blr) bt Francesca Schiavone (8, It) 7-5, 6-2 Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) 0-6, 6-3, 6-1 Sesil Karatantcheva (Bul) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 Julie Coin (Fra) bt Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 7-5, 6-7(5-7), 7-6(7-3) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Ai Sugiyama (9, Jpn) 6-2, 6-3

Men’s singles: Round I, Sunday — Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Robby Ginepri (US) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 Robin Soederling (4, Swe) bt Sam Querrey (US) 6-3 6-3 Taylor Dent (US) bt Steve Darcis (Bel) 7-6(7-0), 6-2 Richard Gasquet (7, Fra) bt Marc Gicquel (Fra) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Women’s singles, Round I — Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-7(2-7), 6-4, 6-4 Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) bt Kaia Kanepi (6, Est) 6-1, 6-4 Marion Bartoli (3, Fra) bt Monica Wejnert (Aus) 6-1, 6-2 Victoria Azarenka (2, Blr) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-0, 6-2 Jarmila Gajdosova (Svk) bt Peng Shuai (Chn) 6-4, 6-2

Qatar Open

Men’s singles: Round I, Monday — Andy Roddick (4, US) bt Ivan Navarro (Esp) 6-1, 6-3 Nicolas Devilder (Fra) bt Abdullah Hajji (Qat) 6-0, 6-3 Gael Monfils (5, Fra) bt Jan Hernych (Cze) 6-2, 6-2