Latest Results

ATHLETICS

- Comrades Marathon, Durban

Men

1 Fusi Nhlapho (South Africa) 5hr 28min 52sec, 2 Oleg Kharitonov (Russia) 5:31:41, 3 Joseph Molaba (South Africa) 5:31:54, 4 Jorge Aubeso Martinez (Spain) 5:32:31, 5 Andrew Kelehe (South Africa) 5:35:18, 6 Sarel Ackermann (South Africa) 5:35:51, 7 Walter Nkosi (South Africa) 5:39:25, 8 Willie Mtolo (South Africa) 5:41:29, 9 Denis Zhalybin (Russia) 5:41:38, 10 Moses Lebakeng (South Africa) 5:42:30.

Women

1 Elena Nurgalieva (Russia) 6:07:46, 2 Olesya Nurgalieva (Russia) 6:12:07, 3 Tatyana Zhirova (Russia) 6:17:50, 4 Maria Bak (Germany) 6:18:32, 5 Marina Bychkova (Russia) 6:19:21, 6 Alena Vinitskaya (Belarus) 6:22:47, 7 Elvira Kolpokova (Russia) 6:24:29, 8 Farwa Mentoor (South Africa) 6:32:37, 9 Yolande Maclean (South Africa) 6:44:39, 10 Simona Staicu (Hungary) 6:54:48.

- International meeting, Lille, France

Men

100m: 1. Deji Aliu (Nigeria) 10.08sec,

2 Uchenna Emedolu (Nigeria) 10.12, 3 Aziz Zakari (Ghana) 10.20.

200m: 1 Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 20.23, 2 Aziz Zakari (Ghana) 20.34, 3 Uchenna Emedolu (Nigeria) 20.46.

800m: 1 Mehdi Baala (France) 1:44.17, 2 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 1:44.19, 3 Jimmy Lomba (France) 1:45.89.

5000m: 1 Paul Bitok (Kenya) 13:14.03, 2 Ismail Sghyr (France) 13:14.61, 3 Benjamin Limo (Kenya) 13:15.36.

400m hurdles: 1 Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (Saudi Arabia) 49.40, 2 Llewellyn Herbert (South Africa) 49.47, 3 Boris Gorban (Russia) 49.69.

High jump: 1 Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 2.32m, 2 Jaroslav Baba (Czech Republic) 2.30, 3 Jacques Freitag (South Africa) 2.30.

Women

100m: 1 Christine Arron (France) 11.08, 2 Joice Maduaka (Britain) 11.29, 3 Vida Anim (Ghana) 11.48.

200m: 1 Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (Russia) 22.48, 2 Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 22.64, 3 Muriel Hurtis (France) 22.89.

Mile: 1 Naomi Mugo (Kenya) 4:28.03, 2 Berhane Herpassa (Ethiopia) 4:28.20, 3 Mestawet Tadesse (Ethiopia) 4:28.51.

3000m: 1 Joanne Pavey (Britain) 8:41.89, 2 Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) 8:45.97, 3 Merima Denboba (Ethiopia) 8:51.96.

100m hurdles: 1 Anay Tejeda (Cuba) 13.01, 2 Vahumara Neyra (Cuba) 13.03, 3 Svetlana Laukhova (Russia) 13.11.

Pole vault: 1 Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 4.72, 2 Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) 4.62, 3 Stacy Dragila (U.S.) 4.62.

Triple jump: 1 Kene Ndoye (Senegal) 14.91, 2 Olena Hovorova (Ukraine) 14.81, 3 Baya Rahouli (Algeria) 14.45.

Hammer: 1 Manuela Montebrun (France) 74.50, 2 Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 71.59, 3 Susanne Keil (Germany) 70.84.

CRICKET

- English National League

Division One

At Worcester: Leicestershire Foxes beat Worcestershire Royals by 2 wickets: Worcestershire 193-7 - 45 overs (S Peters 50). Leicestershire 198-8 - 42.1 overs (P DeFreitas 68, D Maddy 56; D Leatherdale 4-41).

At Beckenham: Gloucestershire Gladiators beat Kent Spitfires by 6 wickets: Kent 222-8 - 45 overs (G Jones 74*, A Symonds 56). Gloucestershire 223-4 - 41.2 overs (M Windows 58*).

At Chelmsford: Warwickshire Bears beat Essex Eagles by 125 runs: Warwickshire 307-5 - 45 overs (I Bell 125, J Trott 59). Essex 182 - 27.5 overs (G Napier 52; I Bell 5-41).

Division two

At Derby: Lancashire Lightning beat Derbyshire Scorpions by 5 runs: Lancashire 251-6 - 45 overs (M Loye 63). Derbyshire 246-9 - 45 overs (L Sutton 83; G Chapple 4-37).

At Nottingham: Durham Dynamos beat Nottinghamshire Outlaws by 7 runs: Durham 183 - 44.5 overs (M Love 55; G Smith 3-16). Nottinghamshire 176 - 44.5 overs (N Killeen 5-22).

At Taunton: Somerset Sabres beat Scottish Saltires by 1 wicket: Scotland 296-4 - 45 overs (R Dravid 120*, R Watson 75). Somerset 299-9 - 44.1 overs (J Cox 82, C Gazzard 81).

At Northampton: Nothamptonshire Steelbacks beat Sussex Sharks by 13 runs: Northamptonshire 148 - 44.3 overs. Sussex 135 - 42.2 overs.

CYCLING

- Dauphine Libere

Seventh stage (between Morzine and Geneva, 174km): 1 Ceric Vasseur (France) 4hr 22min 2min, 2 Christophe Edaleine (France) 2min behind, 3 Iban Mayo (Spain) 2:09, 4 Christophe Moreau (France), 5 Juan-Miguel Mercado (Spain), 6 Lance Armstrong (U.S.) all same time, 7 David Millar (Britain) 2:39, 8 Remmert Wielinga (Netherlands) 2:56, 9 Cyril Dessel (France) 3:26, 10 Massim Iliano Lelli (Italy) same time.

Final overall standings: 1 Lance Armstrong (U.S.) 29hr 31min 53sec, 2 Iban Mayo (Spain) 1:12, 3 David Millar (Britain) 2:47, 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spain) 4:35, 5 Christophe Moreau (France) 4:59, 6 Inigo Chaurreau (Spain) 5:53, 7 Juan-Miguel Mercado (Spain) 6:03, 8 Levi Leipheimer (U.S.) 6:25, 9 Cyril Dessel (France) 7:18, 10 Pedro Lopez de Munain (Spain) 8:07.

GOLF

- US Open, Olympia Fields, Illinois

Final scores (USA unless stated):

272-Jim Furyk 67 66 67 72

275-Stephen Leaney (Australia) 67 68 68 72

279-Kenny Perry 72 71 69 67, Mike Weir (Canada) 73 67 68 71

280-Justin Rose (Britain) 70 71 70 69, Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 69 67 73 71, David Toms 72 67 70 71, Ernie Els (South Africa) 69 70 69 72, Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 71 65 69 75

281-Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 69 72 72 68, Jonathan Kaye 70 70 72 69, Cliff Kresge 69 70 72 70, Scott Verplank 76 67 68 70, Billy Mayfair 69 71 67 74

282-Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 69 71 71 71, Tom Byrum 69 69 71 73, Tim Petrovic 69 70 70 73, Jonathan Byrd 69 66 71 76, Eduardo Romero (Argentina) 70 66 70 76

283-Peter Lonard (Australia) 72 69 74 68, Tiger Woods 70 66 75 72, Robert Damron 69 68 73 73, Jay Williamson 72 69 69 73, Justin Leonard 66 70 72 75, Mark Calcavecchia 68 72 67 76, Ian Leggatt (Canada) 68 70 68 77, Vijay Singh (Fiji) 70 63 72 78

284-John Maginnes 72 70 72 70, Kevin Sutherland 71 71 72 70, Tom Watson 65 72 75 72, Kirk Triplett 71 68 73 72, Stewart Cink 70 68 72 74, Brett Quigley 65 74 71 74, Dicky Pride 71 69 66 78

285-Brandt Jobe 70 68 76 71, Sergio Garcia (Spain) 69 74 71 71, Chris DiMarco 72 71 71 71, Fred Funk 70 73 71 71, Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 72 68 73 72, Chad Campbell 70 70 69 76, Mark O'Meara 72 68 67 78

286-Retief Goosen (South Africa) 71 72 73 70, Loren Roberts 69 72 74 71, Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 69 74 71 72, Bernhard Langer (Germany) 70 70 73 73, Steve Lowery 70 72 70 74, Darren Clarke (Britain) 70 69 72 75

287-Marco Dawson 72 71 75 69, Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 75 68 73 71, Woody Austin 74 64 76 73, Dan Forsman 71 67 73 76, Darron Stiles 71 68 72 76

288-Charles Howell III 70 73 74 71, John Rollins 73 70 68 77

289-Phil Mickelson 70 70 75 74, Lee Janzen 72 68 72 77

290-Len Mattiace 69 73 77 71, Trip Kuehne-a 74 67 76 73

291-Ricky Barnes-a 71 71 79 70, Olin Browne 72 70 74 75

292-Chris Anderson 72 70 78 72, Brian Davis (Britain) 71 72 74 75, Alex Cejka (Germany) 73 66 76 77

293-J P Hayes 70 73 79 71, Jay Don Blake 66 77 75 75

295-Brian Henninger 76 67 76 76, Fred Couples 70 72 73 80

301-Ryan Dillon 72 68 81 80

Latest world rankings (US unless stated): 1 Tiger Woods 15.50 points average, 2 Ernie Els (South Africa) 9.31, 3 Mike Weir (Canada) 7.94, 4 Davis Love III 7.67, 5 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 7.58, 6 Jim Furyk 7.24, 7 David Toms 6.56, 8 Phil Mickelson 6.51, 9 Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 6.44, 10 Kenny Perry 5.69, 11 Retief Goosen (South Africa) 5.60, 12 Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 5.36, 13 Justin Leonard 4.53, 14 Chris DiMarco 4.14, 15 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 3.91, 16 Robert Allenby (Australia) 3.68, 17 Bob Estes 3.42, 18 Scott Hoch 3.39, 19 Jerry Kelly 3.34, 20 Scott Verplank 3.27.

SOCCER

- Olympic Games first round, first leg qualifiers: Nigeria 1 Namibia 0, Algeria 5 Chad 0, Uganda 3 Seychelles 2, Zambia 3 Botswana 2, Mali 1 Guinea 0, Cameroon 3 Congo 1, Zimbabwe 2 Ethiopia 1, Democratic Republic of Congo 1 Rwanda 0 , Angola 3 Lesotho 0.

- Portuguese Cup final: Porto 1 (Derlei Silva 63) Uniao Leiria 0.

- Spain First Division: Athletic Bilbao 3 Deportivo Coruna 2, Atletico Madrid 0 Real Madrid 4, Celta Vigo 3 Real Sociedad 2, Espanyol 2 Villarreal 2, Malaga 3 Sevilla 2, Osasuna 4 Alaves 2, Real Betis 4 Racing Santander 2, Recreativo Huelva 1 Real Mallorca 1, Valencia 1 Barcelona 3.

TENNIS

- Men's tournament, Den Bosch, Netherlands

Singles, first round: Christophe Rochus (Belgium) beat Mario Ancic (Croatia) 6-2 6-3, Kenneth Carlsen (Denmark) beat Yves Allegro (Switzerland) 6-4 6-3, 3-Sjeng Schalken (Netherlands) beat Albert Portas (Spain) 6-2 6-2.

- Nottingham, England

Singles, first round: Arvind Palmer (Britain) beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-4 7-6 (7-4)

Vladimir Voltchkov (Belarus) beat Justin Gimelstob (U.S.) 6-1 7-5.