Football
Coca-Cola Championship
Charlton(0) 2 Crystal Palace(0) 0
Bowls
WBT Welsh International Open
Llanelli: Semi-finals: M Royal (Eng) bt L Gillett (Eng) 10-8, 9-9; G Harlow (Eng) bt J Greenslade (Wales) 7-5, 10-4. Final: Royal bt Harlow 7-5, 11-6.
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Cricket
Commonwealth Bank Series
Third match: Australia v Sri Lanka
Sydney (Australia won toss): Australia (5pts) beat Sri Lanka (2) by 128 runs
Australia
M L Hayden c Jayawardena b Amerasinghe 42
*R T Ponting c Jayawardena b Vaas 9
M J Clarke not out 77
A Symonds c Kapugedera b Vaas 12
M E K Hussey c Dilshan b Amerasinghe 10
J R Hopes c Dilshan b Malinga 34
B Lee not out 0
Extras (lb 2, w 6) 8
Total (6 wkts, 50 overs) 253
G B Hogg, M Johnson and N W Bracken did not bat. Fall of wickets: 1-65, 2-88, 3-139, 4-160, 5-190, 6-253. Bowling: Vaas 10-1-34-2; Malinga 10-0-55-1; Amerasinghe 10-0-66-2; Muralitharan 10-0-42-0; Kapugedera 10-0-54-1.
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Sri Lanka
W U Tharanga c Gilchrist b Bracken 10
S T Jayasuriya b Lee 7
*D P M D Jayawardena c Gilchrist b Johnson 6
L P C Silva c Gilchrist b Hogg 7
T M Dilshan c Lee b Bracken 14
C K Kapugedera c Hayden b Bracken 0
W P U C J Vaas run out 18
S L Malinga run out 2
M Muralitharan c Symonds b Bracken 11
M K D I Amerasinghe not out 0
Extras (lb 3, w 4, nb 1) 8
Total (31.3 overs) 125
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-18, 3-57, 4-74, 5-81, 6-84, 7-93, 8-105, 9-114. Bowling: Lee 7-1-34-1; Bracken 8.3-0-47-5; Johnson 5-3-9-1; Hopes 5-0-15-0; Hogg 6-1-17-1. Umpires: A L Hill (New Zealand) and S J A Taufel.
Golf
Emaar-MGF Indian Masters
Delhi GC: Leaders after two rounds: 136: D McGrane (Ire) 67, 69. 138: G McDowell (GB) 69, 69; H Buhrmann (SA) 69, 69; R Jacquelin (Fr) 69, 69. 139: M Lundberg (Swe) 71, 68. 140: A Atwal (India) 70, 70; B Barham (GB) 69, 71; T Bj?rn (Den) 68, 72; M Lafeber (Neth) 69, 71; Digvijay Singh (India) 70, 70; J M Lara (Sp) 68, 72.
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Rugby league
Engage Super League: Warrington Wolves 32 Hull 20.
Skeleton
World Cup
Winterberg, Germany: Men: 1, M Dukurs (Lat) 1min 55.35sec; 2, J Montgomery (Can) 1:55.37; 3, F Grassl (Ger) 1:55.60. Leading British: 6, K Bromley 1:56.08. Leading final overall positions: 1, Bromley 1,583pts (champion); 2, Montgomery 1,517; 3, Z Lund (US) 1,516.
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Snooker
Malta Cup
Portomaso: Group one: J Higgins (Scot) bt J Perry (Eng) 5-1; R Day (Wales) bt A Carter (Eng) 4-2. Group two: K Doherty (Ire) bt N Robertson (Aus) 5-1; S Lee (Eng) bt J Swail (N Ire) 5-1. Group three: S Murphy (Eng) bt S Hendry (Scot) 5-1; S Maguire (Scot) drew with M Selby (Eng) 3-3. Group four: Ding Junhui (China) bt M Williams (Wales) 6-0; P Ebdon (Eng) bt G Dott (Scot) 4-2.
Tennis
Davis Cup
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World Group: First round: Argentina lead Great Britain 2-0 (in Buenos Aires; Argentina names first: Singles: D Nalbandian bt J Baker 6-1, 6-3, 6-3; A Calleri bt A Bogdanovic 6-3, 6-1, 6-1). Other results: Germany level with South Korea 1-1 (in Brunswick Halle); France lead Romania 2-0 (in Sibiu); Russia lead Serbia 2-0 (in Moscow); Israel level with Sweden 1-1 (in Ramat Hasharon); Czech Republic lead Belgium 2-0 (in Ostrava); United States lead Austria 2-0 (in Vienna).
WTA Open Gaz de France
Paris: Quarter-finals: A Szavay (Hun) bt D Hantuchova (Slovakia) 7-6, 6-1; M Bartoli (Fr) bt V Razzano (Fr) 6-1, 7-6; E Dementieva (Russ) bt K Bondarenko (Ukr) 7-5, 6-2; A Chakvetadze (Russ) bt A Mauresmo (Fr) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.