Results round up

Discus: First round (Qualifiers): 1 R Fazekas (Hun) 68.10; 2 V Alekna (Lith) 67.79; 3 A Tammert (Est) 65.70; 4 L Riedel (Ger) 64.20; 5 H Hopley (SA) 63.89; 6 G Mate (Hun) 63.41; 7 T Schmidt (Ger) 63.40; 8 C Malone (US) 63.27; 9 V Kaptyukh (Bela) 63.04; 10 F Kruger (SA) 62.32; 11 L Malina (Cz) 62.12; 12 Zoltan Kovago (Hun) 61.91. Did not qualify: 25 E Udechuku (GB) 58.41. Women: 100m: Semi-finals (Qualifiers): Heat one: 1 Y Nesterenko (Bela) 10.92sec; 2 V Campbell (Jam) 10.93; 3 I Lalova (Bul) 11.04; 4 D Ferguson (Bah) 11.04; 5 A Oyepitan (GB) 11.18. Heat two: 1 L Williams (US) 11.01; 2 S Simpson (Jam) 11.03; 3 A Bailey (Jam) 11.13; 4 L Colander (US) 11.18. Final: 1 Nesterenko 10.93; 2 Williams 10.96; 3 Campbell 10.97; 4 Lalova 11.00; 5 Bailey 11.05; 6 Simpson 11.07; 7 Ferguson 11.16; 8 Colander 11.18. 400m: First round (Qualifiers): Heat one: 1 A Guevara (Mex) 50.93sec; 2 L McConnell (GB) 51.19; 3 G Prokopek (Pol) 51.29; 4 F Bintou Fall (Sen) 51.87; 5 H Bewouda (Cmr) 52.11; 6 O Luneva (Kir) 52.94; 7 R El Hubti (Libya) 1:03.57. Heat two: 1 M Hennagan (US) 51.02; 2 M Dimitrova (Bul) 51.29; 3 K Nadjina (Chad) 51.50; 4 N Davy (Jam) 52.04; 5 M Laura Almirao (Bra) 52.10; 6 K Mykkanen (Fin) 52.53; 7 F Bo (China) 56.01. Heat three: 1 N Nazarova (Rus) 50.82; 2 D Fraser (GB) 51.19; 3 H Regis (Grn) 51.66; 4 E Wittstock (SA) 51.89; 5 A Mbacke Thiam (Sen) 52.44; 6 A Montsho (Bots) 53.77; 7 Z Amirova (Uzb) 54.43. Heat four: 1 N Antyukh (Rus) 50.54; 2 D Trotter (US) 50.56; 3 N Williams (Jam) 50.59; 4 A Pompey (Guy) 51.33; 5 E Uljas (Est) 51.91; 6 S Bodritskaya (Kaz) 53.35; 7 S Ali (Mold) 1:00.92. Heat five: 1 T Williams-Darling (Bah) 51.20; 2 S Usovich (Bela) 51.37; 3 A Yefremova (Ukr) 51.53; 4 M Nguimgo (Cmr) 51.90; 5 A Beckford (Jam) 52.85; 6 Sandrine Thiebaud-Kangni (Tog) 52.87; 7 K Damayanthi Dharsha (Sri) 54.58. Heat six: 1 S Richards (US) 50.11; 2 C Amertil (Bah) 50.23; 3 C Ohurougu (GB) 50.50; 4 T Ponteen (St Kitts and Nevis) 51.17; 5 G Aparecida Coutinho (Bra) 52.18; 6 M Bulikiobo (Fiji) 53.58; 7 S Hassane (Nig) 1:03.28. 400m hurdles: First round (Qualifiers): Heat one: 1 Y Pechonkina (Rus) 53.57sec; 2 T Tereshchuk-Antipova (Ukr) 54.63. Heat two: 1 J Pittman (Aus) 54.83; 2 Y Bikert (Rus) 54.95.

Heat three: 1 I Tirlea-Manolache (Rom) 54.41; 2 B Taylor (US) 54.72. Heat four: 1 F Halkia (Gre) 53.85; 2 L Demus (US) 54.66. Heat five: 1 M Pskit (Pol) 54.75; 2 S Johnson (US) 54.81. Heptathlon: Long jump: Group A: 1 K Sotherton (GB) 6.51m; 2 S Kesselschlaeger (Ger) 6.42; 3 C Tonn (Ger) 6.35; 4 A Skujyte (Lith) 6.30; 5 M Mark-Baird (Trin) 6.22; 6 M Collonville (Fr) 6.19; 7 T Lott Hogan (US) 6.15; 8 N Gomes (Por) 6.10; 9 M Simpson (Gha) 6.02; 10 Y Akulenko (Ukr) 6.02; 11 M Szczepanska (Pol) 5.98; 12 Aryiro Strataki (Gre) 5.97; 13 S Sokolova (Rus) 5.84; 14 M Hejnova (Cz) 5.70. Group B: 1 C Klüft (Swe) 6.78; 2 J J Shobha (India) 6.36; 3 K Wheeler (Aus) 6.36; 4 S Burrell (US) 6.25; 5 N Dobrynska (Ukr) 6.23; 6 J Josephs (SA) 6.21; 7 Y Prokhorova (Rus) 6.21; 8 I Naumenko (Kaz) 6.16; 9 K Ertl (Ger) 6.03; 10 M Perry (US) 6.02; 11 S Biswas (India) 5.92; 12 K Ruckstuhl (Hol) 5.90; 13 D Lewis (GB) 5.89; 14 T Hautala (Fin) 4.39.

Javelin: Group A: 1 Klüft 48.89m; 2 Sokolova 47.86; 3 Burrell 47.69; 4 Shengfei Shen 46.95; 5 Prokhorova 45.58. Did not start: Lewis. Group B: 1 Simpson 53.32; 2 Mark-Baird 49.90; 3 Skujyte 49.58; 4 Collonville 49.14; 5 Akulenko 48.62 15 Sotherton 37.19. 800m: Group one: 1 Biswas 2min 12.27sec; 2 Szczepanska 2:13.08; 3 Nakata 2:18.46. Group two: 1 Tonn 2:10.77; 2 Perry 2:13.69; 3 Ruckstuhl 2:13.95. Group three: 1 Prokhorova 2:11.31; 2 Sokolova 2:13.23; 3 Shobha 2:17.28. Group four: 1 Sotherton 2:12.27; 2 Collonville 2:13.62; 3 Klüft 2:14.15. Final positions: 1 Klüft 6,952pts; 2 Skujyte 6,435; 3 Sotherton 6,424pts. Did not finish: Lewis.

Badminton: Men: Singles: Bronze Final: S Dwi Kuncoro (India) bt B Ponsana (Thai) 15-11 17-16. Gold medals: T Hidayat (India) bt Seung Mo Shon (S Kor) 15-8 15-7. Final positions: 1 T Hidayat (India); 2 Seung Mo Shon (S Kor); 3 S D Kuncoro (India); =5 R Vaughan (GB). Women: Doubles: Bronze medal: Kyung Min Ra and Kyung Won Lee (S Kor) bt Tingting Zhao and Yili Wei (China) 10-15 15-9 15-7. Gold medal: Jiewen Zhang and Wei Yang (China) bt Sui Huang and Ling Gao (China) 7-15 15-4 15-8. Final Positions: 1 China (Jiewen Zhang, Wei Yang); 2 China (Sui Huang, Ling Gao); 3 South Korea (Kyung Min Ra, Kyung Won Lee); =5 Great Britain (G Emms, D Kellogg).

Baseball: Men: Preliminary round: Taiwan 3 Japan 4; Cuba 5 Canada 2; Australia 22 Holland 2; Greece 12 Italy 7.

Basketball: Men: Preliminary round: Group A: Spain 76 Serbia and Montenegro 68; China 52 Italy 89; New Zealand 94 Argentina 98. Group B: Australia 82 Puerto Rico 87; Lithuania 94 United States 90; Angola 56 Greece 88.

Beach Volleyball: Men: Round of 16: Switzerland 2 Brazil 1; Australia 2 South Africa 0; Germany 2 Australia 0; Canada 2 Argentina 0. Women: Round of 16: United States 2 Czech Republic 0; Germany 2 Greece 1; Brazil 2 Bulgaria 1; United States 2 China 0.

Boxing: Men: 69-75kg: G Golovkin (Kaz) bt A A Khan (Pak) 31-10; R Yasser (Egy) bt M Simion (Rom) 36-24; A Dirrell (US) bt N Kassel (Alg) Technical Knock out. 48-51kg: Round of 16: R Rahimov (Ger) bt O Escandon Berrio (Col) 25-15; P Ambunda (Nam) bt J G Mendoza Alvarado (Ven) 39-19; Y Gamboa Toledano (Cub) bt Somjit Jongjohor (Thai) 26-21; G Balakshin (Rus) bt M Rakhimzhanov (Kaz) 29-20; A Rzany (Pol) bt H Mesbahi (Mor) 33-20; F Aslanov (Azer) bt N Izoria (Geo) 27-21; J Thomas (Fr) bt J C Payano (Dom) 36-17; T Doniyorov (Uzb) bt R Siler (US) 45-22. Under 48kg: J Jermia (Nam) bt P Wakefield (Aus) 29-20; S Kazakov (Rus) bt R Castaneda (Mex) 41-16; A Pinto (It) bt C Jose Tamara Paternina (Col) 49-35; A Yalcinkaya (Tur) bt J Abiyev (Azer) 23-20; Shiming Zou (China) bt E Kebede (Eth) 31-8; A Nalbandyan (Arm) bt N Ali (Irq) 24-11; Moo Won Hong (S Kor) bt H Tanamor (Phil) 42-25; Y Bhartelemy Varela (Cub) bt S Pannon (Thai) 23-14.

Cycling: Men: Individual pursuit: Bronze medal: 1 Escobar 4:17.947; 2 Hayles 4:22.291. Gold medal: 1 Wiggins 4min 16.304sec; 2 McGee 4:20.436. Final positions: 1 B Wiggins (GB); 2 B McGee (Aus); 3 S Escobar (Sp); 4 R Hayles (GB). Team sprint: Bronze medal: 1 France 44.359; 2 Australia 44.404. Gold medal: 1 Germany 43.980sec; 2 Japan 44.246. Final positions: 1 Germany; 2 Japan; 3 France; 4 Australia; 5 Great Britain (C Hoy, J Queally, J Staff), 6 Holland; 8 Greece; 9 Poland; 10 Cuba; 11 United States; 12 Slovakia. First round: Heat one: 1 Australia 44.320; 2 Spain 44.687. Heat two: 1 Japan 44.081; 2 Holland 44.370. Heat three: 1 Germany 43.955; 2 Great Britain 44.075. Heat four: 1 France 44.128; 2 Greece 45.708. Women: Individual pursuit: 3,000m First round: Heat one: 1 K Bates (Aus) 3min 34.743sec; 2 E Chalykh (Rus) 3:36.442. Heat two: 1 L Zijlaard-van Moorsel (Hol) 3:28.747; 2 K Thuerig (Swi) 3:34.831. Heat three: 1 K Mactier (Aus) 3:28.095; 2 E Davies (GB) overlapped. Heat four: 1 S Ulmer (NZ) 3:27.444; 2 O Slyusareva (Rus) 3:36.263. Qualification round: 1 Ulmer 3:26.400 (World record); 2 Mactier 3:29.945; 3 Zijlaard-van Moorsel 3:30.422; 4 Bates 3:31.236; 5 Chalykh 3:33.709; 6 Thuerig 3:34.746; 7 Davies 3:35.069; 8 Slyusareva 3:35.177; 9 M L Calle Williams (Col) 3:35.430; 10 E Mirabella (US) 3:36.992; 11 L Valova (Cz) 3:54.372; 12 E Garcia (El Salvador) 3:56.055.

Diving: Women: 10m platform: Semi-final: 1 L Tourky (Aus) 560.10; 2 Lishi Lao (China) 551.97; 3 C Newbery (Aus) 545.25; 4 O Zhupina (Ukr) 543.57; 5 E Heymans (Can) 538.17.

Equestrianism: Dressage: Mixed Individual Grand prix: 1 U Salzgeber (Ger) 78.2%; 2 B Ferrer-Salat (Sp) 74.6%; 3 A van Grunsven (Hol) 74.2%; 4 M Schaudt (Ger) 73.4%; 5 D McDonald (US) 73.3%; 6 J Brink (Swe) 73.2%; 7 R Soto (Sp) 72.7%; 8 H Schmidt (Ger) 72.3%; 9 R Dover (US) 71.6%; 10 H Kemmer (Ger) 71.2%. Selected others: 12 C Hester (GB) 70.6%; 21 R Davison (GB) 68.5%; 25 E Hindle (GB) 67.5%; 34 N McGivern (GB) 66.4%. Mixed team: Final: 1 Germany 74.653pts; 2 Spain 72.917; 3 United States 71.500; 4 Holland 71.264; 5 Denmark 69.333; 6 Sweden 68.917; 7 Great Britain (C Hester, R Davison, E Hindle, N McGivern) 68.903; 8 Austria 66.570; 9 Canada 66.222; 10 Switzerland 65.653.

Fencing: Men: Team foil: Places: 7-8: South Korea bt Egypt 45-35. 5-6: France bt Germany 45-38. Quarter-final: Italy bt Egypt 45-20; Russia bt France 45-38; China bt South Korea 45-36; United States bt Germany 45-43. Semi-finals: Italy bt Russia 45-27; China bt United States 45-35.

Gymnastics: Men: Trampoline: Individual: Final: 1 Y Nikitin (Ukr) 41.50pts; 2 A Moskalenko (Rus) 41.20; 3 H Stehlik (Ger) 40.80; 4 D Polyarush (Bela) 40.20; 5 A Rusakov (Rus) 40.20; 6 N Merino (Por) 40.10; 7 G Smith (GB) 40.00; 8 D Martin (Fr) 39.90.

Handball: Women: Preliminary round: Group A: Ukraine 29 Greece 20; Brazil 26 Hungary 35. Group B: Angola 21 France 29; South Korea 36 Spain 21.

Hockey: Men: Preliminary round: Group A: Egypt 0 South Korea 11; Spain 4 Pakistan 0; Germany 4 Great Britain 1 (G Moodie 60). Group B: India 1 New Zeland 2; South Africa 2 Australia 3; Argentina 2 Holland 4.

Rowing: Men: Coxless four: B Final: 1 Serbia and Montenegro 6min 19sec; 2 Russia 6:20.64; 3 United States 6:22.24; 4 Austria 6:22.85; 5 Germany 6:23.28; 6 Spain 6:26.15. Coxless pair: A Final: 1 Australia 6:30.76; 2 Croatia 6:32.64; 3 South Africa 6:33.40; 4 New Zealand 6:34.24; 5 Serbia and Montenegro 6:39.74; 6 Germany 6:46.50. Final positions: 1 Australia; 2 Croatia; 3 South Africa; 7 Great Britain (T Garbett, R Dunn). Coxless quadruple sculls: B Final: 1 Australia 6:02.31; 2 Switzerland 6:04.53; 3 Estonia 6:05.11; 4 Italy 6:06.91; 5 United States 6:07.83; 6 Great Britain (S Cottle, A Campbell, P Gardner, P Wells) 6:07.87. Double sculls: A Final: 1 France 6:29.00; 2 Slovenia 6:31.72; 3 Italy 6:32.93; 4 Estonia 6:35.30; 5 Czech Republic 6:35.81; 6 United States 6:36.86; 7 Norway 6:37.25. Final positions: 1 France; 2 Slovenia; 3 Italy; 8 Great Britain (M Wells, M Langridge). Four: A Final: 1 Great Britain 6:06.98 (S Williams, J Cracknell, E Coode, M Pinsent); 2 Canada 6:07.06; 3 Italy 6:10.41. Eight: B Final: 1 Italy 5:46.36; 2 Poland 5:50.68; 3 Great Britain (J Devlin, D Ouseley, J West, A Triggs Hodge, T Stallard, P Simmons, R Bourne-Taylor, T James, C Cormack) 5:55.77. Lightweight double sculls: B Final: 1 United States 6:45.20; 2 Spain 6:46.48; 3 Czech Republic 6:46.77; 4 Ireland 6:49.26 (S Lynch, G Towey); 5 Slovakia 6:58.78; 6 Italy 7:01.86. Single sculls: A Final: 1 O Tufte (Nor) 6:49.30; 2 J Jaanson (Est) 6:51.42; 3 I Yanakiev (Bul) 6:52.80; 4 S Fernandez (Arg) 6:55.17; 5 V Chalupa (Cz) 6:59.13; 6 T Maeyens (Bel) 7:01.74. Final positions: 1 Tufte; 2 Jaanson; 3 Yanakiev; 10 I Lawson (GB). Women: Coxless pair: A Final: 1 Romania 7:06.55; 2 Great Britain (K Grainger, C Bishop) 7:08.66; 3 Belarus 7:09.86; 4 Canada 7:13.33; 5 Germany 7:20.20; 6 New Zealand 7:23.52. Coxless quadruple sculls: B Final: 1 Denmark 6:50.13; 2 Belarus 6:54.02. Double sculls: A Final: 1 New Zealand 7:01.79; 2 Germany 7:02.78; 3 Great Britain (S Winckless, E Laverick) 7:07.58; 4 Bulgaria 7:13.97; 5 Romania 7:17.58; 6 Ukraine 7:21.78. Lightweight double sculls: B Final: 1 United States 7:23.40; 2 Canada 7:26.07; 3 Great Britain 7:29.12 (H Casey, T Langlands); 4 Denmark 7:32.58; 5 Spain 7:41.23; 6 Greece 7:48.42. Final C: 1 Japan 7:37.46; 2 Cuba 7:42.20; 3 Hungary 7:45.05. Single sculls: A Final: 1 K Rutschow-Stomporowski (Ger) 7:18.12; 2 E Karsten (Bela) 7:22.04; 3 R Neykova (Bul) 7:23.10; 4 M Knapkova (Cz) 7:25.14; 5 S Waddell (NZ) 7:31.66; 6 N Dominguez Asensio (Sp) 7:49.11.

Sailing: Men: 470: 11th race: 1 Russia; 2 France; 3, Italy; 4, Switzerland; 5, Brazil; 6, Holland; 23, Great Britain (N Rogers and J Glanfield). 470: Final positions: 1 United States 71.0; 2 Great Britain 74.0 (Rogers and Glanfield); 3 Japan 90.0; 4 Sweden 94.0; 5 France; 6 Holland 101.0. Finn: 11th race: 1 M Kusznierewicz (Pol) 1.0; 2 R Clarke (Can) 2.0; 3 M Fellmann (Ger) 3.0; 4 A Papathanasiou (Gre) 4.0; 5 K Kuret (Cro) 5.0; 6 M Maier (Cz) 6.0; 14 B Ainslie (GB) 14.0. Final positions: 1 Ainslie 38.0; 2 R Trujillo (Sp) 51.0; 3 Kusznierewicz 53.0; 4 Kuret 61.0; 5 Papathanasiou 72.4; 6 A Nossiter (Aus) 93.0. Keelboat: First race: 1 United States; 2 Spain; 3 France; 4 Denmark; 5 Brazil; 6 Germany; 8 Great Britain (I Percy and S Mitchell); 11 Ireland (M Mansfield and K Collins). Second race: 1 Switzerland; 2 Greece; 3 Great Britain (Percy and Mitchell); 4 Brazil; 5 Italy; 6 United States; 15 Ireland (Mansfield and Collins). Overall positions: 1 United States 7.0; 2 Brazil; 3 Switzerland 11.0; 4 Great Britain 11.0 (Percy and Mitchell); 5 France 12.0; 6 Spain 15.0; 15 Ireland 26.0 (Mansfield and Collins). Mistral: Seventh race: 1 N Dempsey (GB) 1.0; 2 N Kaklamanakis (Gr) 2.0; 3 E Icingir (Tur) 3.0; 4 J Rodrigues (Por) 4.0; 5 G Fridman (Isr) 5.0; 6 J Bontemps (Fr) 6.0. Eighth race: 1 Fridman (Isr) 1.0; 2 R Santos (Bra) 2.0; 3 Kaklamanakis 3.0; 4 Zhou Yuanguo (China) 4.0; 5 D Y Teran (Mex) 5.0; 6 L Kleppich (Aus) 6.0; 10 Dempsey 10.0. Overall positions: 1 Fridman (Isr) 27.0; 2 Santos 27.0; 3 Kaklamanakis 33.0 ; 4 Dempsey 45.0; 5 P Miarczynski (Pol) 49.0; 6 Kleppich 52.0. Women: Mistral: Eight race: 1 Yin Jian (China) 1.0; 2 A Lux (Ger) 2.0; 3 B Kendall (NZ) 3.0; 4 Lee Shan Lai (HK) 4.0; 5 F Merret (Fr) 5.0; 6 A Sensini (It) 6.0; 11 N Sturges (GB) 11.0. Overall positions: 1 Yin Jian 21.0; 2 Sensini 22.0 ; 3 Merret 22.0; 4 Lee Shan Lai 26.0; 5 J Crisp (Aus) 47.0; 6 Kendall 52.0; 9 Sturges 68.0. Yngling: 11th race: 1 France; 2 Holland; 3 Russia; 4 Bermuda; 5 Ukraine; 6 Norway; Did not start: Great Britain (S Robertson, S Webb and S Ayton). Final positions: 1 Great Britain 39.0 (Robertson, Webb and Ayton); 2 Ukraine 50.0; 3 Denmark 54.0; 4 Holland 56.0; 5 France 57.0; 6 Germany 76.0. 470: 11th race: 1 Japan; 2 Slovenia; 3 Sweden; 4 United States; 5 Spain; 6 Brazil; 7 Great Britain (C Bassadone and K Hopson). Final positions: 1 Greece 38.0; 2 Spain 62.0; 3 Sweden 63.0; 4 Slovenia 65.0 ; 5 United States 84.0; 6 Denmark 89.0; 7 Great Britain 91.0 (Bassadone and Hopson). Mixed: Multihull: First race: 1 Austria; 2 United States; 3 Spain; 4 France; 5 Puerto Rico; 6 Germany; 8 Great Britain (L McMillan and M Bulkeley). Second race: 1 Argentina; 2 United States; 3 Austria; 4 Spain; 5 Holland; 6 Italy; 14 Great Britain (McMillan and Bulkeley). Overall positions: 1 Austria 4.0; 2 United States 4.0; 3 Spain 7.0; 4 Argentina 8.0; 5 Puerto Rico 14.0; 6 Germany 14.0; 11 Great Britain 22.0 (McMillan and Bulkeley).

Shooting: Men: 25m rapid fire pistol (60 shots): Final positions: 1 R Schumann (Ger) 694.9pts; 2 S Poliakov (Rus) 692.7; 3 S Alifirenko (Rus) 692.3; 4 O Tkachov (Ukr) 688.7; 5 I Raicea (Rom) 687.6. Skeet (125 targets): Qualification round: 1 M Kemppainen (Fin) 75; 2 V Shomin (Rus) 75; 3 S Al-Mutairi (Saudi) 74; 4 A Benelli (It) 74; 5 S Dulohery (US) 74; 35 R Brickell (GB) 70.

Swimming: Men: Freestyle: 1,500m: Final: 1 G Hackett (Aus) 14min 43.40sec (Olympic record); 2 L Jensen (US) 14:45.29; 3 D Davies (GB) 14:45.95; 4 Y Prilukov (Rus) 14:52.48; 5 S Gianniotis (Gre) 15:03.69; 6 G Smith (GB) 15:09.71; 7 D Coman (Rom) 15:10.21; 8 C Stevens (Aus) 15:13.66. 4 x 100m Medley: Final: 1 United States 3:30.68 (World record); 2 Germany 3:33.62; 3 Japan 3:35.22; 4 Russia 3:35.91; 5 France 3:36.57; 6 Ukraine 3:36.87; 7 Hungary 3:37.46; 8 Great Britain 3:37.77 (G Tait, J Gibson, J Hickman, M Kidd). Women: Freestyle: 50m: Final: 1 I de Bruijn (Hol) 24.58; 2 M Metella (Fr) 24.89; 3 L Lenton (Aus) 24.91; 4 T Alshammar (Swe) 24.93; 5 K Joyce (US) 25.00; 6 M Engelsman (Aus) 25.06; 7 J Thompson (US) 25.11; 8 F Cazziolato (Bra) 25.20. 4 x 100m medley: Final: 1 Australia 3:57.32 World Record; 2 United States 3:59.12; 3 Germany 4:00.72 European Record; 4 China 4:03.35; 5 Japan 4:04.83; 6 Netherlands 4:07.36; 7 Spain 4:07.61. Did not qualify: Great Britain (K Sexton, K Balfour, G Lee, K Evans).

Table Tennis: Men: Doubles: Bronze medal: M Maze and F Tugwell (Den) bt D Mazunov and A Smirnov (Rus). Gold medal: Qi Chen and Lin Ma (China) bt Lai Chak Ko and Ching Li (HK). Women: Singles: Semi-finals: Yining Zhang (China) bt Kyung Ah Kim (S Kor) 13-11 11-8 11-6 5-11 11-8; Hyang Mi Kim (N Kor) bt Jia Wei Li (Sing) 8-11 11-6 0-11 8-11 11-8 11-6 11-9.

Tennis: Women: Singles: Final: A Molik (Aus) bt A Myskina (Rus) 6-3 6-4.

Volleyball: Men: Preliminary round: Group A: Tunisia 1 Poland 3; Argentina 1 Serbia and Montenegro 3. Group B: Australia 1 United States 3; Italy 3 Holland 0.

Water Polo: Men: Preliminary round: Group A: Kazakhstan 4 Hungary 14; Serbia and Montenegro 11 Croatia 8; Russia 9 United States 7. Group B: Egypt 4 Italy 13; Germany 11 Spain 5; Greece 10 Australia 9.

Weightlifting: Men: 77-85kg: 1 G Asanidze (Geo) 382.5pts (177.5 + 205.0); 2 A Rybakou (Bela) 380.0 (180.0 + 200.0); 3 P Dimas (Gre) 377.5 (175.0 + 202.5); 4 G Markoulas (Gre) 372.5 (167.5 + 205.0); 5 Aijun Yuan (China) 372.5 (167.5 + 205.0). Women: Over 75kg: 1 Gonghong Tang (China) 305.0 (122.5 + 182.5) (World record); 2 Mi Ran Jang (S Kor) 302.5 (130.0 + 172.5); 3 A Wrobel (Pol) 290.0 (130.0 + 160.0); 4 V Varga (Hun) 282.5 (127.5 + 155.0); 5 V Shaimardanova (Ukr) 280.0 (130.0 + 150.0). 48-53kg: 1 U Polsak (Thai) 222.5 (97.5 + 125.0); 2 R L Rumbewas (India) 210.0 (95.0 + 115.0); 3 M Mosquera (Col) 197.5 (87.5 + 110.0); 4 M Munteanu (Rom) 190.0 (85.0 + 105.0); 5 N Novikava (Bela) 190.0 (87.5 + 102.5). Under 48kg: 1 N Taylan (Tur) 210.0 (97.5 World Record + 112.5 (World record); 2 Zhuo Li (China) 205.0 (92.5 + 112.5); 3 Aree Wiratthaworn (Thai) 200.0 (85.0 + 115.0); 4 N Kunjarani (India) 190.0 (82.5 + 107.5); 5 I Dragneva (Bul) 187.5 (82.5 + 105.0).

Rugby Union

Vodacom Tri-Nations Series

South Africa 23 Australia 19

Rugby League

LHF Healthplan National League: First division: Rochdale 52 Doncaster 18. Third division: Hemel Stags 132 Essex Eels 0; Coventry Bears 32 St Albans Centurions 20; Warrington Woolston 72 Carlisle Centurions 4; South London Storm 34 Sheffield Hillsborough 35; Birmingham 62 Gateshead Storm 16; Huddersfield Underbank 16 Bramley Buffaloes 44. Totalrl.com Conference: Premier division: Leigh Miners 19 Siddal 10; Oldham St Annes 20 Hull Dockers 24; Thatto Heath 18 Wigan St Judes 22; Thornhill Trojans 12 Oulton Raiders 24; Wath Brow Hornets 33 Leigh East 12; West Hull 38 West Bowling 4; Wigan St Patricks 28 Skirlaugh 20. Other Sport Baseball

American League: Detroit 8 Seattle 3; New York Yankees 0 Anaheim 5; Tampa Bay 5 Oakland 9; Baltimore 4 Toronto 14; Chicago White Sox 1 Boston 10; Kansas City 3 Texas 5; Minnesota 5 Cleveland 1. National League: St Louis 5 Pittsburgh 4 (game one); St Louis 5 Pittsburgh 3 (game two); Milwaukee 2 Philadelphia 4; Houston 2 Chicago Cubs 9; Colorado 3 Montreal 4; San Diego 6 Florida 1; Arizona 0 Cincinnati 2; Los Angeles 3 Atlanta 2 (11 inns); San Francisco 7 New York Mets 3.

Bowls

National Express English Men’s Triples Championship (Worthing): Semi-finals: S Dilks, C Kelly and M Walton (Nafferton) bt D Langley, K Fox and R Pearce (Buckland Mill) 16-14; G Knapper, A Knapper and W Hing (Desborough, Maidenhead) bt K Kent, M Law and L Miller (March Conservatives) 17-13.

Golf

World Championships NEC Invitational (Akron, Ohio):

Leaders after third round (US unless stated):

199 S Cink 63 68 68.

204 C DiMarco 68 69 67; D Toms 69 66 69; T Woods 68 66 70.

205 S Verplank 69 69 67; R Pampling (Aus) 68 67 70; R Sabbatini (SA) 68 66 71.

206 L Donald (GB) 71 70 65; A Cabrera (Arg) 69 70 67; J Kelly 69 73 64; C Howell III 71 67 68.

207 B Tway 67 73 67; L Westwood (GB) 69 69 69; R Allenby (Aus) 71 67 69; S Maruyama (Jap) 69 68 70; T Hamilton 69 67 71.

208 S Leaney (Aus) 73 67 68; S Appleby (Aus) 69 70 69; S Ames (Trin) 69 70 69; S García (Sp) 68 70 70; D Love III 68 68 72.

209 F Jacobson (Swe) 69 72 68; D Clarke (GB) 71 70 68; F Couples 72 68 69.

210 P Casey (GB) 72 70 68; J Haas 70 69 71; A Cejka (Ger) 72 67 71; M Weir (Can) 70 67 73; S K Ho (S Kor) 70 67 73.

211 J Furyk 68 72 71; J Parnevik (Swe) 69 72 70; T Levet (Fr) 68 73 70; J Sindelar 70 70 71; Z Johnson 65 73 73.

Selected others:

213 V Singh (Fiji) 73 73 67.

214 J Daly 71 69 74; P McGinley (Ire) 73 72 69.

215 C Montgomerie (GB) 69 71 75.

216 P Price (GB) 72 70 74.

217 S Drummond (GB) 69 75 73; B Lane (GB) 67 77 73.

218 B Langer (Ger) 74 69 75.

221 E Els (SA) 72 77 72; P Harrington (Ire) 77 74 70.

US PGA Reno Tahoe Open (Nevada):

Leaders after second round (US unless stated):

133 C Pavin 68 65.

134 V Taylor 67 67; R Thatcher 66 68.

136 H Mahan 69 67; J Ogilvie 72 64; H Tanaka (Jap) 68 68; S Allan (Aus) 68 68; S McCarron 69 67; C Pettersson (Swe) 69 67.

137 O Browne 70 67; D Chopra (Swe) 67 70; M Allen (Ire) 71 66.

138 K Duke 71 67; B Geiberger 71 67; W Austin 71 67; G Willis 72 66; S Simpson 67 71; M Wilson 67 71; J Senden (Aus) 73 65.

LPGA Tour Wendy’s Championship (Dublin, Ohio):

Leaders after second round (US unless stated):

135 S Pettersen (Nor) 67 68.

136 Han Hee-Won (S Kor) 66 70; R Rankin 71 65.

139 M Lovander 70 69; L Kane (Can) 69 70; Kim Hyun Mi (S Kor) 71 68; C Matthew (GB) 72 67.

141 N Gulbis 71 70; B Bader 70 71; Jang Jeong (S Kor) 70 71; W Ward 70 71; M Mallon 73 68; M Redman 70 71.

142 J Hullett 76 66; M Baena (Col) 74 68; M Wie 73 69; P Creamer 72 70.

143 L Ochoa (Mex) 76 67; Kang Yun Soo (S Kor) 70 73.

144 L Kean 76 68; R Jones 71 73; K Golden 70 74; M Hart 74 70; Lee Yeon Ji (S Kor) 69 75.

145 A Bunch 75 70; K Marshall (GB) 75 70; D Pepper 69 76; T Green 70 75; J Moodie (GB) 71 74; D Coe-Jones (Can) 76 69; S Louden 74 71; K Lagedrost 74 71..

Motorcycling

MotoGP Championship: Czech Grand Prix (Brno):

Final qualifying positions: MotoGP: First row: 1 S Gibernau (Sp, Honda) 2min 9.782sec; 2 A Barros (Bra, Honda) 2:10.090; 3 V Rossi (It, Yamaha) 2:10.470; 4 T Bayliss (Aus, Ducati) 2:10.923.

Second row: 5 C Edwards (US, Honda) 2:11.096; 6 C Checa (Sp, Yamaha) 2:11.188; 7 N Hayden (US, Honda) 2:11.662; 8 M Biaggi (It, Honda) 2:11.737.

250cc: First row: 1 S Porto (Arg, Aprilia) 2:1461; 2 F Nieto (Sp, Aprilia) 2:14.457; 3 A de Angelis (San Marino, Aprilia) 2:14.528; 4 S Guintoli (Fr, Aprilia) 2:15.846.

125cc: First row: 1 M Simoncelli (It, Aprilia) 2:24.458; 2 A Dovizioso (It, Honda) 2:24.638; 3 J Simon (Sp, Honda) 2:2518; 4 J Lorenzo (Sp, Derbi) 2:25.549.

Rallying

WRC German Rally: Leading positions (after second day): 1 S Loeb (Fr, Citroën) 3hr 04min 20.3sec; 2 F Duval (Bel, Ford) at 54.7sec; 3 C Sainz (Sp, Citroën) 1min 00.4sec; 4 M Märtin (Est, Ford) 2:24.1; 5 C Robert (Fr, Peugeot) 3:33.6; 6 F Loix (Bel, Peugeot) 3:46; 7 T Gardemeister (Fin, Skoda) 4:10.9; 8 S Sarrazin (Fr, Subaru) 5:07.3; 9 M Hirvonen (Fin, Subaru) 5:19.5; 10 A Bengue (Fr, Peugeot) 9:37.8.

Speedway

FIM Scandinavian Grand Prix (Gothenburg): 1 H Andersen (Den); 2 J Crump (Aus); 3 A Rickardsson (Swe); 4 G Hancock (US).

Leading standings (after six races): 1 Crump 114pts, equal 2 L Adams (Aus) Hancock 91; 4 Rickardsson 87; 5 N Pedersen (Den) 74; 6 T Gollob (Pol) 64.

Skybet Elite League: Eastbourne 60 Swindon 32 (Eastbourne win bonus point).

Conference Trophy: Buxton 48 Mildenhall 45; Rye House 65 Swindon 26.

Tennis

ATP Legg Mason Classic (Washington):

Quarter-finals: L Hewitt (Aus) bt C Saulnier (Fr) 6-3 3-6 7-6; R Ginepri (US) bt R Sluiter (Hol) 6-3 7-6.

WTA Cincinnati Open: Quarter-finals: A Frazier (US) bt S Sfar (Tun) 6-3 6-1; M Bartoli (Fr) bt L Granville (US) 6-3 6-1; L Davenport (US) bt F Pennetta (It) 6-2 6-2; V Zvonareva (Rus) bt Peng Shuai (China) 6-2 6-2.