Football
Uefa Cup
First round, first leg
HEARTS (0) 3 SPORTING BRAGA (0) 1
Webster 52, Hartley 62 Paulo Sergio 65
Kisnorbo 90
18,203
CS MARÍTIMO (1) 1 RANGERS (0) 0
Manduca 27 5,000
MIDDLESBROUGH (0) 3 BANIK OSTRAVA (0) 0
Hasselbaink 57 29,746
Viduka 63, 80
MILLWALL (0) 1 FERENCVAROS (0) 1
Wise 66 Lipcsei 78
15,000
NEWCASTLE (2) 2 H BNEI SAKHNIN (0) 0
Kluivert 4, 42 30,221
Sent off: N Butt (Newcastle) 60
A Suan (Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin) 60
SHELBOURNE (0) 2 LILLE (2) 2
Fitzpatrick 80, 83 Bodmer 20, Landrin 45
7,463
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OTHER RESULTS: Ventspils (Lat) 1 Amica Wronki (Pol) 1; Terek Grozny (Russ) 1 Basel 1; Maccabi Haifa 1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukr) 0; Wisla Krakow 4 Dynamo Tblisi (Geo) 3; Zenit St Petersburg 4 Red Star Belgrade 0; Schalke 04 5 Liepajas Metalurgs (Lat) 1; Levski Sofia 1 Beveren (Bel) 1; Nova Gorica (Slovenia) 1 AEK Athens 1; Steaua Bucharest 2 CSKA Sofia 1; Metalurg Donetsk (Ukr) 0 Lazio 3; Odd Grenland (Nor) 0 Feyenoord 1; Aab Aalborg (Den) 1 Auxerre 1; Trabzonspor 3 Athletic Bilbao 2; AK Graz 5 Litex Lovech (Bul) 0; Dinamo Zagreb 2 Elfsborg (Swe) 0; Ujpest (Hun) 1 VfB Stuttgart 3; Standard Liege 0 VfL Bochum 0; FC Bruges 4 Chateauroux 0; Hammarby (Swe) 1 Villarreal 2; Banska Bystrica (Slovakia) 0 Benfica 3; Sochaux 4 Stabaek (Nor) 0; Partizan Belgrade 3 Dinamo Bucharest 1; Austria Vienna 1 Legia Warsaw 0; Egaleo (Gr) 1 Gençlerbirligi (Tur) 0; Parma 3 Maribor (Slovenia) 2; Seville 2 Nacional Madeira 0; Real Zaragoza 1 Sigma Olomouc (Cz) 0; Bodo/Glimt (Nor) 1 Besiktas 1; Panionis 3 Udinese 1; PAOK Salonika 2 AZ Alkmaar (Neth) 3; FH Hafnarfjördur 1 Alemania Aachen 5; Sporting Lisbon 2 Rapid Vienna 0.
BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP RESERVE LEAGUE: North: Liverpool 1 Sunderland 0.
FA WOMEN’S LEAGUE: Northern division: Coventry 2 Aston Villa 2.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE: Kansas City 0 New York Yankees 3; Toronto 3 Baltimore 0; Boston 8 Tampa Bay 6; Cleveland 5 Detroit 3; Minnesota 6 Chicago White Sox 1; Seattle 1 Anaheim 0; Oakland 3 Texas 10.
NATIONAL LEAGUE: Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 9; Chicago Cubs 13 Pittsburgh 5; Florida 2 Montreal 6 (first game); Florida 4 Montreal 10 (second game); Milwaukee 1 San Francisco 8; New York Mets 0 Atlanta 2; St Louis 4 Houston 2; Arizona 3 Colorado 2; Los Angeles 3 San Diego 7.
Bowls
LEAMINGTON SPA: Women’s World Outdoor Championships: Singles: Semifinals: M Johnston (Ire) bt B Morgan (Wales) 21-14; L Trigwell (SA) bt M Letham (Scot) 21-14. Third place play-off: Letham bt Morgan 21-9. First phase play-downs (Fifth-eighth places): R Gilor (Isr) bt S Page (Eng) 21-17; K Murphy (Aus) bt C Anderson (Phil) 21-10. Second phase play-downs: Fifth place: Murphy bt Gilor 21-13. Seventh place: Anderson bt Page 21-13. Fours: Quarter-finals: J Christie, E Falkner, J Baker, A Monkhouse (Eng) bt M Mponda, B Gondwe, E Mpezeni, B Mali (Zambia) 33-8; S Murray, C Smith, J Dickey, J Lindores (Scot) bt L Catalan, R Bradborn, R Greenlees, M Witheridge (Phil) 37-5; C Grimes, G O’Neil, K Bisson, S Dingle (Jer) bt W Jensen, V Smith, S Sims, J Edwards (NZ) 16-12; C Taylor, L Evans, A Butten, K Pearce (Wales) bt L du Rand, T Steyn, J Hackland, L Victor (SA) 15-13. Semi-finals: England bt Wales 17-16; Jersey bt Scotland 15-14 (after extra end). First phase play-downs (Fifth-eighth places): New Zealand bt Philippines 18-10; South Africa bt Zambia 21-14. Second phase play-downs: Eleventh place: Malaysia bt Ireland 24-10. Twenty-first place: India bt Guernsey 20-8. Twenty-third place: United States bt Isle of Man 24-12.
STANLEY, County Durham: WBT ranking events: PBA play-offs (section winners qualify for Scottish Masters in Perth, Nov 27-Dec 3): Section five: Quarter-finals: W Hogg (Scot) bt J Heath (Eng) 5-7, 8-4, 2-0; C Rodgers (Eng) bt C Young (Eng) 4-6, 7-3, 2-0; N Brett (Eng) bt S Morgan (Scot) 9-3, 6-3; D Burnett (Scot) bt M McPeak (Ire) 1-7, 9-1, 2-1. Semi-finals: Rodgers bt Hogg 4-7, 8-2, 2-1; Burnett bt Brett 8-0, 7-4. Final: Burnett bt Rodgers 5-4, 7-3. Section six: Quarter-finals: R Battersby (Ire) bt J Cole (Scot) 5-7, 8-4, 2-0; D Denison (Eng) bt J Whitely (Eng) 12-0, 8-2; A Kelly (Sco) bt S Moran (Ire) 2-7, 8-3, 2-1; M Squires (Eng) bt D Hamilton (Ire) 7-5, 9-6. Semi-finals: Denison bt Battersby 7-6, 0-9, 2-0; Kelly bt Squires 8-3, 6-5. Final: Denison bt Kelly 8-3, 8-6.
BROMLEY: EBA National Over 55 Championships: Singles: Semi-finals: G Green (Warwickshire) bt B Taylor (Norfolk) 21-20; D Perrin (Cornwall) bt B Vickers (Kent) 21-18. Final: Perrin bt Green 21-12. Pairs: Semi-finals: K Marsh and B Bendall (Hampshire) bt D Cole and C Barker (Norfolk) 24-5; J Wilson and M Crafer (Essex) bt B Blyth and D Hancock (Dorset) 22-21. Final: Marsh and Bendall bt Wilson and Crafer 27-11.
Cycling
TOUR OF SPAIN: Twelfth stage (Almeria and Calar Alto, 145km): 1, R Heras (Sp, Liberty Seguros) 4hr 19min 30; 2, S Perez (Sp, Phonak) 34sec behind; 3, F Mancebo (Sp, Illes Balears-Banesto) 53. Leading overall positions: 1, Heras 44hr 50min 50sec; 2, Mancebo 35sec behind; 3, A Valverde (Sp, Liberty Seguros) 49.
Motor rallying
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Wales Rally Great Britain (Cardiff): Leading positions (after SS1): 1, F Duval (Bel, Ford) 2:06.5; 2, S Loeb (Fr, Citroën) at 0.7sec; 3, M Märtin (Est, Ford) 0.8; 4, P Solberg (Nor, Subaru) 1.2; 5, M Grönholm (Fin, Peugeot) 1.4; 6, H Rovanperä (Fin, Peugeot) 2.3; 7, D Carlsson (Swe, Peugeot) 2.8; 8, A Schwarz (Ger, Skoda) 2.9; 9, C Sainz (Sp, Citroën) 3.1; 10, J Tuohino (Fin, Ford) 3.2. British: 16, M Higgins (Ford) 4.6; 18, A Ginley (Subaru) 5.6; 20, M Wilson (Ford) 8.0.
Speedway
ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry 45 Belle Vue 44 (Belle Vue win bonus point); Swindon 51 Arena Essex 43 (Swindon win bonus point); Ipswich 52 Peterboro 42 (Ipswich win bonus point).
PREMIER LEAGUE: Sheffield 55 Isle of Wight 39 (Isle of Wight win bonus point).
Squash
BOSTON: US Open Championship: Men: First qualifying round: R Lavigne (Fr) bt M Puertas (US) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; S Razik (Can) bt M Heather (Eng) 11-10, 11-9, 11-9; J Barrington (Eng) bt S Zaman (Pak) 11-10, 11-10, 10-11, 3-11, 11-10; D Jenson (Aus) bt J Illingworth (US) 11-6, 6-11, 11-2, 11-7; O Tuominen (Fin) bt J Kemp (Eng) 5-11, 11-3, 11-2, 11-6; P Barker (Eng) bt P Doshi (India) 11-8, 11-4, 11-2; S Parke (Eng) bt P Quick (US) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8; P Price (Aus) bt D Patterson (US) 11-5, 11-5, 11-3.
BAHRAIN: WISPA Classic: Semi-finals: R Grinham (Aus) bt V Atkinson (Neth) 9-2, 9-7, 9-3; C Jackman (Eng) bt N Grinham (Aus) 9-0, 9-5, 10-8.
Tennis
BUCHAREST: ATP Romanian Open: Second round: F Volandri (It) bt R Gasquet (Fr) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3; V Hanescu (Rom) bt S Koubek (Austria) 6-2, 6-3; F Mayer (Ger) bt A di Pasquale (Fr) 7-6, 4-6, 6-3; D Ferrer (Sp) bt N Djokovic (Bosnia-H) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
DELRAY BEACH, Florida: ATP Millennium International Championship: Second round: R Mello (Br) bt M Fish (US) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; K Carlsen (Den) bt B Phau (Ger) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; J Salzenstein (US) bt P Goldstein (US) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1; H Armando (US) bt J Morrison (US) 7-6, 6-3.
BEIJING: ATP China Open: Second round: P Srichaphan (Thai) bt N Okun (Isr) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6; J Nieminen (Fin) bt T Dent (US) 6-3, 7-5; Lee Hyung-taik (S Kor) bt J-W Tsonga (Fr) 7-6, 6-3; M Safin (Russ) bt Lu Hao (China) 6-2, 6-2; D Nalbandian (Arg) bt Lu Yen-hsun (Taiwan) 6-7, 6-4, 6-4.
BALI: WTA Wismilak International: Second round: M Weingartner (Ger) bt A Nakamura (Japan) 7-5, 6-3; N Petrova (Russ) bt M Marrero (Sp) 7-5, 6-1; T Garbin (It) bt M Bartoli (Fr) 6-0, 2-0, ret; S Kuznetsova (Russ) bt S Stosur (Aus) 6-4, 6-4; M E Camerin (It) bt A Myskina (Russ) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2; A Widjaja (Indo) bt A Barna (Ger) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.