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Saturday August 4, 2007

Results worldwide

n BASKETBALL

Asian Championship

Group I: Qatar 87 Taiwan 74, Lebanon 82 Iran 60.

Group II: Kazakhstan 75 South Korea 73, Japan 71 Jordan 68.

Group III (playoffs for 9th-16th): Philippines 89 Kuwait 58, Syria 106 India 54.

Group IV (9th-16th): China 100 UAE 55, Indonesia 81 Hong Kong 78.

n GOLF

Reno-Tahoe Open

Leading first round scores (USA unless stated): 63: Steve Flesch; 64: Jose Coceres (Arg); 65: Steve Allan (Aus), John Merrick; 66: Jason Gore, Will MacKenzie, Charlie Wi (Kor); 67: Brendon De Jonge (Zim), Jason Dufner, Lucas Glover, Paul Gow (Aus), Mathias Gronberg (Swe), Kent Jones, Jarrod Lyle (Aus), Corey Pavin; 68: Brian Davis (Gbr), Grant Waite (Nzl); 69: Steve Elkington (Aus), Craig Lile (Rsa);

70: Alex Cejka (Ger), Richard S. Johnson (Swe), Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn); 71: Andrew Buckle (Aus), Daniel Chopra (Swe), Gavin Coles (Aus), Gabriel Hjertstedt (Swe), Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa); 72: Carlos Franco (Par), Jim Rutledge (Can); 73: Ian Leggatt (Can), Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn), Michael Sim (Aus); 74: Greg Owen (Gbr).

Russian Open

Leading first round scores: 65: Christian Nilsson (Swe); 66: Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra); 67: Sam Little (Gbr), Gary Murphy (Irl); 68: Robert-Jan Derksen (Ned), Alexandre Rocha (Bra); 69: Adam Gee (Gbr), Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe), Sam Osborne (Gbr), Sam Walker (Gbr);

70: Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa), Gareth Davies (Gbr), David Drysdale (Gbr), Marc Farry (Fra), Peter Fowler (Aus), Philip Golding (Gbr), Marcus Higley (Gbr), Steven Jeppesen (Swe), Simon Lilly (Gbr), Richard McEvoy (Gbr), Richie Ramsay (Gbr), Zane Scotland (Gbr), Alessandro Tadini (Ita), Julien Guerrier (Fra).

WGC Bridgestone Invitational

Leading first round scores (USA unless stated): 67: Hunter Mahan, Paul Casey (Gbr), Rory Sabbatini (Rsa); 68: Mark Calcavecchia, Tiger Woods, Stuart Appleby (Aus), Boo Weekley, Lee Westwood (Gbr), Arron Oberholser; 69: Kenny Perry, Justin Rose (Gbr), Chris DiMarco, Paul Goydos; 70: Peter Lonard (Aus), Carl Pettersson (Swe), Darren Clarke (Nir), Steve Stricker, Scott Verplank, Ernie Els (Rsa) Aaron Baddeley (Aus);

71: Colin Montgomerie (Gbr), John Senden (Aus), K.J. Choi (Kor), Stephen Ames (Can), Andres Romero (Arg), Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Tim Clark (Rsa), Michael Campbell (Nzl), Rod Pampling (Aus), Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Shingo Katayama (Jpn), Anders Hansen (Den), Ian Poulter (Gbr); 72: Nick O'Hern (Aus), Paul McGinley (Irl), Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Padraig Harrington (Irl);

73: Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Yang Yong-eun (Kor), Mark Hensby (Aus), Gregory Havret (Fra), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Richard Green (Aus); 74: David Howell (Gbr), Vijay Singh (Fij), Retief Goosen (Rsa); 75: Adam Scott (Aus), Niclas Fasth (Swe), Graeme Storm (Gbr), Luke Donald (Gbr), Liang Wen-chong (Chn); 76: Robert Allenby (Aus), Robert Karlsson (Swe); 77: Mike Weir (Can), Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Anton Haig (Rsa), Richard Sterne (Rsa).

Women's British Open

Leading first round scores: 67: Lorena Ochoa (Mex); 69: Louise Friberg (Swe), Park In-bee (Kor); 70: Ai Miyazato (Jpn), Rebecca Hudson (Gbr); 71: Brittany Lincicome (USA), Joanne Mills (Aus), Lee Meena (Kor), Wendy Ward (USA); 72: Tullia Calzavara (Ita), Karine Icher (Fra), Min Na-on (Kor), Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra), Sarah Lee (Kor), Catrin Nilsmark (Swe), Kim In-kyung (Kor), Annika Sorenstam (Swe), Sherri Steinhauer (USA), Candie Kung (Tpe), Lee Jee-young (Kor);

73: Beth Bader (USA), Paula Creamer (USA), Momoko Ueda (Jpn), Pak Se-ri (Kor), Natalie Gulbis (USA), Michelle Wie (USA), Catriona Matthew (Gbr), Melissa Reid (Gbr), Nicole Castrale (USA), Reilley Rankin (USA), Martina Eberl (Ger), Lisa Hall (Gbr), Sophie Gustafson (Swe), Ji Eun-hee (Kor), Kim Young (Kor).

n RALLYING

Rally of Finland

2.06km super-special stage: 1. Chris Atkinson (Aus) Subaru Impreza 1:20.6, 2. Marcus Gronholm (Fin) Ford Focus at 0.2, 3. Sebastien Loeb (Fra) Citroen C4 0.3, 4. Dani Sordo (Spa) Citroen C4 0.6, 5. Petter Solberg (Nor) Subaru Impreza 0.7,

6. Jari-Matti Latvala (Fin) Ford Focus 1.1, 7. Mikko Hirvonen (Fin) Ford Focus 1.3, 8. Manfred Stohl (Aut) Citroen Xsara 1.9, 9. Henning Solberg (Nor) Ford Focus 2.1, 10. Juho Hanninen (Fin) Mitsubishi Lancer 2.3.

n SWIMMING

USA championship

MEN

400m freestyle: 1. Peter Vanderkaay 3:45.55, 2. Larsen Jensen 3:47.08, 3. Michael Phelps 3:47.13, 4. David Carry (GBR) 3:47.45

100m butterfly: 1. Michael Phelps 51.39, 2. Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner 52.31, 3. Davis Tarwater 52.93.

WOMEN

400m freestyle: 1. Kate Ziegler 4:04.24, 2. Katie Hoff 4:04.60, 3. Alyssa Anderson 4:11.11.

100m butterfly: 1. Rachel Komisarz 58.04, 2. Dana Vollmer 58.48, 3. Chris Magnuson 58.76.

n TENNIS

Polish Open

Second round: Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Martin Vassallo Arguello (Arg) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 2-6, 6-3, 2-1 rtd; Stefan Koubek (Aut) bt Kristof Vliegen (Bel) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Steve Darcis (Bel) 1-6, 6-0, 7-5.

San Diego Classic

Third round: Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Marion Bartoli (Fra) 6-4, 7-5; Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Jelena Jankovic (Srb) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) bt Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) 6-4, 6-4; Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 6-3, 7-6 (12-10);

Sania Mirza (Ind) bt Dinara Safina (Rus) 6-1, 6-2; Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Tatiana Golovin (Fra) 6-0, 6-3; Patty Schnyder (Swi) bt Martina Hingis (Swi) 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3; Venus Williams (USA) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 6-0, 6-3.

Stockholm Open

Second round: Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra) bt Youlia Fedossova (Fra) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3;

Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 7-5, 6-1.

Washington Classic

Third round: Ivo Karlovic (CRO x7) bt Vince Spadea (USA) 6-2, 6-4; Paul Capdeville (Chi) bt Thomas Johansson (Swe) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Michael Berrer (Ger) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-3; Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-3, 6-4;

John Isner (USA) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2); Lee Hyung-taik (Kor) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; Andy Roddick (USA) bt Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-3, 1-6, 7-5; Marat Safin (Rus) bt Robin Haase (Ned) 7-5, 6-7 (2-7), 7-5.

n VOLLEYBALL

Women's World Grand Prix

Cuba bt Dominican Republic 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-15).

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