24 September 2006

Moto GP - Japan GP
125 cc: Mika Kallio stormed to victory, waiting until the final lap to dive past newly crowned world champion Alvaro Bautista for the win.
250 cc: Hiroshi Aoyama won in Japan for the 2nd time, while Alex de Angelis just couldn't find the speed to get past him. However the race proved to be significant for the championship as title contenders Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso could only manage third and fourth places.
MotoGP: Loris Capirossi was delighted after winning the Japanese Grand Prix for the second year running on a Ducati. Valentino Rossi finished 2nd and is now just 12 points behind Nicky Hayden, with only 2 races to go.

WRC - Cyprus Rally Sebastien Loeb cruised to his 28th world rally championship victory on Rally Cyprus, as he triumphed on the event for the third year in a row. Marcus Gronholm finished 2nd with 21.1 seconds behind.

Cycling - World Championship Slazburg Olympic champion Paolo Bettini took victory in a thrilling sprint finish at the World Road Race Championships in Salzburg on Sunday to add the title of World Champion to his name. The Italian stormed past Erik Zabel and Alejandro Valverde over the final few metres to take the rainbow jersey.

Tennis - Davis Cup Russia, Davis Cup winners three years ago, will meet Argentina in their fourth final after beating the U.S. in their semi-final in Moscow today.

Football - Serie A
Livorno 0 - 0 AC Milan
Catania 2 - 2 Messina
Ascoli 1 - 1 Sampdoria
Empoli 2 - 0 Palermo
Inter Milan 4 - 3 Chievo
Lazio 1 - 0 Atalanta
Parma 0 - 4 AS Roma
Reggina 1 - 1 Torino
Siena 0 - 0 Cagliari
Udinese 1 - 0 Fiorentina

Football - Premier League
Liverpool 3 - 0 Tottenham H.
Arsenal 3 - 0 Sheffield U.
Aston Villa 2 - 0 Charlton Athletic
Fulham 0 - 2 Chelsea
Manchester C. 2 - 0 West Ham U.
Middlesbrough 0 - 1 Blackburn R.
Wigan Athletic 1 - 1 Watford
Reading 1 - 1 Manchester U.
Newcastle U. 1 - 1 Everton

Football - Primera Division
Atletico Madrid 2 - 1 Sevilla
Celta de Vigo 0 - 2 Osasuna
Getafe 0 - 0 Athletic Bilbao
Gimnastic 2 - 2 Racing Santander
Levante 2 - 0 Deportivo La Coruna
Mallorca 1 - 0 Espanyol
Real Sociedad 2 - 3 Recreativo Huelva
Villarreal 3 - 2 Zaragoza
Barcelona 1 - 1 Valencia

Football - I. Bundesliga
Monchengladbach 1 - 0 Borussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich 2 - 1 Alemannia Aachen
Hamburger SV 1 - 1 Werder Bremen
Hannover 1 - 1 Bayer Leverkusen
Mainz 1 - 1 Hertha BSC
Schalke 2 - 0 Wolfsburg
Stuttgart 1 - 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Bochum 2 - 1 Arminia Bielefeld
Energie Cottbus 1 - 1 Nurnberg

Football - Ligue 1
Lyon 4 - 1 Lille
Auxerre 2 - 2 Sedan
Bordeaux 2 - 1 Troyes
Le Mans 2 - 2 Sochaux
Nice 2 - 0 Valenciennes
Paris S.G. 0 - 0 Nancy
Rennes 0 - 0 Saint-Etienne
Toulouse 0 - 0 Lorient
57' Lens 1 - 0 Monaco
21:00 Nantes ? - ? Marseille

Football - Liga I
Jiul Petrosani 0 - 0 Ceahlaul Piatra-Neamt
UT Arad 1 - 0 CFR Cluj
Poli Timisoara 1 - 0 Unirea Urziceni
Universitatea Craiova 0 - 2 Otelul Galati
Steaua Bucuresti 2 - 1 Gloria Bistrita
FC Arges Pitesti 2 - 3 Dinamo Bucuresti
FC Vaslui 1 - 1 Politehnica Iasi
Pandurii 2 - 1 FC National
Rapid Bucuresti 3 - 2 Farul Constanta

Golf - Ryder Cup
Europe retained the Ryder Cup in emphatic style on Sunday as they beat the United States by a record-equalling 18 ½ points to 9 ½ at the K Club to claim the trophy for a third successive time.