30 September 2006

Formula 1 - Chinese GP Shanghai Michael Schumacher was left deeply disappointed after a wet qualifying session left him sixth on the grid, while rival Fernando Alonso managed to get the pole. The Bridgestone tyres have proven their weakness on wet surface, Michelin cars claiming nine of the top 10 places on the grid.

Football - Premier League
Bolton W. 2 - 0 Liverpool
Charlton Athletic 1 - 2 Arsenal
Chelsea 1 - 1 Aston Villa
Everton 1 - 1 Manchester C.
Sheffield U. 2 - 1 Middlesbrough

Football - Serie A
Atalanta 1 - 1 Reggina
Torino 0 - 4 Lazio

Football - Primera Division
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 3 Barcelona

Football - I. Bundesliga
Alemannia Aachen 2 - 1 Bochum
Arminia Bielefeld 3 - 1 Energie Cottbus
Eintracht Frankfurt 2 - 2 Hamburger SV
Nurnberg 1 - 1 Mainz
Werder Bremen 3 - 0 Monchengladbach
Wolfsburg 1 - 0 Bayern Munich

Football - Ligue 1
Sochaux 0 - 1 Lyon
Lille 1 - 0 Nice
Lorient 0 - 0 Troyes
Monaco 2 - 1 Le Mans
Sedan 1 - 0 Rennes
Valenciennes 2 - 0 Bordeaux

Football - Liga I
CFR Cluj 2 - 2 FC Vaslui
Otelul Galati 2 - 1 UT Arad
HT FC National 0 - 0 Jiul Petrosani

29 September 2006

Football - I. Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund 2 - 2 Hannover

Football - Liga I
Gloria Bistrita 2 - 1 FC Arges Pitesti
Farul Constanta 2 - 0 Pandurii
Ceahlaul Piatra-Neamt 1 - 2 Poli Timisoara

28 September 2006

Football - UEFA Cup
Nancy 3 - 1 Schalke
Brondby 2 - 2 Eintracht Frankfurt
AET CSKA Sofia 2 - 2 Besiktas
Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 - 1 Chernomorets Odessa
Parma 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan
SV Pasching 0 - 1 Livorno
SC Heerenveen 0 - 0 Vitoria Setubal
Dinamo Bucuresti 4 - 1 Xanthi Skoda
Kayserispor 1 - 1 AZ Alkmaar
Zulte-Waregem 2 - 0 Lokomotiv Moscow
Auxerre 3 - 1 Dinamo Zagreb
Grasshoppers 5 - 0 Atvidaberg
Rabotnicki 0 - 1 Basel
Feyenoord Rotterdam 0 - 0 Lokomotiv Sofia
FC Groningen 1 - 0 Partizan Belgrade
Litex Lovech 1 - 3 Maccabi Haifa
Red Star Belgrade 1 - 2 Liberec
Metalurg Zaporizhya 0 - 1 Panathinaikos
Bayer Leverkusen 3 - 1 Sion
Club Brugge 1 - 1 Ruzomberok
AET Iraklis Saloniki 0 - 2 Wisla Krakow
Newcastle U. 2 - 1 Levadia Tallinn
Randers FC 0 - 3 Fenerbahce
Ajax Amsterdam 4 - 0 Start Kristiansand
Austria Vienna 1 - 0 Legia Warsaw
Blackburn R. 2 - 0 SV Salzburg
AET Chievo 2 - 1 Braga
Osasuna 0 - 0 Trabzonspor
Palermo 3 - 0 West Ham U.
Rangers 2 - 0 Molde
Celta de Vigo 3 - 0 Standard Liege
AET Nacional 1 - 2 Rapid Bucuresti
Paris S.G. 2 - 0 Derry City
Sparta Prague 0 - 0 Hearts
Tottenham H. 1 - 0 Slavia Prague
Espanyol 3 - 1 Petrzalka
Sevilla 4 - 0 Atromitos

Football - Injury Barcelona will be without Samuel Eto'o for five months after the Cameroonian striker underwent surgery on the ruptured external meniscus on his right knee.

27 September 2006

Football - UEFA Champions League
Group A
Levski Sofia 1 - 3 Chelsea
Werder Bremen 1 - 1 Barcelona

Group B
Spartak Moscow 1 - 1 Sporting Lisbon
Inter Milan 0 - 2 Bayern Munich

Group C
Bordeaux 0 - 1 PSV Eindhoven
Liverpool 3 - 2 Galatasaray

Group D
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 - 2 Olympiakos Piraeus
Valencia 2 - 1 AS Roma

26 September 2006

Football - Champions League
Group E
Real Madrid 5 - 1 Dynamo Kyiv
Steaua Bucuresti 0 - 3 Lyon

Group F
Benfica 0 - 1 Manchester U.
Celtic 1 - 0 FC Copenhagen

Group G
CSKA Moscow 1 - 0 Hamburger SV
Arsenal 2 - 0 FC Porto

Group H
AEK Athens 1 - 1 Anderlecht
Lille 0 - 0 AC Milan

25 September 2006

Tennis - Davis Cup After a breathtaking match, Romania has managed to win 3-2 against Coreea Republic in the decisive match. With star player Andrei Pavel in top form, willing to prove that he isn't too old to play 2 matches in one day (a total of over 6 hours of tennis), the Romanian team managed to get back to score, after the Coreeans led by 2-1. The "cneaz" won botch matches (doubles and sngles) on the last day, bringing home the victory, despite his obvious back pain. After the match he said the spectators were the ones who helped him out in the difficult moments.

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.

21 September 2006

Football - Liga I
Politehnica Iasi 1 - 0 UT Arad
CFR Cluj 5 - 1 Universitatea Craiova
Gloria Bistrita 3 - 0 FC Vaslui
Otelul Galati 1 - 0 Poli Timisoara
Unirea Urziceni 3 - 0 Jiul Petrosani
Ceahlaul Piatra-Neamt 1 - 0 Pandurii
Dinamo Bucuresti 1 - 0 Steaua Bucuresti
Farul Constanta 1 - 1 FC National
55' Rapid Bucuresti 2 - 1 FC Arges Pitesti

19 September 2006

Football - Transfer Randy Lerner fully completed his buy-out of Aston Villa by increasing his stakeholding to 89.69% on Tuesday. Lerner's takeover paves the way for a proposed multi-million pound sponsorship deal that would free up around £100 million for new boss Martin O'Neill in January. The American businessman - who also owns NFL side Cleveland Browns - will be entitled to compulsory purchase of the remaining 10% should his sharehold reach 90%.

18 September 2006

Cycling - VueltaSprint king Eric Zabel won the final stage of the Vuelta in Madrid but Alexandre Vinokourov took the overall win by 72 seconds from early leader Alejandro Valverde.

Football - Premier League
Charlton Athletic 0 - 1 Portsmouth
Bolton W. 0 - 0 Middlesbrough
Everton 2 - 2 Wigan Athletic
Sheffield U. 1 - 2 Reading
Watford 0 - 0 Aston Villa
Chelsea 1 - 0 Liverpool
Blackburn R. 4 - 2 Manchester C.
Tottenham H. 0 - 0 Fulham
West Ham U. 0 - 2 Newcastle U.
Manchester U. 0 - 1 Arsenal
20:00 Liverpool ? - ? Newcastle U.

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

Football - Primera Division
Deportivo La Coruna 2 - 0 Villarreal
Sevilla 3 - 2 Real Betis
Athletic Bilbao 1 - 4 Atletico Madrid
Espanyol 2 - 1 Celta de Vigo
Osasuna 2 - 0 Gimnastic
Racing Santander 0 - 3 Barcelona
Recreativo Huelva 0 - 1 Levante
Valencia 2 - 0 Getafe
Zaragoza 2 - 0 Mallorca
Real Madrid 2 - 0 Real Sociedad

Football - I. Bundesliga
Wolfsburg 1 - 2 Hannover
Alemannia Aachen 4 - 2 Monchengladbach
Arminia Bielefeld 2 - 1 Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund 1 - 0 Hamburger SV
Energie Cottbus 2 - 0 Mainz
Nurnberg 1 - 1 Bochum
Werder Bremen 2 - 3 Stuttgart
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 - 1 Bayer Leverkusen
Hertha BSC 2 - 0 Schalke

Football - Ligue 1
Sedan 1 - 2 Le Mans
Lille 1 - 3 Toulouse
Lorient 1 - 3 Lyon
Troyes 2 - 0 Nice
Valenciennes 1 - 0 Nantes
Monaco 1 - 2 Paris S.G.
Nancy 0 - 0 Rennes
Saint-Etienne 2 - 3 Auxerre
Sochaux 0 - 3 Lens
Marseille 2 - 1 Bordeaux

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

Thank you Michael Schumacher !

Michael Schumacher's position as a Formula One icon, the most successful driver in the history of the sport, is assured. He is one of the greats, a figure who transcends his sporting arena as a global celebrity familiar even to those far removed from the world of motor racing.

A generation of fans has grown up watching Schumacher punch the air as he performs his familiar victory leap, fans who have admired his skill in the rain at Spa and celebrated alongside him in his native Germany.

Schumacher will not be forgotten, not by his enemies and certainly not by the Ferrari faithful thronging the historic Monza circuit for his European farewell. The German is a monument of sporting discipline, exemplar family life combined with exceptional will and talent. He will always remain in the anals of Formula 1 history and in the hearts of his fans as the greatest Formula 1 pilot ever. Thank you Michael Schumacher!

RECORD WINNER

The German has been a winner like no other. The bare facts are incontestable: a record 90 victories after Sunday's triumph at Monza, five successive titles for Ferrari and more points, pole positions and podiums than anyone else in history.

Schumacher has excelled at being in the right place at the right time, and almost always in the best car. He has also been the architect of his own success by building a strong team around him. Praised by all the mechanics at Ferrari, the German has always known how to find the perfect setup for his car, using his knowledge as a former garage mechanic and his unique sense for the car, combined with never-ending testlaps on every circuit. Even from the mechanic’s point of view he was the perfect pilot.

The son of a bricklayer, who now owns a go-kart circuit in Kerpen near Cologne, Schumacher was born in Huerth-Hermuelheim on Jan. 3, 1969.

The man who would go on to become Germany's first and so far only Formula One world champion started karting at the age of four in a machine built by father Rolf and powered by a lawnmower engine.

He made his debut in a Jordan at Spa in 1991.

The former garage mechanic was an instant hit, snapped up immediately afterwards by Flavio Briatore's Benetton and taking his first win at Spa in 1992.

That was followed by a first championship with Benetton in 1994 after Brazilian Senna was killed at Imola.

After a second title in 1995, Schumacher left for Ferrari to seal his fame and establish a new era for the glamour Italian team.

In 2000 he secured Ferrari's first driver's title in 21 years and the pressure came off with four more in a row. Few would rule out an eighth crown before he goes.

Michael Schumacher F1 CV

Name: Michael Schumacher

Born: 03/01/69 in Huerth-Hermuelheim

Status: Married to Corinna

Children: 2 – Gina Maria (9) and Mick (7)

GP debut: Belgium 1991

1st win: Belgian GP 1992

1st Pole: Monaco 1994

1st fastest lap: Belgium 1992

Starts: 247

Wins: 90

Poles: 68

Fastest laps: 75

Points: 1354

World titles: 7 (1994, 95, 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04)

Teams: Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari

12 September 2006

Cycling - Vuelta Euskaltel rider Igor Anton took Stage 16 of the Vuelta today to give the Basque the first win of his career in appalling conditions at Calar Alto. Alejandro Valverde kept the golden jersey by coming in second 23 seconds behind his compatriot, but ahead of Kazakh rider Aleksander Vinkourov.

Football - Champions League
Group A
Barcelona 5 - 0 Levski Sofia
Chelsea 2 - 0 Werder Bremen

Group B
Bayern Munich 4 - 0 Spartak Moscow
Sporting Lisbon 1 - 0 Inter Milan

Group C
Galatasaray 0 - 0 Bordeaux
PSV Eindhoven 0 - 0 Liverpool

Group D
AS Roma 4 - 0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Olympiakos Piraeus 2 - 4 Valencia

11 September 2006

Football - Premier League
Reading 0 - 0 Manchester C.

Tennis - US Open (Men's Singles)
Roger Federer won his third consecutive US Open title when he defeated American Andy Roddick on Sunday in a match that lasted just less than two and a half hours.
Roger Federer 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1 Andy Roddick

Tennis - US Open (Men's Doubles)
Damm/Paes 6/7 7/6 7/5 Bjorkman/Mirnyi

Tennis - US Open (Women's Doubles)
Dechy/Zvonareva 7/6 7/5 Safina/Srebotnik

Tennis - US Open (Junior Women's Doubles)
The Romanian junior double team formed out of Mihaela Buzărnescu (18 years old) and Raluca Olaru (17 years old) won the final at Flushing Meadows, defeating no 1 favourites Sharon Finchman and Anastasia Pavliucenkova.
Buzărnescu/Olaru 7/5 6/2 Finchman/Pavliucenkova

10 September 2006

Formula 1 - Italian GP Monza Michael Schumacher winns at Monza! With Alonso out due to motor damage, only 2 points separate the two drivers. Ferrari leads the constructors' standings. Next season's Ferrari pilot Kimi Raikkonen finished 2nd and Robert Kubica was for the first time on the podium, finishing 3rd.
7 times world champion Michael Schumacher announced today that this season will be his last as a Formula 1 pilot. In front of thousand italian tifosi, the German thanked everyone for his success and the great time he has had thruout his career. But he still has 3 GPs left and would like to end this season by winning the world title for an unbelievable 8th time! Anyway, he will always remain in the anals of Formula 1 history and in the hearts of his fans as the greatest Formula 1 pilot ever. Thank you Michael Schumacher!

Tennis - US Open (Women's Singles) Maria Sharapova ended a two-year wait for a second Grand Slam title as she beat Justin Henin-Hardenne 6-4 6-4 to claim the women's title at the US Open on Saturday night.

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

Football - Primera Division
Getafe 1 - 0 Racing Santander
Gimnastic 1 - 2 Celta de Vigo
Levante 1 - 4 Real Madrid
Mallorca 0 - 0 Deportivo La Coruna
Real Betis 3 - 0 Athletic Bilbao
Real Sociedad 1 - 3 Sevilla
Villarreal 0 - 1 Recreativo Huelva
Zaragoza 3 - 0 Espanyol

Football - Premier League
West Ham U. 1 - 1 Aston Villa

Football - Ligue 1
Toulouse 2 - 2 Nancy
Paris S.G. 1 - 3 Marseille

Football - Divizia A
Gloria Bistrita 4 - 1 Universitatea Craiova
Politehnica Iasi 0 - 0 Poli Timisoara
Unirea Urziceni 2 - 0 FC National
Dinamo Bucuresti 2 - 0 UT Arad

MotoGP - Malaysian GP Sepang
Moto GP Il Dottore Valentino Rossi won the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang this morning. The Italian dominated the whole race and won it, after a breathtaking duell with conational Loris Capirossi, beating the latter in the last lap and taking the win. Injured Dani Pedrosa finished 3rd, while overall leader Nicky Hayden ended 4th. Thus, the American is just 38 points ahead of the Italian in the overall standings, with 4 GPs to go.
250cc Spaniard Jorje Lorenzo increased his overall lead by winning the race today. After a tense battle, in the end Andrea Dovizioso crossed the line 2nd and Alex de Angelis finished 3rd.
125cc Championship leader Alvaro Bautista led from pole to flag to win an eventful 125cc Malaysian Grand Prix to extend his points lead at the top of the table to 74 points and carry on his perfect season. He was followed by Mika Kallio from KTM and Aprilia's H. Faube.

Cycling - Vuelta German Robert Forster prevailed in a bunch sprint to win stage 15 of the Tour of Spain today. Australian Stuart O'Grady took second and Italian Danilo Napolitano was third. Spaniard Alejandro Valverde retained his overall lead.

9 September

Cycling - Vuelta Saunier Duval rider David Millar took stage 14 of the Vuelta Espana with a superb time trial in Cuenca today. Fabian Cancellara came second, with Alexandre Vinokourov third and Alejandro Valverde coming an excellent 4th to retain the yellow jersey.

Football - Serie A
AS Roma 2 - 0 Livorno
Fiorentina 2 - 3 Inter Milan

Football - Premier League
Everton 3 - 0 Liverpool
Arsenal 1 - 1 Middlesbrough
Bolton W. 1 - 0 Watford
Chelsea 2 - 1 Charlton Athletic
Newcastle U. 1 - 2 Fulham
Portsmouth 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic
Sheffield U. 0 - 0 Blackburn R.
Manchester U. 1 - 0 Tottenham H.

Football - Ligue 1
Bordeaux 3 - 2 Nice
Auxerre 2 - 1 Monaco
Le Mans 1 - 1 Lorient
Lens 3 - 0 Valenciennes
Lyon 2 - 0 Troyes
Nantes 1 - 1 Lille
Rennes 2 - 1 Sochaux
Sedan 2 - 2 Saint-Etienne

Football - Primera Division
Barcelona 3 - 0 Osasuna
Atletico Madrid 0 - 1 Valencia

Football - Divizia A
Farul Constanta 0 - 1 Ceahlaul Piatra-Neamt
CFR Cluj 1 - 1 Jiul Petrosani
FC Arges Pitesti 0 - 1 Steaua Bucuresti
Otelul Galati 2 - 0 Pandurii
Rapid Bucuresti 2 - 0 FC Vaslui

Tennis - US Open (Men's Singles)
Roger Federer 6/1 7/5 6/4 Nikolay Davydenko

Tennis - US Open (Women's Singles)
Maria Sharapova 6/0 4/6 6/0 Amelie Mauresmo
Justine Henin-Hardenne 4/6 6/4 6/0 Jelena Jankovic

Fomrula 1 - Italian GP Monza (Qualifying)
1 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.484
2 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.486
3 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:21.653
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:21.704
5 Jenson Button Honda 1:22.011
6 Robert Kubica Sauber-BMW 1:22.258
7 Pedro de la Rosa McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.280
8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:22.787
9 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:23.175
10 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:25.688
11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.924
12 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:22.203
13 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:22.280
14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:22.589
15 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 1:23.165
16 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari 1:22.898
17 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1:23.043
18 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:23.116
19 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:23.341
20 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:23.920
21 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:24.289
22 Sakon Yamamoto Super Aguri-Honda 1:26.001

Note: Fernando Alonso originally qualified fifth with a Q3 time of 1:21.829, but then had his three fastest Q3 times deleted for impeding Felipe Massa during the session.

8 September 2006

Polo - European Championship The Romanian Polo team has beaten Italy 10-9 in a dramatical match at the European competition, held in Belgrade. Therefor the Romanians have qualified in the semi-finals, proving that they are among the best 6 european polo teams. This result has brought qualified them directly for the ECH 2008 in Spain. The match was breathtaking, with the Romanians coming back to score after a 9-6 lead for the Italians. They managed to score their winning goal with just 20 seconds before the end of the match. The Romanians will ba facing the host team Serbia, today at 19:45 (local hour = Greenwich +2h).

Cycling - Vuelta Spanish Euskaltel rider Samuel Sanchez squeezed out of a small group of favourites after the final climb in Cuenca to win the 13th stage of the Vuelta a Espana. Alejandro Valverde increased his overall lead by finishing third. Sprinter's leader Thor Hushovd took second-place in front of Valverde, but the podium finish gave the Spaniard valuable bonus seconds to hold on to the gold jersey.

Formula 1 - Transfer Flavio Briatore drops the bomb: Ferrari have signed Raikkonen! Formula 1 champions Renault would have signed Kimi Raikkonen for next season had he not been committed already to Ferrari, team boss Flavio Briatore said today.

Tennis - US Open
Justine Henin-Hardenne 4/6 6/4 6/0 Jelena Jankovic

7 September 2006

Cycling - Vuelta Liquigas rider Luca Paolini won stage 12 of the Vuelta. He sprung clear from a 12-man escape group, proving to be the strongest man on the uphill finish in Castile La Mancha.

Tennis - US Open (Men's Singles)
Andy Roddick 6/3 7/5 6/4 Lleyton Hewitt
Mikhail Youzhny 6/3 5/7 7/6 6/1 Rafael Nadal

Tennis - US Open (Women's Singles)
Maria Sharapova 7/6 7/6 Tatiana Golovin
Justine Henin-Hardenne 6/4 6/4 Lindsay Davenport

Football - Friendlies
Ecuador 1 - 1 Peru
Panama 2 - 1 Guatemala

6 September 2006

Football - Euro 2008 (qualifiers)
Group A
Azerbaijan 1 - 1 Kazakhstan
Armenia 0 - 1 Belgium
Finland 1 - 1 Portugal
Poland 1 - 1 Serbia

Group B
Ukraine 3 - 2 Georgia
Lithuania 1 - 2 Scotland
France 3 - 1 Italy

Group C
Norway 2 - 0 Moldova
Turkey 2 - 0 Malta
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 - 3 Hungary

Group D
Slovakia 0 - 3 Czech Republic
San Marino 0 - 13 Germany

Group E (qualifiers)
Russia 0 - 0 Croatia
Israel 4 - 1 Andorra
Rep. of Macedonia 0 - 1 England

Group F
Sweden 3 - 1 Liechtenstein
Iceland 0 - 2 Denmark
Northern Ireland 3 - 2 Spain

Group G
Bulgaria 3 - 0 Slovenia
Albania 0 - 2 Romania
Holland 3 - 0 Belarus

Cycling - Vuelta Egoi Martinez ran at the front all day and broke clear 14km from home to take a deserved Vuelta stage 11 win for Discovery Channel. Thus there are no major changes in the overall ranking, with Alejandro Valverde holding onto his overall race lead, while blue jersey leader Thor Hushovd finished fifth to claim another 12 points in the sprinters' ranking.

Tennis - US Open (Women's Singles)
Jelena Jankovic 6/2 6/1 Elena Dementieva
Amelie Mauresmo 6/2 6/3 Dinara Safina

Tennis - US Open (Men's Singles)
Roger Federer 6/3 7/6 6/3 Marc Gicquel
James Blake 6/4 6/3 6/1 Tomas Berdych
Tommy Haas 4/6 6/3 2/6 6/2 7/6 Marat Safin
Andrew Murray 1/6 7/5 3/6 Nikolay Davydenko
Andy Roddick 6/3 6/4 6/3 Benjamin Becker
Lleyton Hewitt 6/4 6/4 4/6 3/6 6/3 Richard Gasquet
Mikhail Youzhny 6/2 6/0 6/1 Tommy Robredo
Rafael Nadal 6/1 7/6 6/4 Jiri Novak

5 September 2006

Cycling - Vuelta Stage 10 of the Vuelta was claimed by Astana-Wurth man Sergio Paulinho, sealing his team's 3rd consecutive victory. The Portuguese was the strongest rider out of a 15-man breakaway, winning the uphill finish in Cantabria. The peloton arrived 3:54 behind, with gold jersey wearer Alejandro Valverde safely in the pack.

Football - Friendly
Brazil 2-0 Wales

Tennis - US Open (Women's Singles)
Amelie Mauresmo 6/4 0/6 6/2 Serena Williams
Dinara Safina 6/0 7/5 Virginie Razzano
Maria Sharapova 6/4 6/2 Na Li
Tatiana Golovin 6/3 6/2 Anna Chakvetadze
Jelena Jankovic 6/7 6/3 6/2 Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Dementieva 7/5 6/4 Aravane Rezai
Lindsay Davenport 6/4 6/4 Patty Schnyder
Justine Henin-Hardenne 6/1 6/0 Shahar Peer

4 September 2006

Tennis - US Open Andre Agassi is out! After a fabulous career thruout which he has won 60 titles (8 Grans Slams, the US Open twice), Agassi has played his last match as a professional player. After losing 5-7, 7-6/4, 4-6, 5-7 against german Benjamin Becker, Andre said goodbye, with tears in his eyes, in front of his home fans. But all the fans around the world will remember him as the great tennis player he was.

Football - Friendly
Brazil 3-0 Argentina

3 September 2006

WRC - Japan Rally World champion Sebastien Loeb has won his first Rally of Japan today, to reach a record 27th career victory. The Frenchman, driving a Citroen for the Kronos team, was in front of Ford's Marcus Gronholm by 5.6 seconds, after 27 stages in the northern island of Hokkaido. Loeb, who now leads the Finn by 33 points in the overall standings, with 5 rounds of the championship remaining, already holds the records for most wins in a single season and most in a row.

Basketball World Championship The Spains have done it! Although european champions Greece were seen as favourites in the final, especially after eliminating the USA, the "Hellas" team was crushed by the iberics with an unbelievable 70-47.

Cycling - Vuelta Alexander Vinokourov did it again! After finishing 2nd in stage 7 of the Vuelta, he got his revenge by winning the stage 8 and proved he is undoubtedly the in-form rider of the Vuelta at the moment by winning stage 9. The 207 km long stage is known as the Queen Stage of the Vuelta and Vinokourov acted as a king, finishing ahead of new gold jersey Alejandro Valverde. This 2nd win in a row brought the Kazakh the 5th place in the overall ranking.

2 September 2006

Football - Euro 2008 (qualifiers)
Group A
Serbia 1 - 0 Azerbaijan
Poland 1 - 3 Finland

Group B
Scotland 6 - 0 Faroe Islands
Georgia 0 - 3 France
Italy 1 - 1 Lithuania

Group C
Malta 2 - 5 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hungary 1 - 4 Norway
Moldova 0 - 1 Greece

Group D
Czech Republic 2 - 1 Wales
Slovakia 6 - 1 Cyprus
Germany 1 - 0 Ireland

Group E
England 5 - 0 Andorra
Estonia 0 - 1 Israel

Group F
Northern Ireland 0 - 3 Iceland
Latvia 0 - 1 Sweden
Spain 4 - 0 Liechtenstein

Group G
Belarus 2 - 2 Albania
Romania 2 - 2 Bulgaria
Luxembourg 0 - 1 Holland

Basketball World Championship
USA 96-81 Argentina
Turkey 56-64 France

Cycling - Vuelta Alexandre Vinokourov compensated for missing out on a victory in the mountains yesterday, by winning stage 8 of the Vuelta in north-western Galicia. The Kazakh, who was beaten to the line by Alejandro Valverde on Friday, had time to raise his hands today, after winning an uphill sprint in Lugo.

1 September 2006

Basketball World Championship
Spain 75-74 Argentina

Cycling - Vuelta After being the leader of the Stage 7 in the Vuelta, Alexander Vinokourov was hoping for a stage win. But his plans were shattered by Spanish Alejandro Valverde, who managed to sprint by the kazakh, using his last ressources and taking the stage win. Thus Valverde is within five seconds of new race leader Janez Brajkovic.

Football - Friendly
Denmark 4-2 Portugal