D Monday, October 12, 2009 METROSPORT 21 GOLF the eurOpean tOur Madrid Masters (Centro National de Golf, Madrid) Final rnd (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72): 263 Ross McGowan 66 66 60 71. 266 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 74 63 63 66. 267 David Drysdale 66 65 69 67. 270 Gary Murphy 67 65 70 68, Gareth Maybin 70 68 68 64, Alexander Noren (Swe) 71 67 67 65. 271 Danny Willett 66 67 66 72, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 63 67 67, Anthony Wall 66 67 70 68. 272 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 69 66 64 73, Jorge Campillo (Spa) 67 66 68 71, Luke Donald 71 69 65, 67, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 67 65 69 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 65 65 71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 68 66 68, Gary Lockerbie 68 70 68 66. 273 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 64 67 71 71, Alvaro Salto (Spa) 69 67 68 69, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 68 69 67, Damien McGrane 67 71 68 67. 274 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 69 69 65 71, Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 68 71 68. 275 Niclas Fasth (Swe) 70 69 64 72, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 72 67 67 69, Oliver Fisher 65 74 66 70, Louis Oosthuizen (SA) 69 67 71 68, David Lynn 67 70 70 68, Paul Broadhurst 71 66 70 68, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 68 67 72 68, Bradley Dredge 69 69 69 68, Charl Schwartzel (SA) 71 69 68. Others: 278 Peter Lawrie 69 67 72 70. 279 Shane Lowry 71 63 73 72. 284 Michael Hoey 69 69 72 74. ruGby uniOn heineKen Cup pOOL 1 Northampton .. 31 Munster.......... 27 Treviso .............. 9 Perpignan......... 8 p W d L F a pts Northampton 1 1 0 0 31 27 4 Treviso 1 1 0 0 9 8 4 Munster 1 0 0 1 27 31 1 Perpignan 1 0 0 1 8 9 1 pOOL 2 Glasgow ......... 18 Biarritz............ 22 Gloucester...... 19 Dragons ......... 17 p W d L F a pts Biarritz 1 1 0 0 22 18 4 Gloucester 1 1 0 0 19 17 4 Newport-G D 1 0 0 1 17 19 1 Glasgow 1 0 0 1 18 22 1 pOOL 3 Clermont A ..... 36 Viadana.......... 18 Leicester......... 32 Ospreys.......... 32 p W d L F a pts C Auvergne 1 1 0 0 36 18 5 Leicester 1 0 1 0 32 32 3 Ospreys 1 0 1 0 32 32 2 Viadana 1 0 0 1 18 36 0 pOOL 4 S Francais....... 31 Edinburgh......... 7 Ulster.............. 26 Bath ............... 12 p W d L F a pts Stade Francais 1 1 0 0 31 7 5 Ulster 1 1 0 0 26 12 4 Edinburgh 1 0 0 1 7 31 0 Bath 1 0 0 1 12 26 0 pOOL 5 Cardiff Blues... 20 Harlequins........ 6 Toulouse ......... 36 Sale................ 17 p W d L F a pts Toulouse 1 1 0 0 36 17 5 Cardiff Blues 1 1 0 0 20 6 4 Sale 1 0 0 1 17 36 0 Harlequins 1 0 0 1 6 20 0 pOOL 6 Scarlets........... 24 Brive............... 12 Leinster............. 9 London Irish... 12 p W d L F a pts Scarlets 1 1 0 0 24 12 4 London Irish 1 1 0 0 12 9 4 Leinster 1 0 0 1 9 12 1 Brive 1 0 0 1 12 24 0 tennis atp raKuten Japan Open tennis Chships (Tokyo) Final: (2) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-3 6-3. shanGhai atp Masters 1000 (Shanghai) 1st rnd: Andreas Beck (Ger) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) 7-6 (7-2) 1-0 ret, Shao Xaun Zeng (Chn) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 2-6 6-1 6-4, Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 6-3 6-4, Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 6-2. atp & Wta tOur China Open (Beijing) Mens Final: (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (8) Marin Cilic (Cro) 6-2 7-6 (7-4) Womens Final: (6) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt (12) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 6-2 6-4 This weeks FiXTURes tOday sOCCer (7.45 unless stated) Coca-Cola League One Tranmere v Stockport....................... CriCKet First twenty20 international: Pakistan v New Zealand (Dubai) hOrse raCinG Kempton, Salisbury, Windsor tennis (all week) atp shanghai Masters (China) tOMOrrOW sOCCer (7.45 unless stated) Coca-Cola League One Brighton v Gillingham....................... League of ireland premier division Sligo v Bray ...................................... european under-21 Championship Qualifying Group two Rep of Ireland v Switzerland............. Turkey v Armenia ...................... 5.00 hOrse raCinG Huntingdon, Leicester, Newcastle Wednesday sOCCer (7.45 unless stated) FiFa World Cup european Qualifying Group One Denmark v Hungary.......................... Portugal v Malta ............................... Sweden v Albania............................. Group two Greece v Luxembourg............... 7.00 Latvia v Moldova ....................... 7.00 Switzerland v Israel ................... 7.00 Group three Czech Republic v N Ireland....... 7.30 Poland v Slovakia...................... 7.30 San Marino v Slovenia............... 8.30 Group Four Azerbaijan v Russia ................... 5.00 Germany v Finland .................... 5.00 Liechtenstein v Wales................ 7.00 Group Five Bosnia-Herzegovina v Spain..... 7.00 Estonia v Belgium...................... 7.30 Turkey v Armenia....................... 7.00 Group six Andorra v Ukraine...................... 4.30 England v Belarus...................... 8.00 Kazakhstan v Croatia ................ 4.30 FiFa World Cup european Qualifying Group seven France v Austria......................... 7.00 Lithuania v Serbia...................... 7.00 Romania v Faroe Islands........... 7.00 Group eight Bulgaria v Georgia..................... 7.00 Italy v Cyprus............................. 7.00 Rep of Ireland v Montenegro..... 8.00 hOrse raCinG Kempton, Lingfield, Uttoxeter, Wetherby, Punchestown thursday GOLF (until Sunday) European Portugal Masters (Oceanico, Vilamoura) hOrse raCinG Brighton, Ludlow, Nottingham, Wolverhampton, Punchestown. Friday sOCCer (7.45 unless stated) Coca-Cola League two Cheltenham v Macclesfield .............. League of ireland premier division Cork v Bohemians..................... 7.35 Dundalk v Sligo ................................ Galway Utd v Derry City................... St Patricks v Bray............................. League of ireland First division Limerick FC v Waterford Utd............ Monaghan Utd v Kildare C ....... 8.00 Shelbourne v Athlone Town....... 8.00 hOrse raCinG Cheltenham, Newmarket, Redcar, Wolverhampton, Dundalk ruGby uniOn heineken Cup pool 1: Perpignan v Northampton (8.00) pool 2: N-G Dragons v Glasgow (7.30) pool 5: Sale v Cardiff Blues (8.00) amlin Challenge Cup pool 2: Montpellier v Connacht (7.00) saturday sOCCer (3.00 unless stated) barclays premier League Arsenal v Birmingham ...................... Aston Villa v Chelsea............... 12.45 Everton v Wolverhampton ................ Man Utd v Bolton ............................. Portsmouth v Tottenham.................. Stoke v West Ham............................ Sunderland v Liverpool..................... Coca-Cola Championship Blackpool v Plymouth....................... Bristol City v Peterborough .............. Cardiff v Crystal Palace.................... Doncaster v Barnsley ....................... Ipswich v Swansea........................... Leicester v Derby.............................. Middlesbrough v Watford................. Nottm Forest v Newcastle......... 5.20 QPR v Preston.................................. Scunthorpe v Sheff Utd........... 12.00 Sheff Wed v Coventry....................... West Brom v Reading....................... Coca-Cola League One Charlton v Huddersfield.................... Leyton Orient v Brentford................. Milton Keynes Dons v Gillingham..... Oldham v Southampton ................... Southend v Bristol Rovers................ Stockport v Millwall .......................... Swindon v Hartlepool....................... Tranmere v Brighton ......................... Walsall v Exeter ................................ Wycombe v Colchester .................... Yeovil v Carlisle................................. Coca-Cola League two Accrington Stanley v Bournemouth . Aldershot v Bury............................... Burton Albion v Barnet..................... Crewe v Port Vale............................. Dag & Red v Bradford ...................... Darlington v Shrewsbury .................. Grimsby v Rochdale......................... Hereford v Chesterfield .................... Northampton v Lincoln City.............. Rotherham v Notts County............... Torquay v Morecambe...................... Clydesdale bank premier League Aberdeen v Hearts............................ Celtic v Motherwell........................... Dundee Utd v Hamilton.................... Falkirk v St Mirren............................. Hibernian v Kilmarnock .................... St Johnstone v Rangers.......... 12.30 League of ireland premier division Shamrock Rovers v Drogheda U.. 7.00 League of ireland First division Longford T v Sporting Fingal..... 7.30 Mervue Utd v UCD .................... 7.00 Wexford Youths v Finn Harps.... 8.00 hOrse raCinG Catterick, Cheltenham, Kelso, Newmatket, Wolverhampton ruGby uniOn heineken Cup pool 1: Munster v Treviso (1.35) pool 2: Biarritz v Gloucester (1.35) pool 3: Viadana v Leicester (1.30) pool 4: Edinburgh v Ulster (3.45) pool 5: Harlequins v Toulouse (6.00) pool 6: Lon Irish v Scarlets (3.00), Brive v Leinster (3.45) sunday sOCCer barclays premier League Blackburn v Burnley .................. 1.00 Wigan v Man City ...................... 4.00 hOrse raCinG Fontwell Park, Kempton Park, Southwell MOtOr CyCLinG MotoGp Australian GP (Phillip Island) MOtOr raCinG Fia Formula 1 brazilian Grand prix (Sao Paulo) ruGby uniOn heineken Cup pool 3: Ospreys v Clermont Auvergne (12.45) pool 4: Bath v Stade Francais (3.00) ResULTs ROUND-UP THE RACE TO SOUTH AFRICA Europe France have sealed their play- off spot and portugal will do the same if they beat Malta on Wednesday. Germany and denmark are through but turkey, third in 2002, are out after bosnia finished second behind spain in Group Five. Africa a goal from didier drogba put the ivory Coast through with a 1-1 draw in Malawi but its still very open in Group a, where Cameroon and Gabon are fighting it out. egypt can still pip algeria in Group C with victory next month. Concacaf Mexico qualified by beating el salvador 4-1 and the usa are also through with a 3-2 win in honduras. the third-placed hondurans have a two-point lead over Costa rica and visit el salvador on Wednesday. Costa rica travel to the us. Picture:Getty Miracle man Martin lifts Maradonas men Diego MaraDona hailed Martin Palermo as a miracle maker after the veteran strikers last-gasp goal against Peru gave argentina renewed hope of quali- fying directly for next years World Cup finals. argentina were on the brink af- ter Hernan rengifos last-minute header cancelled out gonzalo Hi- guains strike as driving rain pelt- ed Buenos aires. But as terrible conditions per- sisted, substitute Palermo re- stored to the side by Maradona ten years after missing a hat-trick of penalties in a Copa america tie grabbed an injury-time goal to put argentina in the all-impor- tant fourth place in the South american qualifying zone with one game left to play. Martin Palermo has saved us and our chances of qualifying are intact, Maradona said. When the wind and rain and cold began and allowed Peru to draw level, we could not do any- thing, but the miracle of Palermo has given us a longer life. The goals i scored were nor- mal, Palermo makes miracles. Maradona had been under huge pressure after an unimpressive qualifying performance left his team on the verge of facing a play-off to reach South africa. But they will now face negh- bours Uruguay, a point behind argentina in fifth, on Wednesday night in a make-or-break game. The circumstances, combined with his own long absence, made the goal all the more special for Palermo. it was incomparable, because it was for the national team at a time like this, the striker said. i dont know if it was fate, but i thank god for this triumph. by des KendaLL slide halted: Maradona celebrates Martin palermos late winner that gave argentina a massive lift in their battle to qualify for the World Cup sOCCeR WOrLd Cup QuaLiFiers Novak rains supreme to triumph in Beijing McGowan wins first Tour title in Madrid englanDS ross Mcgowan won his first european Tour title at the Madrid Masters yesterday. Mcgowans final round of 71 saw him win by three shots but his 25-under-par total of 263 gave him the first prize of 250,000 and puts him second in europes ryder Cup race. i came here this week in form and its lovely to come away with the trophy, said Mcgowan. it means a lot to win thats another goal out of the way and hopefully from here i can progress and move on to bigger things. Finlands Mikko ilonen came second while irishman gareth Maybin shot a stunning eight-under 64 for a share of fourth alongside gary Murphy, who did his hopes of retaining his Tour card no harm with a 68 to collect just over 60,000. Victory: McGowan Second seed novak djokovic was rejuvenated by a rain break and came back on court to beat croatian Marin cilic 6-2, 7-6 and win his third title of the season at the china open yesterday. French open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova overcame the challenge of Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 to claim a second china open title in the first year of its elevated status as one of the WTAs crown jewel events. djokovic, who will move up to no.3 in the world later this month, said: even though it gOLF maDRiD OPeN ChiNa OPeN was a straight sets win, it could easily have gone the other way. I think I was a little bit saved by the rain delay. I got my nerves together and managed to play well. roar of delight: djokovic index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html