FOOTBALL:

American MLS: DC United Houston Dynamo Postponed

Norwegian Tippeligaen: Viking FK 0 Rosenborg 1

Swedish Allsvenskan: IF Elfsborg 3 IFK Norrkoping 0

Russian Rosgosstrakh Premier Liga: Saturn Moscow 4 Shinnik Yaroslavl 0, Zenit St Petersburg 1 Lokomotiv Moscow 1

Lithuanian A Lyga: FK Ekranas 1 FK Siauliai 1, FK Suduva 1 FK Zalgiris Vilnius 1, FK Vetra 2 FK Atlantas 1

Brazilian Campeonato: Coritiba 1 Ipatinga 0, Cruzeiro 0 Goias 1

Austrian T-Mobile Bundesliga: SK Sturm Graz 3 SV Mattersburg 0

Danish SAS-Ligaen: Vejle 1 Odense BK 3

Swiss Axpo Super League: Basle 1 Grasshoppers 0, Bellinzona 1 Neuchatel Xamax 2, FC Zurich 1 Lucerne 0

Norwegian NM Cupen Fourth Round: Molde 8 SK Brann 0

Finnish Veikkausliga: TPS 6 VPS Vaasa 1

Armenian Premier League: Banants Yerevan 0 Mika Ashtarak 1

Zimbabwean Buddie Premiership: Lancashire Steel Dynamos Late

Ecuadorian Campeonato Nacional, Second Stage: Deportivo Azogues 1 Barcelona 3

Finnish Ykkonen Liiga: JJK 2 Atlantis 0

BASEBALL:

Major League :Arizona Diamondbacks 9 Chicago Cubs 2,Baltimore Orioles 8 Toronto Blue Jays 10,Chicago White Sox 10 Texas Rangers 2,Cincinnati Reds 4 San Diego Padres 3,Colorado Rockies 10 Los Angeles Dodgers 1,Florida Marlins 4 Atlanta Braves 0,Houston Astros 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 8,Kansas City Royals 1 Detroit Tigers 7,LA Angels 3 Cleveland Indians 2,New York Mets 6 Philadelphia Phillies 8,New York Yankees 8 Minnesota Twins 2,San Francisco Giants 6 Washington Nationals 3,Seattle Mariners 2 Boston Red Sox 4,St Louis Cardinals 3 Milwaukee Brewers 4,Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1 Oakland Athletics 8

CYCLING:

Tour de France, L'Alpe d'Huez, France

Leading Final Positions after Stage 17 (Embrun - L'Alpe d'Huez, 210.5km): 1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Saxo Bank 6hrs 07mins 58secs, 2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 2.03, 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at same time, 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 2.13, 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at same time, 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale at 2.15, 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto at same time, 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank at same time, 9 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at same time, 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner at same time, 11 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas at 3.11, 12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale at 3.36, 13 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale at 3.50, 14 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone at 4.57, 15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel at 5.16, 16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux at 5.25, 17 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole at 5.28, 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre at 5.32, 19 Amal Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone at 5.40, 20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at 6.01

Selected Others: 118 David Millar (Gbr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 6hrs 13mins 59secs

General classification after stage 17: 1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 74hrs 39mins 03secs, 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 1.24, 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner at 1.33, 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto at 1.34, 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank at 2.39, 6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at 4.41, 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 5.35, 8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 5.52, 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale at 8.10, 10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale at 8.24, 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at 8.35, 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 10.15, 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas at 12.13, 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre at 12.26, 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fran par Telephone at 23.01, 18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 23.22, 19 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia at 24.29, 20 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas at 25.39

Selected Other: 71 David Millar (Gbr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 76hrs 39mins 19secs

SQUASH:

CIMB Malaysian Open Slvez (Mex) 11-6 11-8 11-5, (3) Mohd Azlan Iskandar (Mal) bt Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (Mal) 11-2 11-6 11-6, (6) Mansoor Zaman (Pak) bt (Q) Wade Johnstone (Aus) 10-12 11-7 6-11 11-6 11-4, (5) Omar Mosaad (Egy) bt Kashif Shuja (Nzl) 11-4 8-11 12-14 11-3 11-5, (4) Stewart Boswell (Aus) bt (Q) Tom Richards (Eng) 11-4 11-5 11-6, (7) Farhan Mehboob (Pak) bt Tarek Momen (Egy) 11-6 11-7 8-11 11-6, (2) Ong Beng Hee (Mal) bt (Q) Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mal) 11-3 11-6 11-0

Women's 1st rd: (1) Nicol David (Mal) bt Rebecca Chiu (Hkg) 11-5 11-5 13-11, (7) Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) bt (Q) Raneem El Weleily (Egy) 11-6 10-12 13-11 11-5, (3) Rachael Grinham (Aus) bt (Q) Louise Crome (Nzl) 11-3 9-11 11-4 11-4, (8) Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (Eng) bt (Q) Madeline Perry (Irl) 11-4 11-7 13-11, (6) Shelley Kitchen (Nzl) bt Kasey Brown (Aus) 11-7 14-12 8-11 11-6, (4) Tania Bailey (Eng) bt Alison Waters (Eng) 12-14 11-8 6-11 11-4 11-2, (5) Jenny Duncalf (Eng) bt Delia Arnold (Mal) 11-3 11-3 11-4, (2) Natalie Grinham (Ned) bt (Q) Lauren Briggs (Eng) 11-2 11-5 11-2

TENNIS:

WTA Banka Koper Solvenia Open, Portoroz, Slovenia

2nd rd: Vera Dushevina (Rus) bt Katie O'Brien (Gbr) 6-3 6-2, (4) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Julia Vakulenko (Ukr) 6-4 6-4, Petra Martic (Cro) bt Klara Zakopalova (Cze) 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-3), (3) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Karolina Sprem (Cro) 6-1 6-1

WTA East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife, Los Angeles, California, United States

2nd rd: Melanie South (Gbr) bt Petra Kvitova (Cze) 6-4 6-2, Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt (7) Patty Schnyder (Swi) 6-4 7-5, Melinda Czink (Hun) bt Olga Savchuk (Ukr) 6-4 2-6 6-4, Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Regina Kulikova (Rus) 7-6 (7-4) 7-5, (4) Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-2 6-2, (9) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) 6-1 3-6 6-1, (8) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Yung-Jan Chan (Tpe) 6-1 6-3, Bethanie Mattek (USA) bt (11) Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 6-4 6-0, (14) Sybille Bammer (Aut) bt Stephanie Dubois (Can) 6-3 7-5, (10) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 2-6 6-1 6-4, Meng Yuan (Chn) bt Sania Mirza (Ind) 6-4 6-3, (5) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-4 7-6 (7-2)

ATP Masters Series Rogers Masters, Toronto, Canada

1st rd: Marat Safin (Rus) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 6-3 6-3

2nd rd: (5) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Robby Ginepri (USA) 6-4 6-4, Marin Cilic (Cro) bt (12) Tommy Robredo (Spa) 6-3 6-4, (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Jesse Levine (USA) 6-4 6-2, Igor Andreev (Rus) bt (16) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 6-4 3-6 6-4, Robin Soderling (Swe) bt (13) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 6-4, (10) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Alexandre Kudryavtsev (Rus) 7-5 6-3, Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-3 7-6 (8-6), Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt (14) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) 6-3 3-6 6-3, (4) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-3 7-6 (8-6), (7) James Blake (USA) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 1-6 6-1 6-2, Gilles Simon (Fra) bt (1) Roger Federer (Swi) 2-6 7-5 6-4

VOLLEYBALL:

FiVB World Tour, Gstaad, Switzerland

Women's

Pool A:

Saka-Rtvelo (Geo) (16) 2 Pichler-Jasper (Aut) (32) 0 (21-15 21-13), Tian Jia-Wang (Chn) (1) 2 GiaOui-Hamzaoui (Fra) (17) 0 (21-15 21-14), Saka-Rtvelo (Geo) (16) 2 GiaOui-Hamzaoui (Fra) (17) 2 (18-21 16-21), Tian Jia-Wang (Chn) (1) 2 Pichler-Jasper (Aut) (32) 0 (21-10 21-16)

Pool B:

Maaseide-Glesnes (Nor) (15) 2 Grossen-Kayser (Swi) (31) 1 (21-15 11-21 15-12), Ana Paula-Shelda (Bra) (2) 2 Campisi-Lozano (Spa) (18) 0 (27-25 21-19), Maaseide-Glesnes (Nor) (15) 1 Campisi-Lozano (Spa) (18) 2 (19-21 21-14 11-15), Ana Paula-Shelda (Bra) (2) 2 Grossen-Kayser (Swi) (31) 0 (21-8 21-13)

Pool C:

Holtwick-Semmler (Ger) (14) 2 Andreasen-Vestergaard (Den) (30) 0 (21-10 21-14), Antonelli-Leajo (Bra) (3) 2 Gioria-Momoli (Ita) (19) 1 (19-21 21-15 15-11), Holtwick-Semmler (Ger) (14) 2 Gioria-Momoli (Ita) (19) 1 (21-17 19-21 17-15), Antonelli-Leajo (Bra) (3) 2 Andreasen-Vestergaard (Den) (30) 0 (21-4 21-10)

Pool D:

Hakedal-Torlen (Nor) (13) 2 FOrrer-Schmocker (Swi) (29) 0 (21-18 21-14), Xue-Zhang Xi (Chn) (4) 2 Minusa-Jursone (Lat) (20) 0 (21-14 21-16), Hakedal-Torlen (Nor) (13) 1 Minusa-JursOne (Lat) (20) 2 (23-21 18-21 11-15), Xue-Zhang Xi (Chn) (4) 2 Forrer-Schmocker (Swi) (29) 0 (21-14 21-16)

Pool E:

Claasen-Rader (Ger) (12) 2 Klapalova-Petrova (Cze) (28) 1 (21-23 21-16 15-8), Maria Clara-Carol (Bra) (5) 2 Alcon-Matveeva (Spa) (21) 0 (22-20 21-18), Claasen-Rader (Ger) (12) 2 Alcon-Matveeva (Spa) (21) 1 (21-17 14-21 16-14), Maria Clara-Carol (Bra) (5) 2 Klapalova-Petrova (Cze) (28) 0 (21-18 21-17)

Pool F:

Schwai (Ger)-Schwai(Ger) (Aut) (11) 1 Van Iersel-Wesselink (Ned) (27) 2 (21-19 18-21 17-19), Cook-Barnett (Aus) (6) 2 OsheykO-Baburina (Ukr) (22) 0 (21-11 21-13), Schwai (Ger)-Schwai (Ger) (Aut) (11) 2 Osheyko-Baburina (Ukr) (22) 0 (21-19 21-19), Cook-Barnett (Aus) (6) 2 Van Iersel-Wesselink (Ned) (27) 0 (21-16 21-19)

Pool G:

Kuhn-Schwer (Swi) (10) 0 Keizer-de Vries (Ned) (26) 2 (16-21 18-21), Brink-Abeler-Jurich (Ger) (7) 1 Faure-Sarpaux (Fra) (23) 2 (21-18 16-21 11-15), Kuhn-Schwer (Swi) (10) 2 Faure-Sarpaux (Fra) (23) 0 (21-18 21-13), Brink-Abeler-Jurich (Ger) (7) Keizer-de Vries (Ned) (26) 1-2 (21-16 22-24 8-15)

Pool H:

Zumkehr-Graessli (Swi) (9) 0 Nystrom-Nystrom (Fin) (25) 2 (10-21 19-21), Goller-Ludwig (Ger) (8) 0 Lundqvist-Ljungquist (Swe) (24) 2 (13-21 13-21), Zumkehr-Graessli (Swi) (9) 0 Lundqvist-Ljungquist (Swe) (24) 2 (17-21 14-21), Oller-Ludwig (Ger) (8) 2 NystrOm-Nystrom (Fin) (25) 0 (21-14 21-14)