Results from around the world
Athletics
TIPPERARY CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONHIPS (at Dundrum): Girls U-18: R Brisco (Carrick-on-Suir). Team: Moyne; Under-16: N Hennessy (Templemore). Team: Moyne; Under-14: N Deane (St Flannan's). Team: Moycarkey-Coolcroo. Under-12: S Power (Clonmel). Team: Thurles Crokes. Under-10: R Cleary (Clonmel). Team: Thurles Crokes. Boys - Under-16: K Maher (Thurles Crokes). Team: Templemore. Under-14: J Moloney (Templemore). Team: Moyne. Under-12: S Tobin (Clonmel). Team: Clonmel. Under-10: J McCabe (Roscrea). Team: Thurles Crokes.
Baseball
MAJOR LEAGUE: Los Angeles Angels 5 New York Yankees 3 (Los Angeles win American League Division Series 3-2).
Cycling
HERALD SUN TOUR (Australia - 2.1) Stage 4 (Mitchelton Winery - Marysvill) 1, B Cooke (Française des Jeux) 172.6 kilometres in 4 hours 16 mins 4 secs ; 2, A Krsezowiec (Amore & Vita); 3, K Menzies (HLP/Superstore); 4, S. Clarke (VIS Jayco); 5, D Mc Cann (Ireland); 6, H Duyn (Netherlands) all same time Other Irish: 12, E Moriarty (Ireland); 52, C Murphy (Ireland); 58, T Evans (Ireland); 61, A. Roche (Ireland) all same time; 116, A Mc Quaid (Ireland) at 40 secs; 129, P Healion (Ireland) at 10 mins 59 secs Teams: 1, Savings and Loans, 12 hours 48 mins 12 secs; 2, Amore and Vita; 3, Australia, both same time Other: 6, Ireland, same time General classification after stage 4: 1, S Sullivan (Savings and Loans) 10 hours 58 mins 43 secs; 2, J Collingwood (Savings and Loans); 3, R Van Hout (Savings and Loans); 4, S Gerrans (AG2r Prévoyance) at 1 sec; 5, D McKenzie (HLP/Superstore) at 5 secs; 6, D Perras (HLP/Superstore) same time Irish: 25, McCann, at 44 secs; 95, Moriarty, at 9 mins 41 secs; 96, Evans; 97, Roche, both same time; 115, Murphy, at 13 mins 48 secs; 121, McQuaid, at 19 mins 31 secs; 129, Healion, at 27 mins 47 secs Mountains classification: 1, Makoto Iilima (Japan presented by Latrobe City) 8 pts Sprint classification: 1, Hilton Clarke Jnr. (VIS Jayco) 9 pts.
Gaelic Games
DR HARTY CUP - MUNSTER COLLEGES' SH, SECOND ROUND: Nenagh CBS 0-11 (B Maxwell 0-5 (0-4f) T Dunne 0-2, K O'Flynn, D Gleeson, D Nolan, P Murphy 0-1 each) Ennis CBS 0-5 (A Halpin 0-2, J Sheehan, M McNamara, R Gallagher 0-1 each).
Thurles CBS 0-15 (P Burke 0-10, M Gleeson 0-2, T Hammersley, C Clohessy, I Maher 0-1 each) Our Lady's, Templemore 1-10 (J Ryan 0-4; N McGrath 1-1; G Ryan 0-3; D Burke, S Burke 0-1 each).
Golf
WINGS PRO-AM (at Connemara): Nett - 41 pts - G Naughton (12, Limerick) 40 - J O'Connor (12, Woodstock) 37 - E Mellitt (11, Limerick), S Doyle (10, Shannon), O Doherty (12, Shannon) 36 - J Mccarthy (10, Limerick). Gross: 35 - M Whelan (1, East Clare) 33 - A Spring (scr, Castleisland) 30 - J Ormonde (5, Tralee).
MUNSTER SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIP (at Limerick County): 241 - Colaiste Dun Iaschaigh, Cahir (P Ivers 73, D Sweeney 80, D Rencontre 88), 244 - Rockwell College, Cashel (B McEvoy 78, L Eisenberg 81, P Butler). 246 - Crescent Coll Limerick, 247 - St Flannans Coll, Ennis. 248 - Thurles CBS 255 - Ard Scoil Ris Limerick. 257 - Col Mhichil Limerick, St Clements Coll Limerick 263 - CBS The Green, Tralee. 265 - Scoil Mhuire and Ide Newcastlewest. 267 - CBS Ennistymon 269 - St Caimins Shannon. 270 - Desmond Coll Newcastle West. 271 - CBS Nenagh 275 - Community Coll Cashel. Individual: P Ivers (Cahir Park) 73.
PGA PATRON'S PRO-AM (at Roganstown) 90 pts - K Garvey (Blachardstown DR) with Paul Donnelly (12), Jack Flynn (14), Brendan Coneelly (19); 79 - T Halpin (Naas DR) with Noel Heterich (6), Liam Hayes (8), Aidan Daly (13).
Hockey
MUNSTER SCHOOLGIRLS' SENIOR A LEAGUE: Mount Mercy Coll, Cork 6 (C Sergeant 2 M Crowley 2, A Donegan, F Shanahan) Ursuline Convent Thurles 0. Junior A League: Mount Mercy Coll, Cork 0, Ursuline Convent Thurles 1 (M Egan). Minor A League: Mount Mercy Coll Cork 0 Ursuline Convent Thurles 7 (A Ryan 3, M K Burke 2, K Hackett E McGrath).
Rugby
LEINSTER SCHOOLS' SENIOR DEVELOPMENT CUP - FIRST ROUND: At Boyne - St Mary's Dundalk 37 (H Murphy 2 tries; con; J Lyons 2 tries; B Connolly, B Gray, N Meegan try each); Balbriggan CS 15 (J Kearney, T Hammond try each; P Mann pen, con).
At Skerries - Dundalk Grammar 61 (S Jordan 2 tries, 2 cons; D Garvey 2 tries; R Donnelly, G Whately, M Quigley, A Larkin, G Murray, G Herr try each; C Fannin con); Portmarnock CS 3 (P Doyle pen).
At Ardee - St Mary's Drogheda 30 (S Mallon, R Glynn, M MacDonald, C Ruddy, S Dillon try each; D McGrogan pen, con); De La Salle Dundalk 0.
At Ashbourne - Marian College 76 (G Nolan 3 tries; R Romano 2 tries, 8 cons; K Taurai, E Bishop 2 tries each; E O'Gorman, C Browne, S O'Hara try each); Ardee CC 0.
At North Kildare - Scoil Eoin 47 (P Troute, E Hennessy, D Farrell, C English, K Keegan, L O'Brien, J Carolan, S Langton, D Whelan try each; S Bowden con); Scoil Chonglais 0.
At Athy - Tullow CS 39 (W O'Brien 2 tries; G Nolan try, pen, 3 cons; S Kirwan, J Hickey, P Timmons try); CBS Kilkenny 0.
At Park Lane - Colaiste Bhride, Carnew 18 (P Hogan try, pen; D Egan, J Gilbert try each); Wexford CBS 12 (J Hyland 2 tries, con).
At Clondalkin - Firhouse CC 20 (C McGill, D Aintintai, C Byrne try each; S Guerrine pen, con); Lucan CC 15 (A Seaman, D Mooney try each; G Crosby pen; G Higginbottom con).
At Gorey - East Glendalough 21 (M Bracken try, 3 cons; D Kenny, R O'Sullivan try each); CBS Enniscorthy 5 (J McSwiney try).
IRISH COLLEGES (ICRU) Annual Seven's Tournament (Ternure RFC): Semi-finals: IT Tallaght 12 Limerick IT 7; GMIT Galway 19 GMIT Castlebar 12. Final: IT Tallaght 31 GMIT Galway 14.
Snooker
GRAND PRIX (Guild Hall, Preston) Second round: Jimmy White (Eng) bt Ricky Walden (Eng) 5-2, Michael Holt (Eng) bt Darren Morgan (Wal) 5-1, Andrew Norman (Eng) bt Michael Judge (Irl) 5-1, Stuart Bingham (Eng) bt Fergal O'Brien (Irl) 5-2.
Squash
LEINSTER LEAGUE: Men - Division 2: Old Belvedere 14 Aer Lingus 9 (Old Belvedere first): T Reinecke 3 S Hickey 2; B Cowley 1 D Tighe 3; S Rogals 3 D Hickey 2; C Clifford 3 C Rooney 1; M Burke 3 D Tighe 1). Leinster 16 Sandycove 6 (Leinster first): J Coyne 3 A Travers 2; S Sherlock 3 R Travers 1; S Daly 3 P Mooney 1; P Houlihan 3 E Hannigan 1; M Conroy 3 T Richardson 1). Sutton 15 Mt Pleasant 9 (Sutton first: A Byrne 2 J Ruddy 3; M Maher 3 M Hennessy 1; D Griffin 3 K O'Gorman 2; C O'Hara 3 P Birch 2; C McEvoy 3 M Smilie 1). Fitzwilliam 11 Trinity 8 (Fitzwilliam first): I O'Grady 0 K Zauers 3; W McDdonald 3 D Sutherland 1; P Doody 1 F O'Toole 3; H Fitzsimons 3 Dd Byrne 1; S Meredith 3 A Keegan 0). Division 5: Old Belvedere 13 Leinster 4 (Old Belvedere first): B Williams 0 K McCormack 3; J Murray 3 G Waddell 1; G McGahern 3 C Colleren 0; R Whitely 3 E Morgan 0; B McNally 3 B Dowley 0). Fitzwilliam 12 RTE 7 (Fitzwilliam first: J Sheridan 1 M Keleghan 3; B Byrne 1 M Collins 3; A McDowell 3 T Fleming 1; H Doyle 3 M Fitzgerald 0; M Buckley 3 J Keenan 0). Sutton 16 Mt Pleasant scr.
Women's Premier Division: Westwood 16 Old Belvedere 2 (Westwood first): J Dillon 3 S Brady 0; J Quane 3 J Burns 0; M Cunniffe 3 S Butler 1; M Dolan 3 S Murphy 0; M Hartnett 3 F Reddin 1). Sutton 16 Sandycove 0 (Sutton first): E Toolan 3 J Lyons 0; A Costello 3 E McCarthy 0; F Field 3 A Burgess 0; J Tierney 3 T Bradshaw 0; D Byrne 3 C Mooney). Fitzwilliam 16 Mount Pleasant 4 ( Fitzwilliam first): K Wilson 3 L Redmond, R Barry 3 M Grogan 1; C Moloney 3 V Jameson 0; R Brennan 3 B Geoghan 0; D Hourihan 3 S Robinson 2).
Tennis
ATP BA-CA TROPHY (Vienna, Austria): First round: (4) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Agustin Calleri (Arg) 6-4 6-3, Carlos Moya (Spa) bt Bjorn Phau (Ger) 7-5 6-4, Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt (2) Gaston Gaudio (Arg) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-5). Second round: (5) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Ivo Minar (Cze) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4
WTA THAILAND OPEN (Bangkok) Second round: (3) Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) 6-3 6-3, (8) Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Shenay Perry (USA) 6-4 5-7 7-6 (7-2)
ATP & WTA KREMLIN CUP (Moscow) Men - first round: (5) Greg Rusedski (Gbr) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-3 6-1, (3) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) 6-4 6-3. Second round: (3) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) 6-4 6-3, CyrilSaulnier (Fra) bt (2)Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) 4-6 6-3 6-3, (6) Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-4 6-3. Women - second round: (3) Mary Pierce (Fra) bt Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 4-6 6-2 6-3, Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-2 6-3,
LTA EVENT (Jersey) First round: Kelly Liggan (Irl) bt Nadejda Ostrovskaya (Blr) 6-3 6-1.