Standings: Syria 6 points (2 matches), India 6 (3), Lebanon 4 (3), Sri Lanka 3 (3), Kyrgyzstan 1 (3).
News:
The
Italian football system will be shaken up as
Serie A will break away from the system to form a new league akin to England's
Premier League for the 2010–11 campaign, citing higher television rights as the main reason.
Bolt improves his own record by 0.11 second, the biggest improvement of the world record in 100 metres dash since the introduction of electronic measurement.
Yang becomes the first Asian-born winner of a men's major championship, and also ends Woods' previous record of winning every major in which he led after the third round.
Final standings: Brazil 18 points, Netherlands 17, China 16, Russia 15, Japan, Germany 14, Poland, Thailand 13, USA 12, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Korea 10.
Standings after 8 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 16 points, China 14, Russia, Germany 13, Japan 12, Poland, USA, Thailand 11, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Korea 9.
Standings after 7 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 14 points, China 13, Germany 12, Russia 11, Japan, Thailand 10, Poland, USA 9, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Korea 8.
Seven-time
Formula One champion
Michael Schumacher calls off his comeback to F1 racing as a substitute driver for the injured
Felipe Massa, citing lingering effects of injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash in February. Massa's
Ferrari ride will instead be taken over by
Luca Badoer.
(AP via ESPN)
Woods wins for the second straight week, helped greatly by a four-shot swing on the 16th hole where he birdied and
Pádraig Harrington(
IRL) triple-bogeyed.
Standings after 6 matches: Brazil, Netherlands 12 points, China 11, Germany 10, Japan, Russia 9, Poland, USA, Thailand 8, Puerto Rico, Korea, Dominican Republic 7.
Standing after 5 matches: Brazil, China, Netherlands 10 points, Germany, Russia 8, Japan, USA, Thailand 7, Poland, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic 6, South Korea 5.
Standing after 4 matches: Brazil, China, Netherlands 8 points, Russia 7, Germany, USA, Thailand 6, Poland, Japan, Dominican Republic 5, Puerto Rico, Korea 4.
Pakistan 288/8 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 289/4 (46.3 ov,
Mahela Jayawardene 123). Sri Lanka win by 6 wickets, and take an unassailable 3–0 lead in the 5-match series.
Morné Steyn scores all of the Springboks' points, breaking the record of former All Black
Andrew Mehrtens for most individual points in a Tri Nations match. Also, the Boks'
John Smit makes his 60th appearance as a Test captain, giving him sole possession of the all-time lead.
Standings: South Africa 8 points (2 matches), New Zealand 4 (3 matches), Australia 1 (1 match).