SPORTS ROUND-UP

Results from across the sports

Cycling: VUELTA DE ESPANA - Stage 17 (Zamora - Valladolid, 148.2km): 1 W Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 3hrs 18mins 48secs, 2 M Breschel (Den) Team CSC — Saxo Bank, 3 A Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale, 4 K Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel — Euskadi, 5 H Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner, 6 G Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence — Lotto, 7 O Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner, 8 S Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole, 9 M Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre, 10 C Corioni (Ita) Liquigas all same time. Other: 16. Nicolas Roche (Ire) Credit Agricole same time.

General classification: 1 A Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 69hrs 53mins 52secs, 2 L Leipheimer (US) Astana at 1.17, 3 C Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC — Saxo Bank at 3.41, 4 E Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia at 4.35, 5 R Gesink (Ned) Rabobank at 5.49, 6 A Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 6.00, 7 J Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 6.11, 8 E Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel — Euskadi at 8.56, 9 D Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis — Le Credit par Telephone at 9.32, 10 O Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner at 10.01, 11 D Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 10.52, 12 M Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre at 10.56, 13 D Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia at 11.47, 14 JM Garate (Spa) Quick Step at 15.02, 15 J Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC — Saxo Bank at 16.08, 16. D Arroyo (Spa) Caisse dEpargne at 19:24, 17. Nicolas Roche (Ire) Credit Agricole at 19:31, 18. J Gadret (Fra) AG2R at 20:08, 19. J Moreno (Spa) Andalucia at 22:41, 20. S Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux at 23:17.

Gaelic games: DUBLIN SFC: Clontarf 2-10, St Maur's 0-9; Raheny 0-18, Naomh Olafs 0-12.

Golf : ILGU CHAMPIONSHIPS - Midland District v Northern District Play-offs: (at Ardee GC) - Junior Cup: Enniscorthy 4 Dunmurry 1 (M Mooney bt D Gillespie on 19th, J King bt C Cathcart 5 and 4, C Hogan bt B Black 2up, L Dempsey lost to F McGrady 4 and 2, C Mernagh bt L Allen 3 and 2)

Intermediate Cup: Courtown 3 Shandon Park 2 (P Kinsella lost to G Carson on 19th, A Targett bt A Quigley 2 and 1, I Poole bt J Young 19th, K Sheehan lost to L McNamara 3 and 2, S Freeney bt C Loughins 1up.

Minor Cup: Carlow 4 City of Derry 1.

Challenge Cup: Tara Glen 3½ Donaghadee 1½.

Senior Foursomes: Carlow ½ Shandon Park 2½.

Junior Foursomes: Moate 2 Ardglass 1.

JUNIOR RYDER CUP (at Old Stone, Louisville, Kentucky) - Final results (US names first, US led 10½-1½ overnight): US 22 Europe 2 Singles: T Lua bt K Tidy 1 hole, C Whitsett bt M Manassero 6 and 5, J Johnson halved with C Booth, J Kang bt M Lampert 4 and 3, E Lee bt D Nielsen 3 and 1, J Spieth bt C Lloyd 5 and 4, Sarah Brown bt Leona Maguire 4 and 3, A Paolucci bt A Otaegui 5 and 4, Alexis Thompson bt Lisa Maguire 1 hole, C Peck bt S Gautier 5 and 4, D Frasier bt A Arrese 5 and 3, A Yun bt J Brun 3 and 2.

EUROPEAN TOUR - Qualifying School - Stage one, Section B

At Golf de Moliets, France: 132 - Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 69 63. 134 - Dok Rea Noh (Spa) 69 65. 135 - Carlos Aguilar (Spa) 69 66. 136 - Raul Quiros (Spa) 68 68, Julien Xanthopoulos (Fra) 69 67, Adrien Mork (Fra) 69 67, Raphael Pellicioli (Fra) 66 70. 137 - Neil Walker (Eng) 68 69, Richard Kind (Ned) 67 70. 138 - Eddie Barr (Ire) 67 71, Jose Lorca (Spa) 67 71, Manuel Merizalde (Col) 65 73. 139 - Daniel Alonso (Spa) 73 66, Jorge Garcia (Spa) 71 68. Other Irish: 143 - Cian McNamara 72 71.

At The Oxfordshire GC, England: 133 - A Frayne (Eng) 68 65, C Macaulay (am, Sco) 69 64. 134 - E Saltman (Sco) 67 67. 135 S Jamieson (Sco) 68 67, C Wood (Eng) 65 70. 136 - L Collins (am, Eng) 67 69. 137 - Peter O'Keeffe (Ire) 69 68, D Porter (Eng) 71 66, D Whitnell (am, Eng) 68 69. Other Irish: 140 - Jonathan Caldwell 71 69. 142 - Paul O'Hanlon 71 71. 143 - Richard Kilpatrick 72 71. 145 - Stephen Grant 73 72. 150 - Brendan McCarroll 80 70. 151 - Steven Hackett 80 71. 152 - Damian Mooney 80 72. 157 - Ger Hall 80 77.

At Circolo Golf Bogogno, Italy: 135 - Ignacio Sanchez-Palencia (Spa) 66 69, Jordi Garcia Pinto (Spa) 64 71, Andrea Perrino (Ita) 68 67. 136 - Matt Davidson (US) 66 70, Nicola Maestroni (Ita) 65 71. 137 - Jurgen Maurer (Aut) 68 69. Irish: 146 - Padraig Dooley 74 72. 153 - Tim Rice 77 76.

PGA SOUTHERN BRANCH CHAMPIONSHIP AT (at Roganstown and Swords) - Leading final scores (Roganstown first): 137 (-5) - J Kelly (St Margaret's) 70, 67; J Dwyer (Ashbourne) 70, 67. 138 - S Thornton (Royal Co Down) 71, 67. 139 - D Ryan (Cahir Park) 70, 69. 141 - B McGovern (Headfort) 71, 70; M Sludds (Enniscorthy) 70, 71; J Dignam (Slade Valley) 73, 68; K Coveney (Killarney) 73, 68. 142 - P Walton (Unattached) 71, 71; S Taylor (The Island) 71, 71; M Collins (Mallow GR) 74, 68.

Tennis:  ATP CHALLENGER SERIES (at Banja Luka, Bosnia Herzegovina) - First round: Attila Balazs (Hun) bt (6) Conor Niland (Ire) 3-0 ret inj.

ITF MEN'S FUTURES (at Kefallonia, Greece) - Doubles, first round: Paris Gemouchidis (Gre)/Nikos Spyrou (Gre) bt (2) Colin O'Brien (Ire)/Ioan-Alexandru Cojanu (Rom) 7-6 (9/7) 2-6 11-9 (champions' tie-break); Peter Lucassen (Ned)/Jan-Wouter Roep (Ned) bt Daniel Glancy (Ire)/Mihalis Kouvatsos (Gbr) 6-1 6-2.

ITF UNDER-18 CIRCUIT (at Bat Yam, Israel) - First round: (3) John Morrissey (Ire) bt Nir Aizik (Isr) 6-1 6-2.

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