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Sport 37 www.smh.com.au Friday, August 18, 2000 Gillespie's back, with captain on his side and side muscle injuries in recent years, Gillespie's has been a stop-start career but whenever he has played for Australia, he has delivered the goods. Waugh believes Gillespie could develop into a great bowler who, when fit, is as effective as Brett Lee. That view is shared by the selectors, hence their willingness to back Gillespie. If Gillespie does come into the side he will probably do so at the expense of Lee, who looked a little underdone in Australia's win in the first match on Wednesday night, when his io overs cost 51 runs. In the triangular series in Sri Lanka last year, Gillespie was easily Australia's best bowler.

He was the only Australian to take part in the team's optional SPORT FOCUS TENNIS Sa long for Scud Washington: Fourth seed Mark Philippoussis made an early exit from the ATP Classic here on Wednesday, losing 6-1 7-6 (12-10) to Brazil's Andre Sa in the second round following a first-round bye. SURFING Mark of a champion Lacanau, France: Defending world champion Mark Occhilupo went through to the next round of the TC Lacanau Pro tournament on Wednesday, and Australia's world No 2 Taj Burrow beat Hawaii's Conan Hayes in his match-up. SOCCER Paraguay make point Rio de Janeiro: Paraguay drew 1-1 in Argentina in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday night while Ecuador and Peru both won at heme to stay in the race for a place in the 2002 tournament. Ecuador beat Bolivia 2-0 and Peru defeated Venezuela 1-0 in Lima. MOTOR SPORT Button for Benetton London: British Formula One driver Jenson Button is set to join Benetton next season, with Williams sources indicating the team is ready to give the rising star a two-year break from his contract.

The decision would allow Williams to retain the right to recall the 20-year-old Briton in 2003. SOCCER Harry strikes a deal London: Australian striker Harry Kewell has extended his contract with Leeds United until 2004, though the financial terms were unavailable. Kewell, 21, has been with Leeds since he was 16. CRICKET Three more for Javed Karachi: Javed Miandad's tenure as Pakistan team coach has been extended until the 2003 World Cup. MOTOR SPORT French connection London: British American Racing announced on Thursday that Frenchman Olivier Panis would replace Brazil's Ricardo Zonta as No 2 to Jacques Villeneuve in 2001.

SOCCER Booted for season London: Arsenal have banned 37 fans from attending games at Highbury this season following the violence that flared in Copenhagen in May. The club has written to the fans, who were identified in photographs and on television footage. CRICKET Mark Ray Jason Gillespie might have had the fates against him in his injury-and accident-prone career, but he has always had one thing in his favour the strong support of the captain and selectors. That faith is likely to result in Gillespie coming into the Australian team for the second match of the indoor one-day series against South Africa at Colonial Stadium today. If Gillespie is recalled, he will play his first game in national colours since breaking his leg and damaging his wrist in that awful collision with Steve Waugh in the first Test in Kandy on September io last year.

After back, leg High five for White Leeds: Paceman Craig White claimed five wickets as England seized the initiative on the opening day of the fourth Test against West Indies at Headingley on Thursday. West Indies, after winning the toss, were bowled out for 172 just before tea, with all-rounder White taking 5-57, including a burst of 3-6 in 17 deliveries, on his home pitch. Fellow Yorkshire paceman uncharacteristically lacklustre display in the first game. Buchanan likened South Africa's performance on Wednesday to that of Australia in the first game of the earlier series in South Africa when jetlag and weariness from the just-completed tour of New Zealand dulled their game. South African coach Graham Ford conceded yesterday that his team might have been flat after just completing a full tour of Sri Lanka.

"Possibly. We've got to accept it wasn't a good performance," he said. "We had a chat about it and we'll talk more about it. Traditionally, South Africans are good fighters and we've bounced back from some serious knocks." Ford said he thought they missed the inspirational influence of bowler Allan Donald, who was unable to secure a release from English county Warwickshire to play in this series. "His influence is something very special," Ford said.

"He's able to ignite the whole situation. He's so highly respected by the opposition and by our players, he's able to influence things in a big way. The absence of Allan Donald is quite serious. It's a pity we haven't got him." www.thepavilion.com.au practice yesterday, thus denying coach John Buchanan a round of golf with the rest of the team. Buchanan, who spent an hour with Gillespie at Colonial Stadium yesterday afternoon, said the Australians would be going all out to win today's game and take the best-of-three series.

"The important thing first-up is to try to win the series as quickly as we can," he said. "We'll pick our strongest side but we actually still believe that whether Andrew Symonds and Jason Gillespie come in and two go out, it's still our strongest side. There's very little difference between the all-rounders or little difference if Jason's in and somebody else is out." Whether Symonds can edge his way in ahead of either Ian Harvey or Shane Lee, the two all-rounders who contributed to Wednesday's win, is debatable. Harvey bowled well while Lee's powerful hitting towards the end of the innings lifted Australia's total from the impressive to the unbeatable. Symonds is a brilliant fieldsman and a better batsman than the other two, but the least effective bowler.

While Australia fiddle at the edges of a strong and in-form squad, South Africa have work to do to regain form after an Action man: Jason Gillespie bends his back during training at Colonial Stadium yesterday. Pnoto: Hamish BlairAllsport Presidential campaign perfectly poised as compelling aside to main Ozaki (ranked 45th) and Australian Craig Parry (50th) are within striking distance of an automatic berth if they have a particularly good week. All of the players profess not to be concerned about the situation. Norman says he doesn't even know where he is in the standings, although he doesn't have to worry, because Thomson has already indicated he will give the Shark a captain's pick if he doesn't make the team automatically. On the other hand, South African Goosen is fully aware of At The Oval: Derbyshire 118 (G.Butcher 5-18).

Surrey 161-2 (M.Butcher 78, LWard 57). Division two At Colchester: Gloucestershire 278-9 (P.Such 4-54) Essex. At Cardiff: Glamorgan 288 (S.James 77, M.Maynard 77; R.Stemp 4-67, A.Harris 4-101). Nottinghamshire 10-0. Eastbourne: Northamptonshire 110 (J Kirtley 6-41) Sussex 151-9 (C Adams 82 not out; Taylor 4-42).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Division two At Edgbaston: Middlesex Crusaders beat Warwickshire Bears by 15 runs, Middlesex 201-9 in 45 overs (J Langer 93), Warwickshire 186 in 44 overs (B Hutton 4-32). STANDINGS business on Hogan in 1953. The 24-year-old Woods, who won the US Open at Pebble Beach by a staggering 15 shots before claiming the British Open at St Andrews by eight, thinks it's mainly other players' problems. "Luckily, I think it is cooler here than it is at home for me in Orlando Florida. Being outside there it was hot as can be." That might be right in terms of temperature but it is hard to imagine more oppressive humidity than the sort that makes mid-30C readings feel like a steam Sologinkin, Adam Perry, David Thompson.

Res: Anthony Semrani, David Tyler, Justin Murphy, Snane Crow. SHARKS: Preston Campbell; Darman Mostyn, Natnan Ward, Brent Grose, Ronald Prince; Scott hogan, jason Ferris; Scott Murray, Luke Stuart, Sam Isemonger, Chns Beattie, Shannon Donato, Stuart Pierce (c). Res: Ben Lucas, Jason Buchanan, Mark Capelm, Kieran Kerr, Cam Best, Paul Donaghy, Nathan Sant (three to be omitted). Referee: Tony Archer. NEW ZEALAND WORLD CUP SQUAD: Richard Barnett (Capt) (Sydney Roosters), David Vaeliki (Parramatta), Nigel Vagana (Auckland), Brian Jellick (North Queensland), Lesley Vaimkolo (Canberra), Richard Blackmore (Leeds), Willie Talau (Canterbury), Tome Carroll (Brisbane), Robbie Paul (Bradford), Tasesa Lavea (Melbourne), Stacey Jones (Auckland), Stephen Kearney (Melbourne), Matt Rua (Melbourne), Logan Swann (Auckland), All Lauittrti (Auckland), Ruben Wiki (Canberra), Tony Puletua (Pennth), Craig Smith (St George-Itlawarra), Joe Vagana (Auckland), Quentm Pongia (Sydney), Nathan Cayless (Parramatta), Richard Swam (Melbourne), Henry Paul (Bradford).

RUGBY UNION CITIBANK MASTERCARD CUP GRAND FINAL TEAMS RANDWICK SYDNEY UNIVERSITY At Waratah Rugby Stadium, Concord Kick-off: 3 pm Saturday RANDWICK: Brendan Williams; James Pntchard James Ho'beck Caeri Murray Willie Gordon; Chnstian Warner Chns Whitaker; Lawson Donald Dave Jepsen Stuart Pmkerton (c) Warwick Waugh Omar Hassenam Matthew Bowman Adam Freier Luke Mann. SYDNEY UNIVERSITY: Ed Carter; John Deery Luke Inman Ben Hinshelwood Michael Griffin; Chns Malone (c) Scott Stumbles; David Lyons Phil Waugh Ben Daly Drew Hickey Daniel Vickerman David Fitter Brendan Cannon Geoff Mutton. Referee: Wayne Enckson. SOCCER SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE Kilmarnock 0 Hibernian 1, Motherwell 0 Dunfermline Athletic 1. Postooned: Hearts St Mirren, Rangers Aberdeen, St Johnstone Celtic.

STANDINGS NR Pts Surrey Lions 12 10 0 0 2 44 Warwickshire Bears 13 7 5 1 0 30 Nottinghamshire Outlaws 11 7 3 0 1 30 Middlesex Crusaders 13 6 4 1 2 30 Glamorgan Dragons 11 6 3 2 0 28 Essex Eagles 11 4 5 0 2 20 Durham Dynamos 12 3 9 0 0 12 Hampshire Hawks 12 3 9 0 0 12 Derbyshire Scorpions 11 19 0 1 6 against Windies Darren Gough made the initial breakthrough when Sherwin Campbell drove at a delivery outside off stump and sliced a catch to gully after making eight. Adrian Griffith and Wavell Hinds were starting to repair the damage in a second-wicket stand that had produced 39 when England broke through by snatching 4-10. Reuters particularly heated, with five players locked in a tight battle for the last three automatic places to defend the cup at the Robert Trent Jones course near Washington in October. South African Ernie Els, Fiji's Vijay Singh, Zimbabwean Nick Price, Paraguay's Carlos Franco, New Zealander Michael Campbell, Australian Stuart Appleby and Canadian Mike Weir appear certain to qualify for the team, which is taken off the world rankings. This leaves Shigeki Maruyama (797).

4: Brendan Tammo (NT) 11. 31 (793). 5: Jagan Hames (ACT) 11.39 (776). 6: Matt McEwen (Qld) 11.45 (763). 7: Peter Winter (Vic) 11.50 (753).

8: Scott Burriss (NSW) 11.97 (657). Long jump 1: Ferrier 7.18 (857). 2: Banks 7.10 (838). 3: Tammo 7.03 (821). 4: McEwen 6.83 (774).

5: Winter 6.54 (707). 6: McDowall 6.49 (695). 7: Mason 6.28 (648). 8: Moore 6.13 (615). 9: Hames 6.12 (613).

10: Turner 6.05 (597). 11: Philpott 5.96 (578) 12: Baart 5: 95 (576). 13: Burriss 5.78 (540). 14: Skinner 5.37 (455). 15: Evans NM (0).

Shot put 1: Ferrier 1436 2: McEwen 14.22 (742). 3: Hames 13.96 4: Banks 13.44 (694). 5: Tammo 13.41 (692). 6: Winter 12.76 (653)7: Baart 12.45 (634). 8: Evans 11.77 (592).

9: Mason 11.67 10: Turner 11.20 (558). 11: Moore 11.04 (548). 12: McDowall 10.89 (539). 13: Skinner 10.70 (528). 14: Burriss 10.53 (518).

15: Philpott 10.19 (497). High jump 1: Ferrier 1.95 (758). 2: McEwen 1.95 (758). 3: Mason 1.95 (758). 4: Tammo 1.86 (679).

5: Winter 1.83 (653). 6: Banks 1.80 (627): Hames DNS. 400metres Heat 1: 1: Ferrier 49.88 (820). 2: Tammo 50.60 (787). 3: McEwen 51 28 (757).

4: Burriss 52.15 (718): Evans DNF: Winter DNS: Banks DNS. Heat 2: 1: Moore 51.16 (762). 2: Baart 52.61 (698). 3: Mason 52.71 (694). 4: Skinner 58.12 (479).

5: Turner 1:00.37 (401): McDowall DQ: Philpott DQ. Decathlon points after day one: 1: Ferrier 4026. 2: McEwen 3794 3: Tammo 3772. 4: Mason 3464. 5: Moore 3416.

6: Baart 3217. 7: Burriss 3010. 8: Turner 2861. 9: Skinner 2699. 10: McDowall 2648.

11: Philpott 2379. 12: Evans 2040. WOMEN Javelin final 1: Louise Currey (NSW) 63.59m. 2: Joanna Stone (Qld) 52.86 3: Stephanie Hancock (Qld) 49.80. 4: Rosie Hooper (Vic) 48.32.

5: Caroline Jackman (SA) 47.57. 6: Rebecca Noy (NSW) 44.01. 7: Cecilia Mcintosh (Vic) 43.44 8: Kate Adams (ACT) 42.01. 9: Samantha Pearson (NSW) 41.20. 10: Bngid Mahoney (Tas) 40.74.

11: Kathryn Mitchell (Vic) 39.50. 12: Belinda Johnson (NSW) 38.87. 1500m final 1: Tom Hodgk.nson (NZ) 4:13.09. 2: Marg Crowley (Vic) 4:13.25. 3: Sarah Jamieson (Vic) 4:1339.

4: Georgie Clarke (Vic) 4:14.67. 5: Bemta Willis (ACT) 4:15.29. 6: Haley McGregor (Vic) 4:18.16. 7: Melame Collins (NSW) 4:22.24. 8: Kern Jorgensen (Vic) 9: Suzy Walsham (NSW) 4:24.49.

10: Simone Braakhuis (Vic) 4:28.14. 11: Alethe West (NSW) 4:31.88. final 1: Natalie Harvey (Vic) 32:40.71. 2: Elizabeth Miller (NSW) 32: 41.01. 3: Krishna Stanton (Qld) 32:55.12.

4: Kylie Risk (Tas) 32: 59.81. 5: Susan Michelsson (Vic) 33:14.64. 6: Isabella de Castella (Vic) 34:21.38. 7: Carolyn Schuwalow (Vic) 34:29.25. 8: Angela Sheean (NSW) 34:40.14.

9: Tama Saree Warwick (Vic) 34:52.85. 10: Helen Tolhurst (Qld) 36:03.12. 11: Jenny Truscott (NSW) 36:06.17. 12: Susan Mulready (NSW) 36:20.46. 13: Victoria Mitchell (Vic) 37: 20.31.

14: Sharee Wakim (Vic) 38:06.48 Clair Fearnley (Vic) DNF. 400m hurdles semi-finals (First three in each heat and next two fastest qualify for final). Heat 1. 1: Jana Pittman (NSW) 57.54. 2: Evette Cordy (Vic) 59.22.

3: Soma Bnto (Vic) 59.59. 4: Mary-Estelle Kapalu (Vanuatu) 1:01.38. 5: Ursula Rodway (NSW) 1:01.48. Heat 2. 1: Stephanie Price (NSW) 56.44.

2: Lauren Poetschka (WA) 58.06. 3: Nicola Kidd (NZ) 58.42. 4: Rachel Delphin (Tas) 1:02.10. 5: Kate Huxtable (NSW) 1:02.33. 6: Anna Deery (Vic) 1:03.82.

400m semi-finals (First two in each heat and two fastest qualify for final). Heat 1. 1: Nova Pens -Kneebone (NT) 53.52. 2: Susan Andrews (WA) 53.52. 3: Rebecca Sadler (Qld) 54.17.

4: Amber Menzies (NSW) 54.46. 5: Ann Mooney (PNG) 55.26. 6: Marissa Stephen (NZ) 56.59. Heat 2: 1: Lee Naylor (Vic) 54.36. 2: Rebecca Warden (NZ) 54.83.

3: Rosemary Hayward (NSW) 55.30. 4: Alice Barrett (Old) 55 89 5: Cathalma Staye-Walsh (Vic) 56.07. 6: Caitlm Willis (Old) 56.82. Heat 3:1: Jane Arnott (NZ) 53.52. 2: Lauren Pearson (NSW) 54.77.

3: Victoria Piggin-Denney (NSW) 55.36. 4: Katerina Dressier (Vic) 55.98 5: Rebecca Irwm (NSW) 56.06. 6: Lauren Jauncey (Tas) 57.13. Heptathlon 100m hurdles Heat 1. 1: Simone Purvis 13.96 (984 points).

2: Clare Thompson (ACT) 13. 97 (983). 3: Jane Jamieson (NSW) 13.99 (980). 4: Sherry! Morrow (Vic) 14.04 (973). 5: Kylie Wheeler (WA) 14.29 (938).

6: Virginia Voung (NSW) 15.07 (832). 7: Mandy Heath (SA) 15.20 (815). Heat 2: 1: Jacqualine Hodges (NSW) 14.71 (880). 2: Kylie Znno (Vic) 14.72 (879). 3: Sarah Wiltshire (Vic) 15.36 (795).

4: Carolyn Fox (Vic) 15.38 (792). 5: Lauren Foote (SA) 16.31 (677). 6: Belinda Jakiel (Vic) 16.36 (671). High jump 1: Jamieson 1.79m (966 points). 2: Morrow 1.79 (966).

3: Heath 1.76 (928). 4: Purvis 1.73 (891). 5: Thompson L70 (855). 6: Foote 1.67 (818). 7: Young 1.61 (747).

Shot put: 1: Jamieson 13.72 (755). 2: Thompson 12.29 (680). 3: Heath 12.01 (662). 4: Morrow 11.22 (610). 5: Voung 10.99 (594).

6: Purvis 10.84 (585). 7: Wheeler 10.73 (577). 8: Wiltshire 10.7 (576). 9: Jakiel 10.43 (558). 10: Hodges 10.27 (547).

11: Zuno 10: 27 (547). 12: Foote 8.86 (455). 13: Cox 8.56 (436). 200m: Heat 1: 1: Hodges 25.06 (881). 2: Znno 26.10 (788).

3: Jakiel 2634 (768). 4: Foote 26.45 (758). 5: Wiltshire 26.51 (753). 6: Fox 26.55 (750). Heat 2: 1: Wheeler 24.41 (942).

2: Jameson 24: 88 (898). 3: Thompson 25.09 (879). 4: Heath 25.25 (864). 5: Purvis 25.51 (841). 6: Morrow 26.05 (793).

agenda bath. Els, like Woods, put a positive spin on the sultry setting. "It kind of keeps me loose, and I don't have to go out and practice too much because you want to try and keep your strength," he said. Jack Nicklaus has decided to play despite the death of his mother, Helen, on the eve of the tournament. Helen Nicklaus, who would have turned 91 on Monday, died in Columbus, Ohio, after being seriously ill for two years.

AAP, Reuters In Reykjavik: Iceland 2 Sweden 1. Scorers: Iceland Ricnardur Dadason 39, Helgi Sigurdsson 84pen Sweden Johan Miailby 23 Half-time: 11. Attendance: 5,116. In Belfast: Nortnern Ireland 1 Yugoslavia 2. Scorers: Northern Ireland David Healy 45 Yugoslavia Mateia Kezman 63, Predrag Muatovic 78.

Half-time: 0 1. Attendance: 6,095. In Marseille: France 5 FIFA World Stars 1 Scorers: France David Trezeguet 11, 27, 46, Robert Pires 56, Nicolas Anelka 78 FIFA World Stars Roberto Baggio 79pen. Half-time: 20. Attendance: 60,000.

In Budapest: Hungary 1 Austria 1. Scorers: Hungary Bela Illes 33 Austria Roland Kirchier 67 Half-time: 10 Attendance: 5,000. SWIMMING US OLYMPIC TRIALS At Indianapolis, Indiana MEN 1500m freestyle final: 1: Erik Vendt 14:59.11. 2: Chris Thompson 15:09.16. 3: Robert Margalis 15:13 59 4: Nat Lewis 15:15.86.

5: Jamie Grimes 15:21.80. 6: Tyler Painter 15:22.58. 7: Fran Crippen 15:30.50 8: Aram Kevorkian 15:33.66. WOMEN 50m freestyle final: 1: Dara Torres 24 90 2: Amy Van Dvken 24.99. 3: Haley Cope 25 40.

4: Catherine Fox 25.59. 5: liesl Kolbisen 25.62. 6: Christina Swirdie 25 66 7: Courtney Allen 25.72. 8: Tammie Stone 25.82. TENNIS MEN'S TOURNAMENT In Washington (Prefix denote seeding) 3-Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) bt Guillermo Coria (Argentina) 4-6 6-3 6-2, Andre Sa (Brazil) bt 4 Mark Philippousis (Aust) 61 7-6 (12-10), 5 Jan Michael Gambill (US) bt Alex O'Brien (US) 6 3 5 7 7 5, 9 Karol Kucera (Czech Republic) bt Knstian Capalik (Bosnia) 3-6 7-5 6-3.

10-Jerome Goimard (France) bt Gak Blanco (Spain) 7-5 6-3, 14 David Prinosil (Germany) bt Laurence Tieleman (Italy) 6-1 5-7 6-3, Andy Roddick (US) bt Fabrice Santoro (France) 4-6 6-3 6-3, Ivan Igubicic (Croatia) bt Andrea Gaudenzi (Italy) 7-5 6 3, Cnristophe Rocnus (Belgium) bt 11 Andrew Hie (Australia) 6-4 3-6 6-4, Lorenzo Manta (Switzerland) bt Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 6-41-6 6-3, Paradorn Snchaphan (Thailand) bt Barry Cowan (Germany) 6-4 6-1. ATP RCA CHAMPIONSHIPS At Indianapolis (Prefix denotes seed): Rd 2: 1-Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) bt Todd Woodbndge (Aust) 5-7 64 6-1, 3 Marat Satin (Russia) bt Harei Levy (Israel) 6-4 6-2, 4-Thomas Enovist (Sweden) bt Lionel Roux IFrance) 6 3 7-6 (7-4), 5-Ueytor Hewitt (Aust) bt Stefan Koubek (Aust) 61 6-0, 6 -Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) bt Sebastien Lareau (Canada) 6-3 3-6 6-2, Younes El Aynaoui (Morocco) bt Nicolas Massu (Chile) 6-4 6-2, Wayne Ferreira (South Africa) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) 6-2 1-0 retired, Kanm Alami (Morocco) bt Vladimir Voltchkov (Belarus) 6-4 6 3, Carlos Moya (Spain) bt Todd Martin (US) 6-4 6-4, Taylor Dent (US) bt Jin Novak (Czech Republic) walkover, Albert Costa (Spain) bt Michel Kratchovil (Switzerland) 6-16 7 (6 8) 6-4, Sebastien Grosiean (France) bt Wayne Black (Zimbabwe) 6-0 7-6 (9-7), Gianluca Pozzi (Italy) bt James Sekuiov(Aust)6 26-4. WOMEN'S CANADIAN OPEN At Montreal (Prefix denote seeding) Rd 2: 13-Jennifer Capriati (US) bt Virgina Ruano Pascual (Spain) 3-66-1 6-4, 2-Undsay Davenport (US) bt Justine Hemn (Belgium) 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-2, 11-Anna Kourmkova (Russia) bt Sabine Apoelmans (Belgium) 6-4 6-3, 8 Sandrine Testud (France) bt Ruxandra Dragomir (Romania) 3-6 7-5 6 2, Kveta Hrdlikova (Czechoslovakia) bt Jana Neiedfy (Canada) 6-3 6-0, Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) bt 9- Amanda Coetzer (US) (South Africa) 6-3 6 2, 10 Jul Halard Decugis (France) bt Sandra Nacuk (Yugoslovia) fr3 7 (7-3), Sylvia Talaia (Croatia) bt Nathalie Dechy (France) 7-5 6-4. 1-Martma Hingis (Switzerland) bt Nadeida Petrova (Russia) 6 16 3, 4 Serena Williams (US) bt Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 646-2. SURFING BILLABONG INDIGENOUS CLASSIC at Fingal Beach, NSW: (NSW unless stated) Boys: U-18 gtr-f: Tippo Togo (Old), Gitmore 0 Rosser (Old), Haddon Simon.

Semi-final: Tippo Togo, Simon Haddon. U-16 Otr-final: Ferguson (Old) Hipwood (Old), Mercy (Old) Fonmosa, Ferguson (Old) A Fonmosa. Semi-f: Hipwood Ferguson, A Formosa Ferguson. City Beach Pacific Invitational: Qtr-f: Haddon Slabb, Earnshaw (NZ) Winch, Craig A Matthews (NZ). Semi-final: Haddon Slabb.

A Matthews Craig. the precariousness of his position at 10th in the standings. 'Til just go out this week and play," he said. "If I make it, great, if not, it's another week off." As for the Americans, they use the US PGA Tour money list to decide their line-up, and it appears that nine players are safe -Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Hal Sutton, David Duval, Davis Love, Tom Lehman, Jim Furyk, Kirk Triplett and Loren Roberts. However, ioth-placed Stewart Cink is only marginally ahead of Howe (15) Howe (32) 38 cb) Cabramatta (R Murdoch (37) Hansen (37) 45).

Shield: Cabramatta. CASTLE HILL: CCR 77 Stroke Div 1: Kim (6) 75 cb Sen Pridmore 84. Div 2: Geraghty (27) 76. Scr: Kim 98. Div 3: Robinson (35) 77.

Sen Pirrello 114. CASTLECOVE: Foursome c'ship: Brennan A Harris 173. Bronze: Davis McKmlay 100 CHATSWOOD: CCR 68 Stabletord Div 1: Lyons (22) 34. Div 2: Simmonds (27) 37. Div 3: Abbott (37) 35 4B KO A Parry Colmer bt Hern Breeze 7-5 CROMER: Stabletord Div 1: A Heiler (20) 35.

Div 2: Manson (23) 39 Div 3: Jordan (27) 36. Div 4: Muir (35) 37. DUNHEVED: CCR 69 Stabletord Div 1: Hodgkiss (23) 38. Div 2: Allan (38) 45. EASTLAKE: SMH 3B Classic: 1 Bnncat (45) Hooper (30) Young (45) 8 up.

EVERGLADES: Foursome Div 1: Clark Mitchell (17) 74. Div 2: 1 Smith Jacobson (28-12) 68 12. C'ship Div 1 27-holes: Elliot Shannon 131. Hep: Kelsey Johnson (27-12) 113-34. Div 2: 1 Smith Jacobson 155.

Hep: A Hardie Wailes (31) 115-12. GORDON: Stabletord: Davidson (33) 38 GOSFORD: CCR 76 Stroke Div 1: Thomlmson (9) 70. Div 2: Hastings (24) 77. Div 3: Smith (35) 78. C'ship Div 1: Thomlmson 331, Brann 356.

Hep: Bnerty (18) 303. Div 2: Hastings 405 cb, Scott 405. Hep: Rigg (28) 305 cb Div 3: Cohen 437, Linnert 443 Hep: Hayes (34) 317. KOGARAH: Foursome Div 1: Gannon Bates (22) 73. Div 2: Foster Black (29) 74.

Sen Henderson Rodgers 89. C'ship Div 1: Henderson Rodgers 177, Langham Thorburn 189. Hep: Carney Dullow (19) 156. Div 2: Gannon Bates 202, Weatherstone Pope 204. Hep: Coupe Whiting (30) 156 Div 3: Foster Black 209.

Davis Samuelson 222. Hep: Selig Turville (37-12) 160. LANE COVE: Team: Nicholson (36) Jesseo (Avondale 37) Price (33) Hucker (39) 85. LONG REEF: CCR 77 Medal Div 1: McConnell (20) 76. Sen Brown 90.

Div 2: Hood (30) 81. Scr: Fairhall 109. Div 3: Press (36) 80 Sen Press 116 MONA VALE: CCR 76 Stabletord Green (19) 36 Carlson (24) 35. Vidal (34) 36 cb. Greig (36) 35.

MOORE PARK: CCR 73 Team: Riethmuiier (Bonnie Doon 39) Crookes (The Australian 18) Barr (45) Walker (NSW 19) 89. MUIRFIELD: CCR 72 Stabletord Div 1: Kim (19) 38. Div 2: Greening (24) 37. Div 3: Corderoy (30) 39 cb. Div 4: Ra (45) 42.

Matchplay semi-f Div 1: Zarra bt Maclay at 19th, A Markey bt Anwandter 1 up Div 2: Lee bt Gostelow 2 up, Owen bt Kim 3-2. Div 3: Bright bt Eldndge 5-4, Wooiman bt A Blok at 19th. Div 4: McMurray bt Patrick 6-4, Uren bt A Leo 3 2. NSW: Stabletord Div 1: Manning (19) 32. Div 2: Swift (24) 32.

Div 3: A Tiley (44) 27. OATLANDS: 3B: Qumn (39) A Moller (35) Zilko (10) 12 up PALM BEACH: 4B Agg: Williams (35) Laird (42) 73. Indiv: lubner (33) 38 PENNANT HILLS: CCR 75 Stabletord Div 1: Henncks (17) 36 Div 2: Clark (22) 34 cb Div 3: Tregaskis (29) 36 cb. Div 4: Crawford (34) 37 Sen Einberg 22 Hole-in-one: Hare at 6th. PENRITH: CCR 74 Medal: Montgomery (30) 75.

Stabletord Div 1: Montgomery (13) 35 cb. Div 2: Tees (30) 40. PYMBLE: CCR 74 Par Div 1: McMahon (19) 1 down cb. Div 2: A O'Brien (23) 4 up Div 3: Latimer (32) 9 up. Div 4: Smith (37) 1 up.

Sen Clarke 10 down. Veteran Div 1: McMahon Div 2: A O'Brien Div 3: Latimer. Div 4: Smith. Hole-in-one: Ferns at 3rd. RAE: Stroke: Christie (33) 70.

C'ship Div 1: Sellers (22) 298. Div 2: Fairnham (36) 330. RICHMOND: CCR 72 Stroke Div 1: New 79. Hep: Close (20) 70. Div 2: McGhie 95.

Hep: Douglas (30) 74. Div 3: Miller 105. Hep: Dickie (45) 70. RIVERWOOD: Stroke Div 1- Cnpps (24) 64 Div 2: Yee (42) 62. ROYAL SYDNEY: CCR 79 Medal: Little (12) 79 Lewis (17) 79 to play off.

July: A Marshall (14) 87. CCR 64 No 2 course Stabletord Div 1: Byrne (31) 40. Div 2: Higgs (40) 43. RYDE-PARRAMATTA: Team Div 1: Winning (15) McMaster (Bonnie Doon 25) McConnell (Massey Park 24) Harrison (Massey Park 26) 46. Div 2: Mayger (Kareela 23) Candy (Kareela 35) Watkins (Kareela 36) Price (Kareela 23) 48.

Sen Parkinson Smith Yanni (Pennant Hills) Nicholls (Concord) 25. STRATHFIELD: CCR 78 Stroke Div 1: Lowe (27) 76. Div 2: Park (32) 77. Div 3: Kelly (42) 87 cb. Sen Urch 91.

Medal: Lowe (27) 76 TERRIGAL: CCR 70 Stabletord Div 1: Brown (22) 32 Div 2: Gardner (29) 31. Div 3: MacLean (44) 32. THE COAST: CCR 73 Medal Div 1: Fukushima (19) 78. Div 2: Moloney (45) 79. Veteran: Galbraith (26) 81.

WAKEHURST: CCR 76 Stabletord: Bradgate (27) 36 WOOLLAHRA: CCR 74 Stroke Div 2: Hadley (25) 76. Div 3: Gardos (4?) 72. WYONG: CCR 75 Medal Div 1: 1 Oouten (19) 73. Div 2: Patched (24) 74 Mann (23) 74 to play oft. Div 3: dark (29) 72.

Div 4: Kelly (44) 80 Martin (43) 80 cb. HOCKEY AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLBOYS C'SHIP at Pines Stadium, Adelaide: Day 4: Victoria 2 (L Anderson 32m 53m) bt Western Australia 0, South Australia 0 drew Queensland 0, NSW 5 (B DeMello 30m Kelly 40m Ashby 58m 69m Vantaggiato 64m) bt ACT 1 (S Davies 5m). Finals: SA NSW, ACT WA, Vic Qld. RUGBY LEAGUE FINALS WEEK THREE TOMORROW First grade preliminary final SYDNEY NEWCASTLE At Sydney Football Stadium (7.40pm) SYDNEY: Luke Ptv'lips; Matt Sing, Shannon Hegarty, Ryan Cross, Anthony Mmichiello; Brad Fi tiler (c), Adrian Lam; Luke Ricketson, Craig Fitzgibbon, Bryan Fletcher, Peter Cusack, Simon Borfetti, Ian Rubin. Res: Craig Wing, Shane Rigon, Dallas Hood, David Solomona.

NEWCASTLE: Adam MacDougall; Darren Albert, Matt Gidley, Mark Hughes, Timana Tabu; Matthew Johns, Andrew Johns; Bill Peden, Ben Kennedy, David Fairteigh, Matt Parson, Danny Buderus, Tony Buttertield (c). Res: Sean Rudder, Peter Shiels, Paul Rauhihi, Steve Simpson. Referee: Bill Hanigan (ranked 38th in the world), Greg Norman (39th), Retief Goosen (40th), Steve Elkington (41st) and Robert Allenby (42nd) to battle for the remaining three automatic spots. They are so closely bunched in the standings that a major shuffle is possible depending on the outcome of the PGA Championship. Elkington, who had hip surgery last week, is not playing the PGA, but that won't necessarily hurt him, because his points total is unlikely to change much.

Also, Japan's Naomichi "Joe" Decathlon points after day one: 1: Jamieson 3619 points. 2: Wheeler 3423. 3: Thompson 3397. 4: Morrow 3342. 5: Purvis 3301.

6: Heath 3269. 7: Wiltshire 3052. 8: Hodges 2986. 9: Znno 2961. 10: Foote 2708.

11: Fox 2656. 12: Jakiel 2574. Eight Australian track and field athletes qualified for selection for the Sydney Olympic Games: Paul Burgess (men's pole vault), Stuart Rendell (men's hammer throw), Natalie Harvey (women's 10,000 metre), Marg Crowley (women's 1500m), Sarah Jamieson (women's 1500m), Louise Currey (women's javelin), Joanna Stone (women's javelin), Sisay Bezabeh (men's AUST FOOTBALL TONIGHT 1st semi-final KANGAROOS HAWTHORN At MCG 7.45pm KANGAROOS Backs: Pickett Martyn Archer. HalfBacks: Blakey McCartney Pike. Centres: Abraham Bell Grant.

Half -forwards: King McKernan Harvey. Forwards: Makepeace Carey Colbert. Followers: Capuano A Stevens. Rover: Simpson. Interchange: Burton Cochrane Lange Motlop.

Emergencies: Clayton Sholl Spaull. In: Pike Lange. Out: Clayton Chandler. HAWTHORN. Backs: Tallis Hay Graham.

HalfBacks: Lekkas Rawlmgs McCabe. Centres: Bowyer Woods Crawford. Half-forwards: Dixon Holland Croad. Forwards: Barker Thompson Rock. Followers: Salmon Chick.

Rover: Harford Interchange: Voung Johnson Picioane Smith. Emergencies: Barlow Lord Vandenberg. In: Johnson. Out: Barlow. SATURDAY 2nd semi-final CARLTON BRISBANE At MCG 2.30 pm CARLTON Backs: Rice Manton Beaumont.

HalfBacks: Mansfield Silvagm McKay. Centres: Franchma Ratten Freeborn. Half-forwards: Hickmott Whitnall Hotton. Forwards: Porter Hamill Lappin. Followers: Allan Bradley.

Rover: Camporeale. Interchange: Fevola Fletcher Houlihan Hulme. Emergencies: Backwell Brown Doenng. In: Bradley. Out Brown.

BRISBANE Backs: Akermams Leppitsch Johnson. HalfBacks: Lappin White Lawrence. Centres: Botton Voss Headland. Half-forwards: Hart Brown Molloy. Forwards: Power Lynch Bradshaw.

Followers: McDonald Ashcroft. Rover: Black. Interchange: Knobel Hotting Robbins Voss. Emergencies: Cupido Picken Rusca. In: Notting.

Out: Scott (hamstring). BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE (Home team in caps) AMERICAN LEAGUE BOSTON 4 Tampa Bay 3, TEXAS 5 Ny Yankees 0, Chi White Sox 7 BALTIMORE 3, Kansas City 9 MINNESOTA 3, Detroit 12 SEATTLE 8, OAKLAND 7 Cleveland 6, TORONTO 8 Anaheim 6. NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona 5 PHILADELPHIA 1, ATLANTA 4 San Diego 1, St Louis 5 CHICAGO CUBS 1, Los Angeles 10 FLORIDA 4, San Francisco 4 MONTREAL 1, Colorado 7 NY METS 5, HOUSTON 11 Pittsburgh 10, MILWAUKEE 5 Cincinnati 1. BOWLS NSW WBA DISTRICT PAIRS LANSDOWNE: Semi Bayliss Cordingley (Merryl) 29 Hedges Longworth (Guild) 16, Stockham O'Brien (Cabra) 20 0 Addlard Mitchell (liver C) 17. Final Merrylands Aug 18, 10am.

CLUB NORTHMEAD: Triples c'ship Watson I Williams Qumn 24 Cowan Barber Rigg 11. WOMEN BLACKTOWN CITY: Mnr singles A Ryan 32 Pelle 24. DEE WHY: Mjr pairs semi A Molan Bellamy 27 Robertson Hosick 5, Todd Firth 19 Harlovich Hill 15. EPPING: Fours semi-f: Millen Robinson Hams Yates 32 Dodd I Dent Seaniger Chmchen 22, Ridge Askew McClintock Qua nee 31 Coman Loth Bateman Lochnn 17. GLADESVILLE: Pairs c'ship Farthing Brennan 21 Sheffield Larkin 17.

GORDON: Mnr singles Buckland 31 Siva 22. ROSELANDS: Triples c'ship Goss Stewart McPherson 19 Launston Bell Dark 17. RYD ALMERE CENTRAL: Pairs c'ship Huntington Randall 21 Campbell Thornton 19. CRICKET FOUR-DAY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Close of play Division one At Leicester bleicestershire 286 8 (D.Maddy 66. A.Hab 59) Yorkshire.

At Taunton: Durham 324-6 (N.Speak 78, P.Colhngwood 74) Somerset. Notah Begay and Chris Perry. Success at the PGA Championship may depend on whether the player can handle the weather. The top two players in the world Woods and Els believe the steamy heat that envelops the region could be a factor in their favour. "Obviously, it is going to be sapping a lot of energy out of you," said Woods, who aims to start his second collection of grand slam titles by winning his third major this season, a feat achieved previously by only Ben Jersey Flegg preliminary Final WEST SUBURBS SHARKS (2.15pm) WESTS: Luke Duffy (c); Clint Halden, Joel Rullis, Gray Viane, Henry Mataele; Nathan Barnaby, Arthur Little; Adam McCallum, Warren Weiss, Willie Marty, Chris Patterson, Nedol Saleti, Ian Harpley.

Res: Drew Dalton, Mark White, Shane Wooden, Robbie Bruce, Justin Miller, Adam Graham, Mark Salvaterra, Nick Duffy, Steven Hales, Steven Bradshaw, Daniel Manousso (seven to be omitted). SHARKS: Jared Taylor; Corey Poole, Jye Mullane, Ryan McGoldnck, Scott McEvoy; Luke Voung, Pat Gibson; Stuart Webb, Ben Beckett, Paul Gailen, Lee Trasler, Luke Sant, Mykel Hema (c). Res: Daniel Nmness, Trent Eastgate, Dale Jenkinson, Matt Hider, John Bailey, Wade Humphreys, Keith Heckenberg, James Collins, Pat Mannell, Peter Maguire (six to be omitted). Referee: Rod Lawrence Nutri-Grain Cup final ST FRANCIS XAVIERv ST GREGORYS CAMPBELLTOWN (4pm) XAVIER: Michael Panyazis; Ryan Turton, Joel Rawlirts, Andrew Hickey, Anthony Barrett; Rowan Kelly, Hugh Ryan; Michael Small, Anthony Tupoa, Ricky Sternbeck, Ryan O'Connor, Martin McCallum, Martm Kelly. Res: Nathan McLaughlin, Josh Hure, Daniel Daniher, Rhys Hitchcock, Alex Peterson.

GREGORYS: Chris Potter; Matt Primmer, Jed Masters, Luke Hession, David Howell, Riley Mullms, Allan Luke; Daniel Christian, Brett Fitzpatnck (c), Michael Howetl, Rhett Cochrane, David Butcher, Nathan Vag. Res: Daniel Cartwnght, Ryan Hoffman, Brad Eisenhuth, Pat Foran, Leigh Woodbndge, Jason Quigley, Scott Fieldsend, Scott Eastburn, Rhys Short (five to be omitted). Referee: Jason Weinstem First division preliminary final NTH QLD PENRITH (5.30pm) COWBOYS: Phil Howlett; Adam Connelly, Greg Bourke, Geoff Bell, Napoliom Kunobit; Chris Sheppard, Noel Goldthorpe; Ben Rauter (c), Chad Halliday, Daniel Strickland, John Manning, Paul Dezolt, Jamie McDonald. Res: Matthew Bowen, Chrts Muckert, Michael Luck, Bruce Mamando, Paul Pensmi, Scott Donald (two to be omitted). PENRITH: Rhys Wesser; Martin O'Connell, Matthew Rieck, Andrew Hmson, Brett Atkinson; Gins Levy, Darren Baker; David McLean, Ned Catic, Sid Domic, Frank Puletua, Luke Williams, Duncan MacGHIivray, Res: Jason Barton, Fred Petersen, Ben Jones.David Elvy, Brian Leauma, Terry Clark, Danny Brodenck, Ben Reynolds.

Referee: Kelvin Jeff es Tour match: UNITED STATES SOUTH SYDNEY' At Redfern Oval (8pm) US: Brian Warren; Tony Fabn, Martin O'Donaghue, Enc Hollmgsworth, Martin Patten; Tim Martin, David Niu; Robert Balachandran, Shayne Mams, Jeff Preston (c), Mike Edwards, Marcus Vassilakopoulos, Ed Woodbndge. Res: Greg Smith, Tim Griffiths, Greg Swinford, Sal Ranmallo, Chris Waters. SOUTHS: Nathan Merntt; Justin Loomans, Ken McGuiness, Peter Clarke, Brett Grogan; Wes Patten, Nathan Wood; Jeremy Schloss, Tony Iro, Billy Moore, Ben Tyrell, Terry Hermansson, Chris Caruana, Jim Serdans. Res: Trent Daly, Jamie Davis, Filimone Lolohea, Josh AnnsersJey, Damien Sonego, Troy Slattery, George Tophaman. Referee: Paul McBlane.

SUNDAY First grade preliminary final BRISBANE vPARRAMATTA At Olympic stadium (2.40pm) BRISBANE: Darren Lockyer; Lote Tuqin, Tonie Carroll, Michael De Vere, Wendell Sailor; Ben Ikm, Kevin Walters (c); Campion, Brad Thorn, Gorden Tallis, Dane Carlaw, L'ike Priddis, Shane Webcke. Res: Harvey Howard, Shane Walker, Ashley Harrison, Michael Hancock, Shaun Berngan (one to be omitted). PAR RAM ATT Clinton Schifcofske; Pat Richards. Jamie Lyon, David Vaeaiiki, Jason Moodie; Daniel Wagon, PJ Marsh; Andrew Ryan, Ian Hmdmarsh, Nathan Hmdmarsh, Michael Vella, Jim Dymock, Nathan Cayless (c). Res: Dennis Moran, David Westtey, Gary Larson, Jason Cayless, Stuart Kelly (one to be omitted).

Referee: Tim Mander Jersey Flegg preliminary final BULLDOGS ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA (10.45am) BULLDOGS: Nathan Berry; Matthew Amidy, Dean Loder, Patrick Weisner, Luke Barton; Nathan Murphy, Dean Byrne; Braith Anasta, Adam Bndeson, Mark Leafa, Glenn Hall, Grant Wells, Ryan O'Hara. Res: Andrew Johnston, Patrick McKenzie, Peter Butcher, Roy Asotasi, Daniel Harvey (one to be omitted). DRAGONS: Reece Smmonds; Bilal Nnjann, Nathan Hetternan, Josh Cassidy, Ryan Cullen; Jason Kent, Nathan Jordan; Joel Attenborough, Michael Gentte, Clint Hill, Scott Geddes, Aaron Gorrell. Ben Ross (c). Res: Ian Donnelly, Bevan Carr, Mark Lennon, Brett Rimmer, Clinton Schrader, Eden Goddard, Dean Voung, Jase Farmer, Matthew Head, Peter Tweddle, Adam Kerr (seven to be omitted).

Referee: Rod Cranston First division: semi-final BULLDOGS SHARKS (12.30pm) BULLDOGS: Rod Sifva; Gavin Lester, Leon Fetton, Matthew Utai, Hassan Saleh; Shane Perry, Paul Khoury; Travis Norton, Trent Runciman, Adam Peek (c), Nathan US PGA Louisville: As the US PGA Championship unfolds at Valhalla Golf Club, another intriguing subplot is taking place, namely the last battle for Presidents Cup team berths. The top 10 players on both the United States and International standings on Sunday night will automatically qualify for their respective teams, leaving others hoping to become one of their captain's two wildcard picks. And the race for captain Peter Thomson's International team is ATHLETICS OLYMPIC SELECTION TRIALS At Stadium Australia Day one MEN Men's pole vault final 1: Paul Burgess (WA) 5.50m. 2: Patrick Jesser (SA) 5.40. 3: Viktor Chisbakov (SA) 5.30.

4: Craig Schulstad (NSW) 5.20. 5: Chris Lovcll (SA) 4.90m. 6: (tied) Steven Hooker (Vic) and Tom Lovell (SA) 470m. Men's discus final 1: Ian Winchester (NZ) 59.56m. 2: Peter Elvy (NSW) 55.39.

3: Christopher Gavigho (Qld) 53.80. 4: Graham Hicks (Vic) 52.37. 5: Matthew Brown (Vic) 51.82. 6: Scott Martin (Vic) 51.19. 7: Vohan Amerasekera (Vic) 5071.

8: Martin Dunska (Vic) 46.10. 9: Russell Short (V.c) 38.04. Hammer throw final 1: Stuart Rendell (ACT) 74.14m. 2: Aaron Fish (Qld) 65.88. 3: Wade Hasfe (Qld) 62.53.

4: Demetri Diomsopoulos (Vic) 62.14m. 5: Justin McDonald (Tas) 61.29. 6: Fernando Canepa (Vic) 60.51m. 7: Michael Gusbeth (Vic) 59.16. 8: Daniel Gouldmg (Qld) 53.58.

9: Brent Jones (NSW) 53.07. 10: Damon Page (Tas) 51.57. 11: Mark Dickson (NSW) 4 44. final 1: Sisay Bezabeh (ACT) 28:11.12. 2: Dean Cavuoto (ACT) 28:23.00.

3: Shaun Creighton (ACT) 28:31.88. 4: Andrew Letherby (Vic) 28:37.05. 5: Darren Wilson (ACT) 28:38.92 6: Scott Westcott (NSW) 29:03.66. 7: David Evans (NSW) 29:04.59. 8: Dale Warrander (NZ) 29:07.13.

9: Kim Gillard (NSW) 29:35.87. 10: Daniel Green (NSW) 29:41.19. 11: Linton Gloster (Vic) 29:42.58. 12: Wayne Larden (NSW) 30:51.02. 13: Andrew Connors (NSW) 30:57.99.

14: Russell dim (NSW) 31:25.45. 15: Daniel Nunan (Qld) 31:56.53. 16: Craig Semple (Vic) 32:17.57. 17: Campbell Maffett (Vic) 32:45.35. Magnus Michelsson (Vic) DNF.

Richard Potts (NZ) DNF. 400m hurdles semi-finals (First two in each heat and next two fastest qualify for final). Heat 1. 1: Blair Young (Qld) 50.34. 2: Peter Bate (ACT) 51.38.

3: Dawd Capellano (Qld) 52.83 4: Brendan Cole (Vic) 52.91. 5: Ivan Wakit (PNG) 53.08. 6: Nathan Bonney (Vic) 1:00.38. Heat 2: 1: Zid Abou Hamed (NSW) 50 92. 2: Sean Avery (Vic) 51.08.

3: Zion Armstrong (NZ) 51.50. 4: Stuart Laidlaw (Vic) 54.99. 5: Anthony Benn (NSW) 55.63. Heat 3. 1: Matt Beckenham (ACT) 51.18 2: Rohan Robinson (ACT) 51.27.

3: Brendan Mallyon (Qld) 5234. 4: Mowen Bomo (PNG) 53.67. Andrew Coulter (NSW) 54 64. 400m semi-finals (First two in each heat and two fastest qualify for final). Heat 1.

1: Patrick Dwyer (NSW) 46.12. 2: Michael Hazel (Vic) 46.80. 3: Paul Pearce (Vic) 47.11. 4: Dean Capobanco (NSW) 47.24. 5: Declan Stack (WA) 47.53.

6: Justin Clark (Vic) 47.84, Michael Joubert (Qld) DNF. Heat 2. 1: Dame! Batman (NSW) 45.60. 2: Scott Thorn (Vic) 46.92. 3: Cameron MacKenzie (Vic) 47.05.

4: Clinton Hill (NSW) 47.23. 5: Jason Kougellis (NSW) 47 38. 6: Mark Ladbrook pic) 47.87, Mark Moresi (Vic) DNF. Heat 3: 1: Casey Vincent (NSW) 4631. 2: Brad Jameson (SA) 46.99.

3: Anton Booth (Qld) 47 46. 4: Morgan Coull (Vic) 47.60. 5: Daniel McFarlane (Qld) 47.81. 6: Kieran Gallagher (NSW) 48.45. 800m semi-finals Semi-final 1: 1: Joseph Ischia (Vic) 1.48.33 2: Kris McCarthy (Vic) 1.48.37.

3: Brendan Hanigan (Tas) 1.48.60. 4: Justin Rmaldi (Vic) 1.50.21. 5: Frazer Dowlmg (NSW) 1.50.55. 6: Adam McClure (Qld) 1.50.61. 7: Nicholas Hudson (Qld) 1.51.17.

8: Scott Anthony (NSW) 1.51.53:. Semifinal 2: 1: Graant Cremer (ACT) 1.47.72. 2: Shaun Farrell (NZ) 1.4839. 3: Todd MacDonald (NSW) 1 48.50. 4: Jai Thomas (Vic) 1 48.77.

5: David Scollon (NSW) 1.48.98. 6: Mark Abercromby (Qld) 1.49.03. 7: Paul Tobm (Vic) 1.52.14. 8: Robert Spurrs (NSW) 1.52: 35. 9: Ben liddy (NSW) 1.52.55.

10: David Kehoe (Qld) 1.53 08:. Semifinal 3: Martin Byron (NSW) 1.49.65. 2: lsireli Naikelekeievisi (Qld) 1.49.83. 3: Heath Fitzpatnck (ACT) 1.50.27. 4: Paul Byrne (Vic) 1.50 35.

5: Nick lorenz (Qld) 1.50.72 6: Scot Peterson (Vic) 1.50.95. 7: Dean Davies (Qld) 1.5138. 8: Simon Rmtel (NSW) 1.51.75. 9: MalMuir(Qld) 1.52.01. 100m heats (First two in each heat and next four fastest qualify for semi-finals).

Heat 1. 1: Chris Donaldson (NZ) 10.44. 2: Scott Richardson (NSW) 10.62. 3: Ryan Hoffman (Old) 10.72. 4: Andrew McManus (NSW) 10.86.

5: Craig Sconce (ACT) 10.92. 6: Mohd Roache (ACT) 10.92. 7: Stephen Hutton (Qld) 111.18. 8: Matthew Manns (NSW) 11.30. Heat 2: 1: Matt Shirvington (NSW) 10.29.

2: Ross Smith (NSW) 10: 62. 3: Glenn Crawford (Vic) 10.62. 4: Campbell Tonkin (Vic) 10.86. 5: Peter Walsh (Vic) 10.92. 6: Lukas Chodat (NSW) 10.94.

7: Daniel Gaspanni (NSW) 10.98. 8: Shaun Mayne (WA) 11.08. Heat 3: 1: Adam Basil (Vic) 10.48. 2: Dawd Baxter (Vic) 10.51. 3: Kip McFarlane (Qld) 10.63.

4: Shem Hollands (NSW) 10.74. 5: Rod Buchanan (WA) 10 77 6: Justin Smith (Qld) 10.79 7: Maria la Rosa (Old) 10.88 8: Luke Trembath (NSW) 10.92. Heat 4: 1: Patrick Johnson (ACT) 10.43. 2: Darryl Wohlsen (Qld) 10 46. 3: Ashley Rowan (Vic) 10.78.

4: Pat Birgan (Qld) 10 .81. 5: Braden Fraser (Vic) 11.06. 6: Vic Sharma (NSW) 11.17. 7: Michael Ledowsky (NSW) 11.24. Heat 5: 1: Paul di Bella (Old) 1031.

2: Damien Marsh (Old) 10: 45. 3: Tim Williams (Vic) 10.68. 4: Dallas Roberts (NZ) 10.73. 5: Antonio Seremet (NSW) 11.02. 6: Tristan Conn (NSW) 1L28.

7: Ryan Kennewell (NSW) 11.45. Heat 6: 1: Keiran Noonan (NSW) 1032. 2: Gavin Hunter (Old) 10: 53. 3: Stephen HadheW (NSW) 10.55. 4: Natharaal Carr (Ok)) 10.56.

5: Scon Vassella (NSW) 10.67. 6: Ramon varcoe (NSW) 10.72. 7: Marc Barnett (NSW) 1130. 8: Emil Rizk (NSW) 11.7L Decathlon. 100m.

Heat 1. 1: Matthew McDowall (WA) 11.22 (812). 2: Brett Moore (Vic) 1134 (786). 3: Alexander Mason (Old) 1138 (778). 4: Nathan Baart (Qld) 11.60 (732).

5: Gary Skinner (NSW) 11.71 (709). 6: Ben Turner (Old) 11.74 (703). 7: Torm Ptnloott (Tas) 11.87 (677). Heat 2. 1: Scott Ferrier (Vic) 11.09 (841).

2: Warren Evans (Qld) 11 18 (821). 3: Peter Banks (NSW) 11.29 I A Pts Hibernian 4 3 1 0 9 1 10 Rangers 3 3 0 0 9 4 9 Celtic 3 3 0 0 5 2 9 Dundee 3 2 0 1 6 6 Aberdeen 3 1 2 0 3 2 Dunfermline Athletic 4 12 12 4 Hearts 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 Kilmarnock 4 1 0 3 4 7 3 StJohnstone 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 Dundee United 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 Motherwell 4 0 13 15 1 St Mirren 3 0 0 3 2 6 0 CYCLING TOUR DU LIMOUSIN At Aubusson, France Leading placings in the 196-km second stage of the race from La Chat re. 1. Patrice Halgand (France) Detatour4h 52m 15secs. 2: Jean-Cyril Robin (France) Bonjour.

3: Steptiane Heulot (France) Frartcaise des Jeux same time. 4: Jose Javier Gomez (Spam) Kelme 6 sees. 5: Sebastien Hmault (France) Credit Agncgole 43. 6: Nicolay Bo Larsen (Denmarl) Memory Card 45. 7: Unas Bakitinas (Lithuania) St Quentm 48.

8: Aitor Gonzalez (Spain) Kelme 50. Leading overall standings. 1: Halgand Eight hours 33 minutes and six seconds. 2: Robin two seconds behind. 3: Heulot 4.

4: Gomez 12. 5: Hmault 49. GOLF MEN ASHLAR: CCR 71 2B: Ho (Royal Selangor 10) Gan (Royal Selangor 28) 46 cb. Scr Harvey Jones 37 cb. Indiv Tyson (11) 40.

Song (26) 42. AVONDALE: Stabletord: Gray (10) 38 cb. BARD WELL VALLEY: 4B Agg: Mammatt (20) Power (17) 75 Sen Cassell Brooker 65 Indiv: Stuart (18) 42 Sen Young 34. BARNWELL PARK: Veteran 4B Agg: Siegl (25) Smith (28) 118 cb. BERMAGUI: CCR 73 Stroke Cornish (13) 71.

Vercoe (17) 71. Hummel (31) 7L Trophy: Peters (23) 68 BOTANY: Veteran Stabletord: A Parry (24) 39. CAMDEN LAKESIDE: Stabletord: Wakeford (Wentworth Falls 13) 39 cb. CANTERBURY: Stabletord: I Craig (17) 40. CRONULLA: 4B: CCraig (14) Gray (21) 45.

Sen D'Apice Booby 37. CUMBERLAND: Holden scramble: Calderara Spencer Day Evans (6-34) 55-14, Moyle Barton Smith Smith (7) 56. ELANORA: CCR 72 Stabletord: Reaney (16) 44. Hole-in-one: A Waugh at 7th FOX HILLS: Veteran Par: Pappy (15) 2 up cb. GORDON: CCR 65 2B: Meyer (12) I Hammer (25) 47.

Sen Gibson Pick 37. Indiv: Mornson (20) 40. LEONAY: 2B: Marinello (17) Mattingley (26) 48. Scr: Grant Kunze 36. Indiv: Marinello (17) 40.

Veteran: Celeban (15) 39 LIVERPOOL: CCR 74 2B: Jin (11) Kim (28) 70 cb. Indiv Huftom (8) 40. 0 O'Donnell (15) 38. Kim (28) 41. MARRICKVILLE: Veteran 4B Agg: A Pank (17) Shepherd (12) 76 cb.

Indiv Div 1: Sutherland (16) 35. Div 2: Logan (24) 39 cb. MASSEY PARK: Stabletord: Hopping (14) 42. NEW BRIGHTON: CCR 75 Stabletord: Byrne (Sussex Inlet 7) I Sampson (Bankstown 11) 47 cb. Sen Merrit (Liverpool) Coombs (Liverpool) 39.

Indiv: Mernt (1) 39. NORTHBRIDGE: CCR o5 4B: Smith (18) Widdows (17) 45. Scr: Campbell Small 31. Indiv: Smith (18) 39. PALM BEACH: 2B multi: Cooley (19) Kadwell (16) 79 cb Indiv: A Berry (PGA scr) 40 cb.

RAE: 2B: Crawford (19) Moore (21) 45. Indiv: Crawford (19) 39 RIVERSIDE OAKS: 2B: Dale (4) Holland (19) 45. Indiv Brookes (10) 39. McGuinness (13) 35. Barnett (20) 38 ROSEVILLE: CCR 65 2B: Clements (28) Garing (13) 46 cb.

Scr: Cross Skippy 35. Indiv: Clements (28) 43. SPRINGWOOD: CCR 68 Stabletord Fariey (16) 41. A Thomas (19) 41. Scr: Ballard 32.

ST MICHAEL'S: 2B Agg: light (12) Kennedy (18) 7L Sen Beer Rogers 60. Indiv: Kennedy (18) 39. SVGA at Camden Valley: CCR 74 2B Agg: Brazel (Waliacia 18) Verstegen (Carnarvon 19) 73. Indiv Div 1: Bray (Pennant Hills 5) 38. Div 2: Verstegen (Carnarvon 19) 37.

Muir (Cromer 29) 33. TUGGERAH: CCR 72 Team: Sms (15) Tyacxe (11) Brown (22) I Seaton (18) 89. Indiv Hunt (11) 4L Wtite 08) 35 Smth (22) 35 WALIACIA: veteran Stebteford: Marsha (18) 42 WENTWORTH FAUS: 2B: Stephens (8) Saksbury (9) 46 do. Indiv: Saksbury(9)4L WOMEN ASOUITH: CCR 69 Stabletord: Yeung (45) 43. BANKSTOWN: CCR 76 Stroke Div 1: Syme (18) 69.

Div 2: Hartley (28) 67. Div 3: Addington (33) 68. C'ship Div 1: Hunter 264. Hep: Syme (18) 226 cb. Div 2: Smidt 299.

Hep: Smidt (22) 230. Div 3: Wright 327. Hep: Adam (39) 225. Gold: Addington (33) 68. BARDWELL VALLEY: Foursome: Cnlley Prideaux (20 12) 67-12.

C'ship: Cnlley Pndeaux 181. Veteran Hep: Ryan I Brooks (29-12) 136. BAYVIEW: CCR 76 Stroke Div 1: Carroll (14) 74. Div 2: Piatt (27) 70. Div 3: Kennedy (35) 77.

Indiv: Coleman (41) 30. C'ship Dalton (8) 362 Watson (10) 367. Docknll (22) 302 Simgoy (25) 303. Merton (33) 332 Shepheard (31) 338. Sen Simgoy 228.

CABRAMATTA: Inter-Uib 2B: Campbelltown (P WORLD CUP European group two qualifier In Tallinn: Estonia 1 Andorra 0. Scorer Martin Reim 64pen. Half-time: 0-0. Attendance: 1,695. South American zone Ecuador 2 Bolivia 0 Scorer Agustm Deigado 18 and 60.

Half-time: 10 Attendance: 25,000. Hiroshima: Japan 3 United Arab Emirates 1. Scorers: Japan Hiroaki Morishima 11, Shunsuke Nakamura 27, Daisuke Oku 87 UAE Juma Hamada 90. Half-time: 2-0. Attendance: 32,402.

In Tehran: Iran 2 Georgia 1. Scorers: Iran Peiman Jamstiidi 3, Farhad Majidi 26 Georgia Kavela Shidilli 69. Half-time: 2 0. In Moscow: Russia 1 Israel 0. Scorer Maxim Buzmkm 83.

Half-time: 0-0; Attendance: 10,000 In Ostrava: Czech Republic 0 Slovenia 1 Scorer Miran Pavlm 59. Half-time: 0 0. Attendance: 4,828. In Chisinau: Moldova 1 Malta 0. Scorer: Sergei Rogachev 45.

Half-time: 10 Attendance: 5,000. In Bucharest: Romania 1 Poland 1. Scorers: Romania Adrian lite 21 Poland Emmanuel Olisadebe 79. Half-time: 1-0. Attendance: 6,000.

In Riga: Latvia 0 Belarus 1. Scorer Roman Vasilyuk 50. Half-time: 0-0. Attendance: 1,930. In Helsinki: Finland 3 Norway 1.

Scorers: Finland -Jan Litmanen 24, 61, Shefki Kuqi 90pen Norway -Torstem Helstad 54 Half-time: 10 Attendance: 10,748. Red card: Stig Inge Biornebye (Norway) 90. In Sofia: Bulgaria 1 Belgium 3. Scorers: Bulgaria -Bian Iliev 65 Belgium Gert Verheyen 16, 60, Emile Mpenza 29. Half-time: 0 2.

Attendance: 2,000. In Torshavn: Faroe Islands 0 Denmark 2. Scorers: Ebbe Sand 56, Brian Steen Nielsen 59. Half-time: 0-0; Attendance: 6,478. In Viseu: Portugal 5 Lithuania 1.

Scorers: Portugal -Joao Pinto, 31, Luis Figo 38, Rui Costa 47pen, Roberto Severo 80, Pedro Resendes 86 Lithuania Arturas Fomenko 44pen. Half-time: 2-L Attendance: 11,000. In Bratislava: Slovakia 1 Croatia 1. Scorers: Slovakia Szilard Nemeth 23 Croatia Bosko Bataban 28. Half -time: 11.

Attendance: 4,200. In Sarajevo: Bosnia 2 Turkey 0. Scorers: Ehrir Bouc 39, Marko Topic 90. Half-time: 1-0. Attendance: 10,000.

In Hanover Germany 4 Spam 1. Scorers: Germany -Mehmet Scholl 24, 51, Alexander Zickter 57, 62 Spam Raul Gonzalez 70. Half-time: 1-0 Attendance: 45.000. In St Gallen: Switzerland 2 Greece 2 Scorers: Switzerland Alexandre Cormsetti 13, Hakan Vakin 79 Greece Mannos Ouzounidis 20, Georgios Georgiadrs 23. Half-time: 1-2.

Attendance: 6.000. 3.