A round-up of sporting fixtures
Boxing
AZERBAIJAN MULTI NATIONS (Baku – Irish squad for May 1st/5th): 48Kg: J Tenniyson (Immaculata); 50Kg: D Fullerton (Keady); 52Kg: R O’Carroll (Glen); 54Kg: R McKeown (Sacred Heart Newry); 57Kg: C Joyce (St Michael’s, Athy); 60Kg: R Date (Saviours/Crystal) 64Kg: C Mulally (Ryston); 66Kg: M Reilly (Drimnagh); 70Kg: J Ward cpt (Moate); 75Kg: E Byrne (Wexford CBS). Team Leader: T Mahony. Coaches: J Moore E Bolger. Physio: T Timlin.
Cycling
TOUR DE ROMANDIE (Lausanne, Switzerland) 1. F Rabon (Czech Republic/Columbia ) 3 mins 45 secs, 2. S Casar (France/Francaise des Jeux ) +2 secs, 3. A Valverde (Spain/Caisse dEpargne ) +3, 4. T Farrar (US/Garmin) +4, 5. R Kreuziger (Czech Republic/Liquigas ), 6. M Iglinskiy (Kazakhstan/Astana ), 7. J Veikkanen (Finland/Francaise des Jeux ) same time, 8. J Coppel (France/Francaise des Jeux ) +5, 9. M Quinziato (Italy/Liquigas). 10. O Freire (Spain/Rabobank) same time.
Gaelic games
LEINSTER SCHOOLS (Jun. F. “C” Final): Heywood CS 4-7 Scoil Chaitriona 1-12
NORTH LEINSTER SCHOOLS (Juv. H. “D” (section) Final: Longford Schools 3-15 Tullamore College 2-5
DUBLIN JUVENILE (“B” Hurling Final): Sc Aodháin 4-7 St McDara’s CC 0-7.
Snooker
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: (The Crucible, Sheffield:) John Higgins (Sco) level with Mark Selby (Eng) 4-4, Neil Robertson (Aus) leads Stephen Maguire (Sco) 5-3. Mark Allen (NI) leads Ryan Day (Wal) 9-7, Shaun Murphy (Eng) leads Stephen Hendry (Sco) 9-7. To be concluded today.
Swimming
Teenagers Yuliya Efimova and Anastasia Zueva set world records in the women’s 50 metres breaststoke and backstroke at the Russian championships yesterday. Efimova (17) this month, clocked 30.05 seconds in the final of the 50 metres breaststroke to better her own mark of 30.23 which she set just 45 minutes earlier in the semi-finals at Moscow’s Olympic pool. Zueva (18) swam 27.47 seconds in the final of the 50 metres backstroke to shave 0.01 off the record she had set in the preliminary heats earlier in the day.
Tennis
ROME MASTERS (Men’s singles first round, prefix denotes seeding): 13-Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Marat Safin (Rus) 2-6 7-6(5) 6-2; Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Marcel Granollers (Spa) 6-3 6-0, Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 4-6 6-1 6-0, Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) 7-5 6-4.
MOROCCO GRAND PRIX (Women’s first round, prefix denotes seeding): 8-Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-4 2-6 6-4, 7-Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Mariana Duque Marino (Col) 2-6 6-4 6-1, Klara Zakopalova (Cze Rep) bt Urszula Radwanska (Pol) 7-5 6-2, Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spa) bt 5-Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 6-3 6-4, 2-Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) bt Corinna Dentoni (Ita) 6-2 6-4, Anne Keothavong (Brit) bt Maret Ani (Est) 6-2 7-6(3), Polona Hercog (Slo) bt Vitalia Diatchenko (Rus) 6-1 6-2, 1-Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Camille Pin (Fra) 6-1 6-1, E Fernandez-Brugues (Spa) bt Petra Cetkovska (Cze Rep) 2-6 6-4 6-2, Melinda Czink (Hun) bt Nathalie Vierin (Ita) 3-6 6-2 6-0, Jarmila Groth (Slo) bt Paula Fondevila Castro (Spa) 6-3 7-5, Lucie Hradecka (Cze Rep) bt Nadia Lalami (Mor) 6-4 6-3.
LTA CHAMPIONSHIP (Bournemouth): Men: 1st rd: Alessandro Piccari (Ita) bt Daniel Smethurst (Gbr) 6-0 6-4, David Rice (Brit) bt Jack Carpenter (Brit) 6-2 6-0, Pierre Metenier (Fra) bt Patrick Eichenberger (Swi) 6-2 6-2, Marcel Zimmermann (Ger) bt Colin O’Brien (Irl) 6-3 6-4.
Diary
RUGBY: Irish Colleges (at Barnhall Rugby Football Club, Philipstown, Leixlip): All-Ireland Colleges Seven’s Competition at 1pm. All-Ireland Colleges O’Boyle Cup Freshers Final at 4pm; National University of Ireland-Maynooth v Carlow Institute of Technology.
