Cycling
TOUR DE ROMANDIE(ProTour), Switzerland, Stage One (Montreux-Fribourg): 1 R Serrano Gonzalez (Fuji-Servetto) 87kms in 2.08.35 (42.929km/h); 2 L Ytting Bak (Team Saxo Bank); 3 G Rast (Astana) both same time; Irish: 77 D Martin (Garmin - Slipstream) same time. Overalll: 1 G Rast (Astana) 2 hrs 12 mins 17 secs; 2 R Serrano Gonzalez (Fuji-Servetto) at 5 secs; 3 L Ytting Bak (Team Saxo Bank) at 12 secs; 4 F Rabon (Team Columbia-High Road) at 33 secs; 5 S Casar (Française des jeux) at 35 secs; 6 T Martin (Team Columbia-High Road) same time. Irish: 74 D Martin (Garmin-Slipstream) at 51 secs.
Gaelic games
DUBLIN SFC:First round: UCD 1-14 (C Ling 1-4, M Mac Ronald 0-3, C Ó Ceallaigh 0-2, S Ó Lochlain 0-2, O Ó Maoilidomhna 0-1, S Quinn 0-2), St Mary's 2-10 (D Marshall 2-2, B Kelly, 0-3, L Magee 0-2, C Broderick 0-1, D Byrne 0-1, D Carrigan 0-1.
LEINSTER VS JFB Final - Cnoc Mhuire, Granard 4-13 Tullamore College 1-13; Leinster Schools Juv H A Barry Cup (Round 3) - North Offaly (scr) Dublin South (w/o); Kilkenny CBS 2-5 Westmeath Schools 1-6, Laois Schools 0-14 Dublin North 0-14. Dublin Schools Juv H E (semi-final) - St Joseph's Rush 5-6 Hartstown CS 2-4.
Snooker
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP(The Crucible, Sheffield): Quarter-finals: S Murphy (Eng) bt S Hendry (Sco) 13-11, M Allen (N Irl) bt R Day (Wal) 13-11; N Robertson (Aus) bt S Maguire (Scot) 13-8.
Soccer
TODAY’S FIXTURES
Uefa Cup - Semi-finals, first legs: Dynamo Kiev v Shakhtar Donetsk (5.30); Werder Bremen v Hamburg (7.45)
Tennis
ROME MASTERS Men (prefix denotes seeding) Second round: 10-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switz) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-3 7-6(5), 1-Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-2 6-3, 12-Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt Janko Tipsarevic (Serb) 6-4 6-4, 6-Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Mardy Fish (US) 6-4 5-7 6-3, 2-Roger Federer (Swit) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 6-4 6-4, Juergen Melzer (Aust) bt 7-Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 7-5 7-6(5), 13-Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-2
7-6(5), Juan Monaco (Arg) bt 4-Andy Murray (Sco) 1-6 6-3 7-5, 15-Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-0 5-7 6-2, Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Victor Crivoi (Rom) 6-1
6-7(2) 6-1. First round: 16-Radek Stepanek (Cze Rep) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 7-6(1) 4-6
7-5, Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) bt 11-David Ferrer (Spa) 6-3 2-6 6-2, Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt 9-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 7-6(2) 6-4.
MOROCCO GRAND PRIX(Fez, second round, prefix number denotes seeding): Women: 6-E Makarova (Rus) bt A Morigami (Jpn) 6-0 6-1, 2-A Kleybanova (Rus) bt J Groth (Slo) 6-4 6-1, 1-A Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt K Zakopalova (Cze Rep) 1-6 7-6(1) 6-3.
STUTTGART GRAND PRIXWomens second round (prefix denotes seeding). G Dulko (Arg bt 4-V Azarenka (Bel) 6-4 6-3, First round: 3-J Jankovic (Ser) bt D Cibulkova (Slo) 6-1 6-1, F Pennetta (Ita) bt A Chakvetadze (Rus) 6-2 6-0, D Hantuchova (Slo) bt A Cornet (Fra) 6-3 6-1,
5-S Kuznetsova (Rus) bt A Petkovic (Ger) 6-4 5-7 6-1, 6-N Petrova (Rus) bt Z Jie (Chi) 6-4 5-7 6-4.
