May 17.2C 2009 .28Sunday.29 May 2009 in sports

1 may 17, 2009 (sunday)

1.1 auto racing
1.2 badminton
1.3 basketball
1.4 cricket
1.5 cycling
1.6 football (soccer)
1.7 golf
1.8 ice hockey
1.9 lacrosse
1.10 motorcycle racing
1.11 shooting
1.12 snooker
1.13 tennis

may 17, 2009 (sunday)
auto racing

world touring car championship:

pau grand prix in pau, france

race 1: (1) robert huff (chevrolet cruze) (2) augusto farfus (bmw 320si) (3) jörg müller (bmw 320si)
race 2: (1) alain menu (chevrolet cruze) (2) farfus (3) huff

standings (after 8 of 24 races): (1) yvan muller (seat león 2.0 tdi) 45 points (2) farfus 39 (3) gabriele tarquini (seat león 2.0 tdi) 34






fia gt championship:

adria 2 hours in adria, italy

(1) michael bartels & andrea bertolini (maserati mc12 gt1) (2) mike hezemans & anthony kumpen (chevrolet corvette c6.r) (3) miguel ramos & alex müller (maserati mc12 gt1)

standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) bartels & bertolini 18 points (2) hezemans & kumpen 13 (3) guillaume moreau & xavier maassen (chevrolet corvette c6.r) 11






deutsche tourenwagen masters:

round 1 in hockenheim, germany

(1) tom kristensen (audi a4) (2) timo scheider (audi a4) (3) oliver jarvis (audi a4)

standings (after 1 of 10 races): (1) kristensen 10 points (2) scheider 8 (3) jarvis 6







badminton

sudirman cup in guangzhou, china:

final: china  3–0  south korea

china win cup third successive time , seventh time in last 8 tournaments, without losing match throughout tournament.





basketball

nba playoffs (seeding in parentheses):

eastern conference semifinals:

game 7 in boston: (3) orlando magic 101, (2) boston celtics 82. magic win series 4–3.


western conference semifinals:

game 7 in los angeles: (1) los angeles lakers 89, (5) houston rockets 70. lakers win series 4–3.




asia champions cup in jakarta, indonesia:

quarterfinals:

young cagers 73–97 mahram
sangmu 70–89 zain
al-arabi 76–71 smart gilas
al-riyadi 86–69 satria muda




french cup final:

le mans 79–65 nancy



cricket

west indies in england:

2nd test in chester-le-street, day 4:

 england 569/6d;  west indies 310 (ramnaresh sarwan 100) & 115/3 (f/o). west indies trail 144 runs 7 wickets remaining.





cycling

giro d italia:

stage 9: (1) mark cavendish (team columbia-high road) 4h 16 13 (2) allan davis (quick step) s.t. (3) tyler farrar (garmin-slipstream) s.t

general classification: (1) danilo di luca (l.p.r. brakes-farnese vini) 37h 29 48 (2) thomas lövkvist (team columbia-high road) + 13 (3) michael rogers (team columbia-high road) + 44





football (soccer)

european domestic (national) competitions: (listed countries alphabetic order; league standings prior match in parentheses; teams win titles in bold; teams qualify champions league in italics)

austrian bundesliga, matchday 34 of 36:

red bull salzburg clinch championship , qualify champions league, result of 2nd place rapid vienna s 3–0 loss ried.


croatian prva hnl, matchday 31 of 33:

dinamo zagreb clinch championship , qualify champions league, 2–0 win on slaven belupo.


french ligue 1, matchday 36 of 38:

(2) marseille 1–3 (3) lyon

standings: bordeaux 74 points, marseille 71, lyon 67.




italian serie a, matchday 32 of 34:

(1) inter 3–0 (14) siena
(3) juventus 2–2 (11) atalanta
(4) fiorentina 1–0 (12) sampdoria
(5) genoa 2–2 (16) chievo

standings: inter 81 points, milan 71, juventus 68, fiorentina 67, genoa 62. juventus clinch berth in champions league.




dutch cup final in rotterdam:

heerenveen 2–2 (et) twente. heerenveen win 5–4 in penalty shootout.

heerenveen win first ever trophy in history, , qualify europa league.




romanian liga i, matchday 31 of 34:

(1) dinamu bucureşti 3–1 (3) timişoara
(12) oţelul galaţi 0–2 (2) unirea urziceni

standings: dinamo 65 points, urziceni 63, timişoara 58.




scottish premier league, matchday 37 of 38:

(6) hibernian 0–0 (2) celtic

standings: rangers 83 points, celtic 81. celtic must beat hearts , hope rangers don t beat dundee united win title.




spanish la liga, matchday 36 of 38:

(10) mallorca 2–1 (1) barcelona

samuel eto o scores 29th goal of season barcelona, misses penalty in injury time level score.


(6) atlético madrid 1–0 (4) valencia

standings: barcelona 86 points, real madrid 78, sevilla 64, atlético madrid 61, valencia & villarreal 59.




turkish süper lig, matchday 32 of 34:

(13) ankaragücü 1–3 (2) beşiktaş
(3) trabzonspor 1–0 (6) bursaspor

standings: beşiktaş 65 points, sivasspor 63, trabzonspor 62.







golf

pga tour:

valero texas open in san antonio, texas:

winner: zach johnson 265 (−15) po

johnson defeats james driscoll , erased johnson s 8-shot lead entering final day 62, on first playoff hole.






european tour:

irish open in baltray, ireland:

winner: shane lowry (a) 271 (−17) po

lowry beat robert rock on 3rd playoff hole become third amateur winner in european tour history.






lpga tour:

sybase classic in clifton, new jersey:

winner: ji young oh 264 (−14)





ice hockey

stanley cup playoffs (seeding in parentheses):

western conference finals:

game 1 in detroit: (2) detroit red wings 5, (4) chicago blackhawks 2. red wings lead series 1–0.





lacrosse

ncaa division men s championship (seeding in parentheses; times et):

quarterfinals in annapolis, maryland:

(1) virginia 19, (8) johns hopkins 8
(3) duke 12, (4) north carolina 11





motorcycle racing

moto gp:

french motorcycle grand prix in le mans, france

(1) jorge lorenzo (yamaha yzr-m1) (2) marco melandri (kawasaki zx-rr) (3) dani pedrosa (honda rc212v)

riders standings after 4 of 17 races: (1) lorenzo 66 points (2) valentino rossi (yamaha yzr-m1) & casey stoner (ducati desmosedici) 65






superbike world championship:

kyalami superbike world championship round in midrand, south africa

race 1: (1) noriyuki haga (ducati 1098r) (2) michel fabrizio (ducati 1098r) (3) ben spies (yamaha yzf-r1)
race 2: (1) haga (2) fabrizio (3) jonathan rea (honda cbr1000rr)

riders standings after 6 of 14 rounds: (1) haga 250 points (2) fabrizio 165 (3) spies 162







shooting

issf world cup in munich, germany: (qualification scores in parentheses)

men s 50 metre pistol: 01 ! vladimir gontcharov 666.5 (567) 02 ! damir mikec 666.1 (574) 03 ! rashid yunusmetov 664.9 (568)
women s 25 metre pistol: 01 ! yuan jing 793.0 (588) 02 ! zhao xu 789.0 (582) 03 ! munkhbayar dorjsuren 788.4 (589)
men s double trap: 01 ! joshua richmond 188 (145) 02 ! richard faulds 187+2 (143) 03 ! rashid al-athba 187+0 (144)



snooker

world series of snooker in killarney, ireland

final: shaun murphy 5–1 jimmy white



tennis

atp tour , wta tour:

madrid masters in madrid, spain: (seeding in parentheses)

men s final: roger federer (2) def. rafael nadal (1) 6–4, 6–4

federer wins first atp title of year , stops nadal s winning streak on clay @ 33 matches.


women s final: dinara safina (1) def. caroline wozniacki (9) 6–2, 6–4

safina wins second tournament in successive weeks after victory in rome last week. wozniacki reach first career tier final.