May 24.2C 2009 .28Sunday.29 May 2009 in sports

1 may 24, 2009 (sunday)

1.1 auto racing
1.2 basketball
1.3 cricket
1.4 cycling
1.5 football (soccer)
1.6 golf
1.7 ice hockey
1.8 rugby union
1.9 shooting
1.10 tennis

may 24, 2009 (sunday)
auto racing

formula one:

monaco grand prix in monte carlo, monaco: (1) jenson button (brawn–mercedes) (2) rubens barrichello (brawn-mercedes) (3) kimi räikkönen (ferrari)

drivers standings (after 6 of 17 races): (1) button 51 points (2) barrichello 35 (3) sebastian vettel (red bull–renault) 23




sprint cup series:

coca-cola 600 in concord, north carolina: postponed may 25, due rain.


indycar series:

indianapolis 500 in speedway, indiana: (1) hélio castroneves (penske racing) (2) dan wheldon (panther racing) (3) danica patrick (andretti green racing)

drivers standings (after 4 of 17 races): (1) dario franchitti (chip ganassi racing) 122 points (2) castroneves 117 (3) ryan briscoe (penske racing) 114




world rally championship:

rally d italia sardegna: (1) jari-matti latvala (ford focus rs wrc 08) 4:00:55.7 (2) mikko hirvonen (ford focus rs wrc 08) 4:01:25.1 (3) petter solberg (citroën xsara wrc) 4:02:53.3

drivers standings (after 6 of 12 rallies): (1) sébastien loeb 55 points (2) hirvonen 38 (3) dani sordo 31





basketball

nba playoffs (seeding in parentheses)

eastern conference finals:

game 3 in orlando: (3) orlando magic 99, (1) cleveland cavaliers 89. magic lead series 2–1.




russian super league playoff final:

game 3: khimky moscow region 67–66 cska moscow. cska lead best-of-5 series 2–1.



cricket

west indies in england:

2nd odi in bristol:

 west indies 160 (38.3 ov);  england 161/4 (36.0 ov). england win 6 wickets, lead 3-match series 1–0.




indian premier league final in johannesburg:

deccan chargers 143/6 (20 ov); royal challengers bangalore 137/9 (20 ov). deccan chargers win 6 runs.



cycling

giro d italia:

stage 15: (1) leonardo bertagnolli (diquigiovanni-androni) 4h 18 34 (2) serge pauwels (cervélo testteam) + 54 (3) marco pinotti (team columbia-high road) s.t.

general classification: (1) denis menchov (rabobank) 62h 54 23 (2) danilo di luca (l.p.r. brakes-farnese vini) + 34 (3) levi leipheimer (astana team) + 40




uci protour:

volta catalunya:

stage 7: (1) greg henderson (team columbia-high road) 2h 26 51 (2) lloyd mondory (ag2r-la mondiale) s.t. (3) fabio sabatini (liquigas) s.t.

final general classification: (1) alejandro valverde (caisse d epargne) 24h 12 10 (2) dan martin (garmin-slipstream) + 15 (3) haimar zubeldia (astana team) + 22







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 cup final in mattersburg:

trenkwalder admira 1–3 (et) austria vienna

austria vienna win cup 27th time, , qualify europa league.




belgian first division championship playoff, second leg: (first leg result in parentheses)

standard liège 1–0 (1–1) anderlecht. standard win 2–1 on aggregate.

standard win championship 2nd straight year , 10th in history, , qualify champions league group stage. anderlecht enter champions league @ 3rd qualifying round.




danish superliga, matchday 32 of 33:

f.c. copenhagen win championship, , qualify champions league.


english premier league, final matchday:

(7) fulham 0–2 (5) everton
(2) liverpool 3–1 (8) tottenham

final standings: manchester united 90 points, liverpool 86, chelsea 83, arsenal 72, everton 63, aston villa 62, fulham 53, tottenham & west ham 51.
fulham clinch last berth in europa league.
middlesbrough, newcastle , west bromwich relegated football league championship.




italian serie a, matchday 33 of 34:

(9) cagliari 2–1 (1) inter
(2) milan 2–3 (6) roma
(14) siena 0–3 (3) juventus
(20) lecce 1–1 (4) fiorentina
(17) torino 2–3 (5) genoa

standings: inter 81 points, juventus & milan 71, fiorentina 68, genoa 65, roma 60.
juventus secure berth in champions league group stage. milan , fiorentina qualify champions league. if fiorentina beat milan on may 31 clinch spot in group stage, otherwise milan go group stage. genoa , roma clinch berths in europa league.
lecce , reggina relegated serie b. 3rd relegation berth determined next sunday between torino , bologna.




romanian liga i, matchday 32 of 34:

(2) unirea urziceni 1–0 (1) dinamo bucurești

unirea goes top 66 points, 1 ahead of dinamo.




scottish premier league, final matchday:

(4) dundee united 0–3 (1) rangers
(2) celtic 0–0 (3) hearts
(5) aberdeen 2–1 (6) hibernian

final standings: rangers 86 points, celtic 82, hearts 59, aberdeen 53 (goal difference +1), dundee united 53 (−3), hibernian 47.
rangers win championship 52nd time , qualify champions league group stage. celtic have content second place , berth in champions league third qualifying round. aberdeen edge dundee united goal difference , qualify europa league, hearts , falkirk, scottish cup finalist.




swiss super league, matchday 35 of 36:

fc zürich win championship, , qualify champions league.


turkish süper lig, matchday 33 of 34:

(1) beşiktaş 2–1 (4) galatasaray
(2) sivasspor 3–2 (12) gençlerbirliği
(10) eskişehirspor 2–5 (3) trabzonspor

standings: beşiktaş 68 points, sivasspor 66, trabzonspor 65.







golf

senior majors:

senior pga championship in beachwood, ohio:

winner: michael allen (usa) 274 (−6)

allen, defeats larry mize (usa) 2 shots, becomes fourth golfer ever, , first since jack nicklaus in 1990, win major on champions tour debut.






pga tour:

hp byron nelson championship in irving, texas:

winner: rory sabbatini (zaf) 261 (−19)




european tour:

bmw pga championship in wentworth, england:

winner: paul casey (eng) 271 (−17)

casey birdies last 2 holes finish 1 shot ahead of ross fisher (eng), , moves career-high #3 world ranking.






lpga tour:

lpga corning classic in corning, new york:

winner: yani tseng (twn) 267 (−21)

tseng finishes 1 shot ahead of soo-yun kang (kor) , paula creamer (usa) , becomes youngest lpga golfer us$2 million in career earnings.







ice hockey

stanley cup playoffs: (seeding in parentheses, times et)

western conference finals:

game 4 in chicago: (2) detroit red wings 6, (4) chicago blackhawks 1. red wings lead series 3–1.





rugby union

sevens world series:

london sevens in london

final:  new zealand 26–31 (aet)  england

standings after 7 of 8 events: (1)  south africa 116 points (2)  england 96 (3)  fiji 82

 south africa clinch season crown unless place outside top 9 teams in season-ending edinburgh sevens next weekend , england win tournament.









shooting

issf world cup in milan, italy: (qualification scores in parentheses)

women s 10 metre air pistol: 01 ! guo wenjun 489.9 (392) 02 ! hu jun 488.6 (388) 03 ! mirosława sagun-lewandowska 486.0 (385)
men s 10 metre air pistol: 01 ! lukas grunder 691.1 (588 ejwr) 02 ! serhiy kudriya 682.2 (583) 03 ! denis kulakov 680.6 (582)



tennis

french open in paris, day 1: (seeding in parentheses)

men s singles, first round:

andy murray (3) bt juan ignacio chela 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
gilles simon (7) bt wayne odesnik 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
fernando verdasco (8) bt florent serra 6–2, 6–1, 6–4


women s singles, first round:

ana ivanovic (8) bt sara errani 7–6 (7/3), 6–3
victoria azarenka (9) bt roberta vinci 6–4, 6–2