CYCLING TOUR OF SPAIN
Stage 20 result 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan / Astana) 33:39; 2 Samuel Sanchez (Spain / Euskaltel) +6 secs; 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne) +19; 4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary / Credit Agricole) +26; 5 Vladimir Karpets (Russia / Caisse d'Epargne) +30; 6 Stuart O'Grady (Australia / Team CSC) +32; 7 Carlos Sastre (Spain / Team CSC) +44; 8Vladimir Gusev (Russia / Discovery Channel) +49; 9 Thorsten Hiekmann (Germany / Gerolsteiner) +55; 10 Sebastien Rosseler (Belgium / Quick-Step) +1:00 Overall standings 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan / Astana) 77:42:17; 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne) +1:12; 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakhstan / Astana) +3:12 4 Carlos Sastre (Spain / Team CSC) +3:35 5 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spain / Saunier Duval) +6:51 6 Tom Danielson (U.S. / Discovery Channel) +8:09 7 Samuel Sanchez (Spain / Euskaltel) +8:29 8 Vladimir Karpets (Russia / Caisse d'Epargne) +10:36 9 Manuel Beltran (Spain / Discovery Channel) +10:47 10Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spain / Co"dis) +11:32

EQUESTRIANISM SHOW JUMPING
CSIO5 Competition No 7 - Trofeo Massimo Dutti Barcelona, Spain 1 Kire Royal Star; Roger-Yves BOST (FRA) Faults 0.00 Time 53.55 2Indiana; Harrie SMOLDERS (NED) Faults 0.00 Time 54.61 3Javelot Du Loup; Felipe RAMOS GUINATO (BRA) Faults 0.00 Time 56.16 4Whinny Jackson; Billy TWOMEY (IRL) Faults 0.00 Time 56.80 40 starters GAELIC GAMES ALL-IRELAND U-21 HC FINAL REPLAY At Semple Stadium KILKENNY 1-11 J (R Power 0-6 (0-4 frees); A Murphy 0-3; P Hogan 1-0; Fitzpatrick, R Hogan 0-1 each) TIPPERARY 0-11 D Egan 0-5 (all frees); D O'Hanlon, P Austin 0-2 each; J Woodlock, R Ruth 0-1 each)

ULSTER COLLEGES FOOTBALL
Ranafas Cup Omagh CBS 3-7 St Patrick's Cavan 1-11; St Patrick's Dungannon 3-10 St Patrick's Armagh 1-10; St Michael's Enniskillen 2-8 Abbey CBS 0-3; St Mary's CBS Belfast 4-10 St McCartan's Monaghan 4-4; St Colman's Newry 2-12 St Patrick's Maghera 1-9

ULSTER COLLEGES SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Mageean Cup Cross and Passion Ballycastle 1-10 St Louis Ballymena 1-10 Casement Cup St Patrick's Keady 2-14 Colaiste Feriste 1-6

GOLF HSBC WORLD MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Wentworth, Surrey Semi-final P Casey bt Colin Montgomerie 6 & 5
MADRID OPEN La Morela GC Leading Thjird Round Scores 197 Ian Poulter 67 66 64 201 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 67 6767 202 Christian L Nilsson (Swe) 68 66 68, Gary Orr 67 65 70 203 Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 67 69 67, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 68 6 8 67 204 Gary Evans 69 70 65, Padraig Harrington 67 65 72 205 Ignacio Garrido (Esp)68 66 71, Phillip Price 70 67 68 206 David Carter 70 71 65, David Grif"ths 70 69 67, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 65 69 72, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 71 67 68, Steve Webster 71 68 67 Selected others 209 Darren Clarke 68 72 69 210 Damien McGrane 68 68 74 211 David Higgins 70 68 73 212 Peter Lawrie 74 69 69 IRISH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Druids Glen Third Round scores 213 R Giles (Greenore) 69, 73, 71; 216 J Dwyer (Ashbourne) 75, 72, 69; P Martin (BelvoirPark) 72, 74, 70; S Thornton (Royal Co Down) 73, 71, 72; L Walker ( Dundalk) 69, 73, 74; D Mortimer (Newlands) 68, 72, 76; 217 P Jones (Coollattin) 76, 69, 72; 218 J Pitkanen (Unattached) 73, 71, 74; P Walton (Quinns of Bagnelstown) 72, 71, 75; 219 J Dignam ( SladeValley) 71, 74, 74; 220 D Mooney (NevadaBobs Belfast) 76, 73, 71; 221 R Burns (Newlands) 76, 72, 73; D Gleeson (Unattached) 74, 72, 75; 222 S Hamill (Lisburn) 75, 74, 73; B McGovern (Headfort) 76, 73, 73; B Smyth (Ardee) 78, 68,76; K Morris (Fota Island) 73, 70, 79; 223 M Collins ( MallowGolfRange) 76, 75, 72; E Brady (Clontarf) 74, 75, 74; J Bolger (Kilkenny) 73, 75, 75; 224 K O'Donnell (Newlands) 75, 76, 73; J Foster (Malone) 74, 77, 73; G Burke (Curragh) 72, 78, 74; C Mallon (Ballylif"n) 76, 74, 74; M O'Mahony (Ashbourne) 73, 75, 76; M Kynes (Greenore) 73, 74, 77; 225 E Darcy (Unattached) 71, 72, 82; 226 G Byrne (Hermitage) 75, 76, 75; G Robinson (Coollattin) 77, 73, 76; E Tracey (Ballina) 72, 76, 78; 227 L Owens (Elm Park) 73, 77, 77; B Hamill (Barry Hamill Golf Academy) 76, 74, 77; G Loughrey (Roganstown) 75, 74, 78; S Fitzpatrick (Powerscourt) 70, 72, 85; 228 M Collins (Fermoy) 76, 77, 75; B Trainor (Bray) 74, 78, 76; P Hanna (Fortwilliam) 74, 77, 77; E Doyle (Heritage) 70, 77, 81; 229 G Wardlow (Dunmurry) 77, 75, 77; D Ryan ( CahirPark) 72, 75, 82; F Howley (Carton House) 74, 72, 83; 230 D MacFarlane ( East Cork) 76, 77, 77; M Twitchett (Hilton Templepatrick) 77, 73, 80; 232 J Murray (Malahide) 74, 79, 79; P O'Hagan (unattached) 73, 78, 81; 233 M Ward (P&M Golf Superstore Ltd) 75, 79, 79; P Gittens (Corrstown) 76, 78, 79; N Manchip ( GUINationalAcademy) 72, 76, 85; 235 C Lyttle (Ballyclare) 80, 74, 81; J Murray (Hollystown) 75, 77, 83; 239 D Hayes (Dungarvan) 75, 78, 86;
SENIOR CUP FINAL Enniscrone Golf Club GALWAY 4 KNOCK 1 (Galway names first) Joe Lyons halved with Michael Sinclair; Eddie McCormack bt Edward McAnoy 4/3; David Scully bt Nicky Grant 5/3; Stephen Keenan halved with Colin Fairweather; Tom Nolan bt James Patterson 4/3.

JIMMY BRUEN SHIELD FINAL Enniscrone Golf Club ROSSLARE 3 CASTLEBLAYNEY 2 (Rosslare names "rst) Liam Brett & Eoin McCarthy lost to Eamon Tavey & Kevin Quinn 6/5; James Doyle & Michae O'Connor bt Alan Bolger & Joe Quinn 1 hole; Jonathan Stewart & Ian Lynch bt Raymond McHugh & Eugene Hughes 2/1; Tiarnan Rossiter & John Skerritt lost to Frank McDonnell & Eugene McGuigan 19th; Ken Maher & Tom Kennedy bt Mick Fee & Declan McAteer 1 hole.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Seri Selangor Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur Final scores & totals 271 Singapore (Mardan Mamat/Lam Chih Bing) 65 73 63 70 278 Italy (Emanuele Canonica/Francesco Molinari) 68 75 64 71 280 Switzerland (Martin Rominger/Nicolas Sulzes) 70 74 65 71, India (Shiv Kapur/Gaurav Ghei) 68 70 66 76 281 Hong Kong (James Stewart/David Freeman) 63 78 70 70, Malaysia (Danny Chia/Iain Steel) 65 78 63 75 282 Philippines (Gerald Rosales/Juvic Pagunsan) 64 74 70 74, Finland (Mikko Maneros/Juha Pekka Peltomaki) 69 72 67 74 286 Chinese Taipei (Lu Wei lan/Lu Wei chih) 70 75 68 73 287 Myanmar (Zaw Moe/Soe Kyaw Naing) 72 78 69 68 290 Holland (Ruben Wechgelaer/John Bleys) 73 73 65 79 294 Pakistan (Muhammed Munir/Imdad Hussain) 69 78 69 78 296 Ghana (Emos Korblah/Victo Brave Mensah) 69 79 72 76 316 Mauritius (Billy Narraina/Vishnoo Seeneevassen) 75 85 78 78 Singapore and Italy qualify for World Cup to take place 7-10 December at The Sandy Lane Resort, Barbados SIEMENS AUSTRIAN LADIES OPEN Golfclub Fohrenwald-Wiener Leading Third Round Scores 200 Sophie Gustafson (SWE)71 64 65 205 Anne-Marie Knight (AUS)71 71 63 206 Laura Davies (ENG) 70 70 66 Lisa Hall (ENG) 69 69 68 208 Ana B Sanchez (ESP) 75 66 67 209 Louise Friberg (SWE) 70 72 67 210 Anja Monke (GER) 71 70 69 Stephanie Arricau (FRA) 69 71 70 Federica Piovano (ITA) 71 68 71 211 Rebecca Hudson (ENG)72 71 68 212 Fame More (ENG) 73 71 68 213 Julie Forbes (SCO) 76 69 68 Mianne Bagger (DEN) 73 72 68 Asa Gottmo (SWE) 70 73 70 Carmen Alonso (ESP) 74 68 71 Carlie Butler (AUS) 75 67 71 Rebecca Coakley (IRE) 71 71 71 MOTORSPORT AUSTRALIAN MOTO GP Qualifying results 1 Nicky Hayden (US) Honda 1:29.020 2 Shinya Nakano (Jap) Kawasaki 1:29.258 3 Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 1:29.271 4 Kenny Roberts Jr (US) KR211V 1:29.662 5 Colin Edwards (US) Yamaha 1:29.680 6 Carlos Checa (Spa) Yamaha 1:29.865 7Marco Melandri (Ita) Honda 1:29.949 8 Casey Stoner (Aus) Honda 1:29.969 9 Randy de Puniet (Fra) Kawasaki 1:30.037 10 Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 1:30.081 250cc qualifying 1 Jorge Lorenzo (Sp) Aprilia 1:32.717 2 Alex de Angelis (SM) Aprilia 1:33.602 3 Sylvain Guintoli (Fr) Aprilia 1:33.732 4 Andrea Dovizioso (It) Honda 1:33.866 5Marco Simoncelli (It) Gilera 1:33.941 6 Hiroshi Aoyama (Jpn) KTM 1:33.995 7 Hector Barbera (Sp) Aprilia 1:34.399 8 Yuki Takahashi (Jpn) Honda 1:34.486 9 Roberto Locatelli (It) Aprilia 1:34.650 10 Shuhei Aoyama (Jpn) Honda 1:35.158 125cc qualifying 1Mika Kallio (Fin) KTM 1:36.625 2 Alvaro Bautista (Spa) Aprilia 1:36.800 3 Lukas Pesek (Cze) Derbi 1:37.056 4 Thomas Luthi (Swi) Honda 1:37.084 5 Joan Olive (Spa) Aprilia 1:37.220 6Mattia Passini (Ita) Aprilia 1:37.292 7Raffaele de Rosa (Ita) Aprilia 1:37.294 8 Fabrizio Lai (Ita) Honda, 1:37.415 9 Julian Simon (Spa) KTM 1:37.533 10 Gabor Talmacsi (Hun) Honda 1:37.596 RUGBY LIMERICK CHARITY CUP FINAL At Thomond Park UL/BOHEMIANS 18 (B Martin, I Hanley, F Lawlor try each; T Luke pen) SHANNON 10 (M Lawlor, F Roche try each) FIRST TRUST ULSTER SENIOR LEAGUE BAMBRIDGE 7 (A Kennedy try, N Farr con) BALLYHINCH 17 (J Cullen, S Magaw 1 try each;

D Soper 1 pen, 2 cons) CITY OF DERRY 33 (J Mitchell 3 tries, S Brennan, R Brady, 1 try each; G Peoples 4 cons) ARDS 10 (D Manning 1 try, M Bamford 1 pen, 1 con) BELFAST HARLEQUINS 17 (pen try C McCarey 1 try, K Pyper 1 pen, 2 cons) BALLYMENA 16 (G Moore 1 try, D Strydom 3 pens, 1 con) DUNGANNON 27 (C Knipe 2 tries, S Lamb, R Mercer 1 try each; pen try, R McCarter 1 con) QUEENS 10 (G Fisher 1 try, 1 pen, 1 con) INSTONIANS 5 (J Brannigan 1 try) PORTADOWN 15 (A Going 5 pens) MALONE 29 pts (P Baird 2 tries J Andeson D Barbour R Botha try each P Coulter one con G Fry one con RAINEY 35pts (G Colemn D O'Kane try each J McMurray 2 pens 2 cons 5 drop goals) CONNACHT SENIOR LEAGUE At Crowley Park GALWEGIANS 20 (K Hickman, A Barrett, P Durcan try each, N Wakley pen, con) BUCCANEERS 15 (B Campbell, T Robinson try each, T Cregan pen, con) LEDDIN FINANCE LEINSTER SENIOR CUP At Stradbrook BLACKROCK COLLEGE 18 (D Dillon, R Woods try each; K McGowan 2 pens, con); BARNHALL 22 (S Darragh, J Lark, L Dodrell try each; C Connolly pen, 2 cons).

At Dr Hickey Park GREYSTONES 27 (J Power try, 2 pens, 3 cons; G Herrera, S Malone try each); TERENURE COLLEGE 28 (A Dunlop 3 tries; A Hughes try; M O'Neill 2 pens, con).

At Templeville Road ST MARY'S COLLEGE 38 (J Sexton try, 3 pens, 2 cons; J Norton, W Duggan, C O'Byrne, G Logan try each);

SEAPOINT 6 (B Keegan 2 pens).

At Station Road SUTTONIANS 31 (R Murphy 2 tries; N Murray try, con; J Tainui, A Ronan try each; P Maguire 2 cons); SKERRIES 5 (S Burton try) At Merrion Road WANDERERS 10 (H Davies try; B Treacy pen, con); COUNTY CARLOW 12 (R Jones try; R Barcoe pen, con) UNDER 20 INTERPROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP At Galway Sportsground CONNACHT 10 (A Gaughan try, A Wynne pen, con) LEINSTER 30 (C Healy 2 tries, P Donohoe, S Monaghan try each, B Collins 2 pens, 2 cons) GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP At Franklin Gardens NORTHAMPTON 33 (Reihana 3 pens, 2 cons; Smith, Lamont, Kydd, Spencer try each) BATH 18 (Barkley 2 pens, 1 con; Higgins, Stephenson try each) At Madejski Stadium LONDON IRISH 11 (R Flutey 2 pens; K Roche try) BRISTOL 23 (J Strange 3 pens, 2 cons; D Lemi, L Robinson try each) At Welford Road LEICESTER 27(Goode 5 pens, 1 con; Hipkiss, Rabeni try each) GLOUCESTER 27 Walker 2 pens, 2 dgs, 1 con;

Forrester, Allen try each; Davies pen) TENNIS ATP BCR OPEN Bucharest, Romania Semi-"nals Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt (8) PaulHenri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4 ret (5) Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt (2) Florent Serra (Fra) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4, ATP CHINA OPEN Beijing Semi-"nals (4) Mario Ancic (Cro) bt (8) Hyung Taik Lee (Kor) 4-6 6-1 6-1 (3) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt (6) Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha) 6-2 3-6 7-5, FEDERATION CUP WORLD GROUP FINAL Charleroi, Belgium Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) 6-1 6-3 Justine Henin-Hardenne (Bel) bt Flavia Pennetta 6-4 7-5 Match level 1-1 WTA WISMILAK INTERNATIONAL Bali, Indonesia Semi-"nals (1) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt (3) Lindsay Davenport (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (75) (6) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt (2) Patty Schnyder (Swi) 6-4 6-4, SPORTS DIARY ATHLETICS Track and Field Navan Sports Day.

Claremont Stadium, Hammer 10.30; Other events 12.00. Juvenile, junior, senior and masters' events; Senior/masters' 3000m.

M&F; Inter-club relays Hills British and Irish Junior Mountain Running C'ships Trial, Ticknock, Co Dublin, 1.30 Orienteering Fingal Scatter League Round 4, Brackenstown Road, Swords; Cork County League - Doneraile Forest Park, Co Cork, 10.00-1.00; South West League Round 1 - Tower Hill, Portlaw, Co Waterford, 11.00-1.00 CANOE POLO Irish Open, Kilcock CYCLING IVCA Sanyo Cup - 25 mile 2up Team TT, Batterstown, Co Meath, 10.00; Epic Blast MTB Race, Ballinastoe Woods , Co Wicklow, 10.00 GAELIC GAMES ALL-IRELAND SFC FINAL Croke Park Kerry v Mayo, 3.30, B Crowe (Cavan) ESB ALL-IRELAND MFC FINAL Croke Park Kerry v Roscommon, 1.30, S Doyle (Wexford) ALL-IRELAND JUNIOR SHIELD CAMOGIE CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL O'Moore Park Laois v Tyrone, 2.00 GOLF PGA Irish Championship, Druids Glen GREYHOUND RACING Clonmel; Lifford MOTORSPORT Clare MC, Stage Rally, Ennis, Co Clare, 8.45;

North-East MC Stages Rally, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, 10.00; Co Kildare MC Autotest, Tougher Industrial Estate, Newbridge, 11.00;

MEC Sprint, Cullenmore Bends, Ashford, Co Wicklow, 11.00; SRC Karting, Tynagh, Co Galway, 11.00, Torc MCC one-day Enduro (Southern Ctr & Torc C'ship Round 5), Clonaslee, Co Laois; Munster MCC practice day, Vernom, 1.00 ROWING Fermoy Autumn Sprints WINDSURFING Wavesailing Championship, Round 2, Achill, Co Mayo