400m hurdles: 1 F Mori (It) 48.93; 2 S Diagana (Fr) 49.15; 3 R Mashchenko (Rus) 49.74 5 C Rawlinson (GB) 51.06. 4×100m relay: 1 Italy 38.80; 2 Norway 38.96; 3 Britain 39.08. 4×400m relay: 1 Britain 2:59.46; 2 Italy 3:02.60; 3 Russia 3:03.09; 4 France 3:03.58; 5 Germany 3:03.78; 6 Spain 3:04.50; 7 Greece 3:05.88; 8 Norway 3:07.31. Doubles final: E Ferreira (SA) and P Galbraith (US) bt D Sapsford and C Wilkinson (GB) 4-6 7-6 7-6..

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100m: 1 L Christie (GB) 10.04sec; 2 G Moen (Nor) 10.18; 3 A Fedoriv (Rus) 10.19. 200m: 1= L Christie (GB) 20.56sec, G Panayiotopoulos (Gr) 20.56; 3 G Moen (Nor) 20.60. NOTTINGHAM MEN’S OPEN Semi-finals: K Kucera (Slovak) bt T Henman (GB) 6-4 2-6 6-4; G Rusedski (GB) bt S Stolle (Aus) 6-3 6-4 Final: Rusedski bt Kucera 6-4 7-5. Andres Gomez of Ecuador outlasted Bjorn Borg of Sweden yesterday to win the ATP Senior Tour tournament in Prague. The 37-year-old South American, one of the most successful players on the seniors tour, dropped the first set to Borg, a five-times Wimbledon champion, but went on to triumph 2- 6, 6-4, 7-6. Big breezes, many capsizes and some inevitable gear damage allowed the Budgen brothers and Dick Parker to win the second second Aquatonic 18ft skiff regatta at Southend in a four-race schedule yesterday to make up for a lost Saturday..

The other aim is to set an all-woman record as part of the build-up to attacking at the end of this year the new round the world record of 71 days 14hr 18min 8sec set by Olivier de Kersauson on 19 May. Overall standings: 1 C Boardman (GB) Gan 14hr 34min 26sec; 2 A L Casero (Sp) Banesto +12sec; 3 F Escartin (Sp) Kelme +23; 4 A de las Cuevas (Fr) Banesto +33; 5 A Leanizbarrutia (Sp) ONCE +33; 6 A Gonzalez (Sp) Euskadi +33; 7 A Marino (Sp) Banesto +33; 8 B Voskamp (Neth) TVM +36; 9 P Tonkov (Rus) Mapei +39; 10 M Zarrabeitia (Sp) ONCE +40.. The nine-strong all-woman crew of skipper of Tracy Edwards’ 92-foot catamaran, Royal & Sun Alliance, set off at dawn from yesterday from New York in a bid to break the transatlantic record of six days 13 hours and three minutes set by Serge Madec’s Jet Services in 1990. Overall standings: 1 C Agnolutto (Fr) 18:43:18; 2 Camenzind +5:14; 3 Ullrich +6:15.TOUR OF CATALONIA Fourth stage (130km, San Juan Despi to Barcelona) Leading positions: 1 J Svorada (Slovak) Mapei 3hr 26min 24sec; 2 F Colonna (It) Asics; 3 F Moncassin (Fr) Gan; 4 M Strazzer (It) Rosslotto; 5 E Cassani (It) Polti; 6 L Michaelsen (Den) TVM; 7 I Flores (Sp) Euskadi; 8 A Leanznibarrutia (Sp) ONCE; 9 A Edo (Sp) Kelme; 10 J Hunt (GB) Banesto all same time. RTTC NATIONAL 50-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP (Crawley, Sussex): 1 S Yates (Team Clean) 1:43:33; 2 G Butler (Norwood Paragon) 1:45:52; 3 G Platts (Coalville Wh) 1:47:14; 4 S Dangerfield (Wheelbase CC) 1:47:34; 5 S Howes (Giant RT) 1:47:58; 6 G Dighton (Leo RC) 1:48:37. Team: Leo RC 5:28:54.
TOUR OF SWITZERLAND Sixth stage (31.5km time trial, Spiez): 1 D Extebarria (Sp) 3hr 55min 56sec; 2 L Piepoli (It) +11sec; 3 F Casagrande (It) +21; 4 O Camenzind (Swit) 43; 5 F Carcia Casaa (Sp) +1:02; 6 S Garzelli (It) +1:06. IBC CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (Atlantic City, NJ): M Grant (US) bt A Cole (US; holder) rsf 10th..

Rob Hayles, who was flown home by air ambulance from the World Cup track meeting in Milan after spending a night in hospital following a heart problem, is to have an examination at the British Olympic Medical Centre today. Hayles, 24, from Portsmouth, who was due to compete in the team pursuit event, was found to have an erratic heartbeat after being taken ill at his hotel. That feeling of being surrounded by goodwill is what he is likely to miss more than anything now that his international career is over.. South Africa’s Francois Botha, a former International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion, outpointed Lee Gilbert in a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night to retain the World Boxing Association North American title. On the same bill in Tampa, Florida, Ghana’s Nana Konadu outpointed Thailand’s Daorung Siriwat to reclaim the WBA bantamweight title; Jamaica’s Uriah Grant outpointed Adolpho Washington to take the IBF cruiserweight title; and Charles Brewer stopped South Africa’s Gary Ballard in the fifth round to claim the vacant IBF super middleweight title. I was concentrating on beating Geir,” Christie said, before learning that the race had been given as a dead heat.Before the competition began, Christie gave a glimpse of the carapace of self-belief all great athletes require as he declared, not for the first time, that he was the best. But he believes that his attitude has altered in recent years.”Winning isn’t everything,” Christie said “There are lots of other things in life than winning.