Indian Premier League

Royal Challengers Bangalore 143 for 5 (Goswami 43, Hodge 3-29) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 139 for 6 (van Wyk 44*, Kumble 2-16) by five wickets

• In a contest of two desperate teams, Royal Challengers were simply more desperate, winning their second game of the season in six tries.
• Their desperation manifested itself positively, when they included three spinners in the side, opened the bowling with Pietersen and restricted Kolkata to a below-par total.
  
• And it showed up negatively, as they collapsed after a solid start - the first time both their openers got off the mark this season - and contrived to need 10 off the last over, having been 69 for 0 at one point.

Kings XI Punjab 119 for 8 (Sangakkara 45*, Malinga 2-12) beat Mumbai Indians 116 for 7 (Duminy 59, Abdulla 2-19) by three runs

• Talk about pulling one from out of the hat. Defending a small total Kings XI's three-pronged pace attack bowled canny spells to rock Mumbais' chase, and despite a composed half-century from Duminy, Punjab hung on to complete a nerve-wracking three-run victory.
• Mumbai hardly set a wrong foot forward from the time they lost the toss, striking early through spin and keeping their hands on the jugular through Malinga's late strikes, but failed to chase 120.
  
• Sangakkara had kept the innings alive with an important unbeaten 45 with scant support and it proved decisive in the end.
  
• Having struck early in the piece the task of bowling the last over, and defend 12 runs, came to Abdulla. And what an over it turned out to be.

Internazionali BNL d'Italia open

Singles - Second Round
[1] R Nadal (ESP) d A Seppi (ITA) 62 63
[2] R Federer (SUI) d I Karlovic (CRO) 64 64
[Q] J Monaco (ARG) d [4] A Murray (GBR) 16 63 75
[6] F Verdasco (ESP) d M Fish (USA) 64 57 63
J Melzer (AUT) d [7] N Davydenko (RUS) 75 76(5)
[10] S Wawrinka (SUI) d [Q] M Youzhny (RUS) 63 76(5)
[12] F Gonzalez (CHI) d J Tipsarevic (SRB) 64 64
[13] T Robredo (ESP) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 62 76(5)
[15] M Cilic (CRO) d C Rochus (BEL) 60 57 62
R Soderling (SWE) d [Q] V Crivoi (ROU) 61 67(2) 61
[Q] M Zverev (GER) d P Mathieu (FRA) 36 76(5) 60
[16] R Stepanek (CZE) d F Lopez (ESP) 62 61
[8] G Simon (FRA) d [WC] F Fognini (ITA) 67(6) 62 63
R Gasquet (FRA) d E Gulbis (LAT) 62 16 64
[5] J Del Potro (ARG) d V Troicki (SRB) 63 61 63

Singles - First Round
R Gasquet (FRA) d [9] J Tsonga (FRA) 76(2) 64
P Mathieu (FRA) d [11] D Ferrer (ESP) 63 26 62
[16] R Stepanek (CZE) d F Serra (FRA) 76(1) 46 75

Doubles- First Round
[WC] D Bracciali (ITA) / P Starace (ITA) d A Montanes (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP) 62 76(8)
[Alt] I Karlovic (CRO) / D Vemic (SRB) d F Cermak (CZE) / S Huss (AUS) 76(6) 57 10-8
J Blake (USA) / M Fish (USA) d S Aspelin (SWE) / W Moodie (RSA) 76(4) 61
M Melo (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) d R Lindstedt (SWE) / R Soderling (SWE) 75 62
[Alt] S Bolelli (ITA) / A Seppi (ITA) d F Lopez (ESP) / F Verdasco (ESP) w/o

UEFA Champions League SemiFinal - 1st Leg

Barcelona 0 - 0 Chelsea

For the second season running FC Barcelona were frustrated by English opposition in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals as a determined defensive effort from Chelsea FC earned a goalless draw in Catalonia

Man. United ( O'Shea 17 ) 1 - 0 Arsenal

John O'Shea's first-half goal gave Sir Alex Ferguson the result he had asked for as Manchester United FC beat Arsenal FC 1-0 in the opening leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final.

Team Standings

(MP W L NR RR P)

Hyderabad 4 4 0 0 +1.326 8

Delhi 3 3 0 0 +0.684 6

Mumbai 4 2 1 1 +1.650 5

Punjab 4 2 2 0 +0.271 4

Chennai 5 1 3 1 +0.702 3

Kolkata 5 1 3 1 -2.014 3

Rajasthan 4 1 2 1 -1.700 3

Bangalore 5 1 4 0 -0.566 2

A Dream innings by a pair of Age (36+40) together

Mumbai Indians 187 for 6 (Tendulkar 68, Jayasuriya 52) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 95 for 9 (Malinga 3-11, Nayar 3-13) by 92 runs

• Its a dream pair for anyone in cricket, watching Sachin and Jayasuriya opening an innings
• Everything went by the way of Mumbai Indians, they won the toss and chose to bat
• After a steady start for the first two overs,then the little master went after the KKR bowling sending the balls outside the park
• Jaysuriya joined the riot when dada came into bowling
• It was 111/0 at the strategy break, then some good fielding and good bowling got them 4 quick wickets
• At last Mumbai set a target of 188
• Gaye and Mccullum went early, but dada and hodge gave a little fight until the break
• After the strategy break Mumbai finished the things off
• Sachin was adjudged Man of The Match

Deccan wins 4th in a row

Deccan Chargers 169 for 4 (Gilchrist 44, Gibbs 69*) beat Chennai Super Kings 165 for 6 (Hayden 49, Oram 41*, Ojha 2-11) by six wickets

• A tenacious display from Chargers' bowlers followed by a murderous assault from their opening batsmen secured their fourth consecutive win of the tournament and firmly established the Hyderabad side as the team to beat this season.

Indian Premier League

Delhi Daredevils 150 for 4 (Dilshan 67*) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 149 for 7 (Pietersen 37, Nehra 2-34) by six wickets

• It looked like Delhis' batsmen had been a tad complacent while chasing a modest target, which Bangalores' bowlers defended tenaciously, but an unbeaten half-century from Dilshan completed their third consecutive win in the tournament
  
• The six-wicket victory took Delhi level with Deccan on top of the points table, with six each

Kings XI Punjab 139 for 6 (Sangakkara 60, Irfan 39) beat Rajasthan Royals (Jadeja 37, Abdulla 3-21, Irfan 2-26) by 27 runs

• Two pairs of left-handers played key roles as Kings XI steamrolled Royals in Cape Town
• Punjab struggled after early losses and it was left to Sangakkara to weigh in with his first half-century of the tournament and the star of the day, Irfan, to provide the momentum for a fightback.
• Then, defending a total of 139, Punjab were indebted to double-wicket overs from Irfan and Abdulla at the start

Constructors Standings

1 Brawn-Mercedes 50
2 RBR-Renault 27.5
3 Toyota 26.5
4 McLaren-Mercedes 13
5 Renault 5
6 BMW Sauber 4
7 STR-Ferrari 4
8 Williams-Toyota 3.5
9 Ferrari 3
10 Force India-Mercedes 0

Drivers Standings

1 Jenson Button British Brawn-Mercedes 31
2 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Brawn-Mercedes 19
3 Sebastian Vettel German RBR-Renault 18
4 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 14.5
5 Timo Glock German Toyota 12
6 Mark Webber Australian RBR-Renault 9.5
7 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 9
8 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 5
9 Nick Heidfeld German BMW Sauber 4
10 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish McLaren-Mercedes 4
11 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 3.5
12 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 3
13 Sebastien Buemi Swiss STR-Ferrari 3
14 Sebastien Bourdais French STR-Ferrari 1
15 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 0
16 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 0
17 Nelsinho Piquet Brazilian Renault 0
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Force India-Mercedes 0
19 Kazuki Nakajima Japanese Williams-Toyota 0
20 Robert Kubica Polish BMW Sauber 0

Baharain GP - Results

1 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes
2 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault
3 Jarno Trulli Toyota
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
5 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes
6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
7 Timo Glock Toyota
8 Fernando Alonso Renault
9 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota
10 Nelsinho Piquet Renault
11 Mark Webber RBR-Renault
12 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes
13 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari
14 Felipe Massa Ferrari
15 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes
16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes
17 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari
18 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
19 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber
Ret Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota

RAFA rules the Tennis world

• Rafa romped to an unprecedented 5th straight Barcelona Open title by beating Ferrer 6-2 7-5
• Nadal has now won 24 successive matches in Barcelona and has a 25-1 record in the event
• His only loss came to countryman Corretja in the second round in 2003, when he made his tournament debut aged 16
• In a repeat of the all-Spanish 2008 final Nadal sealed victory in one hour 45 minutes, racing through the first set before both players struggled with their serve at the start of the second
• There was a run of four games against the serve before Nadal found his rhythm again and, breaking Ferrer again in the 11th game before serving for the title
• To win again here in Barcelona, in my home club and at such an important tournament is incredible- Nadal said
  

Indian Premier League

M.Hayden - * Matches: 4 * Runs: 166 * Balls: 97 * SR: 171.13 * Avg: 55.33 * HS: 65




R.P.Singh - * Matches: 3 * Avg: 8.25 * SR: 8.7 * Wickets: 8 * Econ: 5.65

Weekend - Results

La Liga
Malaga - Deportivo 1 - 1
Almeria - Numancia 2 - 1
Valencia - Barcelona 2 - 2
Getafe - Villarreal 2 - 1
Recreativo - Mallorca 2 - 4
Valladolid - Osasuna 0 - 0
Athletic Bilbao - Racing 2 - 1
Espanyol - Betis 2 - 0
Sevilla - Real Madrid 2 - 4
Atletico de Madrid - Sporting de Gijon 3 - 1

Serie A
Chievo - Udinese 1 - 2
Fiorentina - AS Roma 4 - 1
Lazio - Atalanta 0 - 1
Torino - Siena 1 - 0
Milan - Palermo 3 - 0
Reggina - Juventus 2 - 2
Sampdoria - Cagliari 3 - 3
Bologna - Genoa 2 - 0
Lecce - Catania 2 - 1
Napoli - Inter 1 - 0
Barclays Premier League
Hull - Liverpool 1 - 3
West Ham - Chelsea 0 - 1
Fulham - Stoke 1 - 0
Bolton - Aston Villa 1 - 1
Everton - Manchester City 1 - 2
West Bromwich - Sunderland 3 - 0
Man Utd. - Tottenham 5 - 2
Arsenal - Middlesbrough 2 - 0
Blackburn - Wigan Athletic 2 - 0

Indian Premier League

Deccan Chargers 168 for 9 (Gibbs 58, Bravo 3-34, Malinga 3-19) beat Mumbai Indians 156 for 7 (Duminy 47, Ojha 3-21) by 12 runs

• The Kingsmead crowd was witness to a hard-fought contest between two evenly-matched teams and, after several twists and turns, Deccan, winners of last year's wooden spoon, clinched a tense battle against Mumbai
• Deccan overcame several setbacks - a middle-order collapse, an assault from Sachin and Duminy, and a spirited push towards the target from Mumbai's tail - to secure their third straight victory of the tournament

Chennai vs Kolkata match was abandoned due to rain

Barcelona Open - Semi Finals

Singles - Semi-finals

[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [3] N Davydenko (RUS) 63 62
[4] D Ferrer (ESP) d [5] [WC] F Gonzalez (CHI) 26 62 76(5)

Doubles - Semi-finals

[4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) d [1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) 62 67(5) 10-7
[2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d S Aspelin (SWE) / W Moodie (RSA) 76(1) 76(8)

Baharain GP - Qualifying Results

Q 3 Timings

1 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:33.431
2 Timo Glock Toyota 1:33.712
3 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:34.015
4 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:34.044
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.196
6 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:34.239
7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:34.578
8 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:34.818
9 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:35.134
10 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.380

Q 2 Timings

11 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.242
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:33.348
13 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:33.487
14 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:33.562
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:33.941

Q 1 Timings

16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:33.722
17 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:33.753
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:33.910
19 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:34.038
20 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:34.159

Weekend Fixtures

Barclays Premier League

Saturday 25th April 2009 (UK Timings)

Everton vs Man City Goodison Park 15.00
Fulham vs Stoke Craven Cottage 15.00
West Ham vs Chelsea Upton Park 15.00
West Brom vs Sunderland The Hawthorns 15.00
Bolton vs Aston Villa Reebok Stadium 15.00
Hull vs Liverpool Kingston Communications Stadium 15.00
Man Utd vs Tottenham Old Trafford 17.30

Sunday 26th April 2009 (UK Timings)

Arsenal vs Middlesbrough Emirates Stadium 13.30
Blackburn vs Wigan Ewood Park 16.00

Monday 27th April 2009 (UK Timings)

Newcastle vs Portsmouth St James' Park 20.00

La Liga

Saturday 25th April 2009 (UK Timings)

Malaga vs Deportivo La Coruna La Rosaleda 19:00
Almeria vs Numancia Juegos Mediterraneos 19:00
Valencia vs Barcelona Mestalla 21:00

Sunday 26th April 2009 (UK Timings)

Athletic Bilbao vs Racing Santander San Mames 16:00
Getafe vs Villarreal Coliseum Alfonso Perez 16:00
Valladolid vs Osasuna Nuevo Jose Zorilla Stadium 16:00
Espanyol vs Real Betis Olimpic Lluis Companys 16:00
Recreativo Huelva vs Mallorca El Nuevo Colombino 16:00
Sevilla vs Real Madrid Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan 18:00
Atletico Madrid vs Sporting Gijon Vicente Calderon 20:00

Serie A

Saturday 25th April 2009 (UK Timings)

Chievo vs Udinese Bentegodi 17:00
Fiorentina vs Roma Artemio Franchi 19:30

Sunday 26th April 2009 (UK Timings)

Torino vs Siena Delle Alpi 14:00
Reggina vs Juventus Oreste Granillo 14:00
Bologna vs Genoa Renato Dall'Ara 14:00
Lazio vs Atalanta Stadio Olimpico 14:00
Sampdoria vs Cagliari Luigi Ferraris 14:00
Lecce vs Catania Stadio Via del Mare 14:00
AC Milan vs Palermo San Siro 14:00
Napoli vs Inter Milan San Paolo 19:30

Pak VS Aus

Australia 208 for 4 (Symonds 58, Hopes 48, Afridi 2-38) beat Pakistan 207 (Butt 57, Afridi 41, Hauritz 3-41, Symonds 2-12) by six wickets

• Symonds may have cut his Rastafarian beads, but he showed tonight there had been no cutback on his competitive spirit or his aptitude as Aussies levelled the series 1-1.
• His two-wicket over, in the face of a marauding Akhtar, had kept Pak down to a par total, but his bigger contribution came with the bat when Afridi and Saeed Ajmal threatened to run through Australia for the second time in a row.

Indian Premier League

Kings XI Punjab 173 for 3 (Bopara 84) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 168 for 9 (Kallis 62, Abdulla 4-31, Pathan 3-35) by seven wickets

• Bopara compiled a supremely-paced innings, one that could rival AB's century because it came during a run-chase, to give Kings XI their first victory of the tournament
• He scored steadily without taking too many risks and just when the chase entered its final phase Bopara accelerated with tremendous speed to consign Royal Challengers to their third consecutive defeat

Indian Premier League

Delhi Daredevils 189 for 5 (de Villiers 105*, Dilshan 50, Balaji 3-19) beat Chennai Super Kings (Hayden 57, Raina 41, Sangwan 3-28) by nine runs

• Delhi Daredevils, inspired by AB de Villiers' superbly-paced century, held their nerve in the field to beat Chennai Super Kings in the first close game of IPL 2.
• de Villiers' century, the first of the tournament, came after Delhi's innings started in catastrophe and powered them to the highest total this season.
• Matthew Hayden charged a stiff chase with another aggressive innings and Suresh Raina's cool head kept Chennai on par with the asking rate, but Delhi won the battle of the death overs to sneak a thriller.
• Leading, expectedly, was the parsimonious Daniel Vettori who, after striking after the seven-and-a-half minute tactical break, bowled a decisive penultimate over.

Kolkata Knight Riders 150 for 7 (Ganguly 46, Gayle 41, Kamran 3-18) tied with Rajasthan Royals 150 for 6 (Yusuf 42, Mendis 2-19). Rajasthan win in Super Over

• Y.Pathan broke the IPL's first tie and with it KKR's hearts through clean hitting in the Super Over, to chase down 16 runs in four deliveries.
• It was intense drama at Newlands with the match swinging either way - from the moment Royals lost two wickets in the first three overs, till dada's dismissal with two runs required and one ball to go - as the excitement spilled over into the Super Over, the solution to a T20 tie.

Barcelona Open

Singles - Second Round

[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [Q] F Gil (POR) 62 62
[2] F Verdasco (ESP) d [Q] N Lapentti (ECU) 75 63
[3] N Davydenko (RUS) d A Clement (FRA) 76(2) 62
[5] [WC] F Gonzalez (CHI) d J Acasuso (ARG) 64 64
[6] T Robredo (ESP) d [WC] G Gaudio (ARG) 76(6) 61
[7] D Nalbandian (ARG) d I Kunitsyn (RUS) 75 64
[8] S Wawrinka (SUI) d M Youzhny (RUS) 75 61
[9] R Stepanek (CZE) d J Tipsarevic (SRB) 76(2) 60
[10] N Almagro (ESP) d J Chela (ARG) 36 76(4) 63
C Rochus (BEL) d [13] R Gasquet (FRA) 61 67(2) 63
P Starace (ITA) d [14] R Soderling (SWE) 76(5) 26 62
[15] T Berdych (CZE) d O Hernandez (ESP) 62 46 63
[16] F Lopez (ESP) d [Q] S Ventura (ESP) 26 64 63
J Monaco (ARG) d [Q] D Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 75 64

Doubles - Second Round

[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d T Parrott (USA) / F Polasek (SVK) 63 64
S Aspelin (SWE) / W Moodie (RSA) d [3] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) 76(5) 76(3)
[4] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Knowles (BAH) d R Lindstedt (SWE) / R Soderling (SWE) 46 61 10-8
L Arnold Ker (ARG) / F Gonzalez (CHI) d [6] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) 62 63
L Kubot (POL) / O Marach (AUT) d [8] M Melo (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) 75 64

EPL & La Liga Results

Barclays Premier League

Liverpool( Torres (2), Benayon (2)) 4 - 4 Arsenal ( Asravin (4) )
Chelsea 0 - 0 Everton
Man Utd ( Rooney 8:30, Carrick 81:29) 2 - 0 Portsmouth


Spanish Primera Liga

Real Madrid 3 -2 Getafe
Deportivo La Coruna (Verdu 48:31, Lassad 67:17) 2-0 Almeria
Real Betis ( Oliveira 86:32) 1-2 ( Villa 65:41, 78.28 )Valencia
Osasuna ( Plasil 17:48, Nekounam 32:10 ) 2-3 ( Apono 4:25 Scored, Lolo 71:30, Salva 76:33 )Malaga
Barcelona ( Iniesta 2:06, Eto'o 16:17, Xavi 48:13, Henry 53:56 ) 4-0 Sevilla

Australia vs Pakistan

Pakistan 171 for 6 (Akmal 48, Misbah 30*) beat Australia 168 (Hopes 48*, Haddin 40, Watson 40, Afridi 6-38) by four wickets

• A team desperate to erase painful recent memories immediately settled in at their new, adopted venue, with a four-wicket win against a struggling Australian side in Dubai
• The devastation caused by Shahid Afridi's career-best 6 for 38 had all but shut Australia out of the match before the halfway stage of their innings
• A late recovery pushed them to 168 but it wasn't enough to seriously challenge an unpredictable Pakistan outfit. Pakistan stuttered, rebuilt, stumbled again and a late push by Afridi, contributing an adrenalin-filled yet brief 24, pushed them towards a win

Indian Premier League

Deccan Chargers 184 for 6 (Gilchrist 71, Rohit 52) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 160 for 8 (Kohli 50, Dravid 48, Styris 3-32, RP Singh 2-17) by 24 runs

• It was like IPL had finally found its T20 soul, with 2 batsmen combining to score - for the first time in this tournament - at a frenetic pace throughout the innings
• But chasing a huge total, a limp show from Royal Challengers meant another wait for the first closely-fought encounter this season
• Dravid and Kohli gave a late fight in the innings, Deccan completely outplayed them
  
• Rohit and gibbs proved their class in the field

Dada rcocks in KKR win

Kolkata Knight Riders 79 for 1 (Gayle 44*, McCullum 21) beat Kings XI Punjab 158 for 6 (Yuvraj 38, Pathan 32, Ganguly 2-24) by 11 runs by D/L method

• Dada made yet another comeback, this time with the ball, to help KKR keep Kings XI Punjab down to 158 for 6
• Then,Chris Gayle made the most of two dropped chances to dishearten Punjab and take Kolkata 11 ahead of the Duckworth-Lewis par-score when heavy rain ended the match in the 10th over
• Mumbai vs Royals match washed out by rain
  

Indian Premier League, Day 2

Delhi Daredevils 54 for 0 (Sehwag 38*) beat Kings XI Punjab 104 for 7 (Goel 38, Vettori 3-15) by ten wickets

• Showers ruined the first match of Sunday's double-header in Cape Town, reducing the target required by Daredevils to only 54 in six overs, a goal they reached with all wickets intact
• The victory, however, was set up by Daniel Vettori's remarkable spell which brought an abrupt halt to Punjab's burgeoning momentum and gave Delhi a manageable target to chase

Deccan Chargers 104 for 2 (Gibbs 43*, Rohit 36*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 101 (RP Singh 4-22) by eight wickets

• Could the script have been any different from last year's start for the Knight Riders? McCullum's intoxicating 158 had taken them to an enormous victory a year ago, but they were outplayed by an efficient Deccan outfit on a juicy pitch in Cape Town
• It has been a weekend to savour for bowlers, and each member of Deccan's attack did their bit to leave Kolkata scrambling to reach triple-digits
• Gibbs, coming off a triumphant series against Australia, and Rohit Sharma, back in the country where he made his name in 2007, then made sure Deccan's campaign didn't begin in the dismal way last season's had

King of Tennis Rulez

Singles - Final

[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [3] N Djokovic (SRB) 63 26 61

Doubles - Final

[2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d [1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) 64 61

Constuctor Standings

01 Brawn-Mercedes 36
02 RBR-Renault 19.5
03 Toyota 18.5
04 McLaren-Mercedes 8
05 BMW Sauber 4
06 Renault 4
07 STR-Ferrari 4
08 Williams-Toyota 3.5
09 Ferrari 0
10 Force India-Mercedes 0

Drivers Standings

1 Jenson Button British Brawn-Mercedes 21
2 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Brawn-Mercedes 15
3 Sebastian Vettel German RBR-Renault 10
4 Timo Glock German Toyota 10
5 Mark Webber Australian RBR-Renault 9.5
6 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 8.5
7 Nick Heidfeld German BMW Sauber 4
8 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 4
9 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish McLaren-Mercedes 4
10 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 4
11 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 3.5
12 Sebastien Buemi Swiss STR-Ferrari 3
13 Sebastien Bourdais French STR-Ferrari 1
14 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 0
15 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 0
16 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 0
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Force India-Mercedes 0
18 Kazuki Nakajima Japanese Williams-Toyota 0
19 Robert Kubica Polish BMW Sauber 0
20 Nelsinho Piquet Brazilian Renault 0

Chinese GP - Results

1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault
2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault
3 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes
4 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes
5 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes
6 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
7 Timo Glock Toyota
8 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari
9 Fernando Alonso Renault
10 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari
12 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber
13 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber
14 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes
15 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota
16 Nelsinho Piquet Renault
17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes
Ret Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota
Ret Felipe Massa Ferrari
Ret Jarno Trulli Toyota

Mumbai and Bangalore register wins

Mumbai Indians 166 for 7 (Tendulkar 59*, Nayar 35) beat Chennai Super Kings 145 for 7 (Hayden 44, Malinga 3-15) by 19 runs

• Season 08, McCullum smashed an unbeaten 158 to set up a crushing win for his side
  
• A year later, as season two got underway across the Indian Ocean in different conditions and under grey skies, Sachin Tendulkar batted 20 overs for an unbeaten 59 from 49 balls
• It was as valuable as McCullum's blitzkrieg, if utterly different in execution and appeal, for it came on a track not entirely conducive to batting and laid the platform for Mumbai Indians' victory
• Sachin scored the first 50 in the second edition of IPL

Bangalore Royal Challengers 133 for 8 (Dravid 66, Mascarenhas 3-20) beat Rajasthan Royals 58 (Kumble 5-5) by 75 runs

• A charged-up Royal Challengers brought Rajasthan Royals to the second-lowest total in Twenty20 history
• There may be plenty of fresh faces but it was the old hands, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble, who were the stars in Bangalore's massive victory
• The wall was the most assured batsman on display, making a polished half-century, while jumbo took the most economic five-wicket haul in Twenty20s to clean up Rajasthan

Monte Carlo Masters - Results

Singles - Semi-finals

[1] R Nadal (ESP) d [4] A Murray (GBR) 62 76(4)

[3] N Djokovic (SRB) d [13] S Wawrinka (SUI) 46 61 63

Doubles - Semi-finals

[1] B Bryan (USA) / M Bryan (USA) d [3] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) 67(3) 63 14-12 - Saved 1 M.P.

[2] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) d N Djokovic (SRB) / V Troicki (SRB) 36 61 10-5

Champions League - Results

Aggregate: 2 - 3

Porto 0 - 1 (Cristiano Ronaldo 6) Man. United

Cristiano Ronaldo fired Manchester United FC into the last four of the UEFA Champions League as his breathtaking early goal broke the resistance of his compatriots from FC Porto

Aggregate: 4 - 1

Arsenal (Walcott 10 , Adebayor 60 , Van Persie 69(pen)) 3 - 0 Villarreal

A clinical display of attacking football took Arsenal FC into the UEFA Champions League semi-finals for the second time in their history at the expense of ten-man Villarreal CF

F1 teams cleared

• Ferrai, Renault, Red Bull and BMW Sauber challenged the three teams in front of five ICA judges, attempting to overturn the FIA's initial ruling that the design of the diffuser used by Brawn, Toyota and Williams was legal
• The FIA International Court of Appeal have decided to deny the appeals submitted against decisions numbered 16 to 24 taken by the Panel of the Stewards on March 26 at the Australian Grand Prix and counting towards the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship
• Based on the arguments heard and evidence before it, the court concluded that the stewards were correct to find that the cars in question comply with the applicable regulations
• Reasons for this decision will be provided shortly
  

Monte Carlo Masters - Results

Singles - Second Round

[1] R Nadal (ESP) d J Chela (ARG) 62 63
[2] R Federer (SUI) d [WC] A Seppi (ITA) 64 64
[7] F Verdasco (ESP) d P Kohlschreiber (GER) 63 64
[8] N Davydenko (RUS) d I Karlovic (CRO) 64 63
[10] D Ferrer (ESP) d M Gicquel (FRA) 61 60
[12] D Nalbandian (ARG) d M Granollers (ESP) 46 63 61
[13] S Wawrinka (SUI) d M Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 26 75 62
[Q] F Fognini (ITA) d [14] M Cilic (CRO) 62 60
S Bolelli (ITA) d J Tipsarevic (SRB) 75 63
A Montanes (ESP) d [WC] J Lisnard (MON) 62 64
[3] N Djokovic (SRB) d [Q] O Hernandez (ESP) 61 62
[4] A Murray (GBR) d V Hanescu (ROU) 63 62
[Q] A Beck (GER) d [6] G Simon (FRA) 75 61
J Monaco (ARG) d [11] T Robredo (ESP) 62 64

Doubles Second Round

[3] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) d A Montanes (ESP) / T Robredo (ESP) 26 76(5) 10-8
[6] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) d N Davydenko (RUS) / O Marach (AUT) 63 64
N Djokovic (SRB) / V Troicki (SRB) d [8] J Coetzee (RSA) / J Kerr (AUS) 64 64