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VOLLEYBALL : FIVB WOMEN' S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ITALY 2014 :
Results Matchday 4 Round 1 : Pool A (Rome) : Croatia (7 points) 3 - Tunisia (0) 1 Argentina (0) 1 - Dominican Republic (10) 3 ITALY (12) 3 - Germany (7) 1  Pool B (Trieste) : Cameroon (0) 0 - Bulgaria (6) 3 Canada (3) 1 - Serbia (11) 3 Turkey (5) 2 - Brazil (11) 3 Pool C (Verona) : Kazakistan (3) 3 - Mexico (0) 0 Netherlands (6) 1 - Russia (12) 3 Thailand (3) 0 - U.S.A. (12) 0 Pool D (Bari) : Belgium (6) 3 - Azerbaijan (4) 0 Puerto Rico (4) 0 - Japan (10) 3 Cuba (0) 0 - China (12) 3 |
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CYCLING : 2014 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PONFERRADA (SPAIN) :
Medals Day 6 : Men' s Junior Road Race (km 127,40) Gold Medal Jonas Bokeloh GER 3h 07' 00'' Silver Medal Alexandr Kulikovskiy RUS s.t. Bronze Medal Peter Lenderink NED s.t. Women' s Elite Road Race (km 127,40) Gold Medal Pauline Ferrand-Prèvot FRA 3h 29' 21'' Silver Medal Lisa Brennauer GER s.t. Bronze Medal Emma Johansson SWE s.t. |
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TENNIS : ATP & WTA SEMIFINALS OF THE WEEK :
ATP Shenzen : T. Robredo (4) def. S. Giraldo (6) 6-1, 6-4 A. Murray (2) def. J. Monaco 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 ATP Kuala Lumpur : K. Nishikori (1) def. J. Nieminen 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 J. Benneteau (4) def. E. Gulbis (2) 6-4, 6-4 WTA Wuhan : P. Kvitova (3) def. E. Svitolina 6-3, 7-5 E. Bouchard (6) def. C. Wozniacki (8) 6-2, 6-3 Final : P. Kvitova (3) def. E. Bouchard (6) 6-3, 6-4 14th WTA title in career for the Czech player, third this year 
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CYCLING : 2014 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PONFERRADA (SPAIN) :
Medals Day 5 : Women' s Junior Road Race (km 72,8) Gold Medal Amalie Dideriksen DEN 2h 02' 59'' Silver Medal Sofia Bertizzolo ITA s.t. Bronze Medal Agnieszka Skalniak POL s.t. Men' s Under-23 Road Race (km 182) Gold Medal Sven Erik Bystrom NOR 4h 32' 39'' Silver Medal Caleb Ewan AUS + 7'' Bronze Medal Kristoffer Skjerping NOR + 7'' |
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VOLLEYBALL : FIVB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ITALY 2014 :
Results Matchday 3 Round 1 : Pool A (Rome) : Germany (7 points) 3 - Tunisia (0) 0 Croatia (4) 2 - Dominican Republic (7) 3 ITALY (9) 3 - Argentina (0) 0 Pool B (Trieste) : Canada (3) 0 - Brazil (9) 3 Cameroon (0) 0 - Serbia (8) 3 Turkey (4) 2 - Bulgaria (3) 3 Pool C (Verona) : Thailand (3) 3 - Mexico (0) 0 Kazakistan (0) 0 - Russia (9) 3 Netherlands (6) 0 - U.S.A. (9) 3 Pool D (Bari) : Puerto Rico (4) 2 - Azerbaijan (4) 3 Cuba (0) 0 - Japan (7) 3 Belgium (3) 0 - China (9) 3 |
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VOLLEYBALL : FIVB WOMEN' S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ITALY 2014 :
Results Matchday 2 Round 1 : Pool A (Rome) : Dominican Republic (5 points) 3 - Tunisia (0) 0 Germany (4) 3 - Argentina (0) 0 ITALY (6) 3 - Croatia (3) 0 Pool B (Trieste) : Turkey (3) 3 - Canada (3) 0 Cameroon (0) 0 - Brazil (6) 3 Serbia (5) 3 - Bulgaria (1) 2 Pool C (Verona) : Kazakistan (0) 0 - U.S.A. (6) 3 Russia (6) 3 - Mexico (0) 0 Netherlands (6) 3 - Thailand (0) 0 Pool D (Bari) : China (6) 3 - Azerbaijan (0) 0 Belgium (3) 1 - Japan (4) 3 Cuba (0) 0 - Puerto Rico (3) 3 |
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CYCLING : 2014 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PONFERRADA (SPAIN) :
Medals Day 4 : Men' s Elite Individual Time Trial (km 47,1) : Gold Medal Bradley Wiggins GBR 56' 25'' 52 Silver Medal Tony Martin GER + 26'' 17 Bronze Medal Tom Dumoulin NED + 40'' 64 |
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VOLLEYBALL : FIVB WOMEN' S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ITALY 2014 :
Results Matchday 1 Round 1 : Pool A (Rome) : Argentina (0 points) 1 - Croatia (3) 3 Dominican Republic (2) 3 - Germany (1) 2 ITALY (3) 3 - Tunisia (0) 0 Pool B (Trieste) : Canada (3) 3 - Cameroon (0) 1 Serbia (3) 3 - Turkey (0) 1 Brazil (3) 3 - Bulgaria (0) 0 Pool C (Verona) : Netherlands (3) 3 - Kazakistan (0) 0 Russia (3) 3 - Thailand (0) 0 U.S.A. (3) 3 - Mexico (0) 1 Pool D (Bari) : China (3) 3 - Puerto Rico (0) 0 Japan (1) 2 - Azerbaijan (2) 3 Cuba (0) 0 - Belgium (3) 3 |
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CYCLING : 2014 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PONFERRADA (SPAIN) :
Medals Day 3 : Men' s Junior Individual Time Trial (km 29,50) Gold Medal Lennard Kamna GER 36' 13'' 49 Silver Medal Adrien Costa USA + 44'' 66 Bronze Medal Michael Storer AUS + 58'' 11 Women' s Elite Individual Time Trial (km 29,50) Gold Medal Lisa Brennauer GER 38' 48'' 16 Silver Medal Anna Solovey UKR + 18'' 68 Bronze Medal Evelyn Stevens USA + 21'' 25 |
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CYCLING : 2014 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PONFERRADA (SPAIN) :
Medals Day 1 & 2 : Men' s Team Time Trial (km 57,10) : Gold Medal BMC Racing Team USA 1h 03' 29'' 85 Silver Medal Orica Green-EDGE AUS + 31'' 84 Bronze Medal Omega Pharma-Quick Step BEL + 35'' 22 Women' s Team Time Trial (km 36,15) Gold Medal Specialized-lululemon USA 43' 33'' 35 Silver Medal Orica-AIS AUS + 1' 17'' 56 Bronze Medal Astana BePink ITA + 2' 19'' 64 Women' s Junior Individual Time Trial (km 13,90) Gold Medal Macey Stewart AUS 20' 08'' Silver Medal Pernille Mathiesen DEN + 10'' Bronze Medal Anna-Leeza Hull AUS + 13'' Men' s Under-23 Individual Time Trial (km 36,15) Gold Medal Campbell Flakemore AUS 43' 49'' 94 Silver Medal Ryan Mullen IRL + 0'' 48 Bronze Medal Stefan Kueng SWI + 9'' 22 |
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VOLLEYBALL : FIVB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS POLAND 2014 :
Results Finals (in Katowice) : 3rd Place : France 0 - Germany 3 (21-25, 24-26, 23-25) 1st Place : Brazil 1 - Poland 3 (25-18, 22-25, 23-25, 22-25) FINAL STANDING : 1st POLAND 2014 WORLD CHAMPIONS AND GOLD MEDALISTS 2nd BRAZIL SILVER MEDALISTS 3rd GERMANY BRONZE MEDALISTS 4th France 5th Russia 6th Iran 7th Canada & U.S.A. 9th Finland & Serbia 11th Argentina & Cuba 13th Italy & Bulgaria 15th Australia & China 17th Belgium, Mexico, Korea Republic & Venezuela 21st Cameroon, Egypt, Puerto Rico & Tunisia |
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TENNIS : ATP & WTA FINALS OF THE WEEK :
ATP Metz : D. Goffin (8) def. J. Sousa (6) 6-4, 6-3 Second ATP title in career for the Belgian player, both this year WTA Tokyo : A. Ivanovic (3) def. C. Wozniacki (2) 6-2, 7-6 (2) 15th WTA title in career for the Serbian player, fourth this year WTA Seoul : Ka. Pliskova (2) def. V. Lepchenko (5) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 Second WTA title in career for the Czech player
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VOLLEYBALL : FIVB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS POLAND 2014 :
5th Place Final (Lodz) : Iran 0 - Russia 3 (19-25, 21-25, 18-25) Semifinals (Katowice) : France 2 - Brazil 3 (18-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-22, 12-15) Poland 3 - Germany 1 (26-24, 28-26, 23-25, 25-21) FINALS SCHEDULE : Tomorrow in Katowice : 3rd Place Final : France vs Germany H. 16,40 CET 1st Place Final : Brazil vs Poland H. 20,25 CET |
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TENNIS : ATP & WTA TOURNAMENTS OF THE WEEK :
ATP Metz Semifinals : D. Goffin (8) def. J-L. Struff 7-6 (4), 6-3 J. Sousa (6) def. G. Monfils (2) 7-6 (6), 6-2 WTA Tokyo Semifinals : A. Ivanovic (3) def. A. Kerber (1) 7-5, 6-3 C. Wozniacki (2) def. G. Muguruza-Blanco 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 WTA Seoul Semifinals : V. Lepchenko (5) def. C. McHale 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5) Ka. Pliskova (2) def. M. Kirilenko (wc) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 WTA Guangzhou Final : M. Niculescu (5) def. A. Cornet (2) 6-4, 6-0 Second WTA title in career for the Romanian player
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TENNIS : World' s N° 6 Li Na, 32 y.o., announced today her retirement from professional tennis due to chronical
problems on her right knee : in her career she won 7 WTA titles and 2 Grand Slams (Roland Garros 2011 and Australian Open 2014), becoming in 2011 the first Chinese player ever to win a Slam; her best ranking was N° 2, reached last February 17th. "I can't continue to play at a high level" she said "it's the right decision for me and my family". WTA Guangzhou Semifinals : M. Niculescu (5) def. Y. Wang 6-0, 6-2 A. Cornet (2) def. T. Bacsinsky 6-1, 7-6 (5) |
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