Sports Results Roundup — May 21, 2012

Football  Rugby  Tennis Grand Prix  Basketball  Golf

Football:

UEFA Champions League Final:
Chelsea beat Bayern Munich 4-3 (Penalties after 1-1 Full Time)

ABSA Premier League:
Orlando Pirates claimed their second successive Premier league title on Saturday after Benni McCarthy helped complete a thrilling 4-2 victory over Golden Arrows in Durban with two second-half goals.

Italian Cup Final:
Napoli 2 – Juventus 0

Rugby:

Super Rugby:
Hurricanes 25 – 37 Brumbies
Highlanders 16 – 11 Bulls
Crusaders 59 – Blues 12
Reds 34 – 20 Lions
Toyota Cheetahs 20 – 34 Sharks
DHL Stormers 19 – 13 Waratahs
Force 31 – 32 Rebels

Heineken Cup Final:
Leinster 42 – 14 Ulster

Asian Five Nations:
Japan claimed their fifth straight title on Saturday thrashing Hong Kong 67-0

  Tennis

Rome Women’s Final:
Maria Sharapova defeated China’s Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5)

Grand Prix:

French Motor GP:

Results

01 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing 49’39.743
02 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team +9.905
03 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team +11.298
04 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team +29.361
05 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP +32.477
06 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team +32.842
07 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 +59.759
08 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 +1’05.152
09 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team +1’07.846
10 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini +1’13.193
11 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport +1’26.663
12 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master +1’27.633
13 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar 1 Lap
14 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1 Lap
15 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens 1 Lap
16 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing 1 Lap
17 Chris VERMEULEN AUS NGM Mobile Forward Racing 2 Laps
18 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens 2 Laps

Not Classified
Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project 4 Laps
Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar 6 Laps
Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 17 Laps

 

Basketball:

NBA:
17/5      Celtic 107 – 91 76ers
17/5      Lakers 75 – 77 Thunder
18/5      Heat 75 – Pacers 94
18/5      Clippers 88 – 105 Spurs
19/5      Celtics 83 – 92 76ers
19/5      Thunder 96 – 99 Lakers
19/5      Spurs 96 – 86 Clippers
20/5      Thunder 103 – 100 Lakers
20/5      Heat 101 – 93 Pacers
21/5      Spurs 80 – 83 Clippers

 

Golf:

World Match Play:
Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts edged out Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) to win the World Match Play Championship on Sunday.

BIBLE INSPIRATION
Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. (1 Corinthians 9:25)