Sports Roundup — Monday, June 23

Rugby:

U20 World Cup: Final

England retained their Junior World Crown with a narrow 21-20 victory over South Africa.

Wales beaten 31-30 by South Africa after late penalty try

South Africa (14) 31

Tries: Penalty try 2, Hendricks, Le Roux Cons: Steyn 4Pens: Steyn

Wales (17) 30

Tries: Roberts, Cuthbert, Owens Cons: Biggar 3Pens: Biggar 3

Wales were denied a first Test win in South Africa as the Springboks snatched a dramatic victory in an exhilarating second Test in Nelspruit.

Tries from Jamie Roberts and Alex Cuthbert put dominant Wales in control.  Ill-discipline, with Luke Charteris and Dan Biggar yellow-carded, allowed South Africa back into the game through a penalty try and a Cornal Hendricks try. Ken Owens’s try extended the lead but Willie Le Roux’s effort and a converted penalty try gave the Boks victory.

Wales had not been behind in the game at the Mbombela Stadium until that moment, two minutes from time.

Referee Steve Walsh awarded a penalty try after Liam Williams shoulder-charged Hendricks into touch just short of the try-line, and Morne Steyn’s conversion denied Wales only a second win over the Springboks.

New Zealand beat England 36-13 to complete series whitewash

New Zealand 36 (29)

Tries: Savea 3, A Smith 2Cons: Cruden 3, Barrett Pens: Cruden    

England 13 (3)

Tries: Yarde Cons: Burns Pens: Burns 2

New Zealand condemned England to a 3-0 series whitewash with a chastening victory in the third Test in Hamilton. 

The All Blacks tore England’s defence apart in the first half, wing Julian Savea and scrum-half Aaron Smith scoring two tries apiece. England were far better in the second half, Marland Yarde crossing for a try before Savea completed his hat-trick.

The result means Steve Hansen’s side equal the record of 17 consecutive Test victories for a top-tier nation. They join the All Blacks team of 1965-69 and the South African side of 1997-98 and will break the record with a victory over Australia in Sydney on 16 August.

The All Blacks have not been beaten at home since South Africa won 32-29 in Hamilton in 2009 and have won 36 of their last 38 Tests, with one draw and one defeat.

Other International Results:

Australia 39 France 13

Argentina 19 Scotland 21 

Soccer World Cup:

What a week this has been in the World Cup, holders Spain and England crashing out after playing only 2 games each.

Monday, 16 June
	Germany	4 – 0	Portugal
	Iran	0 – 0	Nigeria
	Ghana	1 – 2	USA
Tuesday, 17 June
	Belgium	2 – 1	Algeria
	Brazil	0 – 0	Mexico
	Russia	1 – 1	South   Korea
Wednesday, 18 June
	Australia	2 – 3	Netherlands
	Spain	0 – 2	Chile
	Cameroon	0 – 4	Croatia
Thursday, 19 June
	Colombia	2 – 1	Côte   d’Ivoire
	Uruguay	2 – 1	England
	Japan	0 – 0	Greece
Friday, 20 June
	Italy	0 – 1	Costa   Rica
	Switzerland	2 – 5	France
	Honduras	1 – 2	Ecuador
Saturday, 21 June
	Argentina	1 – 0	Iran
	Germany	2 – 2	Ghana
	Nigeria	1 – 0	Bosnia-Herzegovina
Sunday, 22 June
	Belgium	1 – 0	Russia

 Cricket:

England v Sri Lanka Played at Headingley, Leeds, from 20 Jun to 24 Jun 2014

Sri Lanka 2nd innings

Batting             R             B             4s             6s             FDM       Karunaratne             c       Prior b Plunkett             45             111             4             0             JK       Silva             c       Prior b Plunkett             13             54             1             0             KC       Sangakkara             lbw       b Ali             55             103             6             0             DPMD       Jayawardene             not       out             55             123             5             0             HDRL       Thirimanne             b       Ali             0             2             0             0             AD       Mathews             not       out             24             48             3             0             LD       Chandimal                                   KTGD       Prasad                                   HMRKB       Herath                                   RMS       Eranga                                   N       Pradeep                                   Extras             (b       5, lb 8, w 6, nb 3)             22                               Total             (4       wickets; 73 overs)             214                     Fall       of wickets             1-40       (Silva, 20.2 ov); 2-93 (Karunaratne, 34.4 ov); 3-172 (Sangakkara, 57 ov);       4-176 (Thirimanne, 59.2 ov)                                         Stumps:       Sri Lanka are 106 runs ahead with 6 second innings wickets remaining       Sri Lanka 257 & 214/4       England 365       Toss: England elected to field       Umpires: SJ Davis, BF Bowden       Third-umpire: PR Reiffel       Referee: AJ Pycroft                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Bowling             O             M             R             W             Anderson             12             3             32             0             Broad             18             5             51             0             Jordan             19             6             41             0             Plunkett             15             1             51             2             Ali             9             0             26             2

 

England 1st innings

Batting             R             B             4s             6s             AN       Cook             c       Sangakkara b Prasad             17             59             2             0             SD       Robson             b       Pradeep             127             253             15             1             GS       Ballance             c       Chandimal b Mathews             74             157             8             0             IR       Bell             c       Chandimal b Eranga             64             90             8             0             JE       Root             c       Chandimal b Mathews             13             32             2             0             MM       Ali             c       Chandimal b Eranga             2             11             0             0             MJ       Prior             not       out             27             53             1             1             CJ       Jordan             c       Jayawardene b Eranga             17             30             2             0             SCJ       Broad             c       Thirimanne b Mathews             4             6             1             0             LE       Plunkett             b       Mathews             2             11             0             0             JM       Anderson             c       & b Eranga             0             6             0             0             Extras             (lb       2, w 3, nb 13)             18                   Total             (10       wickets; 115.5 overs)             365                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Bowling             O             M             R             W             Pradeep             22             3             90             1             Eranga             32.5             10             93             4             Herath             25             3             61             0             Prasad             20             3             75             1             Mathews             16             4             44             4                                                           Fall       of wickets             1-49 (Cook, 18.1 ov); 2-191 (Ballance, 67.3 ov); 3-278 (Robson, 86.3 ov); 4-311 (Bell, 95 ov); 5-311 (Root, 96.4 ov); 6-313 (Ali, 99.5 ov); 7-338 (Jordan, 109.3 ov); 8-344 (Broad, 110.3 ov); 9-350 (Plunkett, 112.5 ov); 10-365 (Anderson, 115.5 ov)

 

Sri Lanka 1st innings

Batting             R             B             4s             6s             FDM       Karunaratne             b       Plunkett             28             65             4             0             JK       Silva             c       Prior b Anderson             13             38             2             0             KC       Sangakkara             c       Bell b Broad             79             147             13             0             DPMD       Jayawardene             c       Jordan b Plunkett             22             47             3             0             HDRL       Thirimanne             c       Robson b Plunkett             0             1             0             0             AD       Mathews             c       Ballance b Anderson             26             28             2             1             LD       Chandimal             c       Cook b Broad             45             55             6             0             KTGD       Prasad             c       Prior b Plunkett             0             2             0             0             HMRKB       Herath             not       out             14             16             1             0             RMS       Eranga             c       Prior b Broad             0             1             0             0             N       Pradeep             c       Prior b Plunkett             13             19             1             0             Extras             (b       8, lb 7, w 2)             17                   Total             (10       wickets; 69.5 overs)             257                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Bowling             O             M             R             W             Anderson             19             5             49             2             Broad             15             3             46             3             Jordan             16             4             58             0             Plunkett             15.5             2             64             5             Ali             3             0             16             0             Root             1             0             9             0                                                           Fall       of wickets             1-37       (Silva, 14.4 ov); 2-56 (Karunaratne, 20.2 ov); 3-108 (Jayawardene, 37.2       ov); 4-108 (Thirimanne, 37.3 ov); 5-161 (Mathews, 48.3 ov); 6-228       (Sangakkara, 62 ov); 7-229 (Prasad, 63.4 ov); 8-229 (Chandimal, 64.1 ov);       9-229 (Eranga, 64.2 ov); 10-257 (Pradeep, 69.5 ov)

  

Motor Sport:

Rosberg wins in Austria to stretch F1 lead

Nico Rosberg won the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in a Mercedes one-two finish on Sunday stretch his championship lead over teammate Lewis Hamilton to 29 points after eight races.

Williams drivers Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, who had started on the front row, finished third andfourth respectively on a sunny afternoon at the Red Bull Ring in the southern Styrian hills.

The victory was Rosberg’s third of the season and his team’s seventh. It was also their sixth one-two finish of the year and came after Massa had ended their run of seven successive pole positions.

Rosberg now has 165 points to Hamilton’s 136 in the drivers’ standings with 11 rounds remaining.

Tennis:

Andy Murray: Wimbledon butterflies will be different this time

Wimbledon champion Wimbledon 2014

Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Date: 23 June to 6 July

Pride, pressure and nerves are what I expect to feel when I walk onto Centre Court as the defending champion at one o’clock on Monday.

I’ve already felt the familiar butterflies in my stomach that I experience every year before the start of the Championships, but a year on from winning the title it will obviously be a very different experience this time.

If I don’t know exactly what to expect on Monday, the build-up has been much the same as in previous years. A side from a bizarre encounter with a runaway dog and some traffic – more of that later – I’ve been able to focus on the fact that I have an opening match to win.

Golf:

Irish Open | LEADERBOARD

1	Mikko Ilonen	-13	F	-1	64	68	69	70	271
2	Edoardo Molinari	-12	F	-4	67	69	69	67	272
3	Matthew Baldwin	-11	F	-2	67	71	66	69	273
	Danny Willett	-11	F	E	73	66	63	71	273
	Kristoffer Broberg	-11	F	-2	69	69	66	69	273
6	Magnus A Carlsson	-10	F	-2	66	71	68	69 Click to join movement	274
	Graeme McDowell	-10	F	E	68	66	69	71	274
8	Michael Hoey	-9	F	-5	68	71	70	66	275
	Richard Finch	-9	F	-3	68	72	67	68	275
	Grégory Bourdy	-9	F	-2	68	71	67	69	275
	Ross Fisher	-9	F	-6	68	72	70	65	275
	Chris Wood	-9	F	-4	69	69	70	67	275
	Gary Stal	-9	F	-2	70	67	69	69	275
14	Padraig Harrington	-8	F	-2	69	67	71	69	276
	Marcel Siem	-8	F	-6	66	74	71	65	276
	Simon Khan	-8	F	E	69	66	70	71	276
	Adam Gee	-8	F	-2	68	70	69	69	276
	Fabrizio Zanotti	-8	F	+1	70	69	65	72	276
	Gareth Maybin	-8	F	E	71	65	69	71	276
	Matthew Nixon	-8	F	-4	70	65	74	67	276