Weekend Sports Results — December 11, 2012

Rugby  Cricket  Football  Golf Boxing

Rugby:

IRB world 7’s series at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium:
Cup:
Quarter-finals:
South Africa 17, United States 7
New Zealand 35, Wales 5
France 10, Portugal 7
Argentina 15, Fiji 12

Semi-finals:
New Zealand 12, South Africa 5
France 10, Argentina 7 (after extra time)

Third place:
South Africa 35, Argentina 0

Final:
New Zealand 47, France 12

Plate:
Semi-finals:
Wales 26, United States 19
Fiji 26, Portugal 12

Final:
Wales 26, Fiji 14

Bowl:
Quarter-finals:
Australia 24, Zimbabwe 14
Kenya 19, Scotland 17
Samoa 36, Canada 21
England 14, Spain 7

Semi-finals:
Australia 24, Kenya 21
Samoa 15, England 12

Final:
Australia 26, Samoa 14

Shield:
Semi-finals:
Zimbabwe 21, Scotland 14
Spain 29, Canada 12

Final:
Spain 33, Zimbabwe 0

Series standings (after 3 of 9 rounds):
1. New Zealand 60 points
2. France 46
3. Fiji 44
4. South Africa 41
5. Samoa 39
6. Kenya 37
7. Argentina 36
8. Wales 31
9. Portugal 21
10. Australia 19

Cricket

Momentum One Day Cup: Semi Final

Cape Cobras vs Titans at Newlands – Dec 9, 2012
Titans 241/9 (50 Overs); Cape Cobras 245/7 (46.3 Overs)
Cape Cobras won by 3 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)

Football:

English Premier League:

West Ham 2 – 3 Liverpool
Man City 2 – 3 Man Utd
Everton 2 – 1 Tottenham
Wigan 2 – 2 QPR
Swansea 3 – 4 Norwich
Sunderland 1 – 3 Chelsea
Southampton 1 – 0 Reading
Aston Villa 0 – 0 Stoke
Arsenal 2 – 0 West Brom

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Man Utd 16 13 0 3 40 23 17 39
2 Man City 16 9 6 1 30 14 16 33
3 Chelsea 16 8 5 3 28 17 11 29
4 Everton 16 6 8 2 27 20 7 26
5 Tottenham 16 8 2 6 29 25 4 26
6 West Brom 16 8 2 6 24 21 3 26
7 Arsenal 16 6 6 4 26 16 10 24
8 Swansea 16 6 5 5 26 21 5 23
9 Stoke 16 5 8 3 14 12 2 23
10 Liverpool 16 5 7 4 22 20 2 22
11 West Ham 16 6 4 6 21 20 1 22
12 Norwich 16 5 7 4 17 24 -7 22
13 Fulham 15 4 5 6 25 26 -1 17
14 Newcastle 15 4 5 6 17 21 -4 17
15 Southampton 16 4 3 9 22 32 -10 15
16 Aston Villa 16 3 6 7 12 23 -11 15
17 Wigan 16 4 3 9 17 30 -13 15
18 Sunderland 15 2 7 6 14 21 -7 13
19 Reading 15 1 6 8 19 28 -9 9
20 QPR 16 0 7 9 13 29 -16 7

South Africa: PSL
AmaZulu 1 – 1 Bidvest Wits
Mamelodi Sundowns 1 – 0 Black Leopards
Free State Stars 1 – 0 Bloem Celtic
University of Pretoria 1 – 0 Chippa United
Platinum Stars 6 – 4 Golden Arrows
Orlando Pirates 1 – 1 Kaizer Chiefs
Moroka Swallows 1 – 3 SuperSport United
Ajax Cape Town 1 – 0 Maritzburg Utd
Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kaizer Chiefs 14 9 4 1 28 10 18 31
2 Orlando Pirates 14 8 4 2 19 8 11 28
3 Platinum Stars 14 9 1 4 25 16 9 28
4 Maritzburg Utd 14 6 5 3 16 11 5 23
5 University of Pretoria 14 5 6 3 16 12 4 21
6 Free State Stars 14 5 6 3 11 11 0 21
7 Bidvest Wits 14 4 6 4 13 14 -1 18
8 SuperSport United 14 2 11 1 17 13 4 17
9 Bloem Celtic 14 5 2 7 13 16 -3 17
10 Black Leopards 14 3 7 4 17 21 -4 16
11 Ajax Cape Town 14 4 3 7 14 22 -8 15
12 Moroka Swallows 14 4 2 8 20 25 -5 14
13 Mamelodi Sundowns 14 3 5 6 9 14 -5 14
14 Golden Arrows 14 3 4 7 13 18 -5 13
15 Chippa United 14 2 5 7 11 18 -7 11
16 AmaZulu 14 2 5 7 7 20 -13 11

Golf:

Nelson Mandela Championship at the Royal Durban Golf Club:
(Reduced to a par-65 of 5 594m after rain washed out the first two days)
Final Scores:
123 Scott Jamieson (SCO) 66-57
Steve Webster (ENG) 63-60
Eduardo de la Riva (ESP) 62-61
Jamieson won on the second playoff hole
124 Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 62-62
Matthew Nixon (ENG) 63-61
Morten Orum Madsen (DEN) 60-64
Tim Clark (RSA) 60-64
125 Jaco Van Zyl (RSA) 68-57
Julien Quesne (FRA) 62-63
Sam Little (ENG) 62-63
Colin Nel (RSA) 62-63
Bjorn Akesson (SWE) 63-62
Matthew Southgate (ENG) 62-63
126 David Horsey (ENG) 62-64
Robert Coles (ENG) 63-63
Ruan de Smidt (RSA) 66-60
Estanislao Goya (ARG) 64-62
Carlos Del Moral (ESP) 63-63
Jaco Ahlers (RSA) 63-63
Justin Walters (RSA) 65-61

Other Results of SA interest:
127 Tyrone Mordt (RSA) 65-62
Shaun Norris (RSA) 62-65
Trevor Fisher Jnr (RSA) 65-62
Allan Versfeld (RSA) 63-64
James Kingston (RSA) 63-64
Christiaan Basson (RSA) 62-65
Garth Mulroy (RSA) 65-62
128 Desvonde Botes (RSA) 62-66
Michiel Bothma (RSA) 64-64

T Asian Tour Thailand Golf Championship at the par-72 Amata Spring Country Club
Final Scores:
263 Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 65-65-68-65
274 Bubba Watson (USA) 68-70-71-65
Thitiphun Chuayprakong (THA) 66-67-71-70
276 Sergio Garcia (ESP) 69-69-68-70
277 Hyun-bin Park (KOR) 68-74-67-68
278 Simon Dyson (ENG) 72-71-67-68
Daniel Chopra (SWE) 67-67-69-75
Scott Hend (AUS) 70-68-69-71
Prom Meesawat (THA) 69-72-70-67
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 68-71-72-67
279 Lee Westwood (ENG) 70-69-70-70
Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) 70-66-73-70
Jonathan Moore (USA) 73-72-67-67
Chapchai Nirat (THA) 70-73-67-69
280 Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 72-67-70-71
Anirban Lahiri (IND) 70-69-70-71
281 Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 69-71-72-69
Darren Beck (AUS) 69-70-72-70

Boxing:

: MGM Grand Garden arena in Las Vegas
Manny Pacquiao (Philippines; aged 33) was knocked out by Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez (aged 39) in the sixth-round.

Bible Inspiration:

For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given,
    and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
(Isaiah 9:6)