Weekend Sports Results — October 8, 2012

Rugby   Cricket  Motor Sport  Football

Rugby:

ABSA Currie Cup: Premier Division:
Toyota Free State Cheetahs 30 – 37 The Sharks
GWK Griquas 37 – 21 MTN Golden Lions
Vodacom Blue Bulls 26 – 13 DHL Western Province
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BPts Pts
1 The Sharks 9 6 0 3 250 230 20 27 18 6 30
2 MTN Golden Lions 9 6 0 3 256 229 27 24 23 4 28
3 DHL Western Province 9 4 0 5 236 211 25 23 17 4 20
4 GWK Griquas 9 4 0 5 247 271 -24 28 30 4 20
5 Toyota Free State Cheetahs 9 3 0 6 253 269 -16 24 28 6 18
6 Vodacom Blue Bulls 9 4 0 5 230 262 -32 19 29 2 18

ABSA Currie Cup: 1st Division: Semi Finals
Eastern Province Kings 50 – 27 Platinum Leopards
Ford Pumas 37 – 30 Griffons

The Castle Rugby Championship
South Africa 16 – 25 New Zealand
Argentina 19 – 25 Australia
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA BPts Pts
1 New Zealand 6 6 0 0 177 66 111 18 6 2 26
2 South Africa 6 2 1 3 120 109 11 12 10 2 12
3 Australia 6 3 0 3 101 137 -36 7 12 0 12
4 Argentina 6 0 1 5 80 166 -86 7 16 2 4

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Cricket

Sri Lanka v West Indies, World Twenty20 Final, Colombo
West Indies 137 for 6 (Samuels 78, Sammy 26*, Mendis 4-12) defeated Sri Lanka 101 (Jayawardene 33, Kulasekara 26, Narine 3-9, Sammy 2-6) by 36 runs

Australia v England, Women’s World Twenty20 Final, Colombo
Australia Women 142 for 4 (Cameron 45, Sthalekar 23*) beat England Women 138 for 9 (Edwards 28, Jonassen 3-25)

Motor Sport:

Japanese Grand Prix:
Results:
1. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull – Renault 1:28:56.242
2. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari +00:20.639
3. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber – Ferrari 00:24.538
4. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 00:25.098
5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 00:46.490
6. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus – Renault 00:50.424
7. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India – Mercedes 00:51.159
8. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams – Renault 00:52.364
9. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull – Renault 00:54.675
10. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso – Ferrari 01:06.919
11. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes 01:07.769
12. Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India – Mercedes 01:23.460
13. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso – Ferrari 01:28.645
14. Bruno Senna (Brazil) Williams – Renault 01:28.709
15. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Caterham – Renault 1 lap
16. Timo Glock (Germany) Marussia – Cosworth 1 lap
17. Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Caterham – Renault 1 lap
18. Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) HRT – Cosworth 1 lap
19r. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus – Renault 2 laps
r. Charles Pic (France) Marussia – Cosworth 16 laps
r. Narain Karthikeyan (India) HRT – Cosworth 21 laps
r. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber – Ferrari 35 laps
r. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 53 laps
r. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 53 laps

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Football:

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

ABSA Premier League:
University of Pretoria 1 – 3 Orlando Pirates
Black Leopards 3 – 3SuperSport United
Mamelodi Sundowns 0 – 1 Platinum Stars
AmaZulu 0 – 1 Ajax Cape Town
Kaizer Chiefs 0 – 0 Bloem Celtic
Bidvest Wits 1 – 0 Golden Arrows
Free State Stars 0 – 1 Moroka Swallows
Chippa United 0 – 1 Maritzburg Utd

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slow to anger, abounding in love.

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