In the semi-finals of Generali Ladies Linz, one of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)-Tour on Saturday, two Russian renowned women tennis plays, Maria Sharapova and Nadia Petrova defeated their opponents respectively to reach the final.

Inspired Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick as Manchester Uninted handed Bolton their first home Premierships loss of the season in a 4-0 thrashing on Saturday.

Sheffield United lost to Premierships reigning champions Chelsea 2-0 at home after failing to convert a first-half spot-kick on Saturday.

Chinese youngster Wang Yihan won the first international title in career after beating fellow Xie Xingfang in the women's singles final of the IBF World Cup in Yiyang, Hunan Province of south China on Saturday.

Alessandro Del Piero scored his 200th goal for Juventus on Saturday in the Italian second division game against Frosinone.

China's World number one Gao Ling/Huang Sui were never really threatened by fellows Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen before they won the third title for China on Saturday in the women's doubles final of the 250,000 US dollars IBF World Cup at Yiyang, south China's Hunan.

Third-seeded Croat Mario Ancic and defending champion Thomas Johansson from Sweden advanced to the semifinals at the St. Petersburg Open on Friday.

China's world number one Lin Dan won second consecutive title at the IBF World Cup men's singles on Saturday after triumph in an all-Chinese final at Yiyang, Hunan province of south China.

Chinese youngster Wang Yihan won the first international title in career after beating fellow Xie Xingfang in the women's singles final of the IBF World Cup in Yiyang, Hunan Province of south China on Saturday.

Tiger Woods will not play in the season-ending U.S. Tour Championship next week at Atlanta for the first time in his career because of being mentally and physically tired.