When the victim is Kyle Busch, driving rough to win can make a hero of a guy in a hurry. Carl Edwards brought the loudest cheer on Saturday night from the 160,000-plus at Bristol Motor Speedway when he took out Busch during the cooldown lap after winning the Sharpie 500. Busch drove alongside Edwards and whacked him door-to-door a few times after the race was over. Then Edwards slowed down even more, let Busch pass until his right-rear quarter panel was exposed, then whacked him and sent him spinning. The crowd then rose to its feet in thunderous cheers. Busch dominated the race for 415 straight laps, but with 30 laps to go Edwards drove up on Busch’s bumper in the first turn, unabashedly knocked him up the track, and drove under, into the lead for good.
After a dull first-half, Sunderland took the lead through Keiran Richardson with a fine right-footed strike. Spurs hit back through Jermaine Jenas but late on substitute and debutant Djibril Cisse headed in the winner from a Murphy cross to give Roy Keane’s side their first three points of the season.
Australia beat South Africa 27-15 in Durban to end the world champions’ Tri-Nations title hopes. The victory was Australia’s first in South Africa since 2000 while new Springbok coach Peter de Villiers endured his fourth defeat in five Tri-Nations matches. Captain Stirling Mortlock (pictured) and winger Lote Tuqiri scored second-half tries to seal the Australian victory although South Africa closed the gap in the final quarter with two tries by centre Adrian Jacobs.
A free header for Makoun and a scrappy goal from Benzema sent Lyon joint top and ended Grenoble’s 100% start to the season.
Il Lione ha sconfitto per 2-0 il Grenoble, ex capolista, nella terza giornata del campionato francese. A decidere l’incontro sono stati: Makoun al 4′ e Benzema al 35′. Con questo risultato Juninho e compagni raggiungono al primo posto della classifica appaiando il Marsiglia.
Liam Lawrence gave Stoke the lead over Villa just after the half hour, dispatching a penalty after a debatable penalty had been awarded for a foul on Rory Delap. John Carew equalised before Ricardo Fuller put the Potters in front again. Martin Laursen was the next to equalise with just four minutes remaining, but four minutes into injury-time Mamady Sidibie grabbed the dramatic winner for the Premier League new-boys.
