The Week That Was: 15th Oct to 21st Oct

Cricket

Champions League T20

The Champions League continued with the group stage and Delhi Daredevils became the only Indian side to qualify for the semi finals, as Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians all crashed out.

Oct 15, 2012

Kolkata Knight Riders 137/6 (20 overs) against Auckland 139/3 (17.4 overs)

Auckland won by 7 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

Oct 16, 2012

Yorkshire 96/9 (20 overs) against Sydney Sixers 98/2 (8.5 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets (with 67 balls remaining)

Chennai Super Kings 158/6 (20 overs); Lions 159/4 (19.3 overs)

Lions won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Oct 17, 2012

Titans 172/4 (20 overs); Auckland 113 (18.1 overs)

Titans won by 59 runs

Oct 17, 2012

Perth Scorchers 91/2 (14 overs); Kolkata Knight Riders (DNB)

No result

Oct 18, 2012

Lions 137/9 (20 overs); Sydney Sixers 141/5 (19 overs)

Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Mumbai Indians 156/6 (17.5 overs); Yorkshire (DNB)

No result

Oct 19, 2012

Auckland versus Delhi Daredevils.

Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Oct 20, 2012

Yorkshire 131/7 (20 overs); Lions 134/5 (19.2 overs)

Lions won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Chennai Super Kings 173/8 (20 overs); Mumbai Indians 167/7 (20 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 6 runs

Oct 21, 2012

Perth Scorchers 121/5 (20 overs); Delhi Daredevils 123/7 (19.3 overs)

Delhi Daredevils won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Kolkata Knight Riders celebrated during their win over Nashua Titans of South Africa in a Champions League T20 group match.

Kolkata Knight Riders188/5 (20/20 ov); Titans 89 (16.4/20 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 99 runs.

Football

Domestic football took a two week break as the International friendlies and World Cup Qualifying fixtures rolled in. Here’s the results of the European Qualifying rounds.

FIFA World Cup European Qualifying

Tuesday, 16 October 2012:

Russia 1:0 AzerbaijanBelarus 2:0 GeorgiaIsrael 3:0 LuxembourgAndorra 0:1 EstoniaCyprus 1:3 NorwayLatvia 2:0 Liechtenstein

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Bosnia-Herzegovina 3:0 LithuaniaCroatia 2:0 WalesCzech Republic 0:0 BulgariaFaroe Islands 1:4 Rep of IrelandRomania 1:4 NetherlandsUkraine 0:1 MontenegroHungary 3:1 TurkeyIceland 0:2 SwitzerlandMacedonia 1:0 SerbiaSan Marino 0:2 MoldovaSlovakia 0:1 GreeceAustria 4:0 KazakhstanAlbania 1:0 SloveniaBelgium 2:0 ScotlandGermany 4:4 SwedenItaly 3:1 DenmarkPoland 1:1 EnglandSpain 1:1 FrancePortugal 1:1 Northern Ireland

England had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Poland in Warsaw.

International Friendly

Tuesday, 16th October 2012

Japan 0:4 Brazil

India 0:2 Singapore

Barclays Premier League

Normal service resumed after the International break, with matches like Chelsea-Tottenham, Sunderland- Newcastle, enthralling viewers.

Saturday, 20 October 2012

Tottenham 2:4 Chelsea

Fulham 1:0 Aston Villa

Liverpool 1:0 Reading

Manchester United 4:2 Stoke

Swansea 2:1 Wigan

West Bromwich Albion 1:2 Manchester City

West Ham United 4:1 Southampton

Norwich City 1:0 Arsenal

Sunday, 21 October 2012

Sunderland 1:1 Newcastle United

QPR 1:1 Everton

Tennis

Erste Bank Open (Final)

Juan Martin del Potro beat Grega Zemlja (7-5, 6-3)

Juan Martin del Potro beat qualifier Grega Zemlja to win the Erste Bank Open.

Kremlin Cup 2012 (Final)

Andreas Seppi beat Thomaz Bellucci [3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3]

Stockholm Open (Final)

Tomas Berdych beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (4-6, 6-4, 6-4)

Badminton

Denmark Open (Final)

Saina Nehwal won her second Super Series of the year, in Denmark, by beating Juliane Schenk of Germany.

Saina Nehwal beat Julian Schenk (21-17, 21-8).

It was an unbelievable week for Saina Nehwal as she clinched the Denmark Open by beating Juliane Schenk. The victory proved to be the icing on the cake, after a semi final victory over Wang Yihan, who was losing to the Indian before retiring hurt.