Sporting Digest: Student Games

WORLD STUDENT GAMES (Buffalo, NY): Football (Men): Great Britain 3 Italy 0; Japan 1 Ireland 0; Czech Republic 2 Australia 1; Russia 5 Nigeria 0; Slovakia 4 South Africa 2; Uruguay 1 Netherlands 1; Germany 1 United States 1. (Women): United States 7 Japan 0; Taiwan 3 Australia 0; China 0 Russia 0. Basketball (Men): Croatia 91 Greece 70; Canada 86 Sweden 68; Britain 93 Latvia 79; Ireland 101 Hong Kong 64; United States 107 Estonia 59; Czech Republic 105 Switzerland 83; Finland 72 Israel 71; Italy 95 Turkey 71; Sweden 81 Japan 73; China 103 Latvia 77; Estonia 87 Gabon 41; Switzerland 75 Morocco 56. (Women): Cuba 81 Kazakhstan 73; Germany 115 Hong Kong 41; Lithuania 93 Japan 51; Canada 66 Romania 62; Cuba 97 China 86; United States 84 Taiwan 73; Ukraine 60 Israel 55; Russia 114 Hong Kong 34; Japan 92 Canada 90; Cuba 66 Sweden 65; Lithuania 89 Romania 51; Israel 79 Taiwan 76; United States 77 Ukraine 44; China 93 Kazakhstan 83. Volleyball (Men): France 3 Algeria 1; Japan 3 Lebanon 0; Poland 3 Greece 0; United States 3 Australia 0; Poland 3 Japan 1; Spain 3 Lebanon 0; Belgium 3 Algeria 0; Canada 3 Germany; Kazakhstan 3 China 0; Australia 3 South Korea 0; Italy 3 United States 2; Poland 3 Spain 1; Japan 3 Greece 0; Indonesia 3 Algeria 0. (Women): Romania 3 Slovenia 0; Japan 3 Canada 2; United States 3 Latvia 0; Romania 3 Hong Kong 0; Russia 3 Canada 0; United States 3 Switzerland 0; China 3 Peru 0; France 3 Turkey 0; Russia 3 China 0. Baseball: United States 8 South Korea 3; Cuba 8 Taiwan 4; Canada 10 Japan 0; South Korea 4 Taiwan 3; Cuba 6 Japan 2; Cuba 4 Canada 1. Water Polo: Hungary 21 South Africa 6; Australia 7 France 5; Italy 13 Canada 11; United States 10 Japan 6; Kazakhstan 11 France 9; Japan 8 Slovakia 7; Hungary 16 Romania 3; China 17 South Africa 4; Russia 8 Canada 7; Australia 10 Kazakhstan 10; Italy 7 Russia 7; Hungary 13 China 7. Gymnastics (Men's team final): 1 Italy 165.800pts; 2 China 165.562; 3 United States 165.050; 14 Great Britain 151.925. Fencing (women's epee final): M Horvath (Hung) bt S Tripathi (Fr) 52-65. Swimming finals (winners and GB only): Men: 100m freestyle: 1 D Fox (US) 50.18. 100m breaststroke: 1 J Crawford (US) 1:02.79. 100 butterfly: 1 M Roberts (Aus) 54.14sec. 200m backstroke: 1 R F Cabrera (Cuba) 1:59.90; 6 M O'Connor (GB) 2:03.20. 800 freestyle: 1 T O'Hare (Can) 8min 04.80sec; 7 S Mellor (GB) 8:19.52; 8 S Akers (GB) 8:20.63. 4 x 100m medley relay: 1 United States 3:43.20. Women: 100m freestyle: 1 Jingyi Le (Ch) 55.16. 100m breaststroke: 1 G Cloutier (Can) 1:10.91; 7 H Gorman (GB) 1:13.16. 200m backstroke: 1 W Hedgepeth (US) 2:11.31; 4 J Deakins (GB) 2:16.33. 400m individual medley: 1 N Sweetnam (Can) 4:46.91. 800m freestyle: 1 C Stephenson (US) 8:48.82. 4 x 100m medley relay: 1 United States 4:12.55; 4 Great Britain 4:20.39.