Sporting Digest: Student Sport

WORLD STUDENT GAMES (Buffalo, NY): Football (Men): Quarter-finals: Great Britain 3 Slovakia 1; South Korea 2 Russia 1; Germany 2 Netherlands 0; Czech Republic 2 Japan 0. Minor placings: Italy 3 Canada 1; Nigeria 3 South Africa 1; Uruguay 1 Ireland 0; United States 2 Australia 1. Basketball (Men): Britain 109 South Korea 73; United States 103 Italy 73; Estonia 83 Turkey 77; Japan 102 Morocco 59; China 91 Israel 79; Canada 82 Czech Republic 76; Sweden 77 Switzerland 65; China 87 Czech Republic 71; Britain 102 Switzerland 78; Israel 84 Canada 82. (Women): Russia 73 Japan 70; Sweden 69 Canada 66; China 88 Lithuania 82; Kazakhstan 112 Taiwan 111; United States 88 Japan 67; Kazakhstan 84 Romania 65. Volleyball (Men): United States 3 Algeria 2; Indonesia 3 Australia 2; Spain 3 Germany 0; China 3 Greece 1. Quarter-finals: Belgium 3 Italy 1. Minor placings: Algeria 3 Greece 0. (Women): Romania 3 China 0; Japan 3 France 0; Canada 3 Turkey 0; United States 3 Slovenia 0; Peru 3 Hong Kong 0; Switzerland 3 Russia 1. Water Polo: Slovakia 13 South Africa 4; France 12 Canada 8; Russia 7 Kazakhstan 7; United States 7 China 3; Italy 13 Australia 7; Hungary 10 Japan 7. Slovakia 12 Romania 6; Canada 23 South Africa 6; China 12 Japan 5; Russia 6 Australia 5. Baseball: South Korea 4 Japan 3; Cuba 12 Italy 0. Swimming (winners and GB only): (Men): 200m butterfly: M Roberts (Aus) 2min 00.91sec; 5 K Crosby (GB) 2:01.41. 400m freestyle: T O'Hare (Can) 3:55.01. 4 x 100m freestyle: United States 3:21.28; 6 Britain 3:29.39. (Women): 100m backstroke: B Bedford (US) 1:01.60; 7 J Deakins (GB) 1:05.68. 200m freestyle: H Lunenschloss (Ger) 2:03.18; 3 Claire Huddart (GB) 2:04.05. 200m individual medley: M Limpert (Can) 2:15.46; 8 H Gorman (GB) 2:24.81. Fencing: Men's individual sabre: Gold G Sirovich (It); Silver G Touya (Fr); Bronzes B Kovacs (Hung) and R Sznajder (Pol). Gymnastics (gold medal winners only): Individual apparatus finals: (Men): Rings: Y Chechi (It) 9.787pts. Pommel horse: E Poujade (Fr) 9.612. Floor exercise: I Korobchinski (Ukr) 9.525. Parallel bars: Wang Xun (Ch) 9.512. Vault: V Scherbo (Bela) 9.662. Horizontal bar: Chen Jian (Ch) 9.600. (Women): Balance beam: T Lisenko (Ukr) 9.562. Vault: N Kalinina (Ukr) 9.543. Asymetrical bars: N Kalinini (Ukr) 9.637. Floor exercise: B Evrard (Bel) 9.725.