Pakistan lose third matchBrisbane: Pakistan's poor start to their Australian tour continued when Queensland won a four-day cricket match at Allan Border Field by 112 runs. Pakistan, set 317 runs at the start of the final day for victory, were all out for 204 despite dogged innings from Inzamam-ul Haq (57) and Saeed Anwar (54).Brief scores: Queensland 274 and 318-5 decl (Matthew Hayden 128, Stuart Law 100) bt Pakistan 276 and 204 (Inzamam-ul-Haq 57, Saeed Anwar 54; Geoff Foley 5-25).Russian spikers defeat US in openerTokyo: European champions Russia launched their campaign for their first major title by beating the United States in the opener of the women's World Cup Volleyball Tournament on Tuesday. Other results: Cuba bt Tunisia 25-13, 25-8, 25-8, Brazil bt Croatia 25-21, 25-16, 25-22, China bt Peru 27-29, 25-15, 25-20, 25-18, Japan bt Argentina 23-25 25-15 25-13 25-19.NFL Hall of Famer, Payton, diesChicago: Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton, theNational Football League's all-time rushing leader, died from a rare liver ailment, his former team said.Payton, 45, was awaiting a liver transplant after announcing in February he was suffering from primary sclerosing cholangitis, a condition in which the bile ducts in and outside the liver become narrowed due to inflammation and scarring.Birsamunda claim Junior Nehru CupNew delhi: Birsamunda Vidyapitha did well to keep a fighting Lyallpur Khalsa School at bay to win the 28th Junior Nehru Hockey tournament 3-2 - courtesy a last minute goal. Earlier in the day, Boys Sports Company BRC, Danapur, beat Boys Sports Company ASC, Bangalore, 6-3 to claim the third spot.Darjeeling team upsets Nepal XIGangtok: Underdogs Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) shocked holders Nepal XI by a solitary goal to enter the semi-final of the 21st All India Governor's Gold Cup Football Tournament in the fourth quarter-final match on Tuesday. Substitute Darjeeling striker Udai Thapa scored theall-important goal in the 81st minute to take his team into the last four of the championship.Three players lead after 10 roundsCalcutta: Three players shared the lead with eight points each after the 10th round of the Millennium Open International Rating Chess Tournament on Tuesday. IM Zia-ur-Rahman (Bangladesh), who was the sole leader after the ninth round drew with K Murugan (7.5) after 16 moves but still maintained his lead with Surya Sekhar Ganguly and DK Sharma.Maharashtra boys enter quarter-finalsVijayawada: Most of the seeded players in the sub-junior boys section entered the quarter-finals while in the mini boys singles section, pre-quarter finalists were spotted on the second day of the four-day 13th Mini/Sub-Jr National Badminton Championship for boys and girls. In sub-junior boys singles, top seed Amar Mohite, second seed Ajit Pathak (Mah), third seed Nishad Dravid (Mah), fifth seed B Vikas Reddy (AP) and sixth seed Vineeth Murali (Ker) enteredquarter-finals.Easy for Medvedev, PhilippoussisParis: Andrei Medvedev (Ukraine) and Australian Mark Philippoussis scored on the opening day of the $ 2.5-million Paris Open over Guillaume Raoux and Nicolas Escude. Medvedev swamped Raoux 6-3, 6-4 while Philippoussis blasted Frenchman Escude 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).Results (1st round): Leyton Hewitt (Aust) bt Fernando Meligeni (Brazil) 6-3, 6-2, Fabrice Santoro (France) bt Rainer Schuttler (Germany) 6-2, 6-3, Michael Chang (US) bt Thomas Johansson (Sweden) 6-7 (7-9), 7-5, 6-4, Albert Costa (Spain) bt Magnus Norman (Sweden) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, Marat Safin (Russia) bt Mariano Zabaleta (Argentina) 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 6-3, Francisco Clavet (Spain) bt Jiri Novak (Czech Rep) 6-4, 6-1, Younes el Aynaoui (Morocco) bt Vince Spadea (US) 6-2, 6-4.
