Sussex (522) beat Middlesex (128 & 162) by an innings and 232 runs. (BBC) Basketball: WNBA: The Los Angeles Sparks fire Henry Bibby as coach, and replace him with Kobe Bryant's father, Joe Bryant. 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying: Fifteen games on four continents, including the last matchday of group play in Asia. (2006 World Cup Website) Asia Japan 2–1 (1–0) Iran. Both teams had already qualified for the World Cup. South Korea 0–1 (0–1) Saudi Arabia. Both teams had already qualified for the World Cup. Uzbekistan 3–2 (1–2) Kuwait. Down 0–2, Uzbekistan rallies to win the game and 3rd place, earning a spot in a playoff next month against Bahrain. Kuwait is eliminated. Bahrain 2–3 (0–2) North Korea. Before this match, Bahrain had clinched 3rd place in their group, while North Korea had already been eliminated. Bahrain and Uzbekistan will play a home-and-away series next month, with the winner advancing to a playoff against a CONCACAF team. Europe Kazakhstan 1–2 (1–0) Georgia Latvia 1–1 (1–1) Russia Faroe Islands 0–3 (0–1) Cyprus. Macedonia 0–3 (0–2) Finland. Liechtenstein 0–0 Slovakia. Romania 2–0 (2–0) Andorra. Africa: two games, both make-ups of earlier games that were postponed Sudan 1–0 (0–0) Benin. Tunisia 1–0 (1–0) Kenya. Kenya eliminated from contention. CONCACAF United States 1–0 (1–0) Trinidad and Tobago Brian McBride garners the game's only goal in just the second minute. A second goal later in the game, scored by Taylor Twellman, is disallowed after the U.S. was ruled offsides. Guatemala 2–1 (0–1) Panama. Mexico 2–0 (0–0) Costa Rica. Mexico striker Jared Borgetti takes sole possession of the country's all-time goal scoring record in international play. Mexico and the USA now are both assured of finishing no worse than fourth place in the CONCACAF group, which would put that team in a playoff against the Bahrain-Uzbekistan winner for a World Cup place. Football: International friendlies Denmark 4–1 (0–0) England. Denmark sends England crashing to their worst defeat in 25 years. England surrender three goals in seven minutes of the second half. (BBC) France 3–0 (1–0) Côte d'Ivoire. In his return from international retirement, Zinedine Zidane scores a goal to help lead France to a confidence-boosting win ahead of September's World Cup qualifiers. (UEFA.com) Netherlands 2–2 (1–0) Germany. Arjen Robben scores twice to stake the Oranje to a 2–0 lead at De Kuip, but Germany fights back behind goals from Michael Ballack and Gerald Asamoah. (UEFA.com)