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On This Day in Sport (21 September 2009):

1949: Republic of Ireland became the first team from outside the United Kingdom to win in England.
1955: Rocky Marciano won his final bout against Archie Moore in New York to retire as world heavyweight champion.
2003: Paula Radcliffe set a new half-marathon world record at the Great North Run in Newcastle.
2004: England reached the Champions Trophy final with six-wicket win over Australia at Edgbaston.
2005: Arsenal midfielder Gilberto signed a contract extension until 2009.
2006: Milan Mandaric announced he was to step down as chairman of Portsmouth.

Headlines (21 September) :

Diouf police probe continues
Merseyside Police on Monday will continue their investigations into allegations that Blackburn forward El-Hadji Diouf made a racist remark to a ball-boy at Sunday's Barclays Premier League match at Everton.
Police probe Manchester derby
Police said on Monday that they were investigating an incident in which Manchester City footballer Craig Bellamy confronted a fan on the pitch.
Waldouck inspires Wasps win
Dominic Waldouck made the most of an unexpected call-up and inspired Wasps' return to the top of the Guinness Premiership with a 23-3 win over Worcester.
Owen's career highlight settles derby
Michael Owen admits his injury-time winner at Old Trafford against Manchester City will go down as one of his career highlights.
Warriors still in the reckoning
Wigan remain the dark horses for the engage Super League Grand Final after coming through the first round of play-offs.
Ponting's enjoyed the trip
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has described this summer's tour of England as one of the most enjoyable of his career, despite skippering his side to an Ashes defeat for the second time.
Strauss relishing trophy trip
Andrew Strauss is relishing England's trip to the Champions Trophy despite his side limping away battered and bruised from their one-day mauling by Australia.
Murray's fitness check
Andy Murray will see a wrist specialist on Monday before planning out the rest of his year following Great Britain's Davis Cup defeat by Poland at Liverpool's Echo Arena.
Berra impresses McCarthy
Wolves manager Mick McCarthy singled out defender Christophe Berra for special praise after a 2-1 victory over Fulham at Molineux.
Injuries blight Spurs' defence
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is facing a defensive crisis after losing Ledley King and Sebastien Bassong during the 3-0 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 20 September 2009

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Chelsea 3 Tottenham 0 Everton 3 Blackburn 0 Man Utd 4 Man City 3 Wolverhampton 2 Fulham 1
Scottish Premier
Celtic 2 Hearts 1
CRICKET
The NatWest Series at Riverside
England 177 - 6 40 ovs Australia 176 all out 45.5 ovs England beat Australia by 4 wkts Australia win 6-1
RUGBY UNION
Guinness Premiership
Leeds Carnegie (7) 7 London Irish (23) 56 Wasps (7) 23 Worcester (0) 3
The Championship
Bristol (29) 36 Rotherham Titans (3) 10
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Elimination Playoff
Wigan (12) 18 Castleford (0) 12
Co-operative Championship One Play-Offs
Keighley (20) 32 York (12) 18 Oldham (28) 54 Hunslet (10) 30
GOLF
Collated final round scores and totals from the European Senior Tour's Casa Serena Open at Casa Serena Golf in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Par: 71)
200 P Mitchell (Eng) 67 67 66 203 P Senior (Aus) 64 69 70, G Ralph (Eng) 70 68 65 204 I Woosnam (Wal) 67 69 68 205 N Job (Eng) 68 67 70, B Langer (Ger) 67 68 70, B Cameron (Eng) 69 67 69, C Mason (Eng) 66 71 68 207 D Hospital (Spa) 66 71 70 208 T Giedeon (Ger) 70 69 69, N Ratcliffe (Aus) 66 68 74, D Russell (Eng) 68 73 67, D Smyth (Irl) 70 67 71, M Harwood (Aus) 68 71 69
Kazakhstan Open
Collated final round scores & totals in the European Challenge Tour Kazakhstan Open, Zhailjau Golf Resort, Almaty, Kazakhstan(Par: 72)
268 E Molinari (Ita) 67 67 66 68 271 C Gane (Eng) 70 66 68 67 274 G Paddison (Nzl) 69 67 72 66, P Gustafsson (Swe) 69 67 67 71, G Boyd (Eng) 63 71 71 69 275 A Marshall (Eng) 71 63 71 70 276 J Quesne (Fra) 71 67 67 71, S Bebb (Wal) 74 66 68 68 277 D Denison (Eng) 70 69 66 72
Greater Hickory Classic
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Champions Tour Greater Hickory Classic, Rock Barn Golf & Spa Club, Conover, North Carolina, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
198 Jay Haas 62 71 65 200 Andy Bean 67 68 65, Russ Cochran 67 68 65 201 Nick Price (Zim) 66 67 68, Hal Sutton 67 69 65 203 Jeff Sluman 67 69 67, Mark McNulty (Irl) 67 69 67, Bob Tway 69 67 67 205 Gene Jones 68 68 69, David Frost (Rsa) 68 68 69, Larry Nelson 69 68 68
Albertsons Boise Open
Collated final-round scores from the Nationwide Tour's Albertsons Boise Open Presented by Kraft at Hillcrest Country Club in Boise, Idaho (Par: 71)
270 Fran Quinn 68 65 68 69 271 Blake Adams 63 65 71 72 273 Ewan Porter 68 71 69 65, B.J. Staten 68 67 70 68 274 Bradley Iles 68 67 69 70, Troy Kelly 68 69 68 69, Skip Kendall 66 69 70 69, Roger Tambellini 70 68 64 72 275 Craig Bowden 70 65 68 72, Andrew Buckle 69 68 66 72, Tom Gillis 73 66 65 71, Brian Smock 71 66 67 71 276 Ricky Barnes 69 67 70 70, Jonas Blixt 69 64 68 75, Jeff Gove 69 70 67 70
Open de France Dames
Collated final round scores & totals in the Ladies European Tour Vediorbis & Randstad Open de France Dames, Golf d'Arras, Nord-Pas de Calais, France(Par: 72)
275 Nicole Gergely (Aut) 71 67 70 67 277 Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 68 71 69 69 278 Becky Brewerton (Wal) 70 67 71 70, Anja Monke (Ger) 70 69 68 71 279 Felicity Johnson (Eng) 70 72 70 67, Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 72 68 65 74 280 Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 73 69 68 70, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 74 71 64 71, Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 72 68 67 73
Austrian Golf Open
Collated final round scores & totals in the European Tour Austrian Golf Open, Fontana GC, Vienna, Austria(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
264 Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 71 67 66 60 265 Benn Barham 63 66 67 69 267 Soren Hansen (Den) 67 67 65 68 269 Richard Bland 68 70 65 66 270 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 69 67 65 69 271 Richard Green (Aus) 65 66 69 71, Pablo Martin (Spa) 66 68 70 67, Simon Wakefield 68 70 67 66, Seve Benson 69 68 68 66 LPGA World Championship
Collated final-round scores & totals in the LPGA Tour Samsung World Championship, Torrey Pines GC, San Diego, California, United States(USA unless stated, par 72):
272 Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 71 67 63 71 273 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 68 68 68 69 277 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 66 69 68 74 279 Paula Creamer 69 69 70 71, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 67 69 72 71 282 Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 67 70 75 70 283 Cristie Kerr 72 66 73 72
TENNIS
WTA Bell Challenge Final:
(5) Melinda Czink (Hun) bt (4) Lucie Safarova (Cze) 4-6 6-3 7-5
Davis Cup World Group semi-finals:
Spain v Israel
4th Rubber: David Ferrer (Spa) bt Andy Ram (Isr) 6-3 6-1 5th Rubber: Harel Levy (Isr) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 7-5 6-2 Spain beat Israel 4-1
Croatia v Czech Republic
4th Rubber: Jan Hajek (Cze) bt Roko Karanusic (Cro) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 5th Rubber: Lovro Zovko (Cro) bt Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) 6-3 6-4 Czech Republic beat Croatia 4-1
World Group play-offs:
Belgium v Ukraine
4th Rubber: Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Xavier Malisse (el) 6-3 3-6 0-6 6-1 6-3 5th Rubber: Steve Darcis (Bel) bt Sergei Bubka (Ukr) 6-2 6-1 6-0 Belgium beat Ukraine 3-2
Italy v Switzerland
4th Rubber: Roger Federer (Swi) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 6-3 6-0 6-4 5th Rubber: Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Michael Lammer (Ita) 7-5 7-6 (7/4) Switzerland beat Italy 3-2
Netherlands v France
4th Rubber: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Thiemo de Bakker (Ned) 7-6 (7/5) 6-2 3-6 7-6 (7/4) 5th Rubber: Jeremy Chardy bt Jesse Huta Galung (Ned) 6-3 6-2 France beat Netherlands 4-1
Serbia v Uzbekistan
4th Rubber: Victor Troicki (Srb) bt Murad Inoyatov (Uzb) 4-6 6-4 6-3 5th Rubber: Ilia Bozoljac (Srb) bt Vaja Uzakov (Uzb) 6-1 6-4 Serbia beat Uzbekistan 5-0
South Africa v India
4th Rubber: Somdev Devvarman (Ind) bt Rik De Voest (Rsa) 3-6 6-7 (3/7) 7-6 (7/5) 6-2 6-4 5th Rubber: Yuki Bhambri (ind) bt Izak Van der Merwe (Rsa) 3-6 6-3 6-4 India beat South Africa 4-1
Sweden v Romania
4th Rubber: Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 7-5 6-1 6-0 5th Rubber: Marius Copil (Rom) bt Andreas Vinciguerra (Swe) 4-6 ret Sweden beat Romania 3-2
Euro/Africa Zone Group I relegation play-off:
4th Rubber: Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Jerzy Janowicz (Pol) 6-3 6-4 6-3 5th Rubber: Michal Przysiezny (Pol) bt Daniel Evans (Gbr) 6-2 6-1 7-5 Poland beat Great Britain 3-2
CYCLING
Andre Greipel claimed the final stage of the Vuelta a Espana with Alejandro Valverde finishing among the main group to clinch overall glory in Madrid. Caisse d'Epargne rider Valverde took the race leader's golden jersey 13 days ago and held it right to the end in the Spanish capital following the finale of seven six-kilometre circuits in Madrid city centre.
ATHLETICS
Tyson Gay produced a blistering display to lower his American 100 metres record at the Shanghai Grand Prix on Sunday. Gay got out of his blocks slowly but recovered to roar ahead of Asafa Powell and improve his mark to 9.69 seconds with his Jamaican rival second in 9.85 and fellow American Darvis Patton third with a time of 9.89.
Former world half-marathon champion Martin Lel signalled he is back in superb condition after injury with a brilliant victory at the Bupa Great North Run on Sunday. Lel, who was forced to pull out of chasing a fourth title at the London Marathon in April due to a hip injury, showed he is back to full fitness with a fine winning time of 59 minutes 32 seconds to regain the title he won in 2007.
JUDO
Euan Burton and Sarah Adlington both struck gold as Britain signed off the GB Judo World Cup in style at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. Sarah Clark and Kimberley Renicks had also each won their respective weight divisions yesterday, when there were another three bronzes as the hosts went some way to make up for a disappointing World Championships, where the British team brought back just one medal.