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On This Day in Sport (22 October 2011):

1878: Broughton and Swinton played in the first floodlit rugby match.
1966: England's David Bryant won the singles title at the inaugural World Bowls Championship in Sydney. The event was organised because the sport had been left out of that year's Commonwealth Games in Jamaica.
1972: The career of England and Stoke goalkeeper Gordon Banks was cut short when he lost an eye following a car crash near his home.
2000: Peter Taylor was put in temporary charge of England for the friendly against Italy.
2003: Sprinter Dwain Chambers denied taking performance-enhancing drugs. He was banned for two years the following February for taking tetrahydrogestrinone (THG).
2004: Adrian Mutu claimed he was tempted into taking drugs by the belief it would improve his sex life. He was soon to be sacked by Chelsea. 2005: Hearts parted company with manager George Burley, citing ``irreconcilable differences''. 2006: Fernando Alonso retained his F1 drivers' title with second place in the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.

Headlines (22 October) :

Mancini: We are closing the gap
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini believes his side have gained considerable ground on rivals Manchester United this season.
Flower ponders England changes
England appear unlikely to alter their combative methods against India, but may well change personnel for the final two one-day internationals.
Wenger backs Giggs for Olympics
Arsene Wenger believes Manchester United ace Ryan Giggs is the perfect player to lead GB's football challenge in next summer's Olympic Games.
Darley against strike action
PJA chief chief executive Kevin Darley has attempted to cool speculation over a possible riders' strike next week.
Donald's bid recedes in Florida
Justin Leonard, Bio Kim and Henrik Stenson piled the pressure on Luke Donald as he continued his bid to win the PGA Tour money list.
Weepu keeping a clear head
New Zealand scrum-half Piri Weepu says they must stay relaxed ahead of Sunday's World Cup final against France.
Mas: Scrum dominance is key
Nicolas Mas says France must be equal to the fearsome challenge posed by New Zealand's pack if they are to win Sunday's World Cup final.
Hammers consider Diouf move
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has confirmed he is considering signing El-Hadji Diouf after inviting the forward for a trial.
Chittagong rain wipes out play
No play was possible on day two of the first Test between Bangladesh and West Indies because of heavy overnight rain.
There's work to do - Morley
Adrian Morley believes England still have plenty of work to do if they are to be competitive in the Gillette Four Nations Series.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 21 October 2011

FOOTBALL
npower Division Two
Accrington Stanley 0 Cheltenham 1
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup 3rd/4th Place Play-off
Wales (3) 18 Australia (7) 21
RUGBY LEAGUE
International Match
France (6) 18 England (20) 32
GOLF
Castello Masters Collated second-round scores and totals, Costa Azahar, Club de Campo del Mediterraneo, Castellon, Valencia, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71)
130 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 67 63 132 Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 63 134 Gary Orr 67 67, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 70 64, Ross McGowan 64 70 135 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 69 66, Anthony Wall 67 68, Richard McEvoy 66 69, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 69 66 136 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 70 66, Richie Ramsay 72 64, Matt Haines 70 66, Marcel Siem (Ger) 68 68, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 67 69
Sanya Ladies Open Collated first-round scores, Yalong Bay Golf Club, Sanya, China(Chn unless stated, par 72):
67 Pan Yan Hong 68 Frances Bondad (Aus), Patcharajutar Kongkraphan (Tha), Yang Hong Mei 69 Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa), Zhang Yu Yang, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa), Vikki Laing (Sco) 70 Laura Davies (Eng), Stefanie Michl (Aut), Christine Song (USA), Nontaya Srisawang (Tha), Mika Ikemura (Jpn), Jenni Kuosa (Fin), Stacey Keating (Aus), Tania Elosegui (Spa), Kylie Walker (Sco), Minea Blomqvist (Fin)
TENNIS
WTA Kremlin Cup Semi-finals:
(8) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-0 6-2
Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-3
ATP Kremlin Cup
Men's Quarter-finals:
Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-4 6-3
(4) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Michael Berrer (Ger) 6-3 6-2
(2) Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt (5) Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (1-7) 7-6 (7-1)
(1) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt (6) Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 6-4 6-2
WTA Paribas Luxembourg Open
Quarter-finals:
Monica Niculescu (Rom) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 6-4 6-4
Anne Keothavong (Gbr) bt Bibiane Schoofs (Ned) 6-3 6-2
(1) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-3 6-2
(6) Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 5-2 ret
Add Quarter-final: (6) Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 5-2 ret
SKIING
American Lindsey Vonn won the season-opening World Cup giant slalom at Soelden to become only the fifth female skier to win a race in all five disciplines. Her combined time for her two runs was two minutes 24.43 seconds as the three-time overall champion made the perfect start to the new campaign.