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On This Day in Sport (19 September 2008):

1922: Czechoslovakian athlete Emil Zatopek was born. An outstanding distance runner, he won the 10,000 metres at the 1948 Olympic Games in London and at Helsinki four years later took gold in the 5,000m, 10,000m and marathon. At his peak, he won 69 consecutive events at all distances and set 18 world records from 5,000m to 25km. He died in November 2000 at Prague Military Hospital after a long illness.
1999: Alan Shearer scored five goals in Newcastle's 8-0 Premier League rout of Sheffield Wednesday.
2000: Britain's three-day event team of Jeanette Brakewell on Over To You, Leslie Law on Shear H20, Pippa Funnell on Supreme Rock and Ian Stark on Jaybee won silver at the Olympic Games in Sydney, while cyclists Bradley Wiggins, Chris Newton, Bryan Steel and Paul Manning took bronze in the 4,000m team pursuit.
2003: Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski lost their opening rubbers as Great Britain fell 2-0 behind in their Davis Cup tie against Morocco in Casablanca, en route to a 3-2 defeat.
2004: Steve Harmison became the first England player to pull out of the controversial winter tour to Zimbabwe.
2005: Shaun Udal, at the age of 36, earned a shock England recall for the winter squad to tour Pakistan. He made four Test appearances during the tours of Pakistan and India, having previously only played for England in one-day games.
2006: Randy Lerner completed his takeover of Aston Villa, succeeding Doug Ellis as chairman after acquiring nearly 90% of the club.

Headlines (19 September) :

Reo-Coker answers challenge in style
Nigel Reo-Coker's crucial strike answered manager Martin O'Neill's challenge to score more goals and put Aston Villa in prime position to qualify for the UEFA Cup group stages.
Azinger agrees to Mickelson request
Phil Mickelson asked for it and Paul Azinger happily obliged. Now Mickelson will be charged with getting the United States off to a winning start when the Ryder Cup begins on Friday at Valhalla.
Moyes: It's sticky for Toffees
Everton boss David Moyes could find himself out of Europe before he finally puts pen to paper on his new contract.
Nick's picks give food for thought
Nick Faldo may have made a meal of it but his "sandwich list" became his real list on Thursday - and it will be Padraig Harrington and Robert Karlsson who kick off Europe's bid for an unprecedented fourth successive Ryder Cup victory at Valhalla.
Murray relishing Davis Cup tie
Andy Murray believes Wimbledon will provide an inspirational setting for Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against Austria.
Bent: Win can be springboard
Darren Bent grabbed the winner against Wisla Krakow - and he wants Tottenham to use their first victory of the season to kick-start their campaign.
Kroenke joins Gunners board
American businessman Stan Kroenke has joined the Arsenal board after accepting an invitation to become a non-executive director of the Barclays Premier League club.
Hughes impressed by forward options
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes believes his side have strong attacking options as they head towards the group stages of the UEFA Cup.
Rovers confirm Fozzard signing
Hull KR have confirmed the signing of St Helens prop forward Nick Fozzard on a two-year contract.
Harris completes Featherstone move
Dual-code international Iestyn Harris completed his move from Bradford to Featherstone on Thursday when he signed a two-year contract with the National League One club.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 18 September 2008

FOOTBALL
UEFA Cup First Round 1st Leg
AC Milan 3 FC Zurich 1 AS Nancy 1 Motherwell 0 Banik Ostrava 0 Spartak Moscow 1 Bellinzona 3 Galatasaray 4 Besiktas 1 FC Metalist Kharkiv 0 Borac Cacak 1 Ajax 4 Borussia Dortmund 0 Udinese 2 Braga 4 Artmedia Petrzalka 0 Brondby 1 Rosenborg 2 Cherno More 1 VfB Stuttgart 2 Dinamo Zagreb 0 Sparta Prague 0 Everton 2 Standard Liege 2 FC Moscow 1 FC Copenhagen 2 FK Austria Vienna 2 Lech Poznan 1 Feyenoord 0 Kalmar FF 1 Hamburg 0 Unirea Urziceni 0 Kayserispor 1 PSG 2 Litex Lovech 1 Aston Villa 3 MSK Zilina 1 Levski Sofia 1 Maritimo 0 Valencia 1 NEC 1 Dinamo Bucuresti 0 NK Slaven Koprivnica 1 CSKA Moscow 2 Napoli 3 Benfica 2 Omonia Nicosia 1 Man City 2 Politehnica Timisoara 1 Partizan Belgrade 2 Portsmouth 2 Guimaraes 0 Racing Santander 1 FC Honka 0 Rennes 2 FC Twente 1 SK Brann 2 Deportivo La Coruna 0 Sampdoria 5 FBK Kaunas 0 Sevilla 2 SV Red Bull Salzburg 0 Slavia Prague 0 FC Vaslui 0 Tottenham 2 Wisla Krakow 1 Vitoria Setubal 1 Heerenveen 1 Wolfsburg 1 Rapid Bucuresti 0 Young Boys 2 Club Brugge 2
GOLF
Oregon Classic Collated first round scores from the Nationwide Tour's Oregon Classic Presented by Kendall Automotive Group at Shadow Hills Country Club in Junction City, Oregon (USA unless stated, par 72):
65 Matt Bettencourt, Ryan Hietala 67 Brendon De Jonge (Zim), Bubba Dickerson, B.J. Staten, Darron Stiles 68 David Branshaw, Patrick Damron, Scott Gardiner (Aus), Scott Gutschewski, Won Joon Lee (Aus), Spencer Levin, Steve Pate, Kyle Reifers, Jim Rutledge (Can), Brian Smock, Tyrone van Aswegen
Viking Classic
Collated first round scores from the US PGA Tour's Viking Classic at Annandale GC in Madison, Mississippi(USA unless stated, par 72):
65 Marc Turnesa 66 Brian Gay 67 Brad Adamonis, Nathan Green (Aus), Andrew Buckle (Aus), Jay Williamson, Dicky Pride, Lee Janzen 68 Michael Bradley, Robert Gamez, Brad Elder, Casey Wittenberg, Greg Kraft, Todd Hamilton, Garrett Willis, Nick Flanagan (Aus), Scott Sterling, Tim Petrovic, Dan Forsman, Bo Van Pelt, John Huston, Douglas Labelle 69 Tom Scherrer, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Paul Stankowski, Todd Demsey, Woody Austin, David Toms, David Duval, Ronald Whittaker, Justin Bolli, Brett Quigley, Bill Haas, Notah Begay III, Guy Boros, Shane Bertsch, Troy Matteson
TENNIS
WTA Guangzhou International Open 2nd rd:
(1) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Yi Fan Xu (Chn) 6-1 7-6 (7-4) Tamira Paszek (Aut) bt (7) Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-2 2-6 6-3 (3) Jie Zheng (Chn) bt Raluca Olaru (Rom) 6-4 6-0 (4) Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Jingjing Lu (Chn) 6-3 6-4
Add 2nd rd: Camille Pin (Fra) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) 2-6 6-0 6-2
Add 2nd rd: Arantxa Rus (Ned) bt (5) Gisela Dulko (Arg) 6-4 6-4
WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open 2nd rd:
(3) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-0 6-3 (6) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Marion Bartoli (Fra) 6-2 6-3 (1) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-2 6-1 (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 6-1 6-1 Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt (2) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) 6-1 1-6 6-2 Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-4 6-3
Add 2nd rd: Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Virginie Razzano (Fra) 6-4 6-2