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On This Day in Sport (27 October 2011): 1962: Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser became the first woman to swim 100 metres in under one minute when she clocked a time of 59.9 seconds. 1998: St Johnstone reached their first domestic final for 29 years by beating Hearts 3-0 in the League Cup semi-final. They went on to lose to Rangers at Parkhead. 2000: Britain's Tanni Grey-Thompson won her fourth gold medal of the Paralympics in Sydney when she cruised to victory in the T53 classification of the women's 400 metres in a time of 58.74 seconds. 2004: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger agreed a three-year extension to his contract, keeping him at the club until May 2008. 2006: The Football Association council voted in favour of a major restructuring of the organisation. Recommendations included appointing an independent chairman to the FA board, to reduce the board from 12 to 10 members and to award a vote to the chief executive. Headlines (27 October) : Pietersen faces fitness test Kevin Pietersen will have a fitness test on his broken thumb on Friday but is rated "very doubtful" for England's one-off T20 against India. City maintain silence over Tevez Manchester City are maintaining their silence as they await Carlos Tevez's next move in their increasingly bitter dispute with the player. New Wimbledon deal for BBC Wimbledon will continue to be broadcast on the BBC until at least 2017 after the corporation's contract was extended by three years. Allenby takes early lead Australia's Robert Allenby produced a sublime eight-under-par round of 63 to lead the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic by one shot. Givet epitomises spirit - Kean Steve Kean hailed Gael Givet as a "warrior" after the Blackburn defender's last-gasp extra-time winner against Newcastle in the Carling Cup. Flower: We must deal with spin England plumbed new depths in their ODI whitewash in India - but Andy Flower is hoping the experience can kickstart necessary self-improvement. Hussey ready for decider Batsman Mike Hussey has urged his Australia team-mates to play without fear in the deciding ODI against South Africa on Friday. McCall's woe over Wigglesworth Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall hopes injured scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth will return to action before the end of the season. Silva quits to clear name Brazil's sports minister Orlando Silva has resigned following allegations of corruption. Press strategy helps Indian GP Indian Motor Sports Federation president Vicky Chandhok is relieved that the Indian GP has avoided the woes suffered by the Commonwealth Games. International Results Roundup Dateline 26 October 2011 FOOTBALL Carling Cup Fourth Round Blackburn 4 Newcastle 3 Blackburn won after extra-time Everton 1 Chelsea 2 Chelsea won after extra-time Stoke 1 Liverpool 2 Wolverhampton 2 Man City 5 npower Championship Birmingham 1 Leeds 0 CRICKET Pakistan v Sri Lanka Test Series : Second Test at Dubai Pakistan 168 - 2 59.4 ovs Sri Lanka 239 all out 79 ovs In Progress TENNIS WTA Championships White Group (4) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt (7) Samantha Stosur (Aus) 6-2 6-2 (5) Na Li (Chn) bt (2) Maria Sharapova (Rus) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 Red Group (6) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt (1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 6-2 4-6 6-3 ATP Erste Bank Open 1st rd: Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Robin Haase (Ned) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 Steve Darcis (Bel) bt (7) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 3-6 6-0 7-6 (7-2) 2nd rd: (2) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Philipp Petzschner (Ger) 6-3 6-4 (6) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-2 7-6 (7-5)