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On This Day in Sport (01 October 2009):

1936: Duncan Edwards was born. The youngest England football international since the 19th century when he made his debut, aged 18, against Scotland in 1955. He died of injuries sustained in the Munich air disaster in 1958.
1951: The first competitive football match was played under floodlights at The Dell, a reserve contest between Southampton and Tottenham.
1975: Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali fought the `Thrilla in Manila' for the world heavyweight title. Defending champion Ali emerged the victor at the end of 14 rounds of unrelenting action.
1998: Former Arsenal boss George Graham became the new manager of Tottenham.
2000: Boxer Audley Harrison grabbed Great Britain's 10th gold medal of the Sydney Olympics when he beat Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov in the super-heavyweight division at Darling Harbour.
2005: Former New Zealand wing Jonah Lomu signed for Cardiff Blues.
2006: Norwich sacked their manager Nigel Worthington.

Headlines (01 October) :

Dallaglio keen on sub trial
Lawrence Dallaglio believes rolling substitutions could be trialled in the Guinness Premiership as early as next season in a joint attempt to eradicate cheating from rugby and improve player welfare.
Ancelotti unhappy with Blues performance
Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti admitted he was far from happy with his team's performance in their uninspiring 1-0 Champions League win over unfancied Apoel Nicosia.
Strauss deserves recognition - Swann
Andrew Strauss can cap a great first year as England captain by being recognised on the world stage on Thursday night.
Smith calls up Warrington pair
Warrington players Ben Harrison and Chris Bridge have been drafted into the England train-on squad for the Gillette Four Nations series, taking the representation from coach Tony Smith's club to six.
Australia call up Hussey
Australia have called up David Hussey as a replacement for Michael Clarke for the final stages of the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa.
Kroenke increases Arsenal stake
Stan Kroenke has increased his stake in Arsenal to 28.7%.
Ancelotti unhappy with Blues performance
Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti admitted he was far from happy with his team's performance in their uninspiring 1-0 Champions League win over unfancied Apoel Nicosia.
Setback for Owen in United fightback
Michael Owen's World Cup dream has suffered a major setback after Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed the striker would be out for "two to three weeks" with a groin injury.
Harford leaves Hatters
Blue Square Premier side Luton have parted company with manager Mick Harford by mutual consent.
City await Adebayor verdict
Emmanuel Adebayor on Thursday faces a Football Association hearing to answer a charge of improper conduct, with his Manchester City boss Mark Hughes hoping the striker will escape a ban and be available to face Aston Villa on Monday.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 30 September 2009

FOOTBALL
UEFA Champions League
Group A
Bayern Munich 0 Juventus 0
Group B
CSKA Moscow 2 Besiktas 1 Man Utd 2 Wolfsburg 1
Group C
AC Milan 0 FC Zurich 1 Real Madrid 3 Marseille 0
Group D
Apoel Nicosia 0 Chelsea 1 FC Porto 2 Atletico Madrid 0
Coca-Cola Championship
Newcastle 1 QPR 1 Nottm Forest 2 Scunthorpe 0
Coca-Cola Division Two
Chesterfield 3 Grimsby 2
CRICKET
ICC Champions Trophy at Centurion
Australia 206 - 8 50 ovs Pakistan 205 - 6 50 ovs Australia won by 2 wickets.
ICC Champions Trophy at Johannesburg
India 130 - 3 32.1 ovs West Indies 129 all out 36 ovs India won by 7 wickets.
TENNIS
WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open 3rd rd:
(14) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 4-6 6-2 7-5
(7) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-1 3-0 ret
Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) 2-6 6-2 6-2
(11) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-4 3-6 6-3
(8) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 7-5 6-4
Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Kai Chen Chang (Tpe) 7-5 6-2
Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) 1-6 6-3 6-3
(15) Na Li (Chn) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) 2-6 7-5 6-3
ATP Proton Malaysian Open 1st rd:
Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Victor Crivoi (Rom) 6-1 6-2
(5) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2)
Simon Greul (Ger) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-4 3-6 6-2
2nd rd:
Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-2 6-3
(3) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Brendan Evans (USA) 6-1 6-1
(1) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 6-3 7-6 (7-4)
ATP PTT Thailand Open 1st rd:
Kevin Kim (USA) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-4 6-4
Mischa Zverev (Ger) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 5-7 6-3 6-3
2nd rd:
(6) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Marsel Ilhan (Tur) 6-4 6-2
(4) Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-3 7-6 (7-4)