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On This Day in Sport (31 October 2011):

1987: Chetan Sharma of India claimed the first hat-trick in the World Cup when he dismissed three New Zealand batsmen at Nagpur.
1990: Following the passage of the Football Spectators Bill through the House of Commons, Derby agreed to run a pilot scheme for the controversial identity card.
2002: Sven-Goran Eriksson pledged to stay on as England manager in the wake of Football Association chief executive Adam Crozier's resignation.
2004: Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse was ruled out for the season after breaking his leg at Blackburn.
2005: Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov dismissed chairman George Foulkes and chief executive Phil Anderson and put his son Roman in charge of the Bank of Scotland Premier League club.
2006: Former Scotland midfielder John Collins was appointed Hibernian manager following Tony Mowbray's departure for West Brom.

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International Results Roundup

Dateline 30 October 2011

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Tottenham 3 QPR 1
npower Championship
Leeds 1 Cardiff 1
RUGBY UNION
The Championship
Nottingham (23) 33 London Scottish (6) 31
FORMULA ONE
Indian Grand Prix
Leading Final Positions after Race (60 Laps):
1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1hr 30mins 35.002secs
2 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1:30:43.435
3 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:30:59.303
4 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1:31:00.531
5 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:31:40.423
6 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:31:41.853
7 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:31:59.185
8 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso at 1 Lap
9 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India at 1 Lap
10 Sergio Perez (Mex) Sauber-Ferrari at 1 Lap
11 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault at 1 Lap
12 Bruno Senna (Bra) Renault at 1 Lap
13 Paul di Resta (Gbr) Force India at 1 Lap
14 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus F1 at 2 Laps
15 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams at 2 Laps
16 Jerome d'Ambrosio (Bel) Virgin Racing at 3 Laps
17 Narain Karthikeyan (Ind) HRT-F1 at 3 Laps
18 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) HRT-F1 at 3 Laps
19 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus F1 at 5 Laps
GOLF
Andalucia Masters Final collated scores and totals, Club de Golf Valderrama, Sotogrande, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
278 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 70 70 67 71 279 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 71 70 68 70 280 Richie Ramsay 65 72 73 70 281 Shane Lowry 72 71 71 67 282 Steve Webster 75 72 66 69 283 Gregory Havret (Fra) 68 71 76 68
Shanghai Masters Collated final scores and totals, Lake Malaren Golf Club, The Masters Course, Shanghai, China(Par: 72)
270 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 64 69 65 72 (Won on first hole of a playoff), Anthony Kim (USA) 68 68 65 69 275 Noh Seung yul (Kor) 72 63 67 73, Hunter Mahan (USA) 65 72 68 70 276 Lee Westwood (Eng) 69 70 70 67 277 Ian Poulter (Eng) 67 71 67 72 280 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 69 71 72 68, K.J. Choi (Kor) 73 70 70 67
CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Collated final scores and totals, The Mines Resort & Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia(USA unless stated, par 71):
261 Bo Van Pelt 66 64 67 64 267 Jeff Overton 67 62 69 69 268 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 65 64 71 68 269 Camilo Villegas (Col) 69 66 68 66, Mark Wilson 67 66 67 69, Cameron Tringale 66 68 71 64 270 Vijay Singh (Fij) 72 64 66 68, Ryan Palmer 71 65 67 67, John Senden (Aus) 67 70 68 65
TENNIS
ATP Valencia Open 500 1st rd:
Pablo Andujar (Spa) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-0 7-6 (9-7)