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On This Day in Sport (07 October 2009): 1993: Liam Brady resigned as manager of Celtic. His assistant Joe Jordan was put in temporary charge. 1995: Steve Coppell was confirmed as manager of First Division Manchester City, ending the club's 42-day search for a successor to Alan Ball. He lasted just 33 days before quitting because of stress. 2000: Kevin Keegan sensationally resigned as England coach after the 1-0 defeat by Germany in the final match to be played at the old Wembley stadium. 2003: Rio Ferdinand was omitted from the England squad to face Turkey in their crunch Euro 2004 qualifier after failing to attend a drugs test. Headlines (07 October) : FIFA unimpressed with England bid England does not have a divine right to host the World Cup and its bid for the 2018 competition has not wowed anyone yet, FIFA vice president Jack Warner said on Wednesday. New blow for Burley as duo pull out Darren Fletcher and Alan Hutton have pulled out of George Burley's Scotland squad to play Japan in Yokohama on Saturday, taking the total number of withdrawals to 10. Azam banned for 12 weeks Gloucester hooker Olivier Azam has been suspended for 12 weeks after pleading guilty to kicking England captain Steve Borthwick in the eye. Yeung up to Gold standard Birmingham chairman David Gold believes new owner Carson Yeung will drive the Blues to new heights. Owens' regret over 'Bloodgate' Welsh referee Nigel Owens says he will be "more aware" in future if there is any repeat of the infamous 'Bloodgate' scandal. Drogba urges Vieira swoop Didier Drogba has urged Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti to make a move for ex-Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira in the January transfer window. Strauss hopeful of KP tour return England captain Andrew Strauss is confident star batsman Kevin Pietersen will be fit for this winter's tour of South Africa. Terry ready for 'biggest season' England skipper John Terry concedes it is "unthinkable" his career will come to a close without tasting real success in either the Champions League with Chelsea or at international level. Smith looks to go out on a high Lee Smith is hoping for a touch of deja vu as he prepares to bring down the curtain on his Leeds career in Saturday's engage Super League Grand Final. Higgins date for Rocket Ronnie O'Sullivan overcame a battling performance from Jamie Burnett to book a second-round clash against John Higgins at the Grand Prix in Glasgow with a 5-3 win. International Results Roundup Dateline 06 October 2009 FOOTBALL Football League Trophy Northern Section - Second Round Bradford 2 Notts County 2 Bradford won 3-2 on penalties Bury 2 Tranmere 1 Carlisle 4 Macclesfield 2 Chesterfield 3 Huddersfield 3 Chesterfield won 4-2 on penalties Hartlepool 0 Grimsby 2 Leeds 2 Darlington 1 Port Vale 3 Stockport 1 TENNIS ATP Rakuten Japan Open 1st rd: (8) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Tatsuma Ito (Jpn) 6-1 7-5 Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt (1) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 6-4 6-4 Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 (5) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Go Soeda (Jpn) 6-2 6-4 (3) Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Takao Suzuki (Jpn) 6-3 6-4 Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Andrey Golubev (Kaz) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 ATP & WTA China Open Men's 1st rd: Marat Safin (Rus) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) 6-4 6-2 James Blake (USA) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-3 3-6 6-3 (7) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt David Ferrer (Spa) 7-5 6-4 Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 7-6 (10-8) 4-6 6-1 Lukasz Kubot (Pol) bt (3) Andy Roddick (USA) 6-2 6-4 (5) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Robby Ginepri (USA) 6-7 (7-9) 6-1 6-2 Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-4 3-6 6-4 (4) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 6-1 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 (6) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 6-3 4-6 6-2 Women's 2nd rd: Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt Vania King (USA) 6-4 6-4 (4) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 6-4 6-3 (10) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) 3-6 7-5 6-3 Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt (9) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 (14) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) 6-2 6-3 (7) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-3 6-0 (2) Serena Williams (USA) bt Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 6-3 6-2 Shuai Peng (Chn) bt (8) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) 4-6 7-5 6-2 (12) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Patty Schnyder (Swi) 6-4 6-1 (13) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 6-1 2-6 7-5