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On This Day in Sport (29 September 2008): 1952: Speed king John Cobb died when his jet-engined Crusader disintegrated on Loch Ness. 1971: Chelsea inflicted an 8-0 defeat on Luxembourg's Jeunesse Hautcharage in the first leg of their UEFA Cup Winners' Cup match. The Blues won the second leg, at Stamford Bridge, 13-0 on their way to a European club record aggregate victory of 21-0. 1981: Bill Shankly died. The Liverpool manager had taken the Reds out of Division Two in 1962 and transformed them into one of the most famous sides in the world. 2000: Britain's Shirley Robertson won the sailing gold medal in the Europe class at the Sydney Olympics, as did Ben Ainslie in the Open Laser class. 2002: Europe regained the Ryder Cup by beating the United States at The Belfry, Ireland's Paul McGinley sinking a dramatic 18-foot putt on the final green to halve his crucial singles match with Jim Furyk. 2004: Wales Rugby Union officials appointed Gareth Thomas as captain for the following two years. 2005: Roy Keane revealed he planned to quit Manchester United at the end of the season. His exit came in January, followed by his retirement after playing for Celtic. He now manages Sunderland. Headlines (29 September) : Hughes backs calls for TV technology Mark Hughes added his name to the list of Barclays Premier League managers calling for the introduction of video technology after a debatable penalty in Manchester City's 2-1 defeat at Wigan. We don't have to sell - Redknapp Harry Redknapp insisted his club have "fantastic assets on the pitch" after Portsmouth denied they are up for sale due to massive debts. Scolari hails Blues spirit Luiz Felipe Scolari believes team ethic is separating Chelsea from the rest with confidence in the camp growing by the week. Cook reflects on proudest moment Geoff Cook has reflected on the culmination of a near-lifetime's work after Durham clinched their maiden County Championship title. More still to come vows Adam Midfielder Charlie Adam is confident Rangers can add even more panache to their play after a 3-0 win at Hibernian extended their winning run to five games. Time for trial by television - Megson Frustrated Bolton manager Gary Megson believes it is only a matter of time before technology is used to settle contentious issues in the game. Davies stresses Young's importance Curtis Davies believes it is crucial Ashley Young signs a new contract for Aston Villa after hailing him as the club's "most important player". Tuqiri remains hopeful Lote Tuqiri remains optimistic his troublesome left knee will not force him out of Australia's upcoming six-match tour, which includes matches in the UK. No let up from Hamilton Lewis Hamilton insists there will be no change in his approach for the final three races of the season despite seeing his World Championship lead increase to seven points after his third-place finish at the historic Singapore Grand Prix. Westwood beaten at the Belfry Lee Westwood was denied a successful defence of the Quinn Insurance British Masters at The Belfry when he lost to Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano at the third hole of a play-off. International Results Roundup Dateline 28 September 2008 FOOTBALL Barclays Premier League Portsmouth 2 Tottenham 0 Wigan 2 Man City 1 Scottish Premier Hibernian 0 Rangers 3 Coca-Cola Division One Swindon 1 Millwall 2 Coca-Cola Division Two Accrington Stanley 1 Rochdale 3 Blue Square Premier Cambridge Utd 1 Grays Athletic 0 Stevenage 3 York 3 CRICKET LV County Championship - Division One at Canterbury Kent 225 all out 59.5 ovs 204 all out 60.3 ovs Durham 500 - 8 dec 136 ovs Durham beat Kent by an innings and 71 runs LV County Championship - Division One at Trent Bridge Nottinghamshire 211 all out 56.1 ovs 238 all out 53.3 ovs Hampshire 203 all out 88.4 ovs 449 - 5 dec 147 ovs Hampshire beat Nottinghamshire by 203 runs LV County Championship - Division One at Taunton Somerset 202 all out 70.1 ovs 227 all out 85.1 ovs Lancashire 248 all out 97 ovs 183 - 2 46.4 ovs Lancashire beat Somerset by 8 wkts LV County Championship - Division One at Hove Sussex 207 all out 68 ovs 397 - 9 dec 116 ovs Yorkshire 400 - 9 dec 122.5 ovs Match Drawn LV County Championship - Division Two at Bristol Gloucestershire 195 all out 73.4 ovs 385 - 8 110 ovs Essex 510 all out 131.3 ovs Match Drawn LV County Championship - Division Two at Northampton Northamptonshire 256 all out 70.5 ovs 367 all out 71.3 ovs Middlesex 545 - 7 dec 133.5 ovs 171 - 2 dec 34 ovs Middlesex beat Northamptonshire by 93 runs LV County Championship - Division Two at Edgbaston Warwickshire 315 all out 82.5 ovs 280 all out 90.3 ovs Glamorgan 193 all out 51.2 ovs 223 all out 55.4 ovs Warwickshire beat Glamorgan by 179 runs RUGBY UNION The Magners League Leinster (0) 0 Munster (3) 18 National League One Cornish Pirates (8) 20 Nottingham (5) 31 GOLF Quinn Insurance British Masters (R4) Collated final round scores & totals in the European Tour The Quinn Insurance British Masters, The Belfry, West Midlands, England(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72): 276 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 71 70 68 67 (Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano won at 3rd extra hole), Lee Westwood 68 70 68 70 278 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 69 72 65 72 280 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 67 75 68 70 282 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 69 71 69 73, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 72 72 66 72 283 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 73 70 68 72, Ross Fisher 71 68 71 73, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 71 71 75 66 284 Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 68 72 73, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 70 71 72 71, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 74 71 69 70 285 Anthony Wall 71 74 70 70, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 66 75 72, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 69 73 72 71 Tour Championship Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour's THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, East Lake GC, Atlanta, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 70): 273 Camilo Villegas (Col) 72 66 69 66, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 70 65 67 71 (Camilo Villegas won at 1st extra hole) 274 Phil Mickelson 68 68 69 69, Anthony Kim 64 69 72 69 278 Ben Curtis 71 69 68 70 280 Jim Furyk 72 70 69 69, Mike Weir (Can) 70 69 71 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 73 70 69 281 KJ Choi (Kor) 69 70 70 72 282 Dudley Hart 73 69 71 69, Justin Leonard 73 69 73 67, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 68 73 71 70, Billy Mayfair 72 71 69 70, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 71 70 69 ATHLETICS Haile Gebrselassie is targeting a second world record this year after smashing his own marathon mark in Germany on Sunday. The 35-year-old Ethiopian won the real-Berlin Marathon for the third successive time in a phenomenal time of two hours, three minutes and 59 seconds. MOTOR CYCLING Valentino Rossi savoured a hard-fought sixth MotoGP title and first since 2005 after wrapping up the crown with victory in Motegi on Sunday. The Italian Fiat Yamaha rider claimed his eighth victory of the season and fifth in a row ahead of 2007 champion Casey Stoner, who had to win and hope Rossi finished off the podium to keep the title race going for at least next week's race in Australia. But Stoner finished 1.943 seconds adrift of Rossi, with Spanish duo Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo in third and fourth. Alessandro Ballan was crowned world road-race champion in Varese on Sunday. The Italian gave the home crowd something to cheer when he attacked in the closing two kilometres. Having opened up a gap he held on to take the raibow jersey by three seconds, completing the 260km course in six hours, 37 minutes and 30 seconds. Ballan's team-mate Damiano Cunego outsprinted Dane Matti Breschel to take second.