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On This Day in Sport (17 October 2009):

1860: The first Open Championship of golf was played at Prestwick. Eight men took part over three rounds of the 12-hole course and the winner was Willie Park senior, who took a total of 174 strokes. Favourite Old Tom Morris was runner-up.
1995: A samba band and 5,000 fans turned out at the Riverside Stadium to welcome new midfield signing Juninho, the Brazilian player of the year, who cost Middlesbrough £4.75million from Sao Paulo.
1998: Fulham boss Kevin Keegan took his spending to £11million with the signing of Bristol Rovers striker Barry Hayles for £2million.
2004: The Zimbabwe Cricket Union were cleared of racism by the International Cricket Council and had their Test status restored

Headlines (17 October) :

Redknapp hits out at 'scandalous' allegations
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp insists the two years of tax allegations surrounding him are "smoke without a fire".
Terry can play until he's 40 - Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti has compared John Terry to Paolo Maldini and backed Chelsea's skipper to continue playing until he is 40.
No Swede dreams for Hodgson
Roy Hodgson admits he is no closer to signing a new contract at Fulham but insists he will not be leaving Craven Cottage to become Sweden's national coach.
Arshavin calls on Gunners to believe
Andrey Arshavin believes Arsenal need to gain confidence and improve their character if they are to compete with the best.
Fergie issues financial warning
Sir Alex Ferguson believes a "major club" could collapse unless wealthy owners start to act more responsibly.
Froch: I want to beat the best
Carl Froch admits he jumped at the chance to enter the "unique" Super Six World Boxing Classic as he looks to become undisputed super-middleweight world champion.
Sheridan could miss England games
Sale director of rugby Kingsley Jones admitted Andrew Sheridan could miss England's autumn internationals after he dislocated his left shoulder in the 27-26 Heineken Cup victory over Pool Five rivals Cardiff.
Wilkinson impresses in Toulon win
Jonny Wilkinson hopes he can continue his renaissance at Toulon after another impressive showing for the French side against Saracens.
Stoner claims Phillip Island pole
Casey Stoner put himself on course to make it a hat-trick of wins in his homeland by claiming pole position for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.
Alonso and Buemi outpace title hopefuls
Fernando Alonso and Sebastien Buemi surprised the title contenders by posting the fastest practice times of the day ahead of Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 16 October 2009

FOOTBALL
Coca-Cola Division Two
Cheltenham 1 Macclesfield 2
GOLF
BMG Classic
Collated first round scores in the Sunshine Tour BMG Classic, Glendower Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa(Rsa unless stated, par 72):
65 Louis De Jager 67 Chris Swanepoel, Shaun Norris, Albert Pistorius 68 Graham Delaet (Can), Rudy Whitfield, Doug Mcguigan, Marc Cayeux (Zim), Brandon Pieters 69 Grant Muller, Trevor Fisher Jnr, Lindani Ndwandwe, Ulrich Van Den Berg
Benahavis Senior Masters
Collated first round scores in the European Seniors Tour Benahavis Senior Masters, La Quinta G&CC, Marbella, Spain(Spa unless stated, par 71):
66 C Mason (Eng) 67 R Drummond (Sco) 68 T Johnstone (Zim), A Murray (Eng), B Cameron (Eng), J Rivero 69 H Carbonetti (Arg), J Quiros, L Carbonetti (Arg), M Moreno 70 R Chapman (Eng), D Smyth (Irl), P Allan (Eng), M Briggs (Eng), B Lincoln (Rsa), B Smit (Rsa) 71 N Job (Eng), J Hoskison (Eng), G Brand Jnr (Sco), M Cunning (USA), J Anglada, J Canizares
Carta Si Ladies Italian Open
Collated second round scores & totals in the Ladies European Tour Carta Si Ladies Italian Open, Le Rovedine, Milano Golf Club, Milan, Italy(Ita unless stated, par 72):
135 Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 68 67, Laura Davies (Eng) 70 65 136 Nicole Gergely (Aut) 71 65, Diana Luna 70 66 137 Becky Brewerton (Wal) 69 68 138 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 69 69 140 Caroline Afonso (Fra) 67 73, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 70 70, Christina Kim (USA) 73 67
Japan Open
Collated second round scores & totals in the Japan Tour Japan Open Golf Championship, Musashi Country Club Toyooka Course, Saitama, Japan(Jpn unless stated, par 72):
141 Hiroyuki Fujita 69 72, Han Lee (USA) 69 72 142 Shingo Katayama 72 70, Daisuke Maruyama 73 69, David Smail (Nzl) 71 71, Katsumasa Miyamoto 70 72, Hirofumi Miyase 72 70, Yasuharu Imano 73 69 143 Kaname Yokoo 71 72, Tomohiro Kondo 71 72, Brendan Jones (Aus) 73 70 144 Toyokazu Hioki 69 75, Tomoyuki Otsuka 73 71, Kazuhiro Yamashita 68 76, Sushi Ishigaki 70 74, Hideki Matsuyama 70 74, Ryutaro Nagano 69 75, Taichi Teshima 69 75, Ryuichi Oda 74 70, Hideto Tanihara 75 69
Portugal Masters
Collated second round scores & totals in the European Tour Portugal Masters, Oceanico Victoria Clube de Golfe, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
129 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 63 66 130 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 65 65 131 Padraig Harrington 69 62 132 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 68 64, Pablo Martin (Spa) 66 66 133 Alastair Forsyth 65 68, Lee Westwood 66 67, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 68 65 134 Simon Khan 66 68, Oliver Fisher 67 67
Administaff Small Business Classic
Collated first-round scores (USA unless stated, par 72):
64 Dan Forsman 65 John Cook 67 Mark Wiebe, Jay Don Blake, Nick Price (Zim), Bob Tway 68 Bruce Lietzke, Bernhard Langer (Ger), Russ Cochran, Keith Fergus, John Harris 69 Denis Watson (Zim), Joey Sindelar, Gene Jones, Tom Watson, Mike Reid, Tom Lehman, Jim Thorpe, Olin Browne, David Eger
Justin Timberlake Open
Collated second-round scores (USA unless stated, par 71):
129 Chad Campbell 67 62, Troy Matteson 62 67 130 Martin Laird (Sco) 63 67, Matt Kuchar 66 64, Bob Heintz 63 67, Ryan Moore 67 63 131 Jim Furyk 64 67, Scott Piercy 64 67, Tom Pernice Jnr. 62 69, Rickie Fowler 67 64 132 Jeff Klauk 65 67, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 67 65, Parker McLachlin 67 65
TENNIS
WTA HP Open
Quarter-finals:
(4) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt (7) Melinda Czink (Hun) w/o
Sania Mirza (Ind) bt (2) Marion Bartoli (Fra) 6-4 2-0 ret
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt (6) Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) 6-2 6-7 (1-7) 6-2
(3) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-1 6-3
WTA Generali Ladies Linz
Quarter-finals:
Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt (4) Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spa) 7-5 6-4
(2) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt (7) Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-3 7-6 (11-9)
(1) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Ioana Raluca Olaru (Rom) 7-5 6-2
(3) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt (8) Sara Errani (Ita) 7-5 6-3
ATP Shanghai Masters 1000
Quarter-finals:
(6) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt (13) Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-1 4-6 6-1
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt (9) Robin Soderling (Swe) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3
(2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (8) Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-3 2-6 6-2
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 3-6 6-3 ret