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On This Day in Sport (31 October 2010): 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. Headlines (31 October) : Pakistan appeals fail The ICC uphold the provisional bans of suspended Pakistan pair Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir at a hearing in Doha No new faces at Man Utd Sir Alex Ferguson rules out any January signings at Old Trafford, and reveals Wayne Rooney will be out for another five weeks England out of Four Nations England were knocked out of the Four Nations tournament after a comprehensive 34-14 defeat to Australia in Melbourne O'Sullivan powers to title Ronnie O'Sullivan hailed Power Snooker after he walked home with a cheque for £35,000 by beating Ding Junhui in the first-ever final Crane holds nerve to take title A birdie at the last hole saw Ben Crane hold off Brian Davis to win the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic by one stroke in Kuala Lumpur Clijsters meets Wozniacki in final Kim Clijsters shunted Sam Stosur out of her path to reach the final of the WTA Championships in Doha despite being involved in a car crash Redknapp fumes over Nani goal Harry Redknapp branded referee Mark Clattenburg's decision to allow Nani's late goal in Tottenham's 2-0 defeat at Man Utd as "farcical" and "scandalous" New low for Mancini Roberto Mancini labelled Manchester City's performance as the worst of the season after Wolves achieved a shock 2-1 win at Molineux International Results Roundup Dateline 30 October 2010 FOOTBALL Barclays Premier League Arsenal 1 West Ham 0 Blackburn 1 Chelsea 2 Everton 1 Stoke 0 Fulham 2 Wigan 0 Man Utd 2 Tottenham 0 Wolverhampton 2 Man City Scottish Premier Dundee Utd 1 Hibernian 0 Motherwell 0 Hamilton 1 Rangers 1 Inverness CT 1 St Johnstone 0 Celtic 3 St Mirren 2 Aberdeen 1 npower Championship Barnsley 1 Hull 1 Cardiff 3 Norwich 1 Crystal Palace 0 Swansea 3 Derby 4 Watford 1 Ipswich 2 Millwall 0 Leicester 1 Preston 0 Middlesbrough 1 Bristol City 2 Portsmouth 2 Nottm Forest 1 QPR 1 Burnley 1 Reading 4 Doncaster 3 Scunthorpe 1 Leeds 4 Sheff Utd 0 Coventry 1 RUGBY UNION International Match Australia (12) 26 New Zealand (17) 24 Aviva Premiership Rugby Gloucester (9) 19 Leicester (6) 12 Northampton (10) 34 Newcastle (3) 13 Saracens (3) 9 Exeter (10) 23 The Magners League Benetton Treviso (16) 24 Connacht (10) 17 Leinster (9) 19 Edinburgh (8) 18 Ospreys (3) 16 Newport-Gwent D'gons (8) 21