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On This Day in Sport (16 November 2011): 1938: Willie Hall scored three goals in three and a half minutes for England against the Republic of Ireland, a record in a home international. Hall added two more in a 7-0 win. 2003: England beat France 24-7 in the semi-finals of the 2003 Rugby World Cup with Jason Leonard making a world record 112th appearance for the winners. 2005: England lost their first Test match since regaining the Ashes, going down to Pakistan by 22 runs. 2005: Australia, Trinidad & Tobago, Switzerland, Spain and Czech Republic all qualified for the 2006 World Cup finals. Headlines (16 November) : Capello happy with new blood Fabio Capello singled out Phil Jones, Jack Rodwell and Man-of-the-Match Kyle Walker for special praise after England beat Sweden at Wembley. England finish 2011 with win England completed an unbeaten 2011 in satisfactory style as they beat Sweden for the first time since 1968 with a 1-0 success at Wembley. Ireland seal place at Euro 2012 Republic of Ireland sealed their place at the Euro 2012 finals with a 1-1 draw in the second leg of their play-off against Estonia in Dublin. Pearson makes Foxes return Leicester have confirmed the appointment of Nigel Pearson as their new manager, with Hull placing Nicky Barmby in caretaker charge. Czechs and Croatia qualify Czech Republic and Croatia both secured their places at Euro 2012 in the second leg of their play-offs on Tuesday evening. Edwards: I'd enjoy England role Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards would relish the opportunity of joining England's coaching staff one day. Woods-Scott clash confirmed The highly-anticipated match-up between Tiger Woods and Adam Scott will happen on the opening day of the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne. Work stops at US GP track Construction work has been halted at the proposed venue of next year's United States GP. Villas-Boas denies FA charge Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has denied an Football Association charge for comments he made after the 1-0 defeat at QPR earlier this month. Barca coy on Bale interest Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has refused to confirm whether the Catalans' are interested in signing Tottenham winger Gareth Bale. International Results Roundup Dateline 15 November 2011 FOOTBALL International Denmark 2 Finland 1 England 1 Sweden 0 FYR Macedonia 0 Albania 0 France 0 Belgium 0 Germany 3 Holland 0 Greece 1 Romania 3 Honduras 2 Serbia 0 Italy 0 Uruguay 1 Luxembourg 0 Switzerland 1 Poland 2 Hungary 1 Slovenia 2 USA 3 Ukraine 2 Austria 1 European Under-21 Championship Qualifying Group One Cyprus U21 0 Germany U21 3 Group Three Armenia U21 0 Wales U21 0 Group Four FYR Macedonia U21 1 Denmark U21 1 N Ireland U21 0 Serbia U21 2 Group Seven Italy U21 2 Hungary U21 0 Group Ten Bulgaria U21 1 Austria U21 1 European Under-21 Championship Qualifying Group Two Malta U21 0 Sweden U21 1 Ukraine U21 2 Lithuania U21 0 European Championship Play Off Second Leg 2nd Leg Croatia 0 Turkey 0 Croatia won 3-0 on aggregate Montenegro 0 Czech Republic 1 Czech Republic won 3-0 on aggregate Portugal 6 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 Portugal won 6-2 on aggregate Rep of Ireland 1 Estonia 1 CRICKET India v West Indies Test Series : Second Test at Kolkata India 631 - 7 dec 151.2 ovs West Indies 153 all out 48 ovs 195 - 3 62 ovs Close of play