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On This Day in Sport (23 November 2011): 1755: Thomas Lord, the man who developed the world famous Lord's ground at St John's Wood, London, in 1814, was born. 1990: The Football Association fined Aston Villa's Republic of Ireland star Paul McGrath £8,500 for comments he made about Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson in a newspaper article. 2005: Middlesbrough's Portuguese defender Abel Xavier was suspended for 18 months by FIFA after testing positive for methandienone, a performance-enhancing drug. The ban was later reduced to 12 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. 2006: England defender Wayne Bridge signed a new four-year deal with Chelsea. Headlines (23 November) : England agree WC qualifiers The FA have confirmed England will kick-off their 2014 World Cup qualifiers away to Moldova in September 2012 after finalising their schedule. Leaked reports shame England Official reports on England's ill-fated World Cup campaign make for grim reading, detailing a divided and indisciplined squad focused on money. Gunners warned over Gotze Arsenal have been told to forget about German wonderkid Mario Gotze by Champions League opponents Borussia Dortmund. Butt and Amir set to appeal Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir will challenge their sentences following the spot-fixing scam. Wenger: We must ignore Spurs Arsene Wenger wants Arsenal to focus on reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League rather than worry about the form of Tottenham.  O'Sullivan keen on England job Former Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan wants to replace Martin Johnson as England boss, his agent has disclosed. Kubica to miss start of season Renault have announced that Robert Kubica will not be behind the wheel as was hoped for the start of the 2012 Formula One season. Aussies sweat over star duo Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson are both in doubt ahead of Australia's first Test against New Zealand in Brisbane next week. Federer savours Nadal triumph Roger Federer savoured one of the more special performances of his career after crushing Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-0 at the ATP World Tour Finals. Hobbs to run three in Hennessy Philip Hobbs plans to run all of his three possibles in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday. International Results Roundup Dateline 22 November 2011 FOOTBALL UEFA Champions League Group A Bayern Munich 3 Villarreal 1 Napoli 2 Man City 1 Group B CSKA Moscow 0 Lille 2 Trabzonspor 1 Inter Milan 1 Group C Man Utd 2 Benfica 2 Otelul Galati 2 Basle 3 Group D Lyon 0 Ajax 0 Real Madrid 6 Dinamo Zagreb 2 npower Championship Birmingham 2 Burnley 1 Coventry 1 Cardiff 1 FA Challenge Cup First Round Replay Aldershot 2 Maidenhead Utd 0 Gillingham 3 Bournemouth 2 1 Port Vale 0 Oxford City 1 Redbridge 2 Redbridge won after extra-time Scunthorpe 0 AFC Wimbledon 1 Southend 1 Preston 0 Stourbridge 2 Plymouth 0 Tamworth 1 Hinckley Utd 0 Wrexham 2 Cambridge Utd 1 The Scottish Cup Third Round Replay Montrose 1 Ayr 2 CRICKET India v West Indies Test Series : Third Test at Mumbai West Indies 575 - 9 181 ovs Close of play Pakistan v Sri Lanka One Day International Series : Fifth Match at Abu Dhabi Pakistan 10 - 0 1.3 ovs Sri Lanka 218 - 9 50 ovs In Progress TENNIS Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Mens Singles Group B: (6) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt (8) Mardy Fish (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 (4) Roger Federer (Swi) bt (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 6-3 6-0