1999: Tottenham won their 50th European home tie,
edging out Kaiserslautern 1-0.
2000: Manchester United put five goals past
Southampton in front of the biggest-ever Premier League crowd at the time.
Headlines (28 October) :
Ashley to invest £20million in Toon
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley pledged to invest
£20million back into the Magpies after he last night took the
Coca-Cola Championship club off the market.
Ancelotti is Megson's tip for the top
Bolton manager Gary Megson believes Carlo Ancelotti
can lead Chelsea to the Barclays Premier League title this season.
All Blacks name strong line-up
New Zealand coach Graham Henry has stuck with the bulk
of the team that thrashed Australia 33-6 last month for Saturday's
final Bledisloe Cup match of the year in Tokyo.
England will ignore past history - Ellis
Gareth Ellis insists the anniversary of England's
record mauling by Australia will pass by unnoticed in Saturday's
repeat clash in Wigan.
Hughes relishing Robinho return
Manchester City manager expects to see injured forward
Robinho back in action next week.
Batty joins Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire have signed wicketkeeper Jonathan
Batty from Surrey on a three-year contract.
ATP consider Agassi revelations
The Association of Tennis Professionals were on
Wednesday considering their response to Andre Agassi's revelation
that he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to avoid a drugs ban.
Bentley set to face Gunners
Tottenham midfielder David Bentley has put himself in
the frame to start against Arsenal on Saturday following Tuesday
night's Carling Cup 2-0 against Everton and Aaron Lennon's scan
results.
Martinez questions Ferguson treatment
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has accused football
authorities in England of being overawed by Sir Alex Ferguson.
Owen frustrated by expectations
Manchester United striker Michael Owen scored his
third goal of the season in the Carling Cup victory against Barnsley
but remains bewildered by what some people expect of him.
International Results Roundup
Dateline 27 October 2009
FOOTBALL
Carling Cup Fourth Round
Barnsley 0 Man Utd 2 Blackburn 5 Peterborough 2
Portsmouth 4 Stoke 0 Sunderland 0 Aston Villa 0 Tottenham 2 Everton 0
Coca-Cola Division One
Bristol Rovers 0 Leeds 4
Co-operative Insurance Cup Quarter Final
Dundee 1 Rangers 3 St Johnstone 2 Dundee Utd 1 St
Mirren 3 Motherwell 0 TENNIS
ATP Bank Austria Trophy 1st rd:
Philipp Petzschner (Ger) bt Steve Darcis (Bel) 6-3 6-2
(6) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer
(Aut) 6-4 6-4
(4) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Dieter Kindlmann
(Ger) 6-1 6-3
(2) Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Lukasz Kubot (Pol) 6-4 6-1
(7) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Swi) 7-6
(7-4) 7-6 (12-10)
Jan Hajek (Cze) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 6-3
(1) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 6-2 6-3
ATP St Petersburg Open 1st rd:
Oleksandr Jr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Robby Ginepri (USA)
6-2 1-0 ret
(5) Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 6-4 6-2
Illya Marchenko (Ukr) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-4 6-1
(8) Horacio Zeballos (Arg) bt Yuri Schukin (Kaz) 7-6
(11-9) 6-3
(4) Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Petru-Alexandru Luncanu
(Rom) 6-2 6-2
Andrey Kuznetsov (Rus) bt Marcel Granollers (Spa) 6-7
(4-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4
Michail Elgin (Rus) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-3 6-3
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt (6) Evgeny Korolev (Rus)
6-4 6-
ATP Lyon Grand Prix 1st rd:
Marc Gicquel (Fra) bt Jerome Haehnel (Fra) 6-1 6-4
Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Simon Greul (Ger) 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-3)
Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Lamine Ouahab (Alg) 6-1 6-2
David Guez (Fra) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-2 6-4
(8) Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 6-4 6-4
(3) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello
(Arg) 6-3 6-4
(7) Benjamin Becker (Ger) bt Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 6-2 6-2
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Kevin Kim (USA) 7-6 (7-5)
7-6 (7-5)
Arnaud Clement (Fra) bt Oscar Hernandez (Spa) 6-1 6-3
WTA Sony Ericsson Championships
White Group:
(6) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt (8) Jelena Jankovic
(Ser) 6-2 6-3
Maroon Group: (5) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt (7) Venus
Williams (USA) 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-2
(2) Serena Williams (USA) bt (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova
(Rus) 7-6 (8-6) 7-5