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On This Day in Sport (25 November 2011):

1953: England lost to continental opposition at Wembley for the first time, beaten 6-3 by Hungary.
1970: Peter Shilton made his debut as England goalkeeper in a 3-1 win over East Germany at Wembley. He won his 125th and final cap in 1990.
1990: Australia beat England by 10 wickets in the first Test at Brisbane, their first win over England inside three days since 1938.
2003: Australia Test captain Steve Waugh announced his decision to retire.
2004: Brian Barwick was appointed Football Association chief executive to replace former incumbent Mark Palios.
2004: England's one-day international against Zimbabwe in Harare was cancelled in the wake of the row which saw 13 British journalists banned from entering the country.
2005: Manchester United legend George Best died, aged 59.

Headlines (25 November) :

Andrew: I let Johnson down
Rob Andrew has admitted he let Martin Johnson down during his tenure as England manager, which ended last week following the World Cup.
Fenlon confirmed as Hibs boss
Hibernian have announced the appointment of Pat Fenlon as manager on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
Anderson blow hits United
Manchester United have suffered a blow with the news that Anderson is out until February with a knee injury, Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed.
Tendulkar misses out on ton
Sachin Tendulkar departed just six runs short his 100th international century as India were left to bat out for a draw against West Indies.
England post excites Kirwan
Former Italy and Japan coach John Kirwan has thrown his hat into the ring to become England's new manager.
Defoe rules out Spurs exit
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe has ruled out leaving White Hart Lane for QPR or anywhere else after insisting he remains committed to Spurs.
Bosingwa offers AVB backing
Jose Bosingwa insists under-pressure Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas still retains the backing of the club's dressing room.
City stand firm over Tevez fee
Manchester City insist they will not allow unsettled striker Carlos Tevez to leave on the cheap despite his present absence from the club.
Magic Weekend set for Manchester
The RFL has confirmed Manchester City's Etihad Stadium will host Super League's annual Magic Weekend in 2012.
Tsonga in semis after Nadal win
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga qualified for the last four of the ATP World Tour Finals with a 7-6 4-6 6-3 victory over Rafael Nadal on Thursday night.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 24 November 2011

CRICKET
India v West Indies Test Series : Third Test at Mumbai
India 482 all out 135.4 ovs West Indies 590 all out 184.1 ovs 81 - 2 34 ovs Close of play
GOLF
World Cup Collated first round scores in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, Mission Hills GC, Hainan Island, China(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 73):
61 Australia (Green & Jones) 63 Ireland (McDowell & McIlroy), Scotland (Gallacher & Laird) 64 United States (Kuchar & Woodland), Netherlands (Derksen & Luiten) 65 Germany (Cejka & Kaymer), Spain (Jimenez & Quiros), Denmark (Hansen & Olesen), Colombia (Villegas & Villegas) 66 Mexico (de Jesus Rodriguez & Serna), Thailand (Jaidee & Aphibarnrat), South Korea (Kim & Park), New Zealand (Hendry & Paddison), Sweden (Karlsson & Noren), France (Jacquelin & Bourdy), England (Poulter & Rose), Japan (Hiratsuka & Ikeda), Zimbabwe (de Jonge & McDonald)
SA Open Championship Collated first round scores in the European Tour SA Open Championship, Serengeti Golf Club, Ekurhuleni, South Africa(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
65 Jbe Kruger (Rsa), Steven O'Hara 66 Merrick Bremner (Rsa), Tyrone Mordt (Rsa), Retief Goosen (Rsa), David Hewan (Rsa) 67 Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Garth Mulroy (Rsa), Jean Hugo (Rsa), Shaun Norris (Rsa) 68 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Thomas Aiken (Rsa), Soren Hansen (Den), Phillip Price, Jared Harvey (Rsa), George Coetzee (Rsa), David Frost (Rsa), Mark Brown (Nzl), David Drysdale, Markus Brier (Aut), Keith Horne (Rsa), Trevor Fisher Jnr (Rsa)
Australian PGA Championship Collated first round scores in the Australian PGA Tour PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola - Hyatt Regency, Coolum, Queensland, Australia(Aus unless stated, par 72):
66 Steven Bowditch, Joon woo Choi (Kor) 67 Aaron Baddeley, Aaron Townsend, Andre Stolz, Bubba Watson (USA) 68 Chang-won Han (Kor), Adam Bland, Kieran Pratt, Leigh Mckechnie, Steve Conran, Kang-Chun Wu (Chn), Marcus Fraser, Josh Geary (Nzl) 69 Aron Price, Shih-Chang Chan (Tpe), Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor), Pavit Tangkamolprasert (Tha), Josh Younger, Matthew Millar, Kurt Barnes, Rickie Fowler (USA), Heath Reed, Y.E. Yang (Kor), David Klein, Peter Nolan, Mitchell Brown, Tim Wood, Darren Clarke (NIrl), Jason Day, Robert Allenby, David Bransdon
TENNIS
ATP World Tour Finals
Singles Group B:
(4) Roger Federer (Swi) bt (8) Mardy Fish (USA) 6-1 3-6 6-3
(6) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 7-6 (7-2) 4-6 6-3
Doubles Group B:
(8) M Fyrstenberg (Pol) & M Matkowski (Pol) bt (5) R Bopanna (Ind) & A Qureshi (Pak) 6-2 6-1
(3) M Mirnyi (Blr) & D Nestor (Can) bt (2) M Llodra (Fra) & N Zimonjic (Ser) 4-6 6-3 10-7