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On This Day in Sport (04 April 2011):

1892: West Brom beat Darwen 12-0 to record the biggest win in the First Division of the Football League. The result was equalled by Nottingham Forest when they beat Leicester Fosse by the same margin.
1930: England batsman Andrew Sandham became the first man to score 300 runs in an innings in Test cricket. His 325 came against the West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica.
1981: Bob Champion won the Grand National at Aintree on Aldaniti after completing a remarkable recovery from cancer.
1981: Susan Brown wrote her name in the record books as the first woman to compete in the University Boat Race. She coxed the Oxford crew to an eight-length victory over Cambridge.
2004: Millwall beat Sunderland 1-0 in their FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford with a goal from Tim Cahill.
2005: Newcastle fined midfielder Lee Bowyer six weeks' wages for his part in a brawl with team-mate Kieron Dyer in a game against Aston Villa.
2010 David Haye dismantled John Ruiz to make a successful first defence of his WBA world heavyweight title in a brutal showdown at the MEN Arena.

Headlines (04 April) :

Van Persie retains title hope
Robin van Persie retains the belief that Arsenal can still win the Premier League and hopes the Champions League will affect Manchester United.
Cech desperate to sink United
Petr Cech is hoping Chelsea avenge their 2008 heartache by knocking Manchester United out of the Champions League.
Reds await Gerrard injury news
Kenny Dalglish is waiting to learn the full extent of the injury setback that Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard suffered in training.
Mickelson relishing Masters mission
Phil Mickelson knows how it feels to be ready for The Masters and after victory in Houston he is in that happy place.
Rose hoping to flourish in Augusta
Justin Rose returns to The Masters feeling as good about his game as he did heading into The Open and determined not to make the same mistake.
Clarke focused on Bangladesh challenge
New Australia captain Michael Clarke admits his appointment is yet to sink in as he prepares to commence his reign as skipper.
Nadal: Top spot under threat
Rafael Nadal believes there is a good chance Novak Djokovic will replace him as world number one this summer.
Kopczak hailed after bereavement
Craig Kopczak was hailed for the way he coped with the death of his father as he produced a man-of-the-match display against Harlequins.
Selby Trump-ed by Judd
Judd Trump defeated fellow Englishman Mark Selby to win the China Open in Beijing on Sunday.
Wolves shocked by Dragons
Catalan Dragons shocked leaders Warrington, Bradford edged out Harlequins and Huddersfield beat Wakefield in Super League on Sunday.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 03 April 2011

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Fulham 3 Blackpool 0 Man City 5 Sunderland 0
Scottish Premier
Hibernian 2 Hearts 2
Football League Trophy Final
Brentford 0 Carlisle 1
RUGBY UNION
Aviva Premiership Rugby
Leeds Carnegie (16) 27 Exeter (6) 22 London Irish (15) 25 Wasps (12) 12 Saracens (11) 20 Bath (3) 9
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Bradford (10) 24 Harlequins RL (4) 22 Huddersfield (6) 34 Wakefield (4) 10 Warrington (10) 20 Catalan Dragons (10) 22
Co-operative Championship
Sheffield (22) 41 Halifax (6) 22 Widnes (28) 76 York (6) 12
GOLF
Lalla Meryem Cup
Final collated scores and totals, Soleil Golf Course, Agadir, Morocco(Mor unless stated, par 72):
286 Zuzana Kamasova (Svk) 71 68 71 76 288 Alexandra Bonetti (Fra) 75 76 71 66, Caroline Masson (Ger) 69 73 75 71, Kiran Matharu (Eng) 74 70 70 74 289 Becky Brewerton (Wal) 75 73 73 68, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 71 72 71 75 290 Tara Davies (Wal) 78 74 72 66, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 75 78 69 68, Klara Spilkova (Cze) 69 77 75 69, Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra) 69 70 76 75 291 Stefanie Michl (Aut) 79 72 72 68, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 72 78 71 70, Malene Jorgensen (Den) 77 71 72 71, Hannah Jun (USA) 73 73 73 72
Trophee Hassan II
Collated final round scores & totals in the European Tour Trophee Hassan II, Golf du Palais Royal & Golf de l'Ocean, Agadir, MoroccoGbr & Irl unless stated, par 72 & 71):
274 David Horsey 67 71 67 69 (won on the second play-off hole ), Rhys Davies 67 70 68 69, Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 68 73 65 68 276 George Coetzee (Rsa) 67 71 69 69 277 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 71 68 71 67, Oscar Floren (Swe) 67 74 68 68 278 Richie Ramsay 70 74 66 68, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 74 64 69 71 279 Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 71 68 70 70, David Lynn 75 69 67 68
Shell Houston Open Collated final scores and totals, Redstone GC, Humble, Texas(USA unless stated, par 72):
268 Phil Mickelson 70 70 63 65 271 Chris Kirk 66 69 69 67, Scott Verplank 73 65 65 68 275 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 73 65 66 71, Steve Stricker 67 72 67 69 276 Robert Allenby (Aus) 68 72 67 69, David Hearn (Can) 69 70 66 71 277 Hunter Mahan 70 71 66 70, Brandt Jobe 69 72 68 68, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 73 66 68, Matt Kuchar 72 70 67 68, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 68 69 70 70
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Sony Ericsson Open
Men's final:
(2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4)
CYCLING
Nick Nuyens was crowned 2011 Tour of Flanders champion after outsprinting Sylvain Chavanel and Fabian Cancellara to seal the biggest victory of his career. The Saxo Bank Sungard rider worked his way into the elite 12-man group at the foot of the Bosberg and only he and Chavanel (Quick-Step) could react when Cancellara (Leopard Trek) attacked inside the final four kilometres of action.
MOTOR SPORT
Defending champion Jason Plato led every lap of the first two races in his Silverline Chevrolet to start the 2011 BTCC season with a bang. The first round of the new season took place on the Indy configuration at Brands Hatch and Plato had initially played down his chances of winning race one from the second row of the grid on a track notorious for the lack of overtaking opportunities.
MOTOR CYCLING
Reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo was handed victory at his home MotoGP race on a dramatic wet afternoon in Spain which saw former world champions Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner clash. Yamaha rider Lorenzo was able to ease away to a comfortable victory at Jerez after Rossi crashed into Stoner after an ill-advised overtaking manoeuvre at the end of lap six. Ducati rider Rossi had stormed through the pack after starting the race in 12th place as he used all his experience and was able to continue but the collision ended Repsol Honda rider Stoner's race.
ATHLETICS
Sonia Samuels finished third on her half-marathon debut - but questioned her performance at Sunday's Vattenfall Berlin event. The Sale Harrier became the first Briton -male or female - to earn a podium finish in the world class event, won by Valentine Kipketer in a time of one hour, 10 minutes and 12 seconds. Kenya's Kipketer won easily from the highly experienced Fate Tola, who clocked 1:11.40 on a hot morning, while Samuels - who deliberately started slowly - came home in 1:12:56.