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On This Day in Sport (06 April 2011):

1896: The first modern Olympic Games, the brainchild of Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin, got under way in Athens. A total of 59 athletes from 10 nations took part.
1900: James J Jeffries successfully defended the world heavyweight title by knocking out Jack Finnegan after just 55 seconds.
1993: Guy Whittingham's fourth hat-trick of the season, in Portsmouth's 4-0 defeat of Peterborough, took his goal tally to 43 - equalling the club record set by Billy Haines in 1926-27.
1994: The Football Association called off England's friendly against Germany fixed for April 20, the anniversary of Adolf Hitler's birth, because of police intelligence discovering massive demonstrations being planned.
2003: Finland's Kimi Raikkonen was declared the winner of an extraordinary Brazilian Grand Prix which was stopped 18 laps early as Italy's Giancarlo Fisichella was denied his maiden win after an horrific collision involving Jaguar's Mark Webber and Renault's Fernando Alonso.
2004: Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1, 3-2 on aggregate, to reach the Champions League semi-final.
2006: England lost the one-day series against India after their four-wicket defeat in Cochin in the fourth game of a seven-match series gave the hosts an unassailable 4-0 lead.

Headlines (06 April) :

One of those nights - Redknapp
Harry Redknapp felt Tottenham had been left with an "impossible task" against Real Madrid after losing Peter Crouch to an early red card.
Bale won't give up on CL tie
Gareth Bale insists Tottenham can still make the semi-finals of the Champions League despite Tuesday night's thrashing at the Bernabeu.
Ferguson: Moscow is history
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is not convinced memories of Moscow will play any part in Wednesday's Champions League at Chelsea.
Rooney appeal not frivolous - PFA
Wayne Rooney is unlikely to receive an increased ban after appealing against his FA charge for swearing, says the PFA's John Bramhall.
BOA suspends legal action
The British Olympic Association has suspended its legal action against the organiser of the London 2012 Games.
McDowell ready for spotlight
Graeme McDowell is looking forward to the start of what he calls "the big show" - two rounds with Tiger Woods in The Masters at Augusta.
Harrington to the fore for threes
Padraig Harrington will be trying again for a Masters hat-trick - and the rest of the Augusta field will not mind one little bit if he does it.
Blake battles through in Houston
James Blake battled until late in the night as he beat Carlos Berlocq in the first round of the US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston.
Kleybanova ousted in Charleston
Eighth seed Alisa Kleybanova was brushed aside at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston in a comprehensive second-round defeat on Tuesday.
Sangakkara quits Sri Lanka role
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has stepped down from his post as one-day and Twenty20 skipper with immediate effect.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 05 April 2011

FOOTBALL
UEFA Champions League Quarter Final 1st Leg
Inter Milan 2 Schalke 04 5 Real Madrid 4 Tottenham 0
Scottish Premier
St Johnstone 0 Rangers 2
npower Championship
Reading 2 Preston 1
TENNIS
WTA Andalucia Tennis Experience
1st rd:
(5) Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (Spa) 6-2 6-2
Kristina Barrois (Ger) bt Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) 6-3 7-5
Irina Begu (Rom) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 6-4 6-1
Estrella Cabeza Candela (Spa) bt (3) Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-3 6-0
Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (Spa) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 7-5 6-4
Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Arantxa Rus (Ned) 3-6 6-2 6-4
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spa) bt Angelique Kerber (Ger) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Agnes Szavay (Hun) bt Johanna Larsson (Swe) 6-1 6-1
(2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Mona Barthel (Ger) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4
ATP Grand Prix Hassan II
1st rd:
(5) Potito Starace (Ita) bt Daniel Brands (Ger) 7-5 6-2
Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 7-5 6-3
Michael Berrer (Ger) bt Nicolas Devilder (Fra) 6-3 6-3
Blaz Kavcic (Slo) bt Reda El Amrani (Mar) 3-4 ret
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spa) bt Rui Machado (Por) 7-5 6-1
Andrey Kuznetsov (Rus) bt Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol (Spa) 6-1 7-6 (7-5)
Frederico Gil (Por) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 6-3 6-1
(7) Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Gerard Granollers-Pujol (Spa) 6-2 4-6 6-3
WTA Family Circle Cup
1st rd:
Edina Gallovits-Hall (Rom) bt Jamie Hampton (USA) 7-6 (7-1) 7-5
Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt Renata Voracova (Cze) 3-6 6-4 6-2
(15) Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) bt Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) 6-2 2-6 7-6 (7-6)
(9) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-4 6-0
Anna Tatishvili (Geo) bt Jelena Dokic (Aus) 7-5 2-6 6-4
(10) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) 6-1 7-6 (7-3)
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (Aut) bt Shuai Zhang (Chn) 6-1 6-4
Tamira Paszek (Aut) bt Melanie Oudin (USA) 6-1 7-5
2nd rd:
Christina Mchale (USA) bt (8) Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) 6-1 6-0
(11) Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 6-2 6-1
Chanelle Scheepers (Rsa) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-3 6-2
(12) Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Eva Birnerova (Cze) 1-6 7-5 2-0 ret
(6) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-4 6-0
(5) Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) 6-1 6-3
Sania Mirza (Ind) bt Vania King (USA) 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 6-2
US Men's Claycourt Championships
1st rd:
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) bt Brian Dabul (Arg) 6-4 7-5
Somdev Devvarman (Ind) bt Robert Kendrick (USA) 6-2 6-1
Ryan Sweeting (USA) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-2 6-2
Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) bt Mischa Zverev (Ger) 7-6 (7-1) 6-2
(6) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt Franko Skugor (Cro) 6-3 6-2
Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt (5) Benjamin Becker (Ger) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus) bt Paul Capdeville (Chi) 6-4 7-6 (7-4)
Horacio Zeballos (Arg) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-4 6-3
James Blake (USA) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-4
FENCING
Bath teenager Philip Marsh has won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships in Jordan. The 15-year-old of Bath Sword Club beat Egypt's A Alaa El Din Fayz 15-13 to win the epee event. His success follows last-eight finishes in the world and European cadet championships.