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On This Day in Sport (07 April 2011): 1914: Al McCoy knocked out George Chip in just 45 seconds to win the world middleweight title. 1968: Jim Clark was killed when his Lotus spun off the track and hit a tree in a Formula Two race at Hockenheim. 1990: Great Britain suffered their first home defeat by France since 1967, losing the rugby league Test 25-18 at Headingley. 1993: National Hunt jockey Peter Scudamore retired after riding 1,677 winners. 1994: Former Arsenal and Rangers forward Albert Gudmundsson, thought to be Iceland's first professional footballer, died aged 70. 2004: Chris Sutton and Alan Thompson signed new two-year contract extensions with Celtic. 2005: Portsmouth appointed Alain Perrin as manager to succeed Harry Redknapp. 2006: The Football Association charged England full-back Ashley Cole's agent Jonathan Barnett with breaches of their rules. 2010 Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola chose to praise the human side of Lionel Messi after the Argentinian winger destroyed Arsenal with a remarkable four-goal performance at the Nou Camp. Headlines (07 April) : Donald out to break par-three jinx Luke Donald has become the latest European to carry a jinx into The Masters - after winning the curtain-raising nine-hole par three event. Fergie unfussed by penalty claims Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson felt no guilt after Chelsea were denied a penalty in the Champions League quarter-final first leg. LeBron takes stake in Liverpool Liverpool have confirmed that NBA star LeBron James has become a minority stakeholder in the club after signing a deal with club owners FSG. Wozniacki through in Charleston Caroline Wozniacki and Samantha Stosur cruised but Marion Bartoli crashed out in the second round of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston. Murray agrees to disagree Andy Murray insists that whoever is appointed as his new coach must be prepared to have his advice challenged. Massa gears up for toughest race Felipe Massa has revealed he once soaked his overalls in cold water prior to a race in Malaysia to cope with its unpleasant demands. Hearn keeping up the fight Barry Hearn has vowed to take on and defeat the underworld "villains" he believes would still jump at any chance to corrupt snooker. Hunt claims victimisation of BOA BOA chief executive Andy Hunt has claimed there has been a campaign against the organisation in their cash dispute with London 2012. Spurs claim Western Conference The San Antonio Spurs won the Western Conference after beating the Sacramento Kings before the LA Lakers lost to the Golden State Warriors. Kings make play-offs Jarret Stoll's shootout goal put the Los Angeles Kings in the play-offs as they topped the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2. International Results Roundup Dateline 06 April 2011 FOOTBALL UEFA Champions League Quarter Final 1st Leg Barcelona 5 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 Chelsea 0 Man Utd 1 Scottish Premier Celtic 3 Hibernian 1 Motherwell 2 Dundee Utd 1 St Mirren 3 Aberdeen 2 TENNIS WTA Tour Family Circle Cup 2nd rd: (7) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Edina Gallovits-Hall (Rom) 6-1 6-1 (10) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) 6-0 6-1 (1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Irina Falconi (USA) 6-1 6-1 (2) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (Aut) 6-1 6-2 Anna Tatishvili (Geo) bt (9) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 5-7 7-5 6-3 (15) Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) 6-3 1-6 6-3 (3) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 6-2 6-3 Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt (14) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-4 7-6 (8-6)# Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt (4) Marion Bartoli (Fra) 6-2 6-3 ATP US Men's Claycourt Championships 2nd rd: Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus) bt (8) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 6-4 6-1 Ryan Sweeting (USA) bt (2) Sam Querrey (USA) 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 (4) John Isner (USA) bt Horacio Zeballos (Arg) 7-5 6-3 WTA Andalucia Tennis Experience 1st rd: Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-0 6-2 (6) Klara Zakopalova (Cze) bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spa) 7-6 (7-3) 1-6 7-6 (7-0) (1) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) 6-2 6-3 (8) Sara Errani (Ita) bt Kristina Barrois (Ger) 6-1 6-2 Dinara Safina (Rus) bt (5) Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) 6-3 6-4 (2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Agnes Szavay (Hun) 6-7 (2-7) 6-1 6-2 ATP Grand Prix Hassan II 2nd rd: Pere Riba (Spa) bt (4) Andrey Golubev (Kaz) 0-6 6-1 7-5 Pablo Andujar (Spa) bt (6) Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 Andrey Kuznetsov (Rus) bt (2) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-4 4-6 6-4 (8) Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt Michael Berrer (Ger) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) CYCLING Mark Cavendish avoided the carnage to take an impressive sprint victory at Scheldeprijs. The 'Manx Missile' was overjoyed to take the win at the scene of his first professional victory in 2007. The HTC-Highroad rider held off Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha) and Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ) to win comfortably as all hell broke loose behind him.