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On This Day in Sport (27 March 2010): 1953: Annemarie Moser-Proll, the Austrian skier who won a record 62 World Cup races, was born. She also won Olympic downhill gold in 1980. 1988: After more than 1,000 matches in all competitions, former England, Liverpool and Tottenham goalkeeper Ray Clemence announced he would retire at the end of the season at the age of 39. 1989: Referee Kelvin Morton awarded a record five penalties in the Second Division match between Crystal Palace and Brighton. Only two were converted, one by each side, and Palace won 2-1. 2000: An amazing 25,787 fans turned up at the Stadium of Light to watch Sunderland reserves beat Manchester United 2-1. 2004: France's 24-21 victory over England gave them a Grand Slam in rugby union's Six Nations Championship Headlines (27 March) : Giants win in London Leroy Cudjoe scored a hat-trick of tries as Huddersfield moved into third place in the Engage Super League with a 32-18 victory over a gutsy Harlequins side at The Stoop. Hutsby shares Malaga lead Little Sam Hutsby took a giant step forward in his European Tour career with a brilliant seven under par 63 at the Andalucian Open in Malaga to share the halfway lead. Warriors chief ignoring early standings Wigan coach Michael Maguire claimed to have no interest in the Engage Super League table after his side stunned champions Leeds to maintain their lead on Friday night. Britain beaten to title Great Britain were pipped to the men's team pursuit Track Cycling World Championships title by old enemies Australia in Copenhagen. Our fate still in our hands - De Jong Midfielder Nigel de Jong claims Manchester City's midweek blip against Everton will soon be forgotten because their Champions League destiny is still in their hands. Borthwick back soon - Saracens Saracens say their captain Steve Borthwick hopes to return from injury "soon". Cahill: Clot could have been fatal Bolton defender Gary Cahill has revealed "the slightest knock" could have proved fatal when he was suffering from a blood clot. Wenger still unhappy with Taylor Arsene Wenger has not forgiven Martin Taylor for the horror challenge which left Eduardo with a broken leg and dislocated ankle. Lennon felt poised for Parkhead exit Neil Lennon admits he might have left Celtic in the summer. Scudamore defends Premier League Chief executive Richard Scudamore insists the Premier League bears no responsibility for the departure of Football Association boss Ian Watmore. International Results Roundup Dateline 26 March 2010 CRICKET New Zealand v Australia Test Series : Second Test at Hamilton New Zealand 19 - 1 13 ovs Australia 231 all out 74.3 ovs Close of play TENNIS ATP/WTA Sony Ericsson Open Men's 2nd rd: (33) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Eduardo Schwank (Arg) 6-4 7-5 (15) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-2 6-4 (12) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) bt Daniel Koellerer (Aut) 4-0 ret (24) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 (28) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-6 ret Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 6-2 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt (21) Sam Querrey (USA) 4-6 6-4 6-2 (27) Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt James Blake (USA) 3-6 6-1 6-2 (4) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 6-4 6-3 Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt (32) Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-3 7-6 (7-5) (18) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Illya Marchenko (Ukr) 6-3 4-6 6-4 Benjamin Becker (Ger) bt (11) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 4-6 0-1 ret David Nalbandian (Arg) bt (30) Viktor Troicki (Ser) 6-3 4-6 6-4 (17) John Isner (USA) bt Michael Russell (USA) 7-6 (7-5) 2-6 7-6 (7-5) (6) Andy Roddick (USA) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-4 6-4 (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 6-4 6-3 Women's 2nd rd: (4) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) 6-3 6-2 (32) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 4-6 6-2 7-6 (7-4) (22) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-3 Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt (29) Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 (26) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) 6-0 6-2 (7) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Mariya Koryttseva (Ukr) 6-4 6-0 Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt (20) Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-4 6-2 (28) Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Julia Goerges (Ger) 6-3 6-4 (2) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) 3-6 6-3 6-4 (15) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-3 6-2 (17) Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) 6-1 6-0 (9) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spa) 4-6 7-5 6-2 (14) Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Petra Kvitova (Cze) 6-1 6-1 (11) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Melanie Oudin (USA) 6-1 6-2 Sara Errani (Ita) bt (24) Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) 6-4 7-5 Justine Henin (Bel) bt (5) Elena Dementieva (Rus) 6-3 6-2 EQUESTRIAN Top-ranked British showjumper Ben Maher warmed up for tomorrow's Rolex World Cup qualifier in s'Hertogenbosch, Holland by winning a major class at the four-day show. Maher, riding Wonderboy III, took the Rabobank Prijs in emphatic fashion. CYCLING Great Britain's men's pursuit team had to settle for silver at the World Track Championships on Friday night. The British quartet of Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Andy Tennant and Ben Swift were edged out by Australia in the gold-medal race. The Aussies led from the early stages but when they lost a man after three of the four kilometres it appeared GB had a great chance of gold.