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On This Day in Sport (02 April 2010): 1955: Duncan Edwards, one of Manchester United's legendary `Busby Babes', made his first appearance for England in a 7-2 victory over Scotland at Wembley. He was killed three years later in the Munich air disaster. 1977: Red Rum won his record third Grand National, winning by 25 lengths from Churchtown Boy. Charlotte Brew, on Barony Fort, became the first woman to take part in the race. 1993: Jonathan Davies kicked a record 10 goals as Great Britain's rugby league team set a new Test best victory of 72-6, against France at Swinton. 2002: Jockey Tony McCoy broke Sir Gordon Richards' 55-year record for winners in a season when he recorded his 270th win of the campaign at Warwick. 2003: Wimbledon receive final approval from the Football League for their temporary move to the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes. 2004: Claudio Ranieri named manager of the month for March despite speculation over his position as Chelsea manager. Headlines (02 April) : 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. O'Neill: I want to continue at Villa Martin O'Neill has spelt out his desire to "continue to do a job" for Aston Villa ahead of summer talks with club chairman-owner Randy Lerner. Rooney out for up to three weeks Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said striker Wayne Rooney will be out for two to three weeks with the ankle injury he picked up playing against Bayern Munich on Tuesday. Hodgson defends selection policy Roy Hodgson has blasted West Ham's claims that he broke Barclays Premier League rules by fielding a weakened team for last week's defeat at Hull. O'Neill dismisses Milner-United link Martin O'Neill admits it would be no surprise if the Premier League "top clubs" showed an interest in Aston Villa midfielder James Milner. Hargreaves on verge of retur Owen Hargreaves could be back in the Manchester United squad to face Chelsea on Saturday. Hamilton on top in Malaysia Lewis Hamilton completed his dominance of practice on Friday by topping the timesheet in the afternoon session ahead of this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix. Benitez hails Liverpool character Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is confident his side can turn around their Europa League tie against Benfica after watching a battling performance in the controversial 2-1 first leg defeat in Lisbon. European duo in contention Ryder Cup team-mates Padraig Harrington and Lee Westwood led the European bid to succeed Paul Casey on the Shell Houston Open victory podium after the defending champion withdrew due to injury. Brave Leeds battle back for draw Lee Smith made a fairytale return to Headingley with a man-of-the-match display to help Leeds snatch a dramatic 20-20 draw from a pulsating Engage Super League derby with Bradford which thrilled a 17,244 crowd. International Results Roundup Dateline 01 April 2010 FOOTBALL International Chile 0 Venezuela 0 Europa League Quarter Final 1st Leg Benfica 2 Liverpool 1 Fulham 2 Wolfsburg 1 Hamburg 2 Standard Liege 1 Valencia 2 Atletico Madrid 2 Coca-Cola Division One Brighton 2 Southampton 2 TENNIS ATP/WTA Sony Ericsson Open Men's quarter-finals: (16) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt (10) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 (5) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt (13) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-1 6-4 Women's semi-finals: (3) Venus Williams (USA) bt (13) Marion Bartoli (Fra) 6-3 6-4 (14) Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Justine Henin (Bel) 6-2 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (8-6) SWIMMING Rebecca Adlington gave a masterclass in the 800metres freestyle on Thursday night at the British Gas Swimming Championships in Sheffield as she showed the sort of form that saw her claim the Olympic title in Beijing. The 21-year-old was untouchable at Ponds Forge and already held an unassailable lead after 100m which she reached just 0.3seconds off her own world record pace. Adlington was in a class of her own and touched in eight minutes 21.95 seconds, almost 13 seconds ahead of second-placed Sasha Matthews, her Nova Centurion team-mate with Jazmin Carlin in third. CYCLING David Millar claimed overall victory in the Three Days of De Panne race in Belgium. The Team Garmin-Transitions rider was well positioned entering the final day and secured his place atop the general classification standings by triumphing in this afternoon's time-trial.