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On This Day in Sport (16 April 2011):

1991: Rangers boss Graeme Souness quit Ibrox to become manager of Liverpool. His spell at Anfield, barring an FA Cup final victory over Sunderland, was an unhappy one and he left in 1994.
1993: Manchester City escaped with a suspended sentence of a £50,000 fine and a match to be played behind closed doors after crowd trouble marred their FA Cup home defeat by Tottenham.
1997: David Unsworth and Robbie Fowler were sent off as Liverpool saw their Premiership title dreams all but end as they drew 1-1 at Everton.
2004: FIFA fined the Cameroon Football Association £86,000 and docked the Cameroon national team six points from their World Cup 2006 qualifying group as punishment for wearing one-piece kits during the African Nations Cup.
2006: Sheffield United were promoted to the Barclays Premiership for the first time in 12 years when third-placed Leeds failed to beat Reading.
2010 Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett put the club up for sale after appointing a new chairman at Anfield

Headlines (16 April) :

Vettel dominates in Shanghai
Sebastian Vettel's perfect Chinese Grand Prix weekend continued on Saturday as he eased to a dominant pole position in Shanghai.
Forest flattened as Canaries climb
Norwich moved back into second in the Championship despite an early scare with a frenetic 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest at Carrow Road.
Warriors confirm Maguire exit
Wigan's title-winning coach Michael Maguire has confirmed he is to leave the club at the end of the season.
Murray pleased to breeze through
Andy Murray was pleased with his Monte Carlo Masters victory over Frederico Gil as he overcame blustery conditions to reach the semi-finals.
Carlo cool over future at Bridge
Underfire boss Carlo Ancelotti says he would have "no problem" if Chelsea sacked him this summer - and admits last season "is the past".
Bonus point for beaten Falcons
Northampton defeated Newcastle 22-15 but the hosts snatched a losing bonus point to move off the bottom of the Aviva Premiership table.
Khan: Stateside fights from now on
Amir Khan is set to turn his back on Britain "for a long time" after the row over TV coverage for Saturday's WBA light-welterweight title bout.
Beem among seven Texas leaders
Rich Beem finally made his first cut of the year at the Texas Open and did so in some style as he took a share of the lead into the weekend.
Daley and Waterfield take gold
Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield defied their own expectations to claim gold in the 10metre synchro at the FINA World Series event in Sheffield.
McIlroy shares Kuala Lumpur lead
Rory McIlroy fired an eight-under-par second round of 64 to join Alexander Noren at the top of the leaderboard at the Maybank Malaysian Open.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 15 April 2011

FOOTBALL
npower Championship
Norwich 2 Nottm Forest 1
npower Division Two
Southend 4 Bradford 0
CRICKET
Nottinghamshire v Hampshire LV County Championship : Division One at Trent Bridge
Nottinghamshire 293 - 9 78 ovs Hampshire 218 all out 67.3 ovs Close of play
Somerset v Warwickshire LV County Championship : Division One at Taunton
Somerset 147 - 6 38.5 ovs Warwickshire 642 all out 144.1 ovs Close of play
Yorkshire v Durham LV County Championship : Division One at Headingley Carnegie
Yorkshire 149 all out 60.1 ovs Durham 327 all out 97.2 ovs 64 - 3 20.5 ovs Close of play
Derbyshire v Leicestershire LV County Championship : Division Two at Derby
Derbyshire 439 - 9 dec 125.3 ovs Leicestershire 230 all out 61.2 ovs 4 - 0 3 ovs Close of play
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire LV County Championship : Division Two at The SWALEC Stadium
Glamorgan 202 all out 47.5 ovs 185 - 3 42 ovs Gloucestershire 188 all out 89.1 ovs Close of play
Middlesex v Essex LV County Championship : Division Two at Lord's
Middlesex 277 all out 78.4 ovs Essex 115 all out 33.2 ovs 215 all out 60.4 ovs Close of play
Northamptonshire v Kent LV County Championship : Division Two at Northampton
Northamptonshire 429 - 7 140 ovs Kent 202 all out 55.1 ovs Close of play
RUGBY UNION
Aviva Premiership Rugby
Newcastle (6) 15 Northampton (10) 22
GOLF
European Nations Cup
Collated second round scores & totals in the Ladies European Tour Comunitat Valenciana European Nations Cup, La Sella Golf Resort, Alicante, Spain(Par: 72) 131 Anna Nordqvist & Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 68 63
132 Azahara Munoz & Maria Hernandez (Spa) 66 66 134 Becky Brewerton & Lydia Hall (Wal) 68 66 135 Anja Monke & Caroline Masson (Ger) 71 64 136 Karine Icher & Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 68 68, Karen Lunn & Katherine Hull (Aus) 65 71 137 Laura Davies & Melissa Reid (Eng) 67 70 138 Jenni Kuosa & Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 71 67
Token Homemate Cup
Collated second round scores & totals in the Japan Tour Token Homemate Cup, Token Tado Country Club Nagoya, Mie, Japan
(Jpn unless stated, par 71):
133 Shingo Katayama 65 68 134 Yoshikazu Haku 67 67, Kunihiro Kamii 66 68 135 Hidemasa Hoshino 68 67 136 Hirofumi Miyase 69 67, Hiroyuki Fujita 68 68 137 Riki Ikeda 68 69, Han Lee (USA) 69 68, Yuta Ikeda 67 70 138 Soushi Tajima 69 69, Tadahiro Takayama 70 68, Ryo Ishikawa 70 68, Katsunori Kuwabara 69 69
Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Collated first round scores in the USPGA Champions Tour Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am - TPC Tampa Bay, Lutz, Florida, United States(USA unless stated, par 71):
64 Russ Cochran 66 John Cook, Jay Don Blake 67 Kenny Perry 68 Tom Purtzer, Joey Sindelar, Ted Schulz, Mike Goodes, Tom Pernice Jnr., David Frost (Rsa), Tim Simpson 69 Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Ozaki (Jpn), Chien-Soon Lu (Tpe), Bob Gilder, Lee Rinker, Peter Senior (Aus), Don Pooley 70 Andy Bean, Scott Hoch, Rod Spittle (Can), Tom Wargo, Loren Roberts, Mark Wiebe, Olin Browne, Larry Mize, John Jacobs, Hale Irwin, Jay Haas, Bobby Wadkins
Fresh Express Classic
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA Nationwide Tour Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae, TPC Stonebrae, Hayward, California, United States(Par: 70)
133 Andrew Buckle 64 69, Mathew Goggin 67 66, Russell Knox 65 68, Garrett Sapp 67 66 134 Matthew Giles 68 66, Troy Kelly 68 66, J.J. Killeen 67 67, Scott Weatherly 68 66 135 Marco Dawson 65 70, Ken Duke 66 69, Doug LaBelle II 66 69, Luke List 67 68 136 Tommy Biershenk 71 65, Gary Christian 69 67, Matt Davidson 68 68, Brian Smock 69 67
Maybank Malaysian Open Latest second-round scores (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72): Note: Play suspended 19.15hrs local time. Round 2 to resume 07.40hrs. 75 players still to finish.
133 Rory McIlroy 69 64, Alexander Noren (Swe) 64 69 134 Simon Dyson 70 64 137 Brett Rumford (Aus) 69 68, Stephen Gallacher 67 70 138 Danny Lee (Nzl) 71 67, Pablo Martin (Spa) 73 65 139 Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 69 70, Siddikur Rahman (Bd) 68 71 140 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 70 70, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 71 69, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 70 70, Danny Willett 71 69, James Morrison 69 71, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 70 70
Valero Texas Open
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Valero Texas Open, TPC San Antonio (AT&T Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
141 Brendan Steele 69 72, Charley Hoffman 68 73, Rich Beem 71 70, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 72, Kevin Sutherland 71 70, Kevin Chappell 68 73, Brandt Snedeker 69 72 142 Dean Wilson 70 72, Adam Scott (Aus) 68 74, Matthew Every 73 69, Cameron Tringale 71 71 143 Ricky Barnes 73 70, J.B. Holmes 70 73, Jeff Maggert 71 72, Vaughn Taylor 68 75, Michael Connell 73 70 144 Brendon De Jonge 72 72, Kris Blanks 71 73, Bill Lunde 71 73, Scott Stallings 71 73, John Merrick 72 72, Tag Ridings 70 74, Jim Renner 72 72, Charles Howell III 71 73, Chad Campbell 71 73, Brandt Jobe 75 69, Joseph Bramlett 70 74, Jhonattan Vegas 68 76
TENNIS
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Quarter-final:
(4) David Ferrer (Spa) bt (11) Viktor Troicki (Ser) 6-3 6-3
(7) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt (2) Roger Federer (Swi) 6-4 6-4
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 6-1 6-3
(3) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Frederico Gil (Por) 6-2 6-1
DIVING
Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield defied their own expectations to claim gold in the 10metre synchro at the FINA World Series event in Sheffield on Friday night. Competing together at international level for just the second time, the British pair stormed to victory in front of a sell-out crowd at Ponds Forge to beat the all-conquering Chinese duo of Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquang.