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On This Day in Sport (05 April 2010):

1902: 25 people died at Ibrox when part of the temporary wooden stand collapsed during a Scotland v England international.
1915: Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight champion, lost his title to Jess Willard when he was knocked out in the 26th round of their 45-round fight.
1930: England scored a then-record 849 against the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, thanks largely to 325 from Andrew Sandham.
1947: Rangers beat Aberdeen 4-0 to win the first Scottish League Cup final.
2002: Micky Adams was confirmed as the new manager of Leicester, succeeding Dave Bassett who moved into a director of football role. The Foxes also changed their chairman with Martin George replacing John Elsom.
2004: Everton striker Duncan Ferguson was banned for four games and fined £10,000 after being found guilty of violent conduct against Leicester midfielder Steffen Freund and making gestures to the Walkers Stadium crowd.
2006: Swansea duo Lee Trundle and Alan Tate were arrested by police and charged by the Football Association of Wales after they carried a Welsh flag bearing the words 'f*** off, Cardiff' and donned a T-shirt showing a cartoon of a man urinating on a Cardiff number nine shirt after their Football League Trophy final win.

Headlines (05 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.
Benitez: We need five straight wins
Rafael Benitez refuses to concede Liverpool's Champions League hopes are over, but admits they need to win their remaining five games.
Hodgson optimistic about Zamora
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is hoping that star striker Bobby Zamora will be fit to face Wolfsburg in their Europa League quarter-final second leg in Germany on Thursday.
Ancelotti: Utd not same without Rooney
Chelsea seized control of the Barclays Premier League title race with a 2-1 win at Old Trafford before manager Carlo Ancelotti rubbed salt into Manchester United's wounds, saying the Blues' title rivals are far weaker without Wayne Rooney.
Draw gives Zola a winning feeling
West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola felt like celebrating after his team ended a difficult week with a valuable and unexpected - but thoroughly deserved - point from a 2-2 draw at Everton.
Wenger out to cause upset
Arsene Wenger maintains he has seen a few weaknesses in Barcelona which Arsenal can "exploit" when the Gunners look to cause an upset and keep their Champions League dream alive in the Nou Camp on Tuesday night.
Vettel thrilled to prove doubters wrong
Sebastian Vettel believes Red Bull have silenced their critics in the best possible way after the German led a one-two ahead of Mark Webber in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.
Rhinos boosted by Ablett return
Leeds are hoping the return of unsung hero Carl Ablett can help them secure a first win in five matches when the Engage Super League champions take on Catalans Dragons in Perpignan on Monday night.
Wasps leapfrog Exiles
Wasps climbed above London Irish to move to fourth place in the Guinness Premiership with a 33-22 bonus-point victory at Adams Park.
Button pleased to limit damage in Malaysia
Jenson Button was pleased to escape from the Malaysian Grand Prix with limited damage to his hopes of a successful world championship defence.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 04 April 2010

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Birmingham 1 Liverpool 1 Everton 2 West Ham 2 Fulham 2 Wigan 1
Scottish Premier
Hibernian 0 Celtic 1 Kilmarnock 2 Aberdeen 0
RUGBY UNION
Guinness Premiership
Wasps (23) 33 London Irish (10) 22
The Magners League
Glasgow (16) 27 Newport-Gwent D'gons (9) 19
The Championship Pool A
Cornish Pirates (10) 22 Bedford (11) 18
GOLF
Luxehills Chengdu Open
Collated final round scores & totals in the China Tour Luxehills Chengdu Open, Luxehills Boulevard Shuangliu County, Chengdu, China(Chn unless stated, par 72):
267 Wen-Chong Liang 64 66 68 69 267 Hyung Tae Kim (Kor) 69 67 65 66 269 Do Hoon Kim (Kor) 69 66 70 64, Kyung Nam Kang (Kor) 70 67 66 66 270 Bio Kim (Kor) 67 66 69 68, Kurt Barnes (Aus) 69 64 68 69 272 Scott Arnold (Aus) 67 67 71 67, Scott Strange (Aus) 71 67 66 68
Shell Houston Open
Collated final-round scores - (USA unless stated, par 72):
276 Anthony Kim 68 69 69 70 (Anthony Kim won at first extra hole), Vaughn Taylor 68 70 70 68 277 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 71 72 67 67, Graham Delaet (Can) 71 67 71 68 278 Shaun Micheel 70 73 70 65 279 Jeff Maggert 70 69 70 70, Kevin Stadler 67 70 74 68 280 Bryce Molder 69 66 71 74, Matt Kuchar 69 72 69 70, Lee Westwood (Eng) 69 68 72 71 281 Joe Ogilvie 70 67 71 73, Jason Bohn 70 72 71 68, D.J. Trahan 78 66 70 67 282 Adam Scott (Aus) 69 70 72 71, Bubba Watson 73 67 71 71, Ben Curtis 73 71 73 65, James Driscoll 68 70 73 71, Blake Adams 73 72 68 69, Steve Marino 70 71 71 70, Justin Rose (Eng) 70 72 70 70, Josh Teater 73 69 69 71
TENNIS
ATP/WTA Sony Ericsson Open
Men's Final:
(6) A Roddick (USA) bt (16) T Berdych (Cze) 7-5 6-4
FORMULA ONE
1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1hr 33mins 48.412secs
2 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1:33:53.261
3 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:34:01.916
4 Robert Kubica (Pol) Renault 1:34:07.001
5 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 1:34:09.471
6 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:34:11.883
7 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:34:15.480
8 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1:34:26.330
9 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:34:59.014
10 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Williams 1:35:01.811
11 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:35:07.350
12 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams at 1 Lap
13 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari at 2 Laps
14 Lucas di Grassi (Bra) Virgin Racing at 3 Laps
15 Karun Chandhok (Ind) HRT-F1 at 3 Laps
16 Bruno Senna (Bra) HRT-F1 at 4 Laps
17 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus F1 at 5 Laps