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On This Day in Sport (09 April 2010): 1983: Jenny Pitman became the first woman trainer to saddle a Grand National winner when 13-1 shot Corbiere, ridden by Ben de Haan, won at Aintree. 1988: Alan Shearer, then a Southampton player, became the youngest player, at 17 years and 240 days, to score a top-flight hat-trick, against Arsenal. 2001: The trial of two Leeds footballers, Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate, accused of a street attack on an Asian student, was halted after the judge at Hull Crown Court ruled a newspaper article could unfairly prejudice the case against them. 2001: John Aloisi, then of Coventry, scored six goals as Australia set a new record with a 22-0 defeat of Tonga in an Oceania World Cup qualifier. The Socceroos went on to set a new mark with their 31-0 win over American Samoa two days later, striker Archie Thompson chalking up 13 goals at Coffs Harbour. 2005: Hedgehunter, trained by Willie Mullins and ridden by Ruby Walsh, won the John Smith's Grand National at Aintree. 2006: Phil Mickelson won the Masters for the second time in three years, beating South African Tim Clark by two strokes. Headlines (09 April) : Hodgson knows value of Zamora Roy Hodgson is sure that Bobby Zamora will be in contention for a place in England's World Cup squad after the striker put in yet another impressive performance to fire Fulham into the last four of the Europa League. Benitez: Plenty to play for Rafael Benitez feels Liverpool's season is still very much alive - on two fronts - following their stunning defeat of Benfica. Pleasant surprise for Woods Tiger Woods has admitted even he was surprised "a little bit" by his best-ever start to The Masters, one that leaves him only two behind leader Fred Couples. Rooney out of Blackburn game Wayne Rooney has been ruled out of Manchester United's match against Blackburn on Sunday due to his ankle injury. Ancelotti wary of wounded United Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti believes Manchester United's exit from the Champions League will give them greater incentive to hang onto their Barclays Premier League crown. Villa eager for second Cup final Martin O'Neill has revealed the determination of the Aston Villa players to reach a second final of the campaign - and set the record straight after the mauling by Chelsea a fortnight ago. Couples is the best of a good bunch Fifty-year-old Fred Couples leads The Masters and 60-year-old Tom Watson is among those only one shot behind. Gill hints at further United signings Manchester United chief executive David Gill has hinted at more signings by the club this summer. McCullum signs for Sussex Sussex have signed New Zealand international Brendon McCullum for this season's Twenty20 competition. International Results Roundup Dateline 08 April 2010 FOOTBALL Europa League Quarter Final 2nd Leg Atletico Madrid 0 Valencia 0 Agg: 2-2, Atletico Madrid won on away goals Liverpool 4 Benfica 1 Liverpool won 5-3 on aggregate Standard Liege 1 Hamburg 3 Hamburg won 5-2 on aggregate Wolfsburg 0 Fulham 1 Fulham won 3-1 on aggregate Blue Square Premier Barrow 1 Kidderminster 0 GOLF Collated first-round scores in the The Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72): 66 Fred Couples 67 Phil Mickelson, K J Choi (Kor), Tom Watson, Y.E. Yang (Kor), Lee Westwood (Eng) 68 Ricky Barnes, Nick Watney, Tiger Woods, Anthony Kim, Ian Poulter (Eng) 69 Adam Scott (Aus), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Trevor Immelman (Rsa), David Toms, Sandy Lyle (Sco) 70 Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Zach Johnson, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn), Matt Kuchar 71 Bernhard Langer (Ger), John Senden (Aus), Metteo Manassero (Ita), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Dustin Johnson, Hunter Mahan, Ben Crane, Steve Marino, Mike Weir (Can), Ernie Els (Rsa) 72 Jerry Kelly, John Merrick, Heath Slocum, Kenny Perry, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Nathan Green (Aus), Sean O'Hair, Bill Haas, Robert Allenby (Aus), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Ryan Palmer, Marc Leishman (Aus), Ryan Moore TENNIS ATP US Men's Claycourt Championships 2nd rd: (6) Horacio Zeballos (Arg) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 6-3 6-2 Wayne Odesnik (USA) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-1 7-5 (4) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Somdev Devvarman (Ind) 1-6 6-0 7-6 (7-2) (3) Sam Querrey (USA) bt Blaz Kavcic (Slo) 6-2 6-1 (1) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 6-4 4-6 6-4 Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt (2) John Isner (USA) 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-3)