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On This Day in Sport (26 April 2011): 1924: The FA Cup final between Newcastle and Aston Villa at Wembley was the first time the game had been an all-ticket affair. 2000: Long-serving Coventry goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic announced his retirement from the game. 2001: Scotland defender Colin Hendry was banned for six international matches and fined £4,500 for elbowing San Marino substitute Nicola Albani in the throat during a World Cup qualifier at Hampden Park, which turned out to be his 51st and last cap before retirement. 2002: The central Asian republic of Kazakhstan was admitted as UEFA's 52nd member association. 2004: Malcolm Glazer bought a further 4.1million Manchester United shares, increasing his shareholding from 16.69% to 18.25%. He later became controlling shareholder. 2005: The Royal and Ancient Club voted in principal to allow women to compete in the Open Championship. 2006: Wasps announced the signature of prop Phil Vickery on a three-year contract following his release by Gloucester. Vickery was later named England captain by head coach Brian Ashton after recovering from a string of back operations. 2007: Jonathan Woodgate signed a permanent £7million deal with home-town club Middlesbrough having initially joined on loan from Real Madrid. He joined Tottenham in an £8million move in January this year. 2010 Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia goes one better than last year as he storms to victory in the men's London Marathon in a time of two hours, five minutes and 18 seconds Headlines (26 April) : Toulon dump Henson Gavin Henson's ill-fated Toulon career is over after only two games, according to reports in France. Ferguson welcomes Rio return Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has acknowledged Rio Ferdinand's return to action could not have been better timed. Trump off to flying start Judd Trump swept into an early lead in his Betfred.com World Championship quarter-final against Graeme Dott on Tuesday. Good news for Whyte's Gers bid Craig Whyte's takeover bid appears to be back on track after he moved closer to winning over the independent committee of the Rangers board. Brown backed by PNE board Preston chairman Maurice Lindsay still believes Phil Brown is the man to turn the club's fortunes around, despite relegation to League One. Lucky 13 for van der Sar Edwin van der Sar is set to become a Champions League record-breaker, hoping he gets the chance to crown his career with a Wembley appearance. Olympic ticket deadline nears The last-minute scramble to get tickets for the Olympics has ''hit the roof'', according to London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton. Hart could depart Swindon Swindon manager Paul Hart could leave the club after their relegation was confirmed by defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. Sneijder 'fine' at San Siro Wesley Sneijder insists he is "fine" at Inter Milan, despite being flattered to be linked with a "beautiful club" like Manchester United. Injury woe for Burgess England prop forward Sam Burgess could miss the rest of the NRL season after suffering an ankle injury in South Sydney's defeat to Canterbury. International Results Roundup Dateline 25 April 2011 FOOTBALL Barclays Premier League Blackburn 0 Man City 1 Scottish Premier Hamilton 1 Aberdeen 1 St Johnstone 0 Inverness CT 3 npower Championship Barnsley 2 Doncaster 2 Bristol City 2 Nottm Forest 3 Burnley 1 Portsmouth 1 Crystal Palace 1 Leeds 0 Leicester 4 Watford 2 Middlesbrough 2 Coventry 1 Norwich 3 Derby 2 Preston 0 Cardiff 1 QPR 1 Hull 1 Reading 2 Sheff Utd 3 Scunthorpe 1 Millwall 2 Swansea 4 Ipswich 1 WORLD SNOOKER 2nd rd: Mark Selby (Eng) beat Stephen Hendry (Sco) 13-4 John Higgins (Sco) beat Rory McLeod (Eng) 13-7 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) beat Shaun Murphy (Eng) 13-10 Ding Junhui (Chn) beat Stuart Bingham (Eng) 13-12 MOTOR CYCLING Shane Byrne was a winner first time out on his return to the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship in a dramatic first race of the opening round at Brands Hatch. However, Tommy Hill took a four-point lead in the title stakes with victory in the second race. EQUESTRIAN An emotional Mark Todd completed a great career comeback to win the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials and set himself up for possible London Olympic gold. The legendary New Zealand horseman became Badminton's oldest champion, aged 55, after an ice-cool clear round on NZB Land Vision shaded British Olympic hopefuls Piggy French and Mary King.