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On This Day in Sport (14 April 2010):

1991: Tottenham ended Arsenal's dreams of an FA Cup and league double by beating them 3-1 in their FA Cup semi-final, the first to be played at Wembley.
1991: The first women's rugby union World Cup final was played in Cardiff, with the United States beating England 19-6.
2000: UEFA confirmed no Turkish fans would be allowed at Elland Road for the UEFA Cup semi-final second leg between Leeds and Galatasaray following crowd trouble in Istanbul.
2002: The IAAF announced Helsinki as host of 2005 World Athletics Championships following London's decision not to hold the event

Headlines (14 April) :

Juve set Rafa deadline
Rafael Benitez given 10 days to respond to Juventus' job offer, according to reports. Agent: "I do not know what will happen"
Messi 'expects' Fabregas return
Lionel Messi predicts Cesc Fabregas will return: "He will want to win win the biggest prizes in football, and I expect him to do that at Barcelona."
Ancelotti: Title is in our hands
Carlo Ancelotti says the title 'is in our hands' after Chelsea ground out a 1-0 victory over Bolton to go four points clear of Manchester United
Hughton: No celebrations yet
Newcastle boss Chris Hughton insists it's business as usual after the Magpies move within a point of the Championship title after victory at Reading.
Haye camp set for Klitschko talks
David Haye reveals negotiations with the Klitschko brothers will begin later this week as he seeks to unify the world heavyweight titles
Norwich lose as Leeds gain ground
The race for promotion from League One hots up as Norwich lose to Leyton Orient, Yeovil hold Millwall and Leeds win at Carlisle
Tiger enters US Open
Nobody is quite sure when a sulking Tiger Woods will next make an appearance, but he will definitely play in the US Open at Pebble Beach Links at the end of June

International Results Roundup

Dateline 13 April 2010

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Chelsea 1 Bolton 0
Scottish Premier
Celtic 2 Motherwell 1
Coca-Cola Championship
Reading 1 Newcastle 2
Coca-Cola Division One
Bristol Rovers 1 Southampton 5 Carlisle 1 Leeds 3 Charlton 1 Colchester 0 Gillingham 1 Brighton 1 Hartlepool 3 Stockport 0 Huddersfield 4 Walsall 3 Leyton Orient 2 Norwich 1 Milton Keynes Dons 0 Oldham 0 Southend 2 Brentford 2 Tranmere 0 Wycombe 3 Yeovil 1 Millwall 1
TENNIS
WTA Barcelona Ladies Open
1st rd:
Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Petra Kvitova (Cze) 6-1 6-4
Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt (2) Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-3 6-4
(3) Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-4 6-4
Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) bt Stefanie Voegele (Swi) 6-4 4-6 6-4
Sara Errani (Ita) bt (6) Gisela Dulko (Arg) 2-6 6-1 7-6 (7-4)
Tathiana Garbin (Ita) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 6-4 7-5
Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) bt Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spa) 6-2 6-1
Laura Pous Tio (Spa) bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spa) 4-6 6-3 6-3
Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) 6-1 6-4
(1) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 6-2 6-1
(4) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Masa Zec-Peskiric (Slo) 7-5 6-1
Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 7-5 6-3
(7) Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spa) bt Simona Halep (Rom) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Add 1st rd: Regina Kulikova (Rus) bt (8) Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-3 7-6 (7-4)