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On This Day in Sport (17 April 2010):

1860: The first international boxing match took place at Farnborough, Hampshire. Tom Sayers of England met John C Heenan of the United States in a bare-knuckle contest that ended in a draw after 37 rounds.
1888: The first formal meeting of the Football League took place at the Royal Hotel in Manchester. It was attended by representatives of 12 clubs who agreed to form a league.
1937: A British record crowd of 149,547 passed through the turnstiles at Hampden Park, Glasgow, to watch Scotland play England.
1993: Neil Thomas became the first Briton to win a medal in the world gymnastics championships when he took silver in the floor exercises at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
2001: Despite going down 2-0 in Spain, Leeds qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League with a 3-2 aggregate win over Deportivo La Coruna - but Arsenal were eliminated on away goals after they lost 1-0 in Valencia.
2003: Fulham sacked manager Jean Tigana after an inconsistent run of form in the Premiership, replacing him with Chris Coleman, who went on to save the club from relegation.
2006: Brighton, Crewe and Millwall were relegated from the Coca-Cola Championship.

Headlines (17 April) :

Vettel grabs third pole
Sebastian Vettel leaves it late to secure his third pole in four races for the Chinese GP as Red Bull once again dominate qualifying
Fallon escapes serious injury
Kieren Fallon is given a clean bill of health following a nasty incident in the paddock at Newbury on Friday afternoon
Rooney could make derby return
Sir Alex Ferguson confirms that Wayne Rooney could return from injury to face rivals Manchester City at Eastlands
Lefty to take on Woods
Masters champion Phil Mickelson follows Tiger Woods in committing to play the Quail Hollow Championship later this month
Leinster extend Magners lead
Leinster are given a fright before stretching their lead at the top of the Magners League by beating the Ospreys 20-16 in Dublin
Cole back in Chelsea squad
Ashley Cole has fully recovered from his fractured ankle and is back in the Chelsea squad for Saturday's game against Tottenham
Top seeds through to semis
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal remain on course for a Monte Carlo final after comfortable straight-sets victories
Halifax ease into last 16
Halifax become the first team to reach the fifth round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup thanks to a 56-4 fourth-round win at Swinton

International Results Roundup

Dateline 16 April 2010

FOOTBALL
Coca-Cola Division One
Huddersfield 1 Millwall 0
CRICKET
Durham v Essex LV County Championship - Division One at Riverside
Durham 83 - 1 29 ovs Essex 484 all out 162.3 ovs Close of play
Lancashire v Warwickshire LV County Championship - Division One at Old Trafford
Lancashire 253 all out 85.4 ovs 84 - 2 25 ovs Warwickshire 254 all out 77 ovs Close of play
Nottinghamshire v Kent LV County Championship - Division One at Trent Bridge
Nottinghamshire 456 all out 111.4 ovs Kent 200 all out 62 ovs 51 - 2 14 ovs Close of play
Yorkshire v Somerset LV County Championship - Division One at Headingley Carnegie
Yorkshire 320 - 7 103 ovs Somerset 272 all out 75.4 ovs Close of play
Derbyshire v Leicestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Derby
Derbyshire 207 all out 68 ovs Leicestershire 279 all out 77.2 ovs 83 - 2 42 ovs Close of play
Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire LV County Championship - Division Two at Bristol
Gloucestershire 86 all out 24.5 ovs 85 - 2 34 ovs Northamptonshire 186 all out 54.5 ovs 243 all out 75.2 ovs Close of play
Middlesex v Glamorgan LV County Championship - Division Two at Lord's
Middlesex 160 all out 51.2 ovs Glamorgan 315 all out 97.2 ovs 119 - 6 40 ovs Close of play
Sussex v Surrey LV County Championship - Division Two at Hove
Sussex 278 - 7 89.5 ovs Surrey 205 all out 99.1 ovs Close of play
Oxford UCCE v Hampshire MCC University Match : Uni Match at The Parks
Oxford UCCE 242 all out 93.1 ovs Hampshire 404 - 3 dec 92.3 ovs 28 - 1 12 ovs Close of play
GOLF
Volvo China Open
Collated second round scores in the European Tour Volvo China Open, Suzhou Jinji Lake Golf Club, Suzhou, China(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
133 Do-hoon Kim (Pkr) 64 69 134 Jamie Donaldson 66 68, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 68 66, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 64 70 135 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 68 67, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 66 69 136 Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 66 70 137 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 69 68, Dae-hyun Kim (Kor) 70 67, Corey Pavin (USA) 67 70 138 Soon-sang Hong (Kor) 67 71, Alexander Noren (Swe) 71 67, Shane Lowry 70 68, Oliver Fisher 73 65, Graeme Storm 69 69
Verizon Heritage
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Verizon Heritage, Harbour Town Golf Links, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
135 Jim Furyk 67 68, Greg Owen (Eng) 66 69, Charles Howell III 68 67 136 Bryce Molder 68 68, J J Henry 68 68, Chad Campbell 69 67, Boo Weekley 68 68, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 67 137 Brian Davis (Eng) 68 69, Zach Johnson 71 66, Woody Austin 67 70, J.P. Hayes 69 68, Heath Slocum 70 67, Shaun Micheel 67 70, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 71 66, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 68 69, Brett Quigley 69 68, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 68 69, Luke Donald (Eng) 69 68, Tim Clark (Rsa) 67 70, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 69 68
TENNIS
WTA Barcelona Ladies Open
Semi-finals:
Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 6-2
(1) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) 6-1 6-2
WTA Tour Family Circle Cup
Quarter-final:
(8) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt (2) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) 1-6 6-3 6-3
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt (6) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 6-3 6-4
(4) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-4 6-1
(7) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt (13) Melanie Oudin (USA) 7-5 6-2
ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Quarter-finals:
(11) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 7-5 7-6 (7-1)
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (9) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) 6-4 6-2
(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt David Nalbandian (Arg) 6-2 6-3
(6) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Albert Montanes (Spa) 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-0
SWIMMING
Robert Welbourn broke his own European record on the first day of the British International Disability Championships in Sheffield. Welbourn broke the S10 400 metres freestyle European and British record on his way to meeting the IPC Swimming World Championship qualifying time. "I swam well a few weeks ago and so I knew I was on for good times here," said Welbourn, who clocked a time of four minutes 07.05 seconds.
HOCKEY
Great Britain's women lost the second of their two-match series against China, going down 3-1 to the Olympic silver-medallists at Bisham Abbey. After winning the opener on Wednesday, China struck first on Friday from a penalty corner, Sinan Sun flicking a low effort under the body of goalkeeper Kirsty Mackay.