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On This Day in Sport (04 May 2011):

1780: The first Derby was run at Epsom. The name of the race was decided by a toss of coin between the 12th Earl of Derby and Sir Charles Bunbury. Bunbury had the consolation of seeing his horse, Diomed, partnered by jockey Sam Arnull, win the race.
1966: Peter Shilton made his Football League debut, playing for Leicester against Everton. The goalkeeper went on to play in a record 1,005 league games and won a record 125 England caps.
1985: Wigan beat Hull 28-24 to win rugby league's Challenge Cup at Wembley.
2003: Manchester United won their eighth Premiership title in 11 seasons after Arsenal fell out of contention following a 3-2 defeat by Leeds.
2005: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho signed a new five-year contract with Chelsea.
2006: Steve McClaren was confirmed as Sven-Goran Eriksson's successor as England manager.

Headlines (04 May) :

Barca pair buoyant, Alonso bitter
Barcelona duo Pedro and Andres Iniesta were delighted to overcome arch-rivals Real Madrid to reach the Champions League final on Tuesday.
Ref didn't let us win - Ronaldo
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo claims Barcelona get "outside help" to reach the Champions League final and has blasted Javier Mascherano.
Beckham reiterates Olympic hope
Former England captain David Beckham has reiterated his desire to be involved with the Great Britain Olympic side in London.
Cipriani regrets night out
Danny Cipriani has admitted he "deeply regrets" the late night out which has seen him stood down by his Super 15 club the Melbourne Rebels.
Bernie: Owners don't want to sell
Bernie Ecclestone has again reiterated that F1's current owners are in no mood to sell after further rumours regarding a potential takeover.
Pep expects 'different' United
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola expects to face a very different Manchester United side in the Champions League final, should they qualify.
Juventus baulk on Aquilani fee
Juventus have warned Liverpool that they must lower their asking price for midfielder Alberto Aquilani.
England to blossom under Flower
England Cricket managing director Hugh Morris is confident the national side will continue their upward trend under Andy Flower's leadership.
Laffranchi agrees Saints switch
St Helens have followed up the signing of New Zealand star Lance Hohaia with the capture of former Australia Test forward Anthony Laffranchi.
Doubles defeat for Murray bros
Andy and Jamie Murray suffered a first-round exit from the men's doubles at the Madrid Open.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 03 May 2011

FOOTBALL
UEFA Champions League
Semi Final 2nd Leg
Barcelona 1 Real Madrid 1
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Mutua Madrid Open
Men's 1st rd:
Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-2 6-4
Florian Mayer (Ger) bt (16) Viktor Troicki (Ser) 4-6 7-5 6-4
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 7-5 7-6 (8-6)
Marcel Granollers (Spa) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 7-5 6-2
Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt Pablo Andujar (Spa) 6-4 6-2
Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt (13) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-1 3-6 6-3
Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) bt (15) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 7-6 (9-7) 7-5,
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Milos Raonic (Can) 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4
2nd rd:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Pere Riba (Spa) 6-4 6-2
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt John Isner (USA) 7-5 4-6 7-6 (7-3)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Thiemo De Bakker (Ned) 6-2 6-3
(6) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 7-5 0-6 6-0
Juan Monaco (Arg) bt (9) Gael Monfils (Fra) 6-2 3-0 ret
Women's 2nd rd:
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Vania King (USA) 6-0 6-2
(16) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Chanelle Scheepers (Rsa) 6-3 6-3
(5) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 7-6 (7-1) 7-5
(1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Bojana Jovanovski (Ser) 6-4 6-4
Jarmila Gajdosova (Aus) bt (10) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 3-6 6-3 6-3
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt (11) Marion Bartoli (Fra) 7-5 6-1
(3) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 6-0 2-6 6-3
TAEKWONDO
British teenager Jade Jones claimed silver at the Taekwondo World Championships in South Korea, while Liverpool's Martin Stamper collected bronze. Jones, the 18-year-old London 2012 hopeful, beat Marlene Harnois in her semi-final to set up a shot at gold in the under-57kgs, but lost to China's reigning world champion Hou Yuzhuo on sudden death score. Stamper had also progressed to the medal fights in the men's under-68kgs, but could not get past Servet Tazegu from Turkey, losing 15-2 against the eventual champion.