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On This Day in Sport (05 May 2011): 1928: Everton forward Dixie Dean broke the record for the most goals in a season, beating George Camsell's mark of 59. He needed three to better Camsell's mark and did so by scoring a hat-trick in his club's 3-3 draw with Arsenal at Goodison Park on the last day of the season. 1954: Warrington and Halifax played in front of rugby league's biggest crowd when 102,569 attended their Challenge Cup final replay at Odsal. 1973: Sunderland beat Leeds to win the FA Cup against all odds. Ian Porterfield scored the only goal of the game, with goalkeeper Jimmy Montgomery producing an amazing second-half save. 2003: Mark Williams won the World Snooker Championship, beating Ken Doherty 18-16 in the final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. 2004: Chelsea squandered a two-goal lead against Monaco in the Champions League semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge and lost 5-3 on aggregate. Headlines (05 May) : Fergie: We have nothing to fear Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that Manchester United should not be "frightened out of our skin" by the prospect of facing Barcelona. O'Shea revels in United success Republic of Ireland defender John O'Shea has voiced his pride at leading Manchester United into the Champions League final. Lennon slams 'poor' defence Neil Lennon castigated his defence after Celtic's 3-2 defeat at Inverness left Old Firm rivals Rangers in pole position in the SPL title race. Nadal sets up Del Potro clash World number one Rafael Nadal was one of a host of seeds to progress into the third round of the Madrid Open on Wednesday. Bellucci an unknown quantity for Murray Andy Murray will be venturing into somewhat unknown territory when he faces Thomaz Bellucci in the third round of the Madrid Open on Thursday. Watson tells Woods to go back to basics Fresh from his second win of the season Bubba Watson believes Tiger Woods - without a victory for 18 months - should go back to basics. Brooking points to Spain blueprint Sir Trevor Brooking has highlighted Spain's World Cup win as an example of the benefits of Jack Wilshere playing for the England Under-21s. England captaincy shake-up? The ECB will hold a press conference at Lord's on Thursday morning where it is expected that new ODI and Twenty20 captains will be announced. Mavericks beats Lakers again The Dallas Mavericks beat Los Angeles to go 2-0 ahead in their NBA play-off series, while Chicago levelled their play-off series with Atalanta. Tampa Bay reach Eastern finals Tampa Bay completed a 4-0 sweep of Washington to reach the NHL Eastern finals, while Boston beat Philadelphia 5-1 to close in on a final place. International Results Roundup Dateline 04 May 2011 FOOTBALL UEFA Champions League Semi Final 2nd Leg Man Utd 4 Schalke 04 1 Man Utd won 6-1 on aggregate Scottish Premier Inverness CT 3 Celtic 2 CRICKET Hampshire v Sussex LV County Championship : Division One at The Rose Bowl Sussex 321 - 3 97 ovs Close of play Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire LV County Championship : Division One at Trent Bridge Yorkshire 291 - 3 96 ovs Close of play Somerset v Worcestershire LV County Championship : Division One at Taunton Somerset 309 all out 95.4 ovs Close of play Warwickshire v Lancashire LV County Championship : Division One at Edgbaston Warwickshire 39 - 1 16 ovs Lancashire 227 all out 78 ovs Close of play Gloucestershire v Middlesex LV County Championship : Division Two at Bristol Gloucestershire 302 - 6 86 ovs Close of play Kent v Northamptonshire LV County Championship : Division Two at Canterbury Kent 280 all out 89.5 ovs Northamptonshire 5 - 0 5 ovs Close of play Surrey v Leicestershire LV County Championship : Division Two at The Kia Oval Surrey 294 all out 73.1 ovs Leicestershire 56 - 2 20 ovs Close of play TENNIS ATP & WTA Mutua Madrid Open Women's 2nd rd: Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) 6-2 6-2 (6) Na Li (Chn) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-1 6-4 Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Dinara Safina (Rus) 6-4 4-6 6-4 Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt (7) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) 6-4 4-6 7-5 Women's 3rd rd: (16) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt (2) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6-1 6-4 Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt (8) Maria Sharapova (Rus) 7-5 6-4 Men's 2nd rd: Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Flavio Cipolla (Ita) 6-4 6-2 Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 3-0 ret (5) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Santiago Giraldo (Col) 6-3 6-3, (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 6-3 6-4 (7) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Marcel Granollers (Spa) 6-4 6-0 Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-2 6-2 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Marin Cilic (Cro) 6-3 6-0 (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-1 6-3 (4) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-4 3-6 6-0 Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) bt (8) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 7-6 (10-8) 6-3 (3) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 7-6 (15-13) 6-7 (1-7) 7-6 (9-7)