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On This Day in Sport (23 April 2010):

1962: The career of racing driver Stirling Moss ended when he crashed his Lotus-Climax at 110mph during a Formula One race at Goodwood. He sustained a broken leg, broken ribs and serious head injuries and did not race again in Formula One.
1983: Cliff Thorburn recorded the first maximum 147 break in the World Snooker Championships against Terry Griffiths at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
1986: Former England cricketer Jim Laker died, aged 63. His record of taking 19 wickets in one Test match still stands.
2003: Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Manchester United 4-3 at Old Trafford to progress to the Champions League semi-finals 6-5 on aggregate. David Beckham came off the bench to score two of United's goals.
2004: Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly was banned for three matches by UEFA for elbowing Monaco striker Fernando Morientes in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
2006: West Ham reached their first FA Cup final for 26 years after beating Middlesbrough 1-0 at Villa Park.
2006: Steven Gerrard was named PFA player of the year, with Wayne Rooney young player of the year.

Headlines (23 April) :

FERGUSON DISMISSES RETIREMENT REPORTS
Sir Alex Ferguson has denied reports he might retire at the end of next season.
BALE NOT FOR SALE - REDKNAPP
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp insists in-form midfielder Gareth Bale is not for sale.
NEVILLE 'COULD MAKE ENGLAND SQUAD'
Sir Alex Ferguson believes Gary Neville could force his way into England's World Cup squad.
AGENT DENIES AQUILANI EXIT TALK
Alberto Aquilani's agent has denied the Liverpool midfielder could leave Anfield in the summer.
LAD SET FOR FAIR GOLD RUN
RACING: Latest news ahead of Saturday's bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown.
MOURINHO IS NOT MY GHOST - ANCELOTTI
Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti insists he is not haunted by the ghost of Jose Mourinho.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 22 April 2010

FOOTBALL
International
Honduras 0 Venezuela 1 South Africa 0 Korea DPR 0
Europa League
Semi Final 1st Leg
Atletico Madrid 1 Liverpool 0 Hamburg 0 Fulham 0
WORLD SNOOKER
First Round (Best of 19 frames)
Shaun Murphy (Eng) bt Gerard Greene (NI) 10-7
Frame scores (Murphy first): 4-73 (53) 88-18 (50) 73-49 (62) 76-25 (61) 109-16 (108) 76-57 (76-57) 94-0 (90) 59-8 96-28 (88) 0-98 (50) 55-45 27-79 (67) 1-72 (65) 48-70 39-74 (55) 0-92 (92) 87-0 (87)
Stephen Maguire (Sco) bt Stephen Lee (Eng) 10-4
Frame scores (Maguire first): 87-11 (60) 52-36 65-56 56-59 5-129 (127) 94-6 (84) 41-66 66-48 60-13 0-104 (95) 115-8 (114) 94-0 (67) 64-39 69-6 (38)
Second Round (Best of 25 frames)
Mark Allen (NIrl) leads Mark Davis (Eng) 5-3
Frame scores (Allen first): 4-98 (62) 14-79 81-49 (81) 88-8 71-21 (51) 146-0 (146) 72-15 14-103 (80)
Steve Davis (Eng) leads John Higgins (Sco) 6-2
Frame scores (Davis first): 69-1 (53) 15-70 (60) 83-7 34-60 72-24 (72) 61-52 (52 Higgins) 102-5 (102) 68-33 (53)
TENNIS
ATP Barcelona Open
3rd rd:
(8) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 6-0 3-0 ret
(13) Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 6-4 6-4
Eduardo Schwank (Arg) bt Ivan Navarro (Spa) 6-3 7-6 (9-7)
(3) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt (15) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) 5-7 6-1 6-4
Thiemo De Bakker (Ned) bt (7) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 7-6 (7-4)
Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) 6-1 6-3
(5) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt (11) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 3-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-3
Add 3rd rd: (2) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt (16) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-3 6-2