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On This Day in Sport (08 May 2011):

1896: Yorkshire completed a record innings in the County Championship when they scored 887 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
1908: Yorkshire bowled out Northamptonshire for 27 and 14 in a County Championship match at Northampton.
1923: Surrey and England batsman Jack Hobbs scored his 100th career century.
1932: Former world heavyweight champion Sonny Liston was born. He took the title with a first-round knockout of Floyd Patterson in 1962 and retained it a year later by beating the same man. He lost his crown to Cassius Clay in 1964 and was beaten by the same opponent, then Muhammad Ali, trying to regain the title the following year. He died in 1970.
1990: Sir Jack Hayward completed a £2.1million takeover of Wolves with the club's former England captain Billy Wright taking a place on the board.
2001: Leeds' bid to reach the Champions League final ended with a 3-0 defeat by Valencia in the second leg of their semi-final in Spain. Leeds had Alan Smith sent off.
2002: Sylvain Wiltord scored the winner as Arsenal beat closest rivals Manchester United 1-0 to clinch the Premiership title at Old Trafford. 2004: Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan broke the world record for most wickets in Test history, going past Courtney Walsh's total of 519 in the first Test against Zimbabwe. Murali has since been overtaken by Shane Warne.
2005: Wigan were promoted to the Premiership after a 3-1 win at home to Reading secured second place in the Championship.
2006: Sven-Goran Eriksson named 17-year-old Theo Walcott in his provisional England World Cup squad despite the teenager not having played in the Premiership for Arsenal.
2010 Harry Redknapp is named Premier League Manager of the Year for taking Tottenham into the top four

Headlines (08 May) :

Ferguson: I won't quit United
Sir Alex Ferguson insists that he will be staying on at Manchester United, even if they complete a remarkable double this season.
Ancelotti issues Chelsea challenge
Carlo Ancelotti has urged Chelsea to back up his claim they are the best team in the country by beating Manchester United in Sunday's showdown.
Pacquiao sees off Mosley
Manny Pacquiao retained the WBO Welterweight World Championship with an unconvincing unanimous points victory over Shane Mosley in Las Vegas.
Warnock wary of Rangers sack
Neil Warnock admits he is unsure whether he will get the chance to lead Queens Park Rangers out in the Premier League.
Redknapp expresses Bale fears
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp conceded winger Gareth Bale's ankle injury looked bad but was not sure of the severity of the problem.
McAllister shock at Heskey huff
Gary McAllister admits Emile Heskey was lucky not to see red after barging into referee Mike Jones during Aston Villa's 1-1 draw against Wigan.
Cipriani to miss South Africa trip
Danny Cipriani is to miss the Melbourne Rebels' two Super 15 games in South Africa, his club announced in a statement.
Byrd leads at Quail Hollow
Jonathan Byrd takes a one-stroke lead into the final day of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow following another consistent display.
Nadal sees off old foe in Madrid
World number one Rafael Nadal battled back from a set down to beat Roger Federer 5-7 6-1 6-3 in the semi-finals of the Madrid Open.
Vettel on pole again in Turkey
Sebastian Vettel became the first driver for five years to secure five straight poles and was joined on the front row by Mark Webber in Turkey.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 07 May 2011

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Aston Villa 1 Wigan 1 Bolton 1 Sunderland 2 Everton 2 Man City 1 Newcastle 2 Birmingham 1 Tottenham 1 Blackpool 1 West Ham 1 Blackburn 1
Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 0 St Johnstone 2 Dundee Utd 4 Motherwell 0 Hamilton 1 Hibernian 0 Inverness CT 1 St Mirren 0 Rangers 4 Hearts 0 npower Championship
Barnsley 1 Millwall 0 Bristol City 3 Hull 0 Burnley 1 Cardiff 1 Crystal Palace 0 Nottm Forest 3 Leicester 4 Ipswich 2 Middlesbrough 3 Doncaster 0 Norwich 2 Coventry 2 Preston 3 Watford 1 QPR 1 Leeds 2 Reading 2 Derby 1 Scunthorpe 1 Portsmouth 1 Swansea 4 Sheff Utd 0
RUGBY UNION
Aviva Premiership Rugby
Bath (29) 42 Newcastle (0) 12 Exeter (9) 21 Wasps (5) 8 Gloucester (19) 68 Sale (3) 17 Harlequins (6) 13 Saracens (6) 16 Leicester (8) 32 London Irish (13) 23 Northampton (15) 31 Leeds Carnegie (24) 24
British and Irish Cup Final
Bristol (9) 17 Bedford (3) 14
RUGBY LEAGUE
Carnegie Challenge Cup Fourth Round
Featherstone (38) 42 FC Lezignan-Corbieres (4) 16 Hull (42) 82 Oldham (0) 0 Leeds (18) 30 Crusaders (10) 20 St Helens (22) 52 Sheffield (6) 26
Arriva Trains Conference Premier Division Elimination Semi
Leigh East 40 West Hull 28 Wath Brow Hornets 30 Hull Dockers 6
GOLF
Turkish Ladies Open Collated third-round scores (Par 73):
214 Christel Boeljon (Ned) 73 71 70 215 Becky Brewerton (Wal) 74 73 68, Florentyna Parker (Eng) 72 73 70 217 Linda Wessberg (Swe) 75 73 69, Stefania Croce (Ita) 70 74 73 218 Sarah Kemp (Aus) 71 75 72 219 Melissa Reid (Eng) 75 71 73 220 Anja Monke (Ger) 74 78 68, Marjet Van Der Graaff (Nzl) 72 75 73, Pernilla Lindberg (Swe) 74 72 74, Diana Luna (Ita) 74 70 76
ALLIANZ Challenge de France Collated third-round scores (Fra unless stated, par 71):
200 C Ford (Eng) 67 67 66 201 N Meitinger (Ger) 71 63 67, T Fleetwood (Eng) 69 69 63 202 A Domingo (Spa) 70 66 66, J Palmer (Eng) 70 66 66 204 J Quesne (Fra) 69 67 68, C Lee (Sco) 70 68 66, A McArthur (Sco) 69 68 67 205 J McLeary (Sco) 68 63 74, C Lloyd (Eng) 73 66 66, S Little (Eng) 70 64 71, P Gustafsson (Swe) 68 70 67, G Cambis (Fra) 72 65 68, M Kieffer (Ger) 69 67 69, A Marshall (Eng) 68 65 72, D Vancsik (Arg) 70 67 68
Open de Espana Collated third-round scores (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
208 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 68 68 72 210 Romain Wattel (Fra) 67 71 72, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 72 69, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 67 70 73, Scott Jamieson 66 72 72 212 Shane Lowry 69 73 70, David Horsey 71 70 71, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 71 71 70, Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 72 69 213 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 72 69 72, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 72 66 75, Chris Wood 70 73 70, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 67 74, Phillip Price 70 71 72, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 72 70 71, Seve Benson 69 74 70
Wells Fargo Championship Collated third-round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Wells Fargo Championship, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America (USA unless stated, par 72):
201 Jonathan Byrd 66 68 67 202 Pat Perez 67 65 70 204 Lucas Glover 67 68 69, Stewart Cink 71 65 68 205 Kevin Na 69 69 67, Bill Haas 64 70 71, Andres Romero (Arg) 71 67 67 206 Brian Davis (Eng) 70 67 69
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Mutua Madrid Open
Women's Semi-final:
(4) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Julia Goerges (Ger) 6-4 6-2
(16) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt (6) Na Li (Chn) 6-3 6-1
Men's Semi-final:
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (3) Roger Federer (Swi) 5-7 6-1 6-3
(2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 4-6 6-4 6-1