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On This Day in Sport (10 May 2011):

1886: The Football Association approved the giving of caps to players appearing in international matches.
1980: Paul Allen became the youngest man to date to play in an FA Cup final, aged 17 years and 256 days, as West Ham beat Arsenal 1-0.
2000: The FA fined Wimbledon £50,000 and captain Kenny Cunningham £5,000 for their part in a tunnel bust-up at Chelsea.
2004: Eddie Gray stepped down as Leeds manager but remained at the club in a consultancy role.
2006: The Premier League rejected Tottenham's request to replay their match at West Ham after the Spurs squad was struck down by food poisoning.

Headlines (10 May) :

Dalglish hails rampant Reds
Kenny Dalglish will be immensely proud of the way his Liverpool side have responded since he took charge, even if they miss out on Europe.
Bendtner seeking Wenger talks
Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner is planning to sit down with manager Arsene Wenger and discuss his future at the club.
Back quits bottom club Leeds
Neil Back has resigned as Leeds Carnegie head coach after conceding he had taken the Yorkshire club as far as he could.
Leopard Trek to ride on
The Leopard Trek team have confirmed they will take part in stage four of the Giro d'Italia despite the death of Wouter Weylandt.
City won't let up - Redknapp
Harry Redknapp thinks Manchester City's relentless spending spree will not cease until they have won the Premier League title.
Sehwag facing shoulder surgery
Virender Sehwag appears to be a doubt for India's tour of England after being ruled out of the rest of the IPL season with a shoulder injury.
Puletua commits to St Helens
St Helens forward Tony Puletua has ended speculation over his future by signing a new two-year deal.
Horner: Things can change quickly
Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner has laughed off suggestions his team are currently killing Formula One.
Haye: I'll destroy Klitschko
David Haye claims Wladimir Klitschko would need a chin transplant to save him from being "destroyed" in their July 2 clash.
Henson urged to seize chance
Wales coach Warren Gatland has summoned Gavin Henson from the international wilderness - and urged him to grasp his World Cup chance.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 09 May 2011

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Fulham 2 Liverpool 5
GOLF
Wells Fargo Championship
Collated final-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):
273 Lucas Glover 67 68 69 69, Jonathan Byrd 66 68 67 72 (Glover won play-off at first extra hole) 274 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 72 71 66 65 275 Bill Haas 64 70 71 70 276 Kevin Na 69 69 67 71 277 Pat Perez 67 65 70 75, Zach Johnson 73 69 67 68, Bobby Gates 69 70 69 69 278 Phil Mickelson 69 66 74 69, J.B. Holmes 70 72 65 71, Vijay Singh (Fij) 68 68 73 69, Robert Garrigus 72 67 70 69, Stewart Cink 71 65 68 74, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 68 68 72 70, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 69 72 69 68
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Rome
Men's 1st rd:
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt (12) Andy Roddick (USA) 6-3 6-3
Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Pere Riba (Spa) 6-4 7-5
Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 7-5 6-2
Lukasz Kubot (Pol) bt Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 7-6 (7-1) 2-6 6-2
(11) Mardy Fish (USA) bt Santiago Giraldo (Col) 4-6 6-2 6-2
Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-3 1-6 7-6 (8-6)
Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 7-5 2-6 6-3
(15) Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 6-4 7-5
Potito Starace (Ita) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 6-3 6-3
Women's 1st rd:
Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 6-2 6-1
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spa) bt Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) 6-1 0-6 7-6 (7-4)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Patty Schnyder (Swi) 6-3 6-2
Christina Mchale (USA) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-3 2-6 7-6 (9-7)
Vera Dushevina (Rus) bt Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 6-3 6-1
Greta Arn (Hun) bt (11) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (11-9)
Polona Hercog (Slo) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) 6-1 7-5
Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) 6-0 5-7 6-4
Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 6-4 6-4
(9) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) 6-2 6-3
Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-2 6-2
Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Angelique Kerber (Ger) 4-6 6-3 6-3
Jarmila Gajdosova (Aus) bt Corinna Dentoni (Ita) 6-1 6-2
(13) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt Nadia Petrova (Rus) 6-0 3-0 ret
Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) 6-4 6-2
Add Men's 1st rd: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-3 6-2
CYCLING
Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt, who died during Monday's third stage of the Giro d'Italia, was set to become a father in September. The 26-year-old Leopard Trek rider fell during a descent 25 kilometres from the finish of the 173km stage from Reggio Emilia to Rapallo and was unconscious with blood coming from his mouth and nose.
HOCKEY
Great Britain's men went to the top of the table in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia with a 3-1 win over New Zealand. Reading defender Richard Mantell opened the scoring with a 14th-minute penalty corner in a first half dominated by Jason Lee's side.