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On This Day in Sport (11 May 2011):

1924: Former Newcastle centre-forward Jackie Milburn was born. Milburn was the uncle of future England internationals Bobby and Jack Charlton and he represented his country 13 times himself. He was also a member of three FA Cup-winning sides, scoring twice in the 1951 final and once in 1955 and was Newcastle's record goalscorer with 200 until he was passed by Alan Shearer last season. Milburn died in October 1988 aged 64.
1985: A fire at Valley Parade, home of Bradford, claimed the lives of 56 people in a match - against Lincoln - which was supposed to be a celebration of the Bantams' Third Division championship that season.
2002: David Beckham agreed a new three-year contract worth a reported £90,000 a week with Manchester United. Little over a year later he was sold to Real Madrid.
2003: West Ham were relegated from the Premiership after a 2-2 draw with Birmingham on the final day of the season. Bolton's 2-1 win over Middlesbrough ensured their survival.
2006: Alan Shearer wore the black and white shirt of Newcastle for the final time in a testimonial match against Celtic.
2010 Steve McClaren joins Bundsliga side Wolfsburg after taking FC Twente to their first ever Dutch title.

Headlines (11 May) :

RM: Tevez not guaranteed start
Roberto Mancini celebrated a Champions League berth for Manchester City on Tuesday but warned Carlos Tevez not to expect an FA Cup final start.
City would welcome Ibrahimovic
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini could attempt to sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic this summer as he plans for the Champions League.
Neville hoping for Becks return
Gary Neville is crossing his fingers David Beckham will make his testimonial night perfect by donning the Manchester United kit once more.
Lennon: I need to keep my cool
Neil Lennon takes Celtic to Hearts on Wednesday insisting there will be no repeat of the touchline antics on his last visit to Tynecastle.
Wood named Player of the Season
Northampton's England flanker Tom Wood was named Player of the Season at the Premiership awards in London on Tuesday night.
Murray beats Malisse in Rome
Andy Murray took one minute short of two hours to overcome Belgium's Xavier Malisse and book his place in the third round of the Rome Masters.
2018 Games bids announced
The Gold Coast in Australia and the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota have
Back proud of achievements
Neil Back has revealed he resigned as Leeds Carnegie head coach after deciding he had taken the Yorkshire club as far as he could.
Ellis reveals Tigers appeal
Castleford have been put on alert after England forward Gareth Ellis expressed a desire to finish his career with the Tigers.
Leopard Trek team leave Giro
Leopard Trek have withdrawn from the Giro d'Italia one day after their rider Wouter Weylandt died in a crash during stage three of the race.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 10 May 2011

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Man City 1 Tottenham 0
Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 0 St Mirren 1 Rangers 2 Dundee Utd 0 St Johnstone 1 Hamilton 0
Blue Square Premier Play-off Semi-Final 2nd Leg
Luton 2 Wrexham 1
CRICKET
Durham v Somerset LV County Championship : Division One at Emirates Durham ICG
Somerset 383 - 4 96 ovs Close of play
Derbyshire v Essex LV County Championship : Division Two at Derby
Derbyshire 64 - 2 18 ovs Essex 179 all out 75.1 ovs Close of play
Glamorgan v Kent LV County Championship : Division Two at The SWALEC Stadium
Kent 242 all out 66.1 ovs Close of play
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Rome Men's 1st rd:
Sam Querrey (USA) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 7-6 (7-1) 1-0 ret
Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 6-4 1-0 ret
(9) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 6-0 7-5
Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt John Isner (USA) 6-4 6-1
Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Flavio Cipolla (Ita) 6-2 6-3
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 7-6 (7-2) 6-1
(14) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-4
Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3
Men's 2nd rd:
(16) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-1 6-2
(7) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-2 6-2
Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-4
(5) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 2-6 7-5 6-4
(4) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Xavier Malisse (Bel) 6-2 2-6 6-3
Women's 1st rd:
Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Kimiko Date Krumm (Jpn) 7-5 6-2
Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) 6-4 6-4
Alberta Brianti (Ita) bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-4 7-5
Sara Errani (Ita) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-2 1-0 ret
Romina Oprandi (Ita) bt (14) Kaia Kanepi (Est) 7-5 3-6 6-1
(12) Andrea Petkovic (Ger) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 7-5 6-1
(16) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Chanelle Scheepers (Rsa) 6-3 7-5
(10) Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Bojana Jovanovski (Ser) 3-6 6-0 6-4
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt (15) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-4 4-6 6-3
Women's 2nd rd:
(2) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Christina Mchale (USA) 6-3 6-1
(7) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 6-1 6-1