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On This Day in Sport (28 April 2010):

1923: Bolton and West Ham contested the first FA Cup final at Wembley. Official receipts gave the attendance as 126,047 but it is estimated that more than 200,000 were in the ground. A single policeman on a white horse famously kept the crowd back from the pitch. Bolton won the game 2-0, with David Jack having the honour of scoring the first goal.
1984: Clive Lloyd became the first West Indian to play in 100 Test matches as the fifth Test against Australia got under way in Jamaica.
1990: Wigan's Andy Gregory became only the second rugby league player to win the Lance Todd Trophy a second time. He was awarded the coveted prize as man of the match for his contribution to Wigan's triumph over Warrington in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley.
1998: West Brom terminated the contract of defender Shane Nicholson following his admission of a drugs misconduct charge at a Football Association hearing.
2002: Michael Schumacher opened up a commanding 21-point lead in the Formula One World Championship with his fourth win of the season in Spain, only the fifth Grand Prix of the year.
2005: England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson signed a new three-year deal with Newcastle Falcons.
2006: Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari claimed he had withdrawn from race to become England manager after the World Cup. Steve McClaren eventually took over following the departure of Sven-Goran Eriksson.
2006: Sunderland confirmed they were in discussions with a consortium led by Niall Quinn regarding a possible takeover.
2007: Australia won an historic third Cricket World Cup in a row, defeating Sri Lanka by 53 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in Barbados.

Headlines (28 April) :

Sullivan: Zola could resign
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan claims Gianfranco Zola has "indicated" he may resign, but says no decision has been made
Reds won't stand in Rafa's way
The Liverpool hierarchy will reportedly not stand in Rafael Benitez's way if Juventus formalise their reputed interest in securing his services
Nugget's fairytale nears end
Neil Robertson acts the part of the villain at the World Snooker Championship as he closes in on the kill against Steve Davis
Lee ruled out of World T20
Brett Lee suffers a muscle strain in his forearm that rules him out of the upcoming World Twenty20 in the Caribbean
World Cup call for King
Tottenham defender Ledley King told he will be named in England's provisional World Cup squad, according to reports
RFU against expanded Premiership
The Rugby Football Union would block proposals to expand the Guinness Premiership from 12 to 14 clubs
Murray too strong for Seppi
Andy Murray cruises into the second round of the Rome Masters with a 6-2 6-4 win over Italian Andreas Seppi
Blake set to leave Clarets
Burnley striker Robbie Blake admits the chances of him still being at Turf Moor next season look "bleak"

International Results Roundup

Dateline 27 April 2010

FOOTBALL
UEFA Champions League
Semi Final 2nd Leg
Lyon 0 Bayern Munich 3 Bayern Munich won 4-0 on aggregate
Coca-Cola Division Two
Accrington Stanley 1 Barnet 0 Darlington 0 Notts County 5
CRICKET
Lancashire v Kent LV County Championship - Division One at Old Trafford
Lancashire 317 - 9 96 ovs Close of play
Somerset v Essex LV County Championship - Division One at Taunton
Somerset 328 - 7 96 ovs Close of play
Warwickshire v Hampshire LV County Championship - Division One at Edgbaston
Warwickshire 45 - 1 13 ovs Hampshire 283 all out 80.5 ovs Close of play
Yorkshire v Durham LV County Championship - Division One at Headingley Carnegie
Yorkshire 304 - 2 100 ovs Close of play
Middlesex v Gloucestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Lord's
Middlesex 71 - 4 22 ovs Gloucestershire 268 all out 71.2 ovs Close of play
Northamptonshire v Derbyshire LV County Championship - Division Two at Northampton
Northamptonshire 220 all out 78.2 ovs Derbyshire 57 - 0 15 ovs Close of play
Sussex v Leicestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Hove
Sussex 213 - 7 58 ovs Leicestershire 114 all out 35.3 ovs Close of play
Worcestershire v Glamorgan LV County Championship - Division Two at New Road
Worcestershire 134 all out 47.5 ovs Glamorgan 228 - 4 46 ovs Close of play
WORLD SNOOKER
Quarter-final (all matches best of 25):
Graeme Dott (Sco) level with Mark Allen (N Ire) 8-8
Frame scores (Dott first, breaks in brackets): 1-99 (66), 0-75, 41-73 (58), 29-67 (54), 76-0 (76), 69-45, 67-33, 0-105 (100), 44-66, 57-1, 74-8 (74), 2-68, 136-7 (116), 116-13 (85), 91-21 (67), 20-78 (67)
Neil Robertson (Aus) leads Steve Davis (Eng) 12-4
Frame scores (Robertson first, breaks in brackets): 30-83, 24-96 (92), 14-92 (63), 47-75 (57), 67-41, 12-65, 0-89 (89), 25-84 (53), 14-85 (53), 54-65, 128-1 (128), 54-70, 0-92 (92), 26-84, 65-64 61-38
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) level with Mark Selby (Eng) 4-4
Frame scores (O'Sullivan first): 70-24 17-92 (84) 0-82 69-7 16-90 (90) 67-1 (67) 63-65 81-6 (81)
Shaun Murphy (Eng) leads Ali Carter (Eng) 5-3
Frame scores (Murphy first): 75-41 (70) 62-51 23-82 (51) 53-63 74-24 100-19 (53) 83-41 47-72
TENNIS
WTA Porsche Grand Prix
1st rd:
Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Margalita Chaknashvili (Geo) 6-3 6-4
(3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 6-1 6-2
Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 6-3 3-6 6-1
Na Li (Chn) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 6-1 6-1
Anna Lapushchenkova (Rus) bt Olga Govortsova (Blr) 6-4 6-1
Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) bt Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) 6-2 6-2
Agnes Szavay (Hun) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-3 2-6 7-5
ATP Internationaionali BNL d'Italia
1st rd:
Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 6-1 6-2
Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 6-4 6-3
Simone Bolelli (Ita) bt Simon Greul (Ger) 6-4 6-1
Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt (9) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-4 4-6 6-3
Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Thiemo De Bakker (Ned) 3-6 6-1 1-0 ret
Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Lukasz Kubot (Pol) 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 6-3
Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 6-4 3-6 6-1
(13) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Evgeny Korolev (Kaz) 6-4 6-1
2nd rd:
Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt (16) Juan Monaco (Arg) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4
(2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 6-1 6-1
Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt (1) Roger Federer (Swi) 2-6 6-1 7-5
(4) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-2 6-4