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On This Day in Sport (29 April 2010):

1933: The FA Cup final between Everton and Manchester City was the first final where players had shirt numbers. The Everton players were numbered 1-11, while City were numbered 12-22.
1967: Muhammad Ali was stripped of his world heavyweight title for refusing to be drafted into the US Army on religious grounds.
1970: Chelsea beat Leeds 2-1 after extra-time to win the first replay of a Wembley FA Cup final.
1990: Stephen Hendry beat Jimmy White 18-12 to become the youngest world snooker champion at the age of 21 years and 106 days.
2001: Henrik Larsson's 50th goal of the season and two from Lubo Moravcik helped Celtic to a 3-0 victory at Rangers for their first Ibrox success in six and a half years.
2002: Former Scotland boss Craig Brown took over as the new manager of Preston.
2003: Former Chelsea and Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich was banned for nine months by the Football Association after a disciplinary hearing into his failed drugs test for cocaine.
2006: Chelsea won back-to-back Premier League titles after beating Manchester United 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. United striker Wayne Rooney suffered a broken metatarsal during the game but was later named in England's World Cup squad despite not being fully fit.
2007: Sam Allardyce resigned as Bolton manager after eight years at the club. He was later appointed as Newcastle boss but endured an ill-fated reign which ended the following January.

Headlines (29 April) :

'We're a team of heroes'
'Now is our festival,' says emotional Jose Mourinho after Inter's acrimonious semi-final victory in the Nou Camp
Ronnie 'saw it coming'
Ronnie O'Sullivan admits he was resigned to defeat against Mark Selby long before his quarter-final result was confirmed.
Babel to step out of shadows
Ryan Babel has learned from his mistakes and is set to emerge from the periphery against Atletico Madrid tonight.
Bopara guides England home
Ravi Bopara top scoress with 62 as England coast to a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in their World Twenty20 warm-up in Barbados
Rafa anger at Juve talk
Rafael Benitez insists he has a 'long-term plan' at Liverpool, wants to buy 'British players with passion' & refutes Juve rumours
Keothavong into last eight in Fes
Britain's Anne Keothavong reaches the last eight of the Grand Prix in Fes after a walkover success against top seed Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain.
Davis thumped by Robertson
Neil Robertson wraps up a 13-5 victory over Steve Davis to clinch a place in the World Championship semi-finals
Robinson quits as Sale coach
Jason Robinson quits as Sale head coach and is replaced by former All Black Mike Brewer

International Results Roundup

Dateline 28 April 2010

FOOTBALL
International
South Africa 2 Jamaica 0
UEFA Champions League Semi Final 2nd Leg
Barcelona 1 Inter Milan 0 Inter Milan won 3-2 on aggregate
Scottish Division One
Ayr 0 Ross County 1 Raith 0 Queen of South 0
CRICKET
Lancashire v Kent LV County Championship - Division One at Old Trafford
Lancashire 320 all out 97.3 ovs 68 - 3 16 ovs Kent 213 all out 60.5 ovs Close of play
Somerset v Essex LV County Championship - Division One at Taunton
Somerset 387 all out 108.4 ovs Essex 262 - 5 81 ovs Close of play
Warwickshire v Hampshire LV County Championship - Division One at Edgbaston
Warwickshire 382 all out 95.1 ovs Hampshire 283 all out 80.5 ovs 3 - 0 3 ovs Close of play
Yorkshire v Durham LV County Championship - Division One at Headingley Carnegie
Yorkshire 610 - 6 dec 176 ovs Durham 54 - 3 18 ovs Close of play
Middlesex v Gloucestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Lord's
Middlesex 203 all out 64.5 ovs Gloucestershire 268 all out 71.2 ovs 139 - 7 51 ovs Close of play
Northamptonshire v Derbyshire LV County Championship - Division Two at Northampton
Northamptonshire 220 all out 78.2 ovs Derbyshire 377 - 2 112 ovs Close of play
Sussex v Leicestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Hove
Sussex 392 all out 93.5 ovs Leicestershire 114 all out 35.3 ovs 226 - 3 58 ovs Close of play
Worcestershire v Glamorgan LV County Championship - Division Two at New Road
Worcestershire 134 all out 47.5 ovs 171 all out 52.2 ovs Glamorgan 267 all out 67.2 ovs 41 - 1 7.4 ovs Glamorgan won by 9 wickets.
WORLD SNOOKER
Quarter-finals (all matches best of 25):
Mark Selby (Eng) bt Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) 13-11
Frame scores (Selby first, breaks in brackets): 24-70, 92-17 (84), 82-0, 7-69, 90-16 (90), 1-67 (67), 65-63, 6-81 (81), 6-92 (92), 17-89 (89), 82-18 (75), 0-140 (86), 1-117 (117), 20-89 (52), 109-16 (104), 62-16 (62), 67-0, 17-77, 36-79 (75), 127-0 (108), 77-14, 68-43
Graeme Dott (Sco) bt Mark Allen (NIrl) 13-12
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) 86-31 (65) 62-24 (54) 11-74 13-93 64-65 31-75 115-3 (115) 56-8 75-0
Neil Robertson (Aus) bt Steve Davis (Eng) 13-5
Frame scores (Robertson first, breaks in brackets): 83-30 96-24 (92) 92-14 (63) 75-47 (57) 41-73 65-12 89-0 (89) 84-25 (53) 85-18 (53) 65-54 1-128 (128) 70-54 92-0 (92) 84-26 64-65 38-61 1-68 (59) 107-27 (107)
Ali Carter (Eng) bt Shaun Murphy (Eng) 13-12
Frame scores (Carter first, breaks in brackets): 41-75 (70), 51-62, 82-23 (51), 63-53, 24-74, 19-100, 41-83, 72-47, 39-70, 89-1 (55), 32-84 (84), 54-60, 83-0, 101-0 (87), 73-45 (73), 64-1 (64), 122-10 (122), 0-81 (81), 19-101, 64-25, 61-1 (61), 5-90 (90), 57-69 (61), 73-46 (59), 64-40