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On This Day in Sport (15 May 2011):

1862: The first baseball stadium was opened at the Union Grounds, Brooklyn, New York.
1929: England lost their first international soccer match outside the British Isles when they were defeated 4-3 by Spain in Madrid.
1963: Tottenham became the first British winners of a European trophy when they beat Atletico Madrid 5-1 in Rotterdam to take the European Cup-Winners' Cup.
1986: Formula One Italian driver Elio De Angelis died in a Marseille hospital the day after a crash in his Brabham at the Paul Ricard circuit in France during a test session.
2002: Zinedine Zidane scored one of the finest goals Hampden Park has ever seen, netting with a 20-yard left-foot volley into the top corner, to crown Real Madrid European champions for a record ninth time when they beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in the Champions League final.
2003: Culture secretary Tessa Jowell confirmed London was to bid for 2012 Olympic Games.
2004: Arsenal completed the Premier League season unbeaten. South Africa were awarded the 2010 football World Cup.
2006: Chelsea signed Germany midfielder Michael Ballack on a three-year contract.

Headlines (15 May) :

Tough decision ahead for Tevez
Carlos Tevez wants to "clear his head" before deciding whether or not to stay at Manchester City - but has "no problem" with Roberto Mancini.
Mancini turns thoughts to title
Roberto Mancini turned his sights on the Premier League title after Manchester City's 1-0 FA Cup final victory over Stoke on Saturday.
Yaya feels for brother Kolo
Yaya Toure was sad that his brother Kolo was not part of the Manchester City team that ended a 35-year wait for a major trophy on Saturday.
Rooney 'terrified' before penalty
Wayne Rooney admitted to being "terrified" before he took the penalty that won Manchester United their 19th league title on Saturday afternoon.
Cohen hangs up his boots
England's World Cup winner Ben Cohen has announced his retirement from rugby.
McDowell and Watney share lead
Graeme McDowell and Nick Watney shared the lead after day three of the Players Championship at Sawgrass.
No regrets for Blues boss Carlo
Carlo Ancelotti has no regrets about Chelsea's season and has told owner Roman Abramovich it is "impossible to win every year".
Djokovic edges Murray in Rome
Novak Djokovic's amazing winning run was extended on Saturday as he edged an epic Rome Masters semi-final encounter with Andy Murray.
Ward eases into Super Six final
WBA super-middleweight champion Andre Ward easily won the first semi-final of the Super Six tournament against Arthur Abraham.
Calf injury blow for Bresnan
England all-rounder Tim Bresnan aggravated his troublesome calf injury during Yorkshire's draw with Hampshire on Saturday.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 14 May 2011

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Blackburn 1 Man Utd 1 Blackpool 4 Bolton 3 Sunderland 1 Wolverhampton 3 West Brom 1 Everton 0
FA Challenge Cup Final
Man City 1 Stoke 0
Scottish Premier
Hamilton 1 Inverness CT 2 Hibernian 1 Aberdeen 3 St Mirren 0 St Johnstone 0
npower Division One Play-off Semi-Final 1st Leg
Bournemouth 1 Huddersfield 1
npower Division Two Play-off Semi-Final 1st Leg
Torquay 2 Shrewsbury 0
Scottish Division One Play-off Semi-Final 2nd Leg
Ayr 3 Forfar 3 Ayr won 7-4 on aggregate Cowdenbeath 0 Brechin 2 Brechin won 4-2 on aggregate
CRICKET
West Indies v Pakistan Test Series : First Test at Guyana
West Indies 226 all out 98 ovs 152 all out 61.5 ovs Pakistan 160 all out 64.4 ovs 80 - 3 36 ovs Close of play
GOLF
The Players Championship
Latest third round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour THE PLAYERS Championship, TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States of America(Note: The Play has been suspended due to darkness, Round 3 will resume at 7:45am local time. 34 players still to finish their third round)(USA unless stated, par 72):
209 Sean O'Hair 71 71 67 210 Charlie Wi (Kor) 70 72 68, Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 72 66, Bryce Molder 70 73 67 211 Phil Mickelson 71 71 69, Kenny Perry 72 71 68, Charley Hoffman 72 71 68, Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 74 68, Stewart Cink 70 72 69 212 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 70 74 68
Iberdrola Open
Collated third round scores & totals in the European Tour Iberdrola Open, Pula GC, Son Servera, Mallorca, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):
201 Chris Wood 67 65 69 205 Shane Lowry 72 70 63, Darren Clarke 65 70 70 206 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 71 69 66 207 Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 63 77 67, David Lynn 68 68 71, Scott Jamieson 67 71 69 208 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 70 72 66, Alastair Forsyth 68 72 68
ICTSI Philippine Open
Collated third round scores & totals in the Asian Tour ICTSI Philippine Open, Wack Wack Golf & Country Club, Manila, Philippines(Par: 72)
210 Berry Henson (USA) 69 70 71 212 Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 71 68 73, Jay Bayron (Phi) 69 69 74 214 Pariya Junhasavasdikul (Tha) 71 72 71, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 72 71 71, Prom Meesawat (Tha) 70 72 72, Mars Pucay (Phi) 69 73 72, Wang Ter-Chang (Tpe) 69 72 73 215 Kwanchai Tannin (Tha) 73 70 72, Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 73 69 73, Digvijay Singh (Ind) 70 72 73, Himmat Rai (Ind) 68 70 77
Nissin Cupnoodle Cup
Collated third round scores & totals in the Japan Tour PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup, Ono Toyo Golf Club, Hyogo, Japan(Par 71):
207 Sang-Moon Bae 69 72 66, Hiroo Kawai 71 67 69 208 Michio Matsumura 67 71 70 210 Jay Choi 66 72 72 211 Yuta Ikeda 70 71 70, Kyung-Tae Kim 68 72 71, Toshinori Muto 70 69 72 212 Koumei Oda 70 70 72, Prayad Marksaeng 71 69 72 213 Daisuke Maruyama 68 73 72, Toyokazu Fujishima 71 69 73
RUGBY UNION
Aviva Premiership Rugby Semi Final
Leicester (3) 11 Northampton (0) 3
The Magners League Semi Final
Munster (8) 18 Ospreys (3) 11
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Rome Men's semi-finals:
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (16) Richard Gasquet (Fra) 7-5 6-1
(2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (4) Andy Murray (Gbr) 6-1 3-6 7-6 (7-2)
Women's semi-finals
(6) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt (4) Na Li (Chn) 7-6 (8-6) 6-0
(7) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt (1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 7-5 6-3
JUDO
Nathon Burns made it third time lucky as he won the gold medal in the -66kg class at the London British Open, a senior European Cup event, at K2 Crawley. Burns, a British Open silver medallist in 2008 and 2010, finally achieved his long-awaited gold medal as he defeated fellow Briton Lewis Keeble. Britain won four medals to finish third in the table behind France and Spain, with victory for the 22-year-old Burns proving the highlight.