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On This Day in Sport (19 May 2011):

1965: Bobby Moore captained West Ham to victory in the European Cup Winners' Cup against 1860 Munich at Wembley.
1976: Liverpool enjoyed European glory as they drew 1-1 with Bruges to seal a 4-3 aggregate victory in the UEFA Cup final.
1984: Everton won the FA Cup for the fourth time, beating Watford 2-0 at Wembley.
2006: Thierry Henry ended speculation linking him with Barcelona by signing a new four-year contract at Arsenal.
2010 Arsenal look set for a battle to hold onto captain Cesc Fabregas as Barcelona continue to publicly court the Spanish midfielder

Headlines (19 May) :

FA opt to abstain in FIFA vote
The Football Association have decided to abstain in next month's FIFA presidential election.
Woodward committed to BOA
Sir Clive Woodward has ruled himself out of a return to Twickenham as the Rugby Football Union's performance director. Alonso commits to Ferrari
Fernando Alonso has pledged his long-term future to Ferrari by extending his contract through to the end of 2016.
Wenger expects Fabregas stay
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has reiterated his belief that star midfielder Cesc Fabregas will stay at the club this summer.
Neymar 'dreams' of Chelsea move
Santos forward Neymar has hinted he would welcome a fresh approach from Chelsea this summer after he turned down a move to London last year.
Wilshere in U21 squad - Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger claims Jack Wilshere has definitely made Stuart Pearce's 23-man squad for the European Under-21 Championship.
Rough start for Poulter
Ian Poulter might have a world match play title to his name but he made a shocking start to the Volvo-sponsored version in Spain on Thursday.
Bath claim Cipriani contact
Danny Cipriani has sounded out Bath over a possible move to the Recreation Ground, according to the club's chief executive Nick Blofeld.
Watson marches on in Paris
Heather Watson celebrated her 19th birthday by moving to within one victory of qualifying for the main draw of the French Open.
Bellew steps in to face Cleverly
Nathan Cleverly has been named WBO light-heavyweight champion and will now face Tony Bellew on Saturday after Juergen Braehmer pulled out.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 18 May 2011

FOOTBALL
Europa League Final
FC Porto 1 Braga 0
npower Division One Play-off Semi-Final 2nd Leg
Huddersfield 3 Bournemouth 3 Agg: 4-4, Huddersfield won 4-2 on penalties
Scottish Division One Play-off Final 1st Leg
Ayr 1 Brechin 1
CRICKET
Lancashire v Yorkshire LV County Championship : Division One at Liverpool
Lancashire 244 - 4 89.5 ovs Yorkshire 141 all out 73.3 ovs In Progress
Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire LV County Championship : Division One at Trent Bridge
Nottinghamshire 49 - 3 18.4 ovs Warwickshire 376 all out 94.5 ovs In Progress
Sussex v Somerset LV County Championship : Division One at Hove
Sussex 177 all out 52.4 ovs Somerset 213 all out 56.2 ovs 11 - 0 2.3 ovs In Progress
Worcestershire v Durham LV County Championship : Division One at New Road
Worcestershire 40 - 2 14.3 ovs Durham 587 - 7 dec 136 ovs In Progress
Leicestershire v Gloucestershire LV County Championship : Division Two at Grace Road
Gloucestershire 431 - 6 123 ovs In Progress
Surrey v Essex LV County Championship : Division Two at Whitgift School
Surrey 105 - 0 30.2 ovs Essex 548 all out 128.3 ovs In Progress
Middlesex v Glamorgan LV County Championship : Division Two at Lord's
Middlesex 150 all out 51.4 ovs Glamorgan 49 - 0 10.2 ovs In Progress
Kent v Loughborough University MCC University Match : Uni Match at Canterbury
Kent 450 - 7 dec 93.3 ovs Loughborough University 127 all out 37.5 ovs 139 - 2 33 ovs Tea
England Lions v Sri Lanka Tour Match : Four Day Match at Derby
England Lions 215 - 4 57 ovs In Progress
TENNIS
ATP Power Horse World Team Championships Round Robin
Blue Group:
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-4 2-6 6-3
Red Group:
Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) 6-1 6-4
ATP Open de Nice Cote d' Azur
2nd rd:
(5) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Pere Riba (Spa) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5)
(3) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-3
Robin Haase (Ned) bt (7) Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) 6-2 6-4
(1) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-3 6-2
Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt Michael Russell (USA) 7-5 6-2
Pablo Andujar (Spa) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-3 6-4
Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 6-3 4-6 6-3
(2) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 6-1 6-4