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On This Day in Sport (05 May 2010):

1928: Everton forward Dixie Dean broke the record for the most goals in a season, beating George Camsell's mark of 59. He needed three to better Camsell's mark and did so by scoring a hat-trick in his club's 3-3 draw with Arsenal at Goodison Park on the last day of the season.
1954: Warrington and Halifax played in front of rugby league's biggest crowd when 102,569 attended their Challenge Cup final replay at Odsal.
1973: Sunderland beat Leeds to win the FA Cup against all odds. Ian Porterfield scored the only goal of the game, with goalkeeper Jimmy Montgomery producing an amazing second-half save.
2003: Mark Williams won the World Snooker Championship, beating Ken Doherty 18-16 in the final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
2004: Chelsea squandered a two-goal lead against Monaco in the Champions League semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge and lost 5-3 on aggregate.

Headlines (05 May) :

King Kenny to take reins?
Kenny Dalglish is being tipped to step into Liverpool's breach if, as widely expected, Rafa Benitez leaves the club this summer
Tiger in disarray
Tiger Woods endures a shambolic practice round at Players Championship, and admits his emotional turmoil is impacting on his golf
Gunners eye Hart swoop
Arsene Wenger could be set for a big-money move for keeper Joe Hart at the end of the season, while Sol Campbell is set to stay on
Blues in for Torres - report
Chelsea launch a dramatic and potentially record-breaking £70m offer for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres, according to reports
Fergie hints at summer exits
Sir Alex Ferguson hints at the summer exits of some senior Man Utd players, but hasn't given up on landing a fourth consecutive title
Colly: The rain helped us this time
England captain Paul Collingwood is grateful for rain as his side reach the World Twenty20 Super Eight stage after a no-result to their Group D clash with Ireland
Ferrari solve their engine woes
Ferrari head into the European leg of the F1 season hoping that they have finally cured the engine woes which gave them headaches
Warriors reveal interest in vacancy
Worcester reveal the post of rugby director has attracted global interest following the resignation of Mike Ruddock

International Results Roundup

Dateline 04 May 2010

FOOTBALL
Scottish Premier
Celtic 2 Rangers 1
CRICKET
Hampshire v Nottinghamshire LV County Championship - Division One at The Rose Bowl
Hampshire 300 all out 92.1 ovs Nottinghamshire 3 - 0 1 ovs Close of play
Kent v Warwickshire LV County Championship - Division One at Canterbury
Kent 43 - 1 13 ovs Warwickshire 250 all out 80.4 ovs Close of play
Lancashire v Somerset LV County Championship - Division One at Old Trafford
Lancashire 292 all out 85.1 ovs Somerset 14 - 1 7.2 ovs Close of play
Yorkshire v Essex LV County Championship - Division One at Scarborough
Yorkshire 313 - 3 96 ovs Close of play
Leicestershire v Worcestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Grace Road
Leicestershire 9 - 0 2 ovs Worcestershire 308 all out 92 ovs Close of play
Surrey v Gloucestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at The Brit Oval
Surrey 56 - 1 14 ovs Gloucestershire 229 all out 80 ovs Close of play
WORLD SNOOKER
Final (best of 35 frames)
Neil Robertson (Aus) beat Graeme Dott (Sco) 18-13
Frame scores (Robertson first): 10-87 (80), 65-55, 1-93, 35-62, 68-56 (62, 56), 62-56, 24-73 (57), 47-74, 66-5 (61), 90-6 (90), 79-72 (Dott 72), 79-53 (79), 52-11, 4-71 (56), 27-70 (53), 113-23 (75), 23-87 (79), 69-56, 82-1 (82), 31-66 (52), 89-12 (51), 2-116 (112), 12-81, 116-13 (55), 36-83 (57), 69-15 (55), 63-49, 53-78, 74-23, 58-10, 94-1 (53)
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Estoril Open
Men's 1st rd:
Alberto Martin (Spa) bt Federico Del Bonis (Arg) 7-6 (8-6) 6-1
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) bt Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) 6-3 3-1 ret
(8) Pablo Cuevas (Uru) bt Pablo Andujar (Spa) 1-6 7-5 6-0
Bjorn Phau (Ger) bt Marc Lopez (Spa) 6-4 4-6 6-1
Rui Machado (Por) bt Nicolas Massu (Chi) 6-2 6-4
(5) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Xavier Malisse (Bel) 6-2 7-6 (9-7)
Santiago Giraldo (Col) bt Steve Darcis (Bel) 6-4 0-0 ret
Frederico Gil (Por) bt (6) Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-3
Women's 1st rd:
Kristina Barrois (Ger) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-0 6-2
Stefanie Voegele (Swi) bt (5) Melinda Czink (Hun) 6-4 6-3
(4) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Magali De Lattre (Por) 6-0 6-0
Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Nina Bratchikova (Rus) 6-2 5-7 6-2
Arantxa Rus (Ned) bt Maria Joao Koehler (Por) 6-3 3-6 7-5
Anastasia Rodionova (Rus) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) 4-6 6-2 6-1
(2) Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (Rom) bt Ioana Raluca Olaru (Rom) 6-3 3-6 6-1
Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) bt Dia Evtimova (Bul) 2-6 6-2 6-4
ATP Serbia Open
1st rd:
Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-0 6-1
Josselin Quanna (Fra) bt Flavio Cipolla (Ita) 6-3 6-1
Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Franko Skugor (Cro) 6-3 6-1
Filip Krajinovic (Ser) bt Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) 5-7 7-6 (9-7) 6-1
(8) Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 2-6 6-1 6-4
Alessio Di Mauro (Ita) bt Marko Djokovic (Srb) 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-0
Horacio Zeballos (Arg) bt (7) Peter Polansky (Can) 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-2)
WTA Internazionali BNL d'Italia
2nd rd:
(8) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-1 6-0
(14) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 6-4 6-4
(4) Venus Williams (USA) bt Patty Schnyder (Swi) 6-2 6-2
(16) Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 2-6 7-5 6-3
(7) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-3 3-6 6-1
Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) bt (3) Dinara Safina (Rus) 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-1
Andrea Petkovic (Ger) bt Petra Kvitova (Cze) 6-3 6-4
(11) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 7-5
(1) Serena Williams (USA) bt Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) 7-6 (7-2) 6-1
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt (13) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-2 6-2
(6) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) 6-4 7-5
Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt (12) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-1 6-2
Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 6-3 6-4
Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt (9) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 6-4 6-4
(2) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) 6-1 6-0
ATP BMW Open
1st rd:
Jan Hajek (Cze) bt Alexandre Sidorenko (Fra) 6-1 6-2
(5) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) 3-6 6-1 6-2
Marco Chiudinelli (Swi) bt Thierry Ascione (Fra) 6-0 6-4
Daniel Koellerer (Aut) bt Mario Ancic (Cro) 7-6 (9-7) 7-5
Pere Riba (Spa) bt Lukas Lacko (Svk) 5-7 6-1 6-2
Simon Greul (Ger) bt Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 7-5 6-2