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On This Day in Sport (06 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 (06 May) :

Mancini staying put
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini quells rumours over his future despite losing out on fourth
Tevez is going nowhere
Redknapp delighted
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp hails a "terrific, fantastic" season after his side secured the final Champions League qualification spot
Rio boost for England
Rio Ferdinand provides encouragement for Man United and England after coming through 27 minutes of Tony Carr's testimonial match at Upton Park
Murali still in T20 contention
Muttiah Muralitharan could still feature for Sri Lanka in the World Twenty20 despite his groin injury, according to captain Kumar Sangakkara
Mitchell mocks scared Khan
WBO lightweight challenger Kevin Mitchell believes British rival Amir Khan does not have the nerve to pick the tough fights
Hearn winning hearts and minds
Six-time snooker world champion Steve Davis reckons Barry Hearn won over many of his doubters during a meeting on the future of the sport
Montgomerie still a threat
Colin Montgomerie insists he can still compete at the highest level and believes he can record a top-ten finish for the first time since June 2008
South Africa hammer Afghanistan
South Africa reach the Super Eights of the World Twenty20 after beating Afghanistan by 59 runs in their final Group C clash in Bridgetown

International Results Roundup

Dateline 05 May 2010

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Fulham 0 Stoke 1 Man City 0 Tottenham 1
Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 1 Kilmarnock 2 Falkirk 0 St Johnstone 0 Hamilton 0 St Mirren 0 Hearts 0 Dundee Utd 0 Motherwell 6 Hibernian 6
CRICKET
Hampshire v Nottinghamshire LV County Championship - Division One at The Rose Bowl
Hampshire 300 all out 92.1 ovs Nottinghamshire 273 - 7 86.4 ovs Close of play
Kent v Warwickshire LV County Championship - Division One at Canterbury
Kent 374 - 9 109 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 155 - 4 56 ovs Close of play
Yorkshire v Essex LV County Championship - Division One at Scarborough
Yorkshire 516 all out 144.1 ovs Essex 159 - 5 45 ovs Close of play
Leicestershire v Worcestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Grace Road
Leicestershire 181 all out 70.1 ovs Worcestershire 308 all out 92 ovs 62 - 2 22 ovs Close of play
Surrey v Gloucestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at The Brit Oval
Surrey 178 all out 46.4 ovs Gloucestershire 229 all out 80 ovs 139 - 7 40.2 ovs Close of play
Sussex v Middlesex LV County Championship - Division Two at Hove
Sussex 217 all out 69.3 ovs Middlesex 46 - 3 13.3 ovs Close of play
Afghanistan v South Africa ICC World Twenty20 2010 : Group C at Barbados
Afghanistan 80 all out 16 ovs South Africa 139 - 7 20 ovs South Africa won by 59 runs.
TENNIS
ATP/WTA Estoril Open
Men's 2nd rd:
Arnaud Clement (Fra) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 6-4 6-3
(4) Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) 6-1 6-2
(8) Pablo Cuevas (Uru) bt Marcel Granollers (Spa) 7-6 (10-8) 7-6 (7-2)
(1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Bjorn Phau (Ger) 6-3 6-4
Women's 2nd rd
Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) bt Kimiko Date Krumm (Jpn) 6-1 4-2 ret
(4) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 6-2 6-3
(2) Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (Rom) bt Michelle Larcher De Brito (Por) 7-5 7-5
Jarmila Groth (Svk) bt Kristina Barrois (Ger) 2-6 6-1 7-5
Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) bt Julia Goerges (Ger) 3-6 7-5 6-2
(7) Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Tatjana Malek (Ger) 6-2 6-1
Arantxa Rus (Ned) bt Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) 7-6 (7-4) 6-1
Anastasia Rodionova (Rus) bt Stefanie Voegele (Swi) 6-4 2-6 6-3
ATP Serbia Open
2nd rd
Igor Andreev (Rus) bt (5) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 6-4 7-5
(3) Sam Querrey (USA) bt Evgeny Korolev (Kaz) 6-3 6-4
(4) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt Alessio Di Mauro (Ita) 6-1 6-4
(6) Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 6-0 6-1
WTA Internazionali BNL d'Italia
3rd rd
(1) Serena Williams (USA) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-2 3-6 6-0
(14) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) 6-0 3-6 6-2
(4) Venus Williams (USA) bt (16) Shahar Peer (Isr) 6-3 6-4
(7) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt (11) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 6-2 6-0
Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 4-6 6-1 6-1
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt (2) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 6-4 6-2
Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt (6) Elena Dementieva (Rus) 6-1 7-6 (7-5)
Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt (8) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 1-6 6-3 7-6 (7-1)
ATP BMW Open
1st rd
(1) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Michael Berrer (Ger) 6-4 6-2
(6) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Kristof Vliegen (Bel) 6-3 6-1
Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Mischa Zverev (Ger) 6-5 ret
(4) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Daniel Brands (Ger) 6-4 6-4
2nd rd
Jan Hajek (Cze) bt (8) Benjamin Becker (Ger) 6-4 6-0
Philipp Petzschner (Ger) bt Daniel Koellerer (Aut) 6-1 6-4
(3) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Pere Riba (Spa) 7-5 6-1
(2) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Andreas Beck (Ger) 6-3 6-3