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On This Day in Sport (07 May 2010):

1900: Worcestershire bowled Yorkshire out for just 99 in a County Championship match at Bradford but still went on to lose by an innings as they were bowled out for 43 and 51.
1921: The Second Division game between Stockport and Leicester attracted just 13 spectators to Old Trafford - the lowest crowd on record for a Football League match.
2003: Jermaine Pennant scored a hat-trick as Arsenal shrugged off the disappointment of losing the title with a 6-1 win over Southampton.
2006: Tottenham failed to qualify for the Champions League following a 2-1 defeat to West Ham after many of their first team went down to food poisoning.

Headlines (07 May) :

Barry 'out of World Cup'
Reports claim Gareth Barry has been ruled out of the World Cup after sustaining ankle injury in Man City's defeat to Spurs.
Colly's faint praise
Paul Collingwood not overly impressed by England's display in six-wicket win over Pakistan in World Twenty20 Super Eights.
Tiger solid, Brits shine at Sawgrass
Tiger Woods matches Phil Mickelson in first round of Players Championship while Brit duo Lee Westwood and Luke Donald lie just one shot off the lead.
Reds happy with Rafa talks
Liverpool claim the meeting between Rafa Benitez, chairman Martin Broughton and managing director Christian Purslow was "constructive"
Venus routed in Rome shock
Jelena Jankovic smashes Venus Williams 6-0 6-1 in Rome Masters quarter-finals. Russian faces Serena in semi-finals.
Mancini staying put
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini quells rumours over his future despite losing out on fourth
Taylor remains undefeated
Phil Taylor maintains amazing unbeaten record in Premier League darts. Aussie Simon Whitlock up to second after win over James Wade in Newcastle.
Rhinos hit by Burrow blow
Leeds scrum-half Rob Burrow could be out for up to three months with the knee injury he sustained in the win over Wakefield last weekend

International Results Roundup

Dateline 06 May 2010

FOOTBALL
International
Argentina 4 Haiti 0 Chile 2 Trinidad and Tobago 0
CRICKET
Hampshire v Nottinghamshire LV County Championship - Division One at The Rose Bowl
Hampshire 300 all out 92.1 ovs 177 - 4 79 ovs Nottinghamshire 329 all out 102.4 ovs Close of play
Kent v Warwickshire LV County Championship - Division One at Canterbury
Kent 377 all out 109.3 ovs Warwickshire 250 all out 80.4 ovs 258 - 4 93 ovs Close of play
Lancashire v Somerset LV County Championship - Division One at Old Trafford
Lancashire 292 all out 85.1 ovs 32 - 0 12 ovs Somerset 383 all out 102.2 ovs Close of play
Yorkshire v Essex LV County Championship - Division One at Scarborough
Yorkshire 516 all out 144.1 ovs Essex 206 all out 57.5 ovs 214 all out 67.5 ovs Yorkshire won by an innings and 96 runs.
Leicestershire v Worcestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Grace Road
Leicestershire 181 all out 70.1 ovs 107 - 1 35 ovs Worcestershire 308 all out 92 ovs 277 - 9 dec 75 ovs Close of play
Surrey v Gloucestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at The Brit Oval
Surrey 178 all out 46.4 ovs 222 all out 57.2 ovs Gloucestershire 229 all out 80 ovs 248 all out 75.2 ovs Gloucestershire won by 77 runs.
Sussex v Middlesex LV County Championship - Division Two at Hove
Sussex 217 all out 69.3 ovs 113 - 4 28 ovs Middlesex 296 all out 83.2 ovs Close of play
GOLF
BMW Italian Open Collated first-round scores
Note: Please note that 6 groups (3 on each side) are still to finish round 1 and will re-start at 0800 Friday morning. Round 2 will start on time, 0730 (tee 1) & 0725 (tee 10).(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
67 Robert Rock, Paul Lawrie, Marcus Fraser (Aus), Graeme Storm 68 David Drysdale, Hennie Otto (Rsa), Stephen Dodd, David Horsey 69 Thomas Aiken (Rsa), Marco Soffietti (Ita), Peter Whiteford, Ake Nilsson (Rsa), Gareth Maybin, Pelle Edberg (Swe), Oliver Fisher, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Martin Ureta (USA)
The Players Championship
Collated first-round scores in the USPGA Tour THE PLAYERS Championship, The TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, United States of America (USA unless stated, par 72):
66 J.B. Holmes, Robert Allenby (Aus) 67 Kenny Perry, Ben Crane, Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Luke Donald (Eng), Heath Slocum, Lee Westwood (Eng), Ryan Moore, Jason Bohn 68 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Scott McCarron, Charley Hoffman, Matt Kuchar, J J Henry, John Rollins, Bill Haas, Bo Van Pelt, Troy Matteson, Tim Clark (Rsa) 69 Nick Watney, Ross Fisher (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Davis Love III, Woody Austin, Alex Cejka (Ger), Alex Prugh, Kevin Stadler, Vijay Singh (Fij), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Paul Goydos, Jim Furyk, K J Choi (Kor), Andres Romero (Arg), Boo Weekley, Henrik Stenson (Swe)
TENNIS
ATP/WTA Estoril Open Men's 2nd rd:
(5) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Leonardo Tavares (Por) 6-2 6-2
Alberto Martin (Spa) bt David Marrero (Spa) 6-1 6-2
Rui Machado (Por) bt Michal Przysiezny (Pol) 6-4 6-4
Frederico Gil (Por) bt Santiago Giraldo (Col) 6-4 6-4
Women's quarter-final:
(2) Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (Rom) bt Arantxa Rus (Ned) 6-4 6-1
(7) Shuai Peng (Chn) bt (4) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) 4-6 6-4 6-3
Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Rus) 7-6 (8-6) 6-2
Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) bt Jarmila Groth (Svk) 6-7 (6-8) 7-5 7-5
ATP Serbia Open 2nd rd:
Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt (8) Andreas Seppi (Ita) 4-6 6-2 7-5
(2) John Isner (USA) bt Josselin Quanna (Fra) 6-2 6-4
Filip Krajinovic (Ser) bt Horacio Zeballos (Arg) 6-3 1-6 7-6 (7-5)
Add 2nd rd: (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-4 6-4
ATP BMW Open
2nd rd: (4) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Santiago Ventura (Spa) 6-2 6-1
(5) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Swi) 6-3 6-4
(6) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 6-2 5-7 7-6 (7-5)
(1) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Simon Greul (Ger) 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 7-5
WTA Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt (8) Lucie Safarova (Cze) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4
(1) Serena Williams (USA) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-1 6-4
Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt (14) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 6-2 7-5
(7) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt (4) Venus Williams (USA) 6-0 6-1