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On This Day in Sport (26 May 2011):

1909: Sir Matt Busby was born. He led Manchester United to three league titles before the Munich air crash in 1958. He came back from this tragedy, leading a rebuilt United team to further league successes and eventually, in 1968, the European Cup. He died in 1994.
1955: Alberto Ascari, Ferrari's first Formula One world champion, died after crashing a Ferrari sports car during a test at Monza. The 1952 and 1953 champion remains the only Italian to win the world championship for the Marinello team.
1983: Norman Whiteside became the youngest person, at 18 years and 18 days, to score in an FA Cup final when he netted in the replay win over Brighton.
1989: Arsenal snatched the First Division title from Liverpool with almost the last kick of the match.
2004: Jose Mourinho masterminded Porto's 3-0 Champions League final win over Monaco and Alan Smith made a £7.05million move to Manchester United as Kevin Blackwell was confirmed as Leeds manager.

Headlines (26 May) :

Patchy Murray grinds out win
Andy Murray battled his way into the third round of the French Open with a gutsy 7-6 (7/3) 6-4 7-5 victory over lucky loser Simone Bolelli.
Britain's Baltacha bows out
Elena Baltacha's French Open campaign came to an end in the second round with a 4-6 6-1 6-4 defeat by Vania King at Roland Garros on Thursday.
Rus rumbles Clijsters in Paris
Second seed Kim Clijsters suffered a famous meltdown as she crashed out of the French Open on Thursday.
England to bowl when rain stops
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the first Test against England in Cardiff, before more rain delayed the start until 3.30pm.
Alonso quickest in Monte Carlo
Ferrari described Thursday's Monaco Grand Prix practice as "a reasonable start to the weekend'' as Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets.
Fabregas fee too high for Milan
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani says it is impossible Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas will play for the Italian champions in the future.
Dowie keen on Hammers job
Former West Ham striker Iain Dowie has admitted he would be interested in the vacant manager's job at Upton Park.
Fulham win Europa League spot
Fulham will play in the Europa League next season via the Premier League's Fair Play League.
Donald shows way at Wentworth
Luke Donald took a giant stride towards the world number one spot with a seven-under-par 64 on the opening day of the BMW PGA Championship.
Tandy charged over match-fixing
Former Hull KR and Widnes forward Ryan Tandy has been charged in Australia in relation to a match-fixing scandal.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 25 May 2011

FOOTBALL
International
Argentina 4 Paraguay 2
Carling Nations Cup
Wales 1 Scotland 3
CRICKET
Hampshire v Lancashire LV County Championship : Division One at The Rose Bowl
Hampshire 133 all out 41.4 ovs 201 all out 66.5 ovs Lancashire 328 all out 95.5 ovs 8 - 0 .3 ovs Lancashire won by 10 wickets.
Somerset v Yorkshire LV County Championship : Division One at Taunton
Somerset 452 all out 119.2 ovs Yorkshire 358 all out 90 ovs 136 - 3 38 ovs In Progress
Warwickshire v Durham LV County Championship : Division One at Edgbaston
Warwickshire 186 all out 47.2 ovs 21 - 1 5.4 ovs Durham 602 - 6 dec 143.1 ovs In Progress
Essex v Middlesex LV County Championship : Division Two at Chelmsford
Essex 278 - 9 93.3 ovs Middlesex 385 all out 114.1 ovs Match Delayed
Kent v Derbyshire LV County Championship : Division Two at Canterbury
Kent 352 all out 95.5 ovs Derbyshire 460 all out 127.1 ovs 85 - 1 21 ovs Match Delayed
Northamptonshire v LV County Championship : Division Two at Northampton
Northamptonshire 312 all out 88 ovs Leicestershire 313 all out 81.4 ovs 52 - 0 18 ovs Match Delayed
Surrey v Glamorgan LV County Championship : Division Two at The Kia Oval
Surrey 284 all out 78.1 ovs Glamorgan 419 all out 123.1 ovs 46 - 0 12.4 ovs Close of play
TENNIS
FRENCH OPEN
Men's Singles - Round 2
David Ferrer (7) 6 6 6 - - Julien Benneteau 3 4 2 - -
Kei Nishikori 1 6 3 6 (3) - Sergiy Stakhovsky (31) 6 3 6 7 (7) -
Steve Darcis 7 6 6 - - Philipp Petzschner 5 4 4 - -
Guillaume Rufin 3 6 1 3 - Gael Monfils (9) 6 1 6 6 -
Stanislas Wawrinka (14) 6 6 6 - - Thomas Schoorel 3 2 4 - -
Igor Andreev 3 6 (4) 3 - - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (17) 6 7 (7) 6 - -
Janko Tipsarevic (29) 6 6 6 - - Pere Riba 1 3 0 - -
Maxime Teixeira 3 0 2 - - Roger Federer (3) 6 6 6 - -
Stephane Robert 2 1 0 - - Fabio Fognini 6 6 6 - -
Marsel Ilhan 4 6 2 6 11 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (30) 6 1 6 4 13
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 7 (7) 4 1 2 - Albert Montanes 6 (5) 6 6 6 -
Mikhail Kukushkin 3 5 4 - - Mikhail Youzhny (12) 6 7 6 - -
Richard Gasquet (13) 4 6 6 6 - Marcel Granollers-Pujol 6 3 2 4 -
Andreas Seppi 1 2 4 - - Thomaz Bellucci (23) 6 6 6 - -
Juan Martin Del Potro (25) 6 6 6 - - Blaz Kavcic 3 2 4 - -
Victor Hanescu 4 1 3 - - Novak Djokovic (2) 6 6 2 - - Match won by retirement
Women's Singles - Round 2
Caroline Wozniacki (1) 6 7 (8) - - - Aleksandra Wozniak 3 6 (6) - - -
Sara Errani 1 2 - - - Daniela Hantuchova (28) 6 6 - - -
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6 3 3 - - Rebecca Marino 2 6 6 - -
Irina Begu 1 1 - - - Svetlana Kuznetsova (13) 6 6 - - -
Marion Bartoli (11) 6 6 (1) 6 - - Olga Govortsova 4 7 (7) 2 - -
Lucie Safarova 6 5 2 - - Julia Goerges (17) 2 7 6 - -
Tsvetana Pironkova (32) 4 2 - - - Gisela Dulko 6 6 - - -
Simona Halep 0 2 - - - Samantha Stosur (8) 6 6 - - -
Vera Zvonareva (3) 4 7 7 - - Sabine Lisicki 6 5 5 - -
Edina Gallovits-Hall 1 4 - - - Anastasia Rodionova 6 6 - - -
Nuria Llagostera Vives 6 6 - - - Alize Cornet 0 2 - - -
Mona Barthel 0 6 (5) - - - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (14) 6 7 (7) - - -
Jelena Jankovic (10) 6 6 - - - Vera Dushevina 3 2 - - -
Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 2 6 - - Varvara Lepchenko 3 6 3 - -
Shuai Peng (29) 7 6 - - - Polona Hercog 5 1 - - -
Vesna Dolonts 1 2 - - - Francesca Schiavone (5) 6 6 - - -