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On This Day in Sport (13 May 2010): 1914: Heavyweight Joe Louis, one of the greatest boxers of all time, was born. Louis first won the world title in 1937 by beating James J Braddock and made 25 defences over 11 years. He retired in 1948 but changed his mind, eventually quitting for good after losing to Rocky Marciano in 1951. Louis died in 1981. 1950: The first Formula One world championship race took place at Silverstone. Italy's Giuseppe Farina won the event, called the British Grand Prix, in an Alfa Romeo from team-mate Luigi Fagioli. 2001: Celtic striker Henrik Larsson was named Scottish Writers' Player of the Year after scoring 53 goals in all competitions for the club. 2002: Ferrari were summoned to appear before the World Motor Sports Council to explain why Rubens Barrichello moved over to allow Michael Schumacher to win the previous day's Austrian Grand Prix. 2004: Tottenham agree to sign England goalkeeper Paul Robinson from Leeds. 2005: Sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis was given a public warning by UK Athletics after testing positive for cannabis 2005: Malcolm Glazer made a formal bid to buy a controlling interest in Manchester United. Headlines (13 May) : Hodgson's heartbreak Roy Hodgson says he will be staying at Fulham next season after their extra-time heartbreak in the Europa League final Jones' joy at Cardiff play-off win Cardiff boss delighted as Welsh side beat Leicester on penalties after an epic play-off semi-final to set up a Wembley showdown with Blackpool Colly confident KP is ready Paul Collingwood dismisses concerns over Kevin Pietersen's readiness for the World T20 semi-final with Sri Lanka despite an exhausting five days Murray is 'getting there' Andy Murray feels his game is moving in the right direction after he set up a third-round clash with Victor Hanescu at the Madrid Masters Button foresees qualifying carnage Jenson Button is expecting qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix to culminate in angry scenes and a number of potential penalties Terry injury fears eased Scan reveals John Terry has not broken his foot. Chelsea defender hopes to be fit for Saturday's FA Cup final and the World Cup Serena stunned in Madrid Top seed Serena Williams was the big casualty in the Madrid Masters third round. Win for sister Venus pushes her up to world No.2 Tiger has 'inflamed neck joint' Tiger Woods has an inflamed joint in his neck and is still unable to say when he will be able to return to competitive golf International Results Roundup Dateline 12 May 2010 FOOTBALL Europa League Final Atletico Madrid 2 Fulham 1 Atletico Madrid won after extra-time Coca-Cola Championship Play-off Semi-Final 2nd Leg Cardiff 2 Leicester 3 Agg: 3-3, Cardiff won 4-3 on penalties Scottish Division One Play-off Final 1st Leg Cowdenbeath 0 Brechin 0 Scottish Division Two Play-off Final 1st Leg Arbroath 0 Forfar 0 CRICKET Essex v Kent LV County Championship - Division One at Chelmsford Essex 341 all out 108.2 ovs Kent 474 all out 119.2 ovs 150 - 5 47 ovs Close of play Hampshire v Somerset LV County Championship - Division One at The Rose Bowl Hampshire 512 all out 156.2 ovs Somerset 441 - 6 133 ovs Close of play Nottinghamshire v Durham LV County Championship - Division One at Trent Bridge Nottinghamshire 559 - 8 dec 118 ovs Durham 218 all out 67.4 ovs 87 - 4 32 ovs Close of play Glamorgan v Northamptonshire LV County Championship - Division Two at The SWALEC Stadium Glamorgan 450 all out 125 ovs Northamptonshire 253 all out 94.1 ovs 126 - 4 44 ovs Close of play Gloucestershire v Leicestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Bristol Gloucestershire 376 all out 111.2 ovs Leicestershire 102 all out 34.3 ovs 282 - 9 125 ovs Close of play Middlesex v Derbyshire LV County Championship - Division Two at Lord's Middlesex 374 all out 93.1 ovs Derbyshire 196 all out 87 ovs 143 all out 40.4 ovs Middlesex won by an innings and 35 runs. TENNIS ATP/WTA Madrid Open Men's 2nd rd: (8) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Eduardo Schwank (Arg) 6-3 6-0 Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (Spa) 6-0 4-6 6-3 (12) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Philipp Petzschner (Ger) 1-1 ret Juan Monaco (Arg) bt (16) Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-2 6-2 Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Oscar Hernandez (Spa) 6-1 6-2 Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt (10) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 (13) John Isner (USA) bt Santiago Giraldo (Col) 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 (15) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 6-4 4-2 ret (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr (Ukr) 6-4 6-3 Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 3-6 6-1 6-4 Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt (4) Robin Soderling (Swe) 6-4 7-5 (3) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-3 6-3 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt (7) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 6-2 0-0 ret (9) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 1-6 6-3 7-5 Women's 2nd rd: (7) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Ana Ivanovic (Ser) 4-6 6-4 6-1 Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 1-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 Women's 3rd rd: (4) Venus Williams (USA) bt (15) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 3-6 6-1 6-2 (16) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt (1) Serena Williams (USA) 4-6 6-2 6-3 Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 7-6 (8-6)