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On This Day in Sport (14 May 2010):

1754: Members of the Society of St Andrews Golfers played their first round over the St Andrews links. The society was the forerunner of the Royal & Ancient.
1927: BBC Radio broadcast their first cricket commentary, the Rev FH Gillingham commentating on the Essex versus New Zealand match from Leyton.
1977: Bobby Moore played his last competitive match for Second Division Fulham, away to Blackburn Rovers. He ended on a losing note, with the home side winning 1-0. On the same day Liverpool became the first club to win the First Division title 10 times when they drew 0-0 at home to West Ham.
1988: Lawrie Sanchez scored the winning goal as Wimbledon upset the form book to beat Liverpool 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley.
1991: Wimbledon announced they were moving from Plough Lane to Selhurst Park for the 1991-2 season. They never returned to their traditional home and now play in Milton Keynes as the MK Dons.
2000: Wimbledon dropped out of the top flight after 14 years with a 2-0 defeat at Southampton as Bradford beat the drop by beating Liverpool 1-0.
2005: Martin Johnson's rugby career ended with a 14-39 defeat for Leicester against Wasps in the Premiership final.
2006: Ricky Hatton claimed the WBA welterweight title with a hard-fought points win over Luis Collazo in Boston.

Headlines 14 May) :

Colly wants Aussies in final
England skipper would "love" to face Australia in the final of the World Twenty20 after thrashing Sri Lanka by seven wickets
Becks presents 2018 bid
David Beckham presents England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup to Fifa president Sepp Blatter in Zurich today
Benitez leaves Blues
Birmingham City decide not to take up the option of signing on-loan striker Christian Benitez on a permanent basis
Fabregas wants future resolved
Cesc Fabregas wants his future to be resolved before the start of the World Cup finals, but is in no rush to leave Arsenal for Barcelona
Bond quits cricket
New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond announces his immeditate retirement from all forms of cricket, after the Kiwis return from the World Twenty20
Venter in hot water again
Brendan Venter is charged with conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game following Saracens' win at Leicester
Alonso: We can get even better
Monaco pace-setter Fernando Alonso warns his rivals that Ferrari still have room for improvement around the streets of the Principality
Fry departure won't hurt 2011 car
McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh confirms that designer Pat Fry has left the team but insists it won't have an impact on next year's design

International Results Roundup

Dateline 13 May 2010

FOOTBALL
International
Germany 3 Malta 0
CRICKET
Australia Women v India Women Women's Twenty20 World Cup : Semi Final at St Lucia
Australia Women 123 - 3 18.5 ovs India Women 119 - 5 20 ovs Australia Women won by 7 wickets.
England v Sri Lanka St Lucia ICC World Twenty20 Semi Final
England beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets.
GOLF
Ladies European Tour German Open
Collated first round scores in the Ladies European Tour UniCredit Ladies German Open, Golfpark Gut Hausen, Nr. Munich, Germany(Swe unless stated, par 72):
67 Iben Tinning (Den) 68 Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 69 Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den), Christel Boeljon (Ned), Rebecca Hudson (Eng), Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 70 Linda Wessberg, Julie Greciet (Fra), Melissa Reid (Eng), Lisa Hall (Eng), Sophie Sandolo (Ita), Helen Alfredsson, Jade Schaeffer (Fra), Elin Emanuelsson, Florentyna Parker (Eng), Carly Booth (Sco), Breanne Loucks (Wal)
Valero Texas Open
Collated first round scores from the US PGA Tour's Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio (Oaks Course), San Antonio, Texas (USA unless stated, par 72):
66 Matthew Jones (Aus) 67 Paul Stankowski 68 Charley Hoffman, J.B. Holmes, Steve Lowery, Matt Weibring 69 Joe Durant, Arjun Atwal (Ind), Steve Flesch, Brett Wetterich 70 Michael Letzig, Spencer Levin, Kent Jones, Tom Byrum, Aron Price (Aus), Ted Purdy, Mathias Gronberg (Swe), James Nitties (Aus), James Driscoll, Daniel Chopra (Swe), Jarrod Lyle (Aus), Marc Leishman (Aus), Tim Petrovic, Jimmy Walker
TENNIS
AEGON Pro-Series Quarter-finals:
Ignacio Coll-Riudavets (Spa) bt Matthew Illingworth (Gbr) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2
Josh Goodall (Gbr) bt Ludovic Walter (Fra) 6-1 6-3
Add Quarter-finals: Eric Prodon (Fra) bt Gerard Granollers-Pujol (Spa) 6-2 5-7 6-4, Mathieu Rodrigues (Fra) bt Thomas Cazes-Carrere (Fra) 7-5 7-5
ATP/WTA Madrid Open Men's 3rd rd:
Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt (6) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 7-5 6-3
Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 6-4 6-1
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt (13) John Isner (USA) 7-5 6-4
(12) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
(3) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-2 6-1
(9) David Ferrer (Spa) bt (8) Marin Cilic (Cro) 6-3 6-2
(1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt (15) Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) 6-3 6-1
Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-2 7-6 (7-0)
Women's 3rd rd:
(8) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Patty Schnyder (Swi) 7-6 (7-3) 6-2
(13) Na Li (Chn) bt Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-3 6-4
Aravane Rezai (Fra) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-4 7-6 (10-8)
(13) Na Li (Chn) bt Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-3 6-4
Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) 7-5 6-2
(7) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) 6-2 6-0