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On This Day in Sport (16 May 2010):

1990: Sir Alex Ferguson won his first trophy as Manchester United boss as his team beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in an FA Cup final replay at Wembley. Lee Martin scored the only goal after the first meeting between the sides had ended in a 3-3 draw.
1998: Ron Atkinson, having kept Sheffield Wednesday in the Premiership, left the club for the second time after they announced their intention to appoint a full-time manager.
2000: Arsenal were beaten by Galatasaray in a penalty shoot-out in the UEFA Cup final in Copenhagen.
2004: England captain Michael Vaughan injured his knee and was later ruled out of the opening Test against New Zealand after slipping during batting practice.
2006: Arsenal were beaten 2-1 by Barcelona in the Champions League final in Paris.
2006: Former England skipper Terry Butcher was appointed manager of Sydney FC.
2006: Tottenham agreed a fee of £10.9million for Bayer Leverkusen striker Dimitar Berbatov.

Headlines (16 May) :

FA chief in ref bribe storm
England's 2018 bid rocked after FA chairman Lord Triesman reportedly claims Spain are out to bribe referees at the World Cup
Capello commits to England
Fabio Capello gives England a big boost ahead of the World Cup by committing to the job until at least Euro 2012
Khan dazzles on US debut
Amir Khan shines on his American debut as he defends his WBA light-welterweight title with an 11th-round stoppage of Paulie Malignaggi
Rosberg says sorry to Schumacher
Nico Rosberg apologises to Michael Schumacher and defuses a potential row that had been brewing between the Mercedes duo
Alonso hits back at critics
Fernando Alonso rounds on his critics after being accused of making too many mistakes since moving to Ferrari this season
Federer to face Nadal in Madrid
Roger Federer squeezes past David Ferrer 7-5 3-6 6-3 to set up a Madrid Masters final with old foe Rafael Nadal
Xavi's Cesc appeal
Barcelona star Xavi has revealed he would 'love' to see Cesc Fabregas move to the Spanish club
Fergie wants to go out on top
Sir Alex Ferguson insists he would never retire as Man Utd boss if the team were struggling

International Results Roundup

Dateline 15 May 2010

FOOTBALL
International
Paraguay 1 Korea DPR 0
FA Challenge Cup Final
Chelsea 1 Portsmouth 0
Coca-Cola Division One Play-off Semi-Final 1st Leg
Huddersfield 0 Millwall 0
Coca-Cola Division Two Play-off Semi-Final 1st Leg
Aldershot 0 Rotherham 1
Active Nation Scottish Cup Final
Dundee Utd 3 Ross County 0
RUGBY UNION
The Magners League Semi Final
Leinster (3) 16 Munster (3) 6
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Catalans Dragons (4) 14 Hull (22) 28 Salford (22) 42 St Helens (18) 34
National Conference League Premier Division
Siddal 28 Leigh MR 14
GOLF
Ladies German Open
Collated third round Scores & totals in the Ladies European Tour Unicredit Ladies German Open, Golfpark Gut Hausen, Nr. Munich, Germany(Par 72):
205 Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 71 70 64 206 Melissa Reid (Eng) 70 65 71 207 Linda Wessberg (Swe) 70 64 73 208 Caroline Masson (Ger) 72 68 68 209 Krystle Caithness (Sco) 74 69 66, Laura Davies (Eng) 71 72 66 210 Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa) 68 69 73 211 Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 73 72 66, Iben Tinning (Den) 67 74 70, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 70 71 70
Open Cala Millor Mallorca (R3)
Collated third round scores & totals in the European Tour Open Cala Millor Mallorca, Pula GC, Son Servera, Mallorca, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):
206 Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 64 71, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 70 68 68 207 Scott Hend (Aus) 72 69 66 208 Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 69 67, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 68 70 70 209 Chris Wood 69 72 68, James Kingston (Rsa) 65 70 74, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 72 69 68 210 Andrew Marshall 70 69 71, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 69 72 69
Valero Texas Open
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Valero Texas Open, TPC San Antonio, San Antonio (Oaks Course), Texas, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
137 Jimmy Walker 70 67, Brett Wetterich 69 68, James Nitties (Aus) 70 67, Matthew Jones (Aus) 66 71 138 Pat Perez 72 66, J.B. Holmes 68 70, Aron Price (Aus) 70 68, Charley Hoffman 68 70, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 71 67, Tim Petrovic 70 68, James Driscoll 70 68 139 Spencer Levin 70 69, Joe Durant 69 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 72 67, Garrett Willis 71 68, Scott Piercy 75 64, Greg Owen (Eng) 71 68, Cameron Percy (Aus) 71 68 140 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 71 69, Paul Stankowski 67 73, Robert Damron 72 68
Bell Micro LPGA Classic
Collated third round scores from the LPGA Tour's Bell Micro LPGA Classic at the RTJ Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Alabama (USA unless stated, par 72):
203 Se Ri Pak (Kor) 69 66 68, Brittany Lincicome 70 66 67, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 68 70 65 205 Jee Young Lee (Kor) 66 73 66, Azahara Munoz (Spa) 65 73 67, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 69 70 66 206 Janice Moodie (Sco) 67 72 67 207 Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 70 70 67 208 Angela Stanford 70 70 68 209 Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 68 70 71, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 71 69 69 210 Karrie Webb (Aus) 71 69 70, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 71 72 67, Wendy Ward 71 65 74
TENNIS
AEGON Pro-Series Final:
Eric Prodon (Fra) bt Mathieu Rodrigues (Fra) 6-3 3-6 6-1
ATP/WTA Madrid Open
Men's semi-finals:
(2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Nicolas Almagro (Spa) 4-6 6-2 6-2
(1) Roger Federer (Swi) bt (9) David Ferrer (Spa) 7-5 3-6 6-3
Women's semi-finals:
(4) Venus Williams (USA) bt Shahar Peer (Isr) 6-3 6-0
Aravane Rezai (Fra) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-1 ret
CYCLING
Cadel Evans produced a brilliant performance to win a brutal seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday. The Australian world road race champion dug deepest of all during the 222km trek from Carrara to Montalcino, a stage which was made even tougher by driving rain and two sections of strade bianche, white-gravelled roads which had been turned into mud tracks.