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On This Day in Sport (17 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 (17 May) :

Ballack out of World Cup
Germany captain Michael Ballack is ruled out of the World Cup due to an ankle injury sustained in the FA Cup final
Lampard exit reports rejected
Carlo Ancelotti dismisses speculation that Frank Lampard is set to become Jose Mourinho's number one summer transfer target
Sugar sweet on FA role
Lord Sugar would consider it a "great honour" to become the new chairman of the Football Association
England on top of the world
Paul Collingwood treasures a "very special moment" after England win the World T20 final
Westwood rises in rankings
Lee Westwood charges ahead of Steve Stricker in the rankings to bag the world number three position for the first time in his career
Cardiff to host Heineken Cup final
The ERC announce that the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will host the 2011 Heineken Cup Final, while Twickenham will stage the 2012 showpiece
England squad leave for Austria
The bulk of England's World Cup squad jet out of Heathrow for the first of their two altitude training camps in Austria
Schumacher defends Alonso move
Michael Schumacher defends his passing move on Fernando Alonso in the Monaco GP, insisting, "we were back to racing conditions"

International Results Roundup

Dateline 16 May 2010

FOOTBALL
International
Mexico 1 Chile 0 South Africa 4 Thailand 0 South Korea 2 Ecuador 0
Blue Square Premier Play-off Final
Oxford Utd 3 York 1
Coca-Cola Division Two Play-off Semi-Final 1st Leg
Dag & Red 6 Morecambe 0
Scottish Division One Play-off Final 2nd Leg
Brechin 0 Cowdenbeath 3 Cowdenbeath won 3-0 on aggregate
Scottish Division Two Play-off Final 2nd Leg
Forfar 2 Arbroath 0
CRICKET
England v Australia Barbados ICC World Twenty20 Final
England beat Australia by 7 wickets.
RUGBY UNION
British and Irish Cup Final
Cornish Pirates (20) 23 Munster (6) 14
Guinness Premiership Semi Final
Leicester (6) 15 Bath (6) 6 Northampton (8) 19 Saracens (7) 21
RUGBY LEAGUE
Super League
Harlequins RL (16) 40 Castleford (18) 24 Huddersfield (20) 30 Wigan (18) 38 Hull K R (30) 54 Crusaders RL (4) 10
Co-operative Championship
Batley (30) 54 Whitehaven (6) 6 Halifax (20) 46 Barrow (12) 24
GOLF
Japan PGA Championship
Collated final round scores & totals in the Japan Tour Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup, Passage Kinkai Island Golf Club, Nagasaki, Japan(Jpn unless stated, par 70):
270 Toru Taniguchi 69 68 65 68 271 Tetsuji Hiratsuka 68 64 70 69 273 Hiroyuki Fujita 67 70 68 68 276 Masamichi Uehira 71 68 70 67 277 Shingo Katayama 66 70 69 72 278 Tadahiro Takayama 68 68 72 70, Keiichiro Fukabori 70 69 69 70, Kaname Yokoo 71 70 67 70
Regions Charity Classic
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Champions Tour Regions Charity Classic, RTJ Golf Trail, Ross Bridge, Hoover, Alabama, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
196 Dan Forsman 68 62 66 199 Joe Ozaki (Jpn) 68 65 66, Peter Senior (Aus) 65 66 68 201 David Peoples 66 67 68 202 Jeff Sluman 69 65 68, Bobby Clampett 65 64 73 203 Joey Sindelar 65 67 71, Corey Pavin 67 68 68, Chien-Soon Lu (Tpe) 69 66 68, Jay Don Blake 68 68 67, Bob Tway 68 67 68
Valero Texas Open (R3)
Collated third 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)::
204 J.B. Holmes 68 70 66 205 Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 71 67 67, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 71 69 65 206 Spencer Levin 70 69 67, Brett Wetterich 69 68 69 207 Adam Scott (Aus) 71 70 66, Jimmy Walker 70 67 70 208 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 75 66 67, Ernie Els (Rsa) 72 67 69, Steve Flesch 69 73 66, James Nitties (Aus) 70 67 71 209 Charley Hoffman 68 70 71, Aron Price (Aus) 70 68 71, Tim Petrovic 70 68 71, Matt Weibring 68 73 68
Bell Micro LPGA Classic
Collated final round scores & totals in the LPGA Tour Bell Micro LPGA Classic, RTJ Golf Trail, Magnolia Grove, The Crossings, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 72):
203 Se Ri Pak (Kor) 69 66 68 (Se Ri Pak made a birdie on the third play-off hole to secure the win), 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
Open Cala Millor Mallorca
Collated final round scores and totals from the European Tour's Open Cala Millor Mallorca at Pula GC in Son Servera, Mallorca, Spain (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):
274 Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 69 67 66 (Hanson won play-off at first extra hole), Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 68 70 70 66 278 James Kingston (RSA) 65 70 74 69 279 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 73 70 71 65 280 Scott Hend (Aus) 72 69 66 73, Chris Wood 69 72 68 71, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 64 71 74, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 70 68 68 74 282 Marco Ruiz (Par) 70 71 73 68, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 72 69 68 73, Andrew Marshall 70 69 71 72, Stuart Manley 70 68 74 70
FORMULA ONE
MONACO GRAND PRIX
1 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1hr 50mins 13.355secs
2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1:50:13.803
3 Robert Kubica (Pol) Renault 1:50:15.030
4 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:50:16.021
5 Lewis Hamilton (Eng) McLaren 1:50:17.718
6 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:50:19.696
7 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes 1:50:20.006
8 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 1:50:20.325
9 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) Force India 1:50:20.660
10 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Toro Rosso 1:50:21.554
11 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Toro Rosso 1:50:22.490
12 Michael Schumacher (Ger)* Mercedes GP 1:50:39.067
CYCLING
Mark Cavendish let his cycling do the talking as he won the first stage of the Tour of California on Sunday. The 24-year-old Manxman was withdrawn from the Tour de Romandie by his HTC-Columbia team at the end of April following a two-fingered salute which accompanied just his second win of the season.
ATHLETICS
Jessica Ennis was delighted with her early season form after claiming victory on the streets of Manchester on Sunday. The world heptathlon champion won over 150metres in 16.99 seconds ahead of Commonwealth Youth 100m and 200m gold medallist Shaunna Thompson and Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu at the Powerade City Games.
TAEKWONDO
Britain's Sarah Stevenson and Aaron Cook each picked up a gold medal at the European Taekwondo Championships. Doncaster's Stevenson, the Olympic bronze medallist at Beijing, overcame a slow start to beat Turkey's Nur Tatar in the under 67kg category at the St Petersburg venue. Dorchester's Cook beat Nikolaos Tzellos of Greece in the under 80kg category.
CYCLING
Ben Swift has given Team Sky their first overall victory by winning the Tour de Picardie in northern France. The 22-year-old from Rotherham was the dominant rider in the three-day race, finishing a close-up second on stage one, landing the spoils on stage two and then safely finishing in the front group on the final day to wrap up the general classification.
JUDO
Great Britain added two more bronze medals to their tally on day two of the British Open Championships at the Crawley Leisure Centre. Having picked up seven medals on day one of the competition, the hosts saw their total swell when Chris Sherrington finished third in the +100kg category and Siobhan O'Neill took to the podium in the -52kg weight category.
MOTORCYCLING
Series leader Leon Haslam and Michel Fabrizio shared the wins at the sixth round of the Superbike World Championship season at Kyalami in South Africa. Italian Fabrizio has suffered a miserable campaign to date for Xerox Ducati but breathed fresh life into his bid with a dominant win in race one, while British rider Haslam claimed the laurels in a thrilling second race.