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On This Day in Sport (02 June 2011):

1865: Legendary England bowler George Lohmann was born. The medium-pacer took 112 wickets in just 18 Test matches and still boasts one of the lowest bowling averages (8.87) in Test history. He died aged just 36 in 1901.
1904: Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller was born. He became the first man to swim 100 metres in less than one minute and won five gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. He later moved into acting and played Tarzan in the eponymous film.
1954: Lester Piggott won his first Epsom Derby at the age of 18 on Never Say Die, a 33-1 shot.
1970: Former Formula One world champion Bruce McLaren died after a testing accident.
1985: UEFA ruled English clubs would be banned indefinitely from European competition following the riot at the Heysel Stadium, in which Liverpool fans were involved.
2000: Dutch striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink signed for Chelsea from Atletico Madrid for £15million.
2003: Former Tottenham player Ossie Ardiles took over as coach at Tokyo Verdy.
2004: Jose Mourinho was unveiled as new manager of Chelsea on a three-year contract.
2005: Wicketkeeper Keith Piper was sacked by Warwickshire after testing positive for cannabis.
2006: Chelsea agreed a combined fee of £16million to complete the controversial signing of Mikel John Obi, £12million going to Manchester United and £4million to Lynn Oslo.
2010 England depart for South Africa today with a World Cup good luck message delivered through tears of pain from axed Theo Walcott

Headlines (02 June) :

Blatter: No bad feeling with FA
Sepp Blatter has insisted he will not make England pay for their failed attempt to stop him being re-elected as FIFA president unopposed.
Bent sad to see Houllier leave
Darren Bent has revealed his sadness at Gerard Houllier having to stand down as Aston Villa manager because of concerns over his health.
Khan to face Judah in Vegas
Amir Khan claims the next defence of his light-welterweight title will be a unification bout with Zab Judah on July 23.
Shaq calling it a day
NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal has revealed he is set to retire.
Fasth and Lima in trouble
Swede Niclas Fasth and Portugal's Jose-Filipe Lima were soon left wishing they could start all over again in the Wales Open at Celtic Manor.
Murray: I can beat Nadal
Andy Murray scrapped his way through to the French Open semi-finals for the first time and then declared: "I can beat Rafael Nadal".
Hiddink: Club role preferable
Reported Chelsea target Guus Hiddink has given a clear indication that he would be interested in returning to club football.
Sully: Takeover talk nonsense
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has told new manager Sam Allardyce his job is safe, saying he is "the perfect man for the job".
Gatland urges Henson to dazzle
Wales coach Warren Gatland has challenged Gavin Henson to "let his rugby do the talking" against the Barbarians on Saturday.
Fiji warned not to boycott WC
Fiji's Rugby Union have been warned against a possible boycott of the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 01 June 2011

FOOTBALL
International
Japan 0 Peru 0 Nigeria 4 Argentina 1 Ukraine 2 Uzbekistan 0
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying Group One
San Marino U21 0 Bosnia-Herzegovina U21 3
TENNIS
FRENCH OPEN
Men's Singles - Quarter-final
Rafael Nadal (1) 6 6 7 (7) - - Robin Soderling (5) 4 1 6 (3) - -
Andy Murray (4) 7 (7) 7 6 - - Juan Ignacio Chela 6 (2) 5 2 - -
Women's Singles - Quarter-final
Na Li (6) 7 6 - - - Victoria Azarenka (4) 5 2 - - -
Maria Sharapova (7) 6 6 - - - Andrea Petkovic (15) 0 3 - - -
Men's Doubles - Quarter-final
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (1) 6 (2) 6 7 (7) - - Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (5) 7 (7) 3 6 (3) - -
Women's Doubles - Semi-final
Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina (7) 6 2 6 - - Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (4) 3 6 4 - -
Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (3) 3 3 - - - Andrea Hlavackova / Lucie Hradecka 6 6 - - -
Mixed Doubles - Semi-final
Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjic (1) 7 (7) 7 (7) - - - Nadia Petrova / Jamie Murray 6 (4) 6 (5) - - -
Jarmila Gajdosova / Thomaz Bellucci 6 (5) 6 12 - - Casey Dellacqua / Scott Lipsky 7 (7) 2 14 - -