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On This Day in Sport (20 May 2010): 1970: Bobby Charlton scored his 49th and last goal for England, against Colombia in Bogota, in a warm-up game for the World Cup in Mexico. His tally still stands as a record. 1990: Monica Seles ended Steffi Graf's record of 66 consecutive victories when she beat her 6-4 6-3 in the final of the BMW German Open. 1992: Barcelona made it third time lucky as they won the European Cup, with Ronald Koeman scoring the only goal against Sampdoria at Wembley. In their previous two appearances in the final, the Spanish side had lost to Benfica in 1961 and Steaua Bucharest in 1986. 1996: After more than 650 games and 346 goals for Liverpool, legendary striker Ian Rush left Anfield on a free transfer to join Leeds. 2002: Scotland suffered their fourth successive defeat under new boss Berti Vogts when they were beaten 2-0 by South Africa in Hong Kong, making the German the first ever Scotland manager to lose his opening four matches in charge of the national side. 2005: Juventus were confirmed as Serie A champions after outgoing title holders AC Milan were held 3-3 by Palermo. Headlines (20 May) : Villa reject Milner bid Manchester City's shock £20million bid for Aston Villa's PFA Young Player Of The Year James Milner is turned down London Olympics mascots unveiled Alien-like creatures Mandeville and Wenlock revealed as mascots for the London 2012 Olympic Games Millers off to Wembley Goals from Adam Le Fondre and Kevin Ellison give Rotherham a 3-0 aggregate win over Aldershot and a place in the League Two play-off final at Wembley Arsenal won't sell Fabregas Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood warns Barcelona that the Gunners have "no intention" of selling Cesc Fabregas this summer Foster joins Birmingham Birmingham complete the signing of Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster in a three-year deal reportedly worth £6m Villa agrees Barcelona deal David Villa will be unveiled as a Barcelona player on Friday afternoon after completing a £34.2m transfer from Valencia Harmison given Ashes hope England's new bowling coach David Saker says Steve Harmison could yet return to international cricket for the Ashes series in Australia Inter deny Benitez deal Inter Milan dismiss reports that an approach has been made to Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez about replacing Jose Mourinho International Results Roundup Dateline 19 May 2010 FOOTBALL International Austria 0 Croatia 1 Belgium 2 Bulgaria 1 European Under-21 Championship Qualifying Group Seven Croatia U21 1 Slovakia U21 1 Coca-Cola Division Two Play-off Semi-Final 2nd Leg Rotherham 2 Aldershot 0 Rotherham won 3-0 on aggregate CRICKET Nottinghamshire v Hampshire LV County Championship - Division One at Trent Bridge Nottinghamshire 270 all out 85 ovs 315 all out 92 ovs Hampshire 305 all out 104.5 ovs 7 - 0 2 ovs Close of play Somerset v Yorkshire LV County Championship - Division One at Taunton Somerset 377 all out 104.4 ovs Yorkshire 405 all out 131.5 ovs 154 - 2 47.3 ovs Close of play Warwickshire v Lancashire LV County Championship - Division One at Edgbaston Warwickshire 113 all out 34 ovs 263 - 6 84 ovs Lancashire 354 all out 102.5 ovs 199 all out 53.2 ovs Close of play Kent v Durham Desktop LV County Championship - Division One at Canterbury Kent 424 all out 93.4 ovs 162 all out 49.5 ovs Durham 418 all out 119.4 ovs 67 - 3 18 ovs Close of play Glamorgan v Gloucestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at The SWALEC Stadium Glamorgan 583 - 9 dec 145.5 ovs Gloucestershire 417 all out 129.1 ovs 12 - 1 8 ovs Close of play Surrey v Middlesex LV County Championship - Division Two at The Brit Insurance Oval Surrey 490 all out 157.2 ovs 165 - 2 42 ovs Middlesex 324 all out 89.4 ovs Close of play Worcestershire v Derbyshire LV County Championship - Division Two at New Road Worcestershire 559 - 8 dec 142 ovs Derbyshire 295 all out 86.3 ovs 183 - 3 55 ovs Close of play Northamptonshire v Sussex LV County Championship - Division Two at Northampton Northamptonshire 274 all out 88.5 ovs Sussex 175 all out 52 ovs 137 - 2 47 ovs Close of play TENNIS WTA Polsat Warsaw Open 2nd rd: (3) Na Li (Chn) bt Katarzyna Piter (Pol) 6-0 6-3 Greta Arn (Hun) bt Klara Zakopalova (Cze) 6-4 6-4 Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) bt Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) 6-2 6-4 (6) Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) 6-2 6-4 Sara Errani (Ita) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt (2) Elena Dementieva (Rus) 7-5 4-6 6-4 (5) Jie Zheng (Chn) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 6-1 6-1 (1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 2-6 6-3 6-4 WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg 2nd rd: (5) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 6-4 3-0 ret Julia Goerges (Ger) bt (6) Sybille Bammer (Aut) 6-1 7-6 (8-6) Anastasia Rodionova (Rus) bt (8) Elena Baltacha (Gbr) 1-2 ret Vania King (USA) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-3 6-2 (1) Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Dia Evtimova (Bul) 6-3 6-0 Kristina Barrois (Ger) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) 7-5 6-3 (7) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) bt Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 6-1 6-2 Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) bt (3) Virginie Razzano (Fra) 3-6 6-3 6-2 ARAG ATP World Team Championship Red Group: Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Carsten Ball (Aus) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) ATP Open de Nice Cote d'Azur 2nd rd: (5) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Simon Greul (Ger) 6-3 6-2 Leonardo Mayer (Arg) bt (4) Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-4 6-1 Potito Starace (Ita) bt (8) Lukasz Kubot (Pol) 6-3 6-4 Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt (1) Robin Soderling (Swe) 2-6 6-4 6-4 Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 6-0 2-6 6-3 (2) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 6-2 6-2 (3) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Swi) 1-6 6-1 6-4 ATHLETICS World and Olympic 100 metre champion Usain Bolt set the fastest time of the year so far in his first big race of the 2010 season in Daegu. The Jamaican made a slow start at the Pre-Championships meeting in South Korea but recovered to power away from the rest of the field to claim victory in a time of 9.86 seconds. Bolt's compatriot Michael Frater was second, but he was almost three tenths of a second slower than his countryman in a time of 10.15secs. American Mike Rodgers was third ahead of Trell Kimmons.