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On This Day in Sport (09 June 2011): 1899: Bob Fitzsimmons, the first British heavyweight champion of the world, was defeated in 11 rounds by James J Jeffries at Coney Island, New York. Fitzsimmons had held the title for two years. He failed to regain it when he fought Jeffries again in 1902. 1975: Geoff Boycott scored 246 not out in just under 10 hours for England against India at Headingley. His innings took so long he was dropped for the next Test. 1990: Monica Seles, at 16 years and six months, became the youngest winner of a Grand Slam tournament since Lottie Dod in 1887 when she beat Steffi Graf 7-6 6-4 in the French Open final at Roland Garros. 1997: England were crowned winners of Le Tournoi de France after 3-3 draw between Italy and Brazil. 2003: Fulham defender Steve Finnan completed a £3.5million move to Liverpool. 2005: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho's appeal against a £5,000 fine for improper conduct after comments he made following his side's Carling Cup semi-final first leg against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge were dismissed by the Football Association. Mourinho said after the game: "In the second half it was whistle and whistle, fault and fault, cheat and cheat." Headlines (09 June) : Villa make Martinez approach Wigan have given Aston Villa permission to speak to Roberto Martinez about the vacant managerial job at Villa Park Queen's gamble for Murray Andy Murray admitted he has taken a calculated gamble by playing at the AEGON Championships at the Queen's Club. Klose pens two-year Lazio deal Lazio have confirmed the signing of reported Everton and Norwich target Miroslav Klose. Village team deny paying Amir Banned Pakistan paceman Mohammad Amir was not paid any money to turn out for a village side in Surrey last weekend, club officials have said. Italian job for Dougherty Nick Dougherty is hoping for a change of fortune at the BMW Italian Open in Turin. Khan sets up duel with Judah As expected, Amir Khan's next defence of WBA light-welterweight title will be a unification bout with Zab Judah on July 23. Button eyeing top step Jenson Button is hoping it will be third time lucky this weekend as McLaren rightly target a return to the top step of the podium. Red Sox replace Yankees at top Boston Red Sox leapfrogged New York Yankees at the top of the American League East conference courtesy of an 11-6 victory over their rivals. Possol in audacious Ascot tilt Smart National Hunt performer Possol has joined Ed Dunlop for a campaign on the level and is set to run at Royal Ascot. Rain Delayed ready for Ascot Rain Delayed is to take his place among the worldwide line-up in Tuesday's King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. International Results Roundup Dateline 08 June 2011 FOOTBALL International Brazil 1 Romania 0 China PR 2 Korea DPR 0 Ecuador 1 Greece 1 Paraguay 0 Bolivia 0 Uruguay 1 Holland 1 RUGBY UNION Churchill Cup Canada (15) 34 Russia (18) 18 USA (10) 13 Tonga (13) 44 TENNIS ATP AEGON Championships 2nd rd: (8) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-4 6-4 (15) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-2 6-4 (14) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt Michael Russell (USA) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-5) (2) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Xavier Malisse (Bel) 6-3 5-7 6-3 Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt (16) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 0-6 7-5 6-4 (9) David Nalbandian (Arg) bt Ilija Bozoljac (Ser) 6-4 6-4 (11) Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt Marsel Ilhan (Tur) 6-2 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-5) (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Matthew Ebden (Aus) 6-4 6-4 (12) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 6-4 6-4 WTA AEGON Classic 2nd rd: Alison Riske (USA) bt Sarah Gronert (Ger) 6-3 6-4 Marina Erakovic (Nzl) bt (11) Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) 7-6 (9-7) 7-5 Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) bt (9) Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 (4) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 6-0 6-3 (16) Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt Casey Dellacqua (Aus) 7-5 3-6 6-4 (13) Rebecca Marino (Can) bt Rika Fujiwara (Jpn) 6-1 6-2 Heather Watson (Gbr) bt Misaki Doi (Jpn) 6-2 6-4 Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) 7-5 7-6 (7-3) Tamira Paszek (Aut) bt (6) Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 6-4 3-6 6-4 (2) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt Anna Tatishvili (Geo) 6-1 6-0 (7) Sara Errani (Ita) bt Christina Mchale (USA) 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-2 (3) Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Naomi Broady (Gbr) 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-2) WTA e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open 2nd rd Mona Barthel (Ger) bt (5) Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 (8) Alberta Brianti (Ita) bt Zuzana Kucova (Svk) 3-6 6-4 6-1 Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Kathrin Woerle (Ger) 6-0 1-6 6-2 Petra Martic (Cro) bt Simona Halep (Rom) 6-3 5-7 7-5 SAILING Triple Olympic champion Ben Ainslie extended his lead at the top of the Finn fleet while Great Britain leads in four more classes at the halfway stage of the Skandia Sail For Gold regatta. Ainslie mastered the conditions in Weymouth Bay on Wednesday to claim two race wins, giving him a nine-point advantage over fellow Briton Giles Scott, who jumped from fourth to second. CYCLING Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins is the new leader of the Critérium du Dauphiné after an outstanding display in the stage three time trial. The British time trial champion was second on the stage, 11 seconds behind winner Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad), but he finished well ahead of his rivals on the general classification.