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On This Day in Sport (25 May 2010):

1935: Jesse Owens set six athletics world records in 45 minutes at Ann Arbor, Michigan. His long jump record stood for 25 years.
1965: Muhammad Ali made light work of his first defence of the world heavyweight boxing crown, knocking out Sonny Liston in the first round.
1967: Celtic became the first British club to win the European Cup, beating Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon.
1977: Liverpool won their first European Cup, beating Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 in Rome.
2003: Rangers won Bank of Scotland Premier League title on goal difference from Celtic after a 6-1 win over Dunfermline.
2004: Fabrice Santoro defeated Arnaud Clement 6-4 6-3 6-7 (5/7) 3-6 16-14 in the French Open. The clash lasted more than six and a half hours, the longest match in tennis history.
2005: Liverpool won the Champions League final, beating AC Milan 3-2 on penalties in Istanbul after recovering from 3-0 down at half time.

Headlines (25 May) :

Rooney fear played down
Fabio Capello calm over neck injury suffered by star striker Wayne Rooney during England's 3-1 victory over Mexico
Murray overjoyed at comeback win
Andy Murray reckons his marathon victory over Richard Gasquet at the French Open beats the epic the two slugged out at Wimbledon two years ago
Shocker for Portugal
A full-strength Portugal side are held to a goalless draw at home to lowly Cape Verde while Diego Maradona's Argentina thrash Canada
'No offers for Fabregas'
Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood is 'very surprised' that the club have yet to receive an offer from Barcelona for Cesc Fabregas
Inter give up on keeping Mourinho
Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti admits defeat in his attempt to convince Real Madrid target Jose Mourinho to remain at the San Siro
ECB award for Swann
England's newly crowned cricketer of the year Graeme Swann is still pinching himself as he continues the "dream job" he once feared would elude him forever
Serena worried by early struggle
Serena Williams pleased still to be in the French Open after struggling to shake off Stefanie Voegele in the first round
Massa open to offers
Felipe Massa's manager, Nicolas Todt, holds contract talks with both Ferrari and other teams, according to a report

International Results Roundup

Dateline 24 May 2010

FOOTBALL
International
Argentina 5 Canada 0 Australia 2 New Zealand 1 England 3 Mexico 1 Japan 0 South Korea 2 Portugal 0 Cape Verde Islands 0 South Africa 1 Bulgaria 1
CRICKET
Durham v Kent LV County Championship - Division One at Riverside
Durham 121 all out 34.5 ovs Kent 310 - 9 60.3 ovs In Progress
Hampshire v Yorkshire LV County Championship - Division One at The Rose Bowl
Yorkshire 300 - 3 96 ovs Close of play
Lancashire v Essex LV County Championship - Division One at Old Trafford
Essex 251 - 6 97.3 ovs In Progress
Somerset v Warwickshire LV County Championship - Division One at Taunton
Somerset 155 - 3 47.1 ovs Warwickshire 127 all out 47.3 ovs In Progress
Derbyshire v Gloucestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Derby
Derbyshire 81 - 3 23.4 ovs Gloucestershire 242 all out 72 ovs In Progress
Leicestershire v Glamorgan LV County Championship - Division Two at Grace Road
Leicestershire 270 - 8 97.1 ovs In Progress
Northamptonshire v Surrey LV County Championship - Division Two at Northampton
Northamptonshire 333 - 5 96.5 ovs In Progress
Sussex v Worcestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Hove
Worcestershire 306 - 6 97.1 ovs In Progress
Oxford UCCE v Middlesex MCC University Match : Uni Match at The Parks
Middlesex 4 - 0 1.2 ovs In Progress
TENNIS
FRENCH OPEN
Men's Singles - First Round
Roger Federer (1) 6 6 6 - - Peter Luczak 4 1 2 - -
Benoit Paire 6 6 (4) 4 5 - Olivier Rochus 3 7 (7) 6 7 -
Julian Reister 6 7 (7) 6 - - Feliciano Lopez (27) 1 6 (5) 2 - -
Stanislas Wawrinka (20) 6 6 6 - - Jan Hajek 1 3 3 - -
Paolo Lorenzi 6 3 2 2 - Andreas Beck 4 6 6 6 -
Dieter Kindlmann 3 5 7 (7) 2 - Gael Monfils (13) 6 7 6 (5) 6 -
Dmitry Tursunov 1 1 1 - - Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6 6 6 - -
Leonardo Mayer 7 (7) 6 6 - - Sergiy Stakhovsky 6 (4) 3 2 - -
Nicolas Lapentti 3 4 6 (3) - - Taylor Dent 6 6 7 (7) - -
Andy Murray (4) 4 6 (5) 6 6 6 Richard Gasquet 6 7 (7) 4 2 1
Paul-Henri Mathieu 6 3 0 - - Marcel Granollers 3 6 3 - - Match won by retirement
Jesse Witten 3 4 3 - - Marcos Baghdatis (25) 6 6 6 - -
John Isner (17) 6 6 6 - - Andrey Golubev 4 3 2 - -
Jorge Aguilar 6 (7) 3 1 - - Tomas Berdych (15) 7 (9) 6 6 - -
Michael Yani 6 6 (5) 6 (4) 7 (7) 10 Lukas Lacko 4 7 (7) 7 (7) 6 (5) 12
Philipp Petzschner 6 7 (7) 2 5 7 Carsten Ball 3 6 (4) 6 7 9
Viktor Troicki 6 6 6 - - Tommy Robredo (21) 4 4 3 - -
Victor Hanescu (31) 6 1 6 6 - Oscar Hernandez 1 6 4 3 -
Rajeev Ram 6 4 2 4 - Yuri Schukin 3 6 6 6 -
Kei Nishikori 2 4 7 (7) 6 6 Santiago Giraldo 6 6 6 (3) 2 4
Evgeny Korolev 1 6 1 3 - Novak Djokovic (3) 6 3 6 6 -
Nicolas Almagro (19) 6 3 4 7 (7) 6 Robin Haase 4 6 6 6 (3) 4
Kristof Vliegen 1 4 4 - - Steve Darcis 6 6 6 - -
Arnaud Clement 3 6 6 (5) 6 3 Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr 6 3 7 (7) 3 6
Thiago Alves 2 6 4 4 - Fernando Gonzalez (12) 6 4 6 6 -
Ivan Ljubicic (14) 7 (7) 7 6 - - Yen-Hsun Lu 6 (5) 5 3 - -
Michael Berrer 7 4 6 1 3 Mardy Fish 5 6 3 6 6
Pablo Andujar 7 (7) 6 6 - - Simone Bolelli 6 (2) 4 2 - -
Michael Llodra 4 2 2 - - Thomaz Bellucci (24) 6 6 6 - -
Women's Singles - First Round
Serena Williams (1) 7 (7) 6 - - - Stefanie Voegele 6 (2) 2 - - -
Melinda Czink 2 3 - - - Julia Goerges 6 6 - - -
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6 (2) 3 - - - Rossana De Los Rios 7 (7) 6 - - -
Simona Halep 5 1 - - - Samantha Stosur (7) 7 6 - - -
Jelena Jankovic (4) 6 6 - - - Alicia Molik 0 4 - - -
Kaia Kanepi 6 6 - - - Pauline Parmentier 3 1 - - -
Sofia Arvidsson 7 (7) 3 2 - - Magdalena Rybarikova 6 (2) 6 6 - -
Vera Dushevina 7 (7) 3 4 - - Alona Bondarenko (27) 6 (3) 6 6 - -
Alisa Kleybanova (28) 6 6 - - - Mariya Koryttseva 2 1 - - -
Kai-Chen Chang 3 3 - - - Ana Ivanovic 6 6 - - -
Sara Errani 1 5 - - - Yaroslava Shvedova 6 7 - - -
Elena Baltacha 0 5 - - - Agnieszka Radwanska (8) 6 7 - - -
Francesca Schiavone (17) 5 6 6 - - Regina Kulikova 7 3 4 - -
Petra Kvitova 6 2 2 - - Sophie Ferguson 1 6 6 - -
Stephanie Dubois 7 (7) 1 3 - - Stephanie Cohen-Aloro 6 (3) 6 6 - -
Kristina Mladenovic 5 3 - - - Na Li (11) 7 6 - - -
Roberta Vinci 7 6 - - - Virginie Razzano 5 2 - - -
Misaki Doi 3 0 - - - Polona Hercog 6 6 - - -
Jelena Dokic 2 2 - - - Lucie Safarova (24) 6 6 - - -
Alexandra Dulgheru (31) 7 (7) 4 6 - - Lucie Hradecka 6 (1) 6 3 - -
Timea Bacsinszky 6 6 - - - Tatjana Malek 2 3 - - -
Kristina Barrois 6 6 (7) 3 - - Tathiana Garbin 1 7 (9) 6 - -
Alla Kudryavtseva 0 3 - - - Caroline Wozniacki (3) 6 6 - - -
Elena Dementieva (5) 6 6 - - - Petra Martic 1 1 - - -
Melanie Oudin 5 2 - - - Anabel Medina Garrigues 7 6 - - -
Aleksandra Wozniak 6 6 - - - Iveta Benesova 3 3 - - -
Julie Coin 1 2 - - - Kateryna Bondarenko (32) 6 6 - - -
Arantxa Parra Santonja 6 6 - - - Kurumi Nara 2 2 -
GOLF
US Open Qualifier (UK) R2
Collated scores & totals after the second round of the United States Open 36-hole European qualifying tournament at Walton Heath, Surrey, England(Gbr and Irl unless stated):Note: 11 players to qualify(x) denotes amateurs New Course (par 72)
133 James Morrison 68 65 135 Rafa Echenique (Arg) 69 66 136 Gary Boyd 67 69, Rhys Davies 66 70, Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa) 70 66, Gareth Maybin 71 65 137 (play-off taking place) Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 68 69, Pablo Martin (Spa) 68 69, Simon Khan 67 70, Gregory Havret (Fra) 68 69, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 67, Rikard Karlberg (Swe) 70 67