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On This Day in Sport (26 May 2010): 1909: Sir Matt Busby was born. He led Manchester United to three league titles before the Munich air crash in 1958. He came back from this tragedy, leading a rebuilt United team to further league successes and eventually, in 1968, the European Cup. He died in 1994. 1955: Alberto Ascari, Ferrari's first Formula One world champion, died after crashing a Ferrari sports car during a test at Monza. The 1952 and 1953 champion remains the only Italian to win the world championship for the Marinello team. 1983: Norman Whiteside became the youngest person, at 18 years and 18 days, to score in an FA Cup final when he netted in the replay win over Brighton. 1989: Arsenal snatched the First Division title from Liverpool with almost the last kick of the match. 2004: Jose Mourinho masterminded Porto's 3-0 Champions League final win over Monaco and Alan Smith made a £7.05million move to Manchester United as Kevin Blackwell was confirmed as Leeds manager. Headlines (26 May) : Fab drops King hint England boss Fabio Capello all-but confirms that Ledley King will go to South Africa despite a dodgy defensive display against Mexico Safina stunned in first round Dinara Safina, runner-up in each of the last two years, loses to 39-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm in the first round of the French Open Rooney fear played down Fabio Capello calm over neck injury suffered by star striker Wayne Rooney during England's 3-1 victory over Mexico Nadal overpowers Mina Rafael Nadal drops just six games in overcoming exciting French prospect Gianni Mina in the first round at Roland Garros 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 New deal for Rhinos coach Brian McClennan ends speculation over his immediate future at Leeds by agreeing a 12-month contract extension Worcester to appoint Hill Former Bristol chief Richard Hill looks set for a return to English rugby with Worcester Warriors International Results Roundup Dateline 25 May 2010 FOOTBALL International Armenia 3 Uzbekistan 1 Georgia 0 Cameroon 0 Greece 2 Korea DPR 2 Montenegro 0 Albania 1 Nigeria 0 Saudi Arabia 0 Rep of Ireland 2 Paraguay 1 Ukraine 4 Lithuania 0 CRICKET Durham v Kent LV County Championship - Division One at Riverside Durham 121 all out 34.5 ovs 195 all out 54.3 ovs Kent 320 all out 63 ovs Kent won by an innings and 4 runs. Hampshire v Yorkshire LV County Championship - Division One at The Rose Bowl Hampshire 162 - 3 48 ovs Yorkshire 415 all out 136.1 ovs Close of play Lancashire v Essex LV County Championship - Division One at Old Trafford Lancashire 184 all out 58.1 ovs Essex 307 all out 115.3 ovs 26 - 1 13 ovs Close of play Somerset v Warwickshire LV County Championship - Division One at Taunton Somerset 290 all out 94 ovs Warwickshire 127 all out 47.3 ovs 111 - 3 46 ovs Close of play Derbyshire v Gloucestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Derby Derbyshire 345 all out 105.4 ovs Gloucestershire 242 all out 72 ovs 47 - 1 10 ovs Close of play Leicestershire v Glamorgan LV County Championship - Division Two at Grace Road Leicestershire 291 all out 103 ovs 45 - 5 28 ovs Glamorgan 166 all out 56.1 ovs Close of play Northamptonshire v Surrey LV County Championship - Division Two at Northampton Northamptonshire 397 all out 115.4 ovs Surrey 210 - 7 74 ovs Close of play Sussex v Worcestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Hove Sussex 188 - 4 46 ovs Worcestershire 464 all out 143.3 ovs Close of play Oxford UCCE v Middlesex MCC University Match : Uni Match at The Parks Oxford UCCE 36 - 0 8 ovs Middlesex 399 - 2 dec 96.1 ovs Close of play TENNIS FRENCH OPEN Men's Singles - First Round Andy Roddick (6) 6 4 4 7 (7) 6 Jarkko Nieminen 2 6 6 6 (4) 3 Eduardo Schwank 6 3 5 0 - Blaz Kavcic 3 6 7 4 - Match won by retirement Teimuraz Gabashvili 6 6 6 - - Daniel Koellerer 2 2 1 - - Grega Zemlja 7 (8) 3 7 6 - Juan Monaco (26) 6 (6) 6 5 3 - Jurgen Melzer (22) 7 6 6 - - Dudi Sela 5 2 4 - - Mischa Zverev 1 2 4 - - Nicolas Mahut 6 6 6 - - David Guez 1 3 1 - - David Ferrer (9) 6 6 6 - - Juan Carlos Ferrero (16) 6 6 6 - - Pablo Cuevas 4 3 1 - - Marc Gicquel 3 2 6 (5) - - Pere Riba 6 6 7 (7) - - Potito Starace 6 (5) 6 6 6 - Illya Marchenko 7 (7) 1 3 3 - Robby Ginepri 4 7 (7) 6 6 - Sam Querrey (18) 6 6 (3) 4 2 - Fernando Verdasco (7) 6 6 6 - - Igor Kunitsyn 4 2 2 - - Florent Serra 6 6 6 - - Michael Russell 4 0 1 - - Santiago Ventura 5 4 5 - - Andreas Seppi 7 6 7 - - Karol Beck 6 (7) 1 1 - - Philipp Kohlschreiber (30) 7 (9) 6 6 - - Lleyton Hewitt (28) 7 6 6 - - Jeremy Chardy 5 0 4 - - Denis Istomin 7 7 6 - - Benjamin Becker 5 5 3 - - Horacio Zeballos 7 (8) 6 (8) 1 6 8 Martin Fischer 6 (6) 7 (10) 6 4 6 Gianni Mina 2 2 2 - - Rafael Nadal (2) 6 6 6 - - Women's Singles - First Round Katie O'Brien 0 6 2 - - Jill Craybas 6 4 6 - - Alize Cornet 4 2 - - - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (29) 6 6 - - - Shahar Peer (18) 6 6 - - - Nuria Llagostera Vives 1 4 - - - Vania King 2 2 - - - Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 6 - - - Shenay Perry 6 (4) 0 - - - Olivia Sanchez 7 (7) 6 - - - Maria Elena Camerin 2 3 - - - Marion Bartoli (13) 6 6 - - - Maria Sharapova (12) 6 6 - - - Ksenia Pervak 3 2 - - - Ayumi Morita 1 4 - - - Kirsten Flipkens 6 6 - - - Klara Zakopalova 7 (7) 4 6 - - Katarina Srebotnik 6 (3) 6 2 - - Tsvetana Pironkova 4 3 - - - Justine Henin (22) 6 6 - - - Jie Zheng (25) 7 6 - - - Ekaterina Bychkova 5 4 - - - Anastasia Pivovarova 6 6 - - - Ioana Raluca Olaru 4 3 - - - Daniela Hantuchova (23) 6 6 - - - Tamarine Tanasugarn 1 1 - - - Olga Govortsova 7 (11) 6 - - - Carla Suarez Navarro 6 (9) 1 - - - Mariana Duque Marino 0 1 - - - Sybille Bammer 6 6 - - - Sandra Zahlavova 1 1 - - - Yanina Wickmayer (16) 6 6 - - - Dinara Safina (9) 6 4 5 - - Kimiko Date Krumm 3 6 7 - - Jarmila Groth 6 6 - - - Yung-Jan Chan 2 3 - - - Anastasia Rodionova 6 6 - - - Ekaterina Makarova 3 2 - - - Alberta Brianti 3 1 - - - Vera Zvonareva (21) 6 6 FENCING Britain's Richard Kruse is up to seventh in the world after adding the silver medal at the St Petersburg senior men's foil international to his collection this season. Two weeks after the 26-year-old Londoner Kruse took silver in Seoul he reached the final before losing 15-10 to China's Sheng Lei.