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On This Day in Sport (27 May 2010):

1961: Fiorentina beat Rangers 2-1 in the second leg of the first European Cup Winners' Cup final in Milan. The Italian club took the trophy 4-1 on aggregate.
2003: The Rugby Football League banned London winger Dominic Peters for 12 months after testing positive for a banned substance. Halifax's Martin Moana received a 28-day suspension for another doping offence and a third player, later revealed to be St Helens hooker Keiron Cunningham, was handed a 12-month suspended sentence. Cunningham had taken a supplement from an approved medical officer.
2004: England batsman Nasser Hussain announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
2005: Warwickshire cricketer Keith Piper was banned until the end of the season following his positive test for cannabis

Headlines (27 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 26 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.