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On This Day in Sport (28 May 2010):

1907: The first TT race on the Isle of Man took place. One race was held over 10 laps of the St John's Circuit. The single cylinder was won by Charlie Collier on a Matchless travelling at an average speed of 38.2mph.
1980: Nottingham Forest won their second consecutive European Cup, beating Hamburg 1-0 in the final staged in Madrid.
1982: Diego Maradona moved from Boca Juniors to Barcelona in soccer's first £5million transfer.
1990: Maiden, skippered by Tracy Edwards with the first all-female crew, finished second in the Whitbread Round the World Race.
2001: Bolton beat Preston 3-0 in the First Division play-off to win promotion to the Barclays Premiership.
2002: First Division Wimbledon were given the green light to relocate to Milton Keynes despite vehement opposition from many of their supporters and the Football Association.
2003: AC Milan won the Champions League, beating Juventus 3-2 on penalties in the final after a goalless draw at Old Trafford.
2004: Valencia announced they would open contract talks with manager Rafael Benitez after he was linked with Liverpool. The Spaniard shortly afterwards left to take up the Anfield post.

Headlines (28 May) :

Gerrard fears allayed
The FA confirm that Steven Gerrard will take part in England's training session today after an injury scare
Murray set for Baghdatis battle
Andy Murray is bracing himself for a clash with in-form Marcos Baghdatis in the third round of the French Open later today
Trott closes on double ton
England centurion Jonathan Trott puts his first-day efforts against Bangladesh down to an acceptance that his Test place may be under threat
Hamilton sets blistering pace
Lewis Hamilton sets the fastest time around the Istanbul Otodrom, almost a full second up on McLaren team-mate Jenson Button
Boyd set for Rangers exit
Rangers manager Walter Smith admits that striker Kris Boyd will definitely leave the club this summer
Mourinho to join Real next week
Real Madrid director general Jorge Valdano hopes to tie up a deal for Jose Mourinho next week
Ivanovic upbeat despite defeat
Ana Ivanovic insists she is heading in the right direction under new coach Heinz Gunthardt, despite crashing out of the French Open
Home trio share Texas lead
American trio Jeff Overton, Jason Bohn and Blake Adams share the first-round lead at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Texas

International Results Roundup

Dateline 27 May 2010

CRICKET
England v Bangladesh Test Series : First Test at Lord's
England 456 - 6 117 ovs Lunch
Zimbabwe v India International Triangular Series at Bulawayo
Zimbabwe 113 - 1 19.5 ovs India 285 - 5 50 ovs In Progress
TENNIS
FRENCH OPEN
Men's Singles - Second Round
Fabio Fognini 2 4 7 6 9 Gael Monfils (13) 6 6 5 4 7
John Isner (17) 6 (3) 7 (7) 7 (9) 6 - Marco Chiudinelli 7 (7) 6 (3) 6 (7) 4 -
Andy Murray (4) 6 6 (5) 6 6 - Juan Ignacio Chela 2 7 (7) 3 2 -
Marcel Granollers 6 1 5 2 - Marcos Baghdatis (25) 4 6 7 6 -
Teimuraz Gabashvili 6 6 6 - - Grega Zemlja 3 1 1 - -
Andy Roddick (6) 6 5 6 6 - Blaz Kavcic 3 7 4 2 -
Women's Singles - Second Round
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro 2 2 - - - Na Li (11) 6 6 - - -
Elena Dementieva (5) 6 7 (7) - - - Anabel Medina Garrigues 2 6 (3) - - -
Aleksandra Wozniak 6 6 - - - Kateryna Bondarenko (32) 4 1 - - -
Francesca Schiavone (17) 6 6 - - - Sophie Ferguson 2 2 - - -
Yaroslava Shvedova 7 6 - - - Agnieszka Radwanska (8) 5 3 - - -
Alisa Kleybanova (28) 6 6 - - - Ana Ivanovic 3 0 -
Magdalena Rybarikova 3 3 - - - Alona Bondarenko (27) 6 6 - - -
Jelena Jankovic (4) 6 3 6 - - Kaia Kanepi 2 6 4 - -
Shahar Peer (18) 3 6 6 - - Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 0 1 - -
Anastasia Rodionova 6 6 - - - Vera Zvonareva (21) 4 4 - - -
Kimiko Date Krumm 0 3 - - - Jarmila Groth 6 6 -
GOLF
Crowne Plaza Invitational First-round collated scores (USA unless stated, par 70):
63 Jeff Overton, Blake Adams, Jason Bohn 64 Brian Davis (Eng) 65 Bryce Molder, Spencer Levin, Aron Price (Aus), Kris Blanks, Zach Johnson, John Mallinger, Nathan Green (Aus), Bill Haas, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 66 John Daly, Ricky Barnes, John Merrick, Paul Casey (Eng), Jason Day (Aus) 67 J.P. Hayes, Woody Austin, Vijay Singh (Fij), Justin Leonard, Justin Rose (Eng), Bo Van Pelt, Boo Weekley, Henrik Stenson (Swe), Jerry Kelly, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Tim Herron, Michael Bradley, Derek Lamely, Kevin Na, J J Henry, K J Choi (Kor), Cameron Beckman, Corey Pavin, Tim Clark (Rsa), Scott Verplank
Madrid Masters Collated first round scores in the European Tour Madrid Masters, Real Sociedad Hipica Espanola Club de Campo, Madrid, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
65 Jamie Donaldson, Luke Donald, Rhys Davies 66 Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Paul McGinley 67 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Phillip Price, Johan Edfors (Swe), Brett Rumford (Aus), Mark F Haastrup (Den), Niclas Fasth (Swe), Bradley Dredge 68 Alvaro Velasco (Spa), Thomas Aiken (Rsa), James Kingston (Rsa), Graeme McDowell, Peter Baker, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor), Richard Finch, Markus Brier (Aut), Benjamin Hebert (Fra), Gregory Havret (Fra), Ross McGowan