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On This Day in Sport (14 June 2011):

1839: The Henley Regatta, now established as British rowing's showpiece event, took place for the first time.
1982: Italy opened their World Cup campaign in Spain with a goalless draw against Poland. They went on to win the competition, later beating Poland 2-0 in the semi-finals.
2002: Portugal were eliminated from the World Cup after losing 1-0 to co-hosts South Korea.
2003: David Beckham was awarded an OBE
2010 Lewis Hamilton leads home a McLaren one-two with Jenson Button in Montreal; Alonso is third, Vettel fourth

Headlines (14 June) :

Cottagers hoping for Hughton
Chris Hughton is still weighing up the opportunity to link up with Martin Jol again and take the Fulham assistant manager's job.
Windies salvage pride with win
The West Indies salvaged some pride in their one-day international series against India with a 103-run win in the fourth game in Antigua.
Murray is the king of Queen's
British number one Andy Murray came from a set down to defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the rain-delayed AEGON Championships final at Queen's Club.
United secure capture of Jones
Manchester United have confirmed the capture of Blackburn defender Phil Jones on a five-year deal for a fee believed to be around £16.5million.
Idowu pulls out of Stockholm trip
Phillips Idowu has withdrawn from this weekend's European Team Championships in Stockholm, UK Athletics confirmed on Monday night.
Villa ask about McLeish status
Aston Villa have approached rivals Birmingham to ask about the legal situation regarding Alex McLeish after the Scot quit his job as manager.
McClaren appointed Forest boss
Former England coach Steve McClaren has been named as the new boss of Nottingham Forest in succession to Billy Davies on a three-year contract.
Blues wait for Turkey and Guus
Guus Hiddink could move a step closer to becoming Chelsea boss when the Turkish FA president announces whether he will stand for re-election.
Hamilton is 'happy at McLaren'
A spokesman for Lewis Hamilton has denied talks were held with Christian Horner over the weekend regarding a potential move to Red Bull.
Pipe books McCoy for Grands raid
Champion jockey Tony McCoy will ride Grands Crus when he goes for French Champion Hurdle glory at Auteuil this weekend.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 13 June 2011

TENNIS
ATP AEGON Championships Final:
(2) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt (5) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4
WTA AEGON Classic Final:
Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt (4) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 6-3 6-2
ATP/WTA AEGON International
Men's 1st rd:
Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Colin Fleming (Gbr) 6-3 6-4
Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt Daniel Evans (Gbr) 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) bt (7) Pablo Andujar (Spa) 7-5 6-1
Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Ryan Sweeting (USA) 6-2 7-6 (7-4)
Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Tobias Kamke (Ger) 3-6 6-1 6-4
Carlos Berlocq (Arg) bt (2) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 7-5 6-2
Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-3 6-3
Women's 1st rd:
Venus Williams (USA) bt (8) Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 7-5 5-7 6-3
(5) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 5-7 6-1 6-3
Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (Svk) 7-6 (7-5) 7-5
(7) Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Nadia Petrova (Rus) 6-1 6-4
(3) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-4 7-6 (7-2)
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt Shahar Peer (Isr) 7-5 6-3
ATP/WTA UNICEF Open
Men's 1st rd:
Nicolas Mahut (Fra) bt (6) Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3
Michael Berrer (Ger) bt (1) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) bt Ludovic Walter (Fra) 6-3 7-6 (7-5)
Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus) bt Konstantin Kravchuk (Rus) 6-4 1-6 6-4
Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Robert Kendrick (USA) 6-2 7-6 (7-3)
Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt Ricardo Mello (Bra) 6-4 7-6 (7-5)
(2) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3
Women's 1st rd:
Kristina Barrois (Ger) bt Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) 6-3 6-2
Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) bt Laura Robson (Gbr) 7-5 6-3
Kimiko Date Krumm (Jpn) bt (6) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2
Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) bt Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) 7-5 7-6 (9-7)
(4) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-4 6-4
Romina Oprandi (Ita) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) 6-4 6-3
(3) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 6-4 6-0
(2) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Arantxa Rus (Ned) 6-2 6-4
(1) Kim Clijsters (Bel) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 7-5 7-5