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On This Day in Sport (29 May 2010):

1902: Edgbaston became the fifth English Test cricket ground - and England celebrated by bowling out Australia for just 36 runs.
1968: Two goals from Bobby Charlton helped Manchester United beat Benfica 4-1 after extra time to become the first English winners of the European Cup.
1985: A riot at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels resulted in the death of 39 people at the European Cup final between Juventus and Liverpool.
2006: It was announced that Wayne Rooney's second scan on his broken foot would be brought forward to June 7 in a desperate bid to get the striker fit for the World Cup in Germany.

Headlines (29 May) :

West Ham want Becks
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan would "love" to sign David Beckham - but reveals Joe Cole rejected his former club's offer
Mickelson misses the cut
World number two Phil Mickelson crashes out of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Texas after a three-over-par second round 73
Defending champion knocked out
Svetlana Kuznetsova's defence of her French Open title comes to an end in a third-round defeat to compatriot Maria Kirilenko
Murray downs Baghdatis
Andy Murray survives a crazy mid-match slump to beat Marcos Baghdatis 6-2 6-3 0-6 6-2 and reach the French Open 4th round
Bangladesh hit back
Bangladesh respond well to England's 505 all out, reaching 172-2 without loss on a flat track, after Jonathan Trott was finally ousted for a fine 226
Mourinho deal agreed
Inter accept an offer of compensation from Real Madrid, paving the way for Jose Mourinho to be confirmed as the new Bernabeu boss
Donald leads in Madrid
Luke Donald holds a one-shot lead at the halfway stage, but Sergio Garcia's miserable season goes on as he misses the cut
McLaren set pace in Turkey
Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton dominate the two practice sessions around the Istanbul Otodrom in Turkey

International Results Roundup

Dateline 28 May 2010

FOOTBALL
International
Rep of Ireland 3 Algeria 0
CRICKET
England v Bangladesh Test Series : First Test at Lord's
England 505 all out 125 ovs Bangladesh 172 - 2 53 ovs Close of play
TENNIS
FRENCH OPEN
Men's Singles - Third Round
Albert Montanes (29) 4 5 6 3 - Robin Soderling (5) 6 7 2 6 -
Marin Cilic (10) 6 3 7 6 (5) 6 Leonardo Mayer 4 6 5 7 (7) 4
Thiemo De Bakker 7 (8) 6 (4) 3 4 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (8) 6 (6) 7 (7) 6 6 -
Roger Federer (1) 6 6 6 - - Julian Reister 4 0 4 - -
John Isner (17) 2 2 1 - - Tomas Berdych (15) 6 6 6 - -
Stanislas Wawrinka (20) 6 6 6 - - Fabio Fognini 3 4 1 - -
Andy Murray (4) 6 6 0 6 - Marcos Baghdatis (25) 2 3 6 2 -
Kei Nishikori 1 4 4 - - Novak Djokovic (3) 6 6 6 - -
Pablo Andujar 6 3 6 4 2 Thomaz Bellucci (24) 1 6 2 6 6
Nicolas Almagro (19) 6 6 7 - - Steve Darcis 3 0 5 - -
Victor Hanescu (31) 6 6 6 - - Yuri Schukin 3 4 2 - -
Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr 6 6 6 - - Fernando Gonzalez (12) 3 4 3 - -
Ivan Ljubicic (14) 6 6 (8) 4 6 10 Mardy Fish 2 7 (10) 6 2 8
Fernando Verdasco (7) 6 6 0 6 - Florent Serra 2 2 6 4 -
Potito Starace 6 4 3 3 - Robby Ginepri 3 6 6 6 -
Jurgen Melzer (22) 6 3 7 (9) 6 - Nicolas Mahut 1 6 6 (7) 4 -
Andreas Seppi 6 (5) 3 5 - - Philipp Kohlschreiber (30) 7 (7) 6 7 - -
Juan Carlos Ferrero (16) 7 (7) 6 (13) 6 6 - Pere Riba 6 (5) 7 (15) 2 2 -
Xavier Malisse 2 2 0 - - David Ferrer (9) 6 6 2 - - Match won by retirement
Horacio Zeballos 2 2 3 - - Rafael Nadal (2) 6 6 6 - -
Lleyton Hewitt (28) 1 6 6 2 6 Denis Istomin 6 3 4 6 2
Women's Singles - Third Round
Akgul Amanmuradova 3 3 - - - Chanelle Scheepers 6 6 - - -
Dominika Cibulkova (26) 3 4 - - - Venus Williams (2) 6 6 - - -
Alexandra Dulgheru (31) 3 4 - - - Caroline Wozniacki (3) 6 6 - - -
Flavia Pennetta (14) 6 6 - - - Polona Hercog 3 0 - - -
Svetlana Kuznetsova (6) 3 6 4 - - Maria Kirilenko (30) 6 2 6 - -
Francesca Schiavone (17) 6 6 - - - Na Li (11) 4 2 - - -
Elena Dementieva (5) 6 (2) 6 6 - - Aleksandra Wozniak 7 (7) 3 4 - -
Women's Singles - Second Round
Serena Williams (1) 6 6 - - - Julia Goerges 1 1 - - -
Rossana De Los Rios 6 1 0 - - Samantha Stosur (7) 4 6 6 - -
Daniela Hantuchova (23) 7 6 - - - Olga Govortsova 5 3 - - -
Maria Sharapova (12) 6 6 - - - Kirsten Flipkens 3 3 - - -
Klara Zakopalova 3 3 - - - Justine Henin (22) 6 6 - - -
Jill Craybas 4 1 - - - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (29) 6 6 - - -
Olivia Sanchez 5 2 - - - Marion Bartoli (13) 7 6 - - -
Sybille Bammer 6 (4) 6 5 - - Yanina Wickmayer (16) 7 (7) 1 7 - -
Jie Zheng (25) 4 3 - - - Anastasia Pivovarova 6 6 - - -
Serena Williams 6 6 - - - Julia Goerges 1 1 - - -
GOLF
Telenet Trophy Collated second-round scores (Bel unless stated, par 72):
132 L Slattery (Eng) 64 68 133 M Haines (Eng) 66 67 135 A Kaleka (Fra) 71 64 137 B Grace (Rsa) 70 67, B Evans (Eng) 67 70, K Sullivan (Wal) 69 68 138 N Meitinger (Ger) 68 70, M Tullo (Chi) 72 66, R Dinwiddie (Eng) 68 70, V Riu (Fra) 68 70, J Sjoholm (Swe) 68 70, G Molteni (Ita) 71 67
Madrid Masters Collated second-round scores (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
132 Luke Donald 65 67 133 Rhys Davies 65 68 135 Jamie Donaldson 65 70 136 Graeme McDowell 68 68 137 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 67 70, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 67 70, Graeme Storm 73 64 138 Brett Rumford (Aus) 67 71, Robert Rock 70 68, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 67 71, Richard Green (Aus) 71 67, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 71 67, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 68 70 139 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 69 70, James Kingston (Rsa) 68 71, Richard Finch 68 71, Joost Luiten (Ned) 70 69, Nick Dougherty 69 70, Simon Dyson 70 69, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 70, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 69 70
Crowne Plaza Invitational
Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 70):
127 Bryce Molder 65 62 128 Jason Bohn 63 65 129 Brian Davis (Eng) 64 65, Kris Blanks 65 64 130 Jeff Overton 63 67, Boo Weekley 67 63 131 Zach Johnson 65 66, Corey Pavin 67 64, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 65 66, John Mallinger 65 66 132 Kenny Perry 68 64, Ricky Barnes 66 66, Ben Crane 68 64, John Merrick 66 66
ROWING
Greg Searle returned from a 10-year absence with a win as Great Britain's men's eight won their heat in Slovenia to reach Sunday's world cup final. The 38-year-old former Olympic gold medallist said: "I enjoyed every minute of it. It's a gorgeous place here and I took confidence from the success of the rest of the GB team