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On This Day in Sport (30 May 2010):

1911: Ray Harroun won the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in a Marmon Wasp.
1971: Essex's Keith Boyce set a John Player Sunday League record when he took eight Lancashire wickets for 26 runs.
1996: England's footballers returned from a tour of Hong Kong amid tales of a drunken binge which started in a club and continued on the flight home. The airline, Cathay Pacific, reported £5,000 of damage to their plane.
1999: Manchester City scored twice in the dying seconds to force extra time in their play-off final against Gillingham at Wembley and went on to win a penalty shoot-out which secured their promotion to Division One.
2002: Former Great Britain international Karl Harrison took over as coach at Super League Salford on the same day the City Reds suspended Bobbie Goulding over an alleged training ground bust-up. Harrison was sacked last week.
2005: West Ham were promoted to Premiership after a 1-0 win over Preston in the Championship play-off final at the Millennium Stadium.
2006: Theo Walcott became England's youngest international at 17 years and 75 days in a 3-1 friendly victory over Hungary at Old Trafford.

Headlines (30 May) :

Finn shines after rain falls
Steven Finn helps England reduce Bangladesh to 237-7 on a weather-affected day three of the first Test at Lord's
Millwall secure promotion
Paul Robinson nets the only goal as Millwall beat Swindon in the League One play-off final to secure promotion to the Championship
Tigers retain Premiership crown
Leicester secure their second successive Guinness Premiership title after a thrilling 33-27 victory over Saracens at Twickenham
Webber on top yet again
Red Bull and McLaren lock out the front two rows as Mark Webber dominates qualifying for the Turkish GP. Lewis Hamilton 2nd
Nadal eases past Hewitt
Rafael Nadal eases into the fourth round after beating Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets at the French Open
Roddick stunned by Gabashvili
Andy Roddick becomes biggest name to fall in the men's draw at this year's French Open after a crushing third-round defeat to Teimuraz Gabashvili
Bent handed England start
Darren Bent and Tom Huddlestone are named in the England side to face Japan in Sunday's friendly
Rhinos edge into semi-finals
Leeds Rhinos reach the Challenge Cup semi-finals after Lee Smith's last-gasp try seals 12-10 victory over Wigan

International Results Roundup

Dateline 29 May 2010

FOOTBALL
International
Azerbaijan 1 FYR Macedonia 3 Hungary 0 Germany 3 Iceland 4 Andorra 0 New Zealand 1 Serbia 0 Norway 2 Montenegro 1 Poland 0 Finland 0 Slovakia 1 Cameroon 1 Spain 3 Saudi Arabia 2 Sweden 4 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 USA 2 Turkey 1 Ukraine 3 Romania 2 United Arab Emirates 3 Moldova 2
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Group Eight
Malta U21 0 Ukraine U21 3
Coca-Cola Division One Play-off Final
Millwall 1 Swindon 0
CRICKET
England v Bangladesh Test Series : First Test at Lord's
England 505 all out 125 ovs Bangladesh 271 - 9 90.2 ovs In Progress
TENNIS
FRENCH OPEN
Men's Singles - Third Round
Mikhail Youzhny (11) 2 7 (7) 6 6 - Viktor Troicki 6 6 (4) 2 3 -
Andy Roddick (6) 4 4 2 - - Teimuraz Gabashvili 6 6 6 - -
Jurgen Melzer (22) 6 6 7 (7) - - David Ferrer (9) 4 0 6 (1) - -
Victor Hanescu (31) 3 6 3 2 - Novak Djokovic (3) 6 3 6 6 -
Lleyton Hewitt (28) 3 4 3 - - Rafael Nadal (2) 6 6 6 - -
Nicolas Almagro (19) 6 6 6 - - Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr 3 3 4 - -
Ivan Ljubicic (14) 6 (4) 2 4 - - Thomaz Bellucci (24) 7 (7) 6 6 - -
Fernando Verdasco (7) 2 6 6 6 (1) - Philipp Kohlschreiber (30) 6 3 3 7 (7) -
Juan Carlos Ferrero (16) 5 3 6 6 4 Robby Ginepri 7 6 3 2 6
Women's Singles - Third Round
Aravane Rezai (15) 7 (7) 4 8 - - Nadia Petrova (19) 6 (2) 6 10 - -
Jarmila Groth 6 5 6 - - Anastasia Rodionova 3 7 2 - -
Alisa Kleybanova (28) 2 6 0 - - Yaroslava Shvedova 6 4 6 - -
Jelena Jankovic (4) 6 7 (7) - - - Alona Bondarenko (27) 4 6 (3) - - -
Shahar Peer (18) 7 (9) 6 - - - Marion Bartoli (13) 6 (7) 2 - - -
Serena Williams (1) 6 1 6 - - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (29) 1 6 2 - -
Anastasia Pivovarova 3 2 - - - Samantha Stosur (7) 6 6 - - -
Daniela Hantuchova (23) 7 6 - - - Yanina Wickmayer (16) 5 3 -
RUGBY UNION
Guinness Premiership Final
Leicester (20) 33 Saracens (14) 27
The Magners League Final
Leinster (3) 12 Ospreys (14) 17
RUGBY LEAGUE
Carnegie Challenge Cup Quarter Final
Batley (6) 12 Catalans Dragons (26) 74 Leeds (4) 12 Wigan (6) 10 St Helens (16) 32 Barrow (6) 12
GOLF
Telenet Trophy Collated third-round scores (Bel unless stated, par 72):
200 L Slattery (Eng) 64 68 68, 202 E Dubois (Fra) 67 72 63, 204 A Kaleka (Fra) 71 64 69, 205 S Wakefield (Eng) 76 64 65, M Haines (Eng) 66 67 72, 207 B Evans (Eng) 67 70 70, M Tullo (Chi) 72 66 69, N Meitinger (Ger) 68 70 69, 208 J Sjöholm (Swe) 68 70 70, 209 J Zapata (Arg) 71 68 70, J McLeary (Sco) 70 72 67, S Lewton (Eng) 71 70 68, M Thorp (Nor) 72 70 67, D Perrier (Fra) 68 73 68,
Crowne Plaza Invitational Collated second-round scores (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 66 133 Aron Price (Aus) 65 68, Bill Haas 65 68, Bo Van Pelt 67 66, Scott Verplank 67 66, Derek Lamely 67 66, Blake Adams 63 70
Madrid Masters Collated third-round scores (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
200 Luke Donald 65 67 68, Rhys Davies 65 68 67 202 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 67 70 65 203 Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 70 64 204 Graeme Storm 73 64 67 205 Robert Rock 70 68 67, Jamie Donaldson 65 70 70 206 Graeme McDowell 68 68 70 207 Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 67 70 70, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 69 70 68
GREYHOUNDS
Bandicoot Tipoki swooped fast and late to win a thrilling Greyhound Derby at Wimbledon on Saturday night. Charlie Lister's dog - sent off at 7/2 - was slowly away and only fifth in the early stages as hot favourite Toomaline Jack tracked the leader Lyreen Mover (6/1).
ROWING
Zac Purchase marked his return to international racing by winning gold at the first World Cup regatta of the season in Bled, Slovenia. The 2008 Olympic champion, who missed the whole of last year's season due to illness, stormed to victory in the lightweight men's single scull.