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On This Day in Sport (18 June 2011):

1958: Douglas Jardine, the England cricket captain for the controversial 'Bodyline' series in 1932-33, died, aged 57.
1963: Henry Cooper rocked the boxing world by putting Cassius Clay on the canvas - but the super-confident fighter hit back to win with Cooper bleeding heavily from a cut over the eye.
1986: Spain's Emilio Butragueno scored four goals in a World Cup clash with Denmark.
2003: Manchester United confirmed to the Stock Exchange they had reached agreement to transfer David Beckham to Real Madrid for approximately £25million.
2004: Birmingham agree an "undisclosed but substantial fee" with Chelsea for Denmark international midfielder Jesper Gronkjaer.
2005: Bangladesh beat Australia by five wickets in a NatWest Series match at Cardiff.
2006: Australian Geoff Ogilvy won the US Open after Colin Montgomerie and Phil Mickelson double-bogeyed the final hole at Winged Foot.
2007: Michael Vaughan stood down as captain of England's one-day side with immediate effect. Paul Collingwood was later chosen as his replacement.

Headlines (18 June) :

Luka likes look of Blues move
Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric has told the club he wants to leave for Chelsea but says he will not present a formal transfer request.
Rampant Rory faces test of nerve
Rory McIlroy is about to discover just how much he has learnt from what happened at The Masters two months ago.
Toon announce Marveaux capture
Newcastle's French revolution is to continue after Alan Pardew won the battle for Rennes midfielder Sylvain Marveaux.
England rally around Broad
England bowling coach David Saker and the rest of the camp are confident it is merely a matter of time before Stuart Broad fires again.
Windies leave out Gayle
Chris Gayle has been omitted from the West Indies squad for the first Test against India as his impasse with the national board continues.
Gordon takes upstairs Gers role
Rangers have appointed former Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith as their new director of football.
Ba completes Magpies switch
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has made his second summer transfer breakthrough by finally landing Senegal striker Demba Ba.
French dominate Coronation
Immortal Verse came from last to first to land the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot for France, the feature race on the fourth day.
Phillips suspended by Wales
Wales have indefinitely suspended Mike Phillips from squad duties following the publication of compromising photos taken in Cardiff.
Duo claim vital t20 derby wins
Yorkshire and Worcestershire claimed derby victories as the other six Friends Life t20 fixtures fell foul of the wet weather.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 17 June 2011

CRICKET
England v Sri Lanka Test Series : Third Test at The Rose Bowl
Sri Lanka 182 - 9 63 ovs In Progress
GOLF
Latest second round scores & totals in the US Open, Congressional G & CC, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):(Note: Second round has been suspended due to inclement weather, round to be completed Saturday with 21 players still to finish)
131 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 65 66 137 Y.E. Yang (Kor) 68 69 140 Zach Johnson 71 69, Robert Garrigus 70 70, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 69 71, Matt Kuchar 72 68, Brandt Snedeker 70 70 141 Robert Rock (Eng) 70 71, Ryan Palmer 69 72, Davis Love III 70 71, Heath Slocum 71 70, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 70 71, Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor) 69 72 142 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 72 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 74, John Senden (Aus) 70 72, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 69 73, Patrick Cantlay 75 67, Johan Edfors (Swe) 70 72, Alexander Noren (Swe) 75 67, Russell Henley 73 69, Marc Leishman (Aus) 73 69, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 70 72
SWIMMING
The British Gas ASA National Championships came to a close in Sheffield last night with Jemma Lowe going third in the 200metres butterfly world rankings and Rebecca Adlington producing her second dominant victory in the space of 24 hours.