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On This Day in Sport (14 July 2008):

1991: The Wales rugby union team were beaten 71-8 by New South Wales. It was the first time since 1881 that a Wales side had conceded 13 tries in a match.
1999: Damon Hill decided to delay his retirement from Formula One until the end of the season following his fifth place at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
1999: Ipswich agreed to sell midfielder Kieron Dyer to Newcastle for £6.5million.
2003: Derbyshire captain Dominic Cork was handed a suspended £500 fine after calling Leicestershire's Brad Hodge a cheat for taking a catch in a Twenty20 match and appearing to step over the boundary.
2006: Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina were relegated to Serie B and deducted points and AC Milan deducted points following an investigation into match fixing in Italian football. All the punishments were later reduced on appeal, with only Juve forced to play the following season in the second tier.
2007: Amir Khan got up off the floor to win the Commonwealth lightweight title against Scotland's Willie Limond in London.

Headlines (14 July) :

Sidebottom worry for England
England's push for victory in the opening npower Test against South Africa on Monday could be hindered by another back problem for strike bowler Ryan Sidebottom.
In-form Stoner wins again
Reigning world champion Casey Stoner won in the rain in Germany on Sunday to top the podium for the third consecutive race.
Macey faces decision over future
Decathlete Dean Macey could call time on his career before the Olympic Games next month after conceding defeat in his bid to make the British team.
Villa confident over Guzan work permit
Aston Villa are confident USA goalkeeper Brad Guzan will soon be handed a work permit, and formally become their second summer signing.
Carrick laments Queiroz departure
Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick admits the departure of assistant manager Carlos Queiroz has left a big hole at the club.
Physio confirms Ronaldo absence
Cristiano Ronaldo will definitely be out of action for at least three months, the Portuguese national team physiotherapist has said.
O'Neill: Game could be split in two
Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill has warned the game risks being split in half and played under separate rules if northern hemisphere countries refuse to embrace the Experimental Law Variations.
Ryder Cup beckons for McDowell
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell has claimed his second European Tour title of the season at the Barclays Scottish Open - and with it virtually sealed a Ryder Cup debut.
Villa must face Danes
Aston Villa will face Odense BK in the third and final round of the Intertoto Cup after the Danish side overcame TPS Turku.
Nervous wait for Yorkshire
Yorkshire will discover on Monday whether their "manifestly disproportionate" expulsion from the Twenty20 Cup will be overturned.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 13 July 2008

GOLF
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour John Deere Classic, the TPC at Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
268 Kenny Perry 65 66 67 70 (Kenny Perry won at the first play-off hole), Brad Adamonis 66 66 66 70, Jay Williamson 69 68 62 69 269 Will MacKenzie 65 64 70 70, Charlie Wi (Kor) 64 67 69 69, Eric Axley 65 66 67 71 270 Chad Campbell 67 67 67 69 271 Kevin Sutherland 68 68 67 68 272 Jeff Gove 66 68 70 68, J.P. Hayes 67 68 65 72, Woody Austin 66 71 66 69 273 Bob Tway 73 64 67 69, Vaughn Taylor 68 67 69 69, Scott Sterling 67 67 67 72, Brian Gay 72 66 69 66, Cameron Beckman 66 73 69 65, Craig Kanada 74 65 65 69
Collated final round scores & totals in the European Tour The Barclays Scottish Open, Loch Lomond, Glasgow, Scotland(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
271 Graeme McDowell 67 70 66 68 273 James Kingston (Rsa) 70 70 67 66 274 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 68 69 68 69, Richard Green (Aus) 67 68 70 69 275 Simon Khan 69 66 68 72 276 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 68 72 67, Stephen Gallacher 72 68 72 64, Robert Dinwiddie 68 68 71 69 277 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 68 68 69 72, Paul Lawrie 68 67 72 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 72 66 70 69, Oliver Wilson 71 66 71 69, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 70 74 64
Collated final round scores & totals in the Ladies European Tour AIB Ladies Irish Open, Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links, Portmarnock, Co. Dublin, Ireland(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
205 Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 69 69 67 210 Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 71 69 70 212 Lynn t Brooky (Nzl) 73 66 73 213 Tania Elosegui (Spa) 76 70 67, Martina Eberl (Ger) 70 72 71, Federica Piovano (Ita) 67 78 68 214 Morgan Pressel (USA) 77 71 66, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 70 72 72, Becky Brewerton 70 74 70, Emma Cabrera Bello (Spa) 72 71 71
CRICKET
England v South Africa First npower Test Match at Lord's
England 593 - 8 dec 156.2 ovs South Africa 247 all out 93.3 ovs 242 - 1 96 ovs Close of play. South Africa are 104 runs behind.
Durham v Somerset LV County Championship - Division One at Riverside
Durham 261 all out 74.5 ovs Somerset 352 - 8 dec 81.4 ovs 16 - 0 9 ovs Close of play. Somerset are leading by 107 runs.
Hampshire v Lancashire LV County Championship - Division One at The Rose Bowl Hampshire 327 all out 108.4 ovs 130 all out 53.5 ovs Lancashire 295 all out 103.1 ovs 34 - 0 11 ovs Close of play. Lancashire need 129 more runs to win.
Kent v Yorkshire LV County Championship - Division One at Canterbury
Kent 467 all out 121 ovs Yorkshire 410 all out 109.4 ovs 196 all out 51.1 ovs Close of play. Yorkshire are leading by 139 runs.
Nottinghamshire v Surrey LV County Championship - Division One at Trent Bridge
Nottinghamshire 218 all out 59 ovs 46 - 2 22 ovs Surrey 403 all out 136.5 ovs Close of play. Nottinghamshire are 139 runs behind.
Derbyshire v Leicestershire LV County Championship - Division Two at Derby Derbyshire 208 all out 61.1 ovs 134 - 4 53 ovs Leicestershire 189 all out 94.5 ovs Close of play. Derbyshire are leading by 153 runs.
Glamorgan v Essex LV County Championship - Division Two at The SWALEC Stadium Glamorgan 132 all out 44.2 ovs 35 - 1 9 ovs Essex 376 all out 103.2 ovs Close of play. Glamorgan are 209 runs behind.
Gloucestershire v Middlesex LV County Championship - Division Two at Bristol Gloucestershire 189 all out 53.5 ovs Middlesex 300 - 7 dec 113.2 ovs 86 - 2 36 ovs Close of play. Middlesex are leading by 197 runs.
TENNIS
ATP Campbell's Hall of Fame
Final:(2) Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Prakash Amritraj (Ind) 6-3 7-5
ATP Catella Swedish Open
Final: (3) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt (4) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 6-4 6-1
ATP Mercedes Cup
Final:
Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt (2) Richard Gasquet (Fra) 6-4 7-5
ATP Allianz Suisse Open
Semi-final: (7) Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 7-6 (7-2) 5-7 7-6 (7-5)
Final: Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt (7) Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-3 6-4
WTA Palermo Open
Final: (5) Sara Errani (Ita) bt (7) Mariya Koryttseva (Ukr) 6-2 6-3
WTA Budapest Grand Prix
Final: (2) Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Andreja Klepac (Slo) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3
SWIMMING
Rebecca Adlington shaved two seconds off her own British and Commonwealth record in the women's 400m freestyle on the final day of the ASA Championships in Liverpool. The Nova Centurion swimmer stretched ahead in the final 50 metres and touched home in a time of four minutes 2.80 seconds after a close battle with Joanne Jackson.
CYCLING
TOUR DE FRANCE
Stage Result: 1 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 5hrs 39mins 28secs, 2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale at 1.04, 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale at 1.17, 4 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole at same time, 5 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram at same time, 6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone at same time, 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at same time, 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas at same time, 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre at same time, 10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto at same time, 11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner at same time, 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at same time, 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas at same time, 14 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom at same time, 15 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step at same time, 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at same time, 17 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel at same time, 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux at same time, 19 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld at same time, 20 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at same time. Selected Others: 51 Christopher Froome (Gbr) Barloworld 5hrs 41mins 25secs, 55 David Millar (Gbr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 05:44:02, 150 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Team Columbia 06:07:39.
ATHLETICS
TWELL CLAIMS JUNIORS GOLD Stephanie Twell blazed to the IAAF World Championships junior 1500m title in Bydgodzcz, with her British team-mate Emma Pallant taking the bronze medal The 18-year-old Aldershot athlete, who was confident she could come home with a gold medal, won in a time of four minutes 15.09 seconds ahead of Ethiopia's Kalkidan Gezahegne.

 

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