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On This Day in Sport (16 July 2008):

1895: Archie MacLaren, of Lancashire, compiled what was then the world's highest cricket score of 424 - made in seven hours and 50 minutes against Somerset at Taunton.
1950: The World Cup final between Brazil and Uruguay at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, was watched by 199,854 people. Uruguay won 2-1.
1983: The British and Irish Lions suffered a 38-6 drubbing by New Zealand in Auckland. It was their heaviest defeat ever until they were beaten 48-18 in the second Test in 2005.
1989: Brazil beat Uruguay 1-0 in the final of the Copa America - remarkably their first major title since the 1970 World Cup.
2000: Britain suffered a shock 3-2 defeat to Ecuador in their Davis Cup tie at Wimbledon, relegating them from the elite 16-nation World Group.
2005: Amir Khan won his first professional fight with first-round stoppage of David Bailey at Bolton.

Headlines (16 July) :

Milan claim victory in Ronaldinho race
AC Milan have beaten Manchester City in the race to sign Barcelona playmaker Ronaldinho after the clubs reached an agreement in principle on a £19.8million deal on Tuesday night.
Jordan: I will sell Palace
Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan has revealed his intention to sell the Championship club.
Calderon stands firm on Robinho price
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has reacted to media speculation of a supposed 60 million euro bid for Robinho by claiming the Brazil international is worth more than that.
Flintoff to ignore media
Lancashire coach Mike Watkinson is backing Andrew Flintoff to shrug off the excitement surrounding his comeback this week to perform for England in the second npower Test against South Africa.
Gilberto set to complete Greek move
Gilberto Silva is set to become the highest-paid player in Greek football by signing for Panathinaikos after six years with Arsenal.
Agent - Drogba could stay at Chelsea
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will decide on his future within the next 10 days, according to his agent Thierno Seydi.
Harrington to go through pain barrier
Tiger Woods has shown it is possible to win a major while injured - now it is Padraig Harrington's turn in the defence of his Open title.
Lennon: I'm staying at Spurs
Tottenham and England winger Aaron Lennon insists he will not be leaving White Hart Lane this summer.
Macey announces retirement
Commonwealth gold medal-winning decathlete Dean Macey has retired from athletics at the age of 30.
Brown still keeping tabs on Campbell
Hull manager Phil Brown remains hopeful of re-signing crowd favourite Fraizer Campbell before the start of the Barclays Premier League campaign.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 15 July 2008

TENNIS
WTA Bank of the West Classic
1st rd: Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt (7) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 6-4 3-6 6-3 Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 7-5 6-0 Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) bt (8) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 2-6 6-3 6-2 Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Anastassia Rodionova (Rus) 6-3 6-1 Michelle Larcherde Brito (Por) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 7-5 7-6 (7-1)
ATP RCA Championships
1st rd: Bobby Reynolds (USA) bt Frank Dancevic (Can) 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 6-2 Rajeev Ram (USA) bt (6) Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Wayne Odesnik (USA) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureschi (Pak) 6-4 7-5 James Blake (USA) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 Woong-Sun Jun (Kor) bt Chris Guccione (Aus) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) Vincent Spadea (USA) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-2 6-4 (4) Samuel Querrey (USA) bt Go Soeda (Jpn) 6-4 6-4
ATP Dutch Open Tennis
1st rd:
Jesse Huta Galung (Ned) bt (8) Santiago Ventura (Spa) 6-1 1-0 ret Ivan Navarro Pastor (Spa) bt Igor Sijsling (Ned) 6-3 6-1 Pablo Cuevas (Uru) bt Werner Eschauer (Aut) 7-5 6-2 Philipp Petzschner (Ger) bt (6) Florent Serra (Fra) 2-6 6-4 6-4 (5) Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Kristof Vliegen (Bel) 6-4 6-2 Oscar Hernandez (Spa) bt Denis Matsukevitch (Rus) 6-1 6-3 Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt Martin Verkerk (Ned) 2-6 7-6 (11-9) 4-3 ret
ATP Austrian Open
1st rd: Daniel Brands (Ger) bt Eric Prodon (Fra) 6-3 6-4 Brian Dabul (Arg) bt Stephane Bohli (Swi) 6-1 6-1 Daniel Koellerer (Aut) bt Philipp Oswald (Aut) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4) Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt Pablo Andujar (Spa) 6-3 1-6 7-6 (7-2) (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Josselin Ouanna (Fra) 6-3 6-3 Ivo Minar (Cze) bt (8) Olivier Rochus (Bel) 3-6 6-4 6-0 (6) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Luis Horna (Per) 6-3 6-1 (4) Potito Starace (Ita) bt Santiago Giraldo (Col) 6-1 6-2 Sergio Roitman (Arg) bt Martin Fischer (Aut) 6-4 6-2 (5) Eduardo Schwank (Arg) bt Michael Berrer (Ger) 6-4 6-1 Alexander Peya (Aut) bt Guillermo Coria (Arg) 5-7 0-0 ret Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt (3) Agustin Calleri (Arg) 6-4 6-4 Jan Hernych (Cze) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spa) 7-5 7-5 Nicolas Devilder (Fra) bt (1) Matthias Bachinger (Ger) 6-3 6-3 Leonardo Mayer (Arg) bt Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) 6-1 7-6 (7-3) (2) Rainer Schuettler (Ger) bt Andreas Beck (Ger) 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2
CYCLING
TOUR DE FRANCE STANDINGS Overall Classification after stage 10:
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 42hrs 29mins 09secs
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 0.01
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at 0.38
4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner at 0.46
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank at 0.57
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 1.28
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at 1.56
8 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott at 2.10
9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott at 2.29
10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale at 2.32
11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 3.51
12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas at 4.18
13 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 4.26
14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 4.41
15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale at 5.23
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre at 5.37
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 6.01
18 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner at 6.11
19 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld at 6.43
20 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone at 6.47
Selected Others:
48 David Millar (Gbr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 35.22 158 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Team Columbia 1.44.41
Stage 10 Result:
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4hrs 19mins 27secs 2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott at same time 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 0.28 4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner at 1.06 5 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale at 2.05 6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott at 2.17 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at same time 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto at same time 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank at same time 10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at same time