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On This Day in Sport (26 July 2008):

1966: Gloucestershire cricketer Tony Brown equalled Mickey Stewart's first-class record for an outfielder by taking seven catches in an innings in a match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.
1971: Muhammad Ali won his first title since returning to boxing after being stripped of his world heavyweight crown four years earlier for refusing, on religious grounds, to be drafted into the US Army. He beat Jimmy Ellis for the North American title.
1987: Stephen Roche became the first Irishman to win the Tour de France and only the second winner from outside continental Europe - American Greg LeMond was the first the previous year.
1997: English football chiefs agreed in principle to let out-of-contract players aged 24 and over move to other clubs for nothing. The Premier League and the Professional Footballers Association reached a compromise which brought the game into line with European laws following the Bosman ruling.
2001: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats became the first Super League club to be docked points, having four deducted after being found guilty of breaching the salary cap by spending more than 50% of their income on players' wages. The penalty was later reduced to two points on appeal.
2004: Ashley Giles claimed his first five-wicket Test haul on home soil as England completed a 210-run win over West Indies in the first Test at Lord's.
2005: London Broncos confirmed their cross-code partnership with rugby union club Harlequins. The Broncos became known as Harlequins Rugby League Club and moved into The Stoop.
2006: Liverpool signed winger Jermaine Pennant from Birmingham on a four-year deal.

Headlines (26 July 2007) :

Villa make late bid for Kaboul
Sunderland boss Roy Keane faces an anxious wait over his pursuit of defender Younes Kaboul after Aston Villa made a late bid to hijack the deal.
Neville pens new Toffees deal
Everton captain Phil Neville has revealed he wants to finish his career at Goodison Park after signing a new four-year deal with the Merseyside club.
England selectors ponder options
England are set to leave their selection options open when they announce a 13-man squad for the third npower Test against South Africa - with Steve Harmison expected among them.
Hargreaves backs Rooney
Owen Hargreaves has tipped Wayne Rooney to show his true talent this season.
Hock in the dock
Wigan forward Gareth Hock must await the outcome of a disciplinary hearing that could cost him a place in the World Cup.
No age concern for Ballack
After linking up with Chelsea for the first time since Luiz Felipe Scolari's appointment, Michael Ballack hit back at Sir Alex Ferguson's comments downplaying the Blues' title credentials.
Villa wanted experience - Carson
West Brom newcomer Scott Carson believes Martin O'Neill's desire to sign a more experienced goalkeeper scuppered his chances of a permanent move to Aston Villa.
Robinson move may boost England hopes
Paul Robinson will hope to resurrect his faltering England career after completing his move from Tottenham to Blackburn.
Murray too strong for Djokovic
Andy Murray ended his Novak Djokovic hoodoo in emphatic fashion with a straight-sets victory to reach the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
Cech: Lampard will stay
Petr Cech is sure Frank Lampard will stay at Chelsea for at least another year.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 25 July 2008

CRICKET
First Test Match at Colombo
Sri Lanka 600 - 6 dec 162 ovs India 223 all out 72.5 ovs 103 - 6 35 ovs India are 274 runs behind.
Tour Match at New Road
South Africa 292 - 2 63 ovs Bangladesh A Tea is being taken.
GOLF
RBC Canadian Open Latest second-round scores (USA unless stated, par 71):
129 Chez Reavie 65 64 134 Steve Marino 67 67, Billy Mayfair 68 66 135 Kevin Na 69 66, Ken Duke 68 67, Carlos Franco (Par) 67 68, Cliff Kresge 69 66 136 Y. E Yang (Kor) 68 68, Sean O'Hair 65 71, Mark Calcavecchia 70 66, Tom Pernice Jnr. 71 65 137 Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 69 68, Jerry Kelly 67 70, John Senden (Aus) 66 71, John Huston 65 72 138 Dudley Hart 68 70, Patrick Sheehan 70 68, Scott McCarron 66 72, Ben Curtis 70 68, Alex Cejka (Ger) 69 69, Jim Furyk 70 68, Cameron Beckman 68 70, Martin Laird 71 67 139 Paul Claxton 67 72, Charley Hoffman 69 70, Todd Demsey 69 70 140 Dustin Risdon 68 72, Omar Uresti 72 68, Jeff Quinney 69 71, Nick Taylor (Can) 70 70, Shane Bertsch 67 73, Jason null Day (Aus) 65 75, Jon Mills (Can) 69 71
Evian Masters Collated second round scores & totals in the LPGA Tour Evian Masters, Evian Masteres Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France(USA unless stated, par 72)
134 Angela Park (Bra) 66 68 135 Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 72 63 136 Meena Lee 67 69, Juli Inkster 67 69, In Kyung Kim 68, 68Cristie Kerr 70 66, Candie Kung (Tai) 66 70 138 Shi Hyun Ahn 69 69, Na Yeon Choi 71 67, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 65 73 139 Paula Creamer 70 69, Young Kim 68 71, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 70 69, Angela Stanford 67 72, Hee Young Park 70 69 140 Linda Wessberg (Swe) 69 71, Ya-Ni Tseng 70 70, Sun Ju Ahn 66 74, Natalie Gulbis 69 71, Jin Joo Hong 71 69, Annika Sorenstam (Swe) 71 69, Laura Diaz 67 73 141 Ji-Young Oh 70 71, Morgan Pressel 69 72, Amy Yang 68 73, Song-Hee Kim 69 72, In-Bee Park 69 72, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 67 74
Senior Open Championship Collated second round scores & totals in The Senior Open Championship by Master Card, Royal Troon GC, Ayrshire, Scotland(USA unless stated, par 71):
139 Bruce Vaughan 68 71 140 John Cook 69 71 141 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 70 71, Tom Watson 70 71, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 68 73 142 Kirk Hanefeld 69 73, Mark McNulty (Irl) 70 72 144 Andy Bean 69 75 145 Gary Hallberg 76 69, Luis Carbonetti (Arg) 72 73, Tony Johnstone (Zim) 71 74, Mike Reid 73 72 146 Philip Blackmar 74 72, Ken Green 75 71, Costantino Rocca (Ita) 73 73, Gene Jones 70 76, Jeff Hall (Eng) 73 73, Wayne Grady (Aus) 74 72, Ronnie Black 74 72
CYCLING
TOUR DE FRANCE STANDINGS Overall Classification after Stage 19:
1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 82hrs 54mins 36secs 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 1.24 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner at 1.33 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto at 1.34 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank at 2.39 6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at 4.41 7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 5.35 8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 5.52 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale at 8.10 10 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale at 8.24 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at 8.35 12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 10.04 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas at 12.02 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre at 12.26 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux at 17.08 16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole at 22.59 17 Amal Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone at 23.01 18 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia at 24.29 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas at 25.39 20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre at 25.48
Selected Other: 71 David Millar (Gbr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 81hrs 16mins 30mins