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On This Day in Sport (29 July 2008):

1948: After a 12-year hiatus since the Berlin Games, the London Olympics opened.
1998: Newcastle pulled off an £8million double deal by signing Dietmar Hamann from Bayern Munich and Boca Juniors' Nolberto Solano.
2006: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer marked the 10th anniversary of his arrival at Old Trafford with a goal, but Manchester United were beaten 2-1 by Preston in a pre-season friendly at Deepdale.

Headlines (29 July) :

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.
Keane still busy despite Diouf signing
Sunderland manager Roy Keane will turn his attention to closing deals for Steed Malbranque and Younes Kaboul after bringing El-Hadji Diouf to Sunderland.
Kenyon urges chasing pack to catch up
Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon believes it is up to clubs outside the Premier League's big four to "get their houses in order" for them to compete.
Tomlinson vows to stay positive
British long jumper Chris Tomlinson is refusing to give up on his Olympic dream despite suffering a torn calf muscle.
Radcliffe set for GB camp
Paula Radcliffe is planning to travel to Great Britain's Olympic training camp in Macau next week.
AJ exit boosts Moyes war chest
Andrew Johnson is set to complete his £12million transfer to Fulham on Tuesday in a move which will fund Everton's renewed bid for Portugal midfielder Joao Moutinho.
Coloccini set for Toon move - agent
Newcastle are close to completing the signing of Deportivo La Coruna defender Fabricio Coloccini, according to the player's agent Marcelo Lombilla.
Levy hits out at 'enforced' Keane sale
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has described Robbie Keane's £20.3million transfer to Liverpool as an "enforced sale" that his club were railroaded into.
Harmison focused on positive return
Steve Harmison intends to ignore the criticism surrounding his recall by England and is confident of making an impact if he makes his Test comeback at Edgbaston this week.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 28 July 2008

CRICKET
First Under 19 Test Match at Taunton
England Under 19 512 - 8 dec 137.3 ovs New Zealand Under 19 234 all out 93.3 ovs 102 - 2 51 ovs Close of play. New Zealand Under 19 are 176 runs behind.
Derbyshire v Essex
Derby NatWest Pro40 - Division Two Essex beat Derbyshire by 25 runs.
TENNIS
ATP W & S Financial Group Masters
1st rd:
(12) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 6-2 6-2 (16) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-3 6-4 Ernest Gulbis (Lat) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 7-6 (9-7) 6-2 Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-0 6-3 Sam Querrey (USA) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4 4-6 6-3 Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 7-5 7-5 Phillip Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Michael Yani (USA) 6-3 6-4 Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 6-0 7-6 (7-5) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt (13) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) 6-3 3-6 6-3 Tommy Haas (Ger) bt (14) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-6 (7-2) 2-6 6-4 Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Marat Safin (Rus) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt Paul Capdeville (Chi) 5-7 6-2 6-2 Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-1 6-1
WTA Rogers Cup
1st rd:
Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Aiko Nakamura (Jpn) 6-2 6-4 Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt Chanelle Scheepers (Rsa) 6-3 7-6 (7-1) Tamira Paszek (Aut) bt (14) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 7-6 (7-4) 1-6 6-1 Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-1 6-2 Michelle Larcher De Brito (Por) bt Vania King (USA) 2-6 6-3 6-3 (9) Patty Schnyder (Swi) bt Meng Yuan (Chn) 7-6 (8-6) 3-2 ret Monica Niculescu (Rom) bt Varvara Lepchenko (Uzb) 6-1 6-2 Anastassia Rodionova (Rus) bt Cara Black (Zim) 6-2 6-2 (10) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Melanie South (Gbr) 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-0 Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Sabine Lisicki (Ger) 6-3 6-4 Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-1 6-1 Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Olivia Sanchez (Fra) 6-3 6-1 Stephanie Dubois (Can) bt Olga Govortsova (Blr) 6-1 4-2 ret
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