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On This Day in Sport (12 September 2011):

1885: Arbroath set a British soccer record by beating Bon Accord 36-0 in the Scottish Cup, thanks in part to 13 goals from centre-forward John Petrie. Dundee Harp ran them close on the same day, by beating Aberdeen Rovers 35-0.
1913: Jesse Owens was born. The American athlete once set five world records in one day but is best remembered for his deeds at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin where he won four gold medals - in the 100metres and 200m, the long jump and the sprint relay.
1951: `Sugar' Ray Robinson regained his world welterweight title by beating Briton Randolph Turpin, in the `Fight of the Century'. Two months earlier, Turpin had caused one of boxing's biggest ever shocks by beating Robinson.
1991: In their first match under new coach Graham Taylor, England beat Hungary 1-0 at Wembley with Gary Lineker, named captain for the first time, scoring the only goal.
2004: Roger Federer won his third grand slam title of the year with a 6-0 7-6 (7/3) 6-0 victory over Lleyton Hewitt in the US Open final.
2005: England regained the Ashes after drawing final Test against Australia at the Oval and winning the series 2-1.
2006: Manchester City's Ben Thatcher was suspended for eight games by the Football Association, with a further 15-match ban suspended for two years after being found guilty of smashing his forearm into the face of Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes during the goalless draw on August 23.
2006: Lancashire all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was appointed England captain for the ICC Champions Trophy in India and the Ashes tour in Australia in the absence of the injured Michael Vaughan.

Headlines (12 September) :

Williams could pay for outburst
Serena Williams will discover on Monday whether her latest run-in with officialdom will lead to more than just a few negative headlines.
England lock Lawes cited
England lock Courtney Lawes has been cited for allegedly striking Argentina hooker Mario Ledesma with his knee.
Djokovic won't be complacent
Novak Djokovic is taking nothing for granted ahead of the US Open final despite having beaten Rafael Nadal in five successive finals in 2011.
Schumacher riles Whitmarsh
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh feels Michael Schumacher's defensive driving at the Italian Grand Prix.was "pretty harsh".
Murray inspires winner Golding
Oli Golding is hoping winning the US Open junior title will not be the only thing he and Andy Murray have in common.
Broad injury sours series win
England have a NatWest Series win to celebrate but an important injury update to await too, before their final ODI of the summer.
Bramble: Black Cats back Bruce
Titus Bramble insists Sunderland boss Steve Bruce retains the support of the players following the club's difficult start to the season.
Horner hails emotional win
Christian Horner dedicated a "dream come true" Italian GP victory to a Red Bull Racing team member who lost her battle with cancer last week.
Robinson shuffles Scotland side
Scotland have made 11 changes for Wednesday's World Cup Pool B clash with Georgia in Invercargill, with Rory Lawson named captain.
Plastic surgeon treats Vaughan
James Vaughan received treatment from a plastic surgeon for a facial injury after Norwich lost 1-0 at home to West Brom on Sunday.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 11 September 2011

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Fulham 1 Blackburn 1 Norwich 0 West Brom 1
Scottish Premier
Hibernian 0 Aberdeen 0
npower Championship
Birmingham 3 Millwall 0
CRICKET
Sri Lanka v Australia Test Series : Second Test at Pallekele
Sri Lanka 174 all out 64.1 ovs 317 - 6 114.3 ovs Australia 411 - 7 dec 132 ovs Match Delayed
England v India Lords 1-Day International Fourth Match
Match Tied Overs reduced to 48.5
TENNIS
US OPEN
Women's Singles - Final
Serena Williams (28) 2 3 - - - Samantha Stosur (9) 6 6 - - -
Women's Doubles - Final
Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (3) 6 6 (5) 6 (3) - - Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (4) 4 7 (7) 7 (7) - -
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup Pool C
Australia (6) 32 Italy (6) 6 Ireland (10) 22 USA (0) 10
World Cup Pool D
South Africa (10) 17 Wales (6) 16
FORMULA ONE
ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1hr 20mins 46.172secs
2 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1:20:55.762
3 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:21:03.081
4 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:21:03.589
5 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:21:18.849
6 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:21:29.165
7 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso at 1 Lap
8 Paul di Resta (Gbr) Force India at 1 Lap
9 Bruno Senna (Bra) Renault at 1 Lap
10 Sebastien Buemi (Swi) Scuderia Toro Rosso at 1 Lap
11 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Williams at 1 Lap
12 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams at 1 Lap
13 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus F1 at 2 Laps
14 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus F1 at 2 Laps
15 Timo Glock (Ger) Virgin Racing at 2 Laps
Not Classified:
16 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) HRT-F1 39 Laps completed
17 Sergio Perez (Mex) Sauber-Ferrari 32 Laps completed
18 Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) Sauber-Ferrari 21 Laps completed
19 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 9 Laps completed
20 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 4 Laps completed
21 Jerome d'Ambrosio (Bel) Virgin Racing 1 Lap completed
22 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 0 Laps completed
23 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 0 Laps completed
24 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) HRT-F1 0 Laps completed
GOLF
KLM Open
Collated final round scores & totals in the European Tour KLM Open, Hilversumsche GC, Hilversum, Netherlands(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):
268 Simon Dyson 65 66 71 66 269 David Lynn 67 66 68 68 270 Rory McIlroy 70 65 68 67 271 Gary Orr 68 66 66 71 272 Lee Westwood 70 66 70 66 273 James Kingston (Rsa) 66 68 66 73, Ross Fisher 66 74 67 66, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 67 64 69, David Horsey 69 69 66 69, Paul McGinley 70 68 64 71, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 68 69 68 68
The Walker Cup
Results on the second day of the Walker Cup Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Aberdeen, Scotland(Gbr names first):
Foursomes
Tom Lewis and Michael Stewart halved with Jordan Spieth and Patrick Rodgers
Jack Senior and Andy Sullivan bt Peter Uihlein and Harris English 3 & 2
Paul Cutler and Alan Dunbar bt Kelly Kraft and Blayne Barber 2 & 1
James Byrne and Rhys Pugh bt Patrick Cantlay and Chris Williams 5 & 3
Singles
Tom Lewis lost to Russell Henley 4 & 2
Andy Sullivan lost to Jordan Spieth 3 & 2
Jack Senior halved with Nathan Smith
Michael Stewart bt Patrick Rodgers 3 & 2
Stiggy Hodgson lost to Peter Uihlein 2 & 1
Steven Brown halved with Blayne Barber
Rhys Pugh bt Kelly Kraft 2 & 1
Alan Dunbar lost to Chris Williams 1 hole
James Byrne lost to Harris English 2 & 1
Paul Cutler halved with Patrick Cantlay
Final score: Great Britain 14 United States 12
Raiffeisenbank Prague Masters Collated final round scores & totals in the Ladies European Tour Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters, Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Republic(Par: 72)
203 Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 69 64 70 205 Julie Greciet (Fra) 69 71 65 206 Linda Wessberg (Swe) 69 69 68 207 Kym Larratt (Eng) 70 70 67, Kylie Walker (Sco) 69 71 67, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 69 70 68 208 Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 70 71 67, Louise Stahle (Swe) 69 70 69
Kazakhstan Open Collated final round scores & totals in the European Challenge Tour Kazakhstan Open, Nurtau GC, Almaty, Kazakhstan(Par: 72)
273 T Fleetwood (Eng) 68 69 66 70 275 K Borsheim (Nor) 70 65 71 69 276 S Thornton (Irl) 67 66 72 71, B Ritthammer (Ger) 74 66 68 68 278 S Walker (Eng) 72 65 71 70 279 C Gane (Eng) 70 68 70 71, M Southgate (Eng) 71 69 72 67, F Delamontagne (Fra) 70 70 73 66, T Ferreira (Rus) 68 71 71 69
CYCLING
Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory on stage one at the Tour of Britain after a wet and windy start to the race in Scotland. The Brit took advantage of a strong lead-out from his HTC-Highroad squad in the closing kilometres to earn the race lead in Dumfries and his first stage win at the event since 2007.
Geox rider Juan José Cobo was crowned the overall winner of the Vuelta a Espana after edging out Team Sky pair Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins as Peter Sagan (Liquigas) took the final stage in Madrid.
CANOEING
Great Britain claimed bronze in the men's C2 team event at the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bratislava. The three pairs of Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott, David Florence and Richard Hounslow and Matthew Lister and Rhys Davies secured the podium finish behind winners France and silver medallists Slovakia.
MOTOR CYCLING
John Hopkins snatched the lead in the chase for the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship as he powered in his first daily-double victory in the series.