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On This Day in Sport (22 September 2011): 1927: The world heavyweight title fight which became known as the `Battle of the Long Count' took place. In the seventh round Jack Dempsey knocked down Gene Tunney and stood over his opponent, but referee Dave Barry refused to start the count until Dempsey had retreated to a neutral corner. Tunney was on the canvas for 15 seconds before he got back to his feet and went on to win the title. 1995: The 45-year-old former British, Commonwealth and European heavyweight champion Joe Bugner made a winning comeback to boxing after an eight-year absence, capturing the Australian heavyweight title with a 12-round unanimous points decision over Vince Cervi. 1996: America's women golfers lifted the Solheim Cup after crushing Europe 10-2 in the final day singles to win 17-11 at St Pierre, Chepstow. 2000: Steve Redgrave, at the age of 38, became the greatest Olympian in an endurance sport with a fifth consecutive gold medal as - alongside Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster and James Cracknell - he led the coxless fours crew to victory at the Sydney Olympics. 2003: Former Italy, Juventus and Middlesbrough striker Fabrizio Ravanelli signed a two-year contract with Scottish Premier League side Dundee. 2005: Jonathan Woodgate scored an own goal and was sent off on his Real Madrid debut. 2010 The build-up to the Commonwealth Games descends into chaos after a bridge situated near the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi collapses Headlines (22 September) : Tindall recalled by England England have confirmed centre Mike Tindall will return for Saturday's clash against Romania as one of seven changes at the Otago Stadium. No respite for Tindall England deputy captain Mike Tindall was forced to show he can side-step off the field as well as on it after an uncomfortable media briefing. Jones poised for Wales recall Wales back-rower Ryan Jones is set to make his World Cup debut against Namibia in New Plymouth on Monday. Cech injury fears allayed Andre Villas-Boas says Petr Cech is "okay", despite the goalkeeper needing hospital treatment after the Carling Cup win over Fulham. Kenny lifted by Gerrard return Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish admitted Steven Gerrard's long-awaited return from injury is great news for the club. Mancini: Hargreaves important Roberto Mancini was pleased for Owen Hargreaves after he marked his Manchester City debut with a goal in a 2-0 Carling Cup win over Birmingham. Robinson's faith in Jackson Scotland coach Andy Robinson has backed fly-half Ruaridh Jackson to get the back division firing with Argentina in Wellington on Sunday. Ireland shrug off O'Gara talk Ireland are satisfied that Ronan O'Gara has no plans to retire from Test rugby. Bulls sack Raynor, sell Lynch Bradford have sacked former Great Britain winger Gareth Raynor and sold captain Andy Lynch to Super League rivals Hull. McCoist: Blame me for cup exit Rangers manager Ally McCoist insists full responsibility for their shock Scottish Communities League Cup exit to Falkirk lies with him. International Results Roundup Dateline 21 September 2011 FOOTBALL Carling Cup Third Round Brighton 1 Liverpool 2 Cardiff 2 Leicester 2 Cardiff won 7-6 on penalties Chelsea 0 Fulham 0 Chelsea won 4-3 on penalties Everton 2 West Brom 1 Everton won after extra-time Man City 2 Birmingham 0 Southampton 2 Preston 1 Scottish Communities League Cup Third Round Ayr 1 Hearts 1 Ayr won 4-1 on penalties Falkirk 3 Rangers 2 Ross County 0 Celtic 2 RUGBY UNION World Cup Pool A Tonga (18) 31 Japan (13) 18 TENNIS ATP Moselle Open 1st rd: (7) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy (Fra) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) bt Kenny De Schepper (Fra) 7-5 5-7 6-4 Arnaud Clement (Fra) bt (5) Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-3 6-4 2nd rd: (8) Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Benoit Paire (Fra) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 (3) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-3 (4) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Nicolas Renavand (Fra) 7-5 7-5 ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy 1st rd: Pere Riba (Spa) bt (6) Potito Starace (Ita) 6-1 3-2 ret 2nd rd: (7) Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-2 3-6 6-1 (1) Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 6-1 6-0 CYCLING Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins claimed the silver medal in the elite men's time trial at the UCI Road Race World Championships in Copenhagen, but could do nothing to match the dominance of Tony Martin. The German was the class of the field over the 46.4-kilometre course, setting the fastest time at each split to triumph in a time of 53 minutes 43.85 seconds and claim his first world title. Emma Pooley had to settle for third as she lost her title at the UCI Road World Championships, losing the time trial to Germany's Judith Arndt on the streets of Copenhagen. Arndt proved too strong down the final stretch as she completed the 27.8km course in a time of 37:07.38.