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On This Day in Sport (29 August 2009): 1895: The day rugby league can trace its origins back to as The Northern League was formed from a meeting of 21 Yorkshire and Lancashire clubs at the George Hotel in Huddersfield. 1947: Formula One drivers' champion James Hunt was born. Hunt, who won the title in 1976, died suddenly in 1993 at the age of 45. 2002: Newly-promoted Premiership side West Brom smashed their transfer record twice in one day, signing Jason Koumas for £2.25million from Tranmere and Lee Hughes for £2.5million from Coventry. 2004: Craig Brown left Preston by mutual consent, becoming the first Championship managerial casualty of the season. 2005: World-renowned Italian referee Pierluigi Collina retired from officiating. 2006: Tottenham agreed a deal to sign Egyptian striker Mido on a permanent basis from Roma. Headlines (29 August) :   International Results Roundup Dateline 28 August 2009 FOOTBALL Coca-Cola Division One Millwall 1 Brighton 1 GOLF The Barclays Collated second round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour The Barclays, Liberty National, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71): 134 Webb Simpson 66 68 136 Steve Marino 65 71, Paul Goydos 65 71 138 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 66 72, Heath Slocum 66 72 139 Steve Stricker 69 70, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 68 71, Ian Poulter (Eng) 67 72 140 Charley Hoffman 66 74, Ernie Els (Rsa) 72 68 Johnnie Walker Championship Collated third round scores & totals in the European tour Johnnie Walker Championships at Gleneagles, The Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72): 208 Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 68 68 209 Paul Lawrie 67 69 73 210 Soren Hansen (Den) 69 70 71, Jamie Donaldson 69 71 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 70 69 71, Steven O'Hara 68 76 66 211 Richard Bland 72 72 67, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 69 70 72, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 70 69 72, Maarten Lafeber (NIrl) 71 67 73, Gregory Havret (Fra) 68 76 67 ROWING The British women's lightweight quad of Stephanie Cullen, Laura Greenhalgh, Andrea Dennis, Jane Hall won silver at the World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland on Sunday morning. The GB crew had been leading until the 1,000-metre mark but Germany's push into the second half of the race was decisive and they won by a length. The great British tradition of a victorious men's four continued on Saturday as Alex Partridge, Alex Gregory, Ric Egington and Matthew Langridge won gold at the World Rowing Championships. GB Rowing's performance director David Tanner labelled them the "boat of the day" in Poznan, but they had significant competition for that honour.