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On This Day in Sport (30 August 2008):

1937: World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis was taken the distance in the first of the 25 defences he would make of his title. His opponent was Welshman Tommy Farr, who survived all 15 rounds at Madison Square Garden.
1987: Lloyd Honeyghan knocked out American Gene Hatcher in Marbella, Spain, to retain his world welterweight title. Honeyghan won in just 45 seconds, then the quickest world title stoppage in history.
1991: Bob Beamon's 23-year-old world long jump record was broken during the World Championships in Tokyo. Carl Lewis surpassed Beamon's leap of 8.90metres with 8.91m, but that was not valid for the record books due to wind assistance. Then his American team-mate Mike Powell jumped a massive - and legal - 8.95m to clinch the gold medal.
1998: Damon Hill scored the Jordan team's maiden grand prix win at a rain-soaked Spa-Francorchamps, with team-mate Ralf Schumacher in second.
2001: Manchester United completed the signing of French World Cup winner Laurent Blanc.
2002: Sunderland signed Ipswich striker Marcus Stewart and Rangers forward Tore Andre Flo on three-year deals for a combined total of £10million.
2004: Manager Sir Bobby Robson was ``relieved of his duties'' by Newcastle.
2005: Michael Owen passed a medical at Newcastle ahead of signing a four-year contract with the club.
2006: Manchester City full-back Ben Thatcher was banned for six games and fined six weeks' wages for elbowing Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes a week previously.

Headlines (30 August) :

Broken leg for Modric
Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric suffered a broken leg in Saturday's win over Birmingham, the club confirmed on Sunday.
Benitez hails resolute Reds
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez praised his players' response to his criticism over their early-season lack of responsibility following the 3-2 victory against 10-man Bolton.
Injuries mar win for Spurs
Harry Redknapp was counting the cost of keeping intact Tottenham's 100% start to the season after Saturday's 2-1 victory over Birmingham.
Frustration behind Wenger's 'bottle job'
Arsene Wenger has defended himself against the red card he received in the final seconds of Arsenal's 2-1 defeat at Manchester United on Saturday night.
Blues momentum vital - Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti believes his players have the quality to win the Barclays Premier League in his first season after watching them destroy new boys Burnley 3-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Button suffers qualifying blow
Jenson Button's Formula One world title hopes suffered a crushing blow in a bizarre qualifying session for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.
Flintoff: I may not play again
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has conceded he may never play cricket cricket again.
Robson and Baltacha miss US Open
British teenager Laura Robson's hopes of reaching the US Open first round were dashed at the final hurdle at Flushing Meadows.
Barca see Fab as special case
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has identified his club's pursuit of Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas as a "special case".
Smith: Wolves players deserve Cup credit
Warrington coach Tony Smith played down his role in guiding the club to a first Challenge Cup final win in 35 years after their 25-16 success over Huddersfield at Wembley.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 29 August 2009

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Blackburn 0 West Ham 0 Bolton 2 Liverpool 3 Chelsea 3 Burnley 0 Man Utd 2 Arsenal 1 Stoke 1 Sunderland 0 Tottenham 2 Birmingham 1 Wolverhampton 1 Hull 1
Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 0 Motherwell 0 Dundee Utd 2 Falkirk 1 Kilmarnock 1 St Mirren 2 Rangers 4 Hamilton 1
Coca-Cola Championship
Barnsley 1 Reading 3 Blackpool 3 Coventry 0   Bristol City 2 Middlesbrough 1 Doncaster 2 Cardiff 0 Ipswich 1 Preston 1 Nottm Forest 3 Derby 2 Plymouth 1 Sheff Wed 3 Scunthorpe 0 QPR 1 Sheff Utd 2 West Brom 2 Swansea 1 Watford 1
CRICKET
Second Test Match at Colombo
Sri Lanka 416 all out 130.3 ovs 311 - 5 dec 85.2 ovs New Zealand 234 all out 77.4 ovs 397 all out 123.5 ovs Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 96 runs
LV County Championship - Division One at The Rose Bowl
Hampshire 548 all out 163 ovs Somerset 393 all out 106 ovs 50 - 0 17 ovs Close of play. Somerset are 105 runs behind.
LV County Championship - Division Two at Canterbury
Kent 242 - 3 61 ovs Surrey 423 all out 129.3 ovs Close of play.
LV County Championship - Division Two at Lord's
Middlesex 342 all out 104.4 ovs 273 - 7 dec 71.1 ovs Gloucestershire 210 all out 70.3 ovs 55 - 3 16.4 ovs Gloucestershire need 351 more runs to win.
RUGBY UNION
Tri-Nations Series
Australia (6) 25 South Africa (22) 32
RUGBY LEAGUE
Carnegie Challenge Cup Final
Huddersfield (10) 16 Warrington (18) 25
GOLF
The Barclays
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour The Barclays, Liberty National, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
204 Steve Marino 65 71 68, Paul Goydos 65 71 68 206 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 66 72 68, Webb Simpson 66 68 72 207 Steve Stricker 69 70 68 208 Heath Slocum 66 72 70 209 Tiger Woods 70 72 67, Zach Johnson 70 72 67, Ian Poulter (Eng) 67 72 70, Matt Kuchar 68 73 68, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 67 75 67
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