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On This Day in Sport (29 September 2011):

1952: Speed king John Cobb died when his jet-engined Crusader disintegrated on Loch Ness.
1971: Chelsea inflicted an 8-0 defeat on Luxembourg's Jeunesse Hautcharage in the first leg of their UEFA Cup Winners' Cup match. The Blues won the second leg, at Stamford Bridge, 13-0 on their way to a European club record aggregate victory of 21-0.
1981: Bill Shankly died. The Liverpool manager had taken the Reds out of Division Two in 1962 and transformed them into one of the most famous sides in the world.
2000: Britain's Shirley Robertson won the sailing gold medal in the Europe class at the Sydney Olympics, as did Ben Ainslie in the Open Laser class.
2002: Europe regained the Ryder Cup by beating the United States at The Belfry, Ireland's Paul McGinley sinking a dramatic 18-foot putt on the final green to halve his crucial singles match with Jim Furyk.
2004: Wales Rugby Union officials appointed Gareth Thomas as captain for the following two years.
2005: Roy Keane revealed he planned to quit Manchester United at the end of the season. His exit came in January, followed by his retirement after playing for Celtic. He now manages Sunderland.

Headlines (29 September)

Aguero 'sad' for team-mate Tevez
Sergio Aguero admits he feels "sad" for fellow countryman Carlos Tevez as Manchester City slapped a two-week ban on the controversial striker.
Armitage to face Scotland
Delon Armitage will start on the left wing for England in place of Mark Cueto in Saturday's decisive World Cup Pool B clash with Scotland.
England ban coaches
Two members of England's management team have been suspended by the RFU from Saturday's World Cup Pool B decider against Scotland.
Lampard: I always want to play
Frank Lampard admits he is always desperate to play as he returned to the Chelsea starting line-up for Wednesday's 1-1 draw in Valencia.
Chamberlain 'enjoyed' CL bow
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain marked his European debut with a goal and promised there was more to come after Arsenal's 2-1 win over Olympiacos.
Concerns grow for LomuNew Zealand legend Jonah Lomu remains in an Auckland hospital amid growing concern about his health.
QPR expect Beckham snub
QPR remain keen on signing David Beckham, but vice-chairman Amit Bhatia fears that "maybe he'd choose a bigger club".
Messi fires Barca, Milan win
Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona outclassed BATE Borisov 5-0 in Minsk, while AC Milan beat Plzen 2-0 in Champions League Group H.
Cross suffers stress fracture
There will be no fairytale ending to Ben Cross's cameo Wigan career after it was revealed he has broken his arm for a second time.
Miller double downs Saints
Kenny Miller's brace helped Cardiff beat Southampton 2-1 to inflict only a second defeat of the season on the early Championship pacesetters.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 28 September 2011

FOOTBALL
UEFA Champions League
Group E
Bayer Leverkusen 2 Genk 0 Valencia 1 Chelsea 1
Group F
Arsenal 2 Olympiacos 1 Marseille 3 Borussia Dortmund 0
Group G
Shakhtar Donetsk 1 Apoel Nicosia 1 Zenit St Petersburg 3 FC Porto 1
Group H
AC Milan 2 Plzen 0 BATE 0 Barcelona 5
Scottish Premier
Hibernian 3 St Johnstone 2
npower Championship
Cardiff 2 Southampton 1 Middlesbrough 0 Leicester 0
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup Pool B
Georgia (12) 25 Romania (6) 9
TENNIS
ATP Malaysian Open 1st rd:
Flavio Cipolla (Ita) bt Bernard Tomic (Aus) 6-2 6-2
Denis Istomin (Uzb) bt Marinko Matosevic (Aus) 6-3 6-2
(4) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Rik De Voest (Rsa) 6-0 6-4
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Somdev Devvarman (Ind) 7-5 6-4
(7) Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt David Goffin (Bel) 6-3 6-3
ATP PTT Thailand Open 2nd rd:
Matthias Bachinger (Ger) bt Danai Udomchoke (Tha) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3
(3) Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 6-4
Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt (7) Robin Haase (Ned) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4)
First rd:
Go Soeda (Jpn) bt Karol Beck (Svk) 3-6 7-6 (7-0) 7-6 (7-4)
Tobias Kamke (Ger) bt (8) Pablo Andujar (Spa) 6-0 6-1
CYCLING
World team sprint silver medallist Jess Varnish posted a lifetime best time of 34.500 seconds to win the 500m TT title on the opening night of the British National Track Championships in Manchester on Wednesday.