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On This Day in Sport (24 August 2008):

1957: Jimmy Greaves scored on his Chelsea debut against Tottenham.
1999: Alan Shearer was dropped to the substitutes' bench for Newcastle's home game against Sunderland. The Magpies lost 2-1, and manager Ruud Gullit paid for the defeat with his job three days later.
2001: Liverpool beat Bayern Munich 3-2 in Monaco to win the European Super Cup, their fifth trophy in six months.
2004: Liverpool completed a 2-1 aggregate win over Grazer AK of Austria to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League, a competition they would go on to win.
2004: Tottenham completed the signing of England midfielder Michael Carrick from West Ham.
2005: England World Cup winner Trevor Woodman retired from rugby because of a back injury.
2006: David Moorcroft announced his intention to step down from his role as chief executive of UK Athletics.
2006: Celtic completed the signing of striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink from PSV Eindhoven.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 23 August 2008

OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING
Athletics
Men's 800m Final:
1 Wilfred Bungei (Ken), 2 Ismail Ahmed Ismail (Sud) 1:44.70, 3 Alfred Kirwa Yego (Ken) 1:44.82, 4 Gary Reed (Can) 1:44.94, 5 Yusuf Saad Kamel (Brn) 1:44.95, 6 Yeimer Lopez (Cub) 1:45.88, 7 Nabil Madi (Alg) 1:45.96, 8 Nadjim Manseur (Alg) 1:47.19
5000m Final: 1 Kenenisa Bekele (Eth), 2 Eliud Kipchoge (Ken), 3 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (Ken), 4 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (Uga) 13:10.56, 5 Abreham Cherkos (Eth) 13:16.46, 6 Tariku Bekele (Eth) 13:19.06, 7 Juan Luis Barrios (Mex) 13:19.79, 8 James Kwalia C'Kurui (Qat) 13:23.48, 9 Bernard Lagat (USA) 13:26.89, 10 Kidane Tadesse (Eri) 13:28.40, 11 Aelemayehu Bezabeh (Spa) 13:30.48, 12 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa (Ken) 13:31.34, 13 Matthew Tegenkamp (USA) 13:33.13, 14 Jesus Espana (Spa) 13:55.94 Alistair Cragg (Irl) DNF
4 x 400m Relay Final: 1 United States, 2 Bahamas, 3 Russian Feder, 4 Gr Britain 2:58.81, 5 Belgium 2:59.37, 6 Australia 3:00.02, 7 Poland 3:00.32, 8 Jamaica 3:01.45
Javelin Throw Final: 1 Andreas Thorkildsen (Nor), 2 Ainars Kovals (Lat), 3 Tero Pitkamaki (Fin), 4 Tero Jarvenpaa (Fin) 83.95m, 5 Teemu Wirkkala (Fin) 83.46m, 6 Jarrod Bannister (Aus) 83.45m, 7 Ilya Korotkov (Rus) 83.15m, 8 Uladzimir Kazlou (Blr) 82.06m, 9 Vadims Vasilevskis (Lat) 81.32m, 10 Scott Russell (Can) 80.90m, 11 Magnus Arvidsson (Swe) 80.16m, 12 Vitezslav Vesely (Cze) 76.76m
Women's 1500m Final: 1 Nancy Jebet Langat (Ken), 2 Iryna Lishchynska (Ukr), 3 Nataliya Tobias (Ukr), 4 Lisa Dobriskey (Gbr) 4:02.10, 5 Maryam yusuf Jamal (Brn) 4:02.71, 6 Natalia Rodriguez (Spa) 4:03.19, 7 Shannon Rowbury (USA) 4:03.58, 8 Iris Fuentes-pila (Spa) 4:04.86, 9 Anna Mishchenko (Ukr) 4:05.13, 10 Siham Hilali (Mor) 4:05.57, 11 Anna Alminova (Rus) 4:06.99, 12 Btissam Lakhouad (Mor) 4:07.25
4 x 400m Relay Final: 1 United States, 2 Russian Feder, 3 Jamaica, 4 Belarus 3:21.85, 5 Gr Britain 3:22.68, 6 Cuba 3:23.21, 7 Nigeria 3:23.74, 8 Germany 3:28.45
High Jump Final: 1 Tia Hellebaut (Bel), 2 Blanka Vlasic (Cro), 3 Anna Chicherova (Rus), 4 Elena Slesarenko (Rus) 2.01m, 5 Vita Palamar (Ukr) 1.99m, 6 Chaunte Howard (USA) 1.99m, 7 Ariane Friedrich (Ger) 1.96m, 7 Ruth Beitia (Spa) 1.96m, 9 Emma Green (Swe) 1.96m, 10 Antonietta di Martino (Ita) 1.93m, 10 Marina Aitova (Kaz) 1.93m, 12 Iva Strakova (Cze) 1.93m, 12 Vita Styopina (Ukr) 1.93m, 14 Svetlana Shkolina (Rus) 1.93m, 15 Romana Dubnova (Cze) 1.89m
Basketball
Women's Gold Medal Match: USA bt Australia 92-65
Bronze Medal Match: Russian Feder bt China 94-81
Canoe/Kayak
Men's Canoe Single (C1) 500m Final: 1 Maxim Opalev (Rus), 2 David Cal (Spa), 3 Iurii Cheban (Ukr), 4 Mathieu Goubel (Fra) 1:49.056, 5 Aliaksandr Zhukovski (Blr) 1:49.092, 6 Li Qiang (Chn) 1:49.287, 7 Florin Georgian Mironcic (Rom) 1:49.861, 8 Pawel Baraszkiewicz (Pol) 1:50.048, 9 Attila Sandor Vajda (Hun) 1:50.156
Canoe Double (C2) 500m Final: 1 China, 2 Russian Feder, 3 Germany, 4 Belarus 1:41.996, 5 Canada 1:42.450, 6 Romania 1:43.195, 7 Bulgaria 1:43.971, 8 Ukraine 1:44.157, 9 Poland 1:44.389
Kayak Single (K1) 500m Final: 1 Ken Wallace (Aus) 1:37.252, 2 Adam van Koeverden (Can) 1:37.630, 3 Tim Brabants (Gbr) 1:37.671, 4 Eirik Veraas Larsen (Nor) 1:37.949, 5 Anton Ryakhov (Rus) 1:38.187, 6 Akos Vereckei (Hun) 1:38.318, 7 Anders Gustafsson (Swe) 1:38.447, 8 Steven Ferguson (Nzl) 1:38.512, 9 Stjepan Janic (Cro) 1:38.729
Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final: 1 Spain 1:28.736, 2 Germany 1:28.827, 3 Belarus 1:30.005, 4 Hungary 1:30.285, 5 Denmark 1:30.569, 6 Canada 1:30.857, 7 France 1:31.312, 8 Poland 1:31.869, 9 Italy 1:31.934
Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m Final: 1 Inna Osypenko-Radomska (Ukr), 2 Josefa Idem (Ita), 3 Katrin Wagner-Augustin (Ger), 4 Katalin Kovacs (Hun) 1:51.139, 5 Zhong Hongyan (Chn) 1:52.220, 6 Spela Ponomarenko (Slo) 1:52.363, 7 Lucy Wainwright (Gbr) 1:53.102, 8 Jennifer Hodson (Rsa) 1:53.353, 9 Yuliana Salakhova (Rus) 1:53.973
Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final: 1 Hungary, 2 Poland, 3 France, 4 Germany 1:42.899, 5 Japan 1:43.291, 6 Australia 1:43.969, 7 Finland 1:44.176, 8 Czech Republic 1:44.870, 9 Austria 1:44.965
Diving
Men's 10m Platform Overall Final: 1 Matthew Mitcham (Aus) 537.95 pts, 2 Zhou Luxin (Chn) 533.15 pts, 3 Gleb Galperin (Rus) 525.80 pts, 4 Huo Liang (Chn) 508.40 pts, 5 Jose Antonio Guerra Oliva (Cub) 507.15 pts, 6 Mathew Helm (Aus) 467.70 pts, 7 Thomas Daley (Gbr) 463.55 pts
Boxing
Heavyweight (91kg) Final Bout:
Match 1: Rakhim Chakhkiev (Rus) bt Clemente Russo (Ita) Pts (4-2)
Middleweight (75kg) Final Bout: Match 1: James Degale (Gbr) bt Emilio Correa Bayeaux (Cub) Pts (16-14)
Light Welterweight (64kg) Final Bout: Match 1: Felix Diaz (Dom) bt Manus Boonjumnong (Tha) Pts (12-4)
Featherweight (57kg) Final Bout: Match 1: Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukr) bt Khedafi Djelkhir (Fra) RSC (Round 1)
Men's Flyweight (51kg) Final Bout: Match 1: Somjit Jongjohor (Tha) bt Andris Laffita Hernandez (Cub) Pts (8-2)
Cycling - Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country: 1 Julien Absalon (Fra) time-1h55:59, 2 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) time-1h57:06, 3 Nino Schurter (Swi) time-1h57:52, 4 Christoph Sauser (Swi) time-1h57:54, 5 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) time-1h59:59, 6 Christoph Soukup (Aut) time-2h00:11, 7 Liam Killeen (Gbr) time-2h00:14, 8 Inaki Lejarreta Errasti (Spa) time-2h00:21, 9 Sven Nys (Bel) time-2h01:00, 10 Jose Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) time-2h01:01,
Taekwondo
Men's Over 80kg Gold Medal Contest: Match 3: Dongmin Cha (Kor) bt Alexandros Nikolaidis (Gre) by Pts (5-4)
Over 80kg Bronze Medal: Match 1: Arman Chilmanov (Kaz) bt Angel Valodia Matos (Cub) Disq (Round 2) Match 2: Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije (Ngr) bt Akmal Irgashev (Uzb) by Pts (4-3)
Women's Over 67kg Gold Medal Contest: Match 3: Maria del Rosario Espinoza (Mex) bt Nina Solheim (Nor) by Pts (3-1)
Over 67kg Bronze Medal: Match 1: Sarah Stevenson (Gbr) bt Noha Abd Rabo (Egy) by Pts (5-1) Match 2: Natalia Falavigna (Bra) bt Karolina Kedzierska (Swe) by Pts (5-2)
FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Blackburn 1 Hull 1 Fulham 1 Arsenal 0 Liverpool 2 Middlesbrough 1 Newcastle 1 Bolton 0 Stoke 3 Aston Villa 2 Tottenham 1 Sunderland 2 West Brom 1 Everton 2 Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 1 Rangers 1 Celtic 3 Falkirk 0 Hearts 2 St Mirren 1 Inverness CT 1 Hibernian 1 Kilmarnock 1 Hamilton 0 Motherwell 1 Dundee Utd 1
Coca-Cola Championship
Birmingham 2 Barnsley 0 Blackpool 1 Sheff Utd 3 Cardiff 2 Norwich 2 Charlton 4 Reading 2Coventry 0 Bristol City 3Crystal Palace 0 Burnley 0 Ipswich 0 Wolverhampton 2 Nottm Forest 3 Watford 2 Plymouth 0 Swansea 1 QPR 2 Doncaster 0 Sheff Wed 1 Preston 1
Coca-Cola Division One
Bristol Rovers 6 Hereford 1 Crewe 2 Walsall 1 Hartlepool 0 Stockport 1 Huddersfield 1 Milton Keynes Dons 3 Leicester 3 Tranmere 1 Leyton Orient 0 Carlisle 0 Northampton 0 Millwall 0 Oldham 4 Cheltenham 0 Scunthorpe 1 Peterborough 0 Swindon 1 Colchester 3 Yeovil 1 Leeds 1
GOLF
USPGA Tour The Barclays Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour The Barclays, Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
205 Kevin Streelman 67 70 68 206 Paul Casey (Eng) 66 71 69, Vijay Singh (Fij) 70 70 66, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 70 67 69, Mike Weir (Can) 72 67 67 208 Kenny Perry 69 67 72, Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 73 66, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 69 67 72, Kevin Sutherland 70 69 69, Jason Day (Aus) 74 68 66 209 Steve Stricker 68 64 77, Dudley Hart 67 69 73, Patrick Sheehan 69 70 70, Jeff Overton 74 67 68, Bubba Watson 68 70 71, Ben Curtis 71 68 70, Hunter Mahan 62 73 74, Dean Wilson 72 70 67, Anthony Kim 70 67 72, Jim Furyk 70 71 68, Briny Baird 69 71 69, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 71 70 68
KLM Open Collated third round scores & totals in the European tour The KLM Open, Kennemer G & CC, Zandvoort, Netherlands(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):
198 Darren Clarke 68 64 66 201 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 65 68 202 John Bickerton 65 71 66 203 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 68 66 69, Marc Warren 72 64 67 204 Anthony Wall 67 68 69, Alexander Noren (Swe) 66 66 72, Soren Hansen (Den) 65 69 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 69 67 68, Simon Dyson 70 64 70, Paul McGinley 69 68 67 205 Rolf Muntz (Ned) 64 72 69, Damien McGrane 67 69 69, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 72 66 67, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 66 70, Oliver Wilson 69 70 66, Ross McGowan 69 64 72
TENNIS
ATP & WTA Pilot Pen
Women's Final:
Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt (1) Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 3-6 6-4 6-1