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On This Day in Sport (30 September 2011): 1961: Benny `Kid' Paret won the world welterweight boxing title, beating Emile Griffith on points in New York. Six months later in a rematch, Paret was stopped in round 12 and died from his injuries. 1997: While Manchester United announced record club profits of £27.6million and a link-up with BSkyB and Granada to create the MUTV channel, their captain Roy Keane was diagnosed as having a snapped cruciate ligament which would keep him out for the rest of the season. 1999: Rugby league sides Sheffield and Huddersfield announced they were to merge to form one Super League club - the Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants. But less than 12 months later, lack of support from Sheffield led to the club announcing their intention to play matches only in Huddersfield and drop Sheffield from their name. 2000: Iain Percy won Britain's ninth Olympic gold medal of Sydney 2000 when he sailed to glory in the men's Finn class - while Ian Walker and Mark Covell won silver in the Star class. 2002: Bulldozers began demolishing the old Wembley stadium - marking the end of an era for one of the most famous stadiums in the world. 2003: Arsenal managed only a goalless draw at Lokomotiv Moscow, extending their winless Champions League streak to seven matches. 2010 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador reveals he tested positive for a banned steroid during this year's race Headlines (30 September) : Redknapp hails Spurs response Harry Redknapp was worried a shock was on the cards as Tottenham came from behind to beat resilient Irish part-timers Shamrock Rovers 3-1. Lennon angry at penalty call Neil Lennon claims Udinese's late penalty at Parkhead which cost Celtic their first Europa League Group I win was a "disgraceful decision". Pulis purring after victory Tony Pulis was delighted to see Stoke come from behind and beat Besiktas 2-1 in the Europa League as he rates the Turks a "massive danger". Johnson demands right attitude Martin Johnson has demanded England treat Saturday's showdown with Scotland as a winner-takes-all battle for Rugby World Cup survival. O'Gara named in Ireland side Ireland have reunited Munster half-backs Ronan O'Gara and Conor Murray for the must-win clash with Italy at Otago Stadium on Sunday. Johnson double impresses Jol Fulham boss Martin Jol set his sights on tying Andrew Johnson down to a new contract after he his a brace in the 2-0 win at Odense on Thursday. Shane Williams rested by Wales Wales coach Warren Gatland has opted against risking Shane Williams for Sunday's World Cup Pool D finale against Fiji at Waikato Stadium. Oosthuizen eyes Dunhill glory Louis Oosthuizen has set his sights on lifting another trophy at St Andrews after claiming a share of the lead at the Dunhill Links. Murray eases through in Bangkok Andy Murray eased into the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open in Bangkok today with a routine straight-sets win over Germany's Michael Berrer. Hatton opens up about depression Ricky Hatton has spoken of how he considered suicide following the end of his boxing career. International Results Roundup Dateline 29 September 2011 FOOTBALL International Brazil 2 Argentina 0 Europa League Group A Rubin Kazan 2 PAOK Salonika 2 Tottenham 3 Shamrock Rovers 1 Group B Standard Liege 3 FC Copenhagen 0 Vorskla 1 Hannover 96 2 Group C Legia Warsaw 3 Hapoel Tel-Aviv 2 Rapid Bucuresti 1 PSV 3 Group D FC Vaslui 2 FC Zurich 2 Sporting 2 Lazio 1 Group E Maccabi Tel-Aviv 1 Dynamo Kiev 1 Stoke 2 Besiktas 1 Group F Athletic Bilbao 2 PSG 0 SV Red Bull Salzburg 3 Slovan Bratislava 0 Group G FC Metalist Kharkiv 1 AZ 1 Malmo FF 1 FK Austria Vienna 2 Group H Braga 1 Club Brugge 2 Maribor 1 Birmingham 2 Group I Celtic 1 Udinese 1 Rennes 1 Atletico Madrid 1 Group J AEK 1 Steaua Bucuresti 1 Schalke 04 3 Maccabi Haifa 1 Group K FC Twente 4 Wisla Krakow 1 Odense BK 0 Fulham 2 Group L AEK Athens 1 SK Sturm Graz 2 Lokomotiv Moscow 0 Anderlecht 2 RUGBY WORLD CUP World Cup Pool B Georgia (12) 25 Romania (6) 9 GOLF Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Collated first round scores in the European Tour Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Old Course St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):St Andrews Old Course 66 Markus Brier (Aut), Michael Hoey 68 Steve Webster, Romain Wattel (Fra), Shane Lowry, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 69 David Drysdale, Daniel Gaunt (Aus), James Kingston (Rsa), Tommy Fleetwood, Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Tano Goya (Arg) Lacoste Ladies Open de France Collated first-round scores in the Ladies European Tour Lacoste Ladies Open de France Feeminin, Paris International Golf Club, 18 Route du Golf, Baillet-en-France, France (Par: 72): 64 Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 65 Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra), Kaisa Ruuttila (Fin) 66 Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 67 Tania Elosegui (Spa), Stacey Keating (Aus), Sophie Walker (Eng) 68 Trish Johnson (Eng), Felicity Johnson (Eng), Stefanie Michl (Aut), Minea Blomqvist (Fin), Kyra Van Leeuwen (Ned) TENNIS ATP Malaysian Open 2nd rd: (2) Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 6-1 6-4 (5) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Lukasz Kubot (Pol) 6-3 7-6 (7-2) (8) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt Philipp Petzschner (Ger) 6-3 4-6 7-5 (1) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Albert Ramos (Spa) 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-4) (3) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt Flavio Cipolla (Ita) 6-2 6-4 WTA Tour Toray Pan Pacific Open Quarter-final: (4) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-3 6-3 (3) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt (7) Marion Bartoli (Fra) 7-5 6-0 (5) Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt (2) Maria Sharapova (Rus) 4-3 ret (9) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-2 7-6 (9-7)