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On This Day in Sport (27 August 2008): 1908: Sir Donald Bradman was born. The Australian master batsman scored 28,067 runs in first-class cricket between 1927 and 1949. In 52 Test matches, he scored 6,996 runs at an average of 99.94 per innings. He died in February 2001. 1990: Graham Gooch scored 88 in England's second innings in the third and final Test against India at The Oval, taking his total in the six Tests that summer to 1,058 runs. Sir Donald Bradman's previous record of 974 for a series had stood since 1930. 2000: Celtic romped to an emphatic 6-2 win over Old Firm rivals Rangers. 2002: England lost six wickets for 44 runs as they slumped to defeat against India on the final day of the third Test at Headingley. 2004: Five days after breaking down in tears during the Olympic marathon, Paula Radcliffe pulled up eight-and-a-half laps from the end of the 10,000 metres final in Athens. 2006: Ferrari's Felipe Massa won the Turkish Grand Prix ahead of Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher. Headlines (27 August) : Kaka commits to Milan AC Milan star Kaka claims he has no intention of joining Chelsea and has pledged his future to the Italian giants. Benitez puts focus on Champions League Rafael Benitez will put aside transfer activity for one night at least to try to make sure Liverpool reach the Champions League group stages. Roman's road leads to Lane Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has claimed: "I am joining Spurs." Robinho set for Blues Robinho is on the brink of a big-money move to Chelsea, according to his representative. Matt adds gloss for Pietersen Matt Prior will link up with England in London on Thursday having made the first strides towards convincing his new captain that he is the man to solve their long-term wicketkeeping problem. Manu excited by first final Hull forward Willie Manu is looking forward to the biggest game of his career when he lines up against St Helens in this Saturday's Carnegie Challenge Cup final at Wembley. Knee injury forces Mushtaq retirement Legendary spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has played his last game for Sussex after confirming his retirement due to a knee injury. Williams sisters and Ivanovic progress Both Serena and Venus Williams had a much easier time than Ana Ivanovic at the US Open on Tuesday as the top seed narrowly avoided first-round elimination. Portsmouth call off Primus loan Portsmouth have called off veteran defender Linvoy Primus' move to Charlton after refusing to let him go for more than six months. Federer advances at US Open Four-time defending champion Roger Federer began his bid for a first Grand Slam win of the season with a comfortable first round victory over Argentina's Maximo Gonzalez at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center on Tuesday. International Results Roundup Dateline 26 August 2008 FOOTBALL European Champion Clubs Cup Third Qualifying Round 2nd Leg Artmedia Petrzalka 1 Juventus 1 Juventus won 5-1 on aggregate Panathinaikos 1 Sparta Prague 0 Panathinaikos won 3-1 on aggregate Wisla Krakow 1 Barcelona 0 Barcelona won 4-1 on aggregate Carling Cup Second Round Bolton 1 Northampton 2 Burnley 3 Oldham 0 Cardiff 2 Milton Keynes Dons 1 Cheltenham 2 Stoke 3 Coventry 2 Newcastle 3 Crewe 2 Bristol City 1 Hartlepool 3 West Brom 1 Ipswich 2 Colchester 1 Leeds 4 Crystal Palace 0 Middlesbrough 5 Yeovil 1 Preston 0 Derby 1 QPR 4 Carlisle 0 Reading 5 Luton 1 Rotherham 0 Wolverhampton 0 Southampton 2 Birmingham 0 Swansea 2 Hull 1 Watford 2 Darlington 1 Wigan 4 Notts County 0 UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round 2nd Leg FC Nordsjaelland 2 Queen of South 1 FC Nordsjaelland won 4-2 on aggregate Lokomotiv Sofia 1 Borac Cacak 1 Borac Cacak won 2-1 on aggregate CRICKET England v South Africa The Brit Oval Fourth npower Test Match England beat South Africa by 6 wkts. TENNIS US OPEN Men's Singles 1st rd: Sam Querrey (USA) bt (22) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 6-3 6-1 6-2 Nicolas Devilder (Fra) bt Pablo Andujar (Spa) 6-4 6-2 6-2 Florent Serra (Fra) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 7-6 (10-8) 6-0 2-0 ret (14) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Jan Minar (Cze) 7-5 6-1 6-4 Mardy Fish (USA) bt Robert Smeets (Aus) 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-4 (24) Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) bt Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 6-2 Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) bt Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 Flavio Cipolla (Ita) bt Jan Hernych (Cze) 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 2-6 7-6 (7-0) 7-6 (7-4) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 (31) Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Hyung Taik Lee (Kor) 6-3 7-5 3-6 3-6 6-3 Ivo Minar (Cze) bt (20) Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 4-6 6-1 6-4 4-1 ret Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Scoville Jenkins (USA) 6-3 6-3 7-5 Bobby Reynolds (USA) bt Tomas Zib (Cze) 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-4) (11) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt Ivan Navarro Pastor (Spa) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-5) (15) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Mischa Zverev (Ger) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 6-1 Marat Safin (Rus) bt Vincent Spadea (USA) 3-6 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-4 Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Laurent Recouderc (Fra) 6-4 6-0 4-6 6-4 Tommy Haas (Ger) bt (12) Richard Gasquet (Fra) 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 5-7 7-5 6-2 (13) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 6-3 6-4 6-1 Rui Machado (Por) bt Rik De Voest (Rsa) 6-4 7-6 (9-7) 6-1 Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Frederico Gil (Por) 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-3 (23) Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Marc Gicquel (Fra) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 6-4 Thiago Alves (Bra) bt Paul Capdeville (Chi) 4-6 1-6 6-1 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 (2) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) 6-3 6-0 6-3 Women's Singles 1st rd: (1) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 6-1 4-6 6-4 Julie Coin (Fra) bt Casey Dellacqua (Aus) 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-4) Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-0 6-3 (32) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Nathalie Dechy (Fra) 4-6 6-3 6-2 (19) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Olivia Sanchez (Fra) 6-2 6-4 Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) bt Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) 6-2 6-4 Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-1 6-0 (16) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Stefanie Vogele (Swi) 2-6 6-2 6-2 Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) bt (11) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 6-4 6-2 Jessica Moore (Aus) bt Melanie Oudin (USA) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5) Bethanie Mattek (USA) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol) 6-7 (7-9) 7-5 6-4 (17) Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Camille Pin (Fra) 7-5 6-0 Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt (31) Virginie Razzano (Fra) 6-4 6-1 Yung-Jan Chan (Tpe) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) 4-6 7-5 6-3 Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Stephanie Cohen Aloro (Fra) 6-1 6-4 (6) Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Kristie Haerim Ahn (USA) 6-3 6-4 (4) Serena Williams (USA) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-1 6-4 Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Julia Vakulenko (Ukr) 4-6 6-1 6-2 Olga Govortsova (Blr) bt Sandra Zahlavova (Cze) 6-3 6-1 (30) Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Andreja Klepac (Slo) 4-6 6-3 4-2 ret (20) Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) bt Petra Cetkovska (Cze) 6-1 6-2 Severine Bremond (Fra) bt Julia Goerges (Ger) 7-6 (7-0) 6-4 Tathiana Garbin (Ita) bt Maret Ani (Est) 6-0 7-6 (7-5) (13) Agnes Szavay (Hun) bt Gail Brodsky (USA) 7-5 6-3 (9) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) 6-4 6-2 Mariana Duque Marino (Col) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) 0-6 6-3 6-2 Raluca Olaru (Rom) bt Edina Gallovits (Rom) 6-0 6-2 (18) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) (27) Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Jamea Jackson (USA) 2-6 6-3 6-2 Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) 6-3 6-4 Rossana De los Rios (Par) bt Hana Sromova (Cze) 6-3 2-6 6-3 (7) Venus Williams (USA) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus) 6-2 6-3 Men's Doubles 1st rd: Ross Hutchins (Gbr) & Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Sanchai Ratiwatana (Tha) & Sonchat Ratiwatana (Tha) 6-3 1-6 6-4 Eduardo Schwank (Arg) & Potito Starace (Ita) bt Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) & Viktor Troicki (Ser) 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 (7) Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) & Leander Paes (Ind) bt Oscar Hernandez (Spa) & Albert Montanes (Spa) 6-7 (2-7) 6-1 6-4 Amer Delic (USA) & Alex Kuznetsov (USA) bt Robby Ginepri (USA) & Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 Bruno Soares (Bra) & Dusan Vemic (Ser) bt (9) Paul Hanley (Aus) & Jordan Kerr (Aus) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5) Lucas Arnold (Arg) & Guillermo Canas (Arg) bt James Cerretani (USA) & Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-3 6-2 (15) Marcelo Melo (Bra) & Andre Sa (Bra) bt Marcel Granollers-Pujol (Spa) & Santiago Ventura (Spa) 6-1 6-2 Michael Mcclune (USA) & Kaes Van't Hof (USA) bt Eric Butorac (USA) & Jaroslav Levinsky (Cze) 5-7 6-3 6-4 BASKETBALL Great Britain's women claimed their first victory in EuroBasket qualification today, with a last-gasp 61-59 success against Germany.