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On This Day in Sport (28 August 2008): 1981: Sebastian Coe broke the mile world record for the third time in Brussels. The record of three minutes and 47.33seconds stood for four years until broken by Steve Cram. 1989: Manchester United broke the transfer record between two British clubs by paying Middlesbrough £2.3million for defender Gary Pallister. 1999: Ruud Gullit resigned as Newcastle manager, a year to the day after he took over at St James' Park. 2004: Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Mark Lewis-Francis won gold for Great Britain in Olympic men's 4x100m final in Athens. 2006: Roy Keane signed his contract to officially start work as Sunderland manager. The former Manchester United midfielder took the Black Cats from bottom of the Coca-Cola Championship to title winners during the course of the season. Headlines (28 August) : Chelsea confident of Robinho capture Chelsea believe their pursuit of Real Madrid forward Robinho will go "to the wire". Benitez praises 'amazing' Dutch ace Rafael Benitez hailed his European lucky charm Dirk Kuyt as Liverpool scrambled their way into the Champions League group stages on Wednesday night. Hodgson chases Etuhu deal Fulham manager Roy Hodgson will try to strengthen his squad with the signing of Sunderland's Nigerian midfielder Dickson Etuhu despite a proposed swap deal with Northern Ireland striker David Healy breaking down. Wenger thrilled with Gunners Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal passed a "big mental test" with a comprehensive 4-0 (6-0 aggregate) demolition of Steve McClaren's FC Twente to secure a place in the draw for the Champions League group stage. Groin op rules out Gerrard Steven Gerrard will miss both of England's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers after having an operation on Thursday on his troublesome groin. A-Rod powers through US opener World number eight Andy Roddick produced a serving masterclass to begin his quest for a second US Open title with a comfortable 6-2 6-2 6-2 straight-sets victory over Fabrice Santoro on Wednesday. Keothavong stuns Italian seed British number one Anne Keothavong caused a major shock at the US Open as she knocked out number 25 seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy to reach the third round. Westwood commits to Wolves Warrington's England international Ben Westwood has signed a two-year extension to his contract, which will keep him at the Halliwell Jones Stadium until the end of the 2011 season. 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. Jankovic and Kuznetsova survive scares Jelena Jankovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova both endured some tense moments before progressing to the third round of the US Open last night but former champion Lindsay Davenport progressed without being troubled. International Results Roundup Dateline 27 August 2008 FOOTBALL European Champion Clubs Cup Third Qualifying Round 2nd Leg Arsenal 4 FC Twente 0 Arsenal won 6-0 on aggregate Atletico Madrid 4 Schalke 04 0 Atletico Madrid won 4-1 on aggregate BATE 1 Levski Sofia 1 BATE won 2-1 on aggregate Basle 2 Guimaraes 1 Basle won 2-1 on aggregate Dinamo Zagreb 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 Shakhtar Donetsk won 5-1 on aggregate Dynamo Kiev 4 Spartak Moscow 1 Dynamo Kiev won 8-2 on aggregate FBK Kaunas 0 AaB 2 AaB won 4-0 on aggregate Fenerbahce 2 Partizan Belgrade 1 Fenerbahce won 4-3 on aggregate Liverpool 1 Standard Liege 0 Liverpool won 1-0 on aggregate Marseille 2 SK Brann 1 Marseille won 3-1 on aggregate Olympiacos 1 Anorthosis Famagusta 0 Anorthosis Famagusta won 3-1 on aggregate Slavia Prague 0 Fiorentina 0 Fiorentina won 2-0 on aggregate Steaua Bucuresti 1 Galatasaray 0 Steaua Bucuresti won 3-2 on aggregate Carling Cup Second Round Blackburn 4 Grimsby 1 Fulham 3 Leicester 2 Huddersfield 1 Sheff Utd 2 Nottm Forest 1 Sunderland 2 West Ham 4 Macclesfield 1 TENNIS US OPEN Men's Singles 1st rd: Sam Warburg (USA) bt Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) 6-2 1-0 ret Agustin Calleri (Arg) bt Austin Krajicek (USA) 6-2 6-2 6-1 (18) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Frank Dancevic (Can) 6-3 6-4 7-5 (5) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 6-3 6-3 6-3 (19) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Santiago Ventura (Spa) 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-2 6-3 (26) Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Eduardo Schwank (Arg) 7-5 4-6 7-5 7-6 Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Amer Delic (USA) 6-1 6-2 7-6 (7-5) Carlos Moya (Spa) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureschi (Pak) 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt Albert Montanes (Spa) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 2-6 6-3 (28) Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 7-5 6-3 6-1 (3) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-3 6-3 6-4 (26) Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Eduardo Schwank (Arg) 7-5 4-6 7-5 7-6 (7-5) Robert Kendrick (USA) bt Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 5-7 7-5 Chris Guccione (Aus) bt Jesse Levine (USA) 6-3 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (8-6) (30) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 (7-9) 6-2 Ernest Gulbis (Lat) bt Thomas Johansson (Swe) 7-5 6-1 7-6 (7-3) Women's Singles 2nd rd: Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 6-1 6-2 (15) Patty Schnyder (Swi) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-3 6-3 (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (Rom) 7-6 (7-3) 6-1 Na Li (Chn) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 4-6 6-2 6-0 Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (Rus) 3-6 7-5 6-3 Anne Keothavong (Gbr) bt (25) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-2 3-6 6-4 (28) Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) 6-1 6-3 Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) bt (8) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6-3 6-3 (5) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-2 6-1 (2) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 Jie Zheng (Chn) bt (26) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) 6-1 6-4 (29) Sybille Bammer (Aut) bt Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-1 7-5 (12) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) 6-4 6-2 (21) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) 6-1 6-2 (14) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-2 6-3 (23) Lindsay Davenport (USA) bt Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) 7-5 6-3 Men's Doubles 1st rd: (12) Pablo Cuevas (Uru) & Luis Horna (Per) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) & Sebastian Prieto (Arg) 6-4 6-2 Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) & David Skoch (Cze) bt Nicolas Devilder (Fra) & Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 3-6 7-5 6-1 Yves Allegro (Sui) & Horia Tecau (Rom) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (Rus) & Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 7-6 (10-8) 6-3 Jurgen Melzer (Aut) & Rainer Schuettler (Ger) bt Travis Parrott (USA) & Filip Polasek (Svk) 7-5 7-6 (7-3) (11) Martin Damm (Cze) & Pavel Vizner (Cze) bt Jeremy Chardy (Fra) & Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-4 Rik De Voest (Rsa) & Ashley Fisher (Aus) bt Chris Haggard (Rsa) & Stephen Huss (Aus) 6-1 6-4 (5) Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) & Kevin Ullyett (Zim) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) & Ivan Navarro Pastor (Spa) 6-4 6-3 Igor Andreev (Rus) & Mischa Zverev (Ger) bt (8) Mariusz Fyrstenberg (Pol) & Marcin Matkowski (Pol) 6-3 6-2 Rajeev Ram (USA) & Bobby Reynolds (USA) bt Scott Lipsky (USA) & David Martin (USA) 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 Christopher Kas (Ger) & Philipp Petzschner (Ger) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) & Andreas Seppi (Ita) 4-6 6-3 6-2 Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) & Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Steve Darcis (Bel) & Olivier Rochus (Bel) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Juan Monaco (Arg) bt (13) Jeff Coetzee (Rsa) & Rogier Wassen (Ned) 6-1 6-4 Agustin Calleri (Arg) & Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt John Isner (USA) & Sam Querrey (USA) 6-4 7-5 Women's Doubles 1st rd: Julie Ditty (USA) & Carly Gullickson (USA) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) & Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) 7-5 6-1 Liga Dekmeijere (Lat) & Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Angela Haynes (USA) & Ahsha Rolle (USA) 7-5 6-2 (1) Cara Black (Zim) & Liezel Huber (USA) bt Petra Cetkovska (Cze) & Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 6-0 6-4 Marina Erakovic (Nzl) & Jelena Kostanic Tosic (Cro) bt (2) Kveta Peschke (Cze) & Rennae Stubbs (Aus) 6-4 3-6 7-5 Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) & Abigail Spears (USA) bt (3) Yung-Jan Chan (Tpe) & Chia-Jung Chuang (Tpe) 7-5 6-1 Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (Rom) & Monica Niculescu (Rom) bt Asia Muhammed (USA) & Melanie Oudin (USA) 6-1 6-4 Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) & Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) bt Catalina Castano (Col) & Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 (7) Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) & Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) & Darya Kustova (Blr) 7-5 6-1 Tathiana Garbin (Ita) & Tamira Paszek (Aut) bt (15) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) & Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 4-6 6-3 6-4 (14) Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spa) & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt Gail Brodsky (USA) & Mallory Cecil (USA) 6-1 6-0 Vera Dushevina (Rus) & Ekaterina Dzehalevich (Blr) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) & Jasmin Woehr (Ger) 6-1 6-2 Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) & Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) & Alize Cornet (Fra) 1-6 7-5 6-3 Klaudia Jans (Pol) & Alicja Rosolska (Pol) bt (9) Nathalie Dechy (Fra) & Casey Dellacqua (Aus) 1-6 6-2 6-3 (13) Elena Vesnina (Rus) & Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Jill Craybas (USA) & Olga Govortsova (Blr) 7-5 6-2 Stephanie Foretz (Fra) & Camille Pin (Fra) bt (16) Eva Hrdinova (Cze) & Vladimira Uhlirova (Cze) 4-6 6-2 6-4 Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) & Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) bt Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) & Klara Zakopalova (Cze) 6-3 7-6 (7-3) Mixed Doubles 1st rd: Lisa Raymond (USA) & Marcelo Melo (Bra) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) & Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) 6-3 6-2 Liezel Huber (USA) & Jamie Murray (Gbr) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) & Andre Sa (Bra) 6-3 6-2 (5) Cara Black (Zim) & Leander Paes (Ind) bt Melanie Oudin (USA) & Donald Young (USA) 6-3 6-2 Vladimira Uhlirova (Cze) & Martin Damm (Cze) bt Riza Zalameda (USA) & Kaes Van't Hof (USA) 6-4 3-6 10-8 BASEBALL Major League: Atlanta Braves 1 Florida Marlins 4 Baltimore Orioles 11 Chicago White Sox 3 Detroit Tigers 7 Cleveland Indians 9 Houston Astros 4 Cincinnati Reds 1 Kansas City Royals 2 Texas Rangers 3 LA Angels 5 Oakland Athletics 6 New York Yankees 3 Boston Red Sox 11 Philadelphia Phillies 3 New York Mets 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Chicago Cubs 2 San Diego Padres 5 Arizona Diamondbacks 4 San Francisco Giants 4 Colorado Rockies 1 Seattle Mariners 5 Minnesota Twins 6 St Louis Cardinals 5 Milwaukee Brewers 3 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1 Toronto Blue Jays 0 Washington Nationals 5 Los Angeles Dodgers 4