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On This Day in Sport (03 October 2011):

1811: The first inter-county women's cricket match took place - between Hampshire and Surrey. The encounter was held at Newington.
1996: UEFA announced an extra place for clubs in England - and seven other countries - as the top European competitions expanded.
1999: Gustavo Poyet scored after just 27 seconds as Chelsea destroyed Manchester United 5-0 at Stamford Bridge. But the Red Devils had the last laugh as Sir Alex Ferguson's men went on to win the Premiership title by 18 points, with Chelsea in fifth.
2002: Rangers and Chelsea were knocked out of the first round of the UEFA Cup. The Ibrox side were beaten on away goals by Viktoria Zizkov while the Londoners were eliminated by Viking Stavanger.
2006: Former England striker Chris Sutton signed for Aston Villa until the end of the season. However, an eye injury he sustained in December forced him to retire the following summer.
2010 Play will start at 1.30pm after heavy morning rain and all 12 singles matches will take place on Monday for the first time ever

Headlines (03 October) :

Broken leg woe for Gunner Sagna
Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna is likely to be out of action for around three months after breaking his leg at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
Armitage banned for one match
Delon Armitage has been banned from England's Rugby World Cup quarter-final against France.
O'Neill favourite for Forest job
Martin O'Neill is the early 6/1 favourite to be named next Nottingham Forest manager after Steve McClaren resigned on Sunday evening.
Allen blasts 'two-bob' Wenger
Tottenham coach Clive Allen has branded Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger "two bob" in the wake of their north London derby clash.
Harry slams 'disgusting' chants
Harry Redknapp has branded the Arsenal fans who sang offensive chants at Emmanuel Adebayor in Sunday's north London derby win "disgusting".
Rio & Gerrard left out by Cap
Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard have both been left out of Fabio Capello's England squad for Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier with Montenegro.
Warnock quiet on Taarabt strop
Neil Warnock refused to comment on reports that Adel Taarabt stormed off after being replaced at half-time of QPR's 6-0 defeat at Fulham.
Best a serious doubt for Irish
Rory Best's participation in Ireland's World Cup quarter-final against Wales on Saturday is in serious doubt.
Birdie run seals title for Na
Three birdies near the end of his final round earned Kevin Na his first PGA title, the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
Third gold medal for Hoy
Sir Chris Hoy won his third title of the National Track Championships in Manchester on Sunday with a victory in the team sprint.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 02 October 2011

FOOTBALL
Barclays Premier League
Bolton 1 Chelsea 5 Fulham 6 QPR 0 Swansea 2 Stoke 0 Tottenham 2 Arsenal 1
Scottish Premier
Hearts 2 Celtic 0
npower Championship
Nottm Forest 1 Birmingham 3
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup Pool A
New Zealand (37) 79 Canada (8) 15
World Cup Pool B
Argentina (5) 25 Georgia (7) 7
World Cup Pool C
Ireland (9) 36 Italy (6) 6
World Cup Pool D
Wales (31) 66 Fiji (0) 0
GOLF
Alfred Dunhill Links
Collated final round scores & totals in the European Tour Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Old Course St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
266 Michael Hoey 66 66 66 68 268 Rory McIlroy 70 67 66 65 270 George Murray 70 66 67 67, Graeme McDowell 67 67 67 69 271 Marc Warren 67 67 70 67, Tommy Fleetwood 69 63 71 68, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 66 67 69 69 272 Padraig Harrington 68 71 64 69 273 Peter Hanson (Swe) 68 69 69 67, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 69 69 66 69, Joost Luiten (Ned) 72 68 65 68, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 70 67 69 67, Jamie Donaldson 71 65 70 67, Luke Donald 69 71 63 70, Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 67 67 69 70, Simon Dyson 69 71 63 70
Justin Timberlake Open
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, The TPC at Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States(USA unless stated, par 71):
261 Kevin Na 67 63 66 65 263 Nick Watney 65 67 64 67 266 Paul Goydos 66 66 66 68, Tommy Gainey 67 67 64 68 267 Spencer Levin 68 67 64 68, Tim Herron 65 66 67 69, David Hearn (Can) 69 67 66 65, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 63 67 69 68, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 66 67 66 68
Lacoste Ladies Open de France
Collated final round scores & totals 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)
274 Felicity Johnson (Eng) 68 70 69 67 (Felicity Won With A Par On The First Play-Off Hole), Diana Luna (Ita) 69 68 67 70 275 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 68 69 71 67 276 Lucie Andre (Fra) 69 73 67 67, Kaisa Ruuttila (Fin) 65 72 68 71 277 Stacey Keating (Aus) 67 72 71 67, Pernilla Lindberg (Swe) 71 71 68 67, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 70 71 68 68, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 70 68 69 70
SAS Championship
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Champions Tour SAS Championship, Prestonwood CC, Cary, North Carolina, United States(USA unless stated, par 72):
205 Kenny Perry 66 69 70 206 Jeff Sluman 67 69 70, John Huston 69 66 71 208 Russ Cochran 66 71 71 209 Fred Couples 68 71 70 210 Chien-Soon Lu (Tpe) 72 68 70, Nick Price 66 69 75, J.L. Lewis 67 73 70, Jay Don Blake 68 72 70
TENNIS
ATP PTT Thailand Open
Final:
(1) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-2 6-0
ATP Malaysian Open
Final:
(3) Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-4 7-5