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On This Day in Sport (30 August 2008):

1937: World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis was taken the distance in the first of the 25 defences he would make of his title. His opponent was Welshman Tommy Farr, who survived all 15 rounds at Madison Square Garden.
1987: Lloyd Honeyghan knocked out American Gene Hatcher in Marbella, Spain, to retain his world welterweight title. Honeyghan won in just 45 seconds, then the quickest world title stoppage in history.
1991: Bob Beamon's 23-year-old world long jump record was broken during the World Championships in Tokyo. Carl Lewis surpassed Beamon's leap of 8.90metres with 8.91m, but that was not valid for the record books due to wind assistance. Then his American team-mate Mike Powell jumped a massive - and legal - 8.95m to clinch the gold medal.
1998: Damon Hill scored the Jordan team's maiden grand prix win at a rain-soaked Spa-Francorchamps, with team-mate Ralf Schumacher in second.
2001: Manchester United completed the signing of French World Cup winner Laurent Blanc.
2002: Sunderland signed Ipswich striker Marcus Stewart and Rangers forward Tore Andre Flo on three-year deals for a combined total of £10million.
2004: Manager Sir Bobby Robson was ``relieved of his duties'' by Newcastle.
2005: Michael Owen passed a medical at Newcastle ahead of signing a four-year contract with the club.
2006: Manchester City full-back Ben Thatcher was banned for six games and fined six weeks' wages for elbowing Portsmouth's Pedro Mendes a week previously.

Headlines (30 August) :

Hull bid for Campbell
Hull chairman Paul Duffen has confirmed his club have tabled a bid of £7million for Manchester United striker Fraizer Campbell.
Flintoff takes top spot
Andrew Flintoff's role in England's NatWest Series victory over South Africa has taken him to the top of the ICC one-day international rankings for all-rounders.
Pietersen relishes tourists' pain
Kevin Pietersen believes the pressure his England side are exerting on South Africa has left the tourists smarting.
Smolarek moves to Bolton
Racing Santander have agreed to loan Poland international forward Ebi Smolarek to Bolton for this season.
Federer overcomes Alves challenge
Roger Federer was able to overcome a sloppy performance on Friday against unheralded Brazilian Thiago Alves to reach the third round of the US Open.
Jankovic reaches fourth round
The second-seeded Jelena Jankovic advanced to the fourth round of the US Open thanks to a 7-5 7-5 victory over China's Zheng Jie on Friday.
McShane joins Tigers
Hull have signed defender Paul McShane on a season-long loan from Sunderland, the club have announced on their website.
New Spurs deal for Zokora
Didier Zokora has signed a new contract with Tottenham which commits him to the club until 2012.
Holders Spurs draw Newcastle
Holders Tottenham will visit Newcastle as they start their defence of the Carling Cup.
Madrid drop Robinho
Robinho has been left out of the Real Madrid squad for Sunday's Primera Liga opener against Deportivo La Coruna.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 29 August 2008

CRICKET
Australia v Bangladesh One Day International at Darwin
Australia 254 - 8 overs completed 50 ovs Bangladesh 74 all out 27.4 ovs Australia beat Bangladesh by 180 runs
Lancashire v Surrey LV County Championship - Division One at Blackpool Match abandoned, rain, 4pts each
Sussex v Nottinghamshire Division One at Hove Sussex 339 all out 117.1 ovs 238 - 3 84.4 ovs Nottinghamshire 558 - 7 dec 160 ovs Sussex are leading by 19 runs.
Yorkshire v Kent Division One at Scarborough Yorkshire 457 all out 143 ovs 23 - 3 1 ovs Kent 227 all out 63.1 ovs 433 all out 122.2 ovs Yorkshire need 181 more runs to win.
Northamptonshire v Glamorgan Division Two at Northampton Northamptonshire 488 - 7 dec 152 ovs Glamorgan 287 all out 84.3 ovs 208 - 6 86.1 ovs Glamorgan are leading by 7 runs.
Warwickshire v Derbyshire Division Two at Edgbaston Warwickshire 476 - 9 dec 145.1 ovs 241 - 3 74 ovs Derbyshire 474 all out 121.1 ovs Warwickshire are leading by 243 runs.
Worcestershire v Gloucestershire NatWest Pro40 - Division One at New Road Worcestershire 316 - 5 overs completed 40 ovs
England Women v India Women The NatWest Women's Series at Bath
England Women 125 - 2 36 ovs India Women 124 all out 43.4 ovs England Women beat India Women by 8 wkts
GOLF
Johnnie Walker Championship Collated second round scores & totals in the European Tour Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, Gleneagles GC, Perthshire, Scotland(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 73):
139 Gregory Havret (Fra) 68 71 140 Robert Rock 70 70 141 Peter Whiteford 73 68, Bradley Dredge 71 70 142 Gary Orr 70 72, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 73 69, David Howell 75 67, Soren Hansen (Den) 71 71 143 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 73 70, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 75 68, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 76 67, Graeme Storm 74 69 144 Chris Wood 75 69, Paul Waring 73 71, Colin Montgomerie 74 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 74 70, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 76 68, David Lynn 73 71, Paul Broadhurst 70 74, Anthony Wall 71 73, Justin Rose 73 71, Lee Westwood 72 72
ECCO Tour Championship Collated second round scores & totals in the European Challenge Tour ECCO Tour Championship, Kokkedal GK, Copenhagen, Denmark(Par 72)
136 F Henge (Swe) 66 70, A Ahokas (Fin) 67 69, J Mellor (Eng) 68 68 137 A Hansen (Den) 70 67, R McEvoy (Eng) 69 68, E Johansen (Nor) 68 69 138 S Jeppesen (Swe) 70 68, K Eriksson (Swe) 71 67, L Bond (Wal) 70 68, R Kakko (Fin) 67 71 139 G Adell (Swe) 69 70, W Besseling (Ned) 72 67, M Korhonen (Fin) 70 69, J Quesne (Fra) 72 67 140 E Goya (Arg) 70 70, J Hommel (Den) 75 65, T Remkes (Ned) 72 68, A Marshall (Eng) 72 68, T Karjalainen (Fin) 71 69, D Wardrop (Eng) 72 68, M Tullo (Chi) 72 68, J Makitalo (Fin) 68 72, M Morris (Eng) 70 70
TENNIS
US OPEN Men's Singles 2nd rd:
(8) Andy Roddick (USA) bt Ernest Gulbis (Lat) 3-6 7-5 6-2 7-5 (31) Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2 Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Ivo Minar (Cze) 6-7 (2-7) 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 (11) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt Bobby Reynolds (USA) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 6-4 (15) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Marat Safin (Rus) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 6-0 (19) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Carlos Moya (Spa) 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 (30) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Robby Ginepri (USA) 6-4 2-6 6-2 7-5 (3) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Robert Kendrick (USA) 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 6-4 (5) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Agustin Calleri (Arg) 6-4 6-4 7-6 (7-2) (26) Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 6-4 6-2 (18) Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Sam Warburg (USA) 6-3 6-4 6-4 Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 2-6 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 6-3 (13) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Rui Machado (Por) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 6-0 (23) Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 6-3 (28) Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Chris Guccione (Aus) 6-4 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 (2) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Thiago Alves (Bra) 6-3 7-5 6-4 Women's Singles 3rd rd:(5) Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Anne Keothavong (Gbr) 6-3 6-4 Na Li (Chn) bt Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 6-1 4-6 6-2 (15) Patty Schnyder (Swi) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 (28) Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) bt (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 6-3 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 (29) Sybille Bammer (Aut) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukr) 6-3 6-0 (12) Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt (23) Lindsay Davenport (USA) 6-1 7-6 (7-3) (21) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt (14) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 6-4 6-4 (2) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Jie Zheng (Chn) 7-5 7-5
Men's Doubles 2nd rd:
(1) Daniel Nestor (Can) & Nenad Zimonjic (Ser) bt Ross Hutchins (Gbr) & Andy Murray (Gbr) 7-5 3-6 7-6 (7-2) Rik De Voest (Rsa) & Ashley Fisher (Aus) bt (12) Pablo Cuevas (Uru) & Luis Horna (Per) 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 (7) Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) & Leander Paes (Ind) bt Eduardo Schwank (Arg) & Potito Starace (Ita) 6-4 1-6 6-3 (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind) & Mark Knowles (Bah) bt Yves Allegro (Sui) & Horia Tecau (Rom) 6-3 6-3 Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Amer Delic (USA) & Alex Kuznetsov (USA) 1-6 6-4 6-3 (15) Marcelo Melo (Bra) & Andre Sa (Bra) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut) & Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-3 7-6 (7-0) Christopher Kas (Ger) & Philipp Petzschner (Ger) bt (5) Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) & Kevin Ullyett (Zim) 6-7 (2-7) 6-1 7-6 (7-3) (11) Martin Damm (Cze) & Pavel Vizner (Cze) bt Michael Mcclune (USA) & Kaes Van't Hof (USA) 6-0 6-0
Women's Doubles 2nd rd:
(1) Cara Black (Zim) & Liezel Huber (USA) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) & Renata Voracova (Cze) 6-4 6-1 Julie Ditty (USA) & Carly Gullickson (USA) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) & Tamira Paszek (Aut) 7-5 6-4 (11) Janette Husarova (Svk) & Shuai Peng (Chn) bt Liga Dekmeijere (Lat) & Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) 7-5 6-1 Stephanie Foretz (Fra) & Camille Pin (Fra) bt Tracy Lin (USA) & Riza Zalameda (USA) 6-3 6-3 Klaudia Jans (Pol) & Alicja Rosolska (Pol) bt Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (Rom) & Monica Niculescu (Rom) 7-6 (8-6) 2-6 6-2 Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) & Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt (12) Iveta Benesova (Cze) & Galina Voskoboeva (Rus) 7-5 4-6 7-6 (7-5) Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) & Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) bt (14) Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spa) & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) 3-6 6-3 6-2 Marina Erakovic (Nzl) & Jelena Kostanic Tosic (Cro) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) & Gisela Dulko (Arg) 6-4 6-3
Mixed Doubles 1st rd:
Sloane Stephens (USA) & Robert Kendrick (USA) bt (1) Chia-Jung Chuang (Tpe) & Daniel Nestor (Can) 6-1 6-4 Nadia Petrova (Rus) & Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) & Max Mirnyi (Blr) 6-3 6-1 Rennae Stubbs (Aus) & Robert Lindstedt (Swe) bt (8) Nathalie Dechy (Fra) & Andy Ram (Isr) 6-4 6-4 Elena Vesnina (Rus) & Mariusz Fyrstenberg (Pol) bt (7) Zi Yan (Chn) & Mark Knowles (Bah) 7-6 (9-7) 2-3 ret Flavia Pennetta (Ita) & Dusan Vemic (Ser) bt Janette Husarova (Svk) & Jeff Coetzee (Rsa) 6-1 6-1 Jill Craybas(USA) & Eric Butorac (USA) bt (3) Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) & Kevin Ullyett (Zim) 6-4 6-4 (2) Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) & Nenad Zimonjic (Ser) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) & James Cerretani (USA) 6-3 6-2