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On This Day in Sport (18 September 2010):

1993: Liverpool team-mates Bruce Grobbelaar and Steve McManaman were involved in a bust-up during the Merseyside derby defeat at Everton.
1997: Chelsea beat Slovan Bratislava 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in the first round first leg of their successful European Cup Winners' Cup campaign.
1998: Bruce Grobbelaar and Hans Segers were charged by the Football Association with breaching betting regulations. They were later cleared.
2001: UEFA ruled Rangers' UEFA Cup tie against Anzhi Makhachkala would be played as a single match at a neutral venue after military activity in Dagestan and Chechnya.
2003: Sussex won the County Championship for the first time in their history after securing six bonus points in their home game against Leicestershire.
2006: Bryan Robson left his post as West Brom manager by mutual consent

Headlines (18 September) :

ICC probe 3rd one-dayer
The ICC launch an investigation into suspect scoring patterns in Friday's one-day clash between England and Pakistan
Big injury blow for McFadden
Birmingham striker James McFadden out of action "for the foreseeable future" after suffering anterior cruciate ligament damage in training
Saints go marching clear
Northampton run four tries past Bath, winning 31-10 in a stunning display to take a clear lead in the Aviva Premiership
Mayweather charged by police
Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr could face decades in prison after being charged by police with four felonies, including domestic violence
February return for Valencia
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson reveals that Antonio Valencia could be back in action by the end of February
Lee hails 'wonderful' Flintoff
Australia paceman Brett Lee says cricket will be all the poorer following the retirement of Andrew Flintoff
Villeneuve 'to purchase F1 team'
Durango and Jacques Villeneuve are set to push ahead with their plans of purchasing a F1 team with Hispania Racing reportedly their target
Exiles go public over Henson
London Irish become the first club to publicly express an interest in signing Wales international Gavin Henson

International Results Roundup

Dateline 17 September 2010

FOOTBALL
npower Championship
Doncaster 0 Leeds 0
npower Division Two
Accrington Stanley 3 Lincoln City 0
Blue Square Premier
Luton 3 AFC Wimbledon 0
CRICKET
England v Pakistan The Brit Insurance Oval 1-Day International Third Match
Pakistan beat England by 23 runs.
GOLF
Casa Serena Open
Collated first round scores in the European Senior Tour Casa Serena Open, Casa Serena Golf, Prague, Czech Republic(Par: 71)
66 M Clayton (Aus), G Wolstenholme (Eng) 67 P Dahlberg (Swe), M Belsham (Eng) 68 A Franco (Par), A Murray (Eng) 69 G Brand Jnr (Sco), R Drummond (Sco), C Williams (RSA), A Sowa (Arg), C Mason (Eng), M Cunning (USA), L Carbonetti (Arg) 70 M Farry (Fra), D Smyth (Irl), J Gould (Eng), G Ryall (Eng), J Canizares (Spa), D Durnian (Eng)
M2M Russian Challenge Cup
Collated second round scores & totals in the European Challenge Tour M2M Russian Challenge Cup, Tseleevo Golf & Polo Club, Moscow, Russia (Par: 72)
136 J McLeary (Sco) 67 69 139 S Jamieson (Sco) 70 69, T Fleetwood (Eng) 73 66, S Walker (Eng) 71 68 140 R Russell (Sco) 71 69, R Santos (Por) 72 68, M Ford (Eng) 71 69, T Olesen (Den) 71 69, C Del Moral (Spa) 72 68 141 L Jensen (Den) 73 68
Austrian Golf Open
Collated second round scores & totals in the European Tour Austrian Golf Open, Diamond Country Club, Atzenbrugg, Austria(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
136 John Parry 69 67 137 Graeme McDowell 69 68, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 69 68, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 66 71 138 Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 68 70, Danny Willett 69 69, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 68 70, Philip Golding 69 69, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 69 69 139 Chris Gane 69 70, Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 69 70, Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 70, Andrew Coltart 69 70, Simon Thornton 69 70, David Lynn 68 71, Matthias Schwab (Aut) 70 69
TENNIS
AEGON GB Pro Series, Nottingham
Men's Singles semi-finals:
Daniel Evans (Gbr) bt Rudy Coco (Fra) 7-5 6-4
Joshua Milton (Gbr) bt Daniel Cox (Gbr) 7-5 6-3
Men's Doubles final:
Lewis Burton & Daniel Evans (Gbr) bt Sean Thornley & Marcus Willis (Gbr) 7-5 1-6 13-11
WTA Guangzhou International
Quarter-finals:
(1) Jarmila Groth (Svk) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) 6-0 6-2
Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt Ksenia Pervak (Rus) 6-3 6-1
Edina Gallovits (Rom) bt Xinyun Han (Chn) 3-6 6-2 6-4
Shuai Zhang (Chn) bt Sania Mirza (Ind) 6-4 1-6 6-4
WTA Bell Challenge Quarter-finals:
Tamira Paszek (Aut) bt (8) Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) 6-3 6-4
Christina Mchale (USA) bt Alexa Glatch (USA) 6-3 6-1
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Rebecca Marino (Can) 6-4 7-6 (7-4)
(3) Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt (5) Melanie Oudin (USA) 4-6 6-2 6-4
Davis Cup World Group semi-finals:
France v Argentina, Lyon
Rubber 1: Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 7-5 4-6 7-5 6-3
Rubber 2: Gael Monfils (Fra) bt David Nalbandian (Arg) 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-3
France lead Argentina 2-0
Serbia v Czech Republic, Belgrade
Rubber 1: Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Viktor Troicki (Srb) 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-4
Rubber 2: Janko Tipsarevic (Srb) bt Tomas Berdych (Cze) 7-5 6-2 2-6 7-6 (7/5)
Serbia and Czech Republic level 1-1
HOCKEY
Simon Mantell and James Tindall got the goals as England secured a 2-1 victory over France in the first of two games the sides will play at Lilleshall National Sports Centre.
CYCLING
It was third time lucky for Borut Bozic at the Tour of Britain after he sprinted to victory on the penultimate stage. The Vacansoleil rider, who bagged second-placed finishes on stages four and six, positioned himself towards the front of the peloton again as they hurtled into Colchester and then kicked on powerfully to edge out Team Sky's Greg Henderson at the top of East Hill.