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On This Day in Sport (09 September 2009): 1960: Blackpool's derby against Bolton was the first Football League match to be televised live. 1975: A week after reaching the US Open semi-finals as an 18-year-old, Martina Navratilova defected from her native Czechoslovakia to the west and was granted political asylum in the United States. 1990: At 19 years and one month old, Pete Sampras became the youngest winner of the US Open. He beat Andre Agassi 6-4 6-3 6-2 in the final. 2001: Venus Williams beat her sister, Serena, 6-2 6-4 to win the US Open at Flushing Meadows in the first grand slam final to feature two sisters since 1884. 2002: England's cricket side saw the last day of the fourth Test against India at The Oval completely washed out by rain. This ensured England went into the Ashes unbeaten all year. 2003: Manchester United confirmed Peter Kenyon - now at Chelsea - would be leaving as chief executive. 2004: Tim Henman's four-set win over Dominik Hrbaty took him into the US Open semi-finals for the first time in his career. Headlines (09 September) : Murray crashes out while Nadal is two good Andy Murray crashed out of the US Open with what he described as the most disappointing loss of his career and then saw Rafael Nadal take his world number two ranking. Loss of 'Englishness' is compliment - Bilic Croatia boss Slaven Bilic insists he was complimenting Fabio Capello's team when he suggested they lost their "Englishness" under the Italian. Training tussles ideal preparation - Hughes Northern Ireland captain Aaron Hughes has given a revealing insight into the training sessions that are bringing an extra edge to the players. England still improving - Capello England boss Fabio Capello has warned Croatia his side have improved since last season's famous victory in Zagreb - and there is more to come from them at Wembley on Wednesday night. Murray's career hits a new low World number two Andy Murray crashed out of the US Open on Tuesday night and described it as the most disappointing loss of his career. Terry inspired - by Ashes win John Terry has urged England to take inspiration from the achievements of the country's cricketers and women footballers as they look to seal their place in the 2010 World Cup. UEFA deny Eduardo Scottish influence UEFA's general secretary David Taylor has insisted there was no 'old pals' act' surrounding the disciplinary action against Arsenal striker Eduardo for diving against Celtic. Burley not looking too far ahead George Burley will forget about possible play-off permutations when Scotland take on Holland in Wednesday night's crunch World Cup qualifier at Hampden Park. Quins free to start Cup campaign Harlequins will play in this season's Heineken Cup - but they must start their European campaign without lock George Robson. Wright seeks consistency England hope to crack their poor batting form in a bid to claw their way back into the NatWest Series against Australia on Wednesday. International Results Roundup Dateline 08 September 2009 FOOTBALL International Rep of Ireland 1 South Africa 0 European Under-21 Championship Qualifying Group One Andorra U21 0 Russia U21 4 Romania U21 3 Moldova U21 0 Group Three Italy U21 2 Luxembourg U21 0 Group Four Poland U21 2 Finland U21 1 Group Five Germany U21 1 Czech Rep U21 2 N Ireland U21 2 Iceland U21 6 Group Eight Belgium U21 2 Slovenia U21 0 France U21 2 Ukraine U21 2 Group Nine Greece U21 1 England U21 1 Blue Square Premier Barrow 0 York 0 Cambridge Utd 0 Altrincham 0 Chester 1 Tamworth 2 Crawley Town 2 Histon 0 Ebbsfleet United 0 Rushden & D'monds 0 Kettering 4 Gateshead 0 Kidderminster 3 Mansfield 1 Oxford Utd 2 Luton 0 Salisbury 2 Grays Athletic 0 Stevenage 2 Eastbourne Borough 0 TENNIS US OPEN Men's Singles - Fourth Round Juan Martin Del Potro (6) 6 6 6 - - Juan Carlos Ferrero (24) 3 3 3 - - Gael Monfils (13) 7 (7) 3 1 3 - Rafael Nadal (3) 6 (3) 6 6 6 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7) 6 3 6 (3) 4 - Fernando Gonzalez (11) 3 6 7 (7) 6 - Marin Cilic (16) 7 6 6 - - Andy Murray (2) 5 2 2 - - Women's Singles - Quarter Finals Flavia Pennetta (10) 4 3 - - - Serena Williams (2) 6 6 - - - Na Li (18) 2 4 - - - Kim Clijsters 6 6 - - - Men's Doubles - Quarter Finals Ivan Ljubicic / Michael Llodra 4 6 6 (4) - - Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles (3) 6 4 7 (7) - - Lukas Dlouhy / Leander Paes (4) 6 5 6 - - Wesley Moodie / Dick Norman (7) 3 7 4 - - Max Mirnyi / Andy Ram (5) 6 (4) 6 6 - - Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjic (2) 7 (7) 4 0 - - Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (1) 6 7 (7) - - - Carsten Ball / Chris Guccione 4 6 (2) - - - Women's Doubles - Quarter Finals Maria Kirilenko / Elena Vesnina (10) 3 6 4 - - Alisa Kleybanova / Ekaterina Makarova (13) 6 2 6 - - Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs (3) 6 6 - - - Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Nadia Petrova (8) 2 3 - - - Mixed Doubles - Semi Finals Liezel Huber / Mahesh Bhupathi (1) 3 4 - - - Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott 6 6 - - - Su-Wei Hsieh / Kevin Ullyett (5) 2 6 5 - - Cara Black / Leander Paes (2) 6 3 10 - - CYCLING Great Britain's Mark Cavendish sprinted to the finish line to claim victory for the second consecutive day on stage two of the Tour of Missouri. The Team Columbia rider broke away after the final turn in Cape Girardeau to take the stage and maintain the overall lead after winning Monday's first stage in St Louis. It was the 24-year-old's 23rd win of the season in a haul which includes six stages of the Tour de France.