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On This Day in Sport (08 October 2011):

1925: Eileen Joel, daughter of millionaire racehorse owner Jim Joel, became the first female jockey to win an `open' race when she won the four-mile Town Plate at Newmarket on Hogier. The race, which dates back to 1665, featured five women in the field of eight jockeys.
1996: England Under-21s' 0-0 draw with Poland at Molineux was delayed by two hours because of a suspect package, which turned out to be a sandwich.
2001: Leicester appointed Dave Bassett as manager, with Micky Adams leaving Brighton to become his assistant. In April 2002 Bassett moved upstairs to a director of football role and Adams became manager.
2005: England qualified for the 2006 World Cup finals despite captain David Beckham becoming the first player in history to be sent off twice for the national team. Sven Goran Eriksson's side beat Austria 1-0 and Holland beat the Czech Republic to guarantee England's place as one of the two best runners-up.
2006: Hull KR beat Widnes 29-16 in the National League One Grand Final at Warrington to secure promotion to Super League after a 12-year absence.

Headlines (08 October) :

France end England's challenge
England crashed out of the Rugby World Cup on Saturday after losing 19-12 to France, who booked a semi-final clash with Wales.
Wonderful Wales defeat Ireland
Brilliant Wales roared into the World Cup semi-finals after an epic 22-10 win over Ireland that showcased European rugby at its finest.
Vettel pips Button to Japan pole
Sebastian Vettel beat Jenson Button to pole position for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix by just nine thousandths of a second.
Murray meets Nadal in Tokyo final
Andy Murray's winning run continued on Saturday as he booked his place in the final of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.
Blades host Bantams in Trophy
Sheffield United will host Bradford in next month's Johnstone's Paint Trophy area quarter-finals, while Brentford take on Bournemouth.
Rooney has said sorry - Capello
Fabio Capello has revealed Wayne Rooney apologised to his England team-mates after he was sent off in Friday night's 2-2 draw with Montenegro.
Safina denies retirement claim
Former world number one Dinara Safina has denied she has decided to retire from tennis.
Speed: Wales must find extra gear
Gary Speed concedes Wales are not yet ready to compete for qualification for a major finals despite Friday's 2-0 win over 10-man Switzerland.
Trap pledges to remain positive
Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni has insisted he will send out his team to beat Armenia in their crunch Euro 2012 clash on Tuesday.
Casey ahead, Woods makes cut
England's Paul Casey was one shot clear after play at the Frys.com Open was suspended for the night at CordeValle Golf Club.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 07 October 2011

FOOTBALL
International
Australia 5 Malaysia 0 Japan 1 Vietnam 0 South Korea 2 Poland 2 Ukraine 3 Bulgaria 0
European Championship Qualifying
Group I
Czech Republic 0 Spain 2
Group H
Cyprus 1 Denmark 4
Group G
Montenegro 2 England 2 Wales 2 Switzerland 0
Group F
Greece 2 Croatia 0 Latvia 2 Malta 0
Group E
Finland 1 Sweden 2 Holland 1 Moldova 0
Group D
Bosnia-Herzegovina 5 Luxembourg 0 France 3 Albania 0 Romania 2 Belarus 2
Group C
Northern Ireland 1 Estonia 2 Serbia 1 Italy 1
Group B
Andorra 0 Rep of Ireland 2 Armenia 4 FYR Macedonia 1 Slovakia 0 Russia 1
Group A
Azerbaijan 1 Austria 4 Belgium 4 Kazakhstan 1 Turkey 1 Germany 3
European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
Group One
Cyprus U21 1 Belarus U21 3
Group Three
Denmark U21 4 Faroe Islands U21 0 FYR Macedonia U21 1 Serbia U21 1
Group Four
Georgia U21 0 Switzerland U21 1
Group Five
Moldova U21 0 Russia U21 6
Group Eight
France U21 2 Kazakhstan U21 0
Group Ten
Malta U21 2 Ukraine U21 2
GOLF
Frys.com Open Latest second round scores from the US PGA Tour's Frys.com Open at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California (USA unless stated, par 71): Note: Second round play suspended due to darkness with 48 players still on the course. Play will resume at 7:30AM local time.
134 Paul Casey (Eng) 70 64 135 Bud Cauley 69 66 136 Garrett Willis 67 69 137 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 68 69, Chris Stroud 71 66, Nate Smith 72 65, Billy Mayfair 71 66 138 Erick Justesen 71 67, Spencer Levin 71 67, Marc Leishman (Aus) 72 66, Matt Mcquillan (Can) 70 68, Shane Bertsch 70 68 139 Charlie Wi (Kor) 72 67, Aron Price (Aus) 68 71, Chris Riley 71 68, John Rollins 69 70, Paul Stankowski 71 68, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 70 69, Adam Hadwin (Can) 71 68, Josh Teater 71 68
Madrid Masters Collated second-round scores and totals, El Encin Golf Hotel, Alcala de Henares, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
133 Lee Slattery 67 66 134 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 67 67, Eduardo De La Riva (Spa) 67 67 135 Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 65 70 136 Brett Rumford (Aus) 65 71, Ross McGowan 64 72 137 Oliver Wilson 68 69, Tano Goya (Arg) 67 70 138 Steve Webster 67 71, Luke Donald 68 70, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 70 68, Jason Knutzon (USA) 70 68, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 68 70, Oscar Floren (Swe) 69 69
TENNIS
WTA China Open Quarter-finals:
Monica Niculescu (Rom) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 3-6 6-3 6-4
(11) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Ana Ivanovic (Ser) 6-3 3-2 ret
Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt (1) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 3-6 6-0 7-6 (7-2)
(9) Andrea Petkovic (Ger) bt (13) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-3 7-6 (7-2)
ATP China Open Quarter-final:
(3) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-1 6-0
Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (4-7) 6-2
(1) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) 6-3 6-4
Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-1
Add Women's Quarter-final: (9) Andrea Petkovic (Ger) bt (13) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-3 7-6 (7-2)
ATP Rakuten Japan Open Quarter-final:
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Santiago Giraldo (Col) 7-6 (8-6) 6-3
(2) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt David Nalbandian (Arg) 6-4 7-5
(3) David Ferrer (Spa) bt (7) Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-2 7-6 (7-3)
(4) Mardy Fish (USA) bt Bernard Tomic (Aus) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-1