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On This Day in Sport (10 October 2011):

1999: St Helens were crowned Super League champions after beating Bradford Bulls 8-6 in the Grand Final at Old Trafford.
2004: England beat Wales 2-0 in their World Cup qualifier at Old Trafford but the win was marred by a booking and a hairline rib fracture for captain David Beckham, who later admits deliberately earning his yellow card to ensure suspension for the following week's qualifier against Azerbaijan.
2005: Steven Gerrard was ruled out of England's World Cup group decider against Poland with a shin injury.
2006: Snooker professional Paul Hunter, who won three Wembley Masters titles, died at the age of 27 after a battle with cancer.

Headlines (10 October) :

Worthington quits as NI chief
Nigel Worthington has announced he will step down as Northern Ireland manager after their final Euro 2012 qualifier in Italy on Tuesday night.
Republic lose Keane to injury
Robbie Keane will miss the Republic of Ireland's crunch Euro 2012 qualifier against Armenia in Dublin on Tuesday through injury.
Tuilagi fined for ferry jump
Manu Tuilagi has been fined £3,000 by the RFU after he was warned by Auckland police for jumping from a ferry into the harbour.
Anelka and RVP on Anzhi radar
Anzhi Makhachkala assistant caretaker coach claims Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka and Arsenal's Robin van Persie are on the Russian club's radar.
Agent: Aussies 'biggest' fixers
A cricket agent has told a court Australia and Pakistan players were involved in betting scams.
Kieswetter fit for England
Craig Kieswetter is fighting fit for England after the "friendly-fire" blow he suffered in Somerset's Champions League semi-final defeat.
Romero pulls out of London 2012
Olympic champion Rebecca Romero has announced she will not compete at the London 2012 Games next summer.
Cleverley signs new United deal
Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley has signed a new four-year contract to keep him at Old Trafford until at least the summer of 2015.
Rooney's Euro place at risk
Fabio Capello has warned Wayne Rooney that he may have put his Euro 2012 dreams at risk with his red card in Montenegro on Friday night.
Ablett & Chase in England squad
Carl Ablett is the shock inclusion in England's squad for the Gillette Four Nations Series, while Rangi Chase is also selected.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 09 October 2011

FOOTBALL
npower Division One
Notts County 3 Hartlepool 0
Blue Square Premier
Hayes & Yeading 0 Wrexham 2
RUGBY WORLD CUP
World Cup Quarter Final
New Zealand (12) 33 Argentina (7) 10 South Africa (3) 9 Australia (8) 11
FORMULA ONE
Japan GP
1 Jenson Button (Gbr) McLaren 1hr 30min 53.427secs
2 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:30:54.587
3 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1:30:55.433
4 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1:31:01.498
5 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) McLaren 1:31:17.695
6 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:31:20.547
7 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:31:21.667
8 Sergio Perez (Mex) Sauber-Ferrari 1:31:32.804
9 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 1:31:36.034
10 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:31:37.749
11 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 1:31:47.874
12 Paul di Resta (Gbr) Force India 1:31:55.753
13 Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) Sauber-Ferrari 1:31:57.132
14 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Williams 1:31:57.621
15 Jaime Alguersuari (Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:32:00.050
16 Bruno Senna (Bra) Renault 1:32:06.055
17 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams 1:32:07.618
18 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus F1 1:32:21.251
19 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Lotus F1 1:32:29.567
20 Timo Glock (Ger) Virgin Racing at 2 Laps
21 Jerome d'Ambrosio (Bel) Virgin Racing at 2 Laps
22 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) HRT-F1 at 2 Laps
23 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Ita) HRT-F1 at 3 Laps
GOLF
Frys.com Open Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Frys.com Open, CordeValle Golf Club, San Martin, California, United States of America(USA unless stated, par 71):
267 Bryce Molder 71 67 65 64 (Bryce Molder won at 6th play-off hole), Briny Baird 67 69 64 67 269 Bud Cauley 69 66 68 66 270 Ernie Els (Rsa) 69 66 67 68, Shane Bertsch 70 68 68 64 271 John Rollins 69 70 65 67
Madrid Masters Collated final round scores and totals , El Encin Golf Hotel, Alcala de Henares, Spain(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
273 Lee Slattery 67 66 69 71 274 Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 65 70 69 70 276 Eduardo De La Riva (Spa) 67 67 72 70, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 68 70 67 71 278 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 71 69 67 71 279 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 67 67 71 74, Peter Hanson (Swe) 67 72 72 68, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 69 72 67 71, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 65 75 68 71, Oscar Floren (Swe) 69 69 67 74
TENNIS
ATP Shanghai Rolex Masters 1st rd
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Somdev Devvarman (Ind) 6-4 6-3
Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-2 5-7 7-6 (7-5)
David Nalbandian (Arg) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat) 7-5 6-4
Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3
Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt Pablo Andujar (Spa) 6-4 6-4
Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt Marsel Ilhan (Tur) 2-6 6-1 6-4
(10) Andy Roddick (USA) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-2 3-6 6-2
Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Stephane Bohli (Swi) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-4)
(16) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Zhe Li (Chn) 6-2 6-2
Donald Young (USA) bt Mao-Xin Gong (Chn) 6-1 6-4
Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4
Santiago Giraldo (Col) bt Ivan Dodig (Cro) 1-6 6-3 6-4