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On This Day in Sport (11 October 2011): 1964: The 18th Olympics opened in Tokyo. 1991: The inaugural meeting of football's newly-formed Premier League was held. 1999: Alan Shearer's 28th goal in 54 internationals helped England to a 2-1 win over Belgium at the Stadium of Light. Meanwhile, Gareth Barry hit a hat-trick for England Under-18s in a 9-0 win over San Marino. 2001: Australia cancelled their rugby league tour to Great Britain because of terrorism fears in the wake of 9/11. Six days later they went back on the decision. 2002: Sunderland appointed Howard Wilkinson as their new manager. 2003: Matthew Hayden scored a then Test world record 380 for Australia against Zimbabwe in Perth. Brian Lara surpassed that score with 400 not out against England in 2004. 2004: Leigh Centurions finally won promotion to Super League after a 32-16 victory over Whitehaven earned them the National League One title. 2005: Director of football Velimir Zajec, who was caretaker manager between November 2004 and April 2005 after the departure of Harry Redknapp, resigned from Portsmouth for personal reasons just a year after joining them. 2006: Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton was fined £2,000 and warned as to his future conduct by the Football Association after admitting a charge of improper conduct and/or bringing the game into disrepute by dropping his shorts to Everton fans at Goodison Park. Headlines (11 October) : Hammers eye Olympic tenancy West Ham United have confirmed that they will look to lease the Olympic Stadium after the deal to award them the stadium was called off. Haye not renewing his licence Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has told the British Boxing Board of Control that he does not wish to renew his licence to fight. FA ready to back Rooney FA chief Adrian Bevington has pledged to do everything in his power to ensure Wayne Rooney is available as early as possible at Euro 2012. Fletcher wary of 'lively' Torres Darren Fletcher has told his Scotland team to be on their guard against Fernando Torres in Tuesday night's crunch Euro 2012 qualifier. Bell misses England warm-up Ian Bell was absent with a stomach upset as England rang the changes for Tuesday's final warm-up match before their ODI series against India. IFA weighing up boss options Nigel Worthington has not yet finished work as Northern Ireland manager but there are already a handful of names being linked to a new regime. Unchanged team for Les Bleus France coach Marc Lievremont has named an unchanged team for Saturday's Rugby World Cup semi-final against Wales. St Andrews to stage 2015 Open The 2015 Open Championship will be staged at St Andrews, the R&A have announced. Dettori: Whip rules will take time Frankie Dettori expects jockeys to need some time to make the necessary changes to their riding style in order to comply with new whip rules. NBA scrap first fortnight The NBA have cancelled the first two weeks of the forthcoming season due to the ongoing lockout. International Results Roundup Dateline 10 October 2011 FOOTBALL European Under-21 Championship Qualifying Group One San Marino U21 0 Germany U21 8 Group Four Estonia U21 0 Croatia U21 1 Group Seven Azerbaijan U21 2 Belgium U21 2 Norway U21 1 England U21 2 Group Nine Scotland U21 2 Austria U21 2 Group Ten Finland U21 0 Sweden U21 1 GYMNASTICS Great Britain's men's gymnastics team had a disappointing day at the World Championships in Tokyo when they finished outside the top eight. Poor performances on the high bar, including two falls, proved costly for the team who missed their first chance to qualify for next year's Olympics. After finishing down in 10th they must now try to qualify in an Olympic test event at the Greenwich Dome in London next year.