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On This Day in Sport (13 October 2011): 1921: Czech-born tennis player Jaroslav Drobny was born. The 1954 Wimbledon winner also won a gold medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics - in ice hockey. 1991: Chip Beck equalled the USPGA Tour record for 18 holes, set by Al Geiberger 14 years earlier, by shooting a 59 in the third round of the Las Vegas Invitational. 1999: UEFA announced Portugal had won the right to host Euro 2004, beating confident favourites Spain and a joint bid from Austria and Hungary. 2003: John Higgins scored a maximum 147 break in an LG Cup match with Mark Williams. 2004: Leicester appointed Howard Wilkinson as temporary first-team coach. 2005: The Republic of Ireland missed out on a World Cup place after a goalless draw at home to Switzerland in a match they had to win to reach a play-off. 2006: Icelandic businessman Eggert Magnusson confirmed he had engaged in "initial discussions" with West Ham regarding a possible takeover. 2010 David Millar secures a sensational Commonwealth Games gold medal for Scotland in the men's time-trial in Delhi Headlines (13 October) : Priestland ruled out for Wales Wales fly-half Rhys Priestland will miss the World Cup semi-final clash with France on Saturday after losing his race against time to be fit. RFU begin England inquest The Rugby Football Union have launched an investigation into all allegations of player misconduct during England's World Cup campaign. Clark named Forest chairman Frank Clark has accepted Nigel Doughty's invitation to succeed him as Nottingham Forest chairman with immediate effect. Fabianski could consider move Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski has voiced his displeasure at continuing to be number two at the club this season. Haye to reveal plan for future David Haye is expected to mark his 31st birthday on Thursday by announcing his retirement from boxing. Trott relishing Bairstow link-up Jonathan Trott can hardly wait for the next time he gets to bat with Jonny Bairstow. Adebayor worry for Toon trip Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp says he will not take a "dangerous" risk on Emmanuel Adebayor in Sunday's Premier League game at Newcastle. Tevez to face further action Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez is to face further disciplinary action over his alleged refusal to play in the defeat at Bayern Munich. Whitley talks about addiction Former Manchester City, Sunderland and Cardiff midfielder Jeff Whitley has spoken about the cocaine addiction which blighted his career. Howard relishing new role Cricket Australia have appointed former rugby union international Pat Howard as the new general manager of team performance. International Results Roundup Dateline 12 October 2011 FOOTBALL International Honduras 2 Jamaica 1 Mexico 1 Brazil 2 USA 0 Ecuador 1 TENNIS WTA Japan Open 2nd rd: Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Mathilde Johansson (Fra) 6-2 6-4 Jie Zheng (Chn) bt (5) Jarmila Gajdosova (Aus) 7-5 6-3 (3) Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Olga Govortsova (Blr) 6-1 6-3 (4) Petra Cetkovska (Cze) bt Erika Sema (Jpn) 6-0 6-3 1st rd: Vania King (USA) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-1 3-6 6-1 ATP Shanghai Rolex Masters 2nd rd: (12) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Albert Ramos (Spa) 5-7 6-3 6-2 Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) bt (16) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 4-6 6-3 6-2 Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-4 6-2 Santiago Giraldo (Col) bt (14) Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-5) (3) David Ferrer (Spa) bt Milos Raonic (Can) 7-5 7-6 (9-7) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt (4) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 6-7 (1-7) 6-4 6-4 (6) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-4 6-3 (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 6-3 6-2 (2) Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) w/o Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Alex Bogomolov Jr. (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 6-3