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Sep 6, 2010: Tiger Woods clung on to his world No. 1 status and stayed alive in the PGA Tour's playoff after compiling a battling three-under-par 68 in the final round at the Deutsche Bank Championship - which was won by Charley Hoffman.

Sep 6, 2010: World Cup-winning Springbok coach Jake White has launched a bid to oust current boss Peter De Villiers prior to next year's Rugby World Cup

Sep 6, 2010: Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt has been ruled out of Netherlands' Euro 2012 qualifier against Finland with a shoulder problem.

Sep 6, 2010: Britain's Laura Robson cruised into the second round of the junior competition at the US Open, with a 6-2 6-1 destruction of Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.

Sep 6, 2010: England coach Fabio Capello insists Wayne Rooney will play against Switzerland on Tuesday, maintaining that players are responsible for matters in their private lives.

Sep 6, 2010: Dimitri Mascarenhas has issued an apology following his Twitter rant about England selector Geoff Miller, but it has not saved him from a fine and dressing down from his county, Hampshire.

Sep 6, 2010: England star Kevin Pietsersen has been slapped with a fine after pleading guilty to two charges relating to his outburst on Twitter last week.

Sep 6, 2010: Novak Djokovic surged into the last 16 of the US Open with an emphatic 6-3 6-4-6-1 victory over America's Mardy Fish.

Sep 6, 2010: Top seed Caroline Wozniacki won an enthralling battle with Maria Sharapova to advance to the quarter-finals of the US Open courtesy of a 6-3 6-4 victory.

Sep 6, 2010: Renault is confident it can catch Mercedes in the constructors' championship to take fourth place overall by the end of the season

Sep 6, 2010: Bath have signed France Sevens international Jacques Boussuge on a one-year deal following a successful trial

Sep 6, 2010: Roy Hodgson has confessed that there is a lot of uncertainty around Liverpool and the club urgently need a new owner to invest in the team before they can challenge for major honours again

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Sep 6, 2010: Stuart Broad has insisted allegations of spot-fixing will not tarnish his century in England's win over Pakistan at Lord's.

Sep 6, 2010: Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez claims he was offered a loan move to Liverpool

Sep 6, 2010: Ken Doherty survived a real scare to book his place in the first round of the Shanghai Masters with a 5-4 win over Mohammad Sajjad.

Sep 6, 2010: Luke Sutton will return to Derbyshire, one of his former clubs, next season following his decision to leave Lancashire

Sep 6, 2010: Carl Froch is ready to his "fists do the talking" when he takes on Arthur Abraham next month.

Sep 6, 2010: David Haye insists he has no intention of going back on his vow to retire from boxing at the age of 30