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Two late tries from Simon Danielli spare Scotland's blushes against Romania in their opening Rugby World Cup match.

Cesc Fabregas slotted home a 90th-minute penalty to prevent Arsenal from falling to a first FA Cup third-round defeat since 1996 as they drew 1-1 with Championship side Leeds.

Michael Owen rescued a point for Manchester United after Sir Alex Ferguson's men twice had to come from behind against Bolton in their 2-2 draw at the Reebok Stadium.

Sebastien Bassong and Roman Pavyluchenko spared Tottenham's blushes as they came from 3-0 down at Young Boys to lose 3-2 to keep their Champions League dream alive.

Defending champions Italy had to come from behind to salvage a 1-1 draw in their World Cup Group F opener against Paraguay in Cape Town.

England needed two late own goals from Japan defenders Marcus Tanaka and Yuji Nakazawa to gain a 2-1 victory in their final World Cup warm-up match in Graz.

Stiliyan Petrov spared Aston Villa an FA Cup shock when he got on the end of Stewart Downing's corner to seal a 2-2 draw after Darren Ambrose had fired Crystal Palace ahead with a superb 30-yard free-kick in their fifth-round tie.