ON THIS DAY
1870: Thirteen-year-old jockey Fred Archer rode his first winner, partnering Athol Daisy to victory at Chesterfield. It was the first of 2,748 winners for Archer, who committed suicide at the age of 29.
1986: Great Britain’s Lloyd Honeyghan stopped champion Donald Curry in Atlantic City to win the world welterweight title and become the first British holder of the belt since John H Stracey in 1976.
2004: Current Derby County manager Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick on his Manchester United debut, a 6-2 Champions League victory over Fenerbahce.
2006: Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-haq was cleared of ball tampering but found guilty of bringing cricket into disrepute and banned for four matches following the abandoned fourth Test against England at The Oval.
2008: Renault’s Fernando Alonso won Formula One’s first night race, the Singapore Grand Prix. The race was shrouded in controversy almost a year later when it emerged Alonso’s teammate Nelson Piquet Jr had deliberately crashed to give the Spaniard an advantage. Renault’s Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds resigned over the affair. Piquet had already left the team.
2013: Nigel Clough was sacked as Derby County manager following a 1-0 defeat against Nottingham Forest.
2014: Europe retained the Ryder Cup against the United States, winning by 16.5 points to 11.5 at Gleneagles.
2015: THEN-UEFA president Michel Platini confirmed a £1.3m payment from FIFA came more than nine years after he worked for the organisation but he did not provide the reasons for the lengthy delay. Platini sent a letter to all 54 member associations insisting the payment was above board but admitted the controversy could harm his image.
2018: Then Prime Minister Theresa May said she would support a joint bid by England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to host football’s 2030 World Cup.