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On This Day in Sport (24 September 2008):
1776: The St Leger, the oldest of the five Classic
races, was run for the first time at Doncaster. The race, which had
only five runners, was won by the 2-1 favourite Allabucilia.
1967: Jim Bakken kicked an NFL record seven field
goals in a game while playing for St Louis against Pittsburgh.
1975: Phil Bennett scored an international rugby union
record 34 points for Wales against Japan in Tokyo.
1988: At the Seoul Olympics Canadian sprinter Ben
Johnson `won' the 100metres final in a world record time of
9.79seconds. The time was expunged from the records and the gold
medal taken from him when drug tests proved he had taken
performance-boosting anabolic steroids.
1989: Europe retained the Ryder Cup following a 14-14
draw with the United States at The Belfry - only the second tied
match in the cup's history. American Tom Kite registered the biggest
individual win in the competition over 18 holes, beating Howard Clark 8&7.
2002: England batsman Graham Thorpe, days after being
recalled to the England squad for the Ashes series in Australia,
pulled out of the tour.
2006: European won the Ryder Cup for the fifth time in
six matches with a record-equalling 18.5-9.5 victory at the K Club,
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