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On This Day in Sport (25 September 2008):
1962: Sonny Liston knocked out Floyd Patterson in the
first round of their world heavyweight title fight at Comiskey Park,
Chicago. Patterson, conceding almost 12 kilograms in weight to the
challenger, was the first man to lose the heavyweight title in the
first round.
1983: Nelson Piquet beat Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell
to the chequered flag in the first European Grand Prix at Brands
Hatch, then a new event in the schedule of world championship races.
1995: Rangers striker Mark Hateley signed for QPR for
£1million. The 33-year-old teamed up again with Loftus Road boss
Ray Wilkins, with whom he played in Scotland.
1998: Fifteen-year-old swimming sensation Ian Thorpe
broke the world record for the men's short-course 400 metres
freestyle by 0.64 of a second at the Australian Short-Course
Championships, clocking three minutes 39.82 seconds.
2000: Triple-jumper Jonathan Edwards won gold at the
Sydney Olympics. Elsewhere, the most anticipated event of the
Olympics saw Cathy Freeman win gold for Australia in the women's 400m
final as Britain's Katharine Merry claimed bronze. 800m runner Kelly
Holmes wins a bronze medal for Britain.
2003: Rangers manager Alex McLeish ended speculation
by signing a new four-year contract, tying him to the Ibrox club
until 2007. McLeish parted company with the club at the end of the
2005-06 season.
2004: An unbroken ninth-wicket stand of 71 saw West
Indies snatch an unlikely victory against England - chasing their
first major one-day tournament victory - in the ICC Champions Trophy
final at Lord's.
2005: Spain's Fernando Alonso became the youngest
Formula one world champion at the age of 24 after finishing third in
the Brazilian Grand Prix. |
