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On This Day in Sport (11 March 2010):
1947: The fourth-wicket partnership between Gulzar
Mahomed and Vijay Hazare produced 577 runs in Baroda, India, against
Holkar - setting a world record in first-class cricket.
1992: David O'Leary played his 700th game for Arsenal,
a record for the north London club.
2001: Roy Essandoh swept Second Division Wycombe into
the FA Cup semi-finals with a stoppage-time headed winner against
Leicester at Filbert Street.
2004: Greg Rusedski was cleared of taking the
performance-enhancing drug nandrolone by an independent anti-doping
tribunal after successfully arguing any excess levels in his system
were as a result of an approved supplement given to him by trainers.
2005: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was fined
£5,000 by the Football Association for accusing Manchester
United players of diving and cheating, while the club were also hit
with a £15,000 punishment after a brawl at Blackburn. |