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On This Day in Sport (06 April 2010):
1896: The first modern Olympic Games, the brainchild
of Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin, got under way in Athens. A
total of 59 athletes from 10 nations took part.
1900: James J Jeffries successfully defended the world
heavyweight title by knocking out Jack Finnegan after just 55 seconds.
1993: Guy Whittingham's fourth hat-trick of the
season, in Portsmouth's 4-0 defeat of Peterborough, took his goal
tally to 43 - equalling the club record set by Billy Haines in 1926-27.
1994: The Football Association called off England's
friendly against Germany fixed for April 20, the anniversary of Adolf
Hitler's birth, because of police intelligence discovering massive
demonstrations being planned.
2003: Finland's Kimi Raikkonen was declared the winner
of an extraordinary Brazilian Grand Prix which was stopped 18 laps
early as Italy's Giancarlo Fisichella was denied his maiden win after
an horrific collision involving Jaguar's Mark Webber and Renault's
Fernando Alonso.
2004: Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1, 3-2 on aggregate, to
reach the Champions League semi-final.
2006: England lost the one-day series against India
after their four-wicket defeat in Cochin in the fourth game of a seven-match
series gave the hosts an unassailable 4-0 lead. |
