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On This Day in Sport (07 September 2011):
1892: James J Corbett knocked out John L Sullivan in
the 21st round at New Orleans Olympic Club to become the first world
heavyweight champion under Queensberry rules.
1895: Rugby league matches were first played to the
new Northern Union rules. Wigan started their campaign with a 9-0 win
at Broughton Rangers.
1963: Sussex, led by Ted Dexter, beat Worcestershire
by 14 runs to win the first one-day cricket final at Lord's.
1999: Bobby Robson, at the age of 66, took charge of
his first Newcastle training session after succeeding Ruud Gullit as manager.
2004: Andrew Flintoff was named the International
Cricket Council world one-day player of the year.
2005: England suffered one of their greatest
embarrassments in international football when they lost 1-0 to
Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifier in Belfast. |