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On This Day in Sport (11 October 2011):
1964: The 18th Olympics opened in Tokyo.
1991: The inaugural meeting of football's newly-formed
Premier League was held.
1999: Alan Shearer's 28th goal in 54 internationals
helped England to a 2-1 win over Belgium at the Stadium of Light.
Meanwhile, Gareth Barry hit a hat-trick for England Under-18s in a
9-0 win over San Marino.
2001: Australia cancelled their rugby league tour to
Great Britain because of terrorism fears in the wake of 9/11. Six
days later they went back on the decision.
2002: Sunderland appointed Howard Wilkinson as their
new manager.
2003: Matthew Hayden scored a then Test world record
380 for Australia against Zimbabwe in Perth. Brian Lara surpassed
that score with 400 not out against England in 2004.
2004: Leigh Centurions finally won promotion to Super
League after a 32-16 victory over Whitehaven earned them the National
League One title.
2005: Director of football Velimir Zajec, who was
caretaker manager between November 2004 and April 2005 after the
departure of Harry Redknapp, resigned from Portsmouth for personal
reasons just a year after joining them.
2006: Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton was fined
£2,000 and warned as to his future conduct by the Football
Association after admitting a charge of improper conduct and/or
bringing the game into disrepute by dropping his shorts to Everton
fans at Goodison Park. |