ON THIS DAY: 2015

New Zealand made sporting history at Twickenham as they became the first team to be crowned Rugby World Cup winners for a second successive time with a 34-17 victory over Australia. Captain Richie Mccaw lifted the trophy

1987: Chetan Sharma of India claimed the first hat-trick in the cricket World Cup when he dismissed three New Zealand batsmen at Nagpur.

2002: Sven Goran Eriksson pledged to stay on as England manager in the wake of Football Association chief executive Adam Crozier’s resignation.

2005: Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov dismissed chairman George Foulkes and chief executive Phil Anderton and put his son Roman in charge of the Scottish club.

2007: Ronald Koeman left PSV Eindhoven to become Valencia boss.

2017: Sunderland sacked manager Simon Grayson after a 3-3 draw at home to Bolton.