ON THIS DAY
1878: Jack Johnson, the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title, was born. Because of discrimination in the United States, he had to travel to Australia for his successful title challenge, against Tommy Burns. Johnson died on June 10, 1946, aged 68.
1889: The world featherweight title fight between Ike Weir and Frank Murphy was stopped by police after 80 rounds. It is the longest world title contest under Queensberry Rules.
1928: Scotland’s “Wembley Wizards” inflicted a 5-1 defeat on England. Alex Jackson scored a hat-trick.
1980: Jesse Owens, the athlete who once set four world records in one day and won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, died.
1995: Sunderland escaped a points deduction when they were fined £2,500 by the Football League for playing unregistered player Dominic Matteo in a First Division match away to Barnsley. 2001: Former Arsenal and England midfielder David Rocastle died at the age of 33 from non-hodgkin’s lymphoma.
2003: Peter Ridsdale resigned as chairman of debt-ridden Leeds United after five years.
2010: Arsenal came from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners lost the second leg 4-1, with Lionel Messi scoring all four of Barca’s goals.
2011: Sale prop Karena Wihongi was handed a four-month ban after testing positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine.
2013: Paolo Di Canio was appointed Sunderland head coach on a two-and-a-half-year deal. He was sacked after 13 games in charge.
2014: England lost to Holland by 45 runs in their final World Twenty20 match in Chittagong.