ON THIS DAY
1946: Newcastle United equalled the Football League record for the biggest winning margin with a 13-0 victory against Newport County in Division Two.
1957: Led by Dai Rees, the Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup team beat the United States at Lindrick to register their first win since 1933.
2004: Arsenal’s new home at Ashburton Grove was named the Emirates Stadium after the club signed a 15-year deal worth £100m with Emirates Airlines.
Former France and Manchester United goalkeeper Fabien Barthez announced his retirement from football, only to make a comeback two months later with French Ligue 1 side Nantes.
Fabien Barthez
Three-time Olympic champion Marion Jones pleaded guilty to lying to US government investigators when she denied using performance-enhancing drugs, then announced her retirement from athletics. She was sentenced to six months in prison in January 2008.
2010: Australia retained cricket’s Champions Trophy with a six-wicket win over New Zealand at Centurion.
2011: Former England bowler and Ashes winner Graham Dilley died at the age of 52 after a short illness. Dilley played in 41 Tests and took 138 wickets.
2012: John Terry’s defence against claims he racially abused Anton Ferdinand was “improbable, implausible, contrived”, the Football Association panel which found him guilty ruled in its 63-page report. Terry, who had been acquitted of a police charge of using racist language in July, was handed a four-match ban and fined £220,000.
2014: Marussia driver Jules Bianchi suffered a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. The Frenchman underwent emergency surgery and remained in a coma until his death on July 18, 2015.