ON THIS DAY

Champion British jockey Fred Archer was born. He won 2,748 races from 8,084 mounts, including the Derby five times and 21 Classic races. He began his career at the age of 13 and it lasted until 1886. He was champion jockey every year from 1874 until he retired.

Hanif Mohammad scored a then world record 499, playing for Karachi against Bahawlpur. Facing the last ball of the day, Hanif went for a quick single to reach 500 but was run out. He had been at the crease for 10 hours and 35 minutes.

Steve Davis made snooker’s first televised 147 maximum break, against John Spencer. The honour could have been Spencer’s three years earlier during the televised Holsten Lager Tournament in Slough if the Thames TV cameraman had not been at lunch because of a union ruling.

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Steve Davis in the 1980s.

Chelsea were fined a record £105,000 by the Football League for making irregular payments to players.

Nicolas Anelka signed for Chelsea for a fee of £15m.

Scott Mitchell held his nerve to land his first BDO World Championship darts crown with a nail-biting 7-6 win over Martin Adams.

Lionel Messi was named the best player in the world for the fifth time, winning the Ballon d’or award ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar.

Francis Coquelin agreed to join Laliga side Valencia on a four-and-a-half-year contract following a decade with Arsenal.

Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa confirmed he was behind the “spying” incident at Derby County’s training ground that saw Derbyshire Police intervene after a man was allegedly acting suspiciously outside a training session, before Leeds beat Derby 2-0 to stay top of the Sky Bet Championship.

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