THOSE WERE THE DAYS

ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY

1938: Australian tycoon Alan Bond was born. He was the man who masterminded Australia’s win in the 1983 America’s Cup yacht race.

1959: Crystal Palace goalkeeper Vic Rouse became the first Fourth Division player to win a full cap. He conceded four goals in Wales’ 4-1 defeat by Northern Ireland.

1991: Former world junior light welterweight champion Jack ‘Kid’ Berg died, aged 81.

2000: Manchester United won 3-1 at Southampton to claim their sixth Premiership title in eight years. 2006: Newcastle striker Alan Shearer retired from playing at the age of 35.

2014: Manchester United sacked David Moyes just 10 months into his six-year contract.

1. Against which team did loanee Aaron Ramsey score his first goal for Rangers in Scottish Premiership?

2. Which Wales wing was named Player of the Match in their 2022 Six Nations game against Italy but gave the medal he was awarded to Ange Capuozzo?

3. Who is the 2020 Olympic gold medallist who won the men’s singles title at the 2022 Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships?

4. Which Croatian tennis player won the women’s singles at the 1997 French Open?

5. Which American golfer interrupted Jack Nicklaus’s run as US PGA tour leading money winner in 1974?

6. What number lies between the 7 and 8 on a dartboard?

7. Which England spin bowler was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1956?

8. Which British runner won the women’s race in the first London Marathon in 1981?

9. In which US state is the Ironman World Championship, organised by the World Triathlon Corporation, held annually?

10. In which country was former Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut born? ANSWERS: 1 Dundee. 2 Josh Adams. 3 Viktor Axelsen. 4 Iva Majoli. 5 Johnny Miller. 6 16. 7 Jim Laker 8. Joyce Smith. 9 Hawaii. 10 Belarus.