TODAY: Sept 28

ON THIS DAY: 2004

1870: Thirteen-year-old jockey Fred Archer rode his first winner, Athol Daisy, at Chesterfield. It was the first of 2,748 winners for Archer, who committed suicide at the age of 29.

1986: Great Britain’s Lloyd Honeyghan stopped champion Donald Curry in Atlantic City to win the world welterweight title.

2008: Renault’s Fernando Alonso won Formula One’s first night race, the Singapore Grand Prix.

2014: Europe, captained by Paul McGinley, retained the Ryder Cup against the United States, winning by 16.5 points to 11.5 at Gleneagles.

WAYNE ROONEY scored a hat-trick on his Manchester United debut, a 6-2 Champions League victory over Turkish side Fenerbahce.