DAY: 2015
Lewis Hamilton won the Russian Grand Prix and his Mercedes team lifted the Formula One constructors’ championship following Kimi Raikkonen’s (Ferrari) 30-second time penalty.
England earned their place in the 1990 World Cup finals in Italy with a goalless draw in Poland, thanks to the heroics of Peter Shilton, then 40. 1992: Paul Gascoigne apologised after swearing and clowning around in front of a Norwegian TV camera. 1999: Sir Alex Ferguson’s testimonial drew a crowd of 55,824 to watch Manchester United against a World XI which included Old Trafford greats Eric Cantona and Peter Schmeichel. 2002: Manager George Burley was sacked by Ipswich.
2003: England qualified for Euro 2004 with a goalless draw against Turkey.
2010: Discus thrower Krishna Poonia won India’s first-ever athletics gold at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.