ON THIS DAY
1958: Douglas Jardine, the England cricket captain for the controversial Bodyline series in 1932-33, died aged 57.
1963: Henry Cooper rocked the boxing world by putting Cassius Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, on the canvas. Clay hit back to win with Cooper bleeding heavily from a cut over an eye.
1986: Spain’s Emilio Butragueno scored four goals in a World Cup clash with Denmark.
2003: Manchester United confirmed to the Stock Exchange they had reached agreement to transfer David Beckham to Real Madrid for approximately £25million.
2006: Australian Geoff Ogilvy won the US Open after Colin Montgomerie and Phil Mickelson double-bogeyed the final hole.
2007: Michael Vaughan stepped down as captain of England’s one-day side. Paul Collingwood was chosen as his replacement.
2008: Tiger Woods confirmed he would undergo surgery on his left knee. The American world number one had won the US Open in a 19-hole play-off two days previously.
2009: Yeats, trained by Aidan O’brien and ridden by Johnny Murtagh, made history by becoming the first horse to win the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot for a fourth time.
2014: Former Sussex bowler Naved Arif was handed a life ban from all forms of cricket after pleading guilty to six breaches of the England and Wales Cricket Board’s anti-corruption code.
2015: It was revealed that Mo Farah had missed two doping tests. A third would carry a suspension of up to four years.
2016: England made history as they completed a first-ever series victory in Australia. Eddie Jones’ side claimed a 23-7 win in Melbourne to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. They went on to win the third Test as well.