THOSE WERE
THE DAYS
1896:
The first modern Olympic Games, the brainchild of Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin, got under way in Athens. A total of 59 athletes from 10 nations took part.
James J Jeffries defended the world heavyweight title by knocking out Jack Finnegan in 55 seconds.
Guy Whittingham’s fourth hat-trick of the season in Portsmouth’s 4-0 win over Peterborough took his goal tally to 42 to beat the club record set by Billy Haines in 1926-27.
The FA called off England’s friendly against Germany, fixed for April 20, the anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s birth, because of police intelligence discovering massive demonstrations being planned.
The Brazilian Grand Prix was stopped 15 laps early after a collision involving Jaguar’s Mark Webber and Renault’s Fernando Alonso. Confusion over the timing of the red flag led to Finn
1900: 1993: 1994: 2003: ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY 2017:
Kimi Raikkonen being named the victor before Italy’s Giancarlo Fisichella was handed a maiden win.
Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1, 3-2 on aggregate, to reach the Champions League semi-finals.
Lionel Messi scored all four Barcelona goals as they eliminated Arsenal after a 4-1 Champions League quarter-final win at the Nou Camp made the aggregate score 6-3.
2004: 2010:
World No 1 Dustin Johnson withdrew from the Masters moments before his first round with a back injury suffered in a “serious fall” in his rented house the day before.
Scot Katie Archibald won the women’s track cycling 3000m individual pursuit gold at the Commonwealth Games, while England’s Charlie Tanfield took gold in the men’s 4000 metres individual pursuit.
2018: