THOSE WERE THE DAYS

1. Who scored the Fulham goal that inflicted Liverpool’s sixth successive home league defeat?

2. Which West Indies batsmen became the third man to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket?

3. Who scored twice for Arsenal in the 3-2 win at home to Benfica that saw them through to the round of 16?

4. Which sprinter captained Great Britain’s team at the European Indoor Championships?

5. In what year was the first Olympiad of the modern era held?

6. Who captained the Great Britain

Ryder Cup team that defeated the

United States at Lindrick in 1957?

7. What country did Czech-born Jaroslav

Drobny represent when he won the

French Open in 1951 and 1952?

8. Which Australian rugby league player scored a then world-record

278 points in 46 Tests?

9. What was the first of Lester Piggott’s nine Derby winners?

10. Which English football team are the Foxes? 1921: Boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, right, was born in Detroit. He would win the world welterweight title in 1946 and in 1951 took the middleweight crown. Exhaustion prevented him winning a third title, at light-heavy, when he retired after the 13th round against Joey Maxim on the hottest day of the year in New York in 1952. Even the referee collapsed. 1934: Henry Cooper, the only man to win three Lonsdale Belts outright, was born. Cuts cursed his career but his bravery and

ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY

gentlemanly ways earned him the nickname Our Enery. 1952: Newcastle beat Arsenal to become the first team in the 20th century to win the FA

Cup twice in a row.

2003: Sunderland’s 14th consecutive defeat, 1-0 at Aston Villa, condemned them to relegation to the Championship. 2005: A disputed Luis Garcia goal booked Liverpool’s passage to the Champions League final as they beat Chelsea 1-0. 2011: Wales international Andy Powell was released by Wasps after an investigation into a pub brawl.