ON THIS DAY: 1987

ALL BLACKS skipper David Kirk (right) lifts the inaugural Rugby Union World Cup after New Zealand beat France 22-9 in the final in Auckland

1949: American tennis player Gussie Moran caused a stir at Wimbledon when she appeared wearing lacetrimmed knickers.

1960: Floyd Patterson knocked out Sweden’s Ingemar Johansson to become the first man to regain boxing’s world heavyweight title.

2006: Michael Owen was carried off on a stretcher with a ruptured knee ligament in England’s 2-2 draw with Sweden at the World Cup in Germany.

2008: Dutch club FC Twente named former England manager Steve McClaren as their new coach.