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 – but the super-confident fighter hit back to win, with Cooper bleeding heavily from a cut over an eye.

2003: Manchester United confirmed to the Stock Exchange they had reached an agreement to transfer David Beckham to Real Madrid for approximately £25million.