ON THIS DAY
1971: Sammy Chapman became the first Nottingham Forest player to be sent off for 32 years. He was dismissed in a match against Leeds United.
1989: Following the fight in Arsenal’s 4-3 win over Norwich City at Highbury, the Football Association punished the Gunners with a £20,000 fine and the Canaries with one of £50,000.
2004: Australia beat Great Britain 44-4 at Elland Road to win rugby league’s Gillette Tri-Nations competition.
2007: Christine Ohuruogu won an appeal against her lifetime Olympic ban for missing three out-of-competition drugs tests. She went on to win the 400 metres at the Beijing Olympics.
2008: The final two one-day internationals between England and India were postponed in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The inaugural T20 Champions League was also postponed.
2009: Tiger Woods was involved in a car accident which eventually prompted revelations about his private life.
2011: The Football Association of Wales announced the death of manager Gary Speed.
2014: The cricket world was left in shock following the death of Australia batsman Phillip Hughes at the age of 25.
2015: British distance runner Paula Radcliffe was cleared of doping after athletics’ world governing body, the IAAF, announced there were “plausible explanations for the values in her profile” that were “entirely innocent”.
2016: Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg won the Formula One world championship after finishing second in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
2018: Former England defender Sol Campbell was appointed as the manager of Macclesfield Town on an 18-month deal.