ON THIS DAY
1951: Australian Lionel Cooper set a new British rugby league record of 10 tries in one match for Huddersfield against Keighley.
1991: Tennis star Pete Sampras chalked up his second consecutive ATP Championship title by beating his fellow American Jim Courier in Frankfurt.
2001: Sale fly-half Charlie Hodgson came within one point of equalling the world record points tally in an international rugby union match when he scored 44 for England in the 134-0 win over Romania at Twickenham.
2005: New Zealand won the right to host the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup finals.
2006: Hungarian football great Ferenc Puskas died aged 79.
2013: Former WBA heavyweight boxing champion David Haye revealed he had been advised to retire following shoulder surgery.
2015: England fans joined their French counterparts in a rousing rendition of La Marseillaise before a friendly match at Wembley, in tribute to the victims of a terrorist attack at a concert in Paris. England won the match 2-0.
2016: FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against the English and Scottish Football Associations for the wearing of poppies during their World Cup qualifier.
2017: British tennis star Andy Murray announced he had split from coach Ivan Lendl for a second time.
2018: Ireland beat New Zealand 16-9 in their rugby union Test match at the Aviva Stadium to record their first victory over the All Blacks on home soil.