ON THIS DAY
1872:
England and Scotland played the first ever football international. The game at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, finished 0-0.
1956:
Floyd Patterson became the then-youngest world heavyweight boxing champion when, at the age of 21, he beat Archie Moore.
1991:
The United States defeated Norway 2-1 to win football’s first Women’s World Cup, in China.
2004:
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent announced his retirement from rowing three months after his final triumph in Athens in the coxless fours.
2012:
Andrew Flintoff won his professional boxing debut after seeing off American Richard Dawson on points in a heavyweight bout at the Manchester Arena.