THIS WEEK IN SPORT HISTORY
• 1985: Barry McGuigan ended Panamanian Eusebio Pedroza’s seven- year reign as WBA featherweight champion to become the first UK holder of the title since Howard Winstone in 1968.
• 1990: The opening game of the World
Cup in Italy produced a shock for defending champions Argentina, who were beaten 1-0 by Cameroon in front of 73,780 fans in Milan.
• 2006: Andrew Strauss was named England captain for the oneday series against Sri Lanka after Andrew Flintoff was rested on medical advice. Strauss held the job for the rest of the summer as Flintoff underwent ankle surgery.
• 2008: Rafael Nadal thrashed world number one Roger Federer 6-1 6-3 6-0 to win a fourth consecutive men’s singles crown at the French Open.
• 2009: Kaka left AC Milan to sign for Real Madrid on a six- year deal for a reported fee of around £ 59million.
• 2010: Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti confirmed Rafael Benitez would become the new coach of the Serie A club.
• 2011: England wicketkeeper Matt Prior was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council after a window was smashed in the dressing room at Lord’s during the previous day’s play, the final day of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
• 2012: West Brom confirmed the appointment of Steve Clarke as their new head coach, succeeding Roy Hodgson who had been recruited to manage England.
• 2018: Former Celtic and Liverpool striker Kenny Dalglish received a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to football, charity and the city of Liverpool.
• 2019: Leyton Orient manager Justin Edinburgh died aged 49, several days after suffering a cardiac arrest.
• 2021: Chiedozie Ogbene became the first African- born player to represent the Republic of
Ireland at senior international level when he was introduced as a late substitute in a 0-0 friendly draw with Hungary in Budapest.
• 2021: Debbie Hewitt was announced as Football Association chair, the first woman to lead the organisation, after receiving a unanimous nomination from the FA board.