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President kickstarts baseball tradition United States President William Howard Taft inaugurated the baseball season by throwing out the first ball to Walter Johnson, before the Washington Senators’ home game against Philadelphia. The act began a baseball tradition that Taft’s successors
Hansie Cronje cricket scandal erupts A Delhi detective stumbled across a taped telephone conversation between South African captain Hansie Cronje and businessman Sanjay Chawla, sparking a controversy tat rocked international cricket. Cronje proved to be the central figure to match-fixing
Boxer Norton breaks Ali’s jaw Muhammed Ali suffered a broken jaw in a shock defeat to Ken Norton in a split-points decision over 12 rounds in San Diego. Ali won the rematch six months later in another controversial split-points decision
After a bumper show last week we hope to return to close to normality this week. But normality, means we will be bringing you a diverse range of sports to satisfy the appetite of the true sports fan. You also
First for boxing match on film In the first boxing championship fight recorded on film, Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out Jim Corbett in teh 13th round at Carson City, Nevada. The proximity of the fight and the nature of the era
