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Canada shocks Wales in Rugby In a huge, rugby minnows Canada beat Wales 26-24 in Cardiff. Al Charron scored a try in the dying seconds for Gareth Rees to convert and seal the historic victory. In 2003 Charron, as the
Scottish football record. Glasgow Rangers striker Kenny Miller scored five goals against St Mirren at Obrix Park, equaling a Scottish Premier League record for a single match. Dundee United’s Paul Sturrock also scored five against Morton in 1984.
Bikila takes back to back Olympic marathons. Ethiopia’s defending champion Abebe Bikila became the first to win back-to-back Olympic marathon titles when he defeated British runner B. Basil Heatley by 4 minutes 8 seconds in Tokyo. Bikila achieved the feat
Cricket’s Larwood dies. Lightning quick England bowler Harold Larwood died in Sydney, aged 90. He was the key figure in the infamous ‘Bodyline’ Test series of 1932-33, when England captain Douglas Jardine instructed him to bowl ‘leg theory’ at the
In a sensational spell of bowling, England fast bowler Fred Trueman took 5 for 0 off 24 balls to complete match figures of 11 for 88 in an eight-wicket victory over Australia in the 3rd Test at Headingley. Trueman cut
