This Week In Sports History
1751 – 1st American cricket match is played
1909 – Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs
1941 – Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400
1967 – Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
What Happened This Weekend in Sports:
| Formula 1 | |
| Lewis Hamilton not yet one of the great F1 drivers, says Stirling Moss | Stirling Moss, viewed his opinion on F1 driver Lewis Hamilton explaining that he still has to establish himself as a great driver – unlike Jim Clark, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso. Considered by the racing world to be the greatest driver to have never become world champion, Moss said: “I don’t think Lewis is great yet. We know Vettel is in there, and Alonso. And Lewis is slightly less valued than someone like Jim Clark but he’s certainly on the way.” |
| F1’s 2016 season to begin in April – the latest start since 1988 | The 2016 season of Formula One will only begin in April at the Australian Grand Prix and is thus the latest start to the championship since 1988. |
| Boxing | |
| Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao: Mayweather wins by controversial points decision | Noted by many to be the most brilliant fight of the century Mayweather wins Pacquiao at the MGM stadium at Las Vegas, however great hype is around the fact that Pacquiao should have won and that the anonymous decision is wrong. |
| Football | |
| Premier League Results | Spurs 0 – 1 Man CityChelsea 1 – 0 C Palace
Man Utd 0 – 1 West Brom Aston Villa 3 – 2 Everton Liverpool 2 – 1 QPR Sunderland 2 – 1 Southampton Swansea 2 – 0 Stoke West Ham 1 – 2 Burnley Leicester 3 – 0 Newcastle |
| La Liga Results | Malaga 1 – 2 ElcheValencia 3 – 1 Eibar
Getafe 1 – 2 Granada Espanyol 1 – 1 Rayo Vallecano Deportivo La Coruna 1 – 1 Villarreal Sevilla 2 – 3 Real Madrid Atlético 0 – 0 A Bilbao Cordoba 0 – 8 Barcelona Real Sociedad 3 – 0 Levante |
| Bundesliga Results | Hertha Berlin 1 – 2 M’gladbachMainz 1 – 2 Hamburg
Leverkusen 2 – 0 Bayern Augsburg 0 – 0 Cologne SC Freiburg 1 – 2 Paderborn Schalke 3 – 2 Stuttgart TSG Hoffenheim 1 – 1 Dortmund Werder Bremen 1 – 0 Eintracht Frankfurt Wolfsburg 2 – 2 Hannover |
| Cricket | |
| International Cricket Council | West Indies won England by 5 wickets |
| Indian Premier League | MI won KXIP bu 23 runs
RR won DD by 14 runs RCB won KKR by 7 wickets SRH won CSK by 22 runs DD won KXIP by 9 wickets MI won RR by 8 runs |
“I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll get licked.”
– Muhammad Ali
