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Crisp was caught on the line in 1973. Richard Pitman blames himself, but recalls ‘the most exciting thing I’d ever done’

Sir Alex Ferguson saw his job at Manchester United under pressure following a 13th-place finish in the 1989/90 season, but a goal from Lee Martin in the FA Cup final made all the difference

The US national team returned to the World Cup after a four-decade absence at Italia 90 – and their showdown with the hosts at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico offered a night to remember

As the Agatha Christie’s murder mystery The Mousetrap turns 70 we raise the curtain on the famous names who have starred in the world’s longest-running stage play

With snow and sleet falling from the sky, the New York Giants fell to the Chicago Bears in overtime in the 1977 regular season finale.

Former world title-holding javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread had been declared “a legend” by tough instructor Rudy Reyes.

Other lives: Freight industry entrepreneur who pioneered same-day deliveries throughout the UK

Influential and popular Arsenal footballer who later enjoyed success as the team’s manager

Brian McFarlane and his friend Paul Ingram sadly passed away following a crash in June

The race in the fall could overturn Democrats’ dominance of the state’s highest court.

Four Republicans and three Democrats are vying for the seat previously held for two decades by retired Justice (and former Chicago Bear) Bob Thomas in the 2nd District, which was redrawn to cover a large part of northeastern Illinois, including DeKalb, Kendall, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties.