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Mayweather extended his pro boxing undefeated streak to 50 victories , surpassing Rocky Marciano, after defeating McGregor by a 10th round TKO.

MLB.com streams (300k broadband video) the very first Major League game ,Texas Rangers at New York Yankees via their Gameday Video service.

At 23 years of age, Bobby Orr signed with the Bruins for what has been described as the first million-dollar contract in the National Hockey League.

In the 13th season for the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse they beat the Charlotte Hounds 10-9 to be crowned champions.

Hungarian Olympic champion Krisztina Egerszegi set a swimming world record for the 200m backstroke at 2:06.62.

Gooden and the New York Mets beat the San Diego Padres 9-3 at Shea Stadium making Dwight Gooden the youngest pitcher to win 20 games in the MLB.

The Olympic closing ceremony included the handover of the Games from Beijing to London, the Mayor of Beijing handed over the Olympic flag to the Mayor of London Boris Johnson.

Greg Norman overcame third-round leader John Cook and defending champion Phil Mickelson to win the 1997 World Series of Golf at the Firestone Country Club.

BJ O’Hara became the first MLL coach to win three Major League Lacrosse championships.

The Belgian Grand Prix, the Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium was won by British racing driver Lewis Hamilton.