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25 February – UK miners' strike (1984–85): Nearly 4,000 striking coalminers return to work, meaning that only just over half of the miners are now on strike. 26 February – Following his trial and conviction at St Albans Crown Court, Malcolm Fairley, the sex attacker known as The Fox, is handed six life sentences.
October. 3 October – Undertakers go on strike in London, leaving more than 800 corpses unburied. 7 October – Rock band Queen 's power ballad "We Are the Champions" is released. 10 October – Missing 20-year-old sex worker Jean Jordan is found dead in Chorlton, Manchester, nine days after she was last seen alive.
Broadcasting contracts for rugby league (television) 10 live matches per season on BBC TWO until 2026, including two play off matches. 5 matches live on BBC iPlayer. Highlights of Grand Final. 20 live streamed matches from Challenge Cup, League 1, Women's Super League and Wheelchair Rugby League via The Sportsman.
First Division – Arsenal win the 1952–53 title. FA Cup – Blackpool beat Bolton Wanderers 4–3 in what is known as "The Matthews Final", although it is Stan Mortensen who scores a winning hat-trick for Blackpool. England lose 6–3 to Hungary at Wembley Stadium their first ever loss to a team from Continental Europe at home.
James Oliver Richardson (born 29 May 1966), also known as AC Jimbo, is an English television presenter and journalist.. He is best known as a former presenter of Channel 4's Football Italia programme and former host of The Guardian Football Weekly podcast.
BT Group. BT Group plc (formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England. It has operations in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-line, broadband and mobile services in the UK, and also provides subscription television and IT services. [4]
1954 World Cup held in Switzerland. West Germany beat Hungary 3–2. First Division – Wolverhampton Wanderers win the 1953–54 title. FA Cup – West Bromwich Albion beat Preston North End 3–2. May 8 – The Asian Football Confederation is founded in Manila. June 15 – UEFA is founded in Basel.
1951–52. Strength sports. Weightlifting. Squash. Table tennis. Tennis. Triathlon. Volleyball. 1951 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.