12th December
What Happened on this Day in History
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12th December (Photo: Douglas Fisher)

In this section, we have brought you some of the greatest moments in sporting history ever to have occurred on this day.

These are the moments that have gone down in the annals of sporting legend as some of the greatest triumphs and worst defeats to happen in sport.

Just click on the headings below to find out more about what rocked and shocked the world of sport on this day in history.
1982 Champion Decathlete Daley Thompson Awarded BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Thompson was the first Decathlete to be awarded the accolade. He was often at the centre of controversy and, in the same year as winning the BBC’s coveted award, he refused to carry the British flag during the opening of the Commonwealth Games,     more