On this day in sport - June 27 - Sport

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1890: Canadian George Dixon beat Nunc Wallace with an 18th-round knockout at the Pelican Club in London to win the world bantamweight boxing title in what was the first fight under Queensbury Rules held in England.

1979: Muhammad Ali announced his retirement from boxing after 59 professional
fights, nine months after regaining the world heavyweight title for the second time against Leon Spinks. He was tempted back into the ring a year later, though, losing to former sparring partner Larry Holmes for the title.

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The Greatest: Muhammad Ali

2004: Fifth seed Tim Henman won his Wimbledon third-round match 7-6 (8-6) 6-4
3-6 6-2 against Hicham Arazi of Morocco.

2005: Arsenal signed Belarus international Aleksander Hleb from Bundesliga side
VfB Stuttgart.

2006: Ronaldo broke Gerd Muller's World Cup record of 14 goals as Brazil beat
Ghana 3-0.

2007: Birmingham directors David and Ralph Gold, David Sullivan, Karren Brady and Roger Bannister agreed to sell 29.9% of their shares to Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung. Yeung's proposed takeover of the club fell through later that year.