What happened in the world of sport on May 9? Andy Murray coach split, David Moyes lands Man Utd job
Andy Murray at Miami Open 22 Mar 2023
Planet Sport delves into the sporting history books to see what happened on May 9 down the years, with Andy Murray, David Moyes and Sam Allardyce all featuring in significant events.
1927: Joe Davis beat Tom Dennis 20-11 at Camkin's Hall, Birmingham to win the first world professional snooker championship. Davis beat a field of 10 to take the trophy.
1936: Footballer Bernard Joy played his one and only game for England against Belgium. A member of the successful Corinthian Casuals team, he was the last amateur to play for England.
2006: Tottenham asked the Premier League to order a rematch against West Ham after 10 of their players went down with suspected food poisoning at the team hotel on the morning of the game. They lost the game when a win would have put them into the Champions League. The appeal was rejected.
2007: West Ham confirmed they would not appeal against the £5.5million fine imposed on them by the Premier League's independent commission over the signings of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.
2010: Chelsea won the Premier League title following an 8-0 win over Wigan.
2011: Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt died in a crash on the third stage of the Giro d'Italia.
2013: Great Britain's former Olympic sailing champion Andrew Simpson died after his catamaran capsized in training in San Francisco Bay ahead of the America's Cup. He was 36.
2016: UEFA president Michel Platini resigned after having his ban from all football-related activity reduced to four years from six by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
2016: Andy Murray split from coach Amelie Mauresmo despite the British number one having reached two grand slam finals since appointing her in June 2014.
2019: English clubs created football history by taking all four final spots in Europe's two major competitions as Chelsea and Arsenal qualified for the Europa League final the day after Tottenham set up a Champions League final with Liverpool.
2021: Sam Allardyce suffered the first Premier League relegation of his career as West Brom's stay in the top flight was ended by defeat to Arsenal.
2021: Chelsea retained the Women's Super League title in style with a 5-0 thrashing of Reading on the final day of the season.
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