Radio
Five Live asks if winning the Rugby World Cup is the most important
sporting moment ever?
BBC
Radio Five Live has asked listeners and web visitors to state whether
England's Rugby World Cup win stands alongside the most important
sporting moments of all time.
For
the last month listeners in their tens of thousands have ranked
their top ten sporting moments from a hundred chosen by a panel
of sporting experts for Five Live's Sporting Century.
Now
listeners have been asked to state whether the England side's last
minute World Cup victory ranks alongside momentous events such as
Jesse Owen's Olympic wins in Berlin in 1936, or Roger Bannister's
record breaking four minute mile.
To
vote, visit www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/sportingcentury
where the top ten moments of more than 20,000 listeners are listed
and decide whether Jonny Wilkinson's last minute drop goal triumph
should be ranked alongside other historic and important moments
in sport.
The
final hundred events will be revealed in the special programme on
Christmas Day at 10.00am on Radio Five Live, 909 & 693 AM.
The
top 20 in alphabetical order -
Ali
v Foreman, Rumble in the Jungle
Ayrton
Senna's death at Imola in 1994
Beckham's
last-minute free kick v Greece, 2001
Brazil
4 - 1 Italy, World Cup 1970
Celtic
win the 1967 European Cup
England
5 - 1 Germany
England's
World Cup win in 1966
Gareth
Edwards' Barbarians try, 1973
Hillsborough
Stadium tragedy
Ian
Botham and the 1981 Headingley Test
Jesse
Owens' four Olympic golds
Lance
Armstrong's Tour de France comeback
Manchester
United win 1999 European Cup
Maradona's
hand of god goal v England, 1986
McEnroe
v Borg, 1980 Wimbledon final
Michael
Owen's goal v Argentina in 1990
Roger
Bannister breaks the four-minute mile
Steve
Davis v Dennis Taylor, 1985 world final
Steve
Redgrave's fifth Olympic rowing gold
Torvill
and Dean dance to gold in Sarajevo 1984
Notes
to Editors
Five
Live's Sporting Century - a nation decides (29.10.03)
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